Hello, technically this isn't my fist story I've written before it's just the fist thing I've posted. So this is kind of important for me. I never thought it would be this story or would take this long. Right now I'm not really sure what I'm doing but if your reading this thanks for your time and I hope you enjoy it.

-GEM

This isn't the life I hoped for, I mean sure I never really thought about my future but I wasn't going to get anywhere anyways. Not like some of the kids here they would have grown up to be successful people and have loving families. They wouldn't now, none of us would. We couldn't leave.

The summer I turned nine, I was kidnapped.

You must be thinking: Woah not what I was expecting! Well I wasn't expecting it either. That was maybe a year ago.

"Percy!" My mom called. Before I go on I should say this: Sally Jackson is the nicest woman I've ever met and was the only good part about my life. You see I wasn't an easy kid, I'd been kicked out of every school I'd ever attended and for a third grader that's pretty impressive. I mean I was kicked out of kindergarten, who does that!

"Percy" My mom said. "I've gotta go to work now honey."

I pouted, "Don't leave me!" I whined, okay I was a bit whiney with my mom.

"Percy you know I have to go. Get dressed, get some breakfast, and don't bother your stepfather he's not having a good day."

Gabriel 'Smelly Gabe' Ugliano was a horrible man. He was mean to my mom and hated me. I don't understand why my mom married him she deserved much better. After my birth father abandoned her before I was born my mom had nothing no money, nowhere to live, no job. She built up he life from nothing with me weighing her down. Then when I was five she married Smelly Gabe, he was nice to her for about the five minutes. As soon as they were married he showed his true colours: A lazy, perverted, drunk who loved to gamble away all his money in poker.

My mom married him for money not that he had any but he had a job, and an ADHD, dyslexic kid is very expensive for a single mom being paid minimum wage.

"Mom don't leave." She looked so torn, I know that she hated leaving me at home with Gabe.

"Percy don't do this, I'm going to be late."

"Take me with you!" I blurted out. "Please mommy!"

"Your to old baby, my boss told me you couldn't come anymore. I love you." She kissed my hair and I threw my arms around her neck.

"Love you." I said, she smiled and stood up grabbing her bag and left our small apartment.

I hear a crash from the living room and went to see what it was. Smelly Gabe was sitting on the couch with the TV blaring some news story.

Kids have been gone for up to a year the latest missing case was last sunday. The police say the other missing children reports could be related...

"Get me aah beer!" Gabe yelled. He was drunk. I looked around. Oh, he meant me.

"Yeah you smarrr'asss!" He sneered. I headed to the kitchen.

"Ahh!" I felt something hard hit my head. An empty beer can. I felt my head, it hurt to touch the spot he'd hit. I sniffed.

"Ha !" He laughed " Oooou gonna cry, baby!"

"Your the only one around here acting like a baby." I toss him a glass bottle from the fridge. "I hope you spill it." I start heading to my room before...

WACK!

He knocked me forwards, I stumbled into the wall.

"Ooo"ll regret Aaaat Punk!"

I turned to face him, my back pressed against the wall, my eyes must have been as wide a plates. I was next to the hall if I could just get closer, I could make a brake for my room.

I ran, but he caught me before I could get to the hall, he lifted me up with his arm around my chest. I failed my arms. I tried to grab the door frame but he yanked me off.

"Stop, Ahhh please!"

He stumbled dropping me to the floor my shoulder hit the edge of the coffee table.

"Ow!" My hand flew to my shoulder. My shirt was ripped and wet. Blood?

He kicked me in the side. I curled over with a moan. He kicked me again I slid away from the couch. I groaned crawling towards the door. I have to get away. Gabe plopped down on the couch again. Picking up his bottle.

I reached for the door knob looking back at him. His eye caught mine. "Hey! where you think your going brat.

I fiddled with the lock trying to open the door.

A can hit the door next to me I started panicking, I heard gabe stand up. Another can hit my head. I ducked down and pulled open the door.

SMASH!

The glass beer bottle hits my back shattering I crumple to the floor. The alcohol burned my shoulder. I could feel the glass shards on my back, in my neck.

My face feels wet and my eyes are blurry, all I can think is mom's gonna be so mad at me, especially if he kills me.

I rip open the door finally, and stumble out Gabe reaches to hit me again but I slam my the door into his hand. I have to use the wall the support my weight but I don't give up I can't stay here not now. But I can't leave my mom. I keep walking I have to use the stairs because the elevator's broken again, I'm dripping blood on the grungy carpets and it's smears on the walls.

This isn't the first time Gabe's hit me I mean he's knocked me out a few times, not that I'm bragging. I'm still scared of the blood, I don't want my mom to know, she doesn't need to worry about this too.

I leave through the back door, it's not such a good idea to go straight on to the street and pass the front office where there's definitely going to be people. I don't have a problems with most people but they always seem to have a problem with me. Dripping blood everywhere is not a great way to meet a neat freak, if you know what I mean.

I turn down the alley it's unusually dark today, there's a truck parked near the exit to the street blocking the light and the exit. I try to walk fast past it but I still have to stop to lean on the wall before I collapse. I Waited till my vision stops spinning and blink a few times to get rid of the blurriness.

I feel a hand reach around me and I start to shout for help but a cloth is held over my mouth I can't breath or think straight what's going…. On…

I'm still working on the formatting and this is my first time publishing anything here so it's a bit weird. If the format is annoying suck it up 'cause I'm working on it.

Please tell me what you think, comment.

-GEM