Chapter 9

The Interrogation

CHAPTER 9 “Well, look at that. We are actually ahead of time.” These were Spank’s words on the eve of the sports day. He had successfully gotten his wristband lumi-limed and so had all the meerkats. Their main plan was to get rid of the warden and later get rid of Choke then forcefully get the information about the whereabouts of the Golden Sock from either Choke D Chicken or his beavers. Choke D Chicken was also prepared for the sports day. During his last session with the beavers, he pointed out to them the equipment they would need to cut the chains that surrounded the prism as well as crack the prism open so they could get access to the golden sock. The beavers made sure to get all the equipment from their last trip to the dark market. At this point Choke D Chicken and Spank the Monkey were set and only waited for the day to end. Their subordinates; the beavers and the meerkats respectively, were also as pumped as ever. With a final goal of acquiring the Golden sock, momentarily ruling over the prison and escaping the Thrage City Penitentiary for good, the two notorious prisoners had had their lives planned out all along. For two sworn rivals as them, they pretty much thought alike in most situations as these. Owing to the fact that they’d basically be broke upon getting out of the TPC, they kept trading in goofballs to generate income that was linked directly into bank accounts they owned outside Thrage. The two notorious prisoners planned individually to exit the penitentiary, take a trip to a different city and start a new life free from the interference of the police or the military. As the day went by, Skye grew more curious as all the inmates he had queried seemed to have absolutely no idea about the Golden sock. He considered having a chat with the former warden, Ken to find out what he knew about this treasure but refused the idea - a product of his pride. Skye felt he didn’t deserve to stoop so low to get some information from Ken. In his opinion Ken would think he was not holding up so well on the job. Following this thought pattern of his, Skye made a decision to call the ‘big boys’ in the TPC. He believed he could at least get some information from them. Following his decision an announcement was made in the next few hours from the surveillance room. “ATTENTION PRISONERS! HEED TO THIS ADDRESS FROM THE WARDEN.” “INMATES CHOKE D CHICKEN AND SPANK THE MONKEY…FOLLOW YOUR ESCORTS TO THE WARDEN’S OFFICE. I REPEAT, INMATES CHOKE D CHICKEN AND SPANK THE MONKEY…FOLLOW YOUR ESCORTS TO THE WARDEN’S OFFICE.” Spank was taken aback by this message such that he began to wonder why Skye would request for him. Skye wasn’t his favorite person and he didn’t really care much about him either so this announcement kept Spank on his toes. Choke seemed unbothered by the message but he began to fidget for the first time after he saw his escort. The escorts of these two inmates led them to the entrance of the Warden’s office. All the while they were waiting outside the office, Spank and Choke never spoke nor exchanged eye contact. The entrance to Skye’s office was heavily guarded by strong and skilled officers, there was no way an inmate could enter the office without being called upon. Choke D Chicken was the first to be called into Skye’s office. The appearance of the interior of the office made Choke think, “This is Skye’s office? Hmph! More like an interrogation room to me.” The room was rather dark lit with about 8 officers in total; four stationed at the corners of the room and four surrounding the interrogation chair. Above the chair was a lamp which lit up the sitting area brighter than other regions of the room. Skye stood right in front of the chair. “What is this…some kind of interrogation? I didn’t do anything wrong so I don’t see why I should do this?” Choke spoke up. “Oh no, not at all. You are not in any kind of trouble, Choke. I only want to ask a few questions so please, be my guest and take a seat. Choke threw a menacing look at Skye walking forward to the seat. “Good, Choke. I’ll be pretty quick on this since I have to meet someone else. So…what do you know about the goofball trade?” Skye interrogated. “Goofball trade? Hehe, that sounds like a kids’ game to me. Sorry but I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Choke replied complacently. “Very well. But then do you know about ‘any other treasure’ besides the ‘goofballs’? In the instant, Choke’s confidence seemed to waver a bit and it took him quite a while to respond to the question this time. “Any other treasure…don’t know about that either, sorry” answered Choke D Chicken. “Alright the, Choke…you are free to go. Thank you.” Choke got up immediately and left the room. Skye picked up a signal in Choke when he answered the second question and realized that he might have some knowledge about the sock. After Choke the Chicken as well as his escort had left, Spank the Monkey was escorted into the room. He took a seat under the light to listen to Skye. “Spank. I called you here for nothing else but to ask only a few questions. Is that okay?” Skye asked Spank with his arms folded, putting up a confident pose. “It’s not like I have a choice” replied Spank, looking elsewhere. “Okay then…What do you know about the goofball trade, Spank?” “Never heard of that before, warden” “How unfortunate…but that’s okay. One more thing though…do you know about ‘any other treasure aside the goofballs? “No I do not” Spank answered without hesitation. He was escorted to his cell afterwards and after thinking carefully he finally realized that Skye may have been asking about the golden sock Morris spoke about. He figured that Choke knew something about it, a reason why he was called. Spank flared up and swore to get to the bottom of everything before the commencement of his gang’s operation. Choke and Spank noticed that Skye had some information about the sock. Consequently, they tried to find a way to eliminate him so he doesn’t become a hindrance during their operations. END OF CHAPTER 9