SCOTT'S WORLD-CHAPTER 2
The sun was just beginning to come up. It was still early but Martin didn't care. He couldn't sleep anyway. Might as well get this over with he thought. He had his work cut out for him still. He knew that this was going to be an emotional day for Scott. He gathered his things and checked out of the hotel that he was staying in. No time for breakfast, he needs to swing by and pick Tom up so they could get to Horizon before all morning activities began.
Peter was just coming in from his morning run. Sweating and feeling the sun brake through the trees hitting his face made him feel alive. He loved this quiet time to himself. Before all the chaotic energy from Horizons daily problems awoke. It feels good to be alive. Whose heart can he touch today, whose spirit can he lift and whose problem can he solve. Those are questions that he asks himself every day during his meditating run through God's great mountains.
As Peter was cooling down trying to get his breathing back to normal, he heard the engine of a car approaching. This is way to early for visitors. Everyone around the campus was still asleep.
Martin pulled up in his car and thought great, just the man I need to speak to. He took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts together. He knew that Mr. Scarsbough would try and talk him out of taking Scott back home again.
"Mr. Barringer, you're up early. You come by to drop off Scott's things?"
Martin sighed and said, "Not exactly, can we go in your office and talk?"
Martin nodded for Tom to stay in the car until he returned. This won't take to long. Peter and Martin proceeded into the main administration building that held the offices.
"You look worn out. Did you get any sleep last night?" Peter asked.
"No and not to be rude but I'd prefer dispensing all the small talk."
"Ok, tell me what you really came for."
Martin straightened his back and took a strong stance. "I came to finish what I started to accomplish yesterday. I came to pick up my son and take him home."
Peter was taking back a little. This is not what he was expecting. "Mr. Barringer, with all do respect, I don't think Scott is ready..."
He never got to finish because Martin held up his hand to cut him off.
"This is my decision and Scott will get used to it eventually. I'd prefer to get this over with right now before he is fully awake and aware of what's going on."
"Mr. Barringer, Scott is not stupid. He'll figure it out as soon as you tell him to get in the car."
"I'll deal with that problem when it comes. I want you to go and bring him out to me."
Of all the power that Peter had at Horizon, there was one situation that he had no control over. He couldn't over role a parent's decision to remove their child from his care. There was nothing that Peter could do now but to prepare Scott for the inevitable. This was a hard chore to accomplish.
Peter walked into the cliffhanger cabin unsure of how he was going to handle this situation. It was so quiet and peaceful that he dreaded having to disturb the reverence there. He did take notice that the cliffhanger cabin would not pass inspection today unless they did some major house cleaning. David had his clothes flung all over the place. It could be the fact that Scott had on one of his tee shirts and sweat pants. At least I don't have to drag the kid out in his skivvies.
Peter walked over to Scott's bed and quietly tried to wake him without disturbing the others.
"Scott, you need to wake up. Your Father is here to see you."
A sleepy eyed Scott said, "just tell him to leave my things over there," rolled over and went back to sleep.
Peter pulled the covers off Scott and shook him some more. "Scott, he's not just dropping your things off. He needs to talk to you and you need to get up and come outside."
"No, it's too early. Tell him that maybe I'll write him some day."
"SCOTT! GET UP NOW"
"HEY shut up, people are trying to sleep here," David yelled as he threw his pillow at Scott.
Ezra sits up and says, "I second the motion" and falls back down.
"This is not a democracy," Peter says as he grabs Scott and drags him to the bathroom. He fills the sick with cold water and slams Scott's head in the cold water.
"WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?" Scott screams.
"Scott, I'm not trying to be mean but you need to pull yourself together and come outside with me"
Scott continued to whine and complain as Peter tried to usher him out of the bathroom.
"Would you please get him out of here because I'm tired of hearing him complain" David pulled a pillow over his face to block out some of the commotion.
"Hey meat, what's going on?" Auggie asked just waking up.
"Everyone just go back to sleep. Scott just has some business to take care to with his Father."
David sits up and points to Scott's attire. "Just make sure he doesn't run off with my clothes."
Peter gives David a stern look and tells him to go back to sleep.
Once outside Scott sees his Dad standing next to his car with some Hercules looking sort of a man. Scott goes over to stand in front of his Dad with arms crossed and hip cocked out. "Why did you have to wake half the camp just to drop off my luggage?"
Martin looked at Peter and realized that he didn't tell Scott why he was really here. "Get in the car Scott, you're going home with me."
"No way in hell" Scott yelled. He looked at Peter for help but didn't get any. "You woke me up just to give me up to him" Scott yelled at Peter.
"Scott, there is nothing I can do here. I've lost my rights when your Father signed you out of here."
Scott was starting to loose control now. He started pacing the grounds with his hands holding the top of his head. "I won't go. You can't make me go with you."
"Scott, please don't make a scene. You are my son and I have every right to make you come back home where you belong. You can either go peacefully or I will have to use force. (Use the Force Anakin , sorry I just had to add that in there).
"Sorry Dad, but I'm not that forgiving. I won't go with anyone who thinks everything is still my fault" Scott says as he slowly starts backing up.
"You leave me no choice" Martin nods to Tom as he rushes over to Scott. Scott saw it coming and tried to turn and run. He just wasn't fast enough. Big bad Rambo had reflexes of a swift cat. The next thing he knew, he was shoved down to the ground with a 250 pound guerilla on his back. Tom pulled Scott's hands around him and bound them with duck tape. No matter how hard Scott fought, he just couldn't move. Tom was definitely a lot stronger. Scott continued to kick, scream, fight and curse with every once of energy he had.
By this time so much commotion had occurred that half the camp was awake and watching trying to figure out what was going on. Shelby saw some huge guy wrestling with someone that she couldn't quite make out. When he pulled the boy up Shelby realized who it was.
"SCOTTTTT!" Shelby yelled as she ran down into the common area. Peter intercepted her holding her as she screamed and yelled. Tom shoved an out of control Scott into the car as he fought for his life. "SHELBY, SHELBY I LOVE -YOU," Scott was screaming.
"NO! You can't take him away. Peter, do something."
The car sped away with Scott screaming and kicking the seat. Shelby collapsed into Peter's arms and wept.
Scott's world was collapsing around him.
To be continued.
The sun was just beginning to come up. It was still early but Martin didn't care. He couldn't sleep anyway. Might as well get this over with he thought. He had his work cut out for him still. He knew that this was going to be an emotional day for Scott. He gathered his things and checked out of the hotel that he was staying in. No time for breakfast, he needs to swing by and pick Tom up so they could get to Horizon before all morning activities began.
Peter was just coming in from his morning run. Sweating and feeling the sun brake through the trees hitting his face made him feel alive. He loved this quiet time to himself. Before all the chaotic energy from Horizons daily problems awoke. It feels good to be alive. Whose heart can he touch today, whose spirit can he lift and whose problem can he solve. Those are questions that he asks himself every day during his meditating run through God's great mountains.
As Peter was cooling down trying to get his breathing back to normal, he heard the engine of a car approaching. This is way to early for visitors. Everyone around the campus was still asleep.
Martin pulled up in his car and thought great, just the man I need to speak to. He took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts together. He knew that Mr. Scarsbough would try and talk him out of taking Scott back home again.
"Mr. Barringer, you're up early. You come by to drop off Scott's things?"
Martin sighed and said, "Not exactly, can we go in your office and talk?"
Martin nodded for Tom to stay in the car until he returned. This won't take to long. Peter and Martin proceeded into the main administration building that held the offices.
"You look worn out. Did you get any sleep last night?" Peter asked.
"No and not to be rude but I'd prefer dispensing all the small talk."
"Ok, tell me what you really came for."
Martin straightened his back and took a strong stance. "I came to finish what I started to accomplish yesterday. I came to pick up my son and take him home."
Peter was taking back a little. This is not what he was expecting. "Mr. Barringer, with all do respect, I don't think Scott is ready..."
He never got to finish because Martin held up his hand to cut him off.
"This is my decision and Scott will get used to it eventually. I'd prefer to get this over with right now before he is fully awake and aware of what's going on."
"Mr. Barringer, Scott is not stupid. He'll figure it out as soon as you tell him to get in the car."
"I'll deal with that problem when it comes. I want you to go and bring him out to me."
Of all the power that Peter had at Horizon, there was one situation that he had no control over. He couldn't over role a parent's decision to remove their child from his care. There was nothing that Peter could do now but to prepare Scott for the inevitable. This was a hard chore to accomplish.
Peter walked into the cliffhanger cabin unsure of how he was going to handle this situation. It was so quiet and peaceful that he dreaded having to disturb the reverence there. He did take notice that the cliffhanger cabin would not pass inspection today unless they did some major house cleaning. David had his clothes flung all over the place. It could be the fact that Scott had on one of his tee shirts and sweat pants. At least I don't have to drag the kid out in his skivvies.
Peter walked over to Scott's bed and quietly tried to wake him without disturbing the others.
"Scott, you need to wake up. Your Father is here to see you."
A sleepy eyed Scott said, "just tell him to leave my things over there," rolled over and went back to sleep.
Peter pulled the covers off Scott and shook him some more. "Scott, he's not just dropping your things off. He needs to talk to you and you need to get up and come outside."
"No, it's too early. Tell him that maybe I'll write him some day."
"SCOTT! GET UP NOW"
"HEY shut up, people are trying to sleep here," David yelled as he threw his pillow at Scott.
Ezra sits up and says, "I second the motion" and falls back down.
"This is not a democracy," Peter says as he grabs Scott and drags him to the bathroom. He fills the sick with cold water and slams Scott's head in the cold water.
"WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?" Scott screams.
"Scott, I'm not trying to be mean but you need to pull yourself together and come outside with me"
Scott continued to whine and complain as Peter tried to usher him out of the bathroom.
"Would you please get him out of here because I'm tired of hearing him complain" David pulled a pillow over his face to block out some of the commotion.
"Hey meat, what's going on?" Auggie asked just waking up.
"Everyone just go back to sleep. Scott just has some business to take care to with his Father."
David sits up and points to Scott's attire. "Just make sure he doesn't run off with my clothes."
Peter gives David a stern look and tells him to go back to sleep.
Once outside Scott sees his Dad standing next to his car with some Hercules looking sort of a man. Scott goes over to stand in front of his Dad with arms crossed and hip cocked out. "Why did you have to wake half the camp just to drop off my luggage?"
Martin looked at Peter and realized that he didn't tell Scott why he was really here. "Get in the car Scott, you're going home with me."
"No way in hell" Scott yelled. He looked at Peter for help but didn't get any. "You woke me up just to give me up to him" Scott yelled at Peter.
"Scott, there is nothing I can do here. I've lost my rights when your Father signed you out of here."
Scott was starting to loose control now. He started pacing the grounds with his hands holding the top of his head. "I won't go. You can't make me go with you."
"Scott, please don't make a scene. You are my son and I have every right to make you come back home where you belong. You can either go peacefully or I will have to use force. (Use the Force Anakin , sorry I just had to add that in there).
"Sorry Dad, but I'm not that forgiving. I won't go with anyone who thinks everything is still my fault" Scott says as he slowly starts backing up.
"You leave me no choice" Martin nods to Tom as he rushes over to Scott. Scott saw it coming and tried to turn and run. He just wasn't fast enough. Big bad Rambo had reflexes of a swift cat. The next thing he knew, he was shoved down to the ground with a 250 pound guerilla on his back. Tom pulled Scott's hands around him and bound them with duck tape. No matter how hard Scott fought, he just couldn't move. Tom was definitely a lot stronger. Scott continued to kick, scream, fight and curse with every once of energy he had.
By this time so much commotion had occurred that half the camp was awake and watching trying to figure out what was going on. Shelby saw some huge guy wrestling with someone that she couldn't quite make out. When he pulled the boy up Shelby realized who it was.
"SCOTTTTT!" Shelby yelled as she ran down into the common area. Peter intercepted her holding her as she screamed and yelled. Tom shoved an out of control Scott into the car as he fought for his life. "SHELBY, SHELBY I LOVE -YOU," Scott was screaming.
"NO! You can't take him away. Peter, do something."
The car sped away with Scott screaming and kicking the seat. Shelby collapsed into Peter's arms and wept.
Scott's world was collapsing around him.
To be continued.