All your fault

The Hide Out

Bryan, Jack, and Jessie lead Niko down the road the woods to one side and the road to the other. Bryan suddenly grabbed Niko's hand and dragged his into the woods and down a steep hill, leading him deep into the dark forest. The trees where so thick they where almost suffocating as they walked through the forest, Jack making jokes and Jessie laughing loudly. Bryan was silent as he made sure Niko was following.

"Here we are!" Jack said loudly and Niko jumped, he hadn't been paying attention and was staring off into space. He looked around, there where lots of trees most of them had orange leaves, barely hanging from the limbs of the thin trees. The larger trees had piles of  yellow and brown leaves surrounding them. Niko looked past Jack to see two large rocks leaning against one another, a small hole in between them just enough for a human to squeeze by.

There was another rock nearby the small cave, and Jack threw his bag it landing on top of it. "Oops ," He said as if not planning to get it stuck on top. "Now how the hell am I suppose to get it down!?" Jessie burst out laughing, her face reddened as she giggled. Niko raised his hand slightly. "Um I could get it for you, Sir." He said politely, having climbed trees and large rocks before. "I could climb up the rock-" Bryan interrupted him, hand suddenly on Niko's shoulder. "Good boy, Niko." He said a smile on his face, though his voice was teasing. "But how will you climb that rock with out falling on your ass?"

Niko walked over to the rock, eager to prove Bryan wrong. The rock was a lot taller then Niko, even though Niko was relatively tall for his age. He put his bag down near the rock and studied the rock, there was a series of dents and chips in the rock from being outside. He put his boot on a foot hold that was embedded in the rock and lifted himself up until he found another foot hold. The rock was slightly wobbly as if someone could potentially push it over if they had the strength. He heard the sound of a zipper and Niko looked down to see Bryan opening his bag. "Hey isn't that my bag..?" Niko asked climbing higher. Bryan nodded and smiled, taking out Niko's wallet. Nikolas frowned, "There's no money in there, Sir." Bryan scoffed, "Nice try, idiot." Bryan opened the wallet to find no money inside. Bryan scowled, "Totally useless!"  Jessie took the wallet from him, throwing it at Jack and laughing. Niko rolled his eyes at their antics, "Please return my bag to its previous spot." Niko said calmly, reaching the top of the rock and throwing Jack's bag to the ground. "I have no valuables on my person at the moment."

"Just because you- you have some British-y accent doesn't mean your so smart!" Jack said trying to insult Niko, who was not affected by Jack's weak attempt at verbal assault. "I could have had something breakable in that bag!" Niko frowned, " If anything was in that bag it would have already been broken, considering the way it got up here." He said scooting to the edge of the rock and dropping down onto the hard ground with a thump, landing in his feet.

"Stop your bickering already!" Bryan shouted. Niko turned to Bryan and nodded, Jack still cursing under his breath. "Now Niko, we want you to be the first to enter our hide out- since your new and all." Niko tilted his head and pointed to the small opening in the two rocks. "Through there?" He asked and the trio nodded.  Niko walked over and crouched down trying to see all the way inside. " It's quite dark in here-"  He was interrupted by Bryan who kicked him in the lower back, causing him to tumble into the hole in the rock. Jessie peered inside and smiled. "Oops" She said throwing his bag into his face, the others gathering around the hole so he couldn't get away. He saw far off into the woods behind the trio was the tall man in the suit. Niko's eyes widened and he whimpered softly as the other kids moved away from the hole and out of view. "Come back tomorrow!" Bryan said coming back into view, the large rock that he had climbed covering the hole's entrance. "If your not already still here!" The boy said, the last of the sun light blocked by the bolder and Niko stuck in the small cave.