Crystalline Constellations

S1 E9: Mind Over Matter [Part 2/2]

And so, like Eleanor had suggested, the group of 5 drove to her and Jen's university campus for them to hide in just so that they could try and work out what to do next, because luckily all of the students, even the ones who lived far away, and the teachers had gone home for the Christmas holidays. A couple of times, going down the road on their way there, they were very nearly seen by Peugot, still scouring the streets of London for them, but the youngest managed to make some evasive manoeuvres so that they were down the street and out of sight just in time.  

It took them a mere 7 minutes approximately to reach their destination, parking the car outside as he didn't know what their vehicle looked like or what its number plate was, and they then all scrambled inside one of the lecture halls, completely empty and uninhabited just like the rest of the campus, shutting the doors behind them as tightly as possible before they all sat down around the hall in the seats the students would occupy when listening to lectures in here. The group didn't sit in a particular line or right next to each other, they were spread apart over a couple of seats in any random one, with Sandra still taking a well-deserved rest from her running faster than the Road Runner a few minutes ago as she slumped herself down, trying not to drop off into a nap because of it meaning that if she did and they had to get up and run for it, she'd either not be in the mood or be too tired to get up. Eleanor and Germany sometimes got up from where they were sitting to look out of the hall's windows and check to make sure they didn't get any unwanted company. 

Jenny turned towards her friends who were sat down while Ells got up after a couple of minutes to peer out the windows again. "So, what are we going to do?"

"I honestly have no idea what our next move should be." Answered the blonde Briton, turning her head around to look at her friend while still standing at the window. "The only thing I do know is that we can't go home until this is all sorted out. Sandra's basically a fugitive now that Dr. Peugot's seen her." 

"We could flee the country." The green-eyed girl herself suggested, her voice becoming less weak and worn out after taking a rest. 

"Ve~? As in leave the U.K?" Said Italy, tilting his head to one side slightly. 

"Yeah. Even if we do it sneakily and without going through border control or anything. That man is ruthless, and he'll do nothing but keep on searching until he finds me." She was almost shivering in worry at his relentless nature in tracking her down. 

"Is it really the best idea to just run away from this, though? I understand your fear of him, he does indeed sound like the type of person you would never want to be on the run from, so I'm not blaming you. But we can't just keep running from country to country, especially because you 3 would be abandoning your homes, und the other pair would be leaving their families behind as well as their university lives." Germany put forward his own view, saying it to her in a tone which was understanding of her experiences and what she was feeling because of it. 

"You're right, we would be leaving a lot behind here if we did run away across the world to escape him," Nodded Sandra. "but sometimes, when there's no other safe option and if this situation goes too far South, the only option we'd have would be to run together and hide, and keep running for as long as we need to until we're out from under the shadow." 

"Assuming there was an offchance that this predicament did get dangerous enough for us to leave this country entirely, where would we sneak on a boat to first? Denmark or France?" Asked Jenny purely out of curiosity, as both she and the pyrokinetic girl had travel-hungry personalities, researching European cultures and wanting to visit many different places one day. 

"I'd say France." She answered, half because of her main crush being Iggy in the series but Francis Bonnefoy being one of her other Hetalia infatuations. "I've seen pictures on Google, Francieland is gorgeous, especially in Paris itself."