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rockstar_badger (rockstar_badger) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-05-11 22:02:00

Current music:	"Band on the Run" -- Paul McCartney & Wings
Entry tags:	!1998: 05, !incomplete, eloise midgen, megan jones, wayne hopkins

Puffs on the Run
Who: Wayne Hopkins; Eloise Midgen; Megan and Christopher Jones; possible guest star?
What: fugitive-ness
Where: Manchester Piccadilly train station
When: May 4th
Rating/Warning: TBA

Wayne walked out of the sandwich shop near the train platforms, carrying a huge bag of supplies purchased with the last of his Muggle money. He scratched at the patchy growth of hair on his face, slightly regretting not stopping in Boots first to get some razors, but he considered that it was better to be well-fed and scruffy than clean-shaven and starving.

The trip had not been quite the adventure he'd expected. He hadn't slept much, jumping at the sounds of rabbits or foxes running through their camps. He hadn't played his guitar much, for fear of getting caught. Everyone had been rather sullen... Except Christopher, who spent most of his waking hours whinging on about his feet or his stomach or the forests...

But speaking of Chris, where the hell were they? Wayne cursed himself for leaving the girls alone--not that they couldn't take care Of themselves, but they were a band on the run, after all. Musketeers. And he was doing a rather poor job of being d'Artagnan by leaving them for a sausage roll and crisps...

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keepingjones
2010-05-20 04:01 pm UTC (link)

"WAYNE!" Megan called as she rushed through the crowd to the boy. Her expression frazzeled and her usual travel satchel missing. More importantly those that were supposed to be with her weren't following behind. As she grabbed Wayne by the arm while quickly explaining, "They've found us! They found us! Oh god! A man came and grabbed Christopher. I pulled him free. He was right there with me.... I apparated down the platform but...he wasn't there when--"

Her hands came to her forehead and paniced tears fell forward. "Oh god, we have to find him! I have to find him!" The Hufflepuff then proceeded to scan the crowd frantically for any sight of the man that had grabbed at them or her brother.

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rockstar_badger
2010-05-20 06:27 pm UTC (link)

Panic set in as Wayne scanned the crowd. This was what he'd been dreading since they'd left--they were separated now, and easy to pick off. He couldn't see anyone suspicious, or remotely out of the ordinary. Wherever Christopher was, it most likely wasn't in the station.

He wanted to believe that maybe Christopher had made it onto a train, or into the gents' toilets, or somewhere safe. Megan's agitated state meant the chances of that were next to zero. He couldn't Apparate. He couldn't run in this station without knocking down a score of people.

Worst of all, the woman on the tannoy was announcing that their train south was boarding.

"Come on," he said, grabbing for Megan's wrist to pull her through the crowd. "We need to find Eloise as well... The train's going to leave."

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keepingjones
2010-05-20 08:11 pm UTC (link)

The trains going to leave.... At first Megan was ready to do as she was told, but just as quickly as she was to follow she stopped and yanked her hand from Wayne's grasp. "Wayne, We can't leave without him. We have to find him...we--" she explained looking to her friend as though the suggestion were ludicrous. She failed to complete her sentence as she went to scan the crowd again for the young chap. "Christopher!" she called into the crowd in hopes that he'd magically appear despite her knowledge that he wouldn't.

The guilt inside of her was so heavy she was beginning to have trouble breathing. She should have kept better care of him. Paid better attention to what was going on. And to think some minutes before they'd been found she was honestly thanking God that they'd gotten this far without being tracked. They were...so close...and... Merlin, she'd messed up so bad. This was awful.

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rockstar_badger
2010-05-20 08:25 pm UTC (link)

Wayne tried to reach out for her again, but Megan was gone into the crowd! Already several people deep in. "Jonesie!" he called, but it was drowned out by the shrill tweet of the conductor's whistle. He had to choose--leave Megan and get on the train, where hopefully Eloise was already on board, or leave Eloise on her own and fight through the crowd to chase after Megan.

The announcement came over the tannoy again. Wayne heeded it, casting one last look out for Megan, who was already lost to his eyes. Then he pushed through the crowd--politely and apologetically, like a good English gentleman--and climbed onto the south-bound train, looking now for Eloise, hoping to whatever gods there were that he wasn't alone now.

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