The Hunted
Title: Magpie Augury: The Hunted
Author: rustydog
Characters: Owen
Rating: G
Challenge: 100 Drabble Challenge; life before Torchwood
Notes: no spoilers; Four for a boy...
His feet were pounding like a racehorse's, in time with his heart, but it wasn't fast enough. He could hear four thin tires slashing through the gravel: the boys were catching up. They had taken his spectacles, but they wanted more. As if that mattered. His mum was going to kill him anyway.
Owen hated being small.
But he knew of a certain tree and he was up it, waiting, when they came round the hedge. He was very accurate with chestnuts.
His gran had once said, "If you're small, you must be clever." He needed to be even cleverer.
Author: rustydog
Characters: Owen
Rating: G
Challenge: 100 Drabble Challenge; life before Torchwood
Notes: no spoilers; Four for a boy...
His feet were pounding like a racehorse's, in time with his heart, but it wasn't fast enough. He could hear four thin tires slashing through the gravel: the boys were catching up. They had taken his spectacles, but they wanted more. As if that mattered. His mum was going to kill him anyway.
Owen hated being small.
But he knew of a certain tree and he was up it, waiting, when they came round the hedge. He was very accurate with chestnuts.
His gran had once said, "If you're small, you must be clever." He needed to be even cleverer.