p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"strong style="max-width: 100%;"Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Usually I'd try to give some lame excuse, but seriously, this time, I've got nothing. Anyways...Just wanted to thank my latest reviewer! So, yeah./strong/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Chapter Twenty-Four/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Max's POV/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Okay, when Sam asked us if we were lost, we should've said yes. We've been wondering around like this for so long, I'm about to lose my mind. "Hey, Max."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I turned to look at Angel, "Yes, sweetie?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""I'm really hungry. I was trying not to say anything, because we aren't really in the best situation right now, but I'm just so hungry. I can't stand it anymore."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Oh, Angel. Why didn't you say anything? You should have told me. Well then, if I'm going to be honest, I'm starving too, let's find some food place, and get something to eat. But first, Nudge? How much money did you bring?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""$1500." She said as though it were no big deal./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Where did you get that money from?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Under your pillow," She said nonchalantly, "you really need to find a better hiding spot. Like when I wanted to hide something, I have this small place in my closet at home-"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Don't talk about home anymore, please Nudge. We no longer have a home. They know where we live. We can never go back home, we have no home." I looked at her and she looked like she was ready to cry. Oops./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I looked at Iggy and he was saying stuff to Nudge to get her to cheer up. He was saying stuff like, "Don't worry, alright? We've got each other. My home is wherever you guys are." Awww, he's so sweet. "Hey, Max! Not to be pushy or anything, but can we please get something to eat. I feel like my dog instincts are kicking in, I seriously feel like chasing a cat right now." At this, Gazzy and Angel began to laugh. Nudge smiled a little/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Funny. And yeah, me too." At this, Fang started backing away from me slowly. Huh? Oh, wait-he's part cat. Oops. Whatever. "Okay, so, I have no idea where we are, but I'm seeing those little food stand things every five minutes, so the next time we see one we can-"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""There!" Okay then. I walked up to the stand with the little kids close behind me, and Fang bringing up the rear./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I have to say, I liked this stand. The guy was selling burgers and those really big pretzels. I love those, clearly the guy noticed me eying them because he simply said, "How many?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Two." He nodded. "Okay and I'll also get two burgers."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I turned to Nudge, "Can I have one of those big pretzel things?" The guy nodded./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Then Iggy spoke up, "I'll get two of those pretzels and two burgers." I raised my eyebrow at him, but he just shrugged at me./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Next was Gazzy, "Um, okay... I'll get a burger and a pretzel and my sister will just get a pretzel. Cool?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Cool," the guy responded to him, smiling "And now the only one left is you, sir." He said, turning to face Fang. Sir? Haha, this guy is so funny./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""I'll get three burgers and three pretzels." The dude raised his eyebrows at Fang, but Fang calmly said, "I'm sorry, is there a problem?" But the scary thing was, he said it in the deadly, calm voice, the kind that just makes you shiver head to toe. Huh? Wonder where he learned that? Oh yeah, he learned it from me! Wow, just wow. Okay, anyways, the dude started giving us what we had asked for, we payed, and not too much time later, we were, sort of, well fed, and back on the road. The kids wanted to stay there a little longer because they liked talking to the guy, but I dragged them away. You know what they say: you can never be too cautious. And besides, if we stayed any longer, we would have boughten more food. If you still don't get what I'm trying to say, basically, we need our money, and spending it on food we don't need isn't going to help/p
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p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I must say, I LOVE those big pretzels! I remember when I was seven, Mom once brought us some. We all got one but I just loved them so much, I wouldn't stop complaining once I had finished mine. All the others were watching me go from one person to the next asking them for theirs, and then laughing when I was told off by Mom. Well, okay, I didn't go to EVERYONE, I stayed away from Fang. If you tell him this, I'll deny it, but I used to be afraid of him. He had this weird aura around him. Not to mention his continuous 'if-you-come-near-me-I'll-snap-your-neck' face. I have to say, when you see a seven year old like that, it makes tarantulas look like little fairies. So needless to say, I was really surprised when he came over to me, soundlessly broke his pretzel in half, handed one half to me, and walked away. Let's just say, ever since then, he was my best friend. Yes, I know, ridiculous. I literally sold away my soul for a pretzel, but hey, it's food, is it not? So, you could pretty much imagine what I was like right now, now that my pretzels were done./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Iggy?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""NO! I will not give you my pretzel! Back off!" Okay./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""I didn't even say anything yet!"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""But you were about to!"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"You can't argue with logic like that, "Well, anyone willing to donate food to the homeless?" I swear, they were looking at me like I was crazy. I was about to ask them why, when I realized that I wasn't the only one who was homeless now. I swear, life hates us./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Here." I turned and saw Fang holding out half a pretzel to me. Let's just say that brought back memories. In my mind, I saw a little seven year old boy who looked like he would kill your entire family and enjoy every second of it, holding out a pretzel to me. I looked at him, and saw him smirking at me, and I realized he must have been thinking the exact same thing./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""So, Max, not to ruin the moment down memory lane or anything, but are we just gonna be sitting in this park for the rest of our lives? Like, what are we gonna do now? It's not like we can go home. Wait, can we?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I looked over at Nudge sadly, and saw she had a hopeful look on her face. "Nudge, I hate to break this to you, but we can't go back home. Not yet. It's probably swarming with cops. We might go back later, just to see what's become of our home, but for now, I don't really have much of a plan. So, I'm open to suggestions."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Then Iggy spoke up, "Like you said, our home of probably swarming with cops. So don't you think they might have noticed the pictures of us hung on our walls? Yeah, they probably did, therefore, as of today, we are hunted fugitives. They probably have 'Wanted' posters everywhere." I did not think of that one./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Then Angel decides to add her opinion, "I haven't seen any posters of us."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Well, then it's only a matter of time." I have to say, Iggy definitely has a way of brightening everyone's day. "I say, once we're done eating, we walk around a bit, try and steal some newspapers, or catch glimpses of the news. We could always just walk into those electronics sections in stores, and just stand there watching the TV. It's normal for kids to do that, Mom told me."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""I guess you're right. Who wants to try that out?" I asked. Everyone raised their hands. I'll admit. It was a pretty useless question, since we had absolutely no other plan, so we were kinda just going with the flow. "So, should we walk into some store right now, or should we wait?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Nudge answered, "I saw some store a while back. It was called T-Mart or something. It looked pretty big, we should check there. And, I think we should go now, I mean, really, what are we waiting for? The police to come find us? Yeah, I don't think so. I don't know about you guys, but I wanna live until I'm at least 19. But I don't want to go to school. I mean it's pretty useless. Look at you two, you're 14 and I bet you haven't even seen what a school looks like. I wonder what a school bus looks like. You think it's cool? I hate how you have to wear seatbelt in a car, but not in a bus. Like, what's with that? Not that I've ever had to wear a seatbelt, but I really think it's annoying. The way it's pressed against your throat. What if it chokes you? If that ever happened to me I'd-"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Nudge?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Yeah?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Shut up." She looked hurt, but she kept her mouth quiet after. Yup, only Nudge can go from trying to stay alive, to complaining about seat belts. She truly has a gift, and she's more than willing to share it with everyone. Isn't she an awesome kid?/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Okay, so yeah, we should get going. Wanna lead the way, Nudge? After all, you're the one who saw it." She just nodded her head, turned around, and started walking in the opposite direction. Oh, bless you child. I thought she would have one of her 'moments' again. Anyways, after walking for another five minutes, we made it to the incredibly large store, T-Mart. Weird name. Humans, honestly, they have no imagination. I mean seriously, what does 'T-Mart' even mean? Exactly./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I have to admit, I was pretty nervous about going in there. There would be so many people, and no way to run away under severe circumstances without drawing too much attention to ourselves. I don't really do 'running away' but hey! You gotta do what you gotta do. And I gotta survive. And if I have to run away to make that happen, well then God knows I'm gonna. Anyways, we walked into the store, and I immediately felt like I couldn't breathe. There were so many people! Don't these kids have school? God, it's like the whole world decided to shop here the day we did. It's like they knew we were coming./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"But it wasn't THAT awful. I mean, the people looked quite nice, but you should never fall for that. Looks can be deceiving, always keep one eye opened, and one on your back, that way nothing can take you by surprise. But the thing that really caught my eye, was all the food. We have never had that much food. Mom would bring us stuff to eat, but just barely enough. And we didn't have snacks and that kind of stuff. The only time we had extra food was when we saved some from the times when Mom brought us stuff for our birthdays./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I turned to look at the others, "Okay guys, we're going to be splitting up in to pairs. Look around and see what you can find. Do not pick up anything you want to buy, we can't waste money like that. Even if it's for cookies." I added, looking at Arrow. I saw his face drop a little and felt bad, but I really wasn't going to change my mind. "Okay, we can meet back up at the park in half an hour. Got it?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Good. Now, who do you guys want to partner with?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"As soon as I said that, Angel grabbed Nudge's hand, and Gazzy and Iggy raced to each others sides, "Okay. Jeez, thanks guys, totally feeling the love here. Nah, I'm just messing with you. Alright, let's get going." With that, the kids immediately sped off, and Fang turned to look at me, and pointed at something behind my head. I turned around, and not too far away, was the electronics' section. I turned back and smiled at him, "Well, that was easy." And we started making our way there. All the while, laughing at how the others had sped off in the on the opposite direction. Well, I was laughing, Fang was just doing whatever it is that he does./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"strong style="max-width: 100%;"Fly on/strong/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Chapter Twenty-Four/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Max's POV/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Okay, when Sam asked us if we were lost, we should've said yes. We've been wondering around like this for so long, I'm about to lose my mind. "Hey, Max."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I turned to look at Angel, "Yes, sweetie?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""I'm really hungry. I was trying not to say anything, because we aren't really in the best situation right now, but I'm just so hungry. I can't stand it anymore."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Oh, Angel. Why didn't you say anything? You should have told me. Well then, if I'm going to be honest, I'm starving too, let's find some food place, and get something to eat. But first, Nudge? How much money did you bring?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""$1500." She said as though it were no big deal./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Where did you get that money from?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Under your pillow," She said nonchalantly, "you really need to find a better hiding spot. Like when I wanted to hide something, I have this small place in my closet at home-"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Don't talk about home anymore, please Nudge. We no longer have a home. They know where we live. We can never go back home, we have no home." I looked at her and she looked like she was ready to cry. Oops./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I looked at Iggy and he was saying stuff to Nudge to get her to cheer up. He was saying stuff like, "Don't worry, alright? We've got each other. My home is wherever you guys are." Awww, he's so sweet. "Hey, Max! Not to be pushy or anything, but can we please get something to eat. I feel like my dog instincts are kicking in, I seriously feel like chasing a cat right now." At this, Gazzy and Angel began to laugh. Nudge smiled a little/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Funny. And yeah, me too." At this, Fang started backing away from me slowly. Huh? Oh, wait-he's part cat. Oops. Whatever. "Okay, so, I have no idea where we are, but I'm seeing those little food stand things every five minutes, so the next time we see one we can-"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""There!" Okay then. I walked up to the stand with the little kids close behind me, and Fang bringing up the rear./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I have to say, I liked this stand. The guy was selling burgers and those really big pretzels. I love those, clearly the guy noticed me eying them because he simply said, "How many?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Two." He nodded. "Okay and I'll also get two burgers."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I turned to Nudge, "Can I have one of those big pretzel things?" The guy nodded./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Then Iggy spoke up, "I'll get two of those pretzels and two burgers." I raised my eyebrow at him, but he just shrugged at me./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Next was Gazzy, "Um, okay... I'll get a burger and a pretzel and my sister will just get a pretzel. Cool?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Cool," the guy responded to him, smiling "And now the only one left is you, sir." He said, turning to face Fang. Sir? Haha, this guy is so funny./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""I'll get three burgers and three pretzels." The dude raised his eyebrows at Fang, but Fang calmly said, "I'm sorry, is there a problem?" But the scary thing was, he said it in the deadly, calm voice, the kind that just makes you shiver head to toe. Huh? Wonder where he learned that? Oh yeah, he learned it from me! Wow, just wow. Okay, anyways, the dude started giving us what we had asked for, we payed, and not too much time later, we were, sort of, well fed, and back on the road. The kids wanted to stay there a little longer because they liked talking to the guy, but I dragged them away. You know what they say: you can never be too cautious. And besides, if we stayed any longer, we would have boughten more food. If you still don't get what I'm trying to say, basically, we need our money, and spending it on food we don't need isn't going to help/p
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p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I must say, I LOVE those big pretzels! I remember when I was seven, Mom once brought us some. We all got one but I just loved them so much, I wouldn't stop complaining once I had finished mine. All the others were watching me go from one person to the next asking them for theirs, and then laughing when I was told off by Mom. Well, okay, I didn't go to EVERYONE, I stayed away from Fang. If you tell him this, I'll deny it, but I used to be afraid of him. He had this weird aura around him. Not to mention his continuous 'if-you-come-near-me-I'll-snap-your-neck' face. I have to say, when you see a seven year old like that, it makes tarantulas look like little fairies. So needless to say, I was really surprised when he came over to me, soundlessly broke his pretzel in half, handed one half to me, and walked away. Let's just say, ever since then, he was my best friend. Yes, I know, ridiculous. I literally sold away my soul for a pretzel, but hey, it's food, is it not? So, you could pretty much imagine what I was like right now, now that my pretzels were done./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Iggy?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""NO! I will not give you my pretzel! Back off!" Okay./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""I didn't even say anything yet!"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""But you were about to!"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"You can't argue with logic like that, "Well, anyone willing to donate food to the homeless?" I swear, they were looking at me like I was crazy. I was about to ask them why, when I realized that I wasn't the only one who was homeless now. I swear, life hates us./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Here." I turned and saw Fang holding out half a pretzel to me. Let's just say that brought back memories. In my mind, I saw a little seven year old boy who looked like he would kill your entire family and enjoy every second of it, holding out a pretzel to me. I looked at him, and saw him smirking at me, and I realized he must have been thinking the exact same thing./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""So, Max, not to ruin the moment down memory lane or anything, but are we just gonna be sitting in this park for the rest of our lives? Like, what are we gonna do now? It's not like we can go home. Wait, can we?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I looked over at Nudge sadly, and saw she had a hopeful look on her face. "Nudge, I hate to break this to you, but we can't go back home. Not yet. It's probably swarming with cops. We might go back later, just to see what's become of our home, but for now, I don't really have much of a plan. So, I'm open to suggestions."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Then Iggy spoke up, "Like you said, our home of probably swarming with cops. So don't you think they might have noticed the pictures of us hung on our walls? Yeah, they probably did, therefore, as of today, we are hunted fugitives. They probably have 'Wanted' posters everywhere." I did not think of that one./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Then Angel decides to add her opinion, "I haven't seen any posters of us."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Well, then it's only a matter of time." I have to say, Iggy definitely has a way of brightening everyone's day. "I say, once we're done eating, we walk around a bit, try and steal some newspapers, or catch glimpses of the news. We could always just walk into those electronics sections in stores, and just stand there watching the TV. It's normal for kids to do that, Mom told me."/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""I guess you're right. Who wants to try that out?" I asked. Everyone raised their hands. I'll admit. It was a pretty useless question, since we had absolutely no other plan, so we were kinda just going with the flow. "So, should we walk into some store right now, or should we wait?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"Nudge answered, "I saw some store a while back. It was called T-Mart or something. It looked pretty big, we should check there. And, I think we should go now, I mean, really, what are we waiting for? The police to come find us? Yeah, I don't think so. I don't know about you guys, but I wanna live until I'm at least 19. But I don't want to go to school. I mean it's pretty useless. Look at you two, you're 14 and I bet you haven't even seen what a school looks like. I wonder what a school bus looks like. You think it's cool? I hate how you have to wear seatbelt in a car, but not in a bus. Like, what's with that? Not that I've ever had to wear a seatbelt, but I really think it's annoying. The way it's pressed against your throat. What if it chokes you? If that ever happened to me I'd-"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Nudge?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Yeah?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Shut up." She looked hurt, but she kept her mouth quiet after. Yup, only Nudge can go from trying to stay alive, to complaining about seat belts. She truly has a gift, and she's more than willing to share it with everyone. Isn't she an awesome kid?/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;""Okay, so yeah, we should get going. Wanna lead the way, Nudge? After all, you're the one who saw it." She just nodded her head, turned around, and started walking in the opposite direction. Oh, bless you child. I thought she would have one of her 'moments' again. Anyways, after walking for another five minutes, we made it to the incredibly large store, T-Mart. Weird name. Humans, honestly, they have no imagination. I mean seriously, what does 'T-Mart' even mean? Exactly./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I have to admit, I was pretty nervous about going in there. There would be so many people, and no way to run away under severe circumstances without drawing too much attention to ourselves. I don't really do 'running away' but hey! You gotta do what you gotta do. And I gotta survive. And if I have to run away to make that happen, well then God knows I'm gonna. Anyways, we walked into the store, and I immediately felt like I couldn't breathe. There were so many people! Don't these kids have school? God, it's like the whole world decided to shop here the day we did. It's like they knew we were coming./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"But it wasn't THAT awful. I mean, the people looked quite nice, but you should never fall for that. Looks can be deceiving, always keep one eye opened, and one on your back, that way nothing can take you by surprise. But the thing that really caught my eye, was all the food. We have never had that much food. Mom would bring us stuff to eat, but just barely enough. And we didn't have snacks and that kind of stuff. The only time we had extra food was when we saved some from the times when Mom brought us stuff for our birthdays./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"I turned to look at the others, "Okay guys, we're going to be splitting up in to pairs. Look around and see what you can find. Do not pick up anything you want to buy, we can't waste money like that. Even if it's for cookies." I added, looking at Arrow. I saw his face drop a little and felt bad, but I really wasn't going to change my mind. "Okay, we can meet back up at the park in half an hour. Got it?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Good. Now, who do you guys want to partner with?"/p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"As soon as I said that, Angel grabbed Nudge's hand, and Gazzy and Iggy raced to each others sides, "Okay. Jeez, thanks guys, totally feeling the love here. Nah, I'm just messing with you. Alright, let's get going." With that, the kids immediately sped off, and Fang turned to look at me, and pointed at something behind my head. I turned around, and not too far away, was the electronics' section. I turned back and smiled at him, "Well, that was easy." And we started making our way there. All the while, laughing at how the others had sped off in the on the opposite direction. Well, I was laughing, Fang was just doing whatever it is that he does./p
p style="max-width: 100%; caret-color: #1b1b1b; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;"strong style="max-width: 100%;"Fly on/strong/p