“Blue 42, set, hut- hut, hike, “ the quarter back yelled. It was late one night at a high school football game. The temperature was a cold 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Hillcrest was winning 42-35. It was the civil war game. The Hillcrest quarter back threw a 20 yard pass and the receiver caught the ball and ran to the end zone closely fallowed by a defender . The defender dived at him at the ten yard line. Missing him by a centimeter. The receiver made it to the end zone for a touchdown. The crowd went wild. Four kids cheered like crazy. There names were Brigham, Sam ,Kendra and Emily. Brigham is tall with brown hair and green eyes, he likes to wrestle and play soccer. Sam is short with blond hair, blue eyes and likes to juke people on the soccer field. Brigham and Sam are on the junior high soccer team and like to hang out. Kendra and Emily are best friends. Kendra is tall with brown hair and green eyes. Emily is short, with long yellow hair and blue eyes.
Hillcrest made the field goal and it was halftime. “Hey guys, lets go get a drink,” Emily suggested. They went back behind the bleachers were the bathrooms and drinking fountain’s were located. They all got drinks and after Sam was done drinking he spotted a round ball under the bleachers. He ran over and got it. “Hey, it’s a soccer ball,” Sam said. “Let me see,” Kendra said. Sam threw her the ball and she caught it. ”This is awesome, “ Kendra said, “it’s a miniature soccer ball”. “Let me see,” Brigham said. Kendra threw it to him but instead of catching it he caught it with his foot and balanced it there. Then he flipped it up and caught it with the back of his neck and balanced it there. Then he flipped it over to Sam, who started juggling it. Sam kicked it back to Brigham who caught it in his hands. Then all of a sudden the ball started vibrating and light came out of the lines. One of the octagons turned green and started flashing. Brigham touched the flashing octagon and the ball opened up. Inside the ball was a satellite looking thing that started spinning and beeping. Sam ran up and kicked the ball as hard as he could. It flew up into the air, and exploded into tiny flickering dust that sprinkled down on to them. Before anyone could do anything, the dust landed on them, and they were whisked away. When they came back awake, they were in a place unknown to reality. This world was called Zeeb. The eastern side of Zeeb is a bright and happy place, but that was not where they were. They were on the western side. It was not at all nice here and definitely not pretty.
“What do we do now,” Emily said with disgust. “I don’t know,” Brigham said, “but I would like to know where we are.” They were in the middle of a great plain, with burnt dead grass everywhere. “I have an idea, lets all walk that way,” Kendra said pointing in one direction. They all started walking, and kept walking for three hours. Finally, they saw a city in the distance. After another hour, they saw something riding out across the plains towards them. The ground was rumbling. A giant lizard came up in front of them and two strange men jumped down and said something strange to each other. They rushed at the boys. Sam side stepped, but the man was too fast and he tackled Sam. Sam was held in a head lock. The other man rushed at Brigham. Brigham ducked over and threw the man in one quick action. The man flew through the air and was left sprawling on the ground. Emily ran over and kicked the man holding Sam in the jaw. Then Sam elbowed him in the gut which loosened his hold as he reached up for his face. Sam got free and backed away. The man whom Brigham had knocked over was running at Kendra. Brigham and Sam both noticed and ran towards her, but not fast enough. He grabbed her wrist and she fainted. Brigham punched him in the jaw and blood spewed out of his mouth. Sam tackled him and they rolled around on the ground. The man made Sam faint too. Brigham backed away from the two men and put himself in front of him and Emily. They came toward him and one of them said, “It is not smart to mess with us,” and they charged him. One man dove for Brigham’s legs and got a foot in his face. The other man body slammed him and sent him rolling backwards. Brigham rolled around and got on top of him, pinning him to the ground. Then he brought his arm down on his neck so he could not breathe, and he fainted. The other man jumped up and grabbed Emily on the shoulder, and she fainted. Then he jumped at Brigham, grabbed his wrist and he fainted.
They were prisoners.