Matt looked out the window of his parents second floor apartment with his brother Will. He was day dreaming of what his day would be like if his family was rich. They lived in a small apartment in the poor side of town where crime was rampant and drugs was sold on the corner like lemonade at stands in the suburbs, but it also provided the opportunity for adventure even it was just going down to the corner to get milk.

“Hey, do you think we will get to go out today?” Will asked. Matt stuck his head out the window and looked up at the sky, “I think we’ll have a good chance.”, and winked at Will.

Their mom yelled for them to come to breakfast, not she had to yell since the table was in the same room, but it still made her feel good. The boys ran over and dug into the eggs and bacon she had made for breakfast.

“So, what do you two have planned since it is so nice out?”, Will and Matt shrugged their shoulders, looked each other and unison said “The park.”. Their mom looked at them suspiciously and told them that if they went to the park they couldn’t stay long, and definitely needed to get home before supper. With that they both jumped out of their seats and out the door.

Walking down the streets they had to be aware of the drug dealers and homeless that would approach and either tried to steal their money or sell them crack to steal their money. Matt held onto his brothers and guided him through the maze of dangers.

Matt tried to think of it as if he was a spy trying to avoid the Russians, and his ultimate goal was the border between east and west in Berlin. They hid around corners and he would pull out his walkie talkie and called his friend Robbie.

“I’m almost through the maze, over.”, Robbie responded as if he was his handler and said, “Be careful the enemy is every where and I’ll be waiting for you at the headquarters, over.”, or the monkey bars as they were better known. “I’ll be careful and I have the package.” Will smiled because he knew he was the package.

The mission was dangerous, but Matt was brave. They avoided the many dangers that confronted them and made their way through the park until they made it to the monkey bars where Robbie was waiting.

The rest of the afternoon they played on all the equipment and through the football around that Robbie had brought. It was always great to get out of the apartment, but time was going by so fast it was time to head home so Robbie, Matt, and Will made their way back to the monkey bars where Robbie gave him another mission, and if he chose to accept the awards would be great.

Matt accepted the mission and made his way back to the east where he would once again gather intel to take back west. It was the adventure that was never ending and would fuel his imagination to write spy stories when he got older.