CHAPTER 1

BANG.....!!!

I wake up to the sound of my bedroom door opening, in walks my mom with a duffel bag in hand and a worried look on her face.

"Mom, what's wrong..?" I ask

"Alex we have got to get out of here" She says as she rushes over to my closet and starts stuffing my clothes inside.

CRASH...!!!

The sound of glass breaking downstairs makes her freeze for a second.

"Mom what was that, whats going on?" I ask as I jump out of bed quickly getting dressed.

"There's no time to explain. Here give this to the man you meet at this address" she says as she hands me an envelope with an address written at the top in bold ink. She grabs the remainder of my clothes and stuffs them into the bag before handing it to me.

"ANGELA..!"

A voice calls from downstairs."We know you're here give us the boy and we'll let you go"

"Alex whatever happens keep running don't slow down or look back, just head straight to that address and give that envelope to the person you find there got it.." my mom says as she looks me in the eye with an expression I cant place a mixture of fear, worry, anger and sadness.

"Mom tell me what's going on maybe I can help"

"Angela enough games we know you're here, give us the boy now!!"

"There's no time to explain Alex, please just do as I say everything will be clear to you in time I promise"

I look at my mother as a tear slides down her cheek and in that moment I want nothing more in the world than to know what's going on so I can help her. It breaks my heart to see her like this.

"Found you.."

I whip my head so fast in the direction of the voice that I almost get whiplash. Standing by the door is a slender looking woman who seems to be in her twenties. She has jet black hair that reaches her waist and pale blue eyes. Her eyes captivate me so much that I'm in a trance.

"Alex run...!"

The sound of my mother's voice jolts me  from my daze. In a second I'm being shoved out the window. My mom is about to follow suit but she's pulled back roughly by her hair.

"Alex run, don't worry about me just do what as I told you"

Those are the last words I hear from my mother before she's knocked out. That's when my adrenaline kicks in and my brain starts to register that I'm in deep shit. I make my way down the house and land on the front lawn. As I get up I notice three black SUV's parked in our driveway.

"Get him"

I look up to see the woman standing at the window I just came from looking at me". At once the doors to the SUV's open and out come four men and two more from the house.

"Shit"

I grab my bike from the wall and just as I'm about to pedal away I'm grabbed by the collar by one of the guys. I try to squirm free but this guy has an iron grip. I recall previous encounter's with bullies that seemed familiar to this.

They may be stronger but every man needs to protect their family jewls. I knee the guy where the sun doesn't shine and he loosens his grip. I break from his hold grab my bike and zoom out of there. Trees pass by in a blur and just when I think I've lost them I hear the sound of engines behind me.

I look over my shoulder and see the same black vehicles behind me. Anger and fear wash over me giving me an added boost of strength as I recall what just happened a few moments ago.

I make a turn into the woods knowing fully well that they can't follow me with their cars there, they'll have to persue me on foot. I head in the direction of the nearest bust station once im back on the road. I ditch my bike  and board the first bus that pulls into the station and it immediately starts moving.

I guess luck is on my side because as soon we pull out of the station the black SUV's pass by going in the opposite direction.

"Sir.... Sir.... Sir wake up"

I groan as I sit up. A lovely lady stands along the ile as she shakes my shoulder gently waking me from my sleep.

"Sir we have arrived at the final stop" she says with a smile.

"Thank you" I say as I grab my bag and jump off the bus. It's been three days since that incident and right now I'm in a city that I've never set foot in. I fish out the envelope from my jacket so I can look over the address. I put the envelope into my jacket incase I need to ditch my bag and make a run for it since I don't want to loose the only thing that could make sense to what's going on.

I hail down a cab and hop in. I give the address to the driver and he speeds off immediately. Thirty minutes later I'm in a quiet neighborhood moving past lovely houses. The cab pulls up and the driver tells me that this is the place .

I hand him his money and jump out out. I walk up the front porch and ring the door bell. A minute later the door is opened by a guy in his mid thirties. He he's tall for starters has a set of sharp keen brown eyes and a body that says yeah I work out.

"Hello, can I help you..?" He says in a deep voice.

"Sorry to bother you sir but I was told by my mother to give you this" I say as I hand over the envelope. He looks it over before reaping the seal. He pulls out a letter and starts reading.

As he reads I notice he's eye's squinch and eyebrows furrow just as I'm about to ask him if everything is alright he ushers me inside and bolts the door. He leads me towards the living room and retreats to the kitchen. Moments later he returns with a glass of juice and some sandwiches.

"Here son, you must be hungry" I thank him before accepting the food and we sit across from each other. I immediately start eating since I haven't properly eaten in the past few days, too scared to stop for a proper meal with the fear of being caught by my persuers.

If it weren't for the money mom put in my duffel bag I would have been dead already because being twelve alone and hungry ain't a good thing.

"So you're Angela's kid, you've grown since the last time I saw you, I'm Jason by the way" he says.

"Alex" I reply.

" Listen Alex I know that you are tired but I need you to tell me what happened and exactly what happened ok can you do that for me..?" I nod then drop the sandwich I had in hand and begin narrating what happened three days ago"

Its been two hours since I began telling Jason what happened. Each time I say something he asks me to recall specific details I may recall like how many were they, how did they dress, the way they talked and how they looked like.

"They looked like kidnappers" I snap angered by his countless questions and that I'm still in the dark about what's going on. My mom is who know's where kidnapped by a gang in black for what reason I have no idea and here I am talking to a guy who thinks he's batman.

" Look Alex I'm trying to help and the in6ly way I can is if you tell me exactly what happened"

"Why don't you just call the police and tell them what I told you, they can help" I say.

"The police can't help your mother Alex we'll just be putting her in more danger. Why do you think she gave you instructions to come to me instead of the police." He says " your mom is fine for now, they were using her to get to you luckily you managed to escape"

"Why me..? What do they want from me..?"

" You're very special Alex that's why, you're something no one ever thought could be possible"

"What do you mean" I ask

"Get some sleep Alex, you must be exhausted we'll talk more when you are fully rested I believe what happened has taken a toll on you. I'm about to cut him off but my body says otherwise. He gets up and leads me upstairs. He shows me to a room and leaves me alone.

I never noticed how tired I was till I lay on the bed. Exhaustion from the past three days washes over me like a blanket and before I know it I'm out like a light.