This Is Not A Game Of Cops And Robbers ((For guardianjohran))

[Sassy_World900]

It's a cold and cloudy afternoon in the big and busy city. The roads were bumper to bumper with cars. The streets were crowded by the people who couldn't get on the road and are heading to work or place they need to be. Living in a place and be rather crazy, but if you lived here for all your life, then you get used to it. That's how one girl has been handling it.

Akane 'Mutt' Jones was born and raised the land of skyscrapers. She is in her early teens years of fourteen. She had short blue hair with the right side being longer then the left. With a navy blue strip on the longer side of the hair. Wearing a gray hooded jacket, red shirt and black jeans with red sneakers. She stood a little shorter then her age, but had a small waist line.

So she knew how to get around the city, how to talk to people and how to get in trouble. She was hardly in school, hanging with the wrong crowd and doing things that would be against the wall. Now she was no member of a gang, but the path she is taking, she might end there. Right now she was on the bad side of town, hanging with teens that were much older then she was, spray painting on some walls at a construction site. She sprayed a pig wearing a police uniform eating donuts from a trough. The older teens were getting a laugh out of it and she laughed to.

[guardianjohran]

Officer Mark Cole was getting frustrated. He was supposed to have had an early day today, just working a simple patrol around this neighborhood, and then getting to go home. But the way traffic had been this morning, it looked like that wasn't going to happen. In fact, he might even be LATE getting home. Sighing hard, he drummed his hands on the steering wheel, and decided to take the next turn, and cut through a construction site nearby.

Mark was far from the most senior officer on the force. In fact, he'd only been on the job for just over a year now. Still in his early twenties, and barely out of the academy, he still got called "boy" a lot by some of his seniors. Of course, he called them all 'old man' in exchange. Besides, it wasn't like he LOOKED all that young. With somewhat fair skin, short brown hair, and deep green eyes, not to mention an athletic physique that made him one of the more physically fit officers outside of the SWAT teams, he was actually pretty popular with a lot of the ladies he met in his daily routine.

As he made the right turn into the graveled lot, he was planning just to circle around the office, or apartment, or whatever it was they were building there, and come out on the other side of the block so that he could continue his patrol. But he rolled the car to a stop, as he spotted a familiar face. Or rather, familiar hair. The 'kids', as he thought of them, were in truth, not more than three or four years younger than him for the most part. But one of them... he sighed. One of them was Akane. He looked down at the clock on his dash and shook his head. School hours. And here she was with these trouble makers. He kept the car where it was, getting out and shutting the door loudly as he made his way across the gravel lot.

"Well, well, well. What have we here?"

[Sassy_World900]

As she was enjoying her time with the older teens. They heard a door slam and of course they all freak out. Seeing the man in uniform. They stood up and ran off, of course they left Akane behind. She was a bit surprise that they left, but at the same time she is not. She knew that this life style, it's all about yourself and no one else. Sure people get together to cause trouble, but the moment the law shows, then they point the fingers and run. As the officer came closer, she sees who it is. It the same one she keeps running into. Sometimes she felt like he was stalking her.

"Oh, hey Mark." she said in a casual tone. Gathering her backpack and steps back with each time he came forward. "I see you are following me again. Shouldn't you be out there stopping robbers from taking money from banks or stuffing your face with donuts somewhere?" he said in a teasing tone. For she does give him a hard time. Since she been to the station before, she knew that he was the rookie there and was pretty close to her age. So why so someone respect when they don't anything under their belt?

"I would love to stay and chat, but I think I have a class soon and better get going." she said as she looked down at a wrist with no watch on it. When she felt like she had the distance, she made a run for it. Going across the site and climbing over the equipment like stairs, parkour style. She came across the fence and threw her backpack over it then she tries to climb over it, but she was struggling bad. She can jump and leap around, but straight up climbing was something she was never good at like trees or in this case, then fence.

[guardianjohran]

He watched the other kids scatter, fearing for getting caught in their mischief. And again he just shook his head. The people she called friends were the kind of people who'd leave her at the drop of a hat, and let her take the blame for everything, even the things they did. Because, despite how streetwise she thought she was, she was always the one that seemed to get caught, while they always seemed to get away. He chuckled a little bit and wagged his finger at her as she spoke so casually to him.

"That's 'Officer Coleman to you, Akane. Unless you want me to start calling you 'Mutt', like all your friends do. You think you're so grown up, but at the same time, you bank on the fact that you're under eighteen to keep from getting in any real trouble." He kinda had a soft spot for her, to be honest, and it was more than her age that kept her out of trouble with him. She kind of reminded him of his younger sister in a way, who was also about her age. He may have only been five years older than her, but he couldn't help but see her as a kid by that comparison. So he generally let her off with a lecture, hoping one day something he said would stick. Which, it never seemed to.

"Why do you hang with those kids anyway? The don't seem to care about you? They just left you here, spray paint in hand." He checked his watch as she mentioned class, and tossed her backpack over the fence. "And yeah. I'll say you had class. A few hours ago. School starts at eight in the morning. You might not remember that you skip so often..." And he chuckled a little bit as she tried to climb the gate, eventually reaching out and putting a hand on her shoulder, gently pulling her away from the fence. "Come on, now. Cut that out. Just get down here and talk to me. You're not so worried about class. And we both know all you have in that backpack is more paints, or something you lifted from some helpless old lady."

[Sassy_World900]

She turns around to see he had his hand on her shoulder. Pulling her back down to the ground and has a childish pout on her face. She knows she skips school a lot, but she hate being there so much. It wasted a lot of her time, she doesn't get along with the other kids and she is sure that the teachers are after her and making her fail. Telling her that he knew she wasn't worried about classes, she was worried about being caught by the police, like himself. With her bag filled with paint and things she stole from old ladies. "Hey, I never steal from old ladies." she tells him. "I take things without permission and it's not like they are going to is it anyway, but i didn't do that today." she tells him in a matter of fact way.

"Besides, why should I even talk to you anyway? You and your fellow officers hear is 'Oh, I am the scum of the earth.' 'I am guilty of all crime in the city and should be behind bars because i missed the bin when I was throwing away the wrapper.' 'I just was walking down the street, I must be planning to bomb something come and tase me!'" she said in a mocking voice of a dumb person. "Like you I'm the bottom of the totem pole and need to earn my ranks with the older teens." she said with a grin on her face.

It ture that most of the time they use her as a cape goat and let her take the fall, but to her, it's better then being alone. "Also, Mark. I don't care of you call me Mutt. It's a cool nickname. You're just to old and uptight to get it." she said. Even though she knows he is only a few years older then she was. Though the name does bother her a little bit. It's not her fault that she is half American, half Japanese. But she is willing to do anything to fit in with the older teens Sooner or later she will be their age.

"So are you going to arrest me now or beat me up while you are away from the dash cam? This will the perfect moment. For it would be your word against my and no one is going to listen to me since I am such a bad apple." she said in a sarcastic tone.

[guardianjohran]

"Wow." He shook his head, a little smile on his face. "I don't even know where to start with all that, kid." He took his hand off her shoulder. "I guess, I'll start with, have I ever arrested you, or beat you up, yet? Squirt?" He thumped her on the forehead, but not hard. His voice was not angry, but he was a little more firm than he had sounded a second ago. "And secondly, taking things from people, without their permission... That is stealing. Even if they aren't going to use it. Which you don't know if they are or not." And he crouched down a little then, to be at her eye level. And his eyes now were very serious. His voice was a little different as well.

"And I think you think less of yourself than I do, kid. No one thinks you're the scum of he earth. No one thinks you're guilty of all the crime in the city. Hell, no one thinks you're even really probably thinking of doing anything really bad without feeling guilty and changing your mind at the last second. Except for you. You're a fourteen year old kid. Nobody thinks you're a monster. Or that you're going to bomb anything. Or murder anyone. You're an annoyance at worst. But you could be more. I've seen the scum of the Earth, Akane. I deal with them on the daily. People killing, and hurting each other, for no good reason. Doing horrible things, because they either don't give a shit anymore, or because there's no other way they can live. You really think that's you? What, because you spray paint cartoons on buildings? Girls your age shouldn't even be thinking about that kind of stuff. You should be gossiping about boys, and celebrity couples, and all that other good for nothing shit that matters to teenagers. You should be in school. God knows you're smarter at your age than half these dumb-asses you look up to and want to be like." He shook his head.

"But you have to act so nonchalant all the time. To go out of your way to prove you don't care. Hell, all the times I've caught you doing something stupid, and could have gotten myself an easy bust, and let you go. And you walk on without so much as a 'Hey, Officer Cole, thanks for keeping my scrawny ass out of juvie'. Where, it probably belongs I might add. You know what? Mutt?" He spoke the name a little uncomfortably. "Maybe that's what you need. Instead of me standing over you like a cop over some common crook, maybe someone needs to remind you that you are just a kid."

[Sassy_World900]

She stood there with her arm crossed as he tells her that all that she told him was not the truth. Getting down to her level to look her in the eyes, after he tells her that taking something without someone knowing is still stealing. That no one thinks she all the bad things that she had listed off. For that's all on her, that she doesn't think highly of herself. Which was true, but would never admit it to him or anyone at all. Officer Cole has dealt with the scum of the earth everyday and she was no where near their level. At worse she is just an annoying kid.

Spray painting on a wall was really not that bad. Compared to what could really happen. Which she knows about. She knew about people being shot, drug trafficking, abuse of any kind. She even seen some of it from hanging with the teens that ran off with. That thanks to him, she wasn't in the hall right now because he believes in her, which made her gag a little. "Mark, you are being really sappy." she tells him, rolling her eyes. Then tells her that she should be remained that with everything said and done, she is still a kid and a rather scary voice, but dared not to show it.

"You're acting weird. I'm leaving before you do something weird." she tells him and shoves him as she walks beside him and away. "By the way, gossiping, really? I don't know what girls you've been around, but that's not me." she tells him and sticks her pierced tongue at him. Before turning around and walks off. Thinking of going around the fence to grab her bag.

[guardianjohran]

"Some kids there's just no talking to." He said in a firm voice, as he started to walk after her. "I try. I really do. I try to be positive, and make you see the potential in yourself, by talking to you. I try to tell you how bad it is on the other side of the line, so you'll straighten up, by talking to you. Maybe you just don't listen to talking. Some people don't. I really don't want you to wind up in the system though. I see enough kids going the wrong path as it is. I think you could do better for yourself." Still following her.

"You know why I don't want to haul you in? Because as badass as you think you are, those kids would eat you alive, 'Mutt'. And still have an appetite. You'd either not come out, or you'd come out just as bad as them. But you're not that way now. And you don't have to be. I'm tempted to scare you straight. Just take you in there, let you see how it is, maybe 'accidentally' lose track of you for a night. But, I think I'm too nice of a guy." Catching up to her.

"I'd feel awful if something happened to you. And, innocent as you really are, something might. So, if you don't respond to encouragement, and I don't want to treat you like a hardened criminal, but you do deserve to be punished, but you are just a kid... " Right behind her.

"What to do, what to do, what to... Well, why not." His hand was around her arm now, guiding her back to where they had been talking a moment ago. "I said you needed to be reminded you were just a kid, and not some master criminal. Well, how do you punish a kid when they just won't behave no matter what else you've tried?" He sat down on a pallet of stacked bags of cement and gave a tug on her arm, to spill her over his lap.

[Sassy_World900]

It wasn't hard to hear him walking after her against the dirt and gravel covered ground. Still going on and on about how he sees an innocent kid that is not understanding what she is getting into. Though in her mind, she really believes that she knows what she is doing. She will never be played as a tool. He says that if she were to go to the hall, she would be eaten alive. Though he was temped to take her there just to scare her straight, but she chuckles, not taking him so seriously.

Then Mark tells her that he would fee awful is something were to happen to her. Of course she did not take him seriously. Thinking that he us using a false words to make her believe him. That even though she wasn't a full on criminal, she still needs to be punished for her action. Feeling him right behind her, she turns around to face him. "You think your words scare me. Ha! I am not some poor little girl that needs saving." she tells him. "I can handle anything you can through at me." she said in a cocky tone. Then he grabs her by the arm. She gasped and drags her feet tot he ground as he was taking her back to where they were talking.

"Let go of me! You can't treat me in this manner! I'll charge you for sexual harassment!" she threatens him. Telling her that he was going to remind her that she is a kind and was serious about it. Then asked if she knew how most people dealt with kids who act out. "They get their cell taken away from them. How else are do you-hey!" she yells as she was laid across his knee.

[guardianjohran]

"You'll charge me with sexual harassment?" He laughed out loud. "Kid, number one, you called it earlier with the dash cam thing. Number two, there's nothing sexual about this. This is just me, showing you something that absolutely never happens to hardened criminals, but does happen all the time to bratty acting kids, so that you'll know without a doubt, exactly which side of the line you're on." And with that, he planted a swat across her butt, before he kept on lecturing her.

"You keep telling me that I don't scare you. I don't know why you keep thinking all I want is to scare you." Another spank. "But I don't want to scare you. Because I want you to be the kind of person that doesn't have to be scared when they see a police officer. Doesn't run off and leave her friends to face all the music for some stupid shit she did." A spank. "That's what you want to be, right? You want to be just like them? So tell me. Who's gonna be the new girl, when you're one of them. Who are you going to lie to like you give a crap about them? Then run off and let them get arrested for crimes you commit? Because that's what being like them means." Spank. "Do you really think you could do that? Are you that far gone now? That you'd abandon people who looked up to you, like they did to you? Or is that what you're just hoping for in the future? You want to be the kind of person who uses and abuses people for whatever they can get, then leaves them hanging out to dry?" Spank.