The Convict
Miko walked down the hall of cages, almost all of them empty. Which case did Officer Dennys said it was? Oh, the sixth cage on the right. Miko found it soon. She peered inside the bars. A boy, maybe thirteen or fourteen, was sitting on a small stool. Miko pressed her face against the cage, hoping it wasn’t a child who was in there. But it was. It was a child. “You’re the convict? You’re the one who kidnapped Evan Fife?” Miko asked in disbelief. The boy looked up. His eyes were sunken, blackened. Miko gulped. What had happened to him? “No,” he whispered, raspy. Then, like a bullet, he shot out and grabbed Miko’s hand, but she pulled it out quickly. “What are you doing?” Miko tried to keep her voice level. “ Who told you? ” he asked fiercely. “Officer Dennys.” The boy’s eyebrows mashed together in anger. “ Dennys! Of all the people? Dennys’ a mole, Myelin. A big mole. He never wants to help out. He’s just doing it for the glory.” Miko didn’t bother to ask how he’d know her name