~Chronicles of the Lost

Chapter 1: The Boy

A siren rang out through the city streets, a boy no older than the age of 16 was fleeing from it. Jumping a fence into a back alley he looked back to see the flashing red and blue lights whiz by. The boy sighed as he listened; making sure that the siren was getting further away before he decided on resting. This had been the third time in the past two days that he had to avoid the police. The boy looked around the alley and noticed a cracked mirror near a dumpster at the other end. 'Might as well see how much I've changed over the past few days' he thought to himself as he walked towards it. When he reached he gasped in surprise, his face which was usually a soft baby face had completely thinned out and was slightly tanned. After days of no care his hair was a greasy mess and he noticed a bit of stubble on his chin. He bright green eyes were now bloodshot and dulled, and his clothes were a total mess. The blue jacket he was wearing was nearly shredded and was covered in dirt. His jeans on the other hand were in about the same condition as they had always been only dirtier. "God I look like a mess huh?" he said giving a rhetorical question to no one in particular.

"There, HE'S OVER HERE BOYS!" a shout from the streets caused the boy to look up to see a police officer pointing at him 'not again' he thought to himself. The boy started to run again heading back towards the fence to jump over it again, a police officer shouted after him "Hold it right there!" the boy stopped in front on the fence and with one jump was on top of it. He looked back at the police officer who looked stunned, and saluted him before jumping back behind the fence landing on the street below and taking off into the night leaving the officer cussing in the alley.

A few days after the incident in the alley the boy woke up at a park. He sat up startled looking around watching the people walking the trails or playing with their dogs. The boy let out a yawn as he relaxed realizing this was the spot where he chose to sleep last night. "Hey there Shep" The boy turned around to see a girl his age smiling at him. "Oh it's just you" Shep said rubbing the back of his head and stifling another yawn "What's that supposed to mean!" the girl said frowning and sounding upset "You're not glad to see the sexy and beautiful Mei?" The girl named Mei struck a sexy pose, but Shep ignored her looking back around the park "I wonder if I can manage to find something to eat he said to himself while getting up to walk away from Mei. Mei chased after him "Jeez why are you so rude to me, even though I was looking for you all morning to give you this!" She held out a plastic bag with a grocery store meal inside still warm from the microwave. Shep turned and looked back, when he saw the bag his whole demeanor changed "Oh Mei, wow you're as beautiful as ever I'm sorry I didn't notice you before I was still half asleep" he smiled at her and chuckled his objective was obvious and he knew she probably wouldn't buy his act but might as well try right?. Mei sighed "Yeah, yeah, it's good to know food is more important to you than your childhood friend". She gave him the plastic bag which he quickly opened and pulled out the food digging in. "So I heard the police nearly got you the other night" Mei said sitting down to watch him eat "hmm" he mumbled as he was devouring his food. Shep looked up from his food "not really, they only got within 5 meters of me after all" he said going back to eat more of the meal, which was a serving of eggs, two pancakes with syrup, and a small serving of hash browns. "Isn't that a bit too close!" Mei practically shouted after hearing what he said, "That's nearly within touching distance, just what were you doing that they were able to get so close to you?" She sighed when he didn't answer "well, whatever I guess its fine so long as you weren't caught". She stood back up a looked at the sky "You still haven't told me why they're chasing you yet". Shep paused for a second bit quickly began to finish his meal "It's not important" he said finally finishing the meal and letting out a burp. Mei looked down at him "What do you mean it's not important!" she said her eyes were starting to tear up "It's clearly very important if the police are chasing you! I just want to help you, and all you can think about is your stupid next meal!" she began to cry as she fell down the ground covering her face with her hands. Shep sighed "I'm sorry" he said as he got up and started to walk away.

Hey guys, I realize I'm already being a little ambitious by releasing such a long first chapter but I just couldn't stop writing :P. Well as you can probably tell our main character here is Shep, at least that's what we know him by, I still haven't really figured out his full name and I know he's a bit of a jekr but heck you have to admit he's also kind of cool. Well enough rambling let me know what you guys think in your reviews and don't be afraid to give me any sort of criticism though constructive would be my preference, Thanks and I hope ya'll keep reading.