Hatta Almawt

Drew

The man drives us into town in silence. I was expecting him to have talked and ask us questions but he didn't say a word.
It was nice.
I don't know if any of us would have wanted to talk.
I look out the window and as I'm watching the trees from the forest drive by I see two boys I recognise.
"Stop!" I yell at the man, and he does.
"Do you need something?" He asks in his deep voice.
"The two over there were with us." I say.
"How many of you were there?" He asks as he starts getting out if the car and waving them over.
"20." Ethan says from the seat next to me. "10 girls, 10 boys."
The man whistles and reaches into his pocket, pulling out a small rectangular thing that he tapped three times and put against his ear. He then started walking away from the car to the edge if the street where he started talking into it. That's weird.
The boys walk up to the car cautiously until they see the rest of us inside.
What are you doing in there?" Asked the one with dark brown hair. It's Nico.
"He's gonna take us into town in thus car." Ella responds.
"Can we come?" The other boy, Will, asks.
"He told us to tell you that you could." Alex says.
They climb into the car at the same time as the man and we drive off.
.....
As we drive along the road, we all see many signs. Some say Chick Fill'A, whatever that is, and others have pictures of men named Morgan, and a few others. None of them mean anything to any of us.
"You kids seem hungry. Before we get to the police station do you want to pic up some fast food?" The man asks.
We all look at each other confused.
Finally Will speed up. "Uh, sir, how do we pic up food if it's fast?" He asks.
The man laughs sadly. "It just means that the restaurant serves the food fast and you don't need to get out of the car." He says.
"Oh." Will says blushing slightly.
"Well I could eat!" Nico days happily.
None of us object.
.....
The food was amazing. It was warm and delicious. We had a lot of it, too! The man was very generous but I'm sure I could talk for all of us when u say that we were still hungry anyway.
"Now to the police station." The man says.
"What's the police station?" Ella askes.
"Well, the police are people who go around and catch the criminals, the bad guys, and help the people who need help!" He says enthusiastically.
"And we need help." Ethan says with sadness in his voice.
"Don't worry!" The man says, "they're really nice people and they can help you find even more food and a place to sleep!" He smiles.
And then we drive in silence.