Ch 1-Unknown Hero

"A unknown hero blessed by the gods

Shall make a decision that will change all odds

A great role they will partake in the war

New powers shall be born"

Its been a week since I left home and so far I've been getting by ok but I'm running out of money. I have about five dollars left and I've got to make them last until I get a job.

I never really thought how hard it would be to live in the streets but let me tell you it nothing like you would imagen. Some of the homless peopl are nice, but some are just plain rude and mean but I guess that what happens to you when your out here for such a long time. I've been staying at the park because it seems like a safer place than the alleys in the Bronxs or in Harlem. But I think I need to find an even safer place because it feels like some one has been watching me ever since I ran into percy.I was so scared I was a 15 year old living on the streets with a lot of creepy old guys and hookers.

Everyday I walked the streets trying to find a job. I went anywhere and everywhere. I was running out of options on what to do to get money, lucky I met an elderly woman who was willing to pay me as long as I did chores aroung her house. Which were pretty easy to do. I had to walk her dog, wash the dishes and vaccum. I did all of that for $100 a week I was lucky I met a rich women. The only problem with this was that since I wasn't old enough to own a bank account I had to carry the money on me and since I still lived on the streets I was afriad of getting mugged. It seemed like with every day I walked the streets some one was following me everywhere I went. And everytime I turned around I didn't see one or any thing, it was driving me mad.

One Friday afternoon I had finished the chores later than I had planned so I to walk to the park as the sun was coming down, and it was coming down fast. As I walked down 35th avenue I somehow took a wrong turn and was walking down an a dark alley. When I realized where I was I hear footsteps. I looked from the corner of my eye and sure enough there was a tall muscular fuiger following me, so I picked up my speed hoping that this alley wasn't a dead end and it lead to some place where I was safe.

The alley seem to never end and I was getting worried because the guy was creeping me out. I started picking up my speed every minute. Befor I even knew it I was running and the guy was always behind me.

Finally the alley lead out onto a street and I started sprinting for the closest open building. The problem was that almost nothing was open anymore it was late and it seemed like all the streets were abandoned and that seemed very weird considering I was some how on 33rd and 4th . As I walked another block I saw the Empire state building open. I ran as fast as I could, anything to get away from the creep! But he was on my tail but it seemed like he was slowing down when I finally reached the doors I ran past security and striaght to the elevaitor. Fortunatly and oddly they didn't try to stop me and the elevaitor was already open, as if it were waiting for me. When I got in I pressed the button for the 103rd floor and I waited as I rode up in silence. It was taking an awfuly long time so I looked up to see what floor we were on and it said 50 but it wasn't going up it was just there.

"Great, just great. It was just my luck to get suck on the 50th floor and no one around to hear me!"

I tried pressing all theses buttons to see if the elevaitor would move but nothing worked. I tried pressing the emergency button but it didn't work. I didn't need to panic so I decided to sit down and try to stay as calm as possible. After sometime I fell asleep but when I woke up again the elevaitor was still at 50 but there seemed to be a glowing button. I looked like and upside down horseshoe I wasn't sure I'd seen that befor but if it was going to get me out I was going to press it.

At first I pressed it but nothing happened, great another usless button. Then out of nowhere it felt like I was on a rocket shooting upward at 100 miles per hour. It stopped abruptly and with a bing the door opened to a world I never knew.

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