It was bright, really bright. I was able to open my eyes without being blinded by that light. As my eyes began to adjust to this source of light, I hoped mom and dad could comfort me and tell me that everything is going to be okay. But I did not hear any soothing voice or my name.

I was still in the car that my dad told me to stay in. I stayed in it when that giant robot popped out of nowhere and began to fire a laser at things. That's when I saw a flash of light and now the car was in some sort of desert.

I remembered that my parents were driving me through the city but now for some reason I am in a desert. The landscape had these column mountains that looked like they belonged in the deserts I would read from my mom's books.

I got out of the car and scanned my surroundings. I saw that there was a blue car surrounded by debris from a building along with a green car lying on its side. The most unusual thing was that the cars were on top of a circle of concrete that looked like it belonged on a street. Then I noticed another circle of concrete only instead of a car on top it was a wall of concrete, with graffiti on it. And there was another circle of concrete with market stands like from a flea market.

I looked down at my feet and learned that my family's very car is on top of a circle of concrete as well. Scanning the horizon I noticed something that I did not notice before. There are two suns. Not one, but two. One of the suns look like the sun I would see circling my home, while the other one looks like a planet with tiny little rocks circling it, like Saturn. After seeing these two masses in the sky I realized something.

I am not on Earth.

I looked around but I did not see my mom, my dad, or anyone else around. I called out for my parents but the only thing that I heard were my echo. I called for them but no one answered. I remembered that I got back into the back seat of my family's car I cried myself to sleep. I was all alone with nobody to help a twelve year old boy.

The next day I woke up again in my family's car and I began to realize that I was hungry. So I dug into my Flash backpack and pulled out his energy bar. Finishing it along with a few sips from my bottled water I began to assess the situation I am in. It was what dad did all the time. There is my family's car with my backpack filled with two slices of peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a bottle of water, and five slices of an apple. The car itself had my jacket, some coins, and I was hopping that my dad's keys were still in the ignition. I scrambled over the car seats and looked at the ignition but there were no keys in the car. Dad must have taken the keys when he and mom left to check on the sound.

With nothing in the car I stepped out of it and began to take a look at my situation. I was wearing my black sneakers, with my blue pants and green polo. To keep my self warm I had my superman jacket: a blue jacket with Superman's logo on the back.

But enough about what I wore. I began to walk slowly towards the edge of the circle of concrete and I took a closer look at the ground. The ground looked like it was a mixture of sand and rock but I didn't see anything dangerous there. I place one foot down and waited. Nothing happened. I placed my other foot down and again nothing happened. So I began to walk to the circle closest to my family's circle, which is the circle with two cars on it.

I first checked out the blue car to see if it had anything useful. I peered through the broken windows but I did not see anything. No clothes, no food, and no weapons. The only things that I found were tattered seats and a busted dashboard. I found the button that pops open the trunk and it had nothing in it. I was very disappointed that I did not find anything useful in those trunks. I was expecting a wrench or a spare tire but I could not find anything at all. I guess no one puts a spare tire in their trunks anymore. I checked the one that is on its side and there was nothing in it as well.

Then I came to the circle with the graffiti wall on it. At first I thought it was just a wall, but when I looked around it. There I found a bicycle. It was a really beautiful red bicycle that a boy my age would love to ride in. This is something I could use but first I need to find supplies, like my dad would do when we go camping in the woods.

The circle was really promising; it had stands of nicks and do-dads that could be of use for my journey into the unknown. There were a total of four stands on the circle. One of the stands was a stand for backpacks of all assorts. The next stand was a hotdog stand without the umbrella shading it. Another stand had what appear to be fruits and vegetables in baskets. Then the last stand seems to just have jewelry on small racks.

I first went to check out the backpack stand. There was a Batman one that was larger backpack than my Flash backpack so I took it and dumped my belongings into it. I moved onto the hotdog stand that had food and drinks. The stand mainly had seven hotdogs and six water bottles. I really hoped for some coke. Never the less I stuffed them into my large backpack. I moved onto the fruit and vegetable stand and checked it out as well. The only things that I found were bananas, passed their expiration date; pears, that looked like Dalmatians; and broccoli, that was really fresh but I didn't like broccoli then. Wish I could've changed my mind then. But there were ripe tomatoes and granny smith apples and I had no argument with that. I stuffed all of those tomatoes and apples into my backpack as best as I can. Then I made my way to the jewelry stand.

The stand had an assortment of jewelry on it ranging from bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces. They all have different themes ranging from animals, seasons, and even the Justice League and their Super Villains. As I looked through that stand there this one thing that caught my eye. It was all white and looks to be made of glass. I later learned that it was ceramic (bone china). It was flat with a curve side, across from it were a small upper jaw. It looked like the same skull that Sid wore on his shirt from the Toy Story movie. It looked really cool, so I quickly grabbed and put it on. No one is going to miss it anyway on this planet.

I checked to make sure that I got everything that I thought was important. Afterwards I began to think about my next move. My mom would say that if you are ever lost follow the North Star. I don't know exactly where north is but from school I could tell where east and west is. The suns or moons appear to be setting to my right so I believed that it was the west. East was to my left so where I am facing is the north. Who knows I might arrive on a settlement and figure out where I am.

I walked back to the bicycle and placed it on the sand. When I was about to sit on the seat of the bike I looked back at my family's car. I remember hoping that maybe I would run into them along the way. Then my mother would hug me and my dad would rub my hair. I just had to find out what is going on.

So with a kick of the brake I began to pedal towards an unknown future.