Simon lay frozen in a ditch just outside of town trying not make a sound. How long had he been here? It had to be at least a couple of hours and yet no one had come looking for him yet. Still he stayed silent in case that tall guy that was chasing him came upon the ditch. Simon hadn't moved since he slid into the ditch at the south end of a potato field in Wendell Idaho. There were not many places to hide here in the desert so when you found one, you used it. It wasn't the first time that had hid in a ditch, he had done it many times while playing games with his younger brother. However this was the first time that he had done so under duress and it was starting to wane on him. Simon thought about what options he had lying there on his stomach in the dirt. In the dark he could make out a tunnel just ahead of him that led under the gravel road on the east side of the field. He strained to see what was behind him without moving any part of himself out of the ditch but all he could see was endless ditch into the night. Simon stayed quiet trying to hear any movement outside of the ditch but the only sound was that of the never ending Idaho wind. Even if someone had been there, the wind would carry the sound away from him like a leaf caught in stream of water. Knowing that he had sat there too long, Simon started to army crawl along the dirt floor of the ditch as quietly as he possibly could. As he got closer he could hear something over the wind, but it was faint and he couldn't make it out. He stopped and listened, whatever it was it was getting louder. At once Simon realized that it was car on the gravel road. Did he dare breach the cover of the ditch to see who it was? Could he take that risk? Simon thought fast and began to crawl as fast as he could toward the tunnel hoping that he could make it in time. Maybe the car was the reason the man hadn't walked upon the ditch, he was in a car looking for him. Simon reached the tunnel and drug himself inside where he lay as the car rumbled over the top. The car was moving slowly and took a long time to get over the pipe in the road and as it was clearing it Simon saw a search light sweeping over the field and then through the ditch. It cut a perfect path through the dark and illuminated the ditch where moments earlier he had sat. The car idled along the gravel road until Simon couldn't hear it any more. It could have been anybody driving around out there, he and his buddies use to drive around with a spot light just for fun. Now those days were over and he had alienated those closest to him. Thinking that it was safe Simon crawled out of the tunnel and sat in the ditch slumped a little as to not disclose his location with his unkempt hair. He sat thinking about his next move rubbing his forehead with his fingers. He need to get out of this town and get out quickly before these guys caught up to him.