TA - Train Jump

He glanced behind him—they were gaining on him now. They’d jumped the turnstiles, and one was yelling into his earpiece. The backup would be there soon.

He took a sharp turn down another flight of stairs…

And found himself on a platform. To his right was a wall; to his left, the tracks. Beyond them, another platform.

Ahead of him was another flight of stairs.

He made up his mind, ran toward the stairs—and then saw a third agent descending them.

He was trapped.

The subway platform began to shake as the train arrived.

“General,” shouted one of the agents, “just come with us. You know we have our orders.”

Brett breathed heavily, bent down and put his hands on his knees. He held one finger to them—All right, just catching my breath, guys—and then looked up at them as the noise of the approaching subway train grew.

He counted down in his head. He could see the lights approaching down the tunnel now, the men closing in from both sides.

Just as the train began to pull into the station, Brett took a deep breath, crouched, took three running steps—and leapt into the space between the platforms. For a moment he hung suspended in the air, the train speeding toward him, the agents behind him stopping short at the edge of the platform…and then he landed, his toes gripping and projecting him forward. He fell to his hands and knees as the train whooshed behind him.

Relief began to wash over him.

Then the train stopped and the doors opened, and the agents began to charge through them.

- True Allegiance, Part 3: Brett (2)