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Chasing The Lights

By Deborah Lynne

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Chapter 1


Where am I?
Billy Dee Walker rubbed his neck as he tried to open his eyes. Shifting his weight, he attempted to sit up. It wasn’t easy. The heaviness fought him every step of the way. His muscles screamed in protest as he rolled onto his side, eased up onto his elbow, and then pushed himself upward with every ounce of strength he could muster. Ultimately, he managed to sit on his haunches, with his body bent forward from his waist. He was too weak to stand.
The weight of his eyelids wouldn’t give in as he tried relentlessly to force his eyes open. His foggy brain did not respond as quickly as he expected. Billy managed to blink three times as he straightened his spine and eased up straighter on the floor working out the kinks.
Sitting tall he saw darkness all round him with only a dim mist of light coming from above. Not enough for him to see much of anything.
Where am I?
Again he questioned himself to no avail. Rubbing his eyes he tried harder to focus on his surroundings.
The vague haze of light he had seen earlier, he now recognized was moonlight that shone through some windows placed high up on the wall, near the ceiling. Turning his head slowly, for the pain in his neck was still evident, one way and then the other, he realized he was confined inside a dog cage.
How did I get in here?
He drew his knees close to his chest and locked his arms around his legs. Thankfully the cage was made for a big dog, for Billy was a tall boy. Billy dropped his head onto his knees and started thinking back.
I met Shelly in the school parking lot after the game. Brought her home. After kissing her—
He broke his chain of thought for a moment as he replayed the kiss in his mind, smiling to himself. The tension he had been feeling started melting away from his nerves as the sweetness of her kiss touched his heart.
“No!”
He had to stay focused. Shaking his head, he made himself return to the business at hand.
I told her I had to go home and do a little studying. Big test that could bring my grade up some or drop it too low if I didn’t make an A or a B on it. It was important to our future. I needed a good grade.
His brows furrowed.
Then what happened after that? Think man think! Rubbing his temples, he tried hard to remember what he did next.
Dropping his hands to his side and drooping his shoulders he stared for a moment into the grey darkness outside his cage. Despair started seeping in again.
Suddenly he remembered.
“I followed the light!” He sat straight again and balled his hands into fists. He was heading home, but then saw that lights fanning the sky back and forth. He couldn’t stop himself. He followed the beams. Before he knew it, he was at a strip mall looking through a window behind the two spotlights that had been scanning the sky. No one was around. It was late…after ten-thirty. Stores were closed all along the sidewalk. Billy found himself looking at the purple scooter in the store window, thinking this would be a cute gift for Shelly. And then…he felt a prick in his neck and his knees buckled. Before he knew it, he was hitting the sidewalk and he couldn’t stop himself. Everything went black.
“Oh my gosh, that’s it! Someone drugged me! Who? Why?”
This time he focused beyond the cage he was in and noticed several more, all as big as his. In one cage to the farthest corner, he noticed a dark blob lying within.
Another boy? I’m not the only one? What the heck is going on here?
“Hey you! Can you hear me?”


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