Chapter 22: First Day of School

Eader got untied from the loose knots.

"Hey, kid, are you ok?" a man said that in a worried and caring voice, it would be soothing to hear after something bad happened, his hair blonde, and had a pleasant face, improving the usage of his voice.

Eader nodded, giving a blank face, then the person shouted," we have a kidnapped one here!"

Then he looked at Eader again," don't worry everything will be alright," with the same voice.

He then asked again," can you stand?"

Eader answered the question by standing slowly up.

"Ok, good, follow me then," he walked away, and Eader followed but not after grabbing his bag, the man noticed.

"Is that your bag?" he moved in, Eader quickly nodded.

"Well that's ok," they moved on, hearing footsteps and loose orders.

"One's unconscious on top of the walls, and there are many artefacts there too!"

Another one from where he was moments ago," put the person on properly, we need him for questioning, you got that!"

Even though everything was rowdy, they were well-coordinated, and knew exactly what they were doing, like trained soldiers ready for war.

The blonde loving man noticed him staring," as you can see, we are professionals at our work, so don't worry," he replied by nodding.

"Oh yeah, do you know if there are any other people kidnapped?" he asked in a goofy way.

Eader shook his head.

Then they arrived outside, it was dark, but lights flooded the whole area.

"Hey, is that one of the kidnapped?"

A lady asked the question, tall but tired, pretty but droopy. She then looked at him, "ok boy, come over here," she then had to bend down to be level with him, just reminding him how short he truly was.

"Are you ready to ask any questions," she said in a sweeter voice than the man.

Eader shook his head, he then spoke," I want to go home."

That agitated the lady, which showed on her face.

But before the lady could answer, the man said," Let the kid go home, we can question him later."

she sighed, "ok, little man," he clenched his fist on that statement," do you have a guardians number or your parents?"

Eader shook his head, he took out his cracked phone from the bag he was wearing and showed the sleepy lady and the strong man the number.

"He is my grandpa."

She then dialled the number and walked away.

"Don't worry, you will get home and sleep little man," the man part was nice to hear but not little.

Eader hid his irate feelings towards how they were treating him.

Do I really look like a kid?

Puberty hit him late so no facial changes were made to his face so he looks like one.

The woman came back, "your old man is on the way, so I suggest you wait."

Then she forgot something crucial, so he asked the little boy," what's your name?"

Eader replied stuttering truthfully," E-E-Eader."

He kept the look of being a child.

Then the pair walked away, whispering to each other.

"I think we have to question him in a week, the kid looks traumatised," the lady suggested, seeing it all over his face.

"Yeah, I think that is a good decision. In addition, it would take a week max, too ."

They both nodded in agreement.

About thirty minutes later, Gramps came," Hello Eader, thank god you are safe," he moved in close to Eader. He had his face hidden very well which made the people not notice who he was.

"Hello gramps," he said in a nervous voice.

Then the man and women both walked to him," Hello sir, we are from the police force, I am glad that you found your grandchild, but I have to ask if we could question him in a week," the way she said it was professional, and no stuttering behind it, a well-thought sentence.

Gramps replied surprised," Oh, well, of course, if it helps you in the investigation, fine."

Then the man spoke," That is all then, you may take him home."

"Ok, farewell, and thank you," he said happily.

They both walked away, the lady then spoke" do you think the kids are gonna be able to answer?" His expression showed his worry about the investigation.

" let's hope."

Not releasing that right when both of them entered the car, they both laughed for a good one minute.

Both of them were on the road to Eader's house, that's when Gramps started to talk," why, were you there in the first place, because you weren't kidnapped, I am one hundred percent sure," the final clause he giggled about that, knowing his training improved him.

He felt a sense of pride from that which Eader disliked.

"There was a guy called Jimmy," he said, starting it off.

"I don't care about the name of some guy, I want to know why you were there?" he said in a rather aggravated sound.

"He was snooping in my house, so I caught him, and let him go-"

"Why the hell did you let him go!" he screamed, not liking Eader's actions.

"I put a tracker on him," mad that he would not let him finish the sentence.

"Ok and then."

"I followed it to that place, and found Jimmy," he said, giving a sad monotone voice.

Despite this, Gramps either could not hear the descent in his voice or he could care less about the tone of his voice.

"So did you beat him up?"

The reaction from Eader was puzzled," no he died," he said it rapidly so he could get it out, but gramps has no heart," Ok but, did you kill him?"

"What no!" this was enraging Eader, "They killed him!"

"Dang it, they got to you first," he said with a sulky face.

God help me.

So he said something that should please him," but I beat somebody as fast as me and stronger than me."

"That's all good and all, but I would not call that beat if you mean the guy ran straight into the hands of the police."

"How did you know?!" he was astonished by that.

"I just asked."

This made Eader feel stupid.

"But I beat two guys," blatantly lying.

"The hot lady said that they were surprised if I'm honest, it was the right thing to do," he said, accepting Eader's win.

That gave Eader a reason to smile grandly. Eader moved his hands around.

"However, I would have beaten them to death, those nothing from good scum deserve to die!" he said, waving and exclaiming it to the whole world.

"I would have embarrassed them and made them feel like total visits, HA-HA-HA-HA!" Then he swerved off the lane.

"CONCENTRATE ON DRIVING YOU GOD DAMN IT IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!"

***

The detective got a call from his shiny phone, "Hello, detective here, what can I do for you?"

The person on the other side mentioned that they found the base of the kidnapping gang, and he straight away asked where it was. For him to get a lead by doing nothing was rare, but beggars can't be choosers.

He grabbed his cloak and the black jeans and headed out of the door. When he arrived he saw a familiar face, the police force head of the science area, Charlotte, however, she looked tired today. He also saw the head of this specific police crew, Mr blond head himself, Sam.

He eagerly greeted them, "Hello, nice to see you, now what happened?"

"Aah, straight to the info, aye detective," said Charlotte, with a cheeky smile.

"We found four people, two were unconscious, another was packing things and the final one was in a fight with battle scars. In addition, we found a kid, who is traumatised, so we are gonna question him in a week," she said knowing every word she was gonna say.

"Any connections of finding the other kidnapped ones?" he said worryingly.

The blonde guy, Sam, moved away, telling somebody off for doing something stupid.

"Non-alive, but we did find some corpses, so we are gonna put them under DNA tests to see if they are the abducted," she said a bit slowly because the detective does not like when death is involved especially torture.

"Ok then get on, can I speak with one of the kidnappers?" he said with seriousness.

She smiled," stop being so intense big boy, save when you talk to them," she gave the following motion with her arm," follow me."

They were heading to a large police truck with bars as windows on the side, having the usual blue and white markings, but it was different. How you may ask.

It had a huge black box at the back. Charlotte spoke to the policewoman, standing next to the door, she unlocked it. There was a skinny man in the truck, with handcuffs giving a depressed face, like losing one hundred jewels from gambling.

"Hello, so you are the person that kidnapped a kid," he said cheerfully since the person who did wrong was caught. He just nodded his head.

"Can you tell me if you kidnapped any others?"

He replied in a diminished tone," I don't know if we did kidnap any others since I always stayed in that building," he moved his head making it point at the gigantic building.

"Then who did?"

"I don't know his name but he can take people's faces, we call him 'Changer'."