HIDE

Chapter 2: Hidden

Because his parents were gone, Aiden didn't know what to do. He was so mad at this stupid world he was in. Why did this world have to hate blacks?

Just a few seconds later, Aiden saw two guards running towards him. Their faces were filled with madness, wonder and terror. "Come here black boy!" A guard yelled. Aiden had no choice. It was by law that blacks had to come to whites when asked to. "Take off your coat!" The guard screamed spitting into Aiden. Aiden did as he was told. He revealed his black skin showing the guards he was, for sure, black. "He's black, take him away!" the guard said. Aiden saw a piece of plywood laying on the floor. He picked it up and gave a huge whack to each guard. The guards, when hit with the plywood, fell dead and rolled into a small pond.

Now, what could Aiden do? He could do nothing, but that wouldn't do anything. So, Aiden Conea decided he would build a shelter, or some place to hide from the guards. He started to dig in the ground and made a trench. His fingernails were filled with dirt. Once Aiden was done he lay in the small trench putting his legs in first, then body, finally head. Again, he closed his eyes and thought about old memories.

May 20, 2006

"I was one year old. Crawling and learning about the real world. I don't usually have tons of memories of when I was young, but I remember this memory clear. My mom started to teach me about not talking to whites. "Don't talk to white people. You get takin' away." I remember mom saying to me in her calm, sweet voice. I always didn't like when she said that... It made me wonder if I would ever be taken away."

I again woke up. I had another memory. It leads me to notice that I shouldn't have talked to those white guards. If another guard would have walked past the dead guards he would notice that someone was hiding here. Aiden needed to do something fast with the dead guards. Basically, the dead guards were a clue, a big clue, to where Aiden was hiding. He got out of the trench and ran to where the dead bodies lay. He picked one up, smelling the terrible odor it made and put it into an old shed. Aiden did the same to the other guard, picking him up and placing the body into the shed. Once he was finished he decided he could rest more. He sat again, in the trench and closed his eyes.