DC and Marvel: Secret Crisis

Chapter IV: The Train to Somewhere

"Huh?" asked Peter. "There's nothing here!"

Wade turns around to see that the elevator is closing already.

"Wait!" shouted Wade.

The elevator closes very quickly and is shot thousands of feet downward.

There stood on a circular disc with a radius of about 160 feet and is 6 thick.

Before them seems to be a Ticket Dispenser with a box in the middle. The sign says something in an alien language. Bruce uses his suit to translate it.

"1 Bottle of Sludge for 1 Day per person."

Bruce speaks to his suit. "Computer. How many days until we get to 'The Abandoned Tower?'" he asked.

"This isn't the abandoned tower?" asked Peter.

"3 Days," said the suit.

Bruce took out twelve of their bottles and paid it all into the Ticket Dispenser.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" shouted Wade. "What are you doing?"

"Paying for our tickets," said Bruce.

Four tickets were dispensed from the Ticket Dispenser. Suddenly, a levitating object could be seen four miles away into the horizon.

It slowly approached them.

After an hour, the train reaches them. It's a highly advanced-looking train that resembles an alien worm with four jaws. It is about 30,000 feet long. The door opens as they met an alien with a blue body that resembles a walrus, known only as The Conductor.

"Four tickets, I've heard you ring?" asked The Conductor.

Bruce nods.

"Is there food inside?" asked Harley.

"Harley!" shouted Wade, scolding her. "Is there?"

"Yes," said The Conductor.

"Is there Terran food?" asked Peter.

"Yes," said The Conductor.

The trio runs inside.

"Hold it," said the Conductor. He then takes out a Ticket Punch and punches each of their tickets. 

The Conductor speaks to the trio. "Never go outside your room at night..." he spoke.

The trio ignores his words and runs inside.

Bruce's was punched last, as he sighed and entered the Train.

The tickets then show their Cart, which they own for themselves. They will go to the Cart known as "0061567."

"Press the number," said Bruce, as they've entered The Corridor.

Immediately, they teleport into their Cart, which is way at the back several hundred feet away.

"This is called The Train to Somewhere," said Bruce. "It's a train that goes all over the world, levitating 165 feet in the sky. It goes around the world and picks up people from the Elevators."

*choo*

*choo*

*vroom*

The Train to Somewhere rushes into the sky as the train loomed over the empty desert.

The four enter their room. It's a regular room with Sludge that could be rationed up to a year stored in a large fridge near the window. The cart has a dining table and a kitchen. There is also an Object Synthesizer, a helmet connected to the ceiling that allows you to synthesize anything 3D printed on a pad on a desk nearby. There is also a phone near the door of the room that allows you to contact The Conductor. There are also four beds. The room is 65 feet long and 50 feet wide. There are two bedrooms and two bathrooms. There is a couch at the center of the room with a television near the window. There are two doors: One that leads to the closet, and one that leads to a mysterious place called The Corridor, a place that they are recommended to never enter.