Brothers in a Brutal Bind
I was dead silent, the sounds of sirens grew louder and louder as police cars got closer and closer. My friends and I had been ill-advised enough to vandalize the local middle school which had expelled Clark, DeVante, and I. We wanted to show how we felt about all the rules and restrictions of school. Until, all of a sudden, right as I started to shake my can, a security guard walked out of the office and stared right into my eyes. We ran! Over tables, through classrooms, and over the back fence. As soon as I reached the ground over the fence, I heard the echo of a phone call, “9-1-1 what’s your emergency?” It was then and there that I knew that I really messed up. It had been almost ten minutes now that I have …show more content…
Both Mathias and I know that we can’t travel safely on this road for long without being spotted so we run for about four minutes and hop another fence. This leads into another neighborhood, which is heavily active. We lay low, ducking behind walls and hiding behind cacti until and old women, the age of around eighty or so, spots us while walking her dog. She is startled and before she gets a chance to make any assumptions, probably because we are wearing hoodies and backpacks, we grab her purse and run. This is not for the money, although that is a nice addition, but for the risk of her calling someone, or worse, the police. When she decides to run to the nearest house to explain the story, we are long gone back into the desert. Now the noise of police cars turning on their sirens gives me a feeling as if I had just been shot in the gut. I turn to Mathias and see that he knows what I am about to say, “We need to hide now before anyone else can see us in our attire.” The closest place I can think of is the abandoned Dave &Busters. I let Mathias hear my plan and we set off. It is about a mile and a half away so we start off jogging, not wanting to be dead tired if we are seen by the cops. As we make it about three-fourths of the way there, we see the first cop of the chase. He is a lazy one, sitting back in his seat and eating a snack, probably pretzels or something. He is easy to evade. The D&B’s is now within reach. …show more content…
Before I can tell my brother to lay down, the officer shines his light on us. We dash as if our lives depend on it. The Dave &Buster’s is no longer an option and we need a plan quick before more cops come and surround us. I bolt up another back alley until we are cornered. As the police car pulls up on the end of the street, the only places left to go are the backyards. Mathias chooses one and I follow quickly behind. After three or four jumps over different walls and fences, I tell Mathias, “I’m done. If they catch me. They catch me. I’m absolutely spent.” Fortunately, he agrees and we doze off. I wake at the crack of dawn to the sound of a couple making coffee. Last night I hadn’t really thought about the consequences of sleeping in someone else's backyard. I hear the man inside talking about some boys who robbed a bank and vandalized a school last night and that's when I realize that the man inside the house is wearing a police uniform. Before I can wake Mathias, the couple’s dog starts to bark. At first, I think nothing of this until I realize that it is us that he is barking at. Before I am able to move, the man stands up and walks towards the back window and looks straight at me and my brother. I choose to let whatever happens happen, and sit there until he walks out. When he does this, he has a taser in his hand and I gulp. The man orders, “Get up! Go on! Get! And hands up where I can see um. I want