It was a normal day for Jacob Snider. He was in his class when a loud noise shook the entire school. "Bang!" It sounded like something was smashed! Almost instantaneously, the loudspeaker crackled on with the principal's voice. "We are under lockdown blackout, I repeat we are under lockdown blackout." Jacob's teacher shut the door, blocked all windows, and ushered the class into the corner of the room by the sink. Jacob was curious. He was wondering what that noise was? Was it really a gunshot? He must find out.

While the teacher and the class stayed huddled up in balls worrying, Jacob rolled out of the corner and out the door into the hall. He then rushed to the back door that led to the basketball court. The security guard chose that moment to secure the 4th grade hall. Jacob rolled to the side under a black fold-out table with lunch boxes scattered on top. The security guard didn't notice Jacob under the table in his haste to check to see if classroom doors were locked. He soon left the hallway to check 5th and 6th grade and see how they were doing.

Jacob rolled out and tiptoed down the hall to the door. He silently slipped outside. He instantly dove for the nearby bench and slid under when he saw a man with a mallet staring at a crushed basketball hoop. His back was turned, so he didn't notice Jacob rushing for the metal bench. Jacob reached up to the bench and grabbed the closest object. A sports bottle. Perfect. He snatched it and slowly, yet carefully, slid across the court to the man. He went right up to the man's back and smashed the bottle over his head.

The man was taken by surprise, and collapsed to the ground. His mallet slipped out of his hand and hit the grass. Jacob snatched it before the man could retrieve it, and threw it over the fence into the trees. When the man staggered to his feet, he immediately leapt at Jacob. he tackled Jacob, and the two got into a fist fight. The man emerged victorious, and Jacob was left sprawled out on the ground. The man had broken his nose, and he had a bloody lip. He wanted to get up and get the man for what he did, but when he moved, a bolt of pain shot through his head and he fell back down.

The headache was making Jacob woozy, and he bit his lip. He tasted the blood, and it stung more. Soon he felt dehydrated from all the sweat coming off of him due to the heat. The sweat made it sting more, and soon Jacob was out.

Jacob awoke to the sound of birds chirping. He was still on the court, and the school had ended lockdown. His teacher hadn't noticed his absence in the mad rush to get work finished. After all, it was Friday, and the lockdown had taken away from work time. Jacob looked around. The man was long gone, but in his haste to escape the scene, had dropped his wallet. Jacob tried to crawl over to it, but his headache got the best of him, and he collapsed, breathing hard. He slowly crawled, and he finally reached the wallet. He then flipped open the wallet.

Inside was about 100 dollars in cash, a few credit cards, and a driver's license. But what caught Jacob's eye was another card, covered up by a Visa gift card. Jacob pulled it out, and it was a business card for a place called OBI. What it stood for, Jacob didn't see on the card. But what he did see was an address. Now, Jacob didn't have a GPS. But he did know the entire town inside-out, and he knew this place was a McDonalds that was nearby. He crawled off in the direction he remembered.

Meanwhile, inside the school, Jacob's teacher, Mrs. Fizzo, had finally noticed that Jacob was missing. She had sent kids to every place she could think of to look for him: the cafeteria, the bathrooms, the enhancement rooms, even the other classrooms all throughout the school! No sign of him. Mrs. Fizzo was worried. She called the principal, and soon the loudspeakers boomed throughout the school. "Attention! Everyone, Jacob Snider of Mrs. Fizzo's 4th Grade AIG class has gone missing! Please keep an eye out for him!"