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“I thought you abandoned us,” I said as Destiny helped me into a seat in the helicopter.
“Never,” she said. “But I knew you were gonna need some help. And I had an idea.”
The pilots saluted us as Rodgers shut the door, then they swung the helicopter over the snow, following the phantom train.
“Train is headed east toward Mynthia Stadium,” the pilot said. “Appears to be moving at approximately one hundred miles per hour. We are in pursuit.”
The train flew down the tracks, ripping them out of the ground. It seemed even more furious than before, sending fire and sparks ahead of it, sounding its whistle every few seconds.
“What'd you do to piss it off?” Rodgers asked.
“Her,” I said. “Rodgers, the train is Allegra.”
Rodgers stared at the train again.
“Naw,” he said.
“It's true,” Da
