Crosswire

The Unknown

I slowly walk up to the door. "Oh for the love of..." I open the door, only to see Michael standing with a look of 'I'm gonna kill you' " Bro, you locked me out ag.." He didn't finish his sentence, he looked over to see Mary and his face lit up like a Christmas tree. "MARY!!" She jumped up "MICHAEL!!!" She ran up to Michael and gave him a big hug, a little too tight for my comfort. Wait, did I just get jealous?

"Where've you been? how's it going? how's Casey?" Casey is Mary's little sister about the same age of Michael. Once upon a time, they were best friends, then the disappearance..."Whoa there killer, this isn't 21 questions"

He laughed, "Yea you're right, hey would you like something to eat?". Did he just volunteer to cook? "And since when have you learned to cook?" I ask playfully. "Since we have a very special guest."

"Oh, no I'm not that hungry, thanks though" I stared at her, probably a little too long. "Yes?" "Oh, sorry" . I felt my cheeks get warm. "Hey can we go for a walk? Just me and you?" She looked over to Michael, "If that's o.k.?". He smiled, "Yea you two have a lot of catching up to do". Although he said that cheerfully, his eyes said differently.

But before he could change his mind I grabbed her hand and raced outside. For a while we just walked, hand-in-hand. I don't know why, but it felt good. This was when I realized, I love her. After all these years I finally opened my eyes and see that she's always been there for me, except the fact that she's been gone these past two years, but still before that she always walked with me and helped me with my homework or with fights, she was there. She's also the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.

After about 10 min. of walking she said,"I have to tell you something..." we stopped and took a seat on a bench near by. "Casey and I had some issues, we were hiding out in Minnesota". "Ok?''

"And we were found by the Unknown"

"Oh..."

"We were able to escape, but Casey's hurt, and we need somewhere to stay.."

"Why didn't you say something sooner? We've got to go get her!"

"I just didn't want to worry you and Michael.."

"Look Casey means just as much to me as she does to you, c'mon"

We got up and she grabbed my hand and started to lead me toward where they were hiding out at. She took me to a place that looked strangely familiar.

It was an old warehouse where we used to hide out after school everyday. This place hasn't really changed. She undid the locks around the back door and walked in. She led me up the the second floor into a room I've never been in before.

"I don't remember having this here"

"It's because we never came to the second floor"

I shrugged. Back when we were friends, I was a goody two-shoes. Mary walked to the south side of the room to a spot that was covered,"Casey?". And with one sudden movement, Casey pops up and says,"You know, they could've at least given this place a little more color".

I laughed, which startled her for the fact that she wasn't exactly expected to see me. "Oh it's just you".

"Well hi to you too" I managed a chuckle.

Casey went to stand, and as she did she winced in pain. She had been shot in her back, left leg. "How are you even standing right now!?" I had to ask, it seemed impossible.

"It's not exactly that hard when it's numb." True. I remember when I was 12, Michael accidentally shot me with his air soft gun, for the first 10 min, it hurt like a bitch, but it soon I couldn't feel the pain unless I touched it.

"Alright well let's...." I couldn't finish my sentence. There was a thud sound and a tinging sound of a can bouncing on the floor. And all of a sudden, everything went black.

Authors note:

Hey guys, I'm trying to write this next chapter as quickly as possible but I kind of just moved and I'm busy trying to get my stuff unpacked but thx sooo much for reading and also give me some feed back, I would love to know how to make this story better

THX!!