The officer entered the living room with his hands covering his mouth. The room had a heavy stench of blood covering it. Pieces of shattered glasses on the floor glimmered under the light.
In the centre of it all lied a corpse, with a pool of blood surrounding the head. The head was gruesome to look at the officer almost gagged looking at it. The forehead was completely crushed the insides poking out through the gaps.
The skull, was shattered very finely. 'The woman didn't look like she had the strength' he thought to himself.
He reached his radio informing the headquarters.
"Analyse the situation further" the voice in the radio said .
The female officer after setting Silas and his mother, enter the living hall "Jesus Christ! Kyle what happened here!!" Sylvia screamed. This was Sylvia's first job and a crazy one at that.
Kyle sighed "Sylvia you can't just yell like that in a crime scene." Kyle corrected her, but Sylvia was focused on the corpse. She felt nauseated, but was determined to finish her first job.
"There are no weapons capable of inflicting this injury here, so how did they do that" Sylvia asked. Kyle scanned around the room looking for weapons. "It's physically impossible" he paused "unless they had some abilities." He said. Ability users weren't that common , they only comprised of 1/10th of the population . But situations like this were common, this led to the discrimination of ability users in general.
"It's no longer something we can deal with, I'll call the headquarters they'll deal with this"Kyle said with a sigh
After consulting with the headquarters Kyle instructed Sylvia, to take the mother and child to the headquarters and to ask them some basic questions.
"Then I'll go ask the lady what happened" Silvia said and turned towards the door. Kyle stopped her "ask the kid too, he may say the truth " Kyle said.
Listening to him, Silvia smirked and said " you're good at this".
Kyle embarrassed by the compliment said "you'll get used to it".
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At the car:
Silvia returned, the officer who was tending to Silas and his mother asked what happened. "Oh I'll tell you later Rose".
"sure" rose agreed.
Silvia turned her gaze towards the mother and child." Ma'am, I am going to ask some questions is it alright".
"Yes" she replied.
"Then Rose give us a little privacy will ya".
With that Rose left, "Ma'am, I know all of this is hard on you, but I am gonna need you to co-operate, then first tell me ur names "
"I am Liz and my son's name is Silas "the mother replied her lips was trembling as she spoke. She tried to avoid Silvia's gaze, Silvia noticed it.
"So how old are you both" Silvia questioned softly. I am 36 and he i-is 13" she answered.
Silvia mind was in a turmoil she didn't want to question them , it was clear they are in a shock right now, but what can she do it's her job.
" So what happened in there?" she asked to Silas and Liz " I-I am not sure " Liz answered holding back her tears , whereas Silas was silent the whole time. Seeing both of them keeping their silence Silvia decided to leave them till they reached the station.
Both Liz and Silas were trembling. Silvia and Rose took them to the police station, while Kyle stayed behind.
The police station bustled with activities, yet was somehow quiet. Liz was given clean clothes to wear. Silas tried to stick close to Liz but was separated when Liz was called into the interrogation room.
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At the interrogation room:
The interrogation began , Silas was kept in another room, only Liz and the police officers were present. The officer explained the procedure and reminded her what she says would be recorded. The officer was probably around 40 and looked very experienced.The officer spoke to liz in a professional tone" what happened at your house last night?". "It was a person with an ability , he broke into our house and murdered my husband " Liz said in a practiced way.
The officer asked the next question immediately "how did the murderer enter without breaking the windows or the door? Did you notice what kind of ability he had?" "I-Im not sure it all happened suddenly .I didnt see his ability properly it looked very bright tho, it looked like it was some kind of portal."she answered .
The officer stared at her for a while , and proceeded to question her further, "then how were you hit on the head ? And how did u get that injury on your palm and hand print on your wrist" he asked all this in a professional manner without any changes in his tone .
"I-I was hit by my husband, we were having an argument before any of this happened"she answered looking straight into his eyes .
"Is that so" the officer said in the same tone . It was honestly scary, she can't read what the officer infront of her was thinking he was keeping a good poker face .
Liz was honestly tired of all this she want to cry so badly, but she has to stay strong for her son. She kept reminding herself that it'll all be over.
"Did you see the murderers face " the officer asked, "no I haven't". "Do you think your husband had any debts or illegal dealings with others. Without thinking through she immediately answered no.
The officer felt that the story she was telling was hollow, so he pressed her further "so you want to tell me that your husband was drunk hitting you, when a stranger came inside and murdered your husband". Liz bit her lips. Liz tried explaining everything again but the officer stopped her and continued. "Maybe the first part is true, but the part where a stranger coming in, just to kill your husband who is an office worker, with no connection whatsoever to any thugs. I don't think it's possible,we even ran a background check on your husband before coming here" . The officer said all this without any changes in his tone . Whereas Liz was sitting here sweating buckets.
"There is only one possibility here , either you or your son is an ability user. There is just no other way a strong bone like skull can be twisted without an ability or equipments." He was only provoking her to check whether his suspicion were true , he wanted to clear his doubts on the family members first. Since Liz was still in shock, from yesterday's events, he thought it would be easier to just probe her further.
Liz tried to deny , but her body language failed her, she desperately tried to convince the officer.In her desperation " I-I saw him,he was wearing glasses and had some-some..." . " Didn't you say you haven't seen his face" the officer asked. "I wasn't thinking properly" Liz said hesitantly
Seeing how Liz reacted, he continued probing her. Instantly he changed his tone of questioning. " So who has the ability?" He didn't raise his voice or was rude, but started accusing them. A glimpse of panic flashed across Liz' face it didn't escape the officer who was closely observing her.
"Y-you now blaming us, you-you is this how you treat us my son doesn't have an ability, but here you are blaming us. Liz yelled at him in an attempt to avoid his question, but the words my son was struck with the other.
The officer leaned forward to the table placing his hand in his chin, he wanted to intimidate her. " I never said your son is the ability user, are you saying your son is indeed an ability user". He changed his approach once more. "N-no I never said that..." words didn't come out of her mouth any more.
The officer succeeded he wanted t pressure her into answering and Liz folded under the pressure. "We promise your son won't suffer from any consequences after all it's an accident right" the officer said. By the sudden display off kindness Liz forgot she didn't confess about Silas having an ability and said " really?"
The officer simply replied I'll do my best to see it done."
Finally, Liz broke down confessing, asking them to leave her son alone, saying it's all her fault.
The officer figured out what happened without any effort.