hi...uhh... this is uhh my first time sharing my writing so yea.. i never think its good.. but we'll see how this go'sChapter One: Racetrack

Race collapses onto the cold hard pavement as blood drips out of his cuts and his mouth. Oscar and Morris look at him with a evil smirk, "you have enough yet?" He stayed quite not awnsering, knowing thaf no matter what what he says they'er gonna keep using him as they'er punching bag. But instead he nodded. The brothers look at eachother and than Race seeing how he look and desided he has enough and walked away.

A few minutes pass and Race then looks to see a kid a year or so younger than him running down the alley and then thr kid disapears behind some trash bins. Than all of a sudden four bulls came running dowm the alley screaming, "JACK KELLY YOU LITTLE SNITCH!" at the topof there lungs.

Race sunk into the shadows hoping not to be seen. he knew what they woukd do if they found him. They would send him to the refuge. He's never been they'er but hes heard enough storys to know that its a horrible place. Before he knew the bulls were gone. He drifted away into thought about his past. He thoight of his father, mother, and little dog. Then he thoght of his brother. The damn brother that would beat him when his parents werent home. All thoose thoghts were interupted by the younger boy taping on his shoulder.

"Hey kid you ok?" The boy got closer as if wanting to tend to the injuries. But Race shrunk away from him.

Races mind was overwelmed by emotions... from yhe memorys of the last to what had happened with thr Delancys. He had managed to squeak out, " pkease don't hurt me..."

The boy looked confused, "I aint gonna hurt ya. I wanna help ya, Alright?" Race looked at him with his big blue eyes filled with tears. He didnt even notice till after that the boy had wiped the tears off his face and extened his hand to help him up. "I'm Jack by the way."

"Racetrack." The boy, Jack, looked cunfused. " My names accually Anrhony but i prefer Racetrack."

"oh... Well Racer..." Jack paused noticing a shadow appear in front of them.

"KELLY!" The shadow yelled. Jack froze in fear and then grabbed Race's hand and ran. But he ran into something and ahd fallen on the ground. A bull stood over Jack. Jack eyes were glued to the bull as he handed Race the food and blankets telling him to ruma md not to look back.

Race was ver confused until Jack jumped up and clocked the bull square in the nose. After thaf Race knew what had to be done. He gravbed the supplys and ran. He ran until his heart felt like it was gonna burst.

Something didnt feel right to him. He didn't feel the same. How did he change so much he was 9 and he left a kid alone. A kid that just helped him.

Race then hid the supplys and ran bacl to the Alley and found a small form laying on the ground. As he got closer he relized who it was. It was Jack.

Race ran over paniced and started inspecting him. He then looked at Jacks face to see his hazle eye staring back at him. "I thought i told you to run?" his voice was very rough.

"well obliously i didn't listen." Jalc smiled at his comment. Race got nervous all of a sudden becaus ehe heard foot steps thunderijg towrd then.

"Hey what took you guys so long?"

"Sorry Jackieboy a bit of traffic where we were." said a tall boy with glasses. he out his handout to help Jack up.

"Who's this little potato here?" One boy asked while looking Race up and down.

"That's..." Jack started.

"I'm Racetrack!"

After a bit They followed Race to where he hid the supplys and then headed for the boarding house.

When they were a few blocks away one boy yelled for Pickles to slwo down. And he made eye contact to show he understood. Later Race found out that boys name is Jan.

"Jackie you okay?" Jack looked up at Jan and nodded yes. but only a few moments later until Jack collapsed in to Jans arms. "JACK!"

Pickles whirls around muttering, "shit shit shit shit" under his breath. As he ran over to them he oticed Jack oddly pale. And ordered, "Albert and Alonzo go get Medda and tske Race." and with that those boys ran to Medda and Pickles carryed Jack to the blardong house.

Hey guys i hoped you liked this chapter. this is something i wrote a whike a go but im just tweking on the way.. if theyers any suggestions please ket me know. and ill try to post pretty often like once a week or so.. see ya till next time!