And the aftermath of the whole matter...


Chapter 28: Safe and Sound

The entire wooded area were surrounded by cops and patrol cars as most of the officers made several arrests with the exception of Josh because he had left the group behind before the cops even got there and as this was happening, Meena felt relieved that all of this was over before any damage would come her way and as soon as the cops took Trevor into custody, he took one cold glance at Meena and got into the back of the squad car and Morrison walks over to Meena and asked, "You okay?"

Meena looked at Morrison in the eye and she was clearly appreciative of coming out to rescue her as the rest of the Moon Theater crew went in for her support and she felt even more grateful than ever and she said, "I don't know how I ever had friends like you guys."

"Thank Morrison. It was him that brought us to save you." Rosita added.

Morrison is never one to take the credit or be recognized for something he did; he just did what anyone would do if someone they knew so closely were in any trouble and she looked at Morrison and said, "Thank you so much, Morrison."

"What you did was very cool." Ash said, smiling.

"Ja! Zat vas very cool indeed!" Gunter exclaimed.

"You're a hero, mate." Johnny added.

"Yeah, kid...you're one of a kind." Mike stated.

That comment from Mike literally surprised Rosita the most and she said to Mike, "Wow...is that you, Mike? Did you say an actual kind word about someone?"

"Only to him, porky." Mike shot back in response.

Rosita rolled her eyes and said, "And he's back."

"It's just...I saw you in trouble when Trevor and those goons took you from your house and I just...I don't know. I just reacted on instinct. I just didn't want anything to happen to you, so I..." Morrison responded, but Meena came over and gave him a huge hug.

Morrison froze for a second after feeling Meena's hug and evidentally, he gave into the hug and hugged her back as well, just happy that she's okay now and Meena said, "Only a true neighbor could do what you just did for me."

"We're all in this together." Morrison replied.

"Yeah, when one of us gets in trouble, we help them out a lot...even to those that either don't deserve it or who gets themselbves into trouble in the first place." Johnny stated.

"I second zat emotion!" Gunter replied.

Just then, several of Morrison's high school friends and skate friends came forward and Meena found herself surrounded by them, each of them who care much for her because of Morrison and Milo said, "Morrison's got a good heart and he's always there to help someone when they need it."

"Meena? Whoever's a friend of Morrison is a friend of ours. Plus, you and your theater friends know how to kick some serious tail! You and the rest of them are an honorary member of the Sk8erdudez Clique." Mickey added.

"Sk8erdudez Clique?" asked Rosita.

"It's an idea me, Ziggy and Mickey formed while we were at the same middle school before some of them went to a private high school. We're still tight to this day as we skate and things like that." Morrison replied.

As the conversation keeps going, they saw a couple of news crews coming in to see Morrison and one of them asked him to interview him and as Morrison accepts, Meena and the rest of them were given separate ones; most as defenders and witnesses to the whole thing. Soon afterwards, another car pulls up and out comes Meena's mother and grandparents running by to see if Meena's okay and once her mom saw Meena there, she exclaimed, "Meena!"

Meena turns around and she sees her mother and she said, "Mom!"

She immediately runs over to her mother and both of them hugged each other as her mother started crying in joy and relief that her baby girl is okay and her mother said, "I saw what happened at the news! Are you hurt?"

"No, mom. I'm fine." Meena replied.

"Where is that boy that did this to you? Nobody messes with my baby!" Meena's mother exclaimed.

One of the officers went to Meena's mother and he asked, "Are you the victim's mother?"

"Yes, I am. Where's that boy that did this to her? Cause I'm about to whoop somebody's ass up in here!" Meena's mother exclaimed.

"Mom..." Meena said, a little embarrassed.

"Let's hope no one caught that on tape." Vincent said, in a hushed voice.

"If it didn't, it'd make one heck of a viral video." Morrison retorted.

After just 10 minutes of covering this story, everyone in the news crew headed out of the forest as well as the police as they got Trevor and his crew arrested and content that Meena's safe and sound, she goes home with her family and everyone else went to their separate ways to head home, each thanking them for saving Meena and left the wooded area and headed back to the city to head home.

For Morrison, saving his neighbor crush really confirms his true crush for her as it expanded further and Vincent looks at his brother and said, "I'm proud of you, bro."

"Thanks, Vin. That means a lot coming from you." Morrison said, appreciatedly.

"Yeah, just don't make a big deal out of it, otherwise I'll post a vid of you dancing in your underwear on FaceHoof." Vincent said, smirking.

Morrison dropped his jaw and didn't realize that his brother secretly filmed him dancing in his underwear and said, "You did what?"

Vincent laughs at this and Morrison said, "Oh, I'll deal with you when we get home."


And just how much of this rescue will be known across town? You'll see next!