My name is Aliyan Clark, I am an 18 years old teen, This is my last year in high school.
"what Are your dreams for the future?"
That is the question we are being asked around this time of year by our teachers and my answer has been always the same.
"I want a job with a stable income to support my parents"
You are probably wondering why do I have such a goal, I mean my classmates would dream of becoming pilots, doctors, or any other amazing occupation.
Well, I was born into a poor family. My father works as a salesperson in a company that was struggling due to the economical recession, So they cut my father's pay and he could be fired anytime.
So our financial situation wasn't really helping, We barely make ends meet every month that is why I started working part-time jobs after school every day.
I did all kinds of part-time jobs that could bring in money; I worked as a waiter in a restaurant, a clerk in the supermarket, a home tutor, a warehouse worker, I even worked in a nightclub before.
My family consists of four; me, my little sister and my parents, We live in a tiny house quite far from my school, That is why I had to wake up early every day to not be late to school.
I am a very timid person and I would avoid getting myself into troubles that's why I am always an object of bullying, It's not like I can't fight back but I just choose to not; I don't want to make more troubles for my parents and that how my days passed by.
I thought those peaceful days will continue over and over but I was proven to be wrong...
One day during literature class, I was thinking if someone out there could rescue me from this day to day carefree life, Honestly, I was just trying to be poetic, I never thought I would regret even having such a thought.
Everything was going normally and no one expected that suddenly we would hear a helicopter's noise in the distance getting louder and louder.
Everyone in the classroom stood up and went to the windows to check the noise source...
Then suddenly a man came crashing into the classroom through the windows shattering their glasses onto the ground.
The man was taller than average; He was about 6.5 feet tall, He had a Faint bread and was wearing a white lab coat and diving glasses.
The man shouted saying,
"Aliyan.Is aliyan Clark here?"
I raised my right hand as it was trembling.
The man said, "Come over here and I will give you something sweet"
I replied hurriedly, "No"
I turned my back to run away from him Then he sighed and said
"Why do they always take the hard way out?"
He threw the lollipop away and put his hand into his coat pocket and grabbed a dart and shot it at my back, I lost all my strength suddenly and fell on the ground, "It seems that dart had poison in it" that what I though.
I tried to extend my hands to my classmates asking for help but they pulled back and looked away.
My despair turned into anger but I Couldn't even express my rage since all my strength was diminishing then I passed out.