Ghetto by Sparrow M L

Author:Sparrow, M L [Sparrow, M L]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: M L Sparrow
Published: 2015-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Things only go downhill from that point onwards, not between Sin and I, though nothing much happens in that department either, except a little harmless hand holding and a few stolen kisses when no one is watching. The trouble comes from the increased police presence in the Ghetto. Daily raids on random houses, a before-dark curfew, armed police patrolling the streets, there were even whispered rumours of vicious beatings being dealt out for no apparent reason. Because of the patrols it is decided that Sin and I should stay at Base until things die down, though Sin takes quite a bit of persuading. However, by the third day he’s ready to renegade on his promise to stay safely inside.

“Will you stop that?” I snap, looking up from the laptop, which I’m trying to update so that it’ll run faster, “I can’t concentrate with you pacing behind me.”

A second later, he flops down on the bench next to me, making the canteen table shudder. Resting his elbows on the table, he peers over my shoulder at the glowing screen, before abruptly pushing back to his feet and resuming his restless pacing. I close my eyes and pray for patience; he’s like a caged tiger and he’s driving me insane.

“Can’t you find something to do?”

“Like what, all the good stuff is out there!” Jabbing a finger towards the window, he glowers at me.

“Not nice being a prisoner is it?” I turn my head and arch an eyebrow at him.

“You’re never gunna let that go, are you?” he growls.

“Not for a few years at least,” I answer dryly, before commenting, “you could go fix the draw in your room and while you’re at it, one of the slates supporting my mattress is loose.”

His response is to snarl something obscene under his breath and stalk out. Folding my lips inwards to keep from laughing aloud, I turn back to the computer screen. I seriously doubt he’s gone to do those odd jobs, but at least he’s out of my hair for a couple of hours, or at least until he’s cooled off.

Finishing the updates I return to what I was doing before Sin burst into the canteen and exclaimed he was bored. It’s not a secret, but I’d prefer to be sure that my idea will be effective and achievable before I reveal it to anyone. In the privacy of my own room, I have already started cobbling together a camera of sorts, using the inbuilt webcams from the husks of various computers rescued from the scrapyard. So far, my plan is vague, but it goes along the lines of filming the communities in the Ghetto, getting heart wrenching footage of children living in squalid conditions and incriminating evidence of the police attacking innocent people, and then sending the finished product out into the world to stir up protests. I figure that, like I was, most people are unaware of the true facts about the Ghetto Folk and I believe that if they did know they would not allow the government to continue treating them the way they do.

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