The Child Of A Shelby (Peaky Blinders)

Escape

(Ozzy's P.O.V)
"Are you comfortable?" The owner of the pound, Mr Oak, asked after pulling a blanket over me. I nodded at him. Although Mr Oak owns a pound, he is a good man. He takes good care of the animals, untill their owners show up... or untill its time for them to go. "Tomorrow you can help me bury" he said getting into his own bed, "bury?" I questioned, "three will be put down tomorrow. That's the worst part of this job. If I could, I would keep them all" he answered and you could hear the sadness in his voice. "Why don't you?". "It's not that simple, son" he replied with a deep sigh before turning around in his bed "Goodnight". Now I patiently waited for Mr Oak to fall asleep in a deep slumber. It didn't take to long for him to start loudly snoring. I carefully sat up, trying not to make to much noise. I got out and tiptoed towards the chair that stood next to Mr Oak's bed. There he had out his coat on and the clothes he was going to wear tomorrow. But most of all, the coat contained the keys for the kennels. The floorboard creaked underneath me and I instantly froze when Mr Oak moved. I let out a releaved breath before putting my hand in the pocket of the coat. I turned on my feet and moved bacm to my bed to grab my own coat and newsboy cap before tiptoeing my way outside. Once outside I quickly ran over to where the sheds stood and went to number A. I unlocked the door and got inside. The dogs immediatly barking as they realized someone was here. I ignored them all and ran to the back to get Cyril out of the last kennel I opened the kennel door and let him out before closing it so the others won't follow. Immediatly I dropped to my knees to hug him and laughed in responce when he licked my face. "Come on" I told him and stood back up. Opening the door from the shed, Cyril immediatly ran out. But I stayed frozen to the floor. I hesistated but then made my desicion. I turned on my heel and ran back to open all the kennels in shed A, then I did the same for shed B and C. "Run!" I yelled while following the dogs outside, "run. All of you!". I arrived outside and saw that Mr Oak had woken up. "Oi! Get back here!" He screamed at me as he saw me and all the dogs run to the gate. I opened it and every single dog followed me out of the pound. "Come on!" I exclaimed with joy that I freed them all. Barking and howling errupted in the night. "Wohooo!" I laughed as I continued to run alongside of them all. Eventually every dog went their own way.

The next morning arrived quick enough, thankfully. My stomach rumbled, so I needed to find a way to get some food. I found a greengrocer with basket of fruit and vegetables outside. I quickly hid behind a crate and pulled Cyril closer when the owner of the shop walked out. He had a new basket of fruit and put it down next to all the others. When he turned around to go back inside, I quickly ran to the basket and stole an apple before running off. Now it was time to get something for Cyril. We found a butcher shop and I am pretty sure they also have bones. I sneakily walked inside the shop and grabbed one of the bones.

(Tommy's P.O.V.)
Both Alfie and I walked through the street to continue to search for Oscar and Cyril. Then a boy dashed out of a butcher shop.
"Come back, you brat!" The butcher yelled before throwing a broom after the boy. But he missed and the broom hit me in the legs. "My apologies, Mr Shelby. It was meant for him". I turned around and saw Ozzy and Cyril standing beside each other. "I just wanted to give him some food" he told both me and Alfie making us laugh. While Alfie walked over towards Ozzy, I turned around to give the butcher some money "for the bones my kid stole". Although you could see that the butcher was not excited about learning the fact that Oscar was my child, he still gave a polite nod back. I made my way to Ozzy, Alfie and Cyril. "Well, you managed to free your friend" I told him and nodded at Cyril. "And the other dogs" he then told us proudly. I turned to Alfie and laughed hearing Ozzy tell us he actually freed all the dogs at the dog pound. "Why are you here!" It was the Commissioner, "you should be in the Striker Orphanage". "Orphan-" Alfie began but got cutt off by thr Commissioner. "My apologies, Mr Solomoms, Mr Shelby. But I am taking him to the police station" he told us before turning to Oscar, "there has been filed a complaint against you by Mr Oak at the dog pound". "Hold on a second. Thid must be a misunderstanding" Alfie began, "I have listened to you before, but this boy only cause trouble" the Commissioner replied, "homeless boys are a menace to society". "Maybe you can build a place and kill them. Just like the stray dogs! Like where you took Cyril!" Oscar yelled angrily, "Oscar-" I tried to calm the kid down but he continued. "No way I'm going back to the orphanage. I'd rsther sleep outside a 100 nights than spend one more night in there" he snapped. And once again, Ozzy then took off, Cyril following close behind. All three of us tried to grab him but of course missed. "I'd say that you'll need to buy a leash to keep him from running away" Alfie commented. I ignored him and turned to the Commissioner "I'll come with you and explain". Although I wanted to go after Ozzy, I needed to convince the Commissioner to drop the complaint and to let me take Oscar home. "I'll keep an eye on him" Alfie said and began to walk after Oscar and Cyril.

Published: 11th of March 2023

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