The last of us

Chapter 3

December, 2023

My mom still let me go out of the house after that day. After I would come back she would ask me how it went and inspect me. I mean she trusted me, but she knew how conniving teens could be. Her words not mine. I sill went to that club, to talk anf hand out with Carson. He was cool, he actually found out. That my ears were real.

~Flashback~
I went in to the club. I learned the secret password, when that kid said it. I could actually hear him, because I had very good, abnormal, hearing. I went inside, sort of going along with the crowd. "Hey, Shadow!" I looked in the direction my name was called from. It was Carson, "hey" "Yeah, he'll fill in for me" he patted my back and let his hand rest there. "What?" "Really? Him, okay let's see what you got" the guy walked in the middle of a circle that the people made. "Whaat?" I turned to Carson. "Yo, dude. You gotta do this for me, please don't bail on me. Just show him some really sick moves, you can do it!" He pushed me into the circle of people eagerly watching. The guy pulled off some dance moves then the crowd clapped and cheered. "Watcha got?" The guy stood there all smug. I looked over at Carson, he just gave me a dorky smile and two thumbs up. I rolled my eyes and began to do something. Pulling off some amazing moves, I kept my cool. As soon as I finished that spinning move done on the floor I stood up straight, holding my balance. He stood astonished, then he went again. I sighed and cracked my fingers. I did the moonwalk and some other cool moves. After I was done the crowd cheered, clapped and whistled. He grumbled and walked away. About three girls walked up to me, "wow, that was great" "maybe you could teach me some moves" Carson walked up to me. He slapped his arm around me, "enough girls, give him some space" he turned to me. "Thanks, I owe you one" he held out his hand. I shook his hand, he pulled me away from all the people. "There's something Im dying to know" he took his hand and tugged at my ear. "I knew it!" I rubbed my ear. "Sorry" he rubbed the back of his head. "Those ears are real, and so is that tail" he crossed his arms. "How'd you find out?" I nervously stood there, wondering what he was gonna think of me now. "When you pulled off all those tricks, not once did you stop to fix your supposidly worn headband" he pointed to my head. "The other guy had to stop, like twice to fix his" "You caught me" I put my hands up. "Dude, that's awesome! Why didn't you tell me sooner!" He waved his hands around enthusiasticly. "I was afraid people wouldn't like me" "who cares what people think" "I've always been the 'Odd ball' Kid, no one liked me" he put his hand on my shoulder. "They were wrong, that's wicked" he pointed to my ears again.
~End Flashback~

I walked out of the bakery. The little bell jingled, "you going out honey?" "Yeah, I'll be home by 7!" I called out.  She stills worries about me. I don't think and hope, she will ever stop. I put the mask on and rushed to the underground club. To my surprise the door was cracked open. I slowly and carefully entered, there wasn't any noise. I saw all the people standing there, the lights were on. These big burly guys with camaflage suites were walking around. They were keeping them there. Why were they here? They were going kid to kid pulling off their headbands with the ears. My eyes widened and I slowly crept away ti'll I felt a hand on my shoulder. I stopped and turned around, hoping it was just Carson, it was an officer guy. "Where do you think your going?" He pushed me back into the crowd. "Shoot" I muttered under my breath. "Dude, we got to get you out of here" Carson pulled up beside me. "I think I have a plan" I looked down and picked up a headband. The guard walked by and pulled off Carson's headband, "Hey! Not cool dude" the guard grunted and pulled off the headband I put on. I quickly flattened my ears. "What the hell man" I grabbed the headband back and put it on. He just grunted and kept walking. I let out a relieved sigh. "Woah dude, close call" I smiled at him. They finished what they were doing and left. Everyone picked there headbands back up and put them on. Carson then got up and started up some tunes. He was a DJ. I left and went home. "Hey mom-" I stopped and stood there when I saw a man standing there with my mom. He had a camaflage suite too. He had a scar on his face under his eye, brown hair that was mostly shaved off, and a captain hat. "Oh, Shadow" she faced me. She was unscathed, good. "What do you want?" "Hello there little boy" "I'm not little, answer the question" "I'm the one asking questions here!" He got up in my face. "Well I wanna know!" He looked at my head. My ears had gone back in anger. I let go back to a natural pose. "We found what we came for" "hey-" I struggled as a guard grabbed my arm. He had blue hair that was a bit messy. "Thank you ma'am, we're done here" "Where are you going with my son!?" "Were confiscating him and the rest is top secret. All you need to know is, you might not be seeing your son in a very long time" he saluted and luaghed. The guy holding me grabbed me and pulled me along. I kicked him off me, "let me go!" I ran out of his grasp. I tried running back to my mom, but something stopped me. The guy had grabbed me again. He pulled my arm behind me and did the same thing to my other arm so that they were criss-crossed. My mom yelled and screamed as I was dragged away helplessly. "What are doing with my son!?"