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Lost

That was the singular word that could come close to describing Haddocks state of mind at present. He knew that calling the police was a possible route but at this moment he had no one to turn to. He was debating weather to tell the rest of the group but they had enough to think about at present time.

Haddock sat in solitary at the table, absentmindedly stirring his coffee in a strange trance. As Captain Chester sat down opposite him on the table Captain Haddocks trance was finally broken.

"Are you alright Archie?" Chester asked.

It was rare that anyone actually called him by his first name so at that point he couldn't ignore the outside world any longer.

"To be honest Chester, I'm not quite sure?" Haddock replied trying to push back all of this thoughts about Farrell aside. Chester however detected something was wrong due to the tone of his voice and he wanted to delve into it. He knew Haddock too well and could tell when he was lying or when something was on his mind.

"Whats wrong?" Chester asked.

Haddock avoided eye contact with Captain Chester for a few seconds, wondering if telling him was the best option.

"It's nothing" Haddock replied trying to shake it off. Shaking it off wouldn't be an option though and the pair had no idea of the events that would transpire in the near furture. However Chester had also seen something odd that concerned Captain Farrell and was debating weather to tell Haddock or leave it but he was too much like Haddock, he couldn't just leave it.

"Can I share something that troubling me?" Chester asked.

"Sure" Haddock replied.

"It's about Captain Farrell"

Haddock's movements suddenly stilled and Chester noticed this straight away.

"This may seem outlandish but I've got this gut feeling that Captain Farrell is in trouble"

"Why do you think that?" Haddock asked.

"Can we keep this between us Haddock?" Chester asked quietly.

"Of course Chester"

"I saw Farrell early this morning with someone I don't know. He was raising his voice at Farrell and to be honest Farrell looked terrified. I think there is something else going on Haddock, something we can't see"

"I agree" Haddock stated.

"I'm not sure that you will..." Chester paused, realising what Haddock had said and gave him a strange look.

"Hold on you agree with me? So you don't think I'm crazy?" Chester inquired.

"I've been juggling with similar thoughts myself, I thought I was going insane" Haddock replied.

They both smiled at each other and at that moment Haddock felt happier than ever that someone else was thinking the same as him but this was common between the pair of them, then again he had known Chester for a very long time. Haddock proceeded to tell Chester about what he saw on the Orion last night and it left Captain Chester even deeper in thought.

"What are we going to do? We can't just ignore this" Chester questioned.

"We need to find Farrell, Once we get him out of the way we'll be able to figure it out" Haddock stated.

Captain Haddock never ignored a gut feeling and right not he was just happy that his friend agreed with him and that he was doing something about it. He felt like a weight had been lifted up his shoulders but this wasn't over yet. A lot more was going to be thrown at Captain Haddock and it would start later that night.

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