Summery:

Adam, Bree and Chase are homeless children after running from the orphanage after being mistreated by the other children and staff. Now they have to fight on the streets is well as stay alive and stick together. But what happens when a young inventor and their brother finds them and what mysteries does the three children have?

I suck at summaries but I would appreciate it if you give it a go. Sorry for any grammar and spelling mistakes as I suck at English. Tell me anything I have missed anything out and tell me what you think.

Hope you enjoy it :).

Children of the night: chapter 1- prologue

"Bee Bee" Chase cried out into the darkness as he looked up to his sister, who was climbing up the bin and peering inside "be cwrefwl".

The arms around him tightened as he was pulled closer as the little boy shivered.

"Don't worry Chasey, Bee Bee's the best!" Adam exclaimed before he shouted up at the figure "anything good" he asked.

There was shuffling as a the 4 year old peered over and shook her head in dismay, a grim but saddened look on her face.

Adam let him go and put out his arms to catch the girl, who early jumped down.

The tiny boy paddled to the girl and tugged on her arm. She looked down and smiled. It was a small, sad one that was forced but even know he knew, he didn't consult the only girl on it. Adam quickly grabbed their arms as he pulled them along, down into the shadows. A few minuets later, a man with a flash light showed up.

"I thought I hared something" scanning the area he spotted the open trash can. The three kids looked at each other in shock. They couldn't believe they forget to close it! They had been so careful, sneaking into the back of the supermarket. They held their breath as the hid behind the outside support beam as they huddled together. Chase, the youngest, shuffled into Adam's lap as he tried to hid themselves better as the flash light scanned. Much to their luck, a cat mowed in to the semi-night and the security guard scrawled "damn cats, always getting into it. Go on, shoo" he grumbled, slamming the lid to the bin they where previously searching through shut before he walked away, scanning the ally way that he came though.

The eldest sighed in relief and Adam stood up, trying to pry the scared three year old from him.

"He's gone, we safe now" he announced.

"Me no like this" the boy wailed, he didn't want this. Since the escape from the orphanage four months ago, they had been scrounging around for food and hiding in shadows. The orphanage was horrible, they would be beaten, little food and locked up, like animals. The three would have been split up, they could hear each over but can't see, can't comfort, just sit there, listening to the others pain. They swore, whatever happens, they would stay together. Adam vowed he would protect his younger siblings no matter what. Adam was worried about Bree and mainly Chase. Chase was the weakest in both physical forms. He can easily get sick and his hearing and sight was not as good as the others. He did have glasses but the bullies at the orphanage kept breaking them, making the workers there give up on replacing them. He sighed, shaking his head as he cleared his thoughts. Grabbing their hands, he lead them out, ignoring the rumbling in his stomach and the dull ache it gave for the lack of food. They would just have to wait until morning. They had been walking though the streets blindly until they found themselves on the road near the sea that had a row of company warehouses. They eyed them suspiciously, they haven't saw them before. Maybe they where new. Adam knew he shouldn't, he knew how to be street wise but his childish curiosity had dismissed the right as he absent-mindedly let go other the others, that blinked at him with curiosity as he ran over, climbing up on the crates as he peered into the high widows.

He gasped and turned to the others "wow, look at this" he called.

Curious as well, Bree followed, helping Chase as he was to short to get up. Bree peered over on his tiptoes to see what the elder had been looking at.

"Wow, it's so cool!" she exclaimed.

"Me wanna see" Chase whined as he failed to look over. Adam picked him up and the youngest scanned the room with awe. There was devices everywhere, it looked like some type of lab. He could just about make out the outline of the equipment as he peered down, squinting.

"Look. Food" this got the the boys attention as the girl pointed over to a small kitchen in the conor of the room.

Adam smirked before he put Chase down and slid though the bars in the window and onto a lower ledge.

"Adee, what you doing" Bree hissed, taking her brothers hand "not allowed to do dat".

"Pass Chasey" he put his hands up to take his brother.

She reluctantly handed him over, struggling as she had to lean a bit before climbing though herself. She had a bad feeling about this but Adam would not listen to her reasoning so she tried to hurry this up as much as possible before they got caught.

They used the equipment to climb on as they made their assent. Lucky, their time on the street made him and Bree grate climbers as they past Chase who was to short for most of it and refused to jump as he was afraid of heights. They managed to make it to the bottom without much trouble and they scampered over.

"This place is amazing. They have all loads of food" Adam giggled as he opened the fridge and started to eat a small chocolate bar.

Bree was about to argue but her stomach rumbled, causing her not to care about where the food came from as she was hungry.

Chase stuck his head in and looked at the bottom shelf. He smiled as he pulled out a cheese string and sat down next to the fridge as he eat it in quite a rush. Halfway though, a carton of apple juice was shoved into his lap and he smiled, looking up at Bree in thanks. She sat down next to him, munching on a sausage roll with a fruit juice in her hand.

"Ugh yack. Gross" Adam exclaimed as he spat out something that was green. The youngest grimaced as he shuffled away from it.

"Ew, what's is that" Bree asked, disgusted.

"I donno" he shrugged, already going back, ignoring the fowl smell of eggs coming from the top partment.

"Finally, I will be able to get some work done without my stupid, interfering brother" a voice grumbled. A bang from the door was hared as a black haired man in his early twenties stepped into the warehouse and suddenly the dim lights lazily blinked on.

They stopped, completely frozen as the man's footsteps approached. The children couldn't move as they panicked. They can't get court, they can't go back to that orphanage. They just can't. Chase whimpered as he unconsciously moved to his brother, scared. Bree was physically shaking. No, this can't be happening. This was planning on being a terrible night of mistakes and carelessness for the children. Finally having the ability to move, Adam sprang into action, taking his siblings over to the back door. They rugged at it but it wouldn't open. The man was getting closer! Suddenly, Chase detached himself as he ran over to a whole in the planking, only enough so a child could get though. The other followed and the others got out together, clutching the food they where eating before the stranger had come. The person in question walked over, getting a drink. He stopped and eyed the fridge. He was sure he had closed it. Shrugging he closed it and went back. Grabbing his drink, he made his assent back over, he stepped on something that cracked under his foot. He stopped and stepped back, revealing evidence that someone had been there. He picked up the broken object with curiosity as he examined. Little did he now, the object was going to change him and his brothers life forever.

Outside, the children of the night ran as fast as they can, not looking back as they tried to find a place to sleep for the night.