Fairy Rock

Chapter 27: The Investigation Begins

Tevin wakes up on the red brick sidewalk on Main Street in Fairyvlle at the break of dusk. His eyes open to the warm summer air as dirt from a shovel falls on his face. He coughs the soot out of his mouth and wipes it out of his eyes with his jacket's sleeves.

The EMS workers, Homeland Security officers, FBI agents, firefighters, and state troopers from Hattonville are moving large amounts of soil into garbage bags. They are digging up dead bodies from a sand barrier that crumbled and fell out of the sky.

One of the firefighters touches Tevin's filthy forehead. "Hey guys, I think we have one still alive."

An EMS Worker rolls out an ambulance stretcher. "Young man, are you okay?"

Tevin coughs up more dirt. "Where am I?"

"You are in Fairyville," the EMS worker says.

Let's get him to Hattonville General Hospital; he could explain what happened to everyone in this town. "No sign of anyone, not even the mayor," one of the firefighters says.

They put Tevin in the back of the white and red striped, square-shaped ambulance.

Federal Agents Darryl Washington and Gabby Reed get in the truck with him.

Agent Washington pulls out a pen and notebook from his corduroy pants pocket. "Sir, what is your name?"

"My name is Tevin Jenkins," he mutters quietly.

"Can you speak louder? I can't hear you," Agent Washington says.

"He looks terrified," Agent Gabby observes.

She pulls a little mirror from her Bottega Veneta handbag and checks the red massacre on her thin face.

Tevin's arms and legs tremble. I was a fool. I got everyone captured or killed all because I trusted those fairies. I thought they were my friends. I hope my parents and Serenity are safe. I hope everyone will be okay. Where are you, Richard?"

He bangs his head on the stretcher and punches the air.

"He is freaking out. Give him something to calm him down," Agent Washington stresses.

"The Fairies took everyone. They're going to kill my mom and dad,

Richard, Serenity!" Tevin screams.

He kicks his legs up and down as the white sheets from the bed fall on the floor.

An EMS worker pins Tevin to the stretcher. "Steve, give him some Haloperidol so he can relax."

Steve, another EMS worker, rubs Tevin's head with his blue latex gloves and takes a pill from the medicine tray. "Tevin, Tevin, listen to me, swallow this, okay? I don't want to have to give you a shot, okay."

Tevin ingests the Haloperidol medication and drinks it down with a pixie cup of water. "Yuck."

Agent Gabby holds his hand. "It's okay, Tevin. Can you tell me what happened in your town?"

He feels the soft touch of Agent Gabby's fingers and caresses his thumb on the hard fingernails, smelling the beautiful aroma of her Eau de Toilette perfume that reminds him of his mother. "I did a bad thing. I jumped off Fairy Rock to meet the fairies because I wanted them to help me get with Serenity. They transformed me into Rock, and my fairy friend Sparkle killed the wizard, Gilbert III. The curse is gone, and the fairies took over Fairyville and kidnapped everyone."

He bangs his head on his pillow as he gets groggy and overhears the agents' conversation.

Agent Gabby squeezes his sweaty hand. "Poor kid. He's delusional."

Agent Washington takes the top hat off his balding, shiny head. "That silly myth of Fairy Rock is something I heard as a child. The boy is delusional or on drugs, and I think that Terrorists kidnapped the citizens."

"Witnesses outside of Fairyville said they saw a humungous dirt barrier over the town and could not get in. Then the barrier fell, covering the town with dirt, and everyone was missing," Agent Gabby states.

"As of right now, this delusional kid does not make a good witness, so we should assume that this was an act of terrorism," Agent Washington mentions.

"How does a Terrorist create a dirt barrier over a whole town?" Agent Gabby asks.

"I don't know! None of this makes sense," Agent Washington replies.

The ambulance pulls up to the west entrance of the twelve-story, green hospital. The big, overweight EMS workers take him out of the ambulance, and the hospital care employees meet them at the automatic glass door. They roll Tevin on a stretcher through the clean, white hallways to a small room with a hospital bed. The detectives handcuff him to the rail.

"We just don't know if he is a Terrorist," Agent Williams says.

"I'll have a couple of uniforms to guard his room, and we will talk to him in the morning," Agent Gabby says.

The next day, Tevin awakens as the Sun's rays shine through the closed, gray window blinds.

The nurse, dressed in scrubs, turns on the high television near the ceiling.

He watches footage on the news of black ashes covering the burnt buildings in Fairyville and the coroners carrying people in body bags.

There are stones, broken glass, and gobbled-up paper balls littering the streets.

The television screen changes to The President of the United States making a speech. His blue suit, freshly braided hair, and clean-shaven face have the nurse winking at the screen as he begins to speak. "America, this is your president Jaylon Bee. Today is one of the most tragic days in American History. The disappearance of all Fairyville, Washington, residents is a complete mystery. We believe that this is an act of terror. We will heighten security in all the cities throughout the country to protect you. As for now, the city of Fairyville will be closed for further investigation. My American citizens, I reassure you that this country will be safe. We will find the Fairyville residents and bring those Terrorists to justice. You can trust me because my name is President Jay to the Bee."

The nurse turns off the television and slams the remote controller on the ceramic floor, breaking it as the AAA batteries roll on the ground. "See, this is what happens when an Independent gets elected for the first time. The country is in danger because this guy thinks he's so cool, and then again, he is one handsome president."

Tevin observes the cozy room and notices a painting of a child holding a tulip in the grass field. He puts his pillow over his face and weeps. "Terrorists did not kidnap the people of Fairyville. The fairies did."