After the blast of the past from Kim, I slunk off as the others munched on the last of my food. After wandering around for a bit, I found myself in the dark, looking over the main hall of the warehouse, standing on an iron walkway, behind me was the old office, the door was still working, but the windows were all boarded up. The space was a fair size. I returned to the gang, who smiled at me mellowly. “I’ve found my room. I’ll be in the old office, you’re welcome to the last of my food, I suggest for now we keep our cash stashed.” I lugged my belongings, mainly the salavage, up to the room, setting out a sleeping area, and laying out my slavage and work kit in a corner under the open bag. I slipped hte money into three locations. One between two overlapping boards on the window. Another into the bottom of the tool box I’d swiped, under a rag. The third into my spare socks. I curled up in the corner, staring at the closed door. Eventually I dosed off, falling into the deepest sleep I’d had in ages. The others made me feel safe, first people I’ve felt I could trust in so many months. I dreamt. Bad move.

I lurched forward, screaming, pawing at the darkness, his hands on me, the pain, her cries. After I gathered myself and my eyes began to adjust I shuffled into the corner, wrapping my sleeping bag around me, I felt the tears falling down my cheeks, uncontroable shudders running through my body. I heard the door open, light shone in. The concerned faces of the others looking in at me. I looked away covering my face, embaraced.

“Sam?” came the sensative voice of Minamie. “What’s the matter” I didn’t say anything, not even when he slumped down next to me, the other two on my other side. I felt an arm close around my shoulders and pull me
in, I let it. I put my head into his shoulder, I stared at a strand of his hair.

“Want to talk about it?” Aph said I sniffed

“No, not yet. Thanks” Eventually the silence became oppreseive, Kim whispered

“I think he’s asleep”

“Yeah, lets let him sleep” They went to leave, but my hand closed around Minamie’s

“Stay. Please.” I whispered his hand tightened and he snuggled down next to me. I put the sleeping bag around us.

“Is this your way of piking me up?” he sniggered. I looked into his eyes, and moved a little closer.

“could be”

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Name: Aphrodite Woods
Age: 15
Looks: Long wavy burgundy hair reaches to bottom of ribcage. Bright blue eyes, honey golden skin. 5'4". Curvy, but with a tiny frame.
Reason for running away: Brother's best friend raped her, and when she told her family they called her a compulsive liar. There's going to more to it, just haven't thought that up yet.
Author: Jordiepop14

Name: Kimberly Goode
Age: 16 and a half
Looks: Electric blue eyes, wavy brown hair that falls to her waist, medium height, slender.
Reason for running away: Issues with parents
Author: MoonBean

Name: Minami Hine
Age: 16
Looks: has white emo hair which fades into black (is albino). Black pony-tail. He is half Japanese and half Canadian. He wears a T-shirt that is blue and has red flames at the bottom of the shirt and has a skull on the left breast area. He also wears a striped long sleeve shirt underneath which is auburn and black. He wears black pants and has a belt that hangs from the front and goes to the the back. He wears red sneakers and wears a blue and red barrette.
Reason for running away: Is whole life he has been ridiculed for being gay. He hasn't told his parent he was gay and he is afraid of what they will think. He couldn't take the shame and therefore he ran away.
Author: Hikaru101

Name:Lucas Shaw, but tells people to call him Sam
Age:16-17 never says
Looks: rather pale, but naturally and is new to America so lacks a tan. He has long hair down to the small of his back, it's mousey brown and thick. He meticilousy brushes it every day and does his best to keep it clean. He often weves coloured sashs into his hair and uses their ends to tie areas of his hair into dreadlock like shapes, but they aren't dreadlocks just tied together. He wears light blue baggy jeans, which have been repaired beyond counting, and the knees are padded on the inside, visable sticks run all around it. He wears a band-shirt but has no idea who the band is. He has sea blue eyes. He wears gaurtext boots which are well servesised but bear the scars of long use. His left arm has a burn scar from the wrist up to his shoulder. He wears fingerless bike gloves as well. he also has a zip up hoodie, which is a dull gray. Finally he is never without his token belt. a studded black belt onto which he ties tokens. These tokens are: any of the many coloured sashs he isn't wearing in his hair. a dull silver locket, which he never opens, three wedding rings on a small steel shain and then he routinly adds or takes off various miscalous items such as key rings or cheap embelshments.

Reason for running away: Lucas has a shady past, his parents died when he was six and its their rings he wears on the belt. He lived with his foster parents in Birgham (England, UK, EU,) When his foster father died at christmas of a heart attack when Lucas was 15 he added the ring to his collection, After a year his foster mother remarried and a after a few months the new one began to abuse Lucas and his foster mother, finally Lucas snapped and murdered his foster father, The Detective on the case made a secret deal with Lucas that he should leave the country and pulled strings with his overseas freind to get him a perminent visa in america, but they were found out before Lucas could leave so he had to travel across the mainland by trians and buses until he reaached siberia, where he and other illegal migrants stole onboard a cargo ship bound for LA. Oh one more thing he is Bisexual, and did terrible things on his journey which took over a month. he doesn't talk about it but shows in his eyes internal scars. He is also very intellegent, and has hidden his emotions, leading a few to see him as a sociopath, even though he is not.
Author: d-w

updated Aug 8 '11 by JordiePop14