Fate's Crossing

"No!" the boy screams, "I will not leave my mom!"
"Listen child!" you shout, "If you do not come with me, you will most likely die alone!"
"But my mom--"
"Your mother cannot be save son. It's time to let her go." The boy stands there, staring angrily at you with tears burning in his eyes.
"Coward." he whispers, then races into the darkness of a nearby forest. You attempt to run after him, but the forest is too dense for a man of your size to enter.