The City's Treasure Hunter

Chapter 1 - How the Troubles Started

This is how it started. Pay close attention.

I woke up feeling like it was gonna be a great day. The sun was shining, my computer was waiting for me, my music downloaded and all ready for a day of doing nothing but playing Danganronpa! Then all of a sudden I hear a crash. I swing my feet over the side of the bed and get up swiftly. I then dead sprint out of the door, down the hall and past my bedroom, and then downstairs. I try to locate where the crash came from so I run throughout all of the downstairs. I ran into the kitchen, the living room, the guest bedroom, the guest bathroom, the game room, the library, and then finally into my parents bedroom. That's where I found the source of the noise. The window was broken. My parents weren't there. I look out the window and I see a van leaving, I try to see the license plate but it's too far away.

I quickly run out to get my bike and chase after it. I go to the garage, open it, grab my mountain bike and hop on. I then peddle as fast as possible towards where I saw the van turn. I see it heading down the main street and peddle after it. It continued down the main street for several miles, although I'm losing a lot of ground. I can't keep up with it. I peddle with everything I got and somehow manage to close the gap by a few feet.

All of a sudden the van makes a sharp right and I follow in pursuit a couple miles or so behind. It continued this way for about five minutes until I finally lost it. I never got close enough to look at the license plate. I then peddle back home immediately. Once I got there, a letter was taped upon the door. On the envelope it said Jack in very neat and nice handwriting.

I tore the envelope off of the door. I open the door, walk in and slam it shut. I sit on the couch the envelope in hand. It must be from the kidnappers, I thought to myself. I then slowly open the letter. Once I had it opened I started reading. The letter contained of: "Dear Jack, I hope you can forgive me for taking your parents. That is the only way to actually get you to do something for me though. I need a favor, complete this favor and you receive your parents, tell the police and you will never see them again. I need you to go pick up a few things. They all are located in top security buildings and you're the perfect one for the job! Oooh, I'm getting all excited now! You're gonna have such fun, my friend! Now, think of this as a treasure hunt, only your treasure is your parents! The whole reason I chose you is because you tend to be a genius and that you have quite a record for breaking and entering, although you weren't ever caught. You're a sneaky one. Anyway! First task to getting your parents back, steal a ruby for me, the ruby from Noinic Inc. I need it. Fail and you'll never see your parents again. Sincerely, your Parent's Kidnapper."

I can't believe this. My parents got taken because I have a record for braking and entering, which the government shouldn't even HAVE and because I'm a so called genius. The two things I use to try and HELP my parents. This has got to be the definition to irony. I need to get this ruby from Noinic Inc. One of the biggest corporations around! This can't be happening... This just can't! Out of frustration I punch the wall and cause it to have a small indention while also scraping my knuckles. "Nice one, Jack.." I whisper to myself.

So time for me to asses this situation. So far my parents were taken in the morning while my neighbors are away on vacation, I have received a letter telling me I need to break into a high security corporation in order to receive them back, if i tell the police then they most likely will be killed, and I am starving. I don't have much of an appetite but I can hear my stomach growling. I head into the kitchen and grab an apple. I eat it and decide to look up more upon this Noinic Inc. They're a widely known corporation, at least in this world it is, and they mass produce clothes, jewelry, and other fashion items. They appearantly are located in my city, Druden, and they are high security.