The Suitcase
by Nicole Horton
I was waiting for my train when shifting I glanced to the side of the chair I noticed a small green suitcase. It has been there for a long time and no one had came and picked it up. I wondered if someone forgot it. Maybe they will come back and get it. When I picked up the suitcase I saw the initials R. D. Smith. I started to walk to the counter when someone grabbed my arm and pulled me to the side. I tried to scream for help, but he had put his hand around my mouth so I couldn’t. My heart was racing. I didn’t know what to do. I wish I had never ran away from home now. I tried to run but he had a good grip on me. “Why do you have Mr. Smith’s suitcase?” he asked
He lifted his hand off my mouth slowly so I could answer. “I found it! I was going to turn it into the lost in found!”
“ You can’t be seen with that suitcase! A lot of people want whats in it! Your coming with me!” he demanded.
We started to walk out of the train station. We were walking very fast. We were almost running. When I turned to look at him he looked like he was about 20 maybe 21, not much older then me. He was very handsome, he had deep blue eyes and brown hair. He look about 6’1 and he was really tan.
“ Whats your name? How old are you?” he asked me.
My mouth was dry I couldn’t get anything out. Finally i managed to get something out but wasn’t loud. “My name is Quinn Hope Johnson. I am 19,:” I could tell my voice was shaking really bad. “Who are you?”
“I am Julian Smith. No relation to Mr. Smith,” he said.
He put me in a me little blue Mustage. About 4 miles from the train station there was a dirty road we took. It took us out of town. I didn’t know where we were going i started to get scared. “Where are you taking me?”
“We are getting out of this town. Before people notice the suitcase is gone. I know a place just a couple of miles from here. We will be safe there.”
It was almost dark when we pulled up to a small house. It was in pretty good shape, the paint was starting to come off in places. “Who’s house is this?”
“My grandma’s, she died 10 years ago so know one will look for us here.” He took me up stairs and down the hall do the very last door. “You can sleep in here for the night. We will leave around 8 tomorrow so you better get to sleep. The bathroom is just two doors down to your right,” he said as he started down the stairs.
I couldn’t fall asleep. I wanted to know what was in the suitcase. Why was it so important to this guy?
It took about 20 minutes for me to fall asleep that night. The next morning I looked at the clock. It said 7:06. “I guess I better get up and get ready.” I said to myself. I went down the hall to the bathroom. When I got out and was getting dressed there was a light knock on the door. “Hold on I’m almost done.”
“Okay. Hurry. I got breakfast made we will leave in 40 minutes.”
I hurried and brushed through my hair and went down stairs. It smelled amazing. When I walked into the kitchen there was bacon and eggs. I was so hungry. I didn’t have anything to eat yesterday at all. It was very quiet we didn’t talk. We only ate. After I got done eating, he took my plate and put it in the sink. “We better get going.”
We left the house five minutes later. We drove in silence for a couple of miles. I couldn’t stand the silence “So where are you from Julian?”
“ I am from New York I was sent down here it get to the suitcase before anyone else could!”
“Oh. Cool. So whats in the suitcase?” I had to ask. I wanted to know.
He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “It’s a computer chip that has all the world’s information on it.” He said. He turned to look at me. “If it falls into the wrong hands, life as we know it could be over.”
I couldn’t believe what I just heard. I tried to think of the world with no one on it. I will never get to see my mother or father again. I will never see my new baby brother being born. Just the thought of that made my cry. I looked behind me noticed a black car coming out us. “OH MY GOSH!” I screamed “Watch out there is someone coming! Hurry!”
“How did they find us? Get the suitcase the lock code is 6396! Get the chip out and throw the suitcase out!”
I looked at him I couldn’t move. “NOW!” he yelled. “There is a tracking device in the suitcase! We have to get it out.”
I grabbed the suitcase like he said. I put the code in and got the chip. I rolled down the window and threw it out. The black car stopped and picked up the suitcase. I was still watching the car until I couldn’t see it anymore. “You are endanger. We have to hind.” He looked out me “There is a town coming up here. I’m going to drop you off, and you stay there. I am going to keep driving.”
“No I want to stay” I said looking at him. I could feel a tear rolling down my cheek.
“It’s too dangerous you are getting out at this town whether you like it or not.”
For the rest of the drive I didn’t say a word. When we got into town he dropped me off at a hotel. “Here is a hundred dollars. Take it and get a room. Lock the doors and stay there.
I took the money and watched him drive away. That was the last time I saw him. I wondered if someday we will every meet again. When I couldn’t see him anymore, I did what he said and got a room. I called my mom and told her everything and asked her to come get me. My life was forever changed that day. I was never the same.
