Friday, July 20, 2007

   Chapter 3: Gang
Sunlight shined into the den after a few hours past. The fire had gone down, so it was barely there. Pheobe still didn't sleep. She poked her head out of the den and looked both ways. A parry dog darted past her. She jumped and snickered.
As the parry dog ran out of site, Pheobe crawled out.
"It's a nice day out today. Only one cloud in site." Pheobe looked past the leaves on the trees." I guess I should get some wood so the fire doesn't go out again. And hopefully that person won't come back. Pheobe thought.
Pheobe's stomach growled as she walked along. It kept increasing each time.
I think I made the ground shake that time. Pheobe thought with a smile.
"I really should find some food."
A morning dove gently landed on a branch a couple feet away from Pheobe.
"Hello there," Pheobe greeted. "You wouldn't know where any food, that I could eat, is would you?"
The bird chirped. It flew slowly in front of Pheobe and she followed. The morning dove lead her out of the trees. There was a large flat field, until it fell into a big hill.
Pheobe looked confused and walked to the end of the field. Staring down, she seen a big town.
"Wow. Thank you very much!" Pheobe hurried down the hill as the bird flew back into the trees.
The closer Pheobe came to the town, the louder things got.
I forgot how noisy the city can be. But this one is much louder then the other one. She stumbled but didn't trip.
When she got down the hill, she crossed train tracks that seems to go on forever both ways. Pheobe finally came to the edge of the towns. Houses were falling apart though people obviously still lived in then. In one house, Pheobe heard a man yelling at a woman. There was a crying baby inside. As Pheobe continued down the cracked sidewalk, she also noticed several teenagers smoking and drinking on a porch.
"Hey kid! Why don't you come over here for a second? I wanna' show you something." she heard one of them call to her.
Phoebe ignored it and picked up her pace. Far off she heard sirens quickly growing closer. In the next second, a small blue car sped past her, A black and white car, with the number 93 on it, followed close behind.
This must be the "bad part of town" that mom told me about. I better hurry up and get out of here. Pheobe thought and began to run.
Soon she came to an ail. She stopped in front of it. There was a group of later-aged teens. They were circled around something. They were kicking it. Looking past their legs, Pheobe saw a younger kid. A boy. He looked a few years older then Pheobe. The boy had light brown shoulder length hair. His eyes were clenched shut. He was curled into a ball as the teens kicked him. He was bleeding in many places.
"Ahh!" the boy shouted. His eyes swelled with tears.
"Stop it! Stop it right now!" Pheobe yelled with her fists clenched. "Your hurting him! Leave him alone!"
The teens stopped.
"Hey look. She's acting like she's gonna do something." one laughed.
"She's just a toddler." said another.
Oh no! What did I just do?! Pheobe thought, staring at the teens starting to line up across the ail, standing in front of the kid.
"We should teach her not to mess with our gang." someone in the middle said.
"Yeah! Lets get her!"
At that second Pheobe started to run.
I can't out run them! What do I do?! Pheobe heard the round one corner as she went around another. "Ahh!" Pheobe screamed when someone grabbed her shoulder. She fell and scrapped her knee.
She looked up. A man, with mostly dark brown hair, some white, and brown eyes, put a finger over his lips.
"Get on." He bent down. "Get on my back. I'll help you."
Pheobe hesitated. Then the gang turned the corner. She got on the man's back. With a quick push, the man took off running.
He's fast! Pheobe thought.
"Hey got back here!" someone yelled after them.
The man made a big circle around. He ran past everything Pheobe recently crossed. They passes the train track and started up the hill.
"W-where are you taking me?" Phoebe finally asked.
"Away from here." The man said.
"Where would that be?"
"But-" Pheobe started to protest.
"It's alright. I'm not going to hurt you."
He ran across the field into the forest
"I could walk, you don't have to carry me."
"It's fine. It's a long ways there." The man slowed down, but not much. "How's your knee?"
"Oh, um...it's fine..."
"I'll get it cleaned up when we get there."
Pheobe's stomach growled.
"And something to eat."
"Okay." Pheobe said, still nervous. "how far away is this place anyways?"
"Seven to ten miles"
"Seriously? And your gonna carry me the whole way?"
"Yes"
"Umm... alright."

After a couple of miles, the man began to walk. Neither of them said anything until they came by a small house.
"Wait here. I'll be right back." He bent down and let Pheobe off.
"O-okay."
The guy knocked on the front door that someone soon opened.
"Hello there." a woman greeted the man. "Who do you have with you?"
"Could I come in and talk to you for a couple of minutes?"
"Um yeah, sure."
The man walked in
I wonder what their doing in there? Maybe I should run. The den can't be that far away. And I don't know what's going on, he hasn't told me much. But he is fast. He could easily catch me. I wonder what his name is anyways. Pheobe thought.
Before Pheobe could decide anything, the man came back out.
"Okay, thank you. I'll see you later." he said.
"Bye." the lady closed the door.
Right when Pheobe was about to ask his name, he handed her an apple.
"This should hold you for a while."
"Thank you." Phoebe took the fruit.
"Now let's get going."



and that's chapter 3. ^-^ so yeah...
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