Eddie
Eddie wished he'd brought some extra-extra snacks. It was getting dark and he was still hungry. He turned down an alleyway, sulking about his snack-less state and kicking a pebble as he walked.
Meggie would have brought extra-extra snacks, he pouted and kicked the pebble a little harder. It skidded across the cobblestones and vanished into a shadowy doorway. He trudged over to the doorway, This is the worst day ever. He knelt and groped around in the shadows for his pebble. It was a really good pebble, smooth on all sides and just the right size to fit in his hand. He wanted it.
He couldn't find it. Tears welled up in his eyes.
"You lose something, sonny?" a voice said from behind him.
Wiping his eyes with his fists, Eddie turned around to see a very tall man - the tallest man on the planet - standing in the alley behind him.
"Yeah," Eddie responded as he tried not to cry.
"Let me help you find it," the man said, kneeling down next to Eddie. There was a matchbook in his hand.
Eddie nodded and the man struck a match. almost immediately, Eddie spotted his pebble. He picked it up, joy welling up in his chest.
"What's that you got there?" the tall man gestured to the pouch on Eddie's belt. It was the coins Meggie had left him with. She told him to keep them in the hideout, but he wanted to bring them with.
"My moneys," Eddie said, checking his pebble for scratches in the light of the match.
The man shifted, and Eddie saw that he was glancing at someone at the other end of the alley. "Where'd you get that much money?" the man asked curiously.
"It's mine," Eddie said. His pebble was all scratched up on the edges. He frowned.
"Can I see it?" The man reached for the pouch.
Eddie scampered back, "No," he said firmly.
The man stood up, dropping his match and stepping forward. He stepped on the match, but he didn't seem to notice. It was suddenly really, really dark, and Eddie was starting to see the shadowy forms of the man's really, really big friend.
He whimpered, "No," hse said again.
The man was going to say something else, but Eddie darted past him only to find himself being grabbed from behind and dragged into the air with his arms pinned to his sides, "NO, no nonono-" a grimy hand over his mouth silenced him. He kicked at the person holding him, at the man, at the air, at everything, growing more and more scared with his every muffled scream.
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