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fast steady speed. The two boys walked motionlessly about five feet behind
her, the hoods of their jumpers still pulled up over the tops of their heads –
blocking their features out in shadow. Their feet seemed to graze the concrete
floor as if they were suspended above the ground, floating almost two inches
above the floor. Their pace was faster than Madison’s, they were gradually
closing the distance between them both.
    Fear
flashed wildly in Madison’s eyes, she bit her bottom lip stopping herself from
whimpering. Although both the boys were shorter and younger then her, she knew
that together they could overpower her.  
    She took
large steps trying to quicken her pace, she was unsure what the two boys
intension were, but she had heard rumours about the muggings that occur in the
London area and how children as young as 13 years old carried knives around
with them for protection. Her heart pounded rapidly in her chest, the
irritating dull pain in her arm now fading as fear and anxiety took over her
senses. The suitcase wobbled reluctantly against the speed that it Madison
pulled it, the wheels clunked nosily under the weight of her clothes. She
reached the exit of the platform, making her way towards the sign directing her
to the Underground. Quickly glancing
behind, she stopped dead in her tracks. The platform behind her was empty. The
train remained stationed by the side of the platform, but the two boys had
vanished. The only movement on the platform was a white plastic carrier bag
that had been caught in the wind - sending it soaring wildly across the
concrete. Narrowing her eyes, Madison scanned the full length of the platform -
nothing. The ice cold breeze gushed towards her, flowing through her body as if
it was nothing more than empty space. She inhaled, taking a deep breath of soot
tasting air. Another gust of wind rumbled around the platform, sending plastic
bags that were scattered around the platform soaring towards her. Turning back
around, Madison headed towards the underground before another gust of wind
could hit her.
      She should have relaxed with the knowledge
that the two boys were no longer hot on her heels, but she couldn’t shake off
the feeling that she was being watched. The hairs pricked up on the back of her
neck as she reached the underground, she pulled out her ticket from inside her
handbag as she had approached the automatic gates. Madison slipped the ticket
for the Underground into the card reader. The gates swung open, allowing
Madison to slip through with her suitcase after recollecting her ticket from
the machine. The dull nagging pain in her arm had returned now that the threat
of the two boys had dissipated. Every muscle screamed, urging her to let go of
the large heavy suitcase, but Madison ignored her distressed muscles. Her head
was hazy from dozing on the train journey and she was still uneasy and spooked by
the disappearance of the two boys. The raw emotions of tonight weighed heavy
over Madison - she felt dumb. Every feeling or thought was sucked into the
empty abyss that lay inside her, only the stronger feelings of fear, hate,
guilt, sorrow and pain were able to scratch the surface. All her energy had
been channelled into reaching her destination and this allowed some of the
stronger feelings to bubble up to the surface, causing fresh tears to spill out
over her cheeks. Madison let them slip down her face and neck, wincing from the
stinging sensation as the salty tears grazed over her damaged cheek. She towed
the suitcase swiftly along a dimly lit corridor which led down towards the
underground. Her head felt heavy on her shoulders, the thick layer of haze that
hung around her mind put pressure on her head. Her senses were still spiked,
the boys disappearing act had unnerved her more than she realised.   Her mind wondered as she continued down the
corridor towards the Underground. Images of Phil’s expression just before he
struck Madison flashed into her mind,