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Merry spent the first week of the summer holidays feeling like she was going mad with frustration. She’d moved back home for the break, though she spent most of her time at Geordie’s house, or at Ellie’s, where it was quieter.
How did you track down a boy, a girl and a ghost, when they didn’t want to be found?
“The only place I can think of with significance is Aberdeen,” Merry told the others. “It’s where he and Kenzie went before she died. I don’t know if that’s the most likely place, or the least.”
“Hmm,” said Geordie, who was lying on Ellie’s bed next to Ellie. They were both on their laptops, cyber stalking Joss and Teagan.
Ellie was trying to figure out how she might track Joss by his mobile, but it wasn’t easy. It definitely wasn’t legal, and Ellie wasn’t even sure it could be done with the equipment and information she had. All she’d found out was that Joss’s number was registered to Joss and that he lived in London. “If we have his Google account information we should be able to track his phone, if it's an Andriod? Do you think you could work out his passwords?” Ellie asked Merry, who shook her head dejectedly. Joss wasn’t the type to use a first pets or a first streets name.
Not that Merry knew either of those things.
Ellie had more success with a simple Google search. That is, if she defined success by the amount of information she retrieved, rather than the usefulness of that information.
“Did you know Joss had been to eight different schools?” Ellie asked, looking over at Merry. Merry was at Ellie’s desk, reading supernatural themed forums to see if she could find any clues.
Merry shook her head. “There’s London College, obviously,” said Ellie. “And Phoenix High before it burned down. He wrote for the school paper there and got a distinction in music. But then he was like, at six different primary schools before he was as Phoenix.”
“Does it say why?” Merry asked.
“No, just names and dates. Sorry. It’s probably not relevant to now.”
“I don’t know much about his childhood,” Merry frowned. “It sounds unstable.” She sighed. “Is there anything else?"
“Nothing we don’t already know,” Ellie shook her head.
“Great,” said Merry.
“Teagan was in band in Australia,” Geordie said helpfully.
“Just great.”
~
There were other things Merry had made up her mind to do today. She left Ellie to have a nap while she and Geordie drove around on their mission in Neil’s van.
They met up with April to ask about Teagan. April didn’t know where Teagan was. No one in her family knew where Teagan was. Teagan had said she’d gone camping with a group of people, not just Joss. She sent a text to her mother a couple of times but she wasn’t answering her phone.
And since neither of them knew the other would have believed her if she’d said anything about ghosts, neither of them did.
~
They went to Leon’s, to ask about Joss. Leon was frustratingly unworried. Leon said he’d come back in his own time. Leon advised Merry to calm down. Merry nearly punched him in the face, but Geordie pulled her back.
~
They visited Matt the medium. Merry asked if he’d ever heard of a ghost and a human forming a meaningful relationship that didn’t end badly for the human. Matt told her definitely not, and in the back of his mind Johnny sighed wistfully and thought of Yvonne.
~
Finally at dinnertime, they ended up back at Ellie’s with a large bag of Chinese takeaways. Geordie recounted their failure to find out anything useful and Merry chewed angrily on sweet and sour pork. Her knee was hurting to the point of distraction, throbbing from a day of activity.
Ellie looked at the shadows hanging over her friends face. It had only been a couple of days since Merry had told them what had happened between her and Patrick Ravensdale, and Ellie had in turn told Merry and Geordie that vampires were the ones who had kidnapped her. They’d spent most of the time together since then, trying to be proactive. Trying to keep moving forward. Trying not to drown in how horrible things could become.
But now as they ate dinner, Ellie was hit with the dreaded feeling that they had almost exhausted all of their options. And as much as she’d love to curl into a ball in bed (perhaps beside her boyfriend?) and sleep through it, she couldn’t bear knowing that Teagan was out there and needed help.
She didn’t know Teagan very well at all, but that didn’t matter. None of the crew had known Ellie when they’d come to rescue her from the vampires.
Pass it on, thought Ellie.
“So,” she said, as she finished her fried noodles. “How are we getting to Aberdeen?”
How did you track down a boy, a girl and a ghost, when they didn’t want to be found?
“The only place I can think of with significance is Aberdeen,” Merry told the others. “It’s where he and Kenzie went before she died. I don’t know if that’s the most likely place, or the least.”
“Hmm,” said Geordie, who was lying on Ellie’s bed next to Ellie. They were both on their laptops, cyber stalking Joss and Teagan.
Ellie was trying to figure out how she might track Joss by his mobile, but it wasn’t easy. It definitely wasn’t legal, and Ellie wasn’t even sure it could be done with the equipment and information she had. All she’d found out was that Joss’s number was registered to Joss and that he lived in London. “If we have his Google account information we should be able to track his phone, if it's an Andriod? Do you think you could work out his passwords?” Ellie asked Merry, who shook her head dejectedly. Joss wasn’t the type to use a first pets or a first streets name.
Not that Merry knew either of those things.
Ellie had more success with a simple Google search. That is, if she defined success by the amount of information she retrieved, rather than the usefulness of that information.
“Did you know Joss had been to eight different schools?” Ellie asked, looking over at Merry. Merry was at Ellie’s desk, reading supernatural themed forums to see if she could find any clues.
Merry shook her head. “There’s London College, obviously,” said Ellie. “And Phoenix High before it burned down. He wrote for the school paper there and got a distinction in music. But then he was like, at six different primary schools before he was as Phoenix.”
“Does it say why?” Merry asked.
“No, just names and dates. Sorry. It’s probably not relevant to now.”
“I don’t know much about his childhood,” Merry frowned. “It sounds unstable.” She sighed. “Is there anything else?"
“Nothing we don’t already know,” Ellie shook her head.
“Great,” said Merry.
“Teagan was in band in Australia,” Geordie said helpfully.
“Just great.”
~
There were other things Merry had made up her mind to do today. She left Ellie to have a nap while she and Geordie drove around on their mission in Neil’s van.
They met up with April to ask about Teagan. April didn’t know where Teagan was. No one in her family knew where Teagan was. Teagan had said she’d gone camping with a group of people, not just Joss. She sent a text to her mother a couple of times but she wasn’t answering her phone.
And since neither of them knew the other would have believed her if she’d said anything about ghosts, neither of them did.
~
They went to Leon’s, to ask about Joss. Leon was frustratingly unworried. Leon said he’d come back in his own time. Leon advised Merry to calm down. Merry nearly punched him in the face, but Geordie pulled her back.
~
They visited Matt the medium. Merry asked if he’d ever heard of a ghost and a human forming a meaningful relationship that didn’t end badly for the human. Matt told her definitely not, and in the back of his mind Johnny sighed wistfully and thought of Yvonne.
~
Finally at dinnertime, they ended up back at Ellie’s with a large bag of Chinese takeaways. Geordie recounted their failure to find out anything useful and Merry chewed angrily on sweet and sour pork. Her knee was hurting to the point of distraction, throbbing from a day of activity.
Ellie looked at the shadows hanging over her friends face. It had only been a couple of days since Merry had told them what had happened between her and Patrick Ravensdale, and Ellie had in turn told Merry and Geordie that vampires were the ones who had kidnapped her. They’d spent most of the time together since then, trying to be proactive. Trying to keep moving forward. Trying not to drown in how horrible things could become.
But now as they ate dinner, Ellie was hit with the dreaded feeling that they had almost exhausted all of their options. And as much as she’d love to curl into a ball in bed (perhaps beside her boyfriend?) and sleep through it, she couldn’t bear knowing that Teagan was out there and needed help.
She didn’t know Teagan very well at all, but that didn’t matter. None of the crew had known Ellie when they’d come to rescue her from the vampires.
Pass it on, thought Ellie.
“So,” she said, as she finished her fried noodles. “How are we getting to Aberdeen?”
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