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seat across from Madison, squeezing past her suitcase which
blocked the gangway and sat down. Every movement was synchronized between the
two boys, they were puppets joined at the hip - a large hand above the train
manipulating their identical movements. Their shoulders were slumped forwards
and their heads lowered towards the floor – covering their faces in complete
darkness. They were deep in conversation, their voices muffled and low. Both
boys ignored Madison and she was unable to hear their conversation over the
fast strum of an acoustic guitar in her ears. Every movement the boys made was
motionless, as if they were floating in the sky like a cloud, being pulled
along with the wind. They had no intent, focus, or even purpose – they just
were. Their bodies moved with the motion of the train, every movement mimicked
identically by the other.  
    Madison
eyed them both wearily, she was spooked. The way the two boys moved wasn’t
normal. She wondered whether the two boys were trying to spook her by sitting
in the same carriage as her, dressed completely in black with the hoods of
their jumpers pulled up over their heads looked suspicious enough, but the
posture of their bodies so defensive and shielded - like they were trying to
conceal their identities from her caused her more concern. Madison threw that
theory aside, even the best circus performers couldn’t mimicked each other’s
movement the way the two boys did - it was unreal, even their breathing matched
identically. Anxiously Madison straightened up in her seat and she removed one
of the earphones from her right ear. Curiously, she tried to hear what they
were discussing but their voices were too low and husky for her to make out
what they were saying. They whispered wildly to each other, almost frantically
like they were panicked by someone of something. Madison pulled the suitcase in
closer to her seat, unsure of their intensions and wanting to keep her
belongings safe. She turned off her ipod and pulled the remaining earphone
out of her earlobe. She wound the earphones around the small oblong black ipod ,
quickly popping it back inside her handbag and throwing it over her
shoulder.   She jumped as the train
driver’s voice sounded over the tannoy - announcing they were arriving at
waterloo. Grabbing her suitcase she jumped to her feet and slipped out into the
gangway – yearning to leave the train as quickly as possible. Madison pulled
the suitcase to the door at the rear of the carriage. The train jolted forwards
as the train-driver hit the brakes. She balanced herself against the pull of
the train, staring curiously around at the two boys who remained seated -
ignoring her glances. They continued to whisper frantically, their heads
lowered, the hoods of their jumpers hiding their identities. The train slowed
to a stop. She gripped the suitcase tightly, readying herself to step through
the sliding doors as soon as they opened. The train doors slid slowly open. A
breeze of cool fresh air flooded through the open train doors. A cold shiver
ran down her spine as the breeze impacted with her body.
    Taking a
big step, Madison cleared the cap between the platform and train. She pulled
the suitcase from the train down onto the platform next to her, quickly pulling
the handle up and towing the suitcase behind her. Her hair flew up wildly as
the wind caught it, spreading out unevenly across the back of her leather
jacket. She scanned the platform her eyes focused on the exit sign.
    Quickening
her pace, she headed towards the exit without stopping to find out whether the
two hooded boys had vacated the train yet. A flickering of a shadow caught the
corner of Madison’s eye - two small shadows danced on the ground next to her.
Both shadows floated motionless like the two boys had when they entered the
carriage. Shuffling footsteps now echoed around the platform from behind her.
She twisted around to search for the source of the footsteps - keeping her pace
at a