Fallen Stars

Chapter 43:Kyle's Story

Alan-

Recently I've been feeling as if I shouldn't be a carny, anymore. I spent the last two weeks with these fine people, and celebrated my sixteenth birthday with them. I'm inside my trailer and my packed bag rests at the foot of my bed.

It's still nighttime and I don't feel like saying goodbye to anyone. I exit my trailer and start walking without any idea where I'm going. Will is in parrot form and he's perched on my shoulder.

"Where the hell are you going?" A female voice says behind me. I whip around and see Denise with a cigarette in hand, staring at me.

"I'm leaving," I say bluntly."You guys are pretty awesome and you've been a good friend to me, these past two weeks. Stay safe."

I turn away from her and start walking again.

"Jeez Fire-Boy, you're going on a adventure and you're not even going to invite me?" She asks, rushing towards me and playfully punches my right arm.

I'm glad Denise is tagging along. I'm still pretty sure she's a Shiner, I'll talk to her later about that.

We come upon a motel. I use fake IDs to get us a motel room. Denise sprints over to a bed, plops down on it, and falls asleep soon after. I sit at the foot of the free bed, watching Television until I fall asleep.

I awaken to the Television still on and a sleeping Will. There's a note from Denise that says she went shopping. I write my own note that explains that I'm going out. As I'm about to open the motel door, Will wakes up.

"You wanna come too, buddy?" I ask him. He runs to me in response.

Me and Will leave the motel room. I decide to get coffee and use the Internet, so I head to a Coffeehouse to use the Internet. There's a lot of things involving me-mostly with the Majestic Fire-Boy, my carny alias.

I finish with the Internet and I grab my jacket and put it on. When I reach the shop's entrance, I'm blocked by two women. They're tall and wearing sunglasses, long coats conceal any weapons they may have.

"The Majestic Fire-Boy, we finally found you," One of the Nitaves says."Your old friend Kyle will love to see you alive."

The Humans in the shop panic as the Nitaves toss their coats to the side, revealing weapons strapped to their vests. They don't kill me, no-they handcuff me with handcuffs most likely found in the Nitave Dimension.

I'm led outside and see Will also being restrained by a pair of Nitaves. I'm pushed inside a van, shoved into a cage, and strapped to a chair. The handcuffs are too strong for me to break.

The drive lasts for a few hours, I don't sleep because that would mean the Nitaves could do anything to my vulnerable body.

The back doors of the van is swung open, revealing two new Nitaves who I've never see before. They pull me out the vehicle and shove me to the sand below. I lay on my back until one of them grabs my ankles. I'm dragged by the Nitaves until we come upon a mountain.

The mountain is hollowed out and must be a base of some sort. A fence stands before us.

"Who goes there?" A Nitave guard asks, peering at us from her guarding post.

"We caught a Shiner, ma'am," says the Nitave who dragged me."We should put him in the fireproof prison cells, he's good at playing with Fire."

"Very well," The guard says, opening the gate to allow us entry. The Nitaves force me to walk forward. As I pass the guard, she spits on my face.

"Welcome to the Nitave base in New Mexico." The Nitave to my right says.

There are numerous animal roars and sounds-Nitave monsters. Numerous Nitaves are busy doing their own duties-checking the Internet, World News, and YouTube videos for anything related to Shiners.