New Life In Pendusky
Chapter 1 – Be Find
17 August, Pendusky Streets, 9:49 PM
Pendusky may not be on the top 10 of the nicest cities to live in the Ohio State, but at least had a low crime rate and good facilities and was enough for the population and made the city reach to, at least, between top 20 and 12. It wasn't a big city or a small city. It was... a medium city, let's say in that way.
Right now, there are two police officers doing a car patrol on the streets. Their names are João Braga (because is a Portuguese immigrant) and Tommy Phillips. Let's just call them Officer Braga and Officer Phillips. João had black hair while Tommy had a blonde one. While João had training in GNR, that is a police force of his country, the best Tommy had was... training on... patroling in the roads of Sacramento, California and in the start of his life in Pendusky, he didn't know how the city works and if there were any differences with Sacramento. They weren't the best officers of the state or region but they had a good reputation. They are partners so they fight the crime together but there is some... I mean, many times where they end up fighting in words like a married couple. Speaking of that, Officer Phillips is starting to argue in the work topic:
O.P: John? (It's like name João in English)
O.B: What is Tommy?
O.P (Being rhetorical since he will do it): Can I talk about that last persecution?
O.B (Getting bored): Oh please! Again?
O.P: Yes! Again! And listen to me and try to not fake it. (Breaths in and out fast) When you are into persecution with the sirens blasting, the others' cars hillside to the right side of the road to let us pass and have NO accident!
O.B: Yeah… That is true. And?!?
O.P (Not believing what he said): AND? You were driving to the right side and in that way, the drivers COULD have that type of accident! People could even get hurt!
O.B (Serious): What I could do? The burglar was escaping!
O.P: THAT DOESN'T MATTER! Us, the police need to provide security and trust to the population. And you did? NO! Now maybe there will be a rumor that we almost let people cause car accidents!
O.B (Almost without patience): Come on Tommy! I was doing my job! Our job! That is chasing and arrest the criminals! (Starting to yell) And you know what? You are being a sensible person!
O.P (Starting to yell again): Oh please! Don't use outdated arguments. The first time you said was when we were solving our first case. You are just…
SCREEEEEEEEECCCHHHH*
He couldn't finish his scolding because Officer Braga, just in a second, put his foot on the brake pedal and stops the car. Of course, since he wasn't warned, the blonde policeman was livid.
O.P: WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? You know you can't stop my car in that way! This isn't a toy to brea-
O.B (Interrupting and pointing): Tommy! Look!
Officer Phillips was giving a frustrating sigh when he looked to where João was pointing. And then, he saw very far away on the street, a person figure on a bench. Looks like that is sleeping there. He can't see how are his or her clothes due to being distant from him.
O.P (Confused): What the…? (Looks to João) John, what was the last time that you have seen homeless men and/or women, since that the Shelters Centers were built in our city?
Officer Braga shrugs at that question, not knowing if he has seen some homeless person on these streets. With that, Officer Phillips gives a sigh at this signal.
O.P: Whatever. Let's park near there to take him to one of the centers.
O.B: Ok, time to start up the engine again!
O.P. (Giving a glare to Braga): Don't say that again.
The Phillips's car restarted the engine and the driving but now it was slower. Why? Maybe because… I don't know… How about to not wake up the "Homeless Person" if he is sleeping? (Have you seen this sarcasm? Yes? Good.) Anyways, the more the officers drive, the better vision they had. Thanks to that, they see that in reality there were two persons. Not one. Two persons.
O.B (Suprised and confused): Ok… That's not a coincidence!
The car continues to move until it reached closer to the bench and when they have one of the car's doors in front of it, their faces turn from confused to shocked ones.
Why? Well… these two persons are, and I repeat, ARE two minors. But who? Let's just say that one is a white-haired boy with a messy orange polo and another person is a teen girl in messy purple clothes and brown hair. Guess the obvious persons? If not, wait until it's revealed.
The officers Braga and Phillips were with blank faces now. They never saw any situation like this, in their work or in the news. It's a unique situation for them. They didn't say anything for seconds until...
O.P (Looking to Braga): John?
O.B (Looking to Phillips): Yes?
O.P: … Forget the persecution. We can talk about that later. This is more important.
O.B (Rolling his eyes and being sarcastic): I didn't know that!
O.P. (Glaring at him again): Cut that sarcasm out, Braga!
It's useless saying specifically that they transport the kids to their car. After that, Officer Braga drive in direction of the police station of the city. The silence dominated there since the things were shocking and… just shocking. Nobody expected that this situation would happen. João was shocked but with a face that says that this is a strange situation. He never saw or remember a homeless kid in his life, so this is a new situation for him. As for Thomas, he was shocked too. But the face shows that is worried about these two kids. God... If he found his own kid on the streets, he would take him, treat him like there was no tomorrow and find who made that to his kid. He knew that something bad happened to them and thinks that they lost their family. He isn't wrong but how they did lose, it's a story that we will find out later.
/Time Skip/
Pendusky's Police Station, 10:02 PM
The officers Phillips and Braga finally reach their destination in their car. I mean, Thomas's car. João is just driving it. They get out and get the two minors on their arms. Was surprising that they didn't wake up yet. When they entered, everything was in one word: Too busy. Conversations and running were common there. Why? It's night. There could be any crimes. It's common in the city. Also, there are many people that are working. But there are always the ones that end up going to a social media, make a quick nap or yelling at a person, while he does it too to him.
The officers put the kids in the benches on the common area and were still sleeping, even with these noises. Anyways, they started wondering what to do until…
O.B: Ok, I will warn the chief and you try to wake up them.
O.P (Surprised): Huh? Why me?
O.B: You have a son, right?
O.P (Trying to understand): Yes…?
O.B: I have kids?
O.P (Initially sarcastic): Yes, but he lives on the North Pole and it's working with Santa Claus. (Abandon the sarcastic tone) No, you don't have. You aren't married yet!
O.B: Soo you have experience with kids while I don't. Goodbye!
O.P (Shocked about this truth): But… but…
Officer Braga left the room. Tommy sighs and gets near the kids. Wow... How much peaceful they are. They look at having a stone sleep.
O.P (Thinking): Ok. Who I will wake up? (Thinks while he makes the "Mmmmm..." sounds) Maybe the girl. She obviously looks older.
Tommy shakes her shoulder and the girl reacts. She starts to open the eyes and when she notices the noises and that she wasn't on a street bench, her eyes turn wide and she turns scared. The only thing she thinks is: What I'm doing here?
Girl (Scared and confused as she looks to every direction): Woah dude! How I am he…
O.P (Trying to get her attention): Hey hey HEY!
The girl looks to where the voice appeared to see Officer Phillips. She sees the police badge on him, suspecting that is false but looking around again, she sees that is into a police station so he is a policeman. Phew... That's a relief! Now she only needs her next questions to be answered.
Girl (Uncomfortable): Hi…?
O.P (Smiling to gain her trust): Hi sweetheart. My name is Tommy Phillips but you can call me Officer Phillips if you want.
Girl (A little tired and understanding the things): Ok officer…
O.P: Good. (Seconds of silence) Soo… Why you were outside? You and he shouldn't be with your own families?
The girl sadly hesitates and sighs at the word "Families". Looking outside by a window was an empty street with lights on. There are houses where we can see by the window that there is a family having fun with each other. Officer Phillips detected that feeling and regrets asking that.
O.P: I guess that you don't have family…
Girl (Sad): True… (Looks to the boy) Only my little brother…
Officer Phillips looks to the sleeping kid. Tommy has the strange feeling that these two have weird differences as siblings. This kid has white hair and of the girl is brown. If she is his sister, it means that their old mom or old father had white hair? He doesn't know. But he shouldn't let this doubt be bigger than his discomfort of this situation.
O.P (Creates a little smile as he looks to him): Maybe it's better to wake him up.
Girl (Sighs again): Yeah… You are right Officer.
The girl shakes his brother's shoulder and reacts as she did: Slowly opens the eyes and when he notices the noises and that he isn't in a street bench, they turn wide.
Boy: Huh what? (Starts to be panicked) Oh my god! I WAS KIDNAP-
Girl (Trying to control his reaction): BRO! BRO! Calm down! (The boy fells calmer at her voice and looks to her) Look, bro, were are in a police station. This is Officer Phillips. He had taken us here.
O.P: Actually, my partner helped but he just had left from here to warn our chief…
O.B (Interrupts): I'm already here with him, Thomas.
The kids and Tommy look to where the voice was and sees Officer Braga and what looks like to be the chief. He has brown hair and black old glasses.
O.B: As Tommy said, I'm his partner. Hi, my name is João Braga but you can call me Officer Braga. (The kids wave at him and then, he points to his chief) This is Officer Trengove. He will help us here in your situation.
O.T: Thank you, Braga. So… (Looks to Officer Phillips) Phillips, what are their names?
O.P (Realizes that he forgot to ask): Dang it! I didn't ask.
O.T (Facepalming): Seriously?
Girl: WOAH dudes! (Realizes that is talking to adults) Ups… I mean officers. It's no big deal.
Boy: Yeah, it's true. We forgot some times to ask before meeting a new person.
O.T (Surrendering at the truth): Ok… Makes sense. (Turns his tone into a serious one) So... what are your names… and I may add, ages too?
Girl (Clears her throat): My name is Luna, 15 years old.
Boy: And mine is Lincoln, 11 years old.
O.T: Ok Luna and Lincoln. What are your surnames?
Lincoln: Is Loud to both of us, sir.
O.B (Chuckles): Good surname.
O.T: Ok… And to the obvious question: Why you aren't with yo…
O.P (Interrupting): Sorry chief but it's better not ask that!
O.T (Confused): What is the problem of asking about their family?
The two kids hesitate sadly at the last word. Officer Trengove noticed that and felt sorry for them.
O.T (Talking sadly to Phillips): Now I understand. (Change attention to the kids) Let me guess… Did you lose your family?
Luna (Gloomy): Sort of, officer.
The officers sit near to the minors which Phillips is in Lincoln's side and Tommy and Rodrick (Officer Trengove's first name) are in Luna's side.
O.B: Could we know what happened to them and you?
Luna and Lincoln look to each other to after look back to the officers, still with sad faces.
Lincoln: Luna can start our story from our house to here.
Luna: Sigh… Ok… What happened is… (Turns sadder) is…
Luna starts to form tears in her eyes that make her falling to tell the story. It was very painful for them to remember these bad days. This is noted by the policemen.
O.P (Concerned): Don't worry. Take your time.
Luna: Sniff… Thanks… For starters, we are not from this city. I mean… Not from this state either. We are from Royal Woods, Michigan.
O.B: Wow… You had a long walk.
O.P and O.T (Disappointed): BRAGA!
O.P: This is not the time for comments!
Lincoln (Suprised at the outburst): Anyways, you may not believe but… (Tears start to form in his eyes too) we had a big family.
O.P: How we can't believe that…
Lincoln (Interrupting): With Luna, I have 9 more sisters.
O.P (With wide eyes): Ok… I should let you tell that before jumping to conclusions.
Luna: Coming back to the story, we had a good life. Good friends, good relatives, hobbies… That stuff. Our parents were very caring to us and never let anybody hurt us. We were very happy and end up going on many adventures. So it's useless saying that we had a good life… (Remembers the bad times and starts to cry) I mean until 2 months ago…
Lincoln embraces Luna in his arms showing that she can cry on his shoulder.
Lincoln: It's better if I continue. (Clears his throat) Our mom had an accident when she was driving with the family's van. She died due to the impact. Sniff… I and the rest of the family were shocked to that news especially my dad that gone from a caring-dad dreaming of becoming an owner of his own restaurant to an… unfair drunk dad that doesn't show care for us.
The officers are surprised by that but not in a good way (like you wouldn't guess). Drunk dad? Not that they never saw it but... What in the world?!?
O.B: What happened after that?
Luna (Stops crying): He started to sell some of our stuff like toys, part of the clothes and non-educative books. Fortunately, we still had a bed. Anyways, he claimed that was to pay the bills. In the start, we sadly believed since his salary was some little dollars from those bills but we found out 3 days later that he was using that money to pay for drinks. And not the good ones.
Lincoln: We confronted him and denied. The good news is that he didn't behave violently but in another hand… He barely made food to us saying that we should make it. Since Lincoln, I and part of our sisters knew how to cook, it was easy. After that, he didn't let us hang out with our friends, grounded or not. Finally, he started... to verbally insult us...
O.P (Worried): How bad was his insults?
Lincoln (Uncomfortable): I prefer to not say how he insulted.
Luna (Uncomfortable too): Me neither.
O.B: Ok… Continue…
Luna: In just half of a month, it all happened. Was just unjustifiable torture for us. We couldn't accept these conditions of life anymore! With that, we had to do something. We had a sibling meting and agreed that fighting or confronting wouldn't work so we had secretly decided to run away from our home.
Lincoln: The first two pairs to go first was chosen and I and Luna were one of these pair. The other was my oldest and youngest sisters. At night, we executed our plan and exit of our house. Staying at Royal Woods was not safe since our dad could find us so we decided to run away from the city. Before leaving, we put letters at some specific friends' houses to warn them of what happened and promising that in the future, we would contact them in any way: Phone, online, anything. We left the city with nothing except our clothes that we still are dressed and some money. The rest is just a big long story of our journey to find a new home and hope...
The officers were with tears in their eyes of all of those dark days. They never heard anything like that. Never happened in their city never. Not a single time. The part of drunk dad happened but never on that scale.
They knew that they had to do something. Sending the kids back home was obviously not an option. But the other option that they found was one that could be the best. It was needed to choose this option since there is no other choice.
O.P: Ok… (Breaths in and out) Chief? Want to say?
O.T: Sure (Looks to the Louds) Lincoln. Luna. We can't do something like sending you back home since your situation was the worst that we could imagine. We have no choice but to call the child protection service and they will, without any doubt, put you into a foster home.
Luna and Lincoln sighed at this, knowing that was totally true. There isn't an option B to this. Rodrick Trengove leaves to make the call, not without looking back with worry in his eyes. Braga and Phillips put their knees down to the floor and looks to the two minors with concern.
O.B: Look, we are very sorry for your loss and disgrace that you lived. It's sad to know how much you suffered from your old home. (Puts a smile) So if anything happens, you tell us ok?
Lincoln and Luna: Sure, officers.
O.P (Puts a smile too): You can call by our names since you know us. No need to be formal. And... By the way (Takes a card and starts giving to them) here is my number.
O.B: Wait! (Steals the card and takes a pen to write his number and when he finishes, he gives back to O.P) Here you go to give them.
O.P (Glaring at João): Wow... First, you steal the driving seat of my car. Now, you steal my cards. (Looks back to the kids) In any type of ways, take this to call us.
Luna (Taking the card): Thanks for what you are doing.
O.P: You're welcome. We just want to you be safe.
O.B: That is true. We want the best for you.
The officers leave from the common room waving goodbye to the kids. Lincoln and Luna look to each other, create a tiny smile and hug each other.
Lincoln (A little scared): Everything will change right, Luna?
Luna: Yes it will, bro. It will. A new page will be created and when it is complete (put a bigger smile on her face) I will stay near to you always you are lost in your life.
Lincoln (Putting a bigger smile too): You promise?
Luna starts to form a tear and it falls by the cheek.
Luna: I promise…
/Chapter's End/
Hey guys! It's JMbuilder here! Thanks for reading the first chapter.
Anyways, sorry for adding the words "/Time Skip/". They aren't necessary because you can see by the time that I show to you but I have no other way to divide the chapter in sections by the app.This story will be big and I don't know how to end it. For now, let's not worry. I didn't even plan most of the story. Only the plot and the first chapter. And the second chapter is being made.
Before I go, I need to tell about a thing: The OCs João Braga and Tommy Phillips. They were inspired on the duo Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams from Hawaii Five-0 (2010 Version). Here is why: Like Danny, Tommy has blonde hair and a kid. And like Steve, João steals the driver seat of his partner's car. While Steve was from USA Marine, João is from a national guard from here, in my country (GNR is the name). Also, the part of Tommy talking with João of the persecution was inspired by an episode from the show that I don't remember the name. The idea of João calling Tommy of "sensible" was from the first episode of the show.
Well... I think it's done. I see you next time!