Chapter 105 - [AT] Rookie Hero...

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I wait holding my breath just waiting to see if anyone heard the click and was coming to check up on the van but after waiting a few moments I realised that no one was coming and so I relaxed and finally preparing myself I slowly opened one of the backdoors of the van so as to not alert the two arseholes prowling about the place but also to not scare the children inside the van incase they would shout or scream if I opened the back doors too fast and shocked them but instead of risking that I'm taking things slow as to not alert the two bastards in the building and assure the safety of these children as much as possible, with the backdoors of the van being slightly opened some rays of lights were able to get by me and light up some of the darkened back of he van allowing me to spot the children inside who were curled up in a corner looking up at me in fright clearly scared as they do not know who I am or what I want and so I go about relieving them of there worries straight away by holding up a finger to my mouth to tell them to keep quite before I Ben to whisper to them. "Stay quite, I'm gonna get you out of here alright, do you understand?" I whisper to which I see the two front and older boys nodding there heads and confident that they've all got the message I start to beckon them towards me with my hand.

It takes a few assurances before eventually one of the older boys who was in front of the other boys began to inch forward towards me which pushed the kids behind him to follow his lead and start to push up as well making sure to stay behind him and from what I could see the first boy looked around eight years old with another eight year old behind him and next to that eight year old is a seven year old who doesn't quite seem to understand what is happening but seems to be trusting the two older boys who have clearly noticed what kind of person the Matron is just like I did at their age and I'm glad that they understand as it makes a lot less hassle for me, eventually the first boy started to near me before he stopped and once I took a proper look at him I noticed it was because he was wary of me and not wanting this to take longer than it had to or upsetting the kids I began to smile at them and slowly back away from the van making sure that I was out of eyeliner for anyone inside the building and I mainly did this to show some goodwill to the kids and hopefully gain there trust so that I could further along this problem and get them out of here much quicker and it seems to be working as the boy in front takes the lead and get to the door and hesitating before he finally decides to hop out before taking a look at his surroundings to get his bearings.

After he does he comes to the conclusion that he's somewhere that he shouldn't be and so he takes the lead and begins to walk towards me in the hopes that I might help him but there's clearly still some distrust in his eyes and so I wait till the other eight year old boy gets out of the van behind him which seems to have emboldened him a bit so in confident enough that I crouch down and put my hands on his shoulders to keep Jim's steady and get his attention which he flinches at but otherwise doesn't show much of a reaction and taking it as a good sign I decide to start whispering to him and giving him some instructions. "Listen to me, once the other kids are here I want you to grab each of there hands before following me to the exit where I'll point you towards the gate and from there your going to run towards it and once your outside it you'll see a car which my friend is in so go towards that and if she isn't there just hide behind it as help is on the way, okay? Nod if you understand." I tell him to which he nods and it is at this point that the other eight year old gets here with the seven year old kid following him while holding onto the back of his shirt as he's clearly confused but is choosing to follow the older boy and I nod to the kid who I talked to and understanding me he grabs the hands of the other two kids and it is at this point the I get behind them and start to usher them out of the building when I notice that the kid is going to open his mouth to say something so I clasp a hand on his shoulder before shaking my head. "Stay quite kid. Just remember what I told you." The kid just nods his head and stays quite while holding onto the other two kids hands as I continue to shuffle them to the exit.

We are at the garage opening of the factory and just outside with me looking at the kid jerking my head towards the kid which he seems to understand as i want them to go to the car while I stay here and make sure that these two assholes don't leave the place before Batgirl gets here and captures them and I know it's selfish but as soon as Batgirl gets here with those two still inside I'll leave and go back to the kids, I realise that the kid still isn't moving and so confused I quirk an eyebrow at him which he seems to understand as he answers my query. "What about the other kid in the van?" He questions and my mind goes blank as he says that as I'm completely befuddled and dumbstruck, what other kid? I only saw these three kids being shoved into the back of the van by the matron and no one else although the backdoors was already opened when I saw her doing that.. Could it be that there was already a kid inside the van which I didn't see but why the hell wouldn't I have noticed them when I just freed the other kids inside the van? "Go kid, go outside the gate and to the car like I told you to. I'll fetch the other kid, go." I whisper to him in a stern voice to which he nods and heads off dragging the other two kids along behind him and once I notice that I I diatom get into action as I spin around and start to make my way back over to the van as quickly and quietly as possible to get this other kid that I apparently missed.

I'm not a f.u.c.kin' superhero and I don't swing around in spandex, I've never done this type of thing before or ever been in this type of situation so I don't have enough experience to get everything right the first time and I just assumed it was three kids in the back of the van as that's the amount of kids I saw getting shoved into the back of the van and I didn't think anything of it but when I looked into the back of the van I only saw those three so unless the kid was lying to me I either missed the kid entirely (but that's impossible) or he was behind the other kids and I didn't see him which must mean he's younger then them probably five or six and i really shouldn't have backed away from the van to give the first kid some breathing room and just trusted that the other kids would follow him as its my mistake because if I had stayed at the van instead of backing away I would have noticed that there was another kid in there and I wouldn't be panicking right now, I finally reach the back of the van and I look inside panicked making sure to check every inch of the van but no matter where I look I don't see a kid anywhere but I doubt that the eight year old boy was lying to me so why isn't this mystery kid in here? He clearly not in this van anymore so he must've got out when I was leading the other kids to the exit and wandered off and because I was focused on those three kids I didn't realise it, f.u.c.k I'm really shit at this kind of stuff and if in the future I'm ever faced with such a situation I'll probably leave it to the professionals instead of half-assing it and messing it up.

I bring my head back out of the back of the white van panicking as to where the f.u.c.k this kid could've gone and so I start to frantically look around this place looking for any kind of clue and I know for a fact that they haven't gotten by me and they definitely haven't left the factory building which must mean that they are somewhere inside which also means that they are in danger as the matron and the drug dealer are so where in this factory building as well and they are definitely gonna get pissed if they find one if the kids they had locked in the back of the van walking around willy nilly, I quickly peek my head around the corner of the van and I spot a five maybe six year old kid walking around in the middle of the factory and it's at this point I realise why he didn't follow the rest of the kids and it's because he was just recently released encrusted by the matron to be a drug mule using her brainwashing methods and so he very much likes her right now and is probably looking for her which is why he didn't follow the other kids who have been drug mules long enough to know not to trust the matron.

I start to quickly and quietly manoeuvre my way towards him thankful that he doesn't seem to notice me as he'd probably run away and I'm getting closer to him hopeful that I'm gonna be able to snatch him up without alerting anyone when he suddenly shouts out "Matron!?" and runs off around the corner...

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