Dash jumped on his bed, 'No fair! They need me, they do, they do, they do!'
He sat up and looked around his bedroom, posters, action figures, bedside table, closet, drawers, and his desk. He ran these thoughts in his head, Posters, action figures, bedside table, closet, drawers, desk. Posters, action figures, bedside table, closet, drawers, and his desk.' It kept on going in a circle, over and over again, this made him dizzy, and he fell onto his back, giddy.
'I wanna fight! Why won't they let me? I wanna sooooo bad!' he thought this and decided to run around his room, faster, and faster, and faster. His feet started to feel the burn, his eyes to, but this burn came from holding back tears.
He fell down, exhausted. 'There has to be something I can do,' he thought as he rolled over onto his stomach. 'What though? Think, Dash, think!' he squeezed his eyes shut, and thought real hard. ' They need me, but do I need them? Who's to say that I have to fight along side with my family, I can work alone!' as he thought this he jumped up, and ready for his escape.
He grabbed clothes and the huge pile of snacks he kept, and stuffed them into his book bag. He reached for his super suit, but reclined his hand, 'If I take this, they will use the homing device to find me, and I'd be working alone, why do I need a group suit?' he zipped up his bag, and got ready to leave.
'Maybe I should leave a note for Vi,' he thought. He jotted the letter down, grabbed his bag, opened his window, and threw down is bag. He looked at the ground; it was a story away. He closed his eyes and jumped. Much to his surprise, he didn't even sprain an ankle. He dashed around the side of the house, and put the note in a secret place, that only he and Violet knew about, a little hole in the bricks outside.
He wandered to the front, obviously hidde, and took a look at his home. Right then and there he knew that he would miss his room, and came to the conclusion that he must come back when he feels the time is right.
He started a slow jog, and thought, 'What if the right time never comes?' he quickly shoved the thought aside, and ran, full speed to behind the library where a grand forest stood.
This forest's name is the Prickly Hands, and stretches on for a couple of towns. In the middle of it is a river. The name would fool almost anyone at first, but this wooded area had hardly any thorns at all!
Dash slipped into the woods unseen, and ran until he found a big tree that had a hollow opening big enough for him to slip through, but would give others more difficulty. Inside was a fairly large chamber.
He took out a quilt for his bedding, a small blanket to keep him warm, and a nice pillow. Dash didn't think that he would need the blanket, it was fairly mild, out, and his new room contained heat well, but you never know how cold the nights could get.
A/N: Yea! I did decent on this chapter! Sure its short, but it took me a while. If you wonder what the note says read the next chapter, it will say it, and also show you why Vi doesn't tell Bob and Helen, but goes after him.
