Mia had dressed in her red knit sweater top, knee length black pleated skirt, and Mary Jane's with knee high socks. She stood at the top of the stairs that lead down from the staff room's to the main floor. She was watching the students who were newly arrived being met by enrolled students. She was happy with how things were going. So far everyone was being made to feel comfortable.?
Misty was looking over a paper that had some names on them and was trying to figure out who she wanted to help get settled.?
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(Roddy)??
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The policeman looked up at the name over the building entrance - The Academy of the Extraordinarily Gifted - then back down at the papers in his hand.? "Seems like this is your lucky day, freak," he said, tugging sharply on the handcuffed prisoner as he headed up the stairs to where a wide set of ornately carved wooden doors were beckoning.? The prisoner, a sullen-looking blond-haired youth, said nothing but followed in the direction he was being led.? Bruises on his face suggested that any resistance had been beaten out of him, but his eyes, which he kept down and staring at the steps he ascended, hinted otherwise.? A second policeman trailed behind the youth, but keeping a wary distance between them and his hand on the butt of the sidearm at his waist.
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Once inside, the first cop looked around the foyer but couldn't seem to find a place that served as processing station.? "Excuse me," he called out loudly.? "Is there a Ms. Brookes here?? I have a..." he looked back at his prisoner for a moment "...delivery that she needs to sign for."