"Freeze!" A man behind us shouted. I stopped and quickly thought of what to do. I wished my mom was here. She's know how to handle this stuff. Unlike me. I'm nowhere close to her level. "Turn around."

That was when I got it. I had learn the perfect place to shoot when someone's got a gun pointed at you. I quickly pulled out one of my guns, turned around, and shot the guy in the knee. He fell to the ground. Kurtis grabbed his gun and walked away from him.

"Nice shot." He said.

"Thanks. More are coming though. They've probably heard the shot." I put my gun away and looked up and saw the vent. "Thanks for all your help, but I better be going. You better go too."

I ran up the wall and held onto the ledge while I opened the vent. I looked back and he was still standing where I left him. I went in the vent, closed it, and made my way to a safe spot to get out of the house. I found it was safe in my room. I dropped out of the vent and took the chance. There was no way I was coming back home after all this. I couldn't. So I grabbed a bigger backpack and packed some clothes.

When I was done packing everything I made my way to the office. It was clear for the moment. I'm sure they were all still looking for the hammer. That guy I shot made a great distraction. I grabbed some of the stuff my mom uses. I grabbed a headset, PDA, climbing gear, whatever I might need to find my mom. I even grabbed some more ammo for my pistols.

Then I snuck my way out of the house. Luckily nobody was outside to see me. I took my belt off and put it along with everything else in my backpack. I hid the hammer on my back under the bag so nobody would see it. Well hopefully.

I got on my phone and tryed to get a hold of Zip. It took a while but I finally got through.

"Al that you?"

"Zip? Where are you? What's going on?"

"Clam down. We're in Europe. We were tricked by Natla. She made us think we were meeting Lara for somthing important, but instead it was a just to get us away from the house. We couldn't get through to your phone or the the home phone."

"Yeah because some guys in black came to the house looking for Thor's hammer. They must have jammed the signal."

"Did they get it?"

"No I got it. Also...what do you know about a guy named Kurtis? He said he knew mom."

"I uh...I'll look into it. Keep the hammer safe until I can get ahold of your mom. Ok?"

"Got it."

"Now don't go home. Do you have a place you can stay?"

"I'm looking. Don't worry. I'll figure something out."

"Alright. Stay hidden though."

"Got it. Bye."

"Bye. Be safe." Then I hung up. I dialed Tyler's number. I wasn't just going to lay low. Not when I could do something. I for sure was keeping this hammer hidden, that was for sure, but I wanted to do somthing. I didn't want to just be left behind again.

"Hey what's up Alexa."

"Tyler I need a favor. You're a techno-geek right?"

"I'm good with technology yes."

"Alright then...How would you like to help me out with something?"