Mr. Fluff went missing

Part 4

Murdoch knocked on the door to Mr. Pitman's door, after few moments a grumpy sound came from inside

"come in" Pitman said and Murdoch went in, Pitman was sitting on his bed, his hair was a mess, eyes half closed. it took him a second to realize that the first officer was in his quarter. he tried to get up, but Murdoch put his hand up in a stop sign.

"Is every thing alright sir?" Pitman asked

"were have you been last night?" Murdoch asked

"on the bridge sir, I had night shift" Pitman replied, growing a bit uneasy.

"did you see any one around the quarters?"

"no sir, no one was on the deck last night except the deck crew. few of them actually"

"did any of them..." Murdoch paused, thinking "do you know Mr. Fluff?"

"uh... what?" Pitman's face turned into a mix of confusion and worry with a pinch of laughter.

"Mr. Fluff? you know it?" Murdoch grew suspicious about Pitman, he knew Pitman loved to prank Moody all the time, so maybe this was one of those times and they could finally put their minds to rest.

"Mr. Fluff?" Pitman asked before bursting into a fit of laughter. "who is unfortunate enough to have Fluff as their last name?" he kept on laughing hysterically, clutching his sides, and wiping a tear out of his eye.

"Mr Fluff is not a human, it is a teddy bear" Murdoch sighed with a crystal clear disappointment in his voice.

"a teddy bear?" Pitman stopped from his hysterical fit "who's teddy bear?" he asked, his tone serious

"Moody's"

"Moody's?" Pitman asked again, waiting for a confirmation.

"Yes"

there was an uncomfortable silence in the quarter till Lightoller stumbled into the quarter without knocking.

"Will, get up. we have a trouble!" Lightoerler gasped, face slightly red. "there is a fight at 3rd class's deck. check it out!"

Murdoch got up and left along with Lightoller, leaving Pitman alone.

"at least you could have closed the door behind you!" Pitman angrily got up to close the door, and went back to his sleep.

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All the officers forgot about the teddy bear for a while when two parents came to the bridge, crying and calling for their little son's name. some how the parent were trying to keep baby calm, and their son wandered off and now he is missing.

Murdoch got the entire deck crew up and led a gigantic search party for the little boy, Albert. Lightoller and Pitman went on to search some other parts with master of arms, asking passengers around for the little kid. mean while Boxhall remained on the bridge. the captain also went to the search, he along with some of other officers begun looking around too, specially in the passenger quarters.

Murdoch's search party had searched the entire ship, which took them several hours but no luck. he hoped that others had a clue. the fear of the kid falling off the ship now begun settling in their heads, after all this wont be the first case either.

after nearly 12 hours of search and asking around, Murdoch returned to the bridge, to get the map of the ship he and other officers made. to make sure they have covered every corridor of the ship.