Free Initiation: A Novella (Initiation Trilogy Book 1) by Franny Marie Page A

light to turn green. I tap on the steering wheel as every second passes as Ryan looks over to me. I glance at him before looking back at the burning red light.
                  “Something wrong?” He challenges, but I shake my head no and continue to tap on the steering wheel.
                  Suddenly, my windows explode open. Gunshots are being fired at us.
                  “GET DOWN, RYAN!” I yell outto him as I pull out my gun and fire back. I open my car door and fall out on to the ground as the shots keep coming at us. I run hunched over, trying to protect myself while getting to the other side of the car where Ryan is and hide behind there. I swing the door open and pull him out.
                  “What the hell, man?” he yells as he falls onto the ground besides me.
                  “Shut the fuck up and go take cover!” I demand. He does as he's told and runs over to the parked car behind me. As I'm ducking, I can hear the headlights and windows shatter, tires popping, and air hissing out of them.
                  “Get the fuck off our turf, you son of a bitch!” one of the guys shooting yells at me.
                  What turf ? I immediately think to myself. The shooting finally stops and I give a sigh of relief. I take a deep breath and exhale, taking a moment to gather myself as I look around the street signs and see that I'm at the Crawford Court area. What the fuck? The Crawford Riots live here. DAMN! Fucking Ryan!
                  “Yo, Ryan! You all right?” I call out to him.
                  “Yeah, I'm over here!” He comes out from behind a car parked across the street and sits up next to me.
                  “Did you have any idea where we were going?” I ask him in a rough tone.
                  “Not really, I just thought they'd be up this street,” he shrugs.
                  “I ‘ought to fuck you up for that.” I say matter-of-factly and roll my eyes.
                  “Sorry, Collin.”
                  “Yeah, now my car is completely fucked up, thanks to your fucking directions.” I stand back up and look around the area some more. “The coast it clear,” I confirm with a sigh.
                  “Are you okay?” He stands back up to his feet and dusting himself off, the dirt particles rolling off of his body.
                  “Yeah, I'm fine.”
              “Well, now I guess we got to walk the rest of the way?”
                  “You really think we're going to fucking walk. No.” I roll my eyes at his ignorance then run over to the parked white highlander that Ryan was hiding behind. I bust the window open with my gun and unlock the door, hopping inside.
                  “Let's go!” I yell out to Ryan. He shakes his head and jogs over to me, climbing in the passenger seat.
                  “I hope we don't get caught.” He jeers.
                  “Shut the fuck up, you have nothing to worry about.” I can hear the sounds of sirens off in a distance and can see that Ryan is getting nervous, looking out the back window I hot wire the car finally and hear the engine start, then I pull out of the area and speeding down the street, continuing on our way.
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                  Moments later, we arrive to a building that looks like a warehouse. The walls are a light blue and the building was only one floor with a high ceiling. There are three doors that opened as trucks backed into them so people can load them, taking products to where ever they need to go. There are windows around the building too, though they are closer to the ceiling. The area is surrounded by train tracks and large cases of metal. It looks like they are hook ups for the train. The boxes are locked up and ready for shipping but no one