Freezer Burn(finally completed)

Part 2: The New Kid

Its been almost 4 years since the accident, I definetly haven't forgotten it. Why,cause I lost two people that day, one-my dad, he had gone too work that night right before it went off. Second-my brother,he had called my mom right before his phone line got cut off. We spent one month looking for him, but we never found him, we found clues but no sign of him being alive. Sadly my mom gave up, not only on him, but me too and she left me. I then had to move into Arbor City Orphanage which was in the Arnerz section of town. The bad part of town, with thugs,gangs, not a place any kid wants to grow up in. Thankfully a girl who was 10 years older than me named Sky Arnold took me under her wing. She taught me how to make things, take things, and taught me a lot. She was my best friend there. Sky also taught me how to defend my self from the basic threat. I was just a small tot running away from gangs or shoplifting a small merchant at a block market. But there was one thing i learned from Sky. She told me that its ok to fall down or fail, but you always have to get back up again. It was a cold-ish late, late afternoon and was getting colder out, i had my black leather rugged high-tops on with some camo pants on. I had a small brown leather coat on with a black scarf wrapped around my neck with some black mittins on with a maroon beanie cap on. I was walking by a a brick house after just stealing some money and apples stuffed in my deep pockets. I glanced over at some gang sitting outside the brick house and then i glanced down again. One person started getting up and then others. "Hey, kid where you goin". Asked the first person. Sky always told never to engage with gangs. "Hey kid, im talking to you! He yelled. Get back here! He yelled at me. It was to much, and i stopped and turned around. "What is it dork". I called him. "You cant say that to me, whats in your pockets there kiddo". He said as he slowly walked towards me. "First-your not my parents, there gone, second you dont need to know idiot". I told him really not wanting to be here. "I asked you a question kid, now answer it or I'll kick your ass". He threatend me as he stood in front of me. "Oh, ya let me see you run in those baggy ass pants huh". As i pointed towards him. He was just about to say somthing when i took off down the street. He told his gang to get me. They all started running after me, but i was way to fast for them, or so i thought. I was about 10 feet away from a secret passage i always go in and out of into my secret hideout, when i was rounding the corner when someone picked me up from behind. He stopped the vehicle he caught me with and pinned me up against a nearby wall. I was struggling to get out of his grip when the gang leader walked up to me again. "I wasnt finished with you little one, and he slapped me across the face. He took the stuff out of my pockets. Oh, did you buy these apples with this stolen money, huh. Or did you steal it". "Rrrrr, of course i stole it you piece of crap". I stilled struggled to eat away but the betas grip was to strong. "I know your little mentor Sky at the orphanage kid, you dont want me to bring you in and say that you've stolen all your items you've got so far, now do you. I'll make you a deal kid". "Its Gray, ok, my name is Gray, why am i telling you scummbags anyway". I said out loud. "Oh,ok Gray, thanks for the info. Now as i was saying, I'll make you a deal Gray, every time you get somthing you have to pay me back a certain amount of what i want, now ill tell you everyday you come by what i need and you can pay me back for destroying my car a few weeks back remember. Now that a deal". "Rrrr, im not doin anything with you, scumbag". I told him angrily. "By the way, my name is Lernerd, and im the leader of KOBK or Kill Or Be Killed" Lenard told me and then let me go.

I ran into my secret tunnel that led to my secret base. I took out my knife from a leather side pouch i traded one of the other orphans. I opened the knife and scratched on to the concrete wall another tally and stepped back. I counted up the rally's and counted 366 days. I had been here a whole year, i knew my birthday must've already past. I hadent been paying attention to one thing except the one thing to survive and learn from Sky. I had turned 7 years old. Or was I 8. I didnt know anymore, and i didn't care. I had a small littler e crumbled cave that already had someone's old things there so i claimed the camp to be mine, it had this old desk and a lamp in it, it also had a 19th century green-ish chest that had some blankets and clothing in it and some other very handy things in it. I put my pouch with my stuff that was in it in my old chest and put what i found today in another compartment in my cave. I then went over to my lamp turned it out and got the lighter that was next to it and light a candle near my bed. I tucked myself in and went to bed on my rough and dirty blankets. I woke up the next morning and put my clothes on and pouch on. I opened my chest and took some 10 dollars out and stuffed them into my pockets. I made sure i had no trace of me being here in case someone else found me. I went out of my curtain and through a small hole that led to the rugged building place of the orphanage. We didnt really have anyone ever watching us here. It was always just a bunch of kids doing whatever. But when someone new came there was alaways a adult that led them in here and then left us. Well i was just going over to Sky to talk to her when a bell rang and everyone looked at the front of the old warehouse. In came the adult from the sliding rusty old tin door and then came a kid. It was a boy, he looked about 7-8 years old. "Sky, how old am i now". I asked her. "Well, when you came here you were 7 i think and you've lived here a year now so 8 probably". She told me. "Im gonna go say hi to him". I told Sky. "Well, hopefully you make friends with him". As she walked away to some guy. I walked over to the kid and introduced myself. "Hi there, im Gray, whats your name". I asked him as i took out my hand to shake his. "Im Trigger, or Trig, nice to meet you". an idea came to mind and i told him to follow me. We both went to my hole entrance and i told him to wait there. I went inside and got out a pen and paper journal from my chest. I walked back out to him. I wrote a little document in my journal and then handed it to him. "Can i trust you to be my good friend and we can learn from each other and do other things". I asked him and he looked at me weirdly. "Like not that type of things no, not that, in case you thought i was saying something else which i wasnt...". He stopped me in mid sentence. "Your jumbling your self up you know that right". Trig told me. "Ya,i know. Can i just call you Terk". I asked him as he handed me back the book. "Yea,sure". Terk told me. "Well, i have to go do somthing, maybe we can hang out later". I asked Terk. "Yea, definetly". Terk replied. I went and got a random persons bike and claimed it mine, i rode over to the brick house and there lenard was sitting out side. "Well,well, you will do the job". he said from his chair. "Does it pay money". I asked the scumbag. "2 dollars at most, k. Now i want you to go get me a empty oxygen tank anddddd, thats it for today". "Fine, see ya later scumbag". I told Lenard as i ro off down to the old Arbor City metal yard. I knew exactly where to go to find an old oxi tank. I parked my bike out side the metel fence and climbed over. I started to head over to a promising pile when some yard workers started walking by. I jumped into a alley of junk and hid. They both stopped and looked around. "I thought i heard someone" said one of the workers,and they both moved on again. I stepped out into the main alley of junk again, and was caught by surprise to see Sky there. She grabbed me and dragged me to the alley i just stepped out of. "What the hell are you doing here Gray". She started scolding me. "Im just, um hanging out here, finding somthing to do, you know how i get bored right". I grinned and looked away. "What are you actually doing here Gray, hopefully not getting into any trouble with your new friend". "Im, im...i stuttered to find an excuse. Im just meeting a old-ish friend here to go hang out somewhere else. Thats all i promise". I told her with a sad look on my face. "Well i just dont want you to get into any trouble ok, especially with the wrong people". Said Sky. "Your like a little sister to me ok, i worry about you". Sky said as she gave me a hug. "I now that already Sky'. I told her giving her a hug. "Ill get going ok". She told me. "What to go kiss your boyfriend". I heckled her. She looked back and grinned at me knowing i was right.

I started my search again to find an empty oxi tank. I looked for hours, crawling on piles of metel, getting myself cut on sharpe things, hiding from workers until i found the oxi tank. But there was 2 of them. I couldn't decide which to take so i got both. There were small-ish so i tied them to the back of this self on my bike and rode my bike back to the brick house. "Hey, scumbags, can you come help me out here"! I shouted to his dirt rags of people. "Good job you found 2, even better". Each one for me worth about 3 bucks, so here's 6". "But you said 2 was max". I asked him "oh, so you dont want my money". Lenard pulled the money away. "No,no thats not what i meant". I begged him to give it back. "Ok, Gray, here you go 6 dollars". "Yes". I took the money and stuffed it in my pocket and rode off on my bike. I parked my bike in a small alley way off to the side of my back entrance to my secret cave. I walked in to find somebody in my front. I got my knife out of my pouch and pulled a small bandanna up from around my neck snuck up on him. "What are you doing here and how did you find this place"! I said in a try to be different voice form. "First-i found this place cause a kid named Gray showed it to me today and i decided to go in here later to see what it was like cause i was curious and second i dont have a place to stay so i was waiting for her to get back to ask her if i could stay here". i pulled my bandanna down and put away my knife. "My god you scared Terk, and yes you can stay here". I said as i went to put my pouch away anget everything organized. "Wow lot of stuff you have there, did you buy it or trade it for other things". He asked me as he looked around. "I didnt buy it actully, i stole or traded most of it". In told him getting everything ready for the night. "Why though, steal everything". He asked confused. "Around here, you do whatever it takes to survive or live, make friends, anything". I told him. "Well, your ready to sleep,next to me. Not actully like next to me in like the same bed or anything but like right....next..to me". i said nervously. "You do that every time you get nervous" he faced me asking. "Yeah, its a comman thing for me if i say somthing that might be wierd". "Well lets get to bed, shall we". He said as we got into our separate beds and went to sleep. I couldn't really sleep that night, i was having these dreams of me and Terk getting superpowers and go missing for like 7 years or somthing then finnaly coming back. But i think i was just having dreams.