The Lost One

The Journey Begins

Darci's POV
I arrived at Lucas's house around 9:20 that night he was waiting outside for me and we made sure no one was watching us and we were off. About a hour or two later we got tired and hungry so we stopped outside this McDonald's to eat. We walked in and we were there about 20 minutes we ended up getting burgers and sharing a large fry, after that we got on our bikes and kept going. At about 4 in the morning we could no longer go so we stopped at a bus stop for the night, around 11am Lucas woke me up we were wasting time we had to get going. "Lucas there's no way we will ever find my parents okay, why don't we just give up and go home" I said "don't say that angel we will find them I promise" He replied and we kept going. Around 1 in the afternoon we were riding our bikes and these older kids I'd say they were around 15-17 years old, one of them shouted "hey you brats come here". We didn't know what to do so we did the stupidest thing and decided to make a run for it so we went faster and faster on our bikes, we rode into an alley and we were trapped because they were right behind us. They had us cornered and one of them pushed Lucas up against a wall and punched him, " LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!!!" I screamed he dropped Lucas to the ground and he turned to look at me and started walking towards me I was dead. "HEY!!! GET OUT OF HERE" I heard a older man scream at the top of his lungs as they ran away from him he ran towards us I sighed in relief. "Are you kids alright??" He asked concerned "yes, yes we are okay" I said in relief as I was struggling to breathe. Lucas struggled to get up, I grabbed his hand and helped him up. The man asked what we were doing out here alone, and where we were headed to. I sighed as I explained how we were trying to find my birth parents and we didn't know where to go from here. "Well I see y'all are in a tough spot, do you need a ride?" He said kindly, We thought it was thoughtful, but we didnt know him and i was always told to not take rides from strangers. so we kindly said *thank you for the offer but we will be okay* he seemed confused but agreed and left in his truck. We got going on our bikes and continued on the trip, meanwhile we were going pretty sure we were at least 60 miles from home. I was beginning to think we would never find my parents, i was so miserable, tired and hungry i was just ready to give up and go home. Lucas calmed me down and suggested we keep going because he had a feeling that we were gonna find something soon and we should keep going and see what happens, i nodded my head and we kept going.