Defenders
Chapter 1
Late
"I'm late! I'm late!" yelled Ray as he ran from school. 'Why do I have to stay late half the time? They always make me late for church!' he thought, running as fast as he could to church with his heavy backpack. He suddenly tripped, and out of curiosity of what tripped him, looked back to see a tree root sticking out. Out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw something dart behind a tree a few yards back. Ray immediately forgot about it and started to get back to his church. He finally got their and went to where his youth group meets every Wednesday.
He saw that no one was there, and then remembered they were going bowling that night. Knowing that he would have to wait for his mom since he lived more than two miles away, he took his secret path into the new unfinished sanctuary. Walking up the steps, or at least what he thought were steps, to the loft, Ray thought he heard something behind him, but he kept on going. After sitting and looking around for a bit, a girl suddenly plopped down next to Ray.
"Aah! Who are you?" Ray asked.
"A friend" replied the girl.
"No, I mean, what's your name and why are you here?" Ray said, furthering questioning her.
"Oh, my name's Sophie and I'm here to save you."
"What's happening, and why do I need saving?"
"Just be quiet and follow me" Sophie replied.
Ray started to walk towards the stairs, but Sophie tugged on his arm as if to say 'Don't go there'. They walked back to the edge of the loft, then Sophie just jumped. Afraid that the girl he just met, and kinda liked, just killed herself, he looked over the edge. He just saw her squatting there, with one hand on the ground, almost ninja-like. While motioning to do the same thing, she mouthed the words 'Hurry up'. Right after he stepped over the side, he thought about how he was going to break a bone. But, to Ray's surprise, when he landed exactly like Sophie, he didn't feel a bit of pain. They ran out the doors of the unfinished building, but then stopped. Sophie turned around, withdrew a pebble, and threw it on the steps they almost went down. To Ray's surprise, when the pebble landed, the stairs blew up and the whole structure collapsed.
