Runaway

Chapter 18

Some random guy burst through. I soon recognize him as the dude who was standing next to Trey when he kicked Apollo.

I scowl at him and divert my eyes back to the TV.

"What do you want!" Trey demands. He looks over at me then back towards Trey.

Trey groans before getting up and following him out the door.

Once it shuts I get up, walk out the backdoor, and sneakily run around the house to spy on them.

I hide behind a bush as I listen to their conversation.

(Bold=Trey Italics=Grayson)

What's going on? Why do you need me?

There has been word that those people you told us to track have been captured by another gang.

What! How?

That's the thing, we don't know.

All of a sudden my phone goes off and plays Sad Song by: We The Kings

"Shit," I mumble I run away from the area and answer the call without looking at the caller ID

"Hello?"

"Callie!?!" It sounded like a some what muffled voice of Priya

"Priya, what's wrong?"

"Please help, someone broke into my house, I didn't get a good look but there were about 5 people," she cries out quietly.

"Okay hold on, stay hidden as long as possible. I'll be there as soon as I can." I hang up and call Ryder. I inform him on what has happened. Next was to find Trey.

I search the house for twelve minutes then I gave up.

I walk into the garage and pick our fastest car. I didn't have a driver's licence so I couldn't drive well.

I start it up and race out down the driveway. I enter her address in the GPS.

About fifteen minutes later I arrived. Three cars were in her driveway. Two black SUV's vans and just her plain blue Nissan car.

I park the car and break into the house. As soon as I enter I see Priya tied up on a chair, and moments later cold metal is pressed against the side of my head.

The sound of a gun cocking is heard. I gulp as sweat drips down my forehead.

"GET DOWN!" Someone shouts. I knock Priya's chair over and hit the ground. Multiple gun shots went off.

I felt something pick me up and I start swinging with my eyes closed.

My fist soon come in contact with someone's nose as I felt it crack under my knuckles.

"Fuck!" The man growls. I am dropped and I open my eyes to see I hit one of the intruders.

I grab the closest thing to me that I could use for a weapon. Which happened to be a hand mirror.

I smash it over the man's head. He instantly falls to the ground. I had knocked him out. I kneel down next to Priya and untie her as quick as possible. We quietly walk out the back door.

Once the sunlight hits us we run into the woods as far as our legs could take us.

We reach a small river and start to cool off. I grab my phone out of my back pocket. It had 3% left.

I scroll through my contacts until I find Trey's number. I hesitantly call him.

"Yeah?"

"Trey! Where are you?"

"In a very important meeting."

"Well guess What? I'm in the middle of the woods behind Priya's house. You find me I'll explain the whole story."

He hung up after I finished talking. Just then my phone dies. I lean up against a rock in the shade.

"What do we do now?" Priya asks.

"Find a cave?" I ask more than say.

"Yeah, I guess. But if I wake up in a bear's stomach I will personally crawl out and murder you!" She says with a serious look on her face.

"Nah, more likely to be a wolf." I joke. She gasp and sends me daggers.

I softly laugh. We walk along side the river until we eventually find an empty cave to sleep in.

We lay in the farthest point of the cave. We warm up quickly as the cave sheltered us from the cold air.

In the middle of my sleep I awoke to the sound of leaves crunching. I shake Priya until she wakes up.

Her eyes widen as she hears the noise as well. We knew it was a person because they coughed frequently. But We didn't know if that person was good or bad.

I took the risk and peaked outside the cave. I saw a small shadowy figure. I slowly creep closer. I step on a twig and the person whips their head in my direction. (And this is why I would never make a good spy).

I was a young boy, maybe 11 or 12. I crouch down.

"Hi, do you wanna come in the cave? It's warmer." He stares at me. Fear floods his eyes.

"Please don't be scared," I plead. He nods and gets up, he watches my every move. We walk back into the cave.

Once we get in I study his features. He had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. He glances up at me but quickly looks back down at his feet. I frown at that action. Once we settle in, I start to introduce myself.

"I'm Callie and..." I point towards Priya.

"I'm Priya." He shakes both of our hands.

"I'm henry." He smiles which show his dimples.

"How old are you?" I ask.

"Twelve" he answers. I was right.

"Why were you out here all alone? Where are your parents?"

"My parents. I don't know where they are. They left me when I was four. I'm out here because I was running from the bad people." Me and Priya stare at him in shock.

"Don't worry about any of that. Me and all of my friends will protect you," I state truthfully.
He smiles.

"What about you guys?" Priya and I exchange glances. I open my mouth to speak but a familiar voice calls yells out my name.