arrow was the first one to run out and met face to face with the man and the guards. The man started to talk in rough sly voice "young child, have you seen two people running around if you have can you point us in their direction" arrow turned around and said I think they went that way" while pointing behind the men. All the men turned around what gave arrow an opportunity to give us the signal. I grabbed Damion's hand and started to slowly run to the alley way while the men were distracted.
the men asked arrow "how long ago did you see them and do you know what they was wearing" arrow replied with a puzzled face "well I was making dinner about 30 minutes ago no wait 20 oh no wait 30 yes 30 minutes ago but to be honest I don't have a good memory and don't remember a lot so it could have been an hour ago honestly" at this point the man looked angry and shouted in arrows face " GET OUT OF MY FACE YOU STUPID CHILD YOU ARE WASTING MY TIME" arrow turned around and saw me and Damion was only half way there to the alleyway so they pulled a stupid face at the man and ran off and they started to chase arrow.
Which gave Me and Damion the chance to get to the alleyway. We got to the alleyway and started to look for a place to hide while waiting for arrow to get there. We had been waiting for about 15 minutes, and we started to get worried about if arrow got caught and then suddenly arrow appeared from nowhere, I asked arrow what we are going to do next they replied with " well we are going to walk to the edge of town and figure out the rest on the way".
We started walking and found a 24h convenience store and thought we should get some food as we had not eaten all day. We all got the food we wanted went outside after we paid, we stood by a bench that was Infront of the shop but that was short lived as the owner came out and told us to scram as we looked homeless what he wasn't wrong about that, but we weren't doing anything other than eating.
After being told to shove it, I asked arrow where we Was planning to stay because at that point it was getting really cold and could not stay out for much longer, arrow looked over and agreed then I walked over to where Damion was eating and asked if he is ok to continue walking he looked up and replied with "I am starting to get tired and my legs are hurting from the running" I looked at him and he looked like he was going to fall asleep where he is standing so I said to him " you look exhausted let me carry you , you aren't that heavy just until we get to the place we are staying " he agreed and climbed on my back, I told arrow we are ready to go so we started walking and suddenly I felt Damion go really heavy I looked over to his face that was resting on my shoulder and he had fallen asleep, he looked so peaceful but worried at the same time , I gave him a kiss on the forehead and continued walking.
About an hour and a half passed, and we found a park that had a small garden shed, I got arrow to go over to see if it was open and it was open which meant we had a place to stay for the night.
Inside we found that there was only enough room for 2 people to sleep. Arrow perked up and said they would keep watch while everyone else slept. I agreed and placed Damion on the floor with an old cloth covering him that was in the shed. I then turned around and told arrow that I will take over in a couple of hours so they can rest.
A few hours had past and I woke up to hearing an angelic voice coming from outside, I quietly walked over to the door and checked out to see where the voice was coming from and as I looked around the door and I saw arrow sitting on a bench by the side of the shed where you could only see the outline of them from the moon light, singing a song that sounded familiar like a song that I heard when I was little as I was thinking about the song arrow had looked over and saw me looking around the corner I quickly went back around the corner to hide from arrow. "There is no point in hiding now come and sit with me "arrow said with a defeated tone.
"Sorry I woke up and heard you singing and it sounded familiar, and I was trying to remember it "I said this as I went to go sit with arrow "you know the song as well I thought I was the only one that knew the song. The name of it is drifting. I don't know who sang it, but my mother used to sing it to me before I fell asleep" as arrow say that the memories come back of my older sister singing it to me, so I didn't hear our parents fighting. I really miss my sister but I can't go back home after what happened back then, at this point I was getting lost In thought to the point that I couldn't hear anything around me but suddenly I hear "hey earth to shadow are you still in there" as arrow was tapping on my head "oh sorry I got lost in my head I was thinking. about the past. what was you saying" as I finished saying that I saw arrow shaking their head.
" I was saying what is our plan for the morning because we need to find a better and safer place to stay other then this park" while arrow was talking I was watching the leaves blow in the wind wondering how we got here and what will come of the future " I don't know any more all me and Damion have ever known is the junk yard with all the trash and horrible smell of oil but I guess we could look for an abandoned place in the next town over but I don't know how we would get there on foot."
Arrow scratches their head and thinks for a moment and then lights up with an idea. "What we can do is go to the nearest bus stop and try and get a bus to the next town, but we might be seen so we might need to find some new clothes and change up our hair and maybe get Damion some sunglasses to cover those bandages." I sat listening and thinking when I thought of it, "there is a shop that is not that far from here that has everything that we need, they have hair dye, clothes and probably something for Damion."
Arrow ponders for a second and says, "that sounds like a really good idea we just need to find a place to dye our hair and change, I think I saw a closed bathroom not far from here we can go too, and I think I still have enough money to get us all tickets for a bus to the next town."
Me and arrow now have smiles on our faces thinking we have a plan to get out of here and to safety. I told arrow "You go and get some rest I will watch "arrow nod their head and goes to the shed.
As I sat, I thought it would be sad to leave our whole lives back at the junk yard, but we must do what must be done. I think in the morning I am going to find a pay phone and call Jackson to see if we can stay at his place as it is in the next town, but I will call him before I tell anyone about it.
It was getting really cold, so I had put my hands in my pockets and remembered that I had picked up the little box in the old shed the other night, the box was a light blue colour that had a yellow ribbon on it, I opened the box to find a little green glass turtle with a pearlescent sheen to it. As I look at it I wonder why arrow had it hidden and if it meant anything to them and if it does I should probably give it back to them but when is it a good time to tell them I had taken it considering we are not super close maybe I will give it back to them on the bus to the next town but what if they get angry at me then what do I do we are going to be on that bus for an hour and a half it would be so awkward to sit on that bus after they get angry.
as all these thoughts are rushing through my head I suddenly realize it is starting to get to sunrise. I had spent hours worrying about how to give the turtle back to arrow. Still thinking about it I got up from the bench that I was sitting on so that I could wake Damion and arrow up so we could have an early start and get the first bus so that we don't waste any more time.
"Hey guys we should start to get going we have a lot of stuff to do before we get the bus to the next town also I have a plan for where we are going to stay when we get there if everyone is ok with me call our boss for some were to stay" I said in a hushed tone to try and not draw attention to were we are staying.
Arrow in a very groggy tone "I am cool with that but I agree we need to get going and I am quite hungry.