Seth slowly woke up out of his slumber as he heard a voice calling to him, and shaking him. His eyes were blinded by a bright light, which he instantly knew was the sun.

"Come on, kid! I gotta get going!", he heard the familiar grumpy voice of the man he had met the night before.

He tried to shake away the cobwebs as he sat up slowly, trying to adjust to his surroundings. His body was very sore, as if he had ran the 10k.

As he looked around, he realized he had never been to this place before.

"W-Where am I?", he asked the man, looking around more before settling his gaze back on the old man, who turned around and walked down the aisle and back into his seat at the wheel.

"Tampa, Florida", the man answered with another one of his laugh/grunts

Tampa Florida…?

"You said as far as this bus goes, this is as far as it goes. Now hurry up, will ya? I'm already late"

Seth quickly got up. He had no belongings with him, only himself.

Seth slowly walked down the steps, and when he hit the concrete of the Florida ground the sound of the old man's voice got his attention

"Hey kid….take care of yourself..ya hear?"

Seth smiled at him.

"The name's Seth"

The man studied him for a moment

"Bill..", was all he said before driving away

Seth shrugged as the bus faded away in the distance…he was not familiar with this place at all. Plus, he had no money what so ever.

But he was starving…

So he started walking, and he walked and walked until his legs felt like nothing but weight. Though he spotted a little restaurant in the distance. He knew he didn't have any money, but what else could he have done?

He entered the establishment, and looked around. There was people everywhere, families…children.

Instantly, Seth knew he possibly couldn't pull off stealing food. He turned to walk out of the door, but the sound of a female voice made him stop.

Seth wore a grey hoodie, that he'd worn for days…maybe even a month. He had been on the run for quite a while. But he guessed the hoodie was good for something, people couldn't see his face really good, so they'd never know that he was hurt

"Sir? Can I seat you at a table?", she asked sweetly

Seth shook his head at her

"Um..n-no thanks I'll-"

"Nonsense, come on", she grabbed his arm, pulling him as Seth softly hissed from the pain. He figured she wasn't gonna take no for an answer

She brought him over to an empty table and sat him down.

"My name is Kaitlyn, I am the owner of this establishment and lucky for you, I am going to be your waiter today. So what may I treat you to?", she smiled at him

Seth grabbed the menu that was in front of him. He ordered what he wanted and waited.

He wondered if he would be able to leave without her knowing, but there she came with the tray

"Here you are!", she smiled "Now, if you need anything, just let me know, or one of my workers"

For the first time in a long time, Seth realized just how hungry he was. He dug in, without a care in the world, forgetting about the fact that he only had two dimes in his pocket.

…$0.20….

He finished and laid back in his chair, satisfied. But soon he came to the realization.

Crap! Maybe I can just….leave and won't any one notice me

But here came Kaitlyn again, with her notepad and pen, to charge him for the food he had just eaten.

Seth knew there was nothing else he could do. So like a bolt of lightning, he shot out of his chair, heading straight for the door.

"Hey!", he heard Kaitlyn yell

Seth had absolutely no idea where he was going, he just kept running. He ran straight into an ally, he hoped there wasn't a dead end.

Suddenly, he was grabbed from behind and thrown up against the wall.

He groaned as his face connected with the brick wall.

"So you think it's funny to steal from a woman, huh?", he heard a deep, raspy voice say

He was turned around and thrown up against the wall again, and he once again groaned but this time, his face had shooting pain going through it.

His eyes had been closed, but he opened them slowly and felt time stop as his eyes met the stranger's eyes.

Brown met Blue and a fire ignited.

The stranger had his fist drawn back, as if to hit Seth but the stranger paused, searching Seth's eyes as Seth did the same to him.

It stayed like that for a while, until the other man broke the silence

"You come back there…and I'll break your ass in half….", his voice was promising and off.

And in that time and moment, Seth knew that something was very off about the other man.

Seth pushed him away and ran in the other direction.

As for the other man, he stood there…staring at Seth as he ran away

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