Part One, Chapter Four - No Man's Road

"Wake up to see another day. I got a riddle for you, let's play." - Unknown

Herschel sees if there is someone who is there, as he hears footsteps. He quickly runs away forgetting about Daniel. Daniel eventually woke up and still on the ground. Disoriented along with the sunlight reflecting upon him. He covers his eyes using his hands, before he looks onto the left side.

A phone was ringing. He picks it up and it's from an unknown number. With still in his half-asleep state. He answers the call. "Hello?" With a confused look. Before someone spoke "It's me, the one who called you last night." Before Daniel then hears another phone was ringing. "Hang on". He said, to the unknown caller calling his phone before he sees which the ringing is coming from. Eventually he found it and sees it is from "Dad." "Dad?" He said to himself as he scratched his head wondering who this phone was from.

And recognized the phone as it is from Herschel. He eventually answered it. As he is about to talk, someone spoke "Herschel, we are taking Ello on another state, what is your next plan son?" Daniel dropped the phone in fear and hangs up the call. Before he speaks to the unknown caller who called him last night. "Who is that dad, and why is he calling Herschel son!? I demand an answer now!"

Before the unknown caller snickers at his answer. "Where are you now, I'll come pick you up". The unknown caller said, to which Daniel kept asking the unknown caller what they know. "What do you know? What else do you know? I need an answer, I- I- Why is there a dad calling on Herschel's phone?!"

Daniel said before the unknown caller said "I said, I will come pick you up, where is your exact location?" Daniel is frustrated by this, and confused. Daniel eventually gave up. He hangs up the call. Threw his cellphone onto the ground in anger Before Daniel's phone suddenly rings once more.

Daniel picks it up and answers it. It is the unknown caller "I won't stop until you won't give me the exact location of your place. So I will come pick you up and tell you what things I know about your friend Herschel and the dad calling on his phone."

Then Daniel breathes heavily and sighs "I am at a very isolated street of Texas. Few cars and a few people. In the middle where it is stretched out lots of street to go into." Daniel said to which the unknown caller responded "I've been to that place before. Hang on."

Daniel waits for the unknown caller to answer. Before they responded "Gotcha, wait for me right there". The unknown caller said as they hung up the call. A few minutes has gone by and sees a car coming towards him. The door of the car opened on the left side where the driver is seated onto. Daniel sees a young man wearing shades and a suit just about Daniel's height which is 5'6.

Daniel seems to recognized him and he spoke "Hello Daniel". Daniel puts two to two and it is the unknown caller he called earlier. The young man puts down his shades. "You are the unknown caller?!" Daniel says to which the young man nodded. "It's me old pal". Daniel and the young man hugged each other "If it isn't the great Theo." The young man chuckled at Daniel's response. "I am glad you still remember me, my guy". Theo then broke the hug. "Let's talk in the café, come sit beside me." Theo proposed to Daniel's before Daniel followed him. Both of them closed their doors in sync, in Theo's car. Theo then opens the engine of his car. Both of them wear sitbelts.

To which Theo wears his shade and he starts driving by the exit of the subdivision and goes to the left where the highway to Los Angeles is. He then goes up the spiral highway, up to the beginning of a long road trip. While looking at the cities down with cars passing by. They are now high up, Theo slowed down his driving where there are three green signs that says "Pennsylvania, 10 akm" on the left side, "Los Angeles, 16 km" in the middle side and "Louisiana, 25 km" on the right side. Daniel then opens the radio of Theo's car. But there is no signal. A few hours has gone by. Theo looks at an arrow that says "To California", goes down the path where it is a tunnel that has lights up.

Theo looks at his mirror there are cars on the back and some of them pass by them, with motorcycles. They eventually got out of the tunnel. Where they are welcomed with cities and cars everywhere. Daniel forgot how beautiful Los Angeles.

Reliving his childhood memories. Daniel smiled like a little child. Theo sees this in his peripheral vision and can't help but get infected with Daniel's smile. Theo then goes to the right side, where the café area Theo was talking about. They both got rid of the sitbelts. Then they go outside and Theo opens the entrance door of the cafe area.

Daniel looks impressed at how beautiful it was with the big chandeliers and circle table for a group of six people to sit in. It is not like what Daniel commonly sees. Daniel was amazed by this but this got broken as Daniel felt a tap on his shoulders. "We should get out of here now". Theo said, "But- but". Daniel responded to which Theo grabs Daniel's hands. Gunshots can be heard from the inside as Theo closed the door.

Daniel sees a masked man shooting off people from a distance through the glass. The masked man saw him outside and begins to shoot at where Daniel was. People starts running away and screaming.

Theo and Daniel immediately goes to the car, where Theo was driving earlier. He frantically tries to open the engine. Just as the masked man shoots them off from a distance. Before the masked man stole a nearby motorcycle and roared it. Before speeding up the road, with cars everywhere.

He began shooting at the drivers to stop Theo from driving. Theo starts to speed up his car, swerving to where the mall was. Just about a few minutes away from the café area. Without hitting any cars at all. Theo grabs something on his pants, a gun and opens his window to shoot off the masked man's motorcycle's wheel. "Are you in a for a ride Daniel?" Without warning,

Theo speeds up his car once more. With his adrenaline rush kicking in in his body. He starts to break off the Mall's glass door. He is now inside of the mall and finds an exit to the other side of the mall where he breaks another glass door. Just as they think they are safe. The masked man begins to shoot behind them. Hitting the window from behind. Theo instructed Daniel. "Go down".

The masked man begins to roar the motorcycle he stole and goes from the ladder behind a truck. Everything went slo-mo to both Daniel and Theo. As they see a shadow up their heads. The masked man with his stolen motorcycle is now in front of them. The masked man begins to look back at them. He then tries to collide his motorcycle with Theo's car.

The masked man jumped from the motorcycle that is about to go towards them. Theo grabbed Daniel's hand. They rolled down just as Theo's car collide with the stolen motorcycle motorcycle of thee masked man. The masked man then sees them from afar. As he shoots them from a distance as he is kneeling down, with his accurate aim. Hitting every glass door of the stores one by one near them. With Theo running along with Daniel as glass shatters behind them.

The masked man then got rid of his magazine as in his pants were bullets. He starts putting them one by one. Before he puts it back on and cocked the gun. He starts to walk, shooting every car he sees. Checking every corner where they are. He begins to scream "You can run but can't hide from me. Daniel!". People starts running from him, with the chaos he has done earlier. Now there are bystanders who began to run away from him.

The masked man begins to shoot in the air. Theo and Daniel begins to hide from the corner, where there is a car. A Grey Chevrolet. They then peeked from afar. Theo checks his bullets in the magazine. Without the masked man noticing. Theo shoots him in the head. Caught the masked man of guard. Both Daniel and Theo breathes heavily.

They began to high five each other. Which there are witnesses. They began to escape from the crowd. From afar in the balcony of a mall. There is a man looking through a telescope. "Damn it! I should've hired this guy to kill him off!"

Turns out to be Herschel, said to himself that. Before he begins to look for his phone. Herschel begins to look frantic. Daniel might discover he is the mastermind behind both Ello and Ello's older brother kidnapping. Considering he has his father's contacts on his phone.

End of Chapter Four.

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