The Meteor

"Hurry up! They'll see you!" Chloe says as glass shatters. Chris and Chloe were being chased down by four men, trying to get a hold of them. Emily and Axel were able to escape, but the men still had eyes on the two scared boys. Both Chris and Axel, frightened for their lives, hiding in bushes, praying the men wouldn't see them. They counted every single man that ran past them, up until they finally counted four men run past them. "Why did we get into this mess?" asked Chloe. "Can't you see we're saving lives?"

3 months earlier... (May 3rd, 2008)

BANG! Axel gets thrown against some lockers by senior bullies. For his whole life, Axel has been bullied because of his weight. His whole body was bruised badly because of all the older people hitting him, "HEY, LEAVE HIM ALONE OR I'M CALLING THE POLICE" shouted a random girl from a distance. As the bullies ran from the situation, the girl approached the boy on the floor, who was clearly hurt. "Oh my god, are you ok," said the girl trying to help. "Yeah, I'm used to it", "Well you shouldn't be, everyone should be treated equally," said the girl as she was helping Axel up. "Thank you for your help... my name is Axel." "I like to help others when I can... my name is Emily," she said as she dismissed herself to go to lunch. Axel went to the bathroom to clean himself up and then went to the cafeteria to eat. As Axel was getting his food, he saw Emily waving at him, telling him to go sit at the table. Axel was kind of shy because Emily was with two other people he didn't know. As he sat down, she presented Axel to her friends. "Axel this is Chris and Chloe, Chloe and Chris this is Axel." "Hi", they all said awkwardly.

1 month later...(June 8th)

It was mid-June, which meant school was finally ending. Axel was always hanging out with Emily and her friends, and they all considered each other best friends. They would always hang out when they could, and are planning to hang out all summer because they live close to each other. "Are you excited for summer?" asked Axel. "Yeah bro, it's going to be the best summer of my life," said Chris excited. They were walking home from school, headed towards Chris's house since it was the biggest. When they were getting near Chris's house, they found a little note on the ground, that said "08/08/2008". It was covered in greenish marks. They all just looked at the note confused about what it could mean. "This date will happen in month guys," said Chris. "What could it be though?" asked Emily. "We'll just have to find out," said Axel, putting the note into his pocket, "C'mon, let's keep walking guys". When they got home, they saw a guy in a tuxedo, that seemed very suspicious. He was across the street from Chris's house and seemed to be stalking the group of friends. "Look, that man is looking at us," says Chloe creeped out. "Quick, let's get inside the house," says Chris. After they locked themselves in the house, the man got into a black car and drove off.

1 month later...(July 8th)

Summer had been going great, but lots of strange things were happening ever since they found the note on the ground. Axel was walking to Chris's house like every other day, but then he froze. He saw the same guy he saw the other day. The suspicious guy in a tuxedo was standing right in front of him. "Get in the van kid", said the man. "But... why?" Axel says nervously. "JUST GET IN THE CAR," said the man furiously. Axel just stood there, in shock. The man pushed Axel into the car, locked the door, quickly got into the driver seat, and drove off rapidly.

Later that day Emily, Chris, and Chloe were worried about Axel. They knew something was happening because everyday Axel would hang out with them. "Guys, remember that app on our phones we have? The one where we can see each other's location" said Emily. "YEAH YEAH, great idea Emily! Let's see where Axel is," said Chris. They got on the app and saw that Axel was three miles away from them. He was in an abandoned warehouse, that they never heard of. "Let's get our bikes and save Axel," said Chris bravely. "Let's come prepared though. We're going to need weapons if we run into bad guys" said Emily. It was a cold night, already 8:24 p.m. When they got there, they entered the building silently. "This place is so scary," said Chloe frightened. They were quietly walking around the building until they went downstairs and saw Axel tied up in a chair. Axel also saw them and told them to hide because the bad guys were coming back. "What are we going to do with this kid? We clearly got the wrong child. He doesn't know anything about the meteor". While they were talking, they tried thinking of a plan to save Axel. "Let's make a distraction," whispers Chris. Emily found a rock on the floor and threw it at a glass window that was upstairs. The glass loudly shattered, and the bad guys went upstairs to see what was going on. They all quickly ran to Axel, cut him free with a knife, and ran outside.

1 Month Later...(08/08/2008)

Today is the date that was on the paper, and the group of friends were nervous. They were scared of what was going to happen. All-day long, they waited. Waited and waited. It was already 7:49 p.m. and nothing had happened, up until 8:00 p.m. They looked outside the window and saw a huge object that looked like the sun. A sun the was REALLY close. They kept looking and saw a huge meteor coming straight at them. They went outside of Chris's house and ran as fast as they could. The meteor was definitely going hit close. "RUNNN!" yelled Axel, screaming his lungs out. They all got their bikes and biked as fast as they could. Now the meteor was seconds from hitting. It was dangerously close to them. "WE'RE GOING TO DIE!" cried Emily. "KEEP BIKING!" screamed Chris. BOOM! A roaring screech comes from a short distance. When they didn't hear any more noises, they biked back to Chris's house. They were two blocks away from his house but saw a huge meteor on fire, burning everything around it.

To Be Continued...