My body freezes up, I try my best to breathe but it''s pointless. Every cell in my body is on high alert. Why? Because of his creepy smile? Because of how unfazed he seemed looking at a dead man? Because of how suspicious the situation is in the first place? No, I froze up because I could feel a presence. A presence I had felt before, a ghastly and disturbing presence I was familiar with.
“Who…….are you?” I manage to squeak out
“Oh what could you mean mister?” He replies his face unchanged
“I have seen….no felt you before. You were there weren''t you? 4 years ago at orston when that train derailed?” I couldn''t have been wrong. I have been carrying this since that day. I have been keeping this to myself since that tragic day, unable to explain it to anyone. I don''t know who he is, I don''t know what he is but I know where he was
“TELL ME, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?”
“.........ha”
“........hahaha”
“............HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA” he burst out laughing, his voice no longer carries that phoney child like innocence. His voice seemed cold, hard and real somehow.
“You bastard, you can feel us? Ah I never thought this had any chance of happening this millenia!”
“Huh” what was he talking about? ‘Us’? ‘Millenia’?
“Orivon favours me today I see, such luck!” he starts to step towards me. I try to back off. I was now sure he was not a child by any means. I did not know what he was and I did not know what he could do. I had to think of a way to get out of this right now, but a part of me wanted answers. Answers I had been seeking since that day 4 years ago
“You are a detective aren''t you Boy? How about you help me and I will help you.”
“Help how?” I should run, I should punch him. I should do anything but ask him questions right now. There is a dead man in front of me and I don''t know if he really died by falling on that rock anymore. But this morbid curiosity of mine just can''t help it
“You can feel me can''t you? That can only mean one thing since I am-”This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
“HEY DETECTIVE YOU OKAY?” I heard a voice shout behind me shout
“Tch, I will see you later” The boy says as he turns away
“Wait-” before I can say anything he just disappears, like he wasn''t there a second ago. No trace no nothing, he seemed to have just popped out of existence.
“Hey detective I heard some noise from here so……….” Keto just started to say something when he laid his eyes on the dead corpse. Now creating a pool of blood.
“Wha………’ He was been at a loss for words. I try to gather my thoughts and start thinking about what to tell him.
“He seemed to have tripped on that rock over there and fell. I checked him for breathing or a pulse but he seems to be dead. Can you call the police for me? I was trying to but my phone isn''t getting a strong connection here”
“Ye-yeah I will do that” he says and turns away and slowly walks out. His face was pale and he was definitely very startled.
“Hello? Police? A man is lying dead here–” his voice trails off as he walks away. I start thinking back to the kid.
<i>Who was he? Was he there back then? No that''s a stupid question, he was there back then. I can never forget that presence even if I wanted to. What should I do now? Should I hide the fact that the kid was here? Is he even a kid in the first place? No, there is no way he was. He said he will see me later? What should he mean by that?</i>
My mind started racing to make sense of this bizarre situation. Nothing made sense. The only thing I knew for sure now was that I HAD to meet him again no matter what.
<i>But how do I meet him again? Maybe he will come back here tomorrow at the same time? Should I wait here till the place gets cleared out? Or maybe I should-</i>
“Hey detective I called the police and the ambulance over. They should be here in a short while” I hear keto say. He was visibly less disgruntled now.
”Thanks, I will stay here. You can go ahead if you want. I have my detective permit and I will explain the situation to them”
”Thanks detective, I don’t want to be here for much longer to be honest with you”
”Also about your cat, give me your number and we can start looking for him tomorrow”
”Hmm appreciate it” he smiles wryly as we exchange contacts.
“Well I will be off then” He waves as he walks out of the alleyway
”Now then, how do I explain this situation” I couldn’t rule out the possibility that this man was killed by that ‘thing’. But mentioning it to the police would just make me seem insane and suspicious. On the other hand if the police find out about that kid here I might be in trouble for withholding evidence……
”Ah I know, there is one way out of this luckily” I realised. In this world full of crime detectives are more important than ever. Crimes have become discrete and hard to uncover. And so it vastly increases the needs for us private detectives. So that concerned parties can investigate on their own without police intervention. No one could rule out the possibility of foul play if only the police had the right to investigate such crime. And so us detectives have a special right. A right to take up any crime that we specialise in as a ‘case’. Without the intervention of the police or any other agency.
“I will just take this up as a case, that way I have at least an excuse in case they find some footage of the kid and me. That way I can even get access to informations related to this like security footage if any and maybe find out where they kid lives”
Us detectives have a right for information to uncover the case. Especially for criminal detectives like me, evidence is everything. To find out the truth we need evidence beyond reasonable doubt and so our permits allow us to gain access to a lot that we otherwise wouldn’t.
As I was planning on how I says deal with this I heard a police siren nearby
”Ah they are here, man this is going to be a pain though” I think to myself, but as annoying as this was going to be I couldn’t help but be excited. I finally found a lead to that incident years ago. I might finally have an answer to <b>it.</b>