Ari really thought that his life was funny because it seed that the universe was always conspiring against him.
With the Crouch family, the mont he no longer wanted to deal with them, he peacefully left without bothering them again.
Even when he was sohow stuck with an annoying system, he didn’t go out of his way to harm anybody unless they were being harmful first.
As he had told his previous teammates, if he could just dance and sing on this program without any drama, he would be fine with that.
Sure, he planned on getting back at William Forbes, but that was because he deserved it by causing him to die in the first place, and it wasn’t like he planned on killing William.
Getting William to fess up to his cris, ruining his dream, and sending him to jail would be enough for Ari.
So the fact that the two separate groups who should have nothing to do with each other seed to have joined forces to co ss with him instead of minding their own lives and business was genuinely crazy.
Ari quickly glanced at the smug William as well as Analise Crouch, who stared at him with a self-satisfied smile in the audience, before turning to the 2 "police officers" whom he recognized from that fateful day when he and William’s paths intersected.
And as Ari t the eyes of the "police officer" who had not only chased him, but eliminated him and an old man at Williams’ orders, the only thing he could do was laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation he was in.
Seriously, what had he done to deserve this?
Could this all be a horrible coincidence, or was it well planned?
And was there a way to get out of this peacefully?
The mont Ari saw the flash of recognition on the man’s face, he knew the jig was up, so rather than giving them the satisfaction of him looking afraid, he let the mocking words he had been holding fly out with a wide smile.
"Hello, Mr. Fake Police Officers. You look pretty healed from that chemical attack. Still afraid of cheese and potatoes, or do you still get nightmares?"
At Ari’s words, both n’s faces turned red and then white as people around them began murmuring, wondering what was going on.
Seeing PD Emily begin walking towards him as well and the staff mbers muttering that his microphone should be seized and turned off, Ari quickly said what he needed to say.
"Before I get arrested, I’d like to see your badge, get your badge number, and your na, because I don’t think you’re real cops. I think you’re trying to kidnap ."
"Shut up! Put your microphone down now and your hands up!" The officer in the lead yelled, and Ari turned to PD Emily, "Please don’t let them take away without soone you trust going with them. If I die or go missing, it’s their fault."
"I said, put your hands up or you’re under arrest!"
"Hey! Calm down! You can’t yell at a kid like that!"
The few staff mbers nearby tried to calm the police officers, only to be shoved away.
Seeing the officers shoving the staff mbers around, people screaming, and the confused expression on his teammates’ faces, Ari stepped forward, tucked the microphone into the collar of his shirt, put both hands in the air, and continued speaking in an unbothered tone.
"That’s a redundant statent because aren’t you arresting anyway? Also, you have no proof that I’m truant. You didn’t ask for my ID, you don’t know if I’m 18. For all you know, I could be here with guardian permission, Mr. Fake police officers."
At his words, the two officers paused before glancing off to the side.
"I am his mother, and I didn’t give my permission at all, and he is under 18. In fact, Ari is such a troubled child, skipping school, fighting other students, getting bad grades, and who knows what else. He doesn’t listen at all, and I’m at my wits’ end. I’m pregnant with his sibling, and he doesn’t even care about the stress he’s causing . I was the one who called these police officers here to get him back to school where he belongs, and these kind officers are only doing the job that I asked them to do." Analise Crouch yelled as she pushed her way toward the front of the crowd while rubbing her pregnant belly.
As people focused on her, she began to shed tears, dabbing at her face and sobbing loudly, only to be comforted by so people in the crowd.
Seeing Analise Crouch step up and start spouting lies and straight nonsense while glancing in the direction William Forbes was standing as she dabbed away her tears, Ari could only laugh.
Because if she thought that this would force him to cave into her delusional wishes, she truly didn’t take his warning seriously.
"You’re not my mother, you’re a state-appointed legal guardian. And according to state and federal law, the police officers, if they’re even real ones, need to take back to school since I’m supposedly truant and a minor, and you need to be arrested, thrown in jail, and dragged to court since you’re the legal guardian and responsible for my actions. Have fun with that."
At Ari’s words, Analise Crouch’s face turned pale, and her fake tears turned to real ones as she began taking several steps back while shaking her head.
"No, no-not , just him! Just arrest him!"
"Have fun at the station, Mrs. Legal Guardian."
Before Ari could say anything else, he was tackled to the ground, flipped over, with his hands shoved behind his back, and handcuffed.
And the area turned into a ss.
Hearing several people screaming, he focused on keeping his head off the ground since he didn’t particularly want his face to be bruised again while the person above him kept kneeing him in the back.
When he was finally allowed to get up from lying on the dirty stage floor, it was to see PD Emily yelling at one of the officers who dragged him to his feet while his teammates had been shoved away and were staring with shocked faces.
"If you don’t have your badges even though you’re in uniform, then what are your nas so I can call the police station and verify your identities?"
"Ma’am! Lower your voice and step back, or you’ll be detained."
"If you think I’m letting you take an underage contestant from my program without you verifying your identities, you have another thing coming. And if you want to detain , go for it. I hope your entire police departnt has enough money to fight an entertainnt company for wrongful actions that have been captured not only by public witnesses but also by our cara crew. Don’t try ."
"Don’t try her, she’s scary," Ari added, laughing again when the officer holding him shook him around.
"You! Keep your mouth shut and stop antagonizing them. You’re making things worse, and haven’t you heard that anything you say will be used against you?" PD Emily imdiately turned to glare at him, the whites of her eyes turning red from the shot blood vessels.
"I’m sorry." Ari imdiately shut his mouth.
Without paying him any mind, PD Emily turned to glare back at the officer.
"Na, Badge, and Badge number. Now."
"You’re making a mistake." The police officer warned her while trying to look intimidating, but PD Emily simply snorted.
"I’m making a mistake? You’re trying to seize an underage contestant on my show, without your badge or any other information, and you want to be okay with it? Na, Badge, and Badge number now! Or I’ll call the police departnt and have them bring other officers to get you both for impersonation."
The officer facing PD Emily glanced in Ari’s direction, and seemingly resigned, brought out a gold seven-point star
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