Taking A Ni

[Akirapryde]

He nodded and turned to walk on. He spit as he walked up to the group. The militia and deputies parted revealing a human with bruises across his face and body. The man was on his knees with his hands bound behind his back. The man's first reaction was fear but when the Sheriff walked up, his emotions turned to gratitude. "Oh Sheriff, thank the Havens. These people beat the hell out of me."

Sheriff looked around and one of the females laughed as she spoke up, "He tripped in to a tree." another militiaman laughed and added, "yeah, like four times." Within seconds the entire group was laughing.

"Sheriff, you got to believe me," the man begged. "I didn't do anything wrong."

"What about the girl?" Sheriff Saar asked.

The man leaned forward as best as he could, "she's lying!"

"And the drugs we found on your bike," Sheriff Saar asked.

"I got them from a friend," the man said. I was going to get rid of them. We heard about what happened on Elm Street. We didn't know that they were cut with cleaner."

For Ni, she could tell he was being both dishonest and honest about parts of both stories. The man was a good lair, or at least better than she was able to see through.

Sheriff Saar didn't appear convinced either, "We're done here," he said then turned to those around him. "lynch him!"

The man's cries for mercy were drowned out by the cheers of the militia and deputies.