walk a few blocks towards Charter Road. He was sure he noticed Sam head that way when they moved apart not to long along, but would Sam still be around on the street? For all he knew the men in black caught Sam and had taken him away. He made his way down the three blocks passing houses until he reached Charter Road, turned and started down the sidewalk, staying in the shadows as he moved. Stores and small businesses lined both sides of the street. He knew by walking on the sidewalk he was more out in the open, making himself more visible to the men in black, but it was a risk he had to take. If the black car came around the corner now, he would be done for, but he wanted to find Sam. He walked for a minute more.
“Bobby” a voice called out from above.
Bobby stopped walking and quickly ducked into the shadows. He stepped forward and looked up. He knew the voice. He noticed Sam on top of the roof waving at him. “What are you doing up there?” He whispered back while looking down the street.
“Trying to find everyone. I wanted a better point of view. Figured being up on the roof gave me a better vantage point” Sam called back. “Hard to see though in the darkness. Haven’t seen any men in black in the last few hours”
Bobby nodded “Neither have I. Maybe they gave up. What was up with them coming after us like that? Those guys are crazy. Chasing after kids in a car.” He said while looking up to Sam.
“I guess they know about us seeing the aliens in the forest”
“They were after John Smith as well. I guess he really does know a huge secret about the aliens. Maybe her knows the hour of the attack”
“Hold on, I’m coming down” Sam called out. He got up from his spot and made his way to the back of the building.
Sam ran to the end of the block and up the alleyway and watched Sam climbing down the ladder.
When Sam reached the bottom he turned to Bobby. “Did you see Timmy or Kyle and what direction they went?”
Bobby shook his head no, “I tired keeping my eye on them, but in all the confusion and darkness I lost sight of them”
“I know what you mean,” Sam said “It all happen so fast. We broke apart in different groups so fast. I had no idea who was with me. I called out for everyone to meet up at hole in the tree. Hopefully they heard me”
“I think Timmy went in the direction of the park” Bobby said “That’s my guess”
“Maybe Kyle headed for Clarkson Street” Sam said “What I think we should do is head over to hole in the tree. It’s where I told everyone to meet up. I just hope the other guys are there”
“Good idea” Bobby nodded “Hopefully we will meet up with everyone then.”
They walked up the alleyway to the top of the street and gave a quick look around making sure no one was watching them and took off running towards the forest.
Kyle peaked out from under the tree and hadn’t seen a black car in awhile. He remembered Sam yelling out about meeting up at hole in the tree. He figured it was his only chance to meet up with the gang, if they hadn’t been caught yet. Or the worst-case scenario, the men in black waiting at the entrance for them to arrive. All the work he had done getting away only to have them waiting for him would be horrible, but he had to take the risk. He set off towards hole in the tree.
It wasn’t long until Sam and Bobby ran across the grass and reached hole in the tree. They stood in front of the massive wall of trees trying to locate the other two. They were sure they were seeing black cars every second with every step they took along the way. They jumped when anything moved, even a bat.
Bobby was the first one through the entrance. After he crawled through he stood up and looked around the forest area and was disappointed when he didn’t see any of the other cry wolves’ gang waiting for them. He was hoping Kyle and Timmy would’ve been there. “Guess the other guys are still out there. Lets hope they’re hiding and haven’t been caught”
Sam stood up and nodded. He knew Bobby was thinking the same thing he was. Hoping the two other guys were not being held prisoner in a secret location by the men in black. “I guess we need wait here and hope they come to us”
Bobby agreed and they both hid in the darkness with the trees and bushes covering over him. Looking out over the town hoping the other members of the cry wolves’ gang would soon arrive. The only thing heard were crickets throughout the darkness.
When Kyle reached a street corner he stopped and leaned on the wall, he was out of breath. He looked around making sure no one was watching from a distance. He would’ve liked to see someone to call out to, but he wasn’t betting on it. He knew he had to keep moving. Every second counted. He quickly ran across the street when he was sure the coast was clear. Staying in the shadows for block after block. Fifteen minutes later of running he could finally see hole in the tree entrance half a block away. The forest wall never looked so scary and inviting in his life. He figured if someone where going to grab him it would happen now. Of all his running he felt more nervous now then before. There where no more building to hide along side of. Now he would have to cross the street and run across the grass towards the forest.
He could only hope to see the others waiting. He took a deep breath and made sure no cars where hiding in the shadows and ran.
He cleared the street in a second and crossed the grass in record time. He always liked being a daredevil; well he was feeling it now more then ever. He wondered if a spy ever felt this much fear, because they never showed it in the movies.
Bobby saw him approaching and pointed him out to Sam. “Kyle over here” he called out from his hiding spot in the forest.
Kyle recognized Bobby’s voice. He looked into the wall of darkness “Where are you guys?”
“Over here, deeper in the forest” Sam called out. “Go through the entrance and move to your right”
Kyle ran towards the forest and stopped at the entrance. “Can someone explain to me what is going on here?” he whispered as loud as he could. “Why are we being chased? We’re just little kids looking to enjoy the weekend. Now aliens want to destroy our town and were being pursued by weird looking men with freaky looking eyes in black cars? This doesn’t happen to other kids, why us?”
Sam quickly crawled out of his hiding spot on his knees. He looked up to Kyle “Trust me I know how you feel. Looks like someone really wants us silenced. We know too much. To make matters worse, we can’t find Timmy. Quick get in ”
Timmy ran out of the forest towards the playground. There was no sign of the men chasing after him. He knew he had only once chance, get back to hole in the tree. Maybe the others would be waiting for him there. He made sure no one could see him and he set off running across the grass.
The others boys were inside the forest peaking out through the branches. Looking in every direction for any sign of Timmy. Each one couldn’t help but wonder if the worst case possibly could really happen. At one point they thought about going out and looking for him, but that might put them all in danger again. Each minute felt like an hour. It felt as though time had stopped.
Bobby was lying down using the brush and weeds as cover. He tried looking through the darkness towards the road when he noticed someone running his way. He knew right away it had to be Timmy. Bobby stood up and called out to him.
Timmy ran across the grass and heard Bobby’s voice and quickly turned and moved towards the direction it was coming from. When he reached hole in the wall entrance he didn’t slow down. He dove into the bushes and crawled back up towards the other three.
“Good to see your safe, we thought they got you” Bobby called out.
“No way. It was close though. They chased after me into the forest. I was running so fast and fell of dead man cliff,” Timmy said in a hurry.
The other boys looked at him in shock and disbelief.
“What, you fell off? How can you still be here?” Kyle asked. “It’s impossible”
Timmy shook his head “I don’t know how to explain it. A hand lifted me back into the air when I fell off and back onto safe ground.”
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“What, this is crazy” Bobby said.
“The same thing happened to me” Kyle quickly said, “I was almost hit by the black car as I ran across the street and something pushed me across”
The other boys looked at each other in wonder.
“This is way to weird” Bobby said, “None of it makes sense. Who saved Timmy’s and Kyle’s life? And who are the men in black chasing us?”
Timmy nodded “So many questions and no one to talk to about it.” he looked around the dark forest “And can someone tell me what happened to John Smith?”
Sam shook his head. “When the cars came after us we all went in different directions I lost sight of everyone, including John Smith”
“Oh great.” Bobby said, “Now we will never know what the secret is he wanted to tell us. He was the only adult to believe us.”
The kids all sat around disappointed.
“Maybe we will see him again,” Sam said. Even he wasn’t sure if he believed his own words.
“The problem is we’re running out of time. It’s not like the aliens are going to attack years from now, it going to happen in the afternoon” Kyle added.
“What is the plan now?” Bobby asked
Kyle rubbed his fist “I say we go looking for the men in black and slap them around a bit, I don’t like be chased by anybody. I say no more running and a lot more fighting back”
“We’ll have to stay in the
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