Mikey Hicks, 8, is one of the several thousand names on TSA Watch List. The list contains the names of suspected terrorists or suspicious enemies of the state, and most of these people will find themselves under higher scrutiny at airport security checkpoints. Mikey’s mother argues that her child is not a terrorist and should be removed from the list, but that’s only because she doesn’t know Mikey ‘Zwahiri’ Hicks’s real past.
At the age of 1, Mikey was recruited for a special terrorist training program in the dry mountains of Afghanistan. For several weeks, he was taught anti-American propaganda in the videos where cartoons Dora and Diego would carry bombs in their backpacks. The first words out of Mikey’s mouth were “Deaf to the impale Dales,” words that would strike fear into any God-loving, Chevy-truck-buying American.
During the terrible 2s, Mikey was feared by his cohorts. He had choked some to death and fed on them, believing he was digesting their strength and wisdom — you know, what strength and wisdom there is in another 2 year old. For each victim, he tattooed a skull on his fatty arm. This made the other toddler terrorists poop their Pull-Ups with fear, and toddler Mikey could smell that fear…
At the age of 5, Mikey traveled to America to integrate himself with the impale Dales. He had to learn how American children lavished in the luxurious lives, so he could imitate them and live among them. It was so different from the desert dunes he had called home. Children here were hugged, where the only contact Mikey had was when he was doing a sleeper hold on a 10-month old child. A mama, what would life be like with a mama? She looked so foolishly caring for her young. Was she not afraid of her child knifing her while she slept? No… She genuinely loved her baby impale Dale.
Doubts began to fill Mikey’s head. Perhaps these Americans were not unlike him. Perhaps he could learn to enjoy life in America. Would Dora and Diego be disappointed in his weakness? Did it matter since they were cartoons? How long had it been since he changed his diaper? Were the impale Dales starting to notice the smell? And why had no one noticed a baby just standing around in Grand Central Station by himself? (Fucking New Yorkers, he thought.)
Yes, Mikey would have to shame Allah and live a normal baby’s life. And thus Mikey returned to his mama, who thought him missing all these years (eh, she was an alcoholic so she didn’t really notice that he was missing), and baby Mikey Hicks grew up to live a normal boy’s life — with the occasional TSA pat down for explosives of course.