Thanks to the reviewers and to Jessica who encourage my insanity. Sorry that it took
awhile- Real life had been hard but its getting better. AND! Finals are now over and I can
once again have too much time for myself and write. Thanks to Jules, both of them and
to Dag who listen to me bitch about everything and everyone in RL… thanks.
Again, I am trying my best so this chapter was not beta. Sorry. I am taking a writing
class this semester so hopefully that helps out.. but for now, sorry.
Ok, there is a part of this story where I use a offensive term and I hope it doesn't
offended anyone… I didn't use it to offend anyone….Thanks.
Meaning of Love
By the Untalented JOxER
Chapter 4- three weeks later.
Lucas was, once again, stressing over his hair as he combed it for what seemed the
millionth time. He was excited and getting ready for another date with Dayna. Lucas
inspected his chin and wondered at what age does someone grow a beard. Lucas swore
he could feel some tiny whiskers forming on his chin and reached for the shaving cream
and his dad razor.
Nathan was down stairs in the study room reading a newspaper when the annoying
beeping of the vidphone interrupted the silent room. Nathan looked at his watch; it was
four in the afternoon. He yelled to Lucas to hurry up only to be welcomed by 'Jeez, I
know already' comment. 'Your welcome' Nathan thought as he heard the vidphone beep
again. "I'm coming!" Nathan yelled at the screen as he turned it on. Nathan smiled as he
saw one of his best friends, Admiral Bill Noyce on the other end of the screen. "What do
you want bill." Nathan said with a grin.
"I don't know how to say this to you…" Bill said as he breathed a sigh of frustration.
Nathan face soon lost his smile and saw that Bill was serious about something. "What is
it?"
"There was a prison riot today…and.."
"Shit Bill… just tell me!" Nathan demand, though in the back of his mind, he knew what
was the bad news.
"Lawrence and four other inmates escaped from jail… one of the guards said that it was
too perfect…" Bill said. Neither of them had notice when someone else was listening to
their conversation.
"Damn it! How did it happen?"
"It was when all the inmates were outside, it started to be a simple fight and when the
armed guards went to stop it, Lawrence and some other men jumped the guards and took
hold of the weapons… It was just a disaster Nathan… There are 10 guards dead and some
of the inmates that escaped got recaptured but only 6 are still missing.. Apparently they
had this planned out."
"I don't follow?"
"There was someone waiting for them, the guards said that the surveillance video spotted
a blue van leaving the outside area of the prison right after the riot."
"So he had all this planned! For god sake, how did he get it! How in the world did he
pull this off, he was locked up for good!"
"It could have been one of the others inmates visitors.. the missing inmates had
frequencies visitors…"
"Who are the ones missing?"
"You are also not going to like this…"
"Just tell me!"
Bill took hold of a sheet of paper and began to read the list. "Mark Shreeve- he was doing
20 years for second degree murder, Richard Doran- he was doing 5 years for armed
robbery and injuring a police officer, Vander Byrne- he was doing life for first degree
murder, Charles Lohmeyer- he was doing 5 years for armed robbery with Doran, Jake
McEntash- is was doing 15 years for rape and attempted murder, and Lawrence
Wolenczak…"
"When did this happen?"
"Just over two hours ago.. the police have been looking for him Nathan, they will find
these son of a bitches.."
"NO! No they wont! He's.. he's to smart for them…" Lucas yelled as he overheard the
whole story. Nathan turned to see Lucas as he ran up stairs to his room and shut the door
hard. Nathan kicked himself for not shutting the study room door and locking it. Nathan
turned to Bill and thanked the man before he shut off the link. Nathan went upstairs to
find Lucas.
Lucas went running upstairs and decided that he had to pack. Bills words echoed in his
head. 'Lawrence and four other inmates escaped from jail' Lucas really didn't care for
the others inmates, they all could have been Hannibal Lector for all he care, the only
thing he feared worse was someone that was supposed to be locked up forever but now he
was loose and was going to keep his promise from so long ago. Lawrence was going to
find Lucas and kill him. No, Lucas had finally thought that his life was perfect, he had a
new father, and by the looks of things he could have a new mother as well.' Lucas
thought as he remembered the way Nathan and Kristen have been acting around each
other, it didn't take a computer genius to figure out the two were in love. But that was all
crashing down, as he knew that his father will try to go out and destroy all that everything
that Lucas had loved, Lawrence had always managed to that…
*-*-*-*-**-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-**-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Ten-year-old Lucas and his best friend Matthew Lincoln were running around, being ten
year old little brats, and pretending that they were on fire and stop-drop- and roll around
the parks grassy floor. Matthew was Lucas only friend at his age. Lucas had been a
freshman in high school and was feeling left out in the high school life. He was only ten
and everyone around him were either too jealous about his brain or just didn't care for a
ten year old. He heard everything from- oh look; he's the baby genius.. hey Lucas, did
you also carry your diaper sac?- from- Teacher, get that kid out of here, he will throw off
the curve!. Lucas was never a troublemaker, he never spoke up in class unless he was
called on and he never did talk to anyone. There were these senior girls that used to play
with him and tease him but Lucas only ignored them. But Matthew was regular ten-year-
old, going to elementary school and getting d's in math and c's in history. Matthew was
his new next-door neighbor. They had finished one of the millions of track home that
was being built next door to his father's house. One day, after the first day the Lincolns
had moved in into the house, Lucas was outside, playing soccer by himself when
Matthew came out.
"Can I play too?" Matthew said as he walked around the small bushes that surrounded the
Wolenczak house.
"Huh?" Lucas said, he didn't expect that there was a kid asking him to join playing with
him.
"Can I play too?" Matthew repeated. Matthew waited in the walkway of the house and
waited to be invited. Lucas nodded and Matthew went walking towards Lucas. "Thanks.
My name is Matthew, what's yours?"
"Lucas." Lucas mumbled.
"Mucas?" Matthew said.
Lucas laughed and repeated his name "LUCAS".
"Oh, Lucas.. well Luke, my name is Matthew."
"Phew?" Lucas said as he laughed. Matthew laughed and agreed. "Yeah Mucas, P-
Phew!" The two kids laughed and played soccer. The two kids played for hours and also
talked in between goals. Matthew was from Illinois and his father's job transferred him
to New York. Lucas was distracted by the conversation that Matthew shot the ball right
through Lucas' legs. Matthew cheered and did his victory dance. Lucas grinned and
picked up the ball and swore that it wasn't going to pass him again. Though Matthew
scored four more times and Lucas only twice, they both never did keep score. They were
just happy on each other company. After what seemed the hundredth goal, Matthew and
Lucas grew tired and sat on the floor facing each other.
"So Luke, what school you go to? Im going tomorrow to Garfield Elementary School…"
"Well.." Lucas began and knew after what he said; he was just going to lose another
friend. It always happened. His other friends around the block once knew that he was
going to go to high school and no one have ever spoken to him again. Lucas took a
chance and answered. " I go to Glenn High School."
"Wow. I wish I were that smart to go there! I heard they have a water slide and a water
park in there!" Matthew said.
"No they don't. They only have a pool." Lucas laughed. Maybe if he was a normal ten
year old, he would have also believed that too.
"Really? I got to tell Billy from down the block that he's a liar." Matthew said. Lucas
frowned as he remembered Billy Wilson. Billy was another friend Lucas had tried to
make but at the end, Billy just made fun of Lucas intelligence. "Well Luke, do you want
to do something later? I have to go eat lunch before my mom tells my doctor that I am
starving myself."
Lucas laughed. "Sure. My dad is not going to be home until late, so what ever you want
to do is fine with me."
"Yeah? Cool. Meet you here at 3:00pm?" Matthew said as he was beginning to get up.
"Sure. Thanks a lot P-Phew."
"Sure thing Mucas." Matthew said as he left.
Lucas remembers ever since that day, the two kids have been playing together as if they
were brothers. Matthew was the only person that Lucas allowed another person to call
him Luke. Well, the deal was that Lucas was Luke and Matthew was Ph-phew.
There one time that Lucas couldn't go out and play since his father came home early and
was mad that Lucas was outside playing. Lawrence had told Matthew that Lucas was
sick and he was going to stay in his room for a week. Lawrence was telling the truth,
Lucas was sick but it was the half-truth. Lucas had some bruises on his face and some
giant's welts on his back since this time, his father decided to whip him instead of
kicking him. Lucas thought for sure that he was about to loose his only friend but
Matthew kept on coming over and asking for Lucas. After the bruises were bearable that
no explanations were needed for their presence, Lucas was allowed to go outside. His
father told him never to play with Matthew again but Lucas thought it was safe to
because his father was usually never home until late. Lucas stepped outside and looked
towards the Lincoln house. He was surprise to see Matthew was outside of his porch, just
sitting there with a baseball in his hand. Matthew looked alone and sad. Matthew would
throw the ball up and he would catch it and repeat the action over and over. Lucas
laughed and slammed his door hard. Matthew heard the door and looked towards Lucas'
house. Matthew smiled as he saw Lucas waving to him. Matthew ran towards Lucas'
house and was jumping up and down when he jumped the bushed fence. Lucas went
towards his friend and smiled. Matthew was happy that his friend was feeling better and
they were off again- playing the way two best friends that have never been separated
played.
Now Lucas was still on fire and Matthew was laughing so hard that he stopped rolling on
the ground. Lucas also stopped and started to laugh as well. The two have been playing
fire rescue for two hours but they didn't care. It was summer vacation for both of them
and that only meant that they could spend all day together being little troublemakers they
can be. Lucas and Matthew had gotten up from the ground and headed towards the
swings. Lucas got on one and Matthew on the other. The both raced each other to see
who could go higher and the two were off. The contest ended and they both decided to
jump off the swings. Matthew landed with cat skill and Lucas followed only to land on
his knees and tearing his jeans. Lucas laughed as he began to get up and didn't care
about his jeans at all. Matthew began to climb the giant jungle gym and Lucas followed.
At the top, they decided to stop and act like they were kings of the world. Their
amusement was suddenly stopped when Lucas spotted Billy Wilson and his gang of
friends was approaching the two kings.
"Well, well. Look what we got here, the nerd and the stupid ass." Billy said as his
followers laughed. "Get off my GYM and get the heck out!" Billy said.
"It aint your gym Billy." Matthew said, as his voice was harsh.
"Yeah. We were here first!" Lucas followed.
"Is that so Brainic! Get down here and let me show you whose gym that is!" Billy said as
he clenched his fists tight and held them up towards Lucas. Lucas gulped but stood his
ground
"Shut up stupid face, you mess with him, you mess with me!" Matthew said as he also
raised his fists and supported Lucas. Lucas smiled and also held up his fists. Billy was
taken back, he could handle the skinny Lucas kid but not Matthew, Matthew was a tough
sucker to take down. Billy thought he would give it a try though.
"Fine sucker, get down here!" Billy said as he stepped forward towards the gym. Billy's
followers on the other hand began to step back. Billy gave them a dirty look but soon, his
friends began to leave. Matthew and Lucas smiled and made their way down the gym.
"Hey, you guys I was just joking." Billy said as he saw he was alone and there were two
people in front of him ready to take him down. "Cant you guys take a joke."
"Just get out of here Billy." Matthew said.
"Sure thing. I'm sorry, it was just a joke." Billy said as he ran from the two friends and
Lucas and Matthew began to laugh.
"Guess we should go home now, it's getting late." Matthew said as Lucas nodded. Lucas
thought that he could change out of his jeans before his father would get home. Lucas
and Matthew laughed on their way homes, making fun of big bad Billy as they remember
the way Billy was scared of the two of them. Lucas was so glad that he had Matthew
there; he loved him like a brother would love his other brother. Matthew was also an
only child but he knew the feeling was mutual. Lucas' house was first and Lucas said his
good bye as he entered the house. Lucas' happiness sonly died as he entered the house.
He didn't notice his father' car was parked in the drive way nor he notice when the front
door was suddenly shut hard. Lucas jumped and looked at his father locking the door.
"Where have you been?" Lawrence yelled.
"I was out.. playing.."
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IS IT??"
"N-no. I'm sorry.."
"Its 6 pm! I have been waiting here since 4pm. I expected you to be home when I come
home! That is the rule!" Lawrence said to his son. He notice the torn up jeans. "What
the hell happened to your new jeans! I JUST BOUGHT YOU THAT PAIR!"
'Holy shit' Lucas thought, he was caught with his torn jeans…
"SO!" Lawrence yelled, braking Lucas' thoughts.
"I.. I'm sorry, I was playing with Matthew and …" Lucas bite his tongue. Bad thing to
say.
"Matthew! How many times did I have to tell you I didn't want you to play with that
nigger."
"He's.. Don't call him that!" Lucas bite his tongue again. 'Oh-ho.'
"WHAT DID YOU SAY? Are you telling me what to do?"
"No, it's just…"
"That's it! If I ever see you with that boy again, you will regret it!"
"You can't! He's my friend."
"I CANT!" Lawrence said as he stepped forward to his son and backhanded the boy.
Lucas went down and landed on the living room couch. Lucas head was spinning that he
didn't know he was being picked up until his head made contact with the sidewall.
Lawrence went over to his son and was about to throw his son again.
"You will not see that boy again!"
"Dad..don't…" Lucas whispered as he was thrown across the room again.
"I SAID YOU WILL NOT SEE THAT BOY AGAIN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"
"No.." Lucas whispered. Big mistake. Lucas was pined to the floor as his father sat on
his small chest and began to throw punches at his face and stomach. The last thing Lucas
heard before he passed out was 'Make sure you wont..'.
Lucas awoke some time later that night to emergency sirens. Lucas looked around and
saw that he was in his room. He tried to get up but his stomach ached so bad and he felt
so dizzy. The sirens were coming towards him; almost wishing that the ambulance he
heard was for him. Lucas turned to see out his window when he saw a weird yellow
glow coming from outside. Lucas thought it was a sunrise when he looked at his digital
clock on his nightstand. It was 12 pm. It was too early for the sunrise and suddenly
something unbelievable. Despite the pain coming from his chest and head, Lucas made
his way to his window and pulled the blinds up. Lucas gasped as he saw the next-door
neighbors house on fire. "Matthew!" Lucas screamed as he made his way out the door of
his room. Lucas walked down each step and went towards the front door.
"Don't you dare leave Lucas." Lawrence said as he sat in the living room couch.
"No. P-P… Matthews house is on fire! I have to see if he is ok."
"What did I say Lucas. Besides, its too late." Lawrence said as he smoked a cigarette.
"What do you mean?"
"I said you would never see him again. I stick good to my promises." Lucas gasped as he
realized his father cause the fire. Lucas began to franticly open the door when his father
ran towards him and stopped him. Lawrence picked up his son by his shoulders and
brought him to his eye level. "If you ever tell anyone, I swear you will be next…"
Lawrence said as he threw his son to the floor and went to sit back down at his couch,
watching the fire destroy the house next door. Lucas began to cry. "If you are going to
cry, take it upstairs. I cant you when you cry, I just want to kill you when I hear your
fucking crying." Lawrence said as he smiled when the ambulance arrived. "Too late."
Lucas heard his father whispered as he made his way to his room.
Lucas closed the bedroom door and looked out his window. The fire was almost out but
the house was completely destroyed. Matthew's mother, Gina Lincoln was outside
begging held by a firefighter as she cried in his arms. The ambulance had came and two
of the EMTs were pulling out a large body from the burnt house. It was Matthew's
father. Charles had his clothes full of ashes and had an oxygen mask feeding him fresh
oxygen. Charles tried to get up many time before entering the ambulance but was held
down by the paramedics. Lucas was hoping for another stretcher to be coming out of the
house but no one else came. Lucas was relieved that there was no one hurt so Phew must
have survived. Lucas saw Mrs. Lincol being put into the ambulance with her husband
and the ambulance left the scene. Within minutes, two patrol cars came into few.
Lucas was glued to his window as he saw police enter the house and an hour later, they
had came out. Lucas then saw another car come in, a van really, and pulled into the
house driveway. Lucas gasped as he read the vans label- Coroner. 'Phew' Lucas thought
as he saw the two coroners enter the house, pushing a stretcher and then exit the house
with a black plastic bag lying on the stretcher. Lucas wanted to turn away but he was still
hopeing that Matthew was alive. Lucas saw a policemen with a camera unzipped the bag
and took pictures of the body. The flash of the camera made it possible for Lucas to see
who really was in the bag. Lucas felt his stomach turn as he saw a very burnt face of his
friend. He couldn't recognize his friend anymore but deep down inside him, he knew it
was Phew. Lucas went walking towards the bathroom and began to throw up. Lucas
cleaned himself and went back to his room. Lucas lied in his bed, cried for his best friend
in the world and cried that the monster that caused that crime was his own father. He
knew he would keep his promise, he knew that Lawrence will kill him if he ever did tell
anyone…
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Lucas thoughts of Matthew made his action to leave even stronger. Lucas was packing
some clothes into a backpack when he heard someone opening his bedroom door.
"Lucas?" Nathan said as he opened the door. Nathan was shocked to see the teen was
packing. "Lucas." Nathan said again as the teen turned to face him. Lucas' teared face
looked at Nathan but then quickly returned to his task of packing. "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I am doing. I have to leave.."
"Lucas…"
"Don't Dad. His coming for me… I cant.."
"Lucas, he will not hurt you. I swear it on my life." Nathan said, thinking it will get the
teen to stop packing. Lucas heard the words but it made him pack faster. A few jeans
and some shirts were packed when he zipped up the pack and headed towards the door.
Nathan stood in the doorway, blocking the teen. "Please Lucas, tell me why you are
doing this!"
"Why! Because he will find me and kill me… but not until.."
"Until what?"
"Please get out of my way dad.."
"No. Until what!"
"Until he kills you and Kristen first.."
"WHAT?" Nathan said, he understood why Lucas might fear his father killing him but he
didn't understand why Lawrence was going to kill him and Kristen. Nathan looked at
Lucas to see new tears rolling down his cheeks. Nathan went over and hugged the teen.
Lucas struggled to get away from the grasp but Nathan held on tight. Lucas soon gave
into his emotions and began to cry on Nathan's shoulder. Nathan bent down and sat on
the floor, taking Lucas with him. Lucas rested his head on Nathan's chest.
"He's taken everything away from me. He.. he took my best friend… he promised he
will take anything I loved… anything… I cant. I can't risk your lives… I love you too
much."
"You are not making any sense." Nathan whispered as Lucas began to cry harder. Lucas
then told him the story of his best friend and how he died. Nathan gasped, there were still
things he had to learn about Lucas' pass and he knew now why he wanted to leave.
"Lucas, I swear to you, that bastard will not get to you. I can take care of myself and
Kristen, I would to see that bastard try.."
"But.."
"No buts Lucas, we are a family. I love you too much for some asshole to break us up.. I
will not let that happened." Nathan said as he held his son tighter. Lucas cried harder
into his dad's shoulder. Not mostly from fear, but from love. He had never had anyone,
other than Matthew, to stick up for him. He knew that the Captain was not going to leave
him or let him get hurt. The Captain was not going to abandon him just like everyone
else had. Lucas' crying began to die down and began to pull away from Nathan's arms.
"So are you staying or do I have to follow you?" Nathan said
"I'm staying. I want to keep my family." Lucas said as he began to get up from the floor.
"Alright. I am going to call Kristen about this and make her come here." Nathan said, he
knew that Lawrence move was going to try to get Lucas but just in case the doctor had
other plans.
"Yeah.." Lucas said Nathan began to leave the room.
"Are you sure your ok?" Nathan said before leaving the room.
"Yeah. I'm not leaving." Lucas said as he wiped his eyes clean.
"Better not.." Nathan said as he left the room. Lucas bent down and picked the pack off
the floor. He placed in under his bed. 'Just in case I change my mind' Lucas thought as
he placed the bag under his bed. Lucas stretched and went to his computer. It was the
only thing he could do to keep his mind busy. Lucas slipped on his headphones and
proceeded to enter the internex.
-*-*
Nathan heard a car approaching and jumped out of his patio chair and went to the front
door. He was relieved to see Kristen, with luggage in hand, waiting to be let in. Nathan
opened the door and gave Kristen the biggest hug he could give a person.
"I was so scared when you told me the news." Kristen said. "How is he?"
"He's been in his room all night. I was at the patio, making sure he was not escaping
through his window."
"I am going to tell him I am here." Kristen said as Nathan let her go and took the
luggage. Kristen made her way to the teen's room and knocked softly. She began to
open the door when there was no response. Kristen smiled as she saw Lucas typing away
on his computer. She made her way towards the teen when he quickly turned around.
Lucas was scared when he saw a reflection off his monitor of someone coming behind
him. Fearing the worst, he quickly turned around and was ready to run. He breathed a
sigh of relief when he saw it was Kristen. Lucas took off his headphones and looked at
her.
"Hey Lucas. How are you?"
"How do you think?" Lucas said as his voice tremembled.
"Oh Honey." Kristen said as she made her way closer to the teen and hugged him. Lucas
hugged back and let his cries go again. Kristen whispered sweet nonsense to Lucas that
made the teen calm down. Lucas then pulled away from her arms and wiped his eyes
clean again. "Come on downstairs. You have better company then that computer of
yours." Kristen said.
"I will be there in awhile." Lucas smiled as he turned towards his computer again.
"Alright. I think you better change though, those are some fancy clothes you have on."
"Oh shit!" Lucas yelled as he remembered he was going out to meet Dayna.
"Lucas!"
"I'm sorry Kristen, I have to go make a call." Lucas said as he ran downstairs. Nathan
was coming out of the guest room where he just finished putting Kristen things in when
Lucas lightly pushed him out of the way and headed towards the study room. Kristen
followed him and Nathan stopped her.
"Where's he going?"
"He said he had to make a call. All I said that he should change and he went running
down."
"Oh? Oh no… Dayna…"
"What?"
"They had a date today… he is now 3 hours late for it." Nathan said
"Poor Lucas. This girl had turned out to be someone special to him. I just hope she
understands." Kristen said as Nathan showed her to the guest room.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Feedback anyone? ?
awhile- Real life had been hard but its getting better. AND! Finals are now over and I can
once again have too much time for myself and write. Thanks to Jules, both of them and
to Dag who listen to me bitch about everything and everyone in RL… thanks.
Again, I am trying my best so this chapter was not beta. Sorry. I am taking a writing
class this semester so hopefully that helps out.. but for now, sorry.
Ok, there is a part of this story where I use a offensive term and I hope it doesn't
offended anyone… I didn't use it to offend anyone….Thanks.
Meaning of Love
By the Untalented JOxER
Chapter 4- three weeks later.
Lucas was, once again, stressing over his hair as he combed it for what seemed the
millionth time. He was excited and getting ready for another date with Dayna. Lucas
inspected his chin and wondered at what age does someone grow a beard. Lucas swore
he could feel some tiny whiskers forming on his chin and reached for the shaving cream
and his dad razor.
Nathan was down stairs in the study room reading a newspaper when the annoying
beeping of the vidphone interrupted the silent room. Nathan looked at his watch; it was
four in the afternoon. He yelled to Lucas to hurry up only to be welcomed by 'Jeez, I
know already' comment. 'Your welcome' Nathan thought as he heard the vidphone beep
again. "I'm coming!" Nathan yelled at the screen as he turned it on. Nathan smiled as he
saw one of his best friends, Admiral Bill Noyce on the other end of the screen. "What do
you want bill." Nathan said with a grin.
"I don't know how to say this to you…" Bill said as he breathed a sigh of frustration.
Nathan face soon lost his smile and saw that Bill was serious about something. "What is
it?"
"There was a prison riot today…and.."
"Shit Bill… just tell me!" Nathan demand, though in the back of his mind, he knew what
was the bad news.
"Lawrence and four other inmates escaped from jail… one of the guards said that it was
too perfect…" Bill said. Neither of them had notice when someone else was listening to
their conversation.
"Damn it! How did it happen?"
"It was when all the inmates were outside, it started to be a simple fight and when the
armed guards went to stop it, Lawrence and some other men jumped the guards and took
hold of the weapons… It was just a disaster Nathan… There are 10 guards dead and some
of the inmates that escaped got recaptured but only 6 are still missing.. Apparently they
had this planned out."
"I don't follow?"
"There was someone waiting for them, the guards said that the surveillance video spotted
a blue van leaving the outside area of the prison right after the riot."
"So he had all this planned! For god sake, how did he get it! How in the world did he
pull this off, he was locked up for good!"
"It could have been one of the others inmates visitors.. the missing inmates had
frequencies visitors…"
"Who are the ones missing?"
"You are also not going to like this…"
"Just tell me!"
Bill took hold of a sheet of paper and began to read the list. "Mark Shreeve- he was doing
20 years for second degree murder, Richard Doran- he was doing 5 years for armed
robbery and injuring a police officer, Vander Byrne- he was doing life for first degree
murder, Charles Lohmeyer- he was doing 5 years for armed robbery with Doran, Jake
McEntash- is was doing 15 years for rape and attempted murder, and Lawrence
Wolenczak…"
"When did this happen?"
"Just over two hours ago.. the police have been looking for him Nathan, they will find
these son of a bitches.."
"NO! No they wont! He's.. he's to smart for them…" Lucas yelled as he overheard the
whole story. Nathan turned to see Lucas as he ran up stairs to his room and shut the door
hard. Nathan kicked himself for not shutting the study room door and locking it. Nathan
turned to Bill and thanked the man before he shut off the link. Nathan went upstairs to
find Lucas.
Lucas went running upstairs and decided that he had to pack. Bills words echoed in his
head. 'Lawrence and four other inmates escaped from jail' Lucas really didn't care for
the others inmates, they all could have been Hannibal Lector for all he care, the only
thing he feared worse was someone that was supposed to be locked up forever but now he
was loose and was going to keep his promise from so long ago. Lawrence was going to
find Lucas and kill him. No, Lucas had finally thought that his life was perfect, he had a
new father, and by the looks of things he could have a new mother as well.' Lucas
thought as he remembered the way Nathan and Kristen have been acting around each
other, it didn't take a computer genius to figure out the two were in love. But that was all
crashing down, as he knew that his father will try to go out and destroy all that everything
that Lucas had loved, Lawrence had always managed to that…
*-*-*-*-**-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-**-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
Ten-year-old Lucas and his best friend Matthew Lincoln were running around, being ten
year old little brats, and pretending that they were on fire and stop-drop- and roll around
the parks grassy floor. Matthew was Lucas only friend at his age. Lucas had been a
freshman in high school and was feeling left out in the high school life. He was only ten
and everyone around him were either too jealous about his brain or just didn't care for a
ten year old. He heard everything from- oh look; he's the baby genius.. hey Lucas, did
you also carry your diaper sac?- from- Teacher, get that kid out of here, he will throw off
the curve!. Lucas was never a troublemaker, he never spoke up in class unless he was
called on and he never did talk to anyone. There were these senior girls that used to play
with him and tease him but Lucas only ignored them. But Matthew was regular ten-year-
old, going to elementary school and getting d's in math and c's in history. Matthew was
his new next-door neighbor. They had finished one of the millions of track home that
was being built next door to his father's house. One day, after the first day the Lincolns
had moved in into the house, Lucas was outside, playing soccer by himself when
Matthew came out.
"Can I play too?" Matthew said as he walked around the small bushes that surrounded the
Wolenczak house.
"Huh?" Lucas said, he didn't expect that there was a kid asking him to join playing with
him.
"Can I play too?" Matthew repeated. Matthew waited in the walkway of the house and
waited to be invited. Lucas nodded and Matthew went walking towards Lucas. "Thanks.
My name is Matthew, what's yours?"
"Lucas." Lucas mumbled.
"Mucas?" Matthew said.
Lucas laughed and repeated his name "LUCAS".
"Oh, Lucas.. well Luke, my name is Matthew."
"Phew?" Lucas said as he laughed. Matthew laughed and agreed. "Yeah Mucas, P-
Phew!" The two kids laughed and played soccer. The two kids played for hours and also
talked in between goals. Matthew was from Illinois and his father's job transferred him
to New York. Lucas was distracted by the conversation that Matthew shot the ball right
through Lucas' legs. Matthew cheered and did his victory dance. Lucas grinned and
picked up the ball and swore that it wasn't going to pass him again. Though Matthew
scored four more times and Lucas only twice, they both never did keep score. They were
just happy on each other company. After what seemed the hundredth goal, Matthew and
Lucas grew tired and sat on the floor facing each other.
"So Luke, what school you go to? Im going tomorrow to Garfield Elementary School…"
"Well.." Lucas began and knew after what he said; he was just going to lose another
friend. It always happened. His other friends around the block once knew that he was
going to go to high school and no one have ever spoken to him again. Lucas took a
chance and answered. " I go to Glenn High School."
"Wow. I wish I were that smart to go there! I heard they have a water slide and a water
park in there!" Matthew said.
"No they don't. They only have a pool." Lucas laughed. Maybe if he was a normal ten
year old, he would have also believed that too.
"Really? I got to tell Billy from down the block that he's a liar." Matthew said. Lucas
frowned as he remembered Billy Wilson. Billy was another friend Lucas had tried to
make but at the end, Billy just made fun of Lucas intelligence. "Well Luke, do you want
to do something later? I have to go eat lunch before my mom tells my doctor that I am
starving myself."
Lucas laughed. "Sure. My dad is not going to be home until late, so what ever you want
to do is fine with me."
"Yeah? Cool. Meet you here at 3:00pm?" Matthew said as he was beginning to get up.
"Sure. Thanks a lot P-Phew."
"Sure thing Mucas." Matthew said as he left.
Lucas remembers ever since that day, the two kids have been playing together as if they
were brothers. Matthew was the only person that Lucas allowed another person to call
him Luke. Well, the deal was that Lucas was Luke and Matthew was Ph-phew.
There one time that Lucas couldn't go out and play since his father came home early and
was mad that Lucas was outside playing. Lawrence had told Matthew that Lucas was
sick and he was going to stay in his room for a week. Lawrence was telling the truth,
Lucas was sick but it was the half-truth. Lucas had some bruises on his face and some
giant's welts on his back since this time, his father decided to whip him instead of
kicking him. Lucas thought for sure that he was about to loose his only friend but
Matthew kept on coming over and asking for Lucas. After the bruises were bearable that
no explanations were needed for their presence, Lucas was allowed to go outside. His
father told him never to play with Matthew again but Lucas thought it was safe to
because his father was usually never home until late. Lucas stepped outside and looked
towards the Lincoln house. He was surprise to see Matthew was outside of his porch, just
sitting there with a baseball in his hand. Matthew looked alone and sad. Matthew would
throw the ball up and he would catch it and repeat the action over and over. Lucas
laughed and slammed his door hard. Matthew heard the door and looked towards Lucas'
house. Matthew smiled as he saw Lucas waving to him. Matthew ran towards Lucas'
house and was jumping up and down when he jumped the bushed fence. Lucas went
towards his friend and smiled. Matthew was happy that his friend was feeling better and
they were off again- playing the way two best friends that have never been separated
played.
Now Lucas was still on fire and Matthew was laughing so hard that he stopped rolling on
the ground. Lucas also stopped and started to laugh as well. The two have been playing
fire rescue for two hours but they didn't care. It was summer vacation for both of them
and that only meant that they could spend all day together being little troublemakers they
can be. Lucas and Matthew had gotten up from the ground and headed towards the
swings. Lucas got on one and Matthew on the other. The both raced each other to see
who could go higher and the two were off. The contest ended and they both decided to
jump off the swings. Matthew landed with cat skill and Lucas followed only to land on
his knees and tearing his jeans. Lucas laughed as he began to get up and didn't care
about his jeans at all. Matthew began to climb the giant jungle gym and Lucas followed.
At the top, they decided to stop and act like they were kings of the world. Their
amusement was suddenly stopped when Lucas spotted Billy Wilson and his gang of
friends was approaching the two kings.
"Well, well. Look what we got here, the nerd and the stupid ass." Billy said as his
followers laughed. "Get off my GYM and get the heck out!" Billy said.
"It aint your gym Billy." Matthew said, as his voice was harsh.
"Yeah. We were here first!" Lucas followed.
"Is that so Brainic! Get down here and let me show you whose gym that is!" Billy said as
he clenched his fists tight and held them up towards Lucas. Lucas gulped but stood his
ground
"Shut up stupid face, you mess with him, you mess with me!" Matthew said as he also
raised his fists and supported Lucas. Lucas smiled and also held up his fists. Billy was
taken back, he could handle the skinny Lucas kid but not Matthew, Matthew was a tough
sucker to take down. Billy thought he would give it a try though.
"Fine sucker, get down here!" Billy said as he stepped forward towards the gym. Billy's
followers on the other hand began to step back. Billy gave them a dirty look but soon, his
friends began to leave. Matthew and Lucas smiled and made their way down the gym.
"Hey, you guys I was just joking." Billy said as he saw he was alone and there were two
people in front of him ready to take him down. "Cant you guys take a joke."
"Just get out of here Billy." Matthew said.
"Sure thing. I'm sorry, it was just a joke." Billy said as he ran from the two friends and
Lucas and Matthew began to laugh.
"Guess we should go home now, it's getting late." Matthew said as Lucas nodded. Lucas
thought that he could change out of his jeans before his father would get home. Lucas
and Matthew laughed on their way homes, making fun of big bad Billy as they remember
the way Billy was scared of the two of them. Lucas was so glad that he had Matthew
there; he loved him like a brother would love his other brother. Matthew was also an
only child but he knew the feeling was mutual. Lucas' house was first and Lucas said his
good bye as he entered the house. Lucas' happiness sonly died as he entered the house.
He didn't notice his father' car was parked in the drive way nor he notice when the front
door was suddenly shut hard. Lucas jumped and looked at his father locking the door.
"Where have you been?" Lawrence yelled.
"I was out.. playing.."
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IS IT??"
"N-no. I'm sorry.."
"Its 6 pm! I have been waiting here since 4pm. I expected you to be home when I come
home! That is the rule!" Lawrence said to his son. He notice the torn up jeans. "What
the hell happened to your new jeans! I JUST BOUGHT YOU THAT PAIR!"
'Holy shit' Lucas thought, he was caught with his torn jeans…
"SO!" Lawrence yelled, braking Lucas' thoughts.
"I.. I'm sorry, I was playing with Matthew and …" Lucas bite his tongue. Bad thing to
say.
"Matthew! How many times did I have to tell you I didn't want you to play with that
nigger."
"He's.. Don't call him that!" Lucas bite his tongue again. 'Oh-ho.'
"WHAT DID YOU SAY? Are you telling me what to do?"
"No, it's just…"
"That's it! If I ever see you with that boy again, you will regret it!"
"You can't! He's my friend."
"I CANT!" Lawrence said as he stepped forward to his son and backhanded the boy.
Lucas went down and landed on the living room couch. Lucas head was spinning that he
didn't know he was being picked up until his head made contact with the sidewall.
Lawrence went over to his son and was about to throw his son again.
"You will not see that boy again!"
"Dad..don't…" Lucas whispered as he was thrown across the room again.
"I SAID YOU WILL NOT SEE THAT BOY AGAIN! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"
"No.." Lucas whispered. Big mistake. Lucas was pined to the floor as his father sat on
his small chest and began to throw punches at his face and stomach. The last thing Lucas
heard before he passed out was 'Make sure you wont..'.
Lucas awoke some time later that night to emergency sirens. Lucas looked around and
saw that he was in his room. He tried to get up but his stomach ached so bad and he felt
so dizzy. The sirens were coming towards him; almost wishing that the ambulance he
heard was for him. Lucas turned to see out his window when he saw a weird yellow
glow coming from outside. Lucas thought it was a sunrise when he looked at his digital
clock on his nightstand. It was 12 pm. It was too early for the sunrise and suddenly
something unbelievable. Despite the pain coming from his chest and head, Lucas made
his way to his window and pulled the blinds up. Lucas gasped as he saw the next-door
neighbors house on fire. "Matthew!" Lucas screamed as he made his way out the door of
his room. Lucas walked down each step and went towards the front door.
"Don't you dare leave Lucas." Lawrence said as he sat in the living room couch.
"No. P-P… Matthews house is on fire! I have to see if he is ok."
"What did I say Lucas. Besides, its too late." Lawrence said as he smoked a cigarette.
"What do you mean?"
"I said you would never see him again. I stick good to my promises." Lucas gasped as he
realized his father cause the fire. Lucas began to franticly open the door when his father
ran towards him and stopped him. Lawrence picked up his son by his shoulders and
brought him to his eye level. "If you ever tell anyone, I swear you will be next…"
Lawrence said as he threw his son to the floor and went to sit back down at his couch,
watching the fire destroy the house next door. Lucas began to cry. "If you are going to
cry, take it upstairs. I cant you when you cry, I just want to kill you when I hear your
fucking crying." Lawrence said as he smiled when the ambulance arrived. "Too late."
Lucas heard his father whispered as he made his way to his room.
Lucas closed the bedroom door and looked out his window. The fire was almost out but
the house was completely destroyed. Matthew's mother, Gina Lincoln was outside
begging held by a firefighter as she cried in his arms. The ambulance had came and two
of the EMTs were pulling out a large body from the burnt house. It was Matthew's
father. Charles had his clothes full of ashes and had an oxygen mask feeding him fresh
oxygen. Charles tried to get up many time before entering the ambulance but was held
down by the paramedics. Lucas was hoping for another stretcher to be coming out of the
house but no one else came. Lucas was relieved that there was no one hurt so Phew must
have survived. Lucas saw Mrs. Lincol being put into the ambulance with her husband
and the ambulance left the scene. Within minutes, two patrol cars came into few.
Lucas was glued to his window as he saw police enter the house and an hour later, they
had came out. Lucas then saw another car come in, a van really, and pulled into the
house driveway. Lucas gasped as he read the vans label- Coroner. 'Phew' Lucas thought
as he saw the two coroners enter the house, pushing a stretcher and then exit the house
with a black plastic bag lying on the stretcher. Lucas wanted to turn away but he was still
hopeing that Matthew was alive. Lucas saw a policemen with a camera unzipped the bag
and took pictures of the body. The flash of the camera made it possible for Lucas to see
who really was in the bag. Lucas felt his stomach turn as he saw a very burnt face of his
friend. He couldn't recognize his friend anymore but deep down inside him, he knew it
was Phew. Lucas went walking towards the bathroom and began to throw up. Lucas
cleaned himself and went back to his room. Lucas lied in his bed, cried for his best friend
in the world and cried that the monster that caused that crime was his own father. He
knew he would keep his promise, he knew that Lawrence will kill him if he ever did tell
anyone…
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Lucas thoughts of Matthew made his action to leave even stronger. Lucas was packing
some clothes into a backpack when he heard someone opening his bedroom door.
"Lucas?" Nathan said as he opened the door. Nathan was shocked to see the teen was
packing. "Lucas." Nathan said again as the teen turned to face him. Lucas' teared face
looked at Nathan but then quickly returned to his task of packing. "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I am doing. I have to leave.."
"Lucas…"
"Don't Dad. His coming for me… I cant.."
"Lucas, he will not hurt you. I swear it on my life." Nathan said, thinking it will get the
teen to stop packing. Lucas heard the words but it made him pack faster. A few jeans
and some shirts were packed when he zipped up the pack and headed towards the door.
Nathan stood in the doorway, blocking the teen. "Please Lucas, tell me why you are
doing this!"
"Why! Because he will find me and kill me… but not until.."
"Until what?"
"Please get out of my way dad.."
"No. Until what!"
"Until he kills you and Kristen first.."
"WHAT?" Nathan said, he understood why Lucas might fear his father killing him but he
didn't understand why Lawrence was going to kill him and Kristen. Nathan looked at
Lucas to see new tears rolling down his cheeks. Nathan went over and hugged the teen.
Lucas struggled to get away from the grasp but Nathan held on tight. Lucas soon gave
into his emotions and began to cry on Nathan's shoulder. Nathan bent down and sat on
the floor, taking Lucas with him. Lucas rested his head on Nathan's chest.
"He's taken everything away from me. He.. he took my best friend… he promised he
will take anything I loved… anything… I cant. I can't risk your lives… I love you too
much."
"You are not making any sense." Nathan whispered as Lucas began to cry harder. Lucas
then told him the story of his best friend and how he died. Nathan gasped, there were still
things he had to learn about Lucas' pass and he knew now why he wanted to leave.
"Lucas, I swear to you, that bastard will not get to you. I can take care of myself and
Kristen, I would to see that bastard try.."
"But.."
"No buts Lucas, we are a family. I love you too much for some asshole to break us up.. I
will not let that happened." Nathan said as he held his son tighter. Lucas cried harder
into his dad's shoulder. Not mostly from fear, but from love. He had never had anyone,
other than Matthew, to stick up for him. He knew that the Captain was not going to leave
him or let him get hurt. The Captain was not going to abandon him just like everyone
else had. Lucas' crying began to die down and began to pull away from Nathan's arms.
"So are you staying or do I have to follow you?" Nathan said
"I'm staying. I want to keep my family." Lucas said as he began to get up from the floor.
"Alright. I am going to call Kristen about this and make her come here." Nathan said, he
knew that Lawrence move was going to try to get Lucas but just in case the doctor had
other plans.
"Yeah.." Lucas said Nathan began to leave the room.
"Are you sure your ok?" Nathan said before leaving the room.
"Yeah. I'm not leaving." Lucas said as he wiped his eyes clean.
"Better not.." Nathan said as he left the room. Lucas bent down and picked the pack off
the floor. He placed in under his bed. 'Just in case I change my mind' Lucas thought as
he placed the bag under his bed. Lucas stretched and went to his computer. It was the
only thing he could do to keep his mind busy. Lucas slipped on his headphones and
proceeded to enter the internex.
-*-*
Nathan heard a car approaching and jumped out of his patio chair and went to the front
door. He was relieved to see Kristen, with luggage in hand, waiting to be let in. Nathan
opened the door and gave Kristen the biggest hug he could give a person.
"I was so scared when you told me the news." Kristen said. "How is he?"
"He's been in his room all night. I was at the patio, making sure he was not escaping
through his window."
"I am going to tell him I am here." Kristen said as Nathan let her go and took the
luggage. Kristen made her way to the teen's room and knocked softly. She began to
open the door when there was no response. Kristen smiled as she saw Lucas typing away
on his computer. She made her way towards the teen when he quickly turned around.
Lucas was scared when he saw a reflection off his monitor of someone coming behind
him. Fearing the worst, he quickly turned around and was ready to run. He breathed a
sigh of relief when he saw it was Kristen. Lucas took off his headphones and looked at
her.
"Hey Lucas. How are you?"
"How do you think?" Lucas said as his voice tremembled.
"Oh Honey." Kristen said as she made her way closer to the teen and hugged him. Lucas
hugged back and let his cries go again. Kristen whispered sweet nonsense to Lucas that
made the teen calm down. Lucas then pulled away from her arms and wiped his eyes
clean again. "Come on downstairs. You have better company then that computer of
yours." Kristen said.
"I will be there in awhile." Lucas smiled as he turned towards his computer again.
"Alright. I think you better change though, those are some fancy clothes you have on."
"Oh shit!" Lucas yelled as he remembered he was going out to meet Dayna.
"Lucas!"
"I'm sorry Kristen, I have to go make a call." Lucas said as he ran downstairs. Nathan
was coming out of the guest room where he just finished putting Kristen things in when
Lucas lightly pushed him out of the way and headed towards the study room. Kristen
followed him and Nathan stopped her.
"Where's he going?"
"He said he had to make a call. All I said that he should change and he went running
down."
"Oh? Oh no… Dayna…"
"What?"
"They had a date today… he is now 3 hours late for it." Nathan said
"Poor Lucas. This girl had turned out to be someone special to him. I just hope she
understands." Kristen said as Nathan showed her to the guest room.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Feedback anyone? ?
