Lisa
She crossed her arms over her chest and wished she'd asked Jim to borrow a jacket before they'd left the house. It was freezing, especially since it was supposed to be springtime. The wind picked up speed and Lisa huddled over to Hannah for support. The tiny girl ended up wrapping her arms around Lisa, partially as a hug. Lisa smiled.
"Hey," she giggled.
"Hey," Hannah laughed back. "I'm happy."
"Why?"
"Because we got rid of him."
"Yeah, we did," Lisa agreed. "It's partially because of you, you know."
"How so?"
"You found the pipe," Lisa chuckled. "Remember? Handed it to Jim?"
"Oh yeah," Hannah recalled. "Wow. It happened so fast, I forgot. I knew it could help us but I didn't want to knock him out myself, you know?"
Lisa nodded. She could relate not wishing to be a killer by default.
They fell silent and stood just swaying in the cold wind. Hannah finally spoke impatiently. "What is taking them so long?"
"Wait. You don't think..."
"The infected?" Hannah's eyes grew wide. "I don't think so. We'd have heard something."
"Yeah, I guess, but..." Lisa began to argue back but suddenly something caught her ear. The sound of rustling fabric. Rustling suit fabric. She quickly turned around, back to face the direction they'd come in, to see something she thought she was rid of.
Jim
Jim growled angrily and stepped over a dead body in the airport lounge. He couldn't wait to get out of London and this nightmare of a country. He still held the broken pipe tightly in his hand. It wasn't much, but it would suffice in the case of an emergency. His eyes nervously scanned the rest of the lobby.
"Jim."
He looked up at Selena. Her eyes looked regretful and sad, the brown looking uncharacteristically warm.
"I'm sorry." Jim just raised an eyebrow and didn't answer. For once he felt like being the immature little boy he was.
"I'm sorry, okay? I shouldn't have...let my emotions override common sense. You know I usually don't."
"Well, why make an exception now?" Jim snapped. "Because he's gorgeous? Well, snap out of it Selena! He's a murderer! He was using you to get to Lisa!" Selena was silent as she looked at the floor, and instantly Jim felt guilty. He put a hand on her shoulder.
"Jim, I get it. I'm a fucking moron, but you don't need to keep telling me."
"Selena...let's just...just forget it, okay?" he sighed. He needed her help, and as much as he was irritated with her right now was as much as he wanted to forgive her. She smiled weakly and nodded. He began to speak again, to tell her they needed to go check the planes, when they heard a scream.
Hannah
Hannah spun around as Lisa screamed. She gasped and Jackson grabbed her arm, pulling her to his body and successfully knocking his head to hers. She screeched once and fell to the ground.
She felt a cut forming on her forehead and her vision went hazy. She heard Lisa scream several more times and exchange words with Jackson but it was all too mingled for her to comprehend. Hannah tried pulling herself to her feet to help her but she couldn't, was too weak.
"Jim.." she moaned as Jackson began pulling Lisa away. No one heard.
"Daddy, please help me..."
Selena
Selena grabbed Jim's arm as the scream pierced the air. He shook her off and ran to the window.
"What was that?" she asked quickly.
"I don't know," he replied worriedly, turning back to face her. "You don't think it was Lisa or Hannah do you?"
"Well, whatever it was, it'll be drawing infected," Selena spat. "Come on, let's hurry up and check the planes, then go and get-"
Another scream. This time Jim began running towards the door.
"Jim, wait..."
"That was Lisa! I know it!"
"But..."
Selena grumbled irritably and ran after him as he took off down the stairs and back outside. Her heart stopped beating when she saw the fourteen-year-old body on the streets.
"Hannah!" she screamed and fell to her side. She was breathing. Just knocked out. A small cut was forming on her forehead. She began to awaken as Jim ran about nervously.
"Hannah, where's Lisa?" he asked as soon as she'd regained consciousness. She frowned in confusion and suddenly realization dawned on her young face.
"I don't...no, Jim, Jackson!" she began sobbing. "Jackson came, he got her!"
"No..." Jim slammed his head into his hands anxiously. Hannah stood up weakly and leaned on Selena as they hobbled over back onto the dingy sidewalk. Hannah was absolutely frantic now and even Selena couldn't ignore the tight ball of apprehension forming in her throat.
"We have to find her," Jim demanded, pacing the pavement. Selena shook her head.
"No," she argued. "Wherever they are now, it doesn't matter. We're safe. That's all that counts."
"Selena, would you stop thinking about yourself for one fucking minute and realize that Lisa is in danger!" Jim yelled. Selena jumped. "He's going to either kill her or else force her to marry him or some bullshit like that."
"So?"
"So, I'm not letting her go!" he shouted. "I love her, and she loves me."
Selena fell silent. Oh.
"Now, come on."
"Where are we going?" Hannah asked sleepily.
"Back into the airport. As far as we know, its relatively safe and it has elevated floors so I can scan below for Lisa and Jackson, wherever they are they're still on the streets. They have to be."
Selena nodded dejectedly. Time to just play along again.
Lisa
Lisa fought at his arms as he began to drag her down the street but it was to no avail. He glared at her and shoved her inside a building nearby. She glanced down the street and noticed Hannah was lying, unconscious, on the pavement. She began to scream in a fear that she was out forever. Jackson sent her a backhand to the face and Lisa quieted for a moment, beginning to yell again for Jim but Jackson covered her mouth.
"Did you think I'd die that easily, Leese?" he said liltingly. "You seriously are getting more and more idiotic as the day goes on."
She glared at him, her speech impeded at current time.
"Now come on. We've got a flight to catch."
It struck her as ironically as the same thing he'd told her before their flight to London, and that he used quotes from their past a lot.
And for some reason, this absolutely terrified her.