In the morning…
Cody was the first to awaken.
The sun was just beginning to shine as Cody got out of bed.
He scoped the room, noticing that everyone else was still sleeping, before deciding to quietly get dressed and go out for a walk.
Once dressed, Cody wrote a note and left it on the bedside table explaining that he got up early and went out for a bit. He then walked over to the door, opened it and left the room.
He walked down the hall and decided to go down the stairs. Once at the bottom, he walked out into the lobby.
He continued over to the main entrance and exited the hotel. Cody began walking down the road with his hands in his pockets, looking down at the ground.
He looked up and noticed someone running in his direction.
Cody thought nothing of it as they to could have left to go out for a morning walk or, in this case, run.
As the runner got closer and closer, Cody began to get more and more agitated.
The runner slowed down when they were only meters apart. Cody stopped in front of a bench a sat down.
The mysterious person approached Cody. "Hey, um, do you have the time?"
"Sorry, no." Cody said looking up at the shady figure before him.
Cody didn't feel right about the position he was in, so he decided to stand.
As he got up, the shady character struck Cody in the jaw with knuckle dusters.
Cody fell to the ground, clenching his jaw. The thug then began to kick into Cody's ribs, shouting out "Stupid fag."
The assailant left a beaten and bruised Cody laying on the sidewalk. "Randy…" Was all that Cody could manage to say.
Shortly after the attack, a car pulled over and the driver got out.
"Hey kid, you okay? What happened?" The driver asked jogging over to Cody's side.
Cody couldn't answer. All he could do was shake his head and clutch his stomach in pain.
"I'll phone an ambulance." The worried stranger said taking out their cell phone before dialing nine one one. "Hello. Ambulance please, and quick."
The ambulance arrived shortly after the call and took Cody away to the near-by hospital.