Stalking the Fellowship
Chapter Thirty nine: Mo, where art thou?
"Fran, listen! What do you hear?" Mo questioned.
"Er…people talking, the rowing, water…everything I usually hear," replied a puzzled Fran.
"No, but listen, no Maddy singing." Fran held her head high and strained her ears.
"Ahh….the sweet absence of her so called singing," Fran sighed.
"Where is she anyway?" Mo looked around the hijacked ship.
"I don't know, let's go find her," Fran replied already walking off in search.
They found Maddy at the bow, her face was a pale and grim.
"Why do you look half dead?" Fran asked lightly.
Maddy made a face and glared half heartedly, "Why do you think? We're on a boat!"
"She's sea sick! Does that mean I can tease her and she won't attack me?" Mo wondered.
"Yeah, pretty much," Fran confirmed a grin slowly spreading across her face. Ignoring Maddy's obvious discomfort, she was now clutching her stomach with one hand whilst the other was gripping the railings, her knuckles white, Fran started to sing badly, "I love you, you love me…" Mo joined her, "Let's get together and kill Leggy! With a great big gun and a bullet through his head, sorry Maddy, the blond elf's dead!" They finished laughing uproariously before dashing off.
Maddy gave them a dirty look, "I am going to tickle both of you to death!" she proclaimed.
Seeing that Mo was not in sight she set off to look for Fran who she found quickly, her sniggering giving her away. Unfortunately, Fran had seen Madeleine and after letting out a little scream she started to run, occasionally looking back to see Maddy on her tail.
"Oof," Fran fell to the floor, she had run into something, or someone. "Hey! Watch where you're going!" she shouted, Maddy's laughter ringing in her ears. Looking up she saw it was Harry, his moss like teeth beaming down at her in what could be a smile.
"My apologies but I do believe that it was you who ran into me," the ranger said.
"Yeah, well move! I'm in the middle of something here," she replied.
"I can see that, good evening," and with that he walked away. Before Francesca could right herself Maddy reached her, and swiftly began to make good on her threat.
"Arg! Maddy!" she giggled, "Stop……it!"
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"How can they enjoy themselves when we are on the verge of war?" Gimli questioned in wonder.
"You forget they are still in their youth, war is not a thing they should be contributing to." Aragorn started, "They should be with their parents. However, they have been thrown into this situation and they are forced to fight evil or perish at its hands."
"You make a good point Aragorn," and so the two leaned against the railings of the ship, watching the girls antics.
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"I'm getting worried now. We still haven't found Mo and it's almost sunset," Maddy mumbled between stomach twinges.
"You're still seasick?" Fran replied.
"Well we are still in water," rolling her eyes Maddy clenched her stomach tightly and continued to walk along the deck. "MO! Unless you want to spend all night hiding from me you should come out now."
"When you're playing hide and seek the seeker tries everything and anything to make the hider come out. I wouldn't leave my place no matter what the seeker said to me."
"Well thank goodness I'm not talking to you, Francesca. Mo actually has the common sense to realise when we're playing games and when I'm absolutely serious."
"Really Madeleine? Can you be sure?"
"Shh Fran!" Mo realised that she had blown her cover and attempted to swing open the crate door to make an escape.
"Erm…people," came Mo's voice from the pile of crates beside the two girls.
"Yes Mo?" they replied.
"I'm kinda stuck here." She pleaded.
"How did you get into the bottom layer of crates, Mo?" Maddy kneeled close to the large wooden box, Mo currently occupied, in the hope of hearing her answer better over the noises made by the rest of the company.
"There weren't any other crates when I got in this one, stupid!"
"We can't lift them off, they're too heavy."
"Damn it!"
"We'll get some help," Maddy assured Mo.
"You better," she warned.
"We never told you to get in there," Fran laughed.
"Just go and get someone. The quicker I get out of here the quicker I can hit you over the head."
"Nice Mo, very nice. Especially as we can leave you in there all night. I won't, but we could."
"Empty threats Francesca, empty threats."
All of a sudden the ship slammed against an obstacle so violently that the two uncaged girls slid way across to the other side of the deck.
"Whoa! What the hell did that?" Fran complained, rubbing the burn marks on her back from skidding across the rigid hard wood.
"Ow, my head…and my stomach!" Maddy clambered to her feet and leaned over the ships side, offloading the contents of her stomach. "Oh my God, what's in the water?"
A/n and on that rather lovely note I leave you!
PiXiE
Ps. Sorry about no replies, there are simply not enough hours in the day!