Hello Everyone! I'm so excited to share this story I have been working on for a while! My hope is to post a new chap every week if not more than once a week!

This is a story with action and romance, the coupling I LOVE is Rucas and Jaya.

The story is an OC, and the main characters belong to Disney.

Please enjoy!

Chapter 1

I wake up and find myself tied to a chair in a dark room. In front of me a table and an Iranian man. He looked at me and pushed play on a tape recorder…

***Hello? Is anyone there? For anyone listening, this is a call to arms. We are a resistance group fighting to take back our land, our homes, our country… join us in our fight to freedom… we are the…***

"Did you say this?" The man asked stopping the tape.

"I'm sorry, I didn't get your name…" I said trying to upset him

"Do you think this is a game? I could kill you right now" The man said

"You could? Wow, that's a shaking thought… but what would that do for either of us? You would get nothing, and I would be… well dead. So you're not going to kill me. Because you need me." I said

"Tell me what I need to know!" The man said clearly pissed

"Ok, do you know who I am" I asked

"I don't care…" he said

"Well, let me tell you…My name's Lucas. I was in the mountains with my family and friends: Josh, Maya, and Riley.

I believe you have them here too? Anyways...

Josh and Riley are brother and sister, and Maya is a close friend. We were all walking on a trail in the Mountains when it happened. There had been some pieces on the news about it and we all assumed that it would never happen to us, until it did.

We began to hear alarms ringing in the distance. Then I thought I heard something else above us and as I looked up I saw Iranian fighter jet fly right over us in the sky, that's when the running began.

We ran and ran till we couldn't run anymore. Flying by millions of trees until we reached the neighborhood. Going by homes and other people trying to figure out what to do, running past screams and yelling, trying to escape it all, trying to turn back the clock.

By the time we stopped we were nearly to our cabin and as we approached it, a jet flew over, shot a missile, and blew up the home. Pieces of wood and glass flew all around as the rest of the structure was engulfed in flames.

The shock wave from the missile knocked us to the ground. I immediately got up and looked around. Next to me Josh was staring at the house while behind me I saw Riley kneeling next to Maya who was sitting up, crying. I ran over to check if they were ok and found they only had a couple of scratches and bruises.

I turned to look back at the house, still on fire. As I studied it Josh turned around and looked at me.

"We need to go." He said.

"Go! We can't go anywhere!" Maya yelled, still calming down from the missile hit.

"He's right, we need to get out of the open. But, where should we go?" I asked.

For a few minutes, we talked about a safe place to stay nearby. Our homes were too far away and were probably overrun by planes or people looking for guidance.

"I think I know a place we can go." Josh said.

I nod my head and we all turn to look at the home which was now just a pile of burning wood and ashes.

"What if someone was in there?" Maya said, reminding us of our family that was with us. None of us said a word for a minute, each of us processing what had just happened.

"If someone was in there then their… then their dead." Josh said.

Maya burst out in tears again as I look at the ground silently praying that they weren't in that house. I look up to I see a tear roll slowly down Riley's cheek. She looked over at me and quickly wiped it away then turned back to Maya.

"Let's go." She said as she helped Maya up get on her feet.

We walked out of the neighborhood and onto the streets of the small town nearby as we see people looking around, screaming, or crying because of the tragedy that had just occurred. I suddenly get this feeling that something's about to happen in the next few moments but had no clue of what.

As we are walking past an old pawn shop, I hear a sound, kind of like a ball drop. I could hardly think straight as I grab the person closest to me and put them behind me as we all duck on the sides of the alleyway. I began to hear ringing in my ears and I turn my head hoping everyone is alright only to find I'm wrong.

Once I see what was going on I turned around to Maya sitting there with burns all over her arms and Josh with burns down his leg. Then I become aware of an intense source of heat hitting my backside.

As the pain set in, I cried out and turned away as the burning pain spread across my backside and see the person still beside me was Riley who I must have been shielding from the burning because she seemed fine, only concerned as she watched me and told me everything would be alright. Then I hear shrilling screams and focus as hard as I can to turn and feel the heat only grow more powerful on my face and sides as I watch Josh move to Maya to try and protect her. My vision began to blur, and I believed it would be all over for us until I see two shapes of people running towards us. I hear Riley yelling to them for help and turning to me to hold on. After that, I remember falling over and everything went dark.

I thought I was dead...

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