(Runaway)

It was a dark and stormy night. Nabil was all alone and it was raining. He wore a raincoat. He couldn't beleive he decided to go out in this weather! No food, no shelter, nothing! just the shirt on his back!

He had to leave though...he had to. His mother was driving him crazy. They had a bad fight. It was about dad again. He still wished he was here, he's been dead for a few years.

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light

You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

Nabil looked in the distance, there was not a place in sight. He eventually settled for a small cardboard box he found. It was big enough for his size. He sighed and crawled in, wanting sleep to come, so tommorow he could figure out what to do. All the luck in the world didn't help him.

He just wanted some quiet. He heard the patter of the rain drops. He finally closed his eyes, drifting to sleep.

*Flashback*

"But mom, why can't I join the academy?!"

"Absolutley not! I forbid it!" said Francine.

"But, why?"

"Do you want to end up like your father? A menice? A monster to society?"

"He wasn't a monster!"

" Nabil, look at him! Look at what his life has taken him! Do you really want that life for you?!" she shouted

"Maybe I do! Maybe I wanna be a SOMEBODY! You drove dad away, and now your doing it to me! GOOD BYE MOM!"

"Nabil, Wait!"

*SLAM!"

*End Flashback*

Nabil woke up in a sweat. It had only been a few hours since he ran away. Why wouldn't she stop bothering him? Oh well, it didn't matter. The sooner he found the academy, the better!

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

He still couldn't fall asleep, and it was all her fault! She was the one who made this mess! It was HER fault, not HIS! He knew he promised to be good, but he just couldn't, it just wasn't his nature anymore. Nabil felt tears forming in his eyes.

Don't cry, don't cry! The tears fell down. Darn it, now look what she did! Another thing he couldn't control! This night just kept getting worse.

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray
-

It was pointless now. There was no way he could change, not after what he did. When he was home, he felt caged, trapped, but now...now he just felt lonley. He couldn't escape his loneliness. He was down the wrong path this time.

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
-

This was it, there was no going back. It might be a mistake, but it was too late. He didn't know what the next day would hold for him. He was neither in the past or his present state of mind. He was in between.

Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded
-

He would now go with his full aliase, the one that was once his fathers, Gizmo! His cardboard box was falling apart. It was raining heavy. He climbed out of it. He saw a little girl that looked to be about 5 years old, he was in an alley.

She was playing with her ball. She was bouncing it and it rolled down the alley. Gizmo caught it. The little girl saw him and they both smiled. Before she could say thank you, her mother came.

"Olga, where were you?! How many times have I told you not to leave my sight?!"

"I was playing with this kid mommy!"

Her mother looked him up and down.

" Don't go near him, you don't know where he's been! Besides, he looks dirty."

Both of them left. Good riddance, blondies! At least his situation was happier, in that light of the moment. He couldn't remember how he got this way. Nothing in life seemed exciting anymore.

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

Gizmo could finally be free. No one else knew this kind of pain. He was now just standing in the rain, letting it wash over him. He had to find another place to sleep

Everything is cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it
-

Gizmo found an abandoned shack. It was behind the city dumpster. It was big enough for one person. Why was everything the same? No, he refused to beleive it.

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
-

He was never coming back, ever. Wrong way or no way. He tried to remind himself that things would get better. He wouldn't be in between.

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain
Little out of touch, little insane
Just easier than dealing with the pain
-

No way back, out of sight. Haha! he laughed at the rain. Ok, now he was going overboard. Oh well, it was better than the other thing, sadness. Gizmo yawned, he was getting tired.

Runaway train never comin' back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
-

He started to drift off.

Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same
-

He closed his eyes and went to sleep. Who knows what tommorow would hold for him.

(Author's Note: I bet your wondering why I chose that name for him other then Gizmo. It's because, to me, he is the son of the original Gizmo. You can look it up in the DC Wikipedia. This is the Gizmo from the comics, New Earth. I didn't see a name for him other than his aliase, so I gave him a regular name, before he became a villian.

I also know, that apparently, the animated version of him is suppose to be the first Gizmo, only they changed his age to pree-teen. However they used the costume of his son for the show. Even though both of them went to the Hive Academy, I think Gizmo II makes more sense, because this way, he can try to follow in his father's foot steps. Also, the original Gizmo already had a wife and kid. That way, this pairing could possibly work.

The song is Runaway Train by Soul Asylum. Be prepared for the next chapter, this time Raven's view.