National Treasure: My Story

by avij14

This is just a story I wrote about how the story would be if I added myself and my best friend in it. The prologue and epilogue are dialogue between my fictional daughter, Chloe and a few other characters, including me. This is supposed to be me telling the story to her, although I call the characters in the story part as I would actually call them. Hope you like it! My first story

11. Chased in Philadelphia

Chapter 10: Chased in Philadelphia

Two of Ian's men immediately followed Ben as he walked out. Riley and I walked out next, in an opposite direction. I tried to walk as calmly as possible, but inside, I was shaking beyond belief.

"You ok?" Riley asked me.

"Yeah," I replied. "Just really scared." He gave me a quick side hug, which was interrupted by a "Look out!" from behind us. We turned around to see two of Ian's men (Shaw and Viktor) running after us. We turned back around and took off running as fast as we could. We got up to a small shopping center and ran in. Shortly afterward, I realized Riley was no longer with me. I noticed a deli, and I decided hiding was my best shot. I jumped behind the counter, curled up with the Declaration, closed my eyes and prayed.

"If you're not a steak, you don't belong here," A black woman said startling me.

"I'm just trying to hide from my ex-boyfriend," I said.

"Who, Baldy?"

"Yes."

The lady gave a disgusted face and said, "Honey, stay as long as you like!"

"Oh, thank you!"

A minute or two later, I heard the lady say, "Do you want something?" I turned around to see Shaw's pistol, and I turned back around and gripped the Declaration tighter. "Do you want something?" the lady asked again.

"Shut up," I heard Shaw say after a pause. I heard him walk away.

"I see why you broke up with him," the lady said looking back down at me. After a few more minutes, I crawled over to another stand not far away, this time a floral one. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I screamed and whipped around to see who it was. Luckily, it was Riley, who promptly shushed me after my scream.

"Where were you?!" I asked franticly.

"Hiding!" He replied. "Let's go," he said as he grabbed my arm. We managed to sneak outside and we ran towards City Hall. It wasn't long until we caught sight of Shaw and Viktor chasing after us. We picked up speed, and gained some distance. As we approached a street, a small crowd turned a corner, and Riley got caught up with them. I turned around to see where he was, as I ran into a cyclist. I fell onto the sidewalk, the Declaration slipping out of my hand and on to the street. I ran into the street to grab it, without looking where I was going. I heard honking as a semi drove directly for me. I froze, unable to get my feet to move out of the way. However, Riley came behind me, grabbed me, and pulled me out of the path of the semi. We both fell back onto the sidewalk. We sat up, only to find Ian walking into the street. He picked up the Declaration's container, opened it up to make sure it was in there, and smiled. We heard Shaw yell from behind us, and we got up and ran. We heard Ian tell Shaw and Viktor to let us go, and then they walked away with the Declaration of Independence. We started walking, and as soon as we caught our breath, we called Ben.