Inside the School

Bella, George and Graham walked into the school. The presentation was going to happen in the auditorium on the stage. it would consist of a description of an officers equipment, a demonstration of restraining techniques, and some questions from the audience peppered throughout the presentation. The auditorium filled up and the principal introduced the three officers to the students.

"Hey everybody! who here is excited!" Bella says to the audience. The students don't respond, most of them thinking this is a waste of time. Elly sees that she has her work cut out for her if she wants this to go well. Bella continues, "As you all know, as police officers it is our job to protect people and put bad guys in jail. To do this we use state of the art equipment and serious self defence training." The students seem unimpressed, some even chuckle. "Erm... so before we get started does anybody have any questions?" Bella asks the audience.

A boy raises his hand. Bella points to him and says, "Yes, you. Come up here and ask your question to the microphone so everyone can hear." The boy walks on to the stage, being 6'2" he towers over Bella. "Yeah, here is my question," he says as she hands him the microphone, "Is this a Joke!" he shouts. "Grandpa over here looks like he might have been a decent cop, but by the looks of it his last day on the job should have been 20 years ago" the student says as he points to George. The student wasn't entirely wrong, George had been a great officer. He had state police for 20 years and stepped down to local officer 5 years ago on account of his age. Standing at 6'1" and spending much of his free time in the gym, George had been the perfect image of an elite police officer in his prime, but even now was not someone you wanted to mess with.

Bella froze, unsure of what to say in response to the young man's criticism of the experienced officer. Turning to Graham the student continued his insults. "You look like you belong behind a desk doing some paperwork. I'm sure other officers hate the fact that you always get to the donuts first, because the number you eat is obvious by the size of your gut" Graham glared at the student. Standing at 5'9" Graham was not the most imposing or in shape officer, but he was a great driver and did his job well. Some students seemed shocked at the boys behavior, others started laughing and egging him on. "You tell'em Mike!" one student shouts.

Mike turned and looked at Bella. "you" he said causing Bella to flinch. "You honestly expect anyone to take you seriously as a cop? How would a scared little pipsqueak like you ever catch a criminal?" Mike taunted Bella with his questions. "Well. I... I've got training" Bella manages to mutter out. "Oh and i'm sure its very effective at stopping High school girls from dunking your head in a toilet or hanging you by your panties, but there's no way you could handle a real crime" Mike said, causing Bella to blush. "None of you officers could really stop a criminal" Mike accuses.