Jason was sitting at home playing Halo on his Xbox360. He hears crashing and a bunch of talking coming from downstairs. He runs quickly to the kitchen to grab a knife and then heads towards his staircase. He looks over the railing and sees two guys taking a look at their surroundings. He knew instantly what to do. He ran down the stairs two steps at a time. The men didn't even see it coming. Jason quickly ran at the tallest man. He shoved the blade in the man's stomach and the man bent over in excruciating pain. He wrenched the knife out of his stomach and stabbed the man in his eye to end his pain. Jason looked at the knife with wide eyes. He had never done this before yet he had so much skill. The second man shouted before coming at Jason. His world seemed to slow down before him. The man seemed to be only walking. He ran up to the wall while the man was chasing him. He leaped off of the wall and stabbed the man straight in his spinal cord. He sliced as far as he could go but the man was dead as soon as the knife had entered his back. Jason was worried. He didn't know what his parents would think. He did the only thing he thought he could do. He ran. He went up to his room and grabbed only what he could carry. He grabbed the knife as the last thing he could carry. He realized that this was the only weapon he had. He knew that there was only one person that could help him. With that thought he ran. He ran with his bag on his back and the knife in hand if anyone tried to attack him.

He finally arrived to his destination. Joshua's house. Joshua was his best friend all of his life. If there was anybody who could help him it was Joshua. He ran up to his window and knocked. The light was on which only meant that he was still awake. The backed door opened and a teenager stepped out. He was roughly 6 feet tall and had black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a purple shirt and a black vest adorned with a brown trench coat. He looked at Jason and instantly and asked," Jason it's 3 a.m. what in the world are you doing here?" Jason told him about what had happened. Joshua instantly knew what he had to do. He went inside and began packing. He grabbed his clothes, his iphone 4, his laptop, and a long thing wrapped in a sheath. Joshua looked at Jason and asked, " Do you have any money on you?" Jason felt his pockets, looked up, and shook his head. Joshua opened a sock drawer and pulled out two huge wads of cash. Jason's jaw dropped. He had never seen so much money in his life. Joshua put his clothes in his bag with a grin and left.

Joshua had a huge smile on his face. He had told Jason before how much he had wanted to run away but could never find the courage to actually do it. They walked through Joplin in the middle of the street just walking around. Jason could see the thing wrapped in the sheath sticking out of Joshua's bag. Joshua answered by puling it out of the sheath. It was a sword. Long and sharp in all places. Just putting this blade on your fingertips would cause a cut." Dude why do you have a sword," Jason asked. "Well it beats a kitchen knife," Joshua applied with a grin. Jason took it in his hands. This sword was perfect. Not too long but not too short. He could get used to this. Jason wondered what Joshua would be able too take care of himself with. Joshua seemed to know what Jason was thinking by saying," Don't worry about me. I've got myself covered." He held out his hand and a flashing light blazed. It seemed to be coming from his palms. Jason shielded his eyes with his right hand. When the light faded away Jason couldn't believe his eyes. He had never seen one before in his life. What he saw was a key blade.

TO BE CONTINUED…