Chapter 1

Nate sat waiting at the place him and all his friends had agreed to meet and talk together. The meeting place was a subway across the street from a "cowgirl up" bar/restaurant as well as a set of apartments. The subway was great place to meet because they get food from either place and they could also go to the doughnut place nearby. The place also had a bit of sentimental attachment to them because they always met their and hung out ever since they were all sixteen. As Nate was waiting he noticed a strange man near the entrance that kept looking his way when he thought Nate wasn't looking.

The strange man wore a green fedora with a black strip running around the base of the hat. He had a red hoodie with the hood pulled up and blocking the light from revealing anything other than his dark green eyes. He wore loose fitting jeans with the a normal black belt and what looked to grayish running sneaking. He stood around 5 foot 11 and while he looked thin, he also looked to be somewhat muscular.

Nate himself was white with curly brown hair and brown eyes. He wore a hooded jacket with a pattern red, blue, and black as well as a black shirt that showed a wolf on a small island with trees howling at the moon. He wore his own semi-loose blue jeans and a pair of black sneakers that had a red bottom. He stood 5 foot 11 & 1/2 and while he wasn't skinny, he wasn't fat either, he also lacked the same muscle build that the stranger had.

As the stranger was about to leave Nate's friends showed up and walked towards him. Nate was meeting nine friends on this day, TJ, Jennifer, Wesley, Jacob Y, Theo, James, Jacob C, Paddie, and Larry. TJ was white with had curly dark brown hair and hazel eyes, stood 5 foot 7 & 1/2 and wore a open greenish hoodie that had a purple/grey striped t-shirt underneath with grey jeans and black sneakers, he was skinny and strong, even though he didn't show much muscle.

Jennifer was white with long curly blond hair and blue eyes with a ring of green around the iris, stood 5 foot 8 and wore a blue jacket over a pink sweater and blue jeans and blue shoes with green detailing, she was skinny, but still wasn't as skinny as TJ, whom she was dating.

Wesley was black with a black colored Afro and dark brown eyes, stood 5 foot 10 and wore a light yellow hoodie with blue jeans and white sneakers, he was evenly set over his body and it was always hard to tell if he had any muscle to brag about.

Jacob Y was Asian with blackish hair that went down his right eye in a very anime style, stood shorter than most his age at 5 foot 7 & 1/2 and wore a grey hoodie with blue jeans and black sneakers with green edges, he was decently round and didn't much muscle, even though he new how to fight.

Theo was white with strait dark brown hair and brownish green eyes, stood 5 foot 10 & 1/2 and wore a black hooded jacket that had a black shirt with blue jeans and completely black sneaker, he had a decent muscle build and could hold himself in a one-on-one fight.

James was black with black hair in a mini-fro and had dark brown eyes, he stood 6 foot & 1/2 and wore a rust colored hoodie with blue jeans and blue sneakers, he was more 'round' than Jacob Y and was considerably muscular.

Jacob C was white with semi-long dirty blond hair and had sky blue eyes, he stood 6 foot 1 and wore a black T-shirt with blue jeans and tan sneakers, he was thin with a decent muscle build.

Paddie was white with longish brown hair and green/brown eyes, he stood 5 foot 10 and wore a heavier tan colored coat with blue jeans and grey sneakers with a white bottom, he was averagely built but was also fairly strong.

Larry was white with short black hair and darker blue eyes, he stood 6 foot and wore a greyish black closed hoodie with blue jeans and red sneakers with black trimmings, he was semi-round but was the most muscular out of the group.

"Hey Nate what's up," spoke up Wesley as he was the first one to spot Nate, All the friend exchanged pleasantries while the strange man went to take a seat. The friends talked for the next hour about how each of them were doing, how they felt being graduated from high school, and of course, about their love lives. Nate kept quiet for the most part and just watched the Strange man who would occasionally look at his watch and go back to eating. "hey Nate, why are you being so silent?" asked Wesley as Nate thought of a believable lie, he couldn't just say he had a bad feeling about some stranger and not be seen as paranoid, even though he usually is.

"I'm fine, just thinking about some stuff, a lot of stuff actually," answered Nate. All of them had been friends for too long not to know when each other is troubled, but knowing Nate, they all backed down knowing he wouldn't talk about anything that bothered him. "hey lets go over to the lake and hang out their, some of us don't get sunlight very often," Nate said the last part with a lot of sarcasm pointed towards himself, Jacob Y, and Theo, all of which were gamers and hardly left their houses. All the friends agreed and started to leave with Nate going to the back of the group and watching as the strange man got up with them.

When the friends left the all started walking down the road towards the nearby lake while the strange man followed from a distance. After 4 minutes of walking the man got closer while a black van with nearly black windows pulled up beside him and kept pace towards the friends who were oblivious. Nate kept growing more and more worried as the van got closer and started to immediately plan an escape rout away from their pursuers. "Hey kids, want a ride?" asked the strange man as he pointed towards the van.

"No! no we don't need a ride thank you very much," quickly answered Nate nervously and the friends kept walking until they heard sliding doors open and looked back to people with guns jutting out of their pockets step out of the van. "follow me guys!" yelled Nate as he and the others ran through a nearby alleyway that lead to a steep decent no one saw as they all fell down quickly and were engulfed in a strong, bright light that made them all pass out from pain similar to having both your eyes slowly removes with a rusty spoon.

Author's Note

Hope you enjoyed the prologue, and I also hope that you all will enjoy the later chapters yet to come. I do ask for those of you who don't think fondly of amateur writer's stories, please bear with me, I don't have much that inspires me, and thing that do inspire me are always gone in a flash that's so quick it's gone before I even knew it was there. I do hope to improve over time and make everyone happy and entertained by my story. And if you have a problem with dialog, it's bad for 2 reasons.
1: I don't really understand normal interaction and conversation
2: My mindset is very different than most "normal" peoples mindsets with how they respond to a question or think of how to speak in a conversation.