Chapter 5: Barely Hanging On

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The next day, the Wild Boys are now departing Slane Castle, all packed up. That means that they are going back to Basildon. Bob is preparing the bus that will take the Wild Boys to Dublin. "So, are we going to take the bus straight to Basildon?" Ian asked. "Nah, we have to stop at Dublin to catch a ferry to Holyhead," Edge said. "Yeah, and Holyhead is where our summer camp will be," Howard said. The rookies then fell silent. "We were smuggled to Ireland actually," Paul (Humphreys) said. "Yeah, we were just walking from Basildon Academy to a neighbouring town just to grab some food only to be kidnapped by people who thought we were you guys, the Wild Boys," Pete said. Everyone fell silent. "That's because they instantly knew that the Wild Boys were a group of teenagers with hybrids," Mr McCartney said.

The Wild Boys were confused, were the teachers going with them? "Are you going with us?" Larry asked. "No, we're staying here until summer camp, where we'll go to Holyhead," Ms Harry said. The Wild Boys were then able to enter the bus so that they could go to Dublin. David had to be carried into his seat because his wheelchair had to be at the back. "Okay, is everyone here?" Bob asked. "Yes," the Wild Boys said in unison. "Okay, I'm going to check attendance first to see if anyone else is missing," Bob said before taking out his watch to check the names. "Curt Smith?" Bob called out. "Present," Curt said. "Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana?" Bob called out. "Here," Roland said. "George Michael?" Bob called out. "Present," George said. "Andrew John Ridgeley?" Bob called out.

"Here," Andrew (Ridgeley) said. "David Gahan?" Bob called out. "Present," Dave said. "Martin Lee Gore?" Bob called out. "Here," Mart said. "Andrew Leonard John Fletcher?" Bob called out. "Present," Fletch said. "Alan Charles Wilder?" Bob called out. "Here," Alan said. "Simon John Charles Le Bon?" Bob called out. "Present," Simon said. "Nicholas James Bates?" Bob called out. "Here," Nicky said. "Nigel John Taylor?" Bob called out. "Present," John said. "Roger Andrew Hernandez Taylor?" Bob called out. "Here," Roger said. "Andrew Arthur James Taylor?" Bob called out. "Present," Andy (Taylor) said. "Christopher Hamill?" Bob called out. "Here," Chris said. "James Kerr?" Bob called out. "Present," Jim said. "Charles Burchill?" Bob called out.

"Here," Charlie said."Mel George Gaynor?" Bob called out. "Present," Mel said. "Norman Michael Joseph MacNeil?" Bob called out. "Here," Mick said. "Derek Forbes?" Bob called out. "Present," Derek said. "Paul Antony Young?" Bob called out. "Here," Paul (Young) said. "Peter Mark Sinclair Almond?" Bob called out. "Present," Marc said. "David Ball?" Bob called out. "Here," David said. "Anthony Patrick Hadley?" Bob called out. "Present," Tony said. "Steven Antony Norman?" Bob called out. "Here," Steve (Norman) said. "Martin John Kemp?" Bob called out. "Present," Martin said. "John Leslie Keeble?" Bob called out. "Here," Keebs said. "Gary James Kemp?" Bob called out. "Present," Gary (Kemp) said. "Nicholas Beggs?" Bob called out. "Here," Nick said.

"Stuart Croxford Neale?" Bob called out. "Present," Stu said. "Jeremy Strode?" Bob called out. "Here," Jez said. "Steven Askew?" Bob called out. "Present," Steve (Askew) said. "Nicholas David Kershaw?" Bob called out. "Here," Nik said. "Terence Edward Hall?" Bob called out. "Present," Terry said. "John Howard Jones?" Bob called out. "Here," Howard said. "William Michael Albert Broad?" Bob called out. "Present," Billy said. "Gary Anthony James Webb?" Bob called out. "Here," Gary (Webb) said. "Bernard Sumner?" Bob called out. "Present," Bernard said. "Stephen Paul David Morris?" Bob called out. "Here," Stephen said. "Peter Hook?" Bob called out. "Present," Peter said. "Ian Stephen McCulloch?" Bob called out. "Here," Ian said.

"William Alfred Sergeant?" Bob called out. "Present," Will said. "Leslie Thomas Pattinson?" Bob called out. "Here," Les said. "Peter Louis Vincent de Freitas?" Bob called out. "Present," Pete said. "George Andrew McCluskey?" Bob called out. "Here," Andy (McCluskey) said. "Paul David Humphreys?" Bob called out. "Present," Paul (Humphreys) said. "Morten Harket?" Bob called out. "Here," Morten said. "Pål Waaktaar?" Bob called out. "Present," Pål said. "Magne Furuholmen?" Bob called out. "Here," Magne said. "Michael Kelland John Hutchence?" Bob called out. "Present," Hutch said. "Timothy William Farriss?" Bob called out. "Here," Tim said. "Kirk Pengilly?" Bob called out. "Present," Kirk said. "Garry William Beers?" Bob called out. "Here," Garry said.

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