[ WP ] `` They may have taken everything , but they 'll never take away [ ... ] '' ... then they proceed to take that too .

Steven clutched his bag in his arms, breathing frantically as he dodged the trees. 
 
 He could hear the voices of his pursuers. They were getting close. 
 
 Steven could not let them have the bag. He had to escape. But he was running out of breath, and he had to hide somewhere. 
 
 Luckily, he was small enough to hide under the roots of a massive tree that had grown over a large rock. He tried to catch his breath. 
 
 `` Where are you, Steve?'' the voice drew nearer, and Steven held his breath. `` Come out! You know the forest can be dangerous!'' Steven did not move. It was most definitely a ploy. It could not be anything else. 
 
 The voice grew further and further away, and Steven bolted in the opposite direction; they way he had come from. They would never expect that. But he could n't run forever. He had to go back eventually. The forest was indeed dangerous, and the sun was setting fast. 
 
 His secret place! Steven grinned as he remembered, and cursed himself for not thinking of it sooner. A fallen tree further down south, not five minutes from the point of entry of the forest, made a small hole that was the perfect hiding spot. Steven would usually use that place for solitude, and had never thought of it as a place to hide his treasure. 
 
 it was almost dark when Steven, after stashing his bag in the hiding spot, re-emerged from the forest. 
 
 `` Oh my God, Steve, do n't ever scare us like that again!'' Dad lunged forward and grabbed Steven. He hugged back too. `` You know you're not supposed to go into the forest without us with you! What were you thinking?'' 
 
 `` Sorry, Dad,'' Steven used his guiltiest voice. `` I wo n't do it again.'' He scanned the house; his cousins had left. His little cousins, toddlers, both of them, were a greedy pair. But they were little kids, and Steven was almost a big kid. His parents had agreed to let them take some of his little kid stuff. 
 
 Everything else was fine. But his one treasure... Steven grinned to himself. *They may have taken everything, but they'll never take away Optimus Prime. *
