Tracy's Escape by Aaron K. Redshaw

Author:Aaron K. Redshaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military, fantasy, young adult, science fiction, juvenile, middle grade, secret powers

Chapter 5: A sad discovery

“Hey!” the woman yelled, “Where are you going?”

I ignored her and raced to the end of the street, taking a left at the intersection. As soon as I turned the corner, an old, rusty white van skidded to a halt in front of me and two men got out.

“There she is!” yelled one. Both took three huge steps and reached out for me and grabbed each arm. As I was being dragged toward their van I screamed, hoping the police around the corner would hear me, but the sound of more approaching firetruck sirens were too loud.

“Come with us, kid,” said a big man with a thick neck. Someone opened up the van door, and I saw that it was the man with the scratched up face. As they dragged me to the van, I closed my eyes again, afraid of what might happen if I succeeded, but also afraid of what they might do to me. I thought about the old electric batteries, how they could explode before the newest cars came out. I focused on the van in front of me and thought about the electric battery, imagining it heating up. Imagining it on fire. Suddenly an explosion erupted and the men covered their faces from the blast. The man with the scars was thrown to the ground away from the van.

“What happened?” yelled one of the men.

That was the last thing I heard, because I was already tearing down the street. Smoke was getting thick and I had the feeling that when my house burned, the gas explosion might have started other fires. It was spreading fast.

Further down the road I looked back, but they weren’t following me. Maybe they were distracted with what I did to their van. I kept going, away from the fire, trying to think of a place to hide since my best hiding place was now on fire.

I didn’t have any friends or family that lived close to me, so I was on my own. I got off the main street down an alley so I wouldn’t be so easy to find again. This led to a field of tall grass. There were no trees to hide behind, so I kept going until I saw a wire fence up ahead next to an overpass.

I looked behind me and still no one was following me, but I thought I could fall to the ground and hide in the grass for a while if one of them showed up. When I got to the fence, a sign just out of view stuck out on the left. I ran around and looked up: “Sammy’s Pick and Pull—Used Car Parts.” It looked like they were closed. A lock and chain wrapped twice around the opening of the gate, but when I shook the gate, I could see a gap about a foot wide. I knew most adults would not be able to get through, but for a ten year old like me, it was no problem.

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