Chapter 10 - Week Two; Day Five (Part Two)
Richard
I walked into Mike's parents' house for the third time that day. "He has been gone for almost four days now!" I said exasperatingly. Mike's father just waved his hand at me. "Call the cops!" Mike's mom dabbed her eyes. "Maybe we should."
An hour later the cops had arrived and i had my group of people who had seen mike at different intervals since his 'Disappearance.'
The cops refused to even talk to us. Instead they went inside and listened to Mike's father talk about how "he had done the same thing when he was a kid." When they came out they continued to ignore us.
Ten minutes later the whole group of us arrived at the police station. When we walked in several heads turned. 15 teenagers walking into a police department is not usual. One of the sergeants on duty came around his desk "Is everything okay?" Trip impatient as usual spouted "No We have been trying to tell you guys that you have a 17 year old Minecraft nut wandering around thinking he is in Minecraft!"
At the mention of Minecraft the sergeant's eyes glazed over. It was obvious he had no idea what it was. One of the lower ranking officers came to his aid "I know that game!" Gratefully the sergeant handed the situation over to the officer and went back to his desk. (Presumably to figure out what Minecraft was.) When we explained the situation to the officer his eyes widened.
"You mean he knows how to survive in the real world? Like you survive in MC?" he asked. "Yes" the rest of the group nodded their heads. I pulled a folder i had gotten from the school and handed it to the officer. Surprised he took the folder and found inside it records of everything Mike had done.
The officer shook his head as he read the summary i had played out. 3 Years of boy scouts, 2 Years of young marines, 3 years of JROTC!" He looked up "You weren't kidding!" I shook my head. "All of his top projects involved medieval era equipment" I said as i turned the page in the folder. His eyes widened as he saw bows, crossbows, swords and even a scale replica of a trebuchet.
"Sergeant" He called back The Sergeant looked up from what he had been engrossed in. (I swear it was Minecraft) "You better come look at this!" The officer said. The sergeant grunted as he stood from his chair. "What is it?" he asked when he got over. The officer turned the folder so the sergeant could see Mike's Creations "This kid could cause some problems..."
The sergeants eyes focused as he read the folder then he took control. Waving over some more officers, "This kid almost has more experience than we do!" the Sergeant exclaimed turning to the officers he had waved over. "Take these kids statements, Find out where he might go." and as he turned He added one last thing "Organize a manhunt!"