Tori Mills

6/20/2022
Steven Saladino
EDU 214-1001
It is 1904. It has been almost one hundred years since the construction of the railroads
began, and now they have finally made their way out to the west coast, to Las Vegas. Anyone
who has traveled the railways is no stranger to thieves, charlatans, and snake oil salesmen. Soon
after reaching Las Vegas, there was a new concern for train travelers: a dastardly villain rumored
to do terrible acts, from stealing precious luggage to taking passengers away from their parties.
To celebrate the arrival of the railway to Las Vegas, the railway owner wanted to fill the
train with many famous people to attract attention to this new innovation in transportation. The
train was full of politicians, shareholders, celebrities, actors, and more. On the neck of one of the
richer female celebrities shone a quite sizable diamond necklace. Said necklace caught the
attention of our dangerous villain.
As soon as the train started chugging off to Las Vegas, our villain manages to separate
the lovely celebrity from her group of wealthy friends. A dashing and vigilant female passenger
in a suit noticed them slipping away out the door towards the locomotive. The villain notices the
woman following them before telling the train conductor to halt the train. The woman chasing
them gets caught up in all the commotion and is questioned by the conductor as she tries to
explain that she just wanted to help. She exists the train after arguing for several minutes to see a
terrifying scene before her! The beautiful celebrity has been tied to the train tracks! The villain
laughs a cold, deep chuckle as he admires the stunning necklace in his hands. The dashing
woman yells for him to release the actress and return her necklace.
Suddenly, they begin to see black smoke billowing into the sky from a short distance
away, and the telltale sound of a train whistle. A train is coming! The villain laughs and asks the
woman in the suit to make her choice, save the diamond or save the girl. The train is coming
incredibly quickly, and the dashing woman only has a moment to spare before she makes her
decision. She runs to the celebrity, undoes the ties and pulls her to safety before the train comes
hurtling by. When the women turn around, the villain has disappeared. The woman in the suit
apologizes for having lost her necklace, but the celebrity just laughs, admitting it was actually
fake and had no value whatsoever. She thanks the dashing woman for saving her, and invites her
to join her back at the party on the train. The rest of the night goes off without a hitch, and the
train passengers all make it to Las Vegas to enjoy the amazing town. It is not until many days
later that the villain learns the necklace he stole is a fake as he tries to pawn it to some poor,
unexpecting visitor. He vows to take his revenge on this stunning celebrity and the dashing
heroine.