Dusk.

The Calm Before The Storm

There once was a man by the name of Jack Archer. He was a former FBI agent and was living his young retirement out well. Jack was only 40 when he retired. He has a wife and two children, and they all lived on a very quaint cottage in Langley, Virginia. Jack wanted to go on a small vacation with his family, since he had been working, he had no recent time to spend with his beloved family. They picked a small town in Montana called Sanction. This was the beginning of a nightmare. "Alright! Are yawl ready?" Jack had been very excited to finally have a moment with his family and to finally go exploring with them. "Okay, get your bags ready! We're leaving in 5!" Dwayne, the youngest of the family, is 9 years old. He already had his small Superman book bag packed, with a little suitcase with little wheels clamped at the bottom. Sarah, who is 15, had her iPhone in her hand, along with a large bag of clothing and make up. She could be seen rushing down the stairs. Jamie, the oldest who is 17, had his olive drab army duffel bag filled up and sitting on the table. Jack's wife Ellen was sitting at the table with Jamie sipping some dark roast coffee while reading a volume of People magazine.

"Come on guys, I got the car ready, let's go" said Jack. They all lead behind Jack, putting their things in the back of their Chevrolet Tahoe. The kids jump in the back while Jack gets into the drivers seat, beside Ellen, who is seated in the passenger seat. Jack asked "Alright, y'all buckled up?" The kids nodded. "I'm glad that we are able to finally spend a vacation together. It's been way too long" Ellen exclaims. "I know babe... Me too" said Jack. The family drives from their small town in Virginia straight to Sanction, making it a 16 hour drive total.

Getting into town was a relief to the Archer family. They got to the hotel named Jolly Inn. This place looked more classical and country, and Jack liked it a lot. Jack chose this town because of the forested areas and the mountain ranges. He loved the outdoors very much, and finally being in Montana was like a dream come true to him. "Get the kids and their stuff upstairs, I'm gonna lock up the car," Jack says. He walked over to the trunk to make sure nobody left anything, closed it, then checked the back and front seats. When he shut the driver door, he was startled by an older man that is standing in front of him with his hand out. "Hi! I'm John Shannon! I own the John Shannon Jeep and Dodge dealership downtown! Welcome to Sanction, what brings you here?" "Were on vacation for a little while" Jack says, "Just taking a breather from being home so much." John adds, "Well, us here at Sanction always do our best at making our visitors have a very remember able time here, well I've got to run, it was very nice meeting such a pleasant family. Until next time!" John says walking away.

Jack felt a little unsettled as the man climbed into his Jeep and sped away, he initially shrugged it off for the fact that Mr. Shannon was being just being a nice and interested guy. Jack grabbed the rest of the family's things out of the hatch and walked inside. Ellen was standing in front of those small ATM's withdrawing some cash when Jack walked up to her. "Did you already check in babe?" Jack asked. Ellen responds, "yeah honey you can take our bags up to the room you big strong man." "Yeah you're funny," Jack adds, "You can take Jamie's bag." Ellen playfully kisses Jack on the cheek and follows him up to their room.

Jack and Ellen take the elevator to Room 16 on the second floor, Jack takes the key card from Ellen and slides it into the slot. The light on the door turns from red to green and they slide the door open and walk inside. Jack drops the bags on the floor next to one of the beds and sees Sarah on her phone with earbuds in (possibly listening to some new age annoying pop music) and he sees Jamie and Dwayne clicking through channels on the T.V. "oh they have a key too?" Jack says to Ellen as she pulls her personals out of her bag. "yeah, is that a problem babe?" "It's a little bit of a problem, listen, your mother... and I will allow you three to share a key, but on one exception. You cannot run in and out all of the time and you need your GPS on all of your phones enabled, do you guys understand?" "Why do we need our GPS on? Are you going to be stalking us?" Sarah says. "No, not stalking you. I need to keep an eye on you, we don't know this place and the people in it so we can't have you running around."

"Jack, honey just give loosen the leash a little bit please? We're on vacation-" "Yeah, in a place that is unknown, it doesn't matter where we are or not, we still have be vigilant and safe. Nowhere is safe these days." "You need to get that FBI mindset out of your head, you need to loosen up and relax babe." " I can't relax."