We walked for what seemed like miles, when I finally got the courage to say, "Who are you?"
Nate turned around and responded, "I am Nate. Your friend?"
I had just got chased by some crazy men in armor, had a boring day at school, and had 20 pages of homework still left to do; I wasn't in the mood sarcasm. I raised my gun and pointed it at him and asked him again. By now Chase was hiding behind me since he had no gun(I don't blame him, I mean come on.....some crazy guy you think is your best friend kills some crazy guys in dark shining armor, and is now pointing a crazy foreign gun at you…..and I'm talking about Nate).
Nate said, "I'm Nathaniel Robinson, born and raised in U.S…….Everything you know about me is true, I'm human just like you. Those men back there in the armor are called Ganguards. They search and kill any gifted or powered children like me and you."
"So because I'm gifted in school, they want to kill me", I asked?
"No, because you possess a powerful power/gift that is capable of defeating them. Like my power/gift is marksmanship and strategy", Nate said.
"So your power is being a good shooter? How is that a power and I don't have powers? So why would they want to kill me", I asked inquisitively.
"You have a power or a gift; you just haven't discovered it yet. Certain children are born with either a gift or a power. I was born with a gift, Accuracy. The Ganguards work for the Gist, an organization of outlawed powerful aliens trying to take over any functional planets. That is the planets that are suitable for living. They also kill anyone capable of taking them out in the future. All three of us are a threat to the Gist. You may not know your power/gift is now but you will soon, since the Gist have discovered you now. I've had an encounter with the Gist once before. My real father sacrificed himself for me to live and be hidden. My mother hid me in an alley and ran. She was killed within hours of hiding me."
I lowered my gun and asked, "So you're an orphan or at least was? Do my parents know about me? Are my parents gifted or powered?! Was I an orphan?!" Thoughts started to race through my head.
"Yes, I was an orphan. And no your parents are normal and don't know about you and you weren't an orphan", Nate said, "Well that was a mouthful. Anyway, your mission in life is to survive. Our lives from now on will be on the run. Very few gifted or powered children get to live a normal life or actually get to live past their 15th birthday. The only reason you're alive is because' the Gist were off killing some other gifted /powered children in another world or dimension."
Chase had a look on his face. The kind he'd get when he had to decide whether licking a pole in the middle of winter was a good idea. He had look of excitement, puzzlement, fright, and whole bunch of other expressions that seemed very strange at the moment considering our situation. "Why didn't you tell us earlier", Chase asked?
"Because the less anyone knew, the more I'd blend in", Nate responded, "Not to mention no one can really tell whether you're powered or gifted until you either get the power/gift or you get hunted down. So I didn't know you were powered or gifted and the Ganguards wouldn't have chased you if you weren't powered or gifted."
"Well I at least have to go gather up some stuff and tell my parents", Chased insisted.
"There's no time. The ganguards will be there shortly. We have to get out of this place and quick too", Nate insisted back!
"Wait? We're not going to see our parents? We're just going to let them sit there and worry about us? They're going to waste countless hours searching for us and when they actually get a lead they're going to lose it because we'll be gone and moving on. They're going to actually believe that they can save us. I don't know about how you feel about your family just because they're not your real family, but I actually care about mine", I yelled at him with frustration!
"Well if you cared about them so much then you'd realize that the Ganguards will only come after you again and they don't care who they hurt in the process of killing you! They won't hurt ordinary humans as long as they stay out of the way. So your best bet at protecting your family is to run away and never look back; never give them a lead. Let them moan about you for a few months and then after that they'll forget about you and move on", Nate replied sternly. I don't know why but as he said that he started to choke up. His eyes wanted to swell up with tears, but he fought them.
"We'll walk till sunset and campout there", Nate said.
"Fine, come on Chase", I said. I felt like there was still something Nate wasn't telling us, which made me not trust him even more than I already did. The most exciting day in my entire life was also the most sorrowful day in my entire life. I would more than likely never see my loving, caring family again.