The Kids Of The Youth Detention Center, Chapter 4, Filled With Hate

As I woke up, I began to hear voices and noises coming from a few doors down . The noises were quite hard to describe and I thought that the noise was coming from a block of flats, so I just went back to sleep . But then, Jay came rushing over and then he shook me and tapped me on the shoulder and I wasn’t expecting to see him so early in the morning .

” Detroit, Detroit, wake up ”, he said, as he tried to wake me up .

” Huh, oh hi Jay, what’s going on ?”, I asked, as I saw Jay standing in front of me .

” I don’t know, it’s not looking too good ”, he replied, with a worried look on his face .

” What is it, Jay, just tell me what’s going on ?”, I said as I started getting restless and worried, cause he just wouldn’t tell me .

” I don’t know, just come with me ”, he said and I just followed after him . When we stopped, we witnessed something quite sickening . We saw a smashed window and some random boots, which was quite weird, since nobody had their shoes off .

” A smashed window, this unacceptable, I wonder who did this ”, I said, as I looked at the smashed window, it was totally destroyed . With sheens of glass everywhere .

” Yeah, wait, why is there a pair of boots, do you know anybody who left these here ?”, Jay asked, as he picked up one of the boots .

” No, don’t think so, do you ?”, I asked .

” Not that I know of, no ”, he replied . Then suddenly, the CCTV camera started beeping .

” Oh, what’s that ?”, I said, as I heard the beeping sound .

” It’s the CCTV camera, it might have some new footage ”, Jay replied, and we went to go and check the camera . Then suddenly, the camera screen flashed and then it showed footage of about five kids running in the street with a bag, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing .

” Oh wait, go back, go back, that’s it, who are they ?”, I said as I was navigating on where Jay should swipe .

” Probably a bunch of kids in hoods, I’ve never seen them though ”, he replied . Then suddenly, we spotted a boy in the bag .

” Wait, who’s that in the bag ?”, I asked .

” I don’t know ”, he replied .

” Zoom in a bit closer into the image ”, I told him, as I was pointing at the camera. ” Doesn’t he look familiar ?”, I asked .

” Sort of ”, he replied .

” It looks like Carson ”, I said, as I started to feel puzzled . Jay was in denial .

” But it can’t be, Carson is in his room ”, he said .

” No he’s not, I didn’t see him this morning, there was no sign of him ”, I said . I began to feel worried, Carson is quite young, he’s about 16 years old, he won’t know what to do in situations like that, so I called Dylan and Miles to come and think of a plan .

” Dylan, Miles,  can you come here for a sec ?”, I called out .

” What is it ?”, Dylan asked .

” Yeah, what’s up ?”, Miles asked . As they came running in .

” Check this out ”, I said as I turned on the CCTV camera .

” What’s going on there ?”, Dylan asked .

” Look, right there ”, I said as I zoomed in .

” Oh my god, is that Carson, what is he doing there ?”, Miles said .

” I don’t know, it’s not looking good though, I think he’s getting kidnapped”, I cried .

Then, we suddenly saw Carson doing a hand gesture, he had his fumb in his fist and I think that he tried to warn us, but we didn’t notice him until now, but it’s too late, he’s left the town, with god knows who, we had to think of something .

” We need to do something ”, I said as I started panicking .

” Where does this group congregate ?”, Dylan asked .

” I don’t know, I think they live and breathe at another youth prison, there’s like another one in next street down ”, Jay replied .

” Okay, we need to go there now ”, I said. And we got ready to go out of the door.

” Wait, we are not going there, are we ?”, Jay said, as he felt uneasy about the situation of going to a random place .

” Yeah, it’s our only hope ”, I replied .

” No, but I don’t feel good about entering that place ”, he said .

” Why though, what’s the worry, I think that it would be absolutely fine, we have to do what we can do to assure ourselves that Carson is safe, I don’t want anything to happen to him, he’s my friend, more than a friend, he’s like a brother to me, and I’d hate it if he ends up in the wrong hands at the wrong time, you know ?, the kid’s got a bright future ahead of him, he doesn’t deserve to die so early ”, I said, as I looked Jay, Miles and Dylan in the eye . ” Now guys, are we gonna head there or what ?”, I asked .

” Yes ”, Jay, Miles and Dylan cheered . And we headed to the other youth hostel . We had a bit of trouble getting there, the traffic was wild, but luckily, we got there in the next couple of minutes, which was good . Meanwhile, in the next youth hostel, Carson was accompanied by five members of a group, they had weird looking clothes and they had mental bracelets, almost like a biker gang, but in a different style and Carson looked uncomfortable and terrified .

” Who are your friends, and where are they ?”, Michael asked, one of the members of the group .

” Look, I’m not gonna tell you, I don’t like sharing addresses with anyone ”, Carson replied .

”Oh ok, never mind ”, he said and he pulls out a pocket knife, a very sharp one .

” Oh shit ”, Carson whispers and gasps as he sees the knife .

” You tell us where your friends are or else ?”, Michael warned . Then Carson sits there, looking terrified . Meanwhile, me, Jay, Miles and Dylan tried several times to break in, but the door would just not open . Then inside, Michael and Lucas pushed Carson on the floor and threatened him .

” Stop flinching, lie still ”, Lucas said .

” Are you guys gonna hurt me ?”, Carson asked, as he was terrified .

” No, better then that, we’re gonna kill you ”, Michael replied . And Michael injured and dislocated Carson’s shoulder and Carson fell unconcious . Then Michael and Lucas left the room.

” Hah hah, your friends aren’t here to save you this time, loser ”, Michael said and he left the room with the rest of the group . Meanwhile, Michael was on the hunt for a baseball bat and Carson started no gain conciousness, but we wasn’t aware of his surroundings and what was about to happen to him . After some consideration of smashing the door, we got the door open and we heard faint screaming, so we ran as fast as we could . We came into the room and saw Carson lying on the floor, crying .

” Oh my god, Carson, are you okay ?”, I cried .

” I don’t know, man, these guys ”, he answered, his speech was slurred, I barely understood him .

” What guys ?, tell me, Carson ”, I told him .

” The guys, they dislocated my shoulder and threatened to stab me, you gotta help me, man, I’m scared, man ”, Carson cried, you can really see the fair .

” Where did they go ?”, I asked .

” They went that way ”, he replied as he pointed at the direction on where he assumed they got off to . Then I ran to try and find them, they were the reason for what happened to Carson and they’re gonna pay . When I entered the room, one of the members stood in the corner with a baseball bat, he looked terrifying and menacing. I went to go and seal the deal before he got hold of him again .

” Excuse me, what’s going on here ?”, I asked, as I was very angry . And damn right, I had every right to be .

” Oh, and you are ?”, he asked .

” Does that relate to any of the problems that happened to my friend ?”, he said .

” No, should it ?”, he asked .

” Look, what’s your problem, you come after my friend, you think that you can pull this off, you don’t know what’s coming ”, I threatened .

” Yeahhh, go on, Detroit, give him a good hiding ”, Miles shouted .

” Miles, not now, I’m not gonna give anyone a good hiding, let’s just end this now, so that we won’t have to come to terms with this thing again ”, I said .

” What, do you expect me to do a whole eulogy, not gonna happen”, Michael said .

” Yeah, I thought you’d say that, come on guys, let’s go, see you around, or not ”, I said and I walked off with the rest of the group . I got really angry, they were the reason for Carson getting hurt and it’s their fault that he’s gonna be traumatized for the rest of his life, but I’m glad that I saved my friend . When we got back to the youth detention center, we were exausted, so we just crashed out .

End of chapter 4