The sun declared itself with vibrancy. Chizu stood on her door step, inhaling the morning air. Lifting one foot after the other, she carried herself to the street of a familiar home.
Her secondary family members resided inside. She wasn't related to them, but she loved them all the same. Before going to the door, Ryu stepped out and immediately looked at Chizu.
"Ryu! Let's get some breakfast at McDonalds!" Chizu threw her arm around his neck, playfully.
"Sure. But you know it's unhealthy for you." Ryu spoke.
Chizu wrapped her arm around Ryu's arm and tugged him in the direction of their desired location. Upon arriving, Chizu and Ryu paused at the sight of police cars and an ambulance in the parking lot.
"What's going on?" Ryu mumbled. Chizu was just as clueless and just as curious, if not more so. The two friends advanced towards the doorway of McDonald's, only to be blocked off by a large crowd of people.
"Chizu!" Chizu heard Ryu calling her name and jerked her head to find him. She was surprised to find him standing beside a car that held their friends in it. Kento was in the driver's seat.
"What are you guys doing?" Chizu moved away from the crowd of people. Looking inside the window, she realized her friends Sawako and Ayane looked very frazzled.
"You guys, hurry up and get in!" Kazehaya shouted from the passenger's seat. Ryu opened one of the backseat doors and tugged Chizu inside with him. Chizu didn't hold back her confusion.
"Why do you guys have a car? Why are you here? Where are we going?" Letting her questions topple out, one after the other, Chizu suddenly realized that she was mildly afraid. Kento looked back at her from the driver's seat.
"Yoshida-san, I'm sorry, we just don't have time to answer your questions. We have to get the heck out of here." Kento cried out. The car zipped out of the parking lot and into the great unknown.
Chizu looked beside her and discovered that Sawako was crying.
"Sawako, what happened?" Chizu panicked, almost crying herself. Sawako bowed her head and began to sob.
"Chizu, you're just going to have to trust us." Ayane spoke up, while she sat on the other side of Sawako. Squirming for some space, Chizu leaned restlessly against Ryu's shoulder. Her eyes met his, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. It was something related to discomfort. Chizu suddenly felt the need to be brave, and she wrapped a comforting arm around Sawako's shoulders.
"Whatever happened, I'm sure you guys don't have to panic like this." Ryu finally added his opinion.
"Don't you guys get it?" Kazehaya looked back at them. "We're in trouble. We will never go home again!"
Suddenly the road beneath their car started to crack. Kento quickly jerked the car away from growing hole in the ground, causing the car to swerve into other vehicles nearby. The crash caused their automobile to flip over eight times. After landing on its side, the car stopped moving.
Moments later, Chizu pried her eyes open. She had shared the seatbelt with Ryu. Looking to her right she found him unconscious against her. Worry flooded through her body as she barely looked at the others.
"Is everyone alright?" She heard Kazehaya call out. His voice was followed by the sound of a window breaking. Kazehaya vanished from the front seat. Chizuru's eyes watered and she wondered what to do.
Suddenly large hands grabbed Ryu and pulled him out of the car. Chizu lunged a tire hand after him as he disappeared out of sight. The hands reappeared and took hold of Chizu's arms and lifted her out of the car. Next thing she knew, she was carried into the back of a large vehicle of sorts, and placed on a bed. She saw Ryu on the bed beside hers. Feelings of anxiety shook her inside, and everything she saw faded away.
To be Continued.