Hidden inheritance

Chapter 12: Nightly Encounters

He heard a car coming, and was surprised to see it was a police car. Did the kid run away from home?

Like him?

The car stopped, and an officer came out. He walked towards Kevin holding a chart.

"Hey kid, have you seen this kid around here?" asked the man, holding a picture of a young African-American boy with short black hair.

"Don't think I saw anyone tonight." answered Kevin.

"If you do, contact us immediately."

"Why? What did he do?" asked Kevin.

"He's been stealing food supplies from every farm around for the last few weeks. Call us if you ever see him."

"Sure." lied Kevin.

"Hold on." said another voice. A man with a cowboy hat, probably the sheriff, came out of the car. "What are you doing here this late?"

"Hmm? Just taking a walk while my parents are off having a romantic dinner. Why?"

"You seem too young to be allowed out on your own. What's your address?" asked the sheriff.

"They told me I shouldn't talk to strangers."

"The police is a stranger to nobody. Unless..." the sheriff glared, to which Kevin glared back. "You're a hooligan working with him."

Kevin paused. He looked at the options he had.

There were guns in their pockets, tasers, and it seemed they had a rifle in their car. He looked at the car.

"You know what, I'll take you for a ride."

Kevin put his hand on the car and absorbed the metal on it. The two policemen stared, shocked, before Kevin punched the officer, sending him to the ground. The sheriff was taken by his shirt and thrown over Kevin's shoulder. Kevin finally put his hand under the police car and recharged, using the car battery. The front lights exploded and, by the time both policemen recovered, Kevin was standing, electricity running all over his metallic body.

They looked at him in shock, before running away in the opposite direction.

Kevin sighed, and he went back to normal. Absorbing energy now felt weird, since he wasn't a mutant alien hybrid anymore. He felt like his new ability of absorbing matter would come in handy more for now.

"They're gone, you can come out." he said.

From the corn field, the boy he saw in the picture came out.

"Are they gone? For real? Wow! What happened?!" exclaimed the boy, seeing the damage. "Did... did you do this?"

"I kinda went out of control with them. You should leave before they come with backup."

"Why... why did you help me?" he asked.

"Just didn't feel like letting grownups think they own everything, I steal too."

The boy looked down. "I'm not really a thief, I'm just... I don't have a home, I don't have a family, I had no choice."

Kevin looked at him, before sighing again. "Tell me about it. Look, you can't stay in here now that I made a bigger mess, they know you around here. I'm heading for New York, you got only one chance before they come and get you."

The boy hesitated, before nodding and coming out of the field.

They both walked on the road, and Kevin turned to him.

"By the way, name's Kevin Levin. Don't make a joke out of it. And you?" he asked the other kid.

"My name... is Alan."