Glancing both ways, I leap out into a field, roll, and lie flat, hardly daring to breathe. A few minutes after the looming shadow of the train has passed, I sit up, brush myself off, and look around. I've timed it well- the trek into town isn't too far- but I ache all over from almost a full day in a train and the sudden tumble. By the time I arrive somewhere that could be classified as civilization, I can barely keep my eyes open. I collapse on someone's doorstep, my legs and eyelids racing to see who can give out first.
"Hey, kid. Ain't ya got somewhere else to sleep?" I wake to a sharp prod in the side and a harsh voice. There is a kind of hazy light over the world, though the sun is nowhere to be seen this early in the day. I groan and raise my eyes to those of the officer standing above me. His expression goes from impatience to complete shock to something I don't recognize and don't wish to recognize in less than a second. Before I'm even really awake, my hands are locked behind me and I'm being dragged away at an unnecessarily fast pace by a much larger group of policemen then I've ever seen in one place. I don't try to fight or run. I've always depended more on my brain, which has saved me from being caught countless times, but isn't much use once I am caught. I raise my eyes as we near a large, bleak building. Well, my being alive never really benefited anyone. At least my death will do something good.
The guys are going to have the best headline of their lives tomorrow.
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