The ride

Fredric grabbed the bags he packed earlier and the two hurried out, they passed another suit clad goon who was knocked out on the ground at the main entrance to the house. Madeline picked up a big backpack and two shoulder strapped bags. That layed next to him, on clearly had left a mark on the face of the man laying there and it rattled with the sound of canned food as she picked it up.

They had made the plans earlier, but did not expect it to be this urgent, neither spoke in silent agreement as they carried it out, hurrying to the bus station to the central station, to then get lost in the myriad of potential path when the one they took is to the national park dividing the city with a small rural community. They had found information earlier that an elderly man was selling a couple of small boats they could take out in the archipelago to camp out for a while.

The plan was not perfect, but both had agreed that the best start would be to confuse those trying to find then, they would naturally think that they went away somewhere else not camp out in the woods nearby. Especially now when autumn was closing in and the weather really was getting dreary.

They both turned heads as they tried to casually blend in, Madeline for reasons that was obvious, turned mostly male heads, with Fredric being a magnet for the females. It was growing ever more obvious to them it was the right call to camp away from prying eyes that would pick them out in a crowd without fail.

Hopping on to the final bus, a smaller one than the longer busses that normally was going about the city, it was getting clear that it was going to fill as group of female students lined up behind them before the driver opened the door. apperently stoked for some activity by the sea as they chatted lively. Madline and Fredic was first in, and struggled down the isle with their bags to the back of the bus.

They could hear some girls in the bus talking about the odd couple in the back, jokes and laughs, nothing to strange considering. But as the fairly long ride came to a close the cheerful atmosphere had grown more quiet and it was making both a bit weary, tensing up Madeline the most.

Several glances back towards Fredric and hush talking with a few nervous and coy laughs could be heard. Luckily the station they were heading for was near.

They both gathered their travel gear and rose as the bus slowed down.