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Windham. But that was too obvious, the PKs would be all over them. Finally, he settled on two tickets to Decham. It was an iron mining hub about two thousand kilometers away. It was past Windham but close to the Skull Pit. Once they got there it wouldn ’ t be hard to find transportation to their final destination.
    After buying the tickets, with cash, David returned to Alana. “ What ’ s the word? ” He hoped they could identify their tail before they boarded the train.
    Alana continued to look casually around the lobby. “ A few possibilities, ” she said. “ Over by the restrooms there ’ ss a guy in a green jacket. He ’ s been loitering here since we walked in. Then there ’ s the woman on the bench over there. And lastly, the black guy in line at the ticket kiosks right now. ”
    David slowly turned his head and checked out each one of the possible suspects. They all looked slightly out of place. Nothing that an uninterested citizen would notice, but to David ’ s trained eye he could see it. The woman was fidgeting too much in her seat. The man by the bathroom was looking at the clock every five seconds. And the man at the kiosks was looking around too much.
    At that moment a girl walked out of the bathroom. The green jacketed man grabbed her hand and starting dragging her to the train platforms. Well that takes care of one, David thought.
    For the next ten minutes, David and Alana sat on the bench, watching, listening. They kept up casual small talk to avoid suspicion, but their minds were elsewhere. The woman on the bench did not move. David didn ’ t know what she was waiting for.
    He leaned over to Alana. “ We have to make a move. ”
    She nodded. “ I ’ ve got it. Wait here. See what she does. ” She got up and headed for the bathroom.
    David waited, watching the fidgeting woman. At first she didn ’ t move. It looked like their hunch was wrong.. But then she got up and headed for the bathroom. Hello, looks like we have a winner . He continued watching, waiting for Alana to return.
    She walked out a couple minutes later. She met eyes with him and shook her head. She walked back and sat down. “ No dice. Looks like our lady just had a romantic rendezvous planned in the restroom. ”
    “ With a guy? ”
    “ Nope. ”
    David chuckled inwardly. To each his own.
    He looked back over to the ticket kiosks. The last man of interest was just getting to the front of the line. David watched as he punched in commands on the screen. It looked like he knew exactly what he wanted. He finished his purchase and turned around. David was still watching, and then it happened. The man looked up and locked eyes with David. It was only a split second and he played it off well, but it was enough.
    “ It ’ s him, ” David said to Alana as calmly as he could.
    She gave him a sideways glance. “ How do you know? ”
    “ I don ’ t. Only one way to find out. ” He got up. “ You ’ ve got my back. ”
    David made his way across the lobby. In his periphery he thought he saw the other man turn and follow. David headed for a hallway on his right. He assumed it led to administrative offices or other support facilities. Either way the area would be a lot less crowded, which would make it easier to identify if he was being followed.
    He headed down the hallway and made a left at a T intersection. As he turned the corner he confirmed it. The man was definitely following him. David made a right as soon as he could. Now he could tell that he was leading them into some type of maintenance facility. The walls were buffed a shiny gray color. The hallways were wide, conceivably to bring train parts through to work on. There were still a good number of people, both in civilian clothes and tech uniforms, moving about the halls. David guessed that the doors he was passing were to large maintenance bays. It took him about two seconds to formulate a plan.
    He could hear footsteps behind him still. He was definitely being