A strong beam of light hit the four of us.
“Put your hands in the air slowly.” a police officer yelled through a microphone.
“Your friends too or I’ll shoot,” the police officer yelled.
“They’re unconscious! And the guy on the bottom is foaming around the mouth! He needs a doctor! The one on top is beaten up in the face! He needs a plastic surgeon!” I shouted.
“I don’t think you understand the seriousness of this. Everyone hands up!” the officer shouted and pointed his gun upwards and took a few shots.
We flinched.
“What the
hell? You’re a hot shot cop now, aren’t you!
No matter what you do, those guys aren’t gonna move!”
A second police car came in the scene. A familiar handsome man came out. He walked over to the ignorant officer and the officer backed out.
“Ok, everyone please calm down over there. An ambulance is coming soon. Please leave your hands out where I can see them. I’m coming over.” he called.
He walked towards us, partially blocking the beam of light. He looked down on the two and choked as if he was holding back laughter. Denny was foaming up like the last time he was with Jake and George, he looked like a clown, swollen face and all. Jake reached down and tried to pull the tape off his face with no prevail. George woke up, humming a scream.
“Sorry, it’s superglued.” I said under my voice, looking down.
“Now why would you do such a dangerous thing?” Jake asked
“Well, I saw people on tv do it, like in American Pie 3, all they needed was paint thinner to remove it… I thought…” I replied.
“Sorry guys, but I’m gonna have to take you down to the station. If you wake up Denny and get the tape of George right now, I’m gonna have to bring them to the hospital and your parents will definitely find out.” Jake said.
Our eyes widened.
“You’ll let
us go if we do?”
“If you follow my act, you will. I’ll give you a few minutes to figure this out.” Jake said with a wink.
I took my paint thinner and started soaking the tape. I grabbed my pair of scissors and cut a slit so that George can, once again, speak. I tried to cut of bits of unglued tape and soon, a ring made of tape formed around the mouth.
“Looks like you didn’t use that much superglue. Alright, I think we’re good. All four of you, turn around while I handcuff you.”
“But I thought you said…” George said.
“Shhh. I can’t let you go that easily. There’s are so many of my colleagues around. Just trust me.”
“Do we have a choice?” I said.
Jake led us towards the group of cops.
“Good work Jake. You always finish the job.” One cop said.
Jake smiled.
All the cops were staring at George’s gray duck tape surrounding his mouth like a ring. We heard chuckles, lots of it. George looked, his face turning an angry shade of red.
“Alright, the rest of you, go investigate the psycho ward!” Jake commanded.
Everyone got into their cars and drive to the parking lot of the psycho ward. I got in the front seat of the car while the rest crammed into the back.
“How did the cops find us? I didn’t tell anyone about our raid!” I said.
“There was a call from a crying nurse that one of the patients she found in the hallway went missing. He was sucking his fingers and used baby speech. She described him as a large, round boy, around your age. Recognize him?” Jake turned around facing Denny. We put on a fake smile and shook our heads.
“Police procedures, I still have to take you to the station. But I have a plan. Just follow my lead.”
Jake parked his car at the police parking and uncuffed the four of us. He told us to follow him and that’s exactly what we did. He went up to one of the ladies working at the desk.
“Hey Jake, are these the four that your group radioed in?” the blond lady asked.
“Yes, but they’ve been talking about wanting to visit someone they deeply cared about but the nurses wouldn’t let them in. So they had to result to breaking and entering. You think you’d let them go, for me? Please?” Jake said in a low, husky voice. His left hand reached over the blonds hand and his right gently stroking her long blond hair. The lady blushed bright red.
“Uhhh..uhhh.. su….. su… surree… but… I’ll… I’ll make up a story…..” the lady stuttered.
Jake leaned towards her ear and said, “Thanks. You’re so understandable.”
The lady sighed as we walked out.
We all got into Jakes car and drove off.