Ben Hansen
As Ben plunged through the undergrowth after Tom, he wondered how he was ever going to find him. He could barely see two feet in front of his face. Then he realised he had fallen down and he had passed through the bushes and he looked up, wondering to whom the two feet belonged.
Once upright, he looked down at the owner of the two feet. It was Hugh, smirking at him with an expression of malevolence on his face.
"Hi Hugh," Ben said, glancing at the train tracks which must have been on the other side of the bushes through which he had just passed. "What are you doing here? I would have thought you'd be in Orwent. I mean, we DID separate two weeks ago..."
"It was a slow train. And it stopped due to a fire. There it is," said Hugh, gesturing to a massive smoking wreck that had been a train until the fire overtook it. "Why are YOU here? And did Tom tell you anything?"
"He told me a little about Craper's involvement in mass City Hunter Conspiracies" said Ben, gesturing to Tom who had knocked himself out on a nearby rock after falling over. "Speaking of which, did you find anything out about Craper?"
"I found Craper."
"Great! Where is he?"
"He's dead."
"Oh well. Did he have the Ming Poodle on him?"
"Don't know. Didn't look," said Hugh. Together, they suddenly realised where the Poodle must be if Craper had it, and turned to face the flaming train wreck, similar expressions of horror covering both their faces.
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