Raven

Chapter 1

••••••••••••••••Jacobs POV•••••••••••••••

It's over.

Like a bullet to the heart, I was gone.

"It can't be over, it can't be". I thought.

And then it hit me.

My whole life flashed before my eyes.

And this journey was the best memory out of all of them.

I can even remember the first day this whole thing started

It was a freezing cold day in West Minnesota. I had to get up early to go to my boring, rundown school. every thing was terrible there, The teachers were horrible, there were gangs of thugs and there was no 'life' to the school either. Thankfully I had my best friend Josh. He had dark brown hair with bright green eyes that flared like the sun. He looked nice but inside I could tell something was... different.

Everyday after school we would walk side by side talking about what happened that day.

But that one day when when I noticed a white van behind us. At first I didn't really care but after a couple minutes seeing it drive slowly towards us I knew we were being followed. I whispered to Josh"walk faster. I think we're being followed." He noticed the van too so we walked a bit faster. The van started to get closer and closer to us. I looked at Josh and we both thought of the same thing.

Run.

We ran and ran until we were far enough to take a break but that van would be right back on us.

Finally we reached my house with the van close behind. I turned the door handle and it wouldn't budge. I searched for the spare key under the BBQ hood but it wasn't there! I looked at Josh and we sprinted to the back thankfully the door was unlocked. We bolted inside and locked the door behind us.

I yelled to my mom but there was no answer. "She always answers me" I thought . I looked around trying to find her but she wasn't here. When I got to the kitchen I saw a tall man in a black suit. I froze and looked up and up and up until finally I reached his head. He was an African-American with a mean looking face and a scar on his left cheek.

"Sit down." He said firmly. He reached into his pocket. I leaned back because I thought he was reaching for a gun. But instead he pulled out a phone. He gave us the phone and said" Go on, look at it". I opened the screen and saw my parents tied up to what looked a chair.

Tears started to come on my bright red face of anger." What do you want?" I asked. "What do you want!?!?" Tears started coming down by the dozens. I felt a lump forming in my throat." Come with me and your parents will live." He said in low voice." Your friend has to come too." "No." I said." You can take me but leave Josh here." "You've got guts son but that wasn't a question." The man said. Two other men with black suits with ski masks on came from behind us. They squeezed our shoulders and lead us to the white van.

•••••••••••••••••Josh POV••••••••••••••••

The white van was very uncomfortable. It stunk like crap. And to make it worse there was garden tools everywhere to make it look like it was an actual gardening van. I was tied up while Jacob was put to sleep for some odd reason. And to make worse it was dark. I was always afraid of the dark. But outside there were lights in the distance. I think we were on a mountain because the lights were down and the air felt thin like it was trying suffocating me. I looked out the front window and saw a tiny light. It looked like a prison with all the lights but as we got closer and closer I noticed it was a...