Metroville
In the city of Metroville, people are walking around in the night. On a sidewalk, a young man is riding on his skateboard. His name is Derek Parker. He is a high school student. He lives with his mother. His father died from cancer when he was ten years old. He continues riding his skateboard through the city. Things are a little hard for him and his mother. She has a job, but she only gets paid a little. They barely have enough to eat. Derek is a special boy. He just doesn't know it yet. Just then, some boys jump him. He falls off his skateboard and lands on his chest. He groans in pain. He looks up and sees some gangster boys. They all smirk at him.
Gangster: What do we have here, guys?
Gangster 2: We have Parker here.
Derek: Crap. Come on, guys. Don't do this now. It's too soon.
Gangster 3: Typical as ever, Parker. Trying to chicken yourself out of this.
Derek: What do you guys want?
Gangster: Just want your money. How much do you have on you?
Derek: Well, how much do you want?
Gangster: All of it.
Derek sighs in frustration. He hates doing this. He and his mother need money to survive. He gets back up and tries to run for it, but they grab him before he could get a chance to run.
Gangster: (Laughs) Did you think you could get away, Parker? I don't think so. Hold him, boys.
Two of his boys hold Derek tight to make sure he doesn't get away. Then he and his other boy start punching him. They all laugh as he gets beat up. Little do they know, a car that's driving by the whole thing. It's a family. A man, a woman, and three kids. A boy, girl, and a baby boy. The father looks over and sees what's going on. His eyes widen and he stops the car. The family jumps at this. The mother looks at her husband.
Woman: Bob? Bob, what are you doing?
Bob: That boy over there, he needs help.
The daughter looks out the window, and she sees what's happening. She gets concerned.
Girl: Mom, dad's right. He's getting beat up and mugged.
The mother looks too. She sees them pushing Derek down on the ground and start kicking him hard. She gets horrified at this.
Woman: What are they doing?! They're gonna kill him!
Bob: Helen, stay here with the kids. I'll be right back.
He opens the door and gets out. He walks to the scene. Helen and the kids watch. The girl watches too. The beating continues as Derek is bleeding from the punching and kicking. The gangsters continue laughing. Just then, Bob comes in.
Bob: Hey!
They all stop and look at him. Derek pants and groans in pain as he painfully sits up. Bob glares at the boys.
Bob: What do you think you're doing to this boy?
Gangster: Just teaching him a lesson.
Bob: Well, you boys need to stop and leave now. Or else.
Gangster 2: Or else what? You're gonna sit on us, dude?
They all laugh at the joke, but Bob glares more. He walks closer to them. The leader pulls out a knife and points it at him.
Gangster: Stay right there, dude. Don't do anything stupid.
Bob then does something that shook the gangsters. He grabs the knife and crushes it with his hand. He pushes the gangster back. He glares at the boys. They all back away slowly. Derek coughs and groans in pain as he looks at Bob. He recognizes him.
Derek: Mr. Parr...
Bob looks at him and helps him up. Derek picks up his skateboard.
Bob: Derek, go to the car now. Go.
He nods and runs to the car. Bob glares at the boys more, making them all stand back even more. Derek makes it to the car. He sees a friend of his in the car. She looks at him, and he looks at her.
Derek: Violet?
Violet: Derek.
She opens the door for him, and he gets in. Bob walks back to the car and gets in too. The car drives off. Derek looks out the window as the car drives. Violet looks at him and sees he's really in pain. His face is all bruised along with his arms and chest.
Violet: Mom, we need to get him to the hospital to check on those bruises.
Helen looks behind and sees Violet is right. She nods and drives to the hospital for Derek. Derek smiles at her a little. He's glad his friend is doing this for him. He looks back out the window and looks at the sky. The stars shine above the city. Just then, one of the stars blink. He smiles more and closes his eyes to rest. Little does he know, the star is actually a meteorite. It heads into earth. It crashes down in the forest by the hospital, but it makes a rumbling noise only. No explosions is made from it.