Shattered Eyes

Stand Down

The bell rang. I knew that I couldn't just let this occur. I began to follow Carol, making sure she wasn't noticing me. Linda came from behind me and noticed that I was up to something, so she didn't make a sound. She hid behind me and followed me. I looked back and smiled, and she smiled back. It felt like we were a team on this one, even though obviously we already were. We followed Carol off campus, but it was starting to get really difficult to remain hidden. I used the environment as much as I could, and I kept following. Linda was also pretty good at hiding, so we both remained undercover. Eventually, we were a bit far into the school neighborhood. Carol started to head towards what appeared to be an antique home. "Linda.. I need to find out what Carol is going to do in that house." I whispered to Linda. "Okay, be careful. I'll stay here. Give me your phone so I can text our parents." she whispered back. I handed her my phone, took a deep breath, and made my way towards the house Carol was heading to.

Eventually, I made it to the house. I hid in the side of the house where the windows were. They looked shattered, and it reminded of the gang name. I hid there and Carol knocked on the door. I became nervous and looked to where Linda was hiding. She was nearly invisible - it was amusing. Suddenly, the door opened. I peeked and saw a tall guy, similar to the one who took a picture of my dad's car. "George, we need to talk. Let's talk inside." Carol warned. So the guy's name was George, and this appeared to be his home. They entered the house and I put my ear close to the window. I could hear everything going on, and I began to listen closely to the conversation. "That boy, Harry, remember him?" Carol asked. They were talking about me, out of anything they could talk about, she had to mention ME.

I needed to record this conversation, so I reached for my phone. Crap! I remembered Linda asked for my phone to text our parents. I had no evidence now of whatever was going to come out of their mouths, so I just kept listening. "What about him?" replied George. He had such a deep and harsh voice, it made me feel as if he were her big brother. "He saw the sweater you wore!! I told you I shouldn't have taken care of it!" Carol yelled. Oh my goodness, George was the one who took the picture! I started to become nervous - all of this was starting to make sense. "Harry has a pretty rich background. I believe his father is wealthy." George replied. This couldn't be happening. "Oh, don't be so foolish. We're not going to do anything with that information." Carol argued. "We are getting payed to do jobs like these, so if you want, we don't have to do it and we won't have enough money to continue living like this." George yelled. At this point, my ear got too close to the window and a piece of the shattered window scratched my ear. It was extremely painful, so I jumped in pain. Suddenly, their voices stopped. "Who's there?" George yelled. The front door popped open. It was time to escape, or to stand down. I didn't know what to do, I was just so overwhelmed!

I heard a pocket knife become activated. I knew that I had no choice. I moved as fast as I could to the back of the house trying to make the least amount of noise I could. "The person is behind the house." Carol explained. George moved to the other side of the house. They were both closing in on me, and if I ran behind me, they would both end up chasing me and possibly hurting me. I didn't know what to do! I was running out of time, out of choices! I didn't care anymore. I took off running to the right as fast as I could, so Carol saw me almost instantly. I covered my face as I ran. "THERE YOU ARE! STAND DOWN UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET HURT!" Carol screamed. I ran at full speed trying to get to the school campus so someone there could help me. I looked back and saw both of them running at full speed too. I had the choice to stand down, or to escape. I suddenly began to hear sirens, getting closer and closer as the seconds passed. I knew I was safe now, or was I?