Dealing with my Demons

Chapter 7- Aftermath

Authors Note: There is some pretty gory stuff in this chapter. I did not add it just for the sake of having gore though. I wanted to emphasize just how powerful Dark Shadow already was when neither Tokoyami nor Dark Shadow himself held back. This was Dark Shadow's first time manifesting physically and he could not control his power. Like season one Deku, he just wrecked shit. I will put a warning before the paragraph, skip like a dozen lines then put the paragraph. Then skip a dozen or so lines and continue the story. That way you can skip it if it is not your thing.

Time Skip to 7:30 am the next morning

A police car was driving down a residential neighborhood before slowing down to a stop and parking alongside the sidewalk. Two officers exited the car. The one driving exited on the right and stepped up onto the curb. He had a bit of baggage under his eyes. He took a sip of his coffee before muttering "I asked for two creams".

His partner walked around the front of his car and asked "Did you say something Tsukareta?"

Officer Tsukareta responded, "It's nothing." He paused and noticed that something was off. "Uhh.. this is the right place... right, Shumu?" He asked, referring to the house. His partner, confused, turned to him and answered "Uhh Yeah, it should be. Why?" Tsukareta gestured to the front door, which was wide open. "This was just a kid who ran away from home right?" Shumu noticed this abnormality and responded "Be on your guard. We could have a situation." Shumu placed his hand on his hip, ready to grab his 5-shot revolver. He had never used it or even aimed it at someone in a non-training or simulation setting. Even with villains and their quirks, if they were ballsy enough to be violent committing crimes in broad daylight, then they could usually be prepared enough to take a shot or two in their direction. He knew that they were seldom used but even just pulling it out could solve a lot of dangerous scenarios. It had been that way for centuries. He still did not want to have to do either. Tsukareta nodded and did the same.

They slowly walked up the driveway towards the front door. As Officer Tsukareta turned the corner he relaxed and let out a sigh. Shumu, assuming their precautions were unnecessary, relaxed his hand and turned the corner as well. Before him, he saw a sight he could have never imagined. A few feet from the front door was a woman lying on her back. There was a massive hole in her torso. Flies and other various insects were buzzing around her corpse.

Tsukareta sipped his coffee and turned back around. "It is way too early for this shit." Shumu was in shock. Tsukareta was already on the sidewalk before Shumu called out to him. "What the hell are you doing? Where are you going?" he shouted as Tsukareta unlocked the car. Tsukareta nonchalantly called back "You are gonna radio the chief right? With this mess, he is gonna need his comfort doughnuts." Shumu sighed and shrugged. This was a situation where getting the chief would be necessary. And with this scene and this early, he would need food for stress eating. It was his only major flaw. He was pretty good with the rest of the aspects of his job but he did eat sweet things during stressful situations. He took the small radio walkie-talkie from his belt and dialed it in on the chief's wavelength.

"Uhh Chief, this is Shumu, we got a situation. Things are stable for now, but you will definitely want to see this." a couple of seconds passed before he got a response. During the silence, Tsukareta put his coffee in the cupholder and looked at it. "This was a bad week to switch to decaf," he muttered to himself before driving off to a nearby pastry shop.

"Shumu? Why are you contacting me so early in the damn morning? What is it?" He sounded annoyed. Shumu responded. "You know that call we got last night about that kid who ran away from home?" "Yeah, what about it? It happens all the time! Why are you contacting me about it?" He sounded mad. Shumu responded calmly, not wanting to anger the chief further. "We uhh found his mother." "Great!" the chief responded sarcastically "So reunite them, head back and stop wasting my time! What is the fucking issue?!" He sounded pissed. "The issue is she's dead," Shumu said, finally getting to the point.