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chapter11

Scott Barney was just a normal policeman. Today was his turn to go on Patrol. It’s been two years since he got transferred to City Z’s police station. Previously he was at the headquarters in city S, but because he offended one of the senior officers there, he was transferred over to this small city. And even here his position was not very high. As he was not a local, most of his colleagues treated him with indifference. He truly had a difficult life.

Thinking of all this, Scott sighed with sadness. When he passed the exam and was accepted in the police force, he thought his time is finally here. He always wanted to serve the country wholeheartedly. But after he joined, everything was different than he thought. There was no one who was seriously trying to do their job. They will just ignore the small cases, or take some commission to study the individual’s case first. It was beyond his thinking. At first he tried to do justice and solve things with fairness. But it soon became meaningless. It doesn’t matter what crime it was, as long as they have a good enough background they will get away with just a small warning. Although he cursed the unfairness at first, but he got used to it soon after. This is how the things work, no matter what this is the way of the world. He told himself, and carried on with his life.

As Scott was thinking all this, he just happened to pass by a dark alley. As it was still raining and it was still night time he couldn’t see clearly, but he could still see a vague small shadow lying at the edge of the ally. He hurriedly stopped his car, and went over to check. There he saw a boy barely 7 years old, lying there in a horrible condition. The boy was in a very bad state. Just one look at him and you can tell that someone had cruelly beaten him up. As he checked the boy, he found that he still had a breath left in him. He hurriedly picked him up, as there was no time to call the ambulance he just put him in the back seat of the car and drove to the hospital.

He soon reached the city hospital. He quickly called for a stretcher and the boy was taken to the emergency ward. When doctor saw his condition, he was shocked as he said, “Who can do such a horrible thing to such a little kid? It’s a good thing that he is still alive. Otherwise, with so much blood loss it’s almost impossible to be alive.”

“I have no idea. I found him lying at the edge on an alley. He was lucky, that I arrived at the time, otherwise…” Scott replied with a bit of relief. Now that he knew that the boy was alive, he felt relieved.

At the same time he felt anger at the person who beat him up so badly that he almost died. He resolved himself to catch these people, no matter the price. Although he has already given up to try and do justice, but that doesn’t mean that the hot blooded dream is dead. He still dreams of beating up villains and providing justice to civilians.

The boy was taken to the operation theater while Scott waited for the doctor to come out.

After a while, Doctor came out with a serious look on his face. He said, “Although his life is not in danger anymore, he still lost too much blood. I can’t say if he will wake up or not. And even if he did he will probably be traumatized by the event he went through today.”

“By the way, do you have any idea where might his parents be? Judging from the clothes he was wearing, he’s probably from some poor household. I doubt they would be able to pay the fee.” Doctor asked Scott.

“I have no idea who or where his parents are. I would like to request you to keep his treatment going on for a few days. I will try my best to look for his parents or relatives during that time. Is it possible?” Scott asked as he looked at the doctor to see if there was any change in his expression.

Although on surface, he looked like a nice Old Man, he was still a member of modern society. And most of the people in the modern society won’t do anything for someone without any benefit. If he was that kind of person he will probably throw the boy out first thing in the morning.

But contrary to the expectation of Scott, Doctor said, “Well, it goes against the rules to do this. But I can’t leave a little kid like this to die. We will see his treatment till the end.”

Scott was surprised by the answer. ‘This old man is a good person’ he thought to himself.

He thanked the doctor and went back to the station to check if there was report about a missing child whose description matched the boy.  222 12111 

Unfortunately, he couldn’t find anyone in the city records who matched the boy. Scott felt it was strange. But he didn’t mind it too much, and continued the search. But, even after looking around for three days, he wasn’t able to find any information related to the boy.