Deception

Chapter One ~ The Shootout

Note From the Author

    I appreciate you reading this, but I want to give you a full warning that this one of my first ever books I've published, so I don't think it will be that good. But I'd appreciate it if you would read it thoroughly and not skim anything, and if you find any grammar mistakes let me know and I will fix it.  I hope you enjoy this book and stay tuned for the next chapters and the next books. I also want to give a shout out to Jackson Tsuki for helping me and being my editor for this, and my cousin for writing this with me. Don't forget to follow me and vote if you enjoy! <3

Here in Allentown, Pennsylvania we celebrate the 'blood moon'. I, Noah Canster, stand in the middle of the 'Blood Moon Festival' with my mother, Diane, father, Raymond, brother, Joel , BFF, Krisa and cousin, Jackson. It's 7:12 pm and the moon emits a magical red color. Joel, my 8 year old brother hides behind me, because he believes that on the day of the 'blood moon' someone will die. I try everyday to get him to stop believing it, but it never works.

"Let's go to the alpaca pen." Krisa says as she drags Jackson and I over to it.

I let go of her hand and a bullet wips past my face, and nips the side of my head.

"Gah!" I scream and duck to a nearby table.

Krisa and Jackson follow as thousands of guns go off. Men dressed in blood red tuxedos enter the festival. Out of the corner of my eye I see my father get shot, once in the thigh and again in the shoulder. My eyes go wide as I watch him fall to the ground and my brother crouches beside him. One of the men dressed in red grabs Joel and stuffs him in a bag.

"Joel!" I scream, but nothing comes out because Jackson puts his hand over my mouth.

Another one of the men walks towards the table we are under. As he begins to bend down and check underneath I grab a metal stick and stab the man in the leg. Blood trickles down his leg and he falls onto his knees and grabs me by the neck and begins to strangle me.

"Psst." Krisa says and slides her pocket knife out from under the table. I grab it, open it, and stab the man in the side and he lets go of me. Krisa pulls me under the table and Jackson climbs out. He punches the man in the face and he stumbles to the ground. Then Jackson stomps on the man's neck and the head blows off and underneath the table.

"Ewww! It's looking at me!" I scream and klick the head back out from under the table.

"Sorry." Jackson says and looks for more men to hit.

Krisa and I climb out from under the table after we hear the gunshots stop. I look for the men that took my brother but the entire place is empty. The hay that lay on the ground is covered in blood.

"What now?" Krisa and Jackson ask turning to me.

"Now? Now we find the leader of this group, and kill them."