George clung unto his father's hand as they stood on the packed underground train, for a boy as small as he, this was a nightmare, but at least he was with his dad. Just being with his dad was more than enough to make George happy, because they spent less time together these days.
They were coming into Sloane Square now, one stop away from South Kensington where they would find Ria, not much more of these stuffy conditions.
Ria was quite the moody one today, what was her problem and why was she always directing it at dad? This was a mystery George could not solve, for she had once loved him unconditionally and now loathed him more than loathing would allow. What could have made her change so drastically like that?
Dad was by no means perfect, he made his fair share of mistakes and he would sometimes miss or be late to things, but he was always doting on them, always thinking about them and trying his best to make up for his flaws. After all, mum did get with that Daniel man, so it was only natural dad would be upset and making more mistakes.
George didn't like Daniel much, he often tried too hard to take dad's place and would make condescending remarks about his father to his mother when he thought Ria and him weren't listening. Nobody could speak badly about his father and expect to liked, regardless of how many fancy things Daniel bought him. That included the PS4 George had spent the entire weekend playing Fifa 14 on.
This feeling right here was worth more than any material possession, quality time with his real dad.
George suddenly noticed they had been sitting at Sloane Square for a while now with the doors remaining open. Passengers had already gotten off and on, what was the hold up?
The man on the intercom answered that question mere minutes later.
"Ladies and gentlemen, hopefully we should be on our way shortly. Something is happening at South Kensington, so all trains before us have been called to a stop. I have no details, but as soon as I hear anything I'll let you know. Thank you for your patience and apologies for the delay this will cause to your journey".
So that was it, something had happened and all the trains can't go any further. Terry looked down to George.
"You okay, kiddo?" George nodded.
"Did all the trains stop?"
"They sure did, we should be moving again once they sort out the problem".
"Will Ria be there?"
"I sure hope so, otherwise it won't be pleased". George smiled up at his father and asked no further questions. However, the situation did not improve and before long the intercom clicked back on.
"Ladies and gentlemen, sorry but it appears that the situation at South Kensington is more severe than I thought, we have been told not to let any further trains enter the station until the situation has been resolved. As such this train will be detrained, I repeat, this train will be de-trained. Please exit the train calmly and make your way off of the platform, thank you".
"What?" George's father grumbled as people began exiting the train. He tightened his grip around George's wrist a little and led him off the train.
"Come, we need to find out what happened to Ria". His father led the way towards one of the platform attendants.
"Excuse me, what exactly is going on? Care to explain?"
"We know not much more than you, sir. All we can say is that something happened at South Kensington and is likely still happening, though they can't give us any details themselves".
"What do you mean they can't give you any details? How incompetent can someone be, all you have to do is assess the situation and return to tell someone what is going on, it really isn't that difficult".
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Cryptophobia - Outbreak
Horror(Book 1 of the Cryptophobia series) The Ouroboros Virus has hit London, plummeting the city into a state of anarchy. As the British government hopelessly scrambles to resolve what will go on to be the beginnings of greatest known international catas...
