This. Has. Been. The. Worst. Month. EVER!!!!!!! I am moving so I couldn't write. I have a SUMMER project for shool, so I couldn't wirte. I was PUNISHED from going on the computer, so I couldn't write. Viruses, on the computer, basically verything that can go wrong, will go wrong. I apologize and hope you don't think I gave up on this story. I got my belly button pierced. YAAY! Thoughts of the people are like this abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

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30 Minutes

Chapter 6, The First of Many Arrivals of G.U.N.

7:36pm December 1, 19X3

Shadow was watching Thomas as he ran around the house putting up Christmas decoraions, "daddy, what are you doing?" Thomas stopped, "In 24 days it will be Christmas, don't you know that?" Shadow looked confused. Thomas kneeld down besdie him and sighed, "Do you remeber Thanksgiving? Well, I have to decorate. Also, do you remember over the past month getting alot of packages delievered to us?" Shadow didn't understand alot of the word Thoams said, so he just nodded. Thomas continued, "So, you will get alot of presents!" Maria walked into the room and grabbed onto Shadows arm, "CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS!!!!" Maria looked up, there was mistle toe above them. MAria looked at Shadow and smiled. She gave him a kiss on the cheek. Shadow looked like he wanted to barf, "EWW!!! Girl cooties!! Girlie germs!!!" He began to wipe his cheek and Maria looked offened, "I don't have cooties--"

Suddenly a woman on the PA system spoke, "Attention! In one hour, G.U.N. will arrive and search for Shadow. If they find him, they will kill him, you must hide him if you want him to live." Thomas looked scared out of his wits, Maria and Shadow the same. Thomas started to panic, "W-where can we hide him?! They will find him! Where can--!!" Maria piped up, "I know whewe we can hide him..." Thomas didn't have much faith in her because she was just a child, "Y-yes...?" Maria said confidently, "You know when me, shadow, you, and pop-pop play hide and go seek? When I hid shadow in the floor board, that is whewe we can hide him!" Thomas sat for about ten minutes deciding what to do. He knew what he had to do, "Shadow, go to the bathroom, we're going to play hide and seek.

7:51pm December 1, 19X3

Thomas dropped Maria off with Gerald while he and Shadow went to the hiding place. The hiding place was btween the first floor and the basement. In the hallways, the first floor floors were metal planks about 15X15 inches. Shadow was carrying a blanket, pillow, and a stuffed red hedgehog doll. Thomas was carrying five bottles of water, a power drill, and flash light. They didn't have much time to waste, G.U.N. was supposed to arrive in 9 minutes. There was one floor board that (for some reason) was never drill to the floor, but Thomas didn't want to take any chances.

They arrived at the hiding place, Thomas knew where it was in the room because it had a peace symbol sticker on it, it was Maria's. Thomas carefully put Shadow inside it. Shadow had plenty of room to move around freely in, but not enough to take 3 steps. Thomas gave Shadow everything except the powerdrill, "ok, Tenshi, you cannot talk or make any noise. Not even cry, you cannot cry. If you have to go to the bathroom, you gotta hold it, if you can't, well, theres not much I can do except when I take you out of here More like IF, I will change you." Thomas cupped Shadow's face in his hands, Shadow was frightened and wanted to cry, but didn't. Thomas said, "P-pop-pop said becuase the airvents are below you, this kind of metal lets air travel through it, so you can breath. Be careful and after we get you out of here we will order pizza, ok?" Shadow whispered, "ok." Thomas took one last look at his adopted son and put the floor board back and began to drill it on. He knew it was either two things he was doing; Hiding his son, so he would not be taken away, like Alicia, or he was sealing his son's tomb.

8:05pm December 1, 19X3

G.U.N. had arrived and got everysingle person who was in there and shoved them all into one room. G.U.N. questioned everyone there and they all said that after the ultimate lifeform was created, they destroyed him knowing what power he posessed. Maria, Gerald, and Thomas sat in the corner of the room, Thomas looked like he was going to have a pnic attack, Maria looked confident her plan would work, Gerald look worried. A thousand thoughts were racing through Thomas's mind at the very moment. They knew they were going to be there for a long time.

9:36 pm, December 1, 19X3

Shadow heard and felt foot-steps above him, he began to get scared, all the hope of survival was gone. Shadow heard muffled voices above him but couldn't make them out.

9:36 pm, December 1, 19X3

The agents were holding guns in their hands. The top agent was 17 years old, he was a heartless killer and his name was Agent McGovern. McGovern said, "I think something is wrong with my gun." He accedently pulled the trigger and a bullet was shot. McGovern said, "oops." He got on the walkie-talkie and said, "Any of you find it on the other floors?" The walkie-talkie relpied, "Negative, lets move out."

9:38pm, Decmeber 1, 19X3

Shadow heard them leave , but he felt really sick. He saw the bullet pass through his shoe and he saw blood pourinf out of it, he took off his shoe to reveal a blood soaked sock, then removed hi sock to see a pierced foot. He felt very sick and his eyes felt weird, then everything went black

Oh-no! ! What happend to shadow!!!??? Read the next chap to find out! READ AND REVIEW!!!