(Ma and Pa cop perspective)

It was the middle of the night when a crash outside woke them. Pa cop was the first one up, creeping down the steps, Ma cop was behind him. They had heard the noise come from the back. Pa cop opened the sliding door cautiously, peering out into the night. He looked around to see what had been broken and saw a shattered pot on the deck. "Do you see anything darlin'?" Ma cop whispered. Pa grumbled, "It's just a broken pot, probably a cat." A shrub next to the porch rustled, and a few moments later there was a heavy 'THUNK' on the underside of the deck. Ma cop spoke up "Maybe not a cat." Pa cop went back inside, and then came back with a flashlight. He went down the three steps to the yard and knelt down to look under the deck.

He was greeted by a pair of glowing green eyes. Well, not quite glowing, more like the light from his flashlight reflecting off them. The owner of said eyes was nothing more than a child, Pa couldn't tell the gender of the child, but they had dark skin and messy copper hair, their ears pointed. It was obvious this child was not human. Pa cop lowered the flashlight so it wasn't directly in the child's eyes. They stared at him, and Pa cop could clearly see the fear on their face. Pa held a beckoning hand out to the child, "It's okay, I won't hurt you." The child slunk back further under the deck. Ma cop watched Pa from over the railing, "What is it dear?" "It's a child" he answered and then muttered "but not a human one." Ma cop came down to see as well. When she crouched down to see under the deck. Upon her appearance, the child shrunk back farther away.

"We should repost it." Pa cop whispered to Ma. "But it's only a child." She replied. Pa opened his mouth to argue but she was already crawling under the deck towards the deck towards the child slowly. "Hey there," she spoke softly too them "don't be afraid, I'm not going to hurt you." She stopped when the child quickly scooted back until they bumped into the house itself. She backed out from under the deck again and back to Pa cop. "I don't think it'll be coming out any time soon." They stood and went back into their home. "Do we really have to call this in?" Ma asked as Pa was picking up the phone to call in the monster, "It's only a child, pa, it's scared and it looks harmless enough, please?" Pa cop hesitated before setting the phone down again. "Fine. We should go to bed though. If it's still under the deck tomorrow, we can try and see if it'll come out for us then." Ma cop smiled at him brightly.

(Good Cop Bad Cop perspective)

Their mother had told them to run, and so they did. They ran until they couldn't run anymore. They had ended up sneaking into someone's backyard. They had attempted to be as quite as possible, but they accidently knocked over and shattered a pot. They dove for cover in a shrub in an attempt to hide. At first they thought no one and nothing had heard, and they were about to come, but then the backdoor of the home slid open.

Bad could see two figures standing in the light through the leaves of the shrub.

/We should run./ He heard Good murmur in their head.

Bad nodded. He went towards and under the deck as quickly they could. He accidently slammed their head on the underside of the deck. They heard voices coming from above. One of the two above went inside before coming out again. Bad knew they'd been caught. They froze in fear, unable to move as they heard one of the two beings come down the steps.

Bad was suddenly blinded by a bright light. He blinked a bit, his vision adjusting to the harsh light. He couldn't see what or who the light was coming from. The light lowered from his face, and Bad could see now where the light was coming from.

/A human./

Bad heard the human say something, but he wasn't paying attention to what was being said. He backed up farther away from the human. He heard another voice, and then he heard steps and another human was beside the first.

The second human, a lady, crouched down slowly approached Bad, slowly; he shrank back, away from her till their back was pressed against the house. The human women then back out from where Bad and Good were. He watched as the two humans conversed quietly and then left.

Bad laid down on their side, too scared to go anywhere now.

/What happened?/ Good thought to him.

"Humans found us...what if they tell on us?" Bad whimpered quietly in response.

/We have to run like mummy told us to do./ Good tried to beckon Bad to pick up their body and leave.

"But I'm so tired." Bad had responded quietly, closing his eyes.

Good was quite for a bit before replying,

/…yeah, a nap/ Good finally caved.

They only intended to rest for a moment, but quickly, they fell into a deep sleep under the deck of the house.