spotted and decided upon a cargo-bus that looked to be heading toward the city-central-subway and that was exactly where he needed to go. He reached it quickly, grabbed a-hold of the back end of it and carefully positioned himself uncomfortably beneath it. He was now out of site, travelling quickly, still riding on his skates. He held on tightly to the undercarriage of the bus as he unknowingly passed by his pursuers, who were still chasing after him but were heading in the wrong direction.
The bus traveled about three miles and then came upon the entrance of the central subway system, which it entered. Because of the low level of light it was a little difficult to see, and so he waited for his eye’s to adjust, as he thought it unwise for him to do anything until he had some vision at least. The bus had now stopped as it was waiting in line for a cargo inspection – before being switched to rail-car mode and then routed to an out-of-state subway-line.
Knowing that he could not stay where he was for very long, he slowly crept out from beneath the bus, all the while carefully surveying his surrounds, looking specifically for cameras and detection devices.
He made his way to the far side of the bus where he was less likely to be spotted and decided to adjust the skates to no-travel mode, in which they would function as an everyday pair of shoes. He had to do this, because in travel mode he was more likely to fall, the noise of which could set off any number of security-alarm devices.
He worked his way along the long line of cargo trucks and busses, keeping low and in the shadows where none would spot him. From time to time the vehicles would move simultaneously and he would ride one of them the short
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