It was 5:30 and Jack was arranging his cosrume for later that night. "Jack!" his "mother" called, "They're here!" Jack put his costume underneath his sheet as for Derek not to see and ran down stairs. At the foot of the satirs stood a man with long messy hair and a woman with sad eyes.
"Mother" held out her hand to Jack, "Don't be shy." Jack and the couple entered into another room for thier interview. "I'll leave you three alone then." And she closed the door behind her. Once they heard her footsteps fade away, they sat down in nearby arm chairs.
"So Jack is it?" He nodded. "Like to work?" He shook his head. "Well that's too bad." said the man. He reached into his left jacket pocket and pulled out his wallet. "we'll pay you to be our stage worker." "What?" "We're going to adopt you for the fraction of the cost for a proffessional." Jack was speechless. "If you don't agree it will be the end of your short little life." Tears started to form. "Pull yourself together boy." he ordered. Jack held back his sadness and anger. "Now go gather your stuff." He opened the door and exclaimed to "mother" that he was going to adopt Jack. The perfect child.
Jack ran up the stairs without glancing at "mother". He opened the door to see Derek holding a bat. "You shouldn't have done that to me this morning." Dereks tree dark hair sticking up on all sides. "Derek I have no time for this." "Wrong. You have all the time in the world." Jacked ducked as he swung the bat at his head. "It was just a trick!" yelled Jack. "Well you know how much I hate getting scared!" He swung his bat again, "I'll show you what it's really like to get scared!" Jack ran out the door and sprinted down the stairs, Derek on his tail.
He weaved around all the other kids and past his adopters. He headed for the front door. "Hey!" the man yelled, "We signed the papers you belong to us now!" The man pushed Derek to the side. "Hey bitch! You have no right to push me like that!" The man reached into his inner jacket pocket and pulled out a silver pistol. He pointed it at Dereks head. "No!!" screamed "mother". The man turned to her and fired.
Her body fell hard to the ground. The man then grabbed Jack by the collar of his shirt and told the woman it was time to make thier getaway. Jack searched for Sally with his eyes. He spotted her hiding behind a table. "What you looking at boy?" He turned to see Sally. "Run!" yelled Jack and she sprinted out the door. "Damn it boy!" He dropped Jack and headed for the door. Jack grabbed Dereks bat and swung it at the back of the mans head. The man fell to his knees.
Jack ran out the door and searched for Sally. She was at the end of the block staring back at him with tears in her eyes. Then something slammed into the back of Jacks head and the world faded away.
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