(A World with Monsters) Monsters in the Yard

by reminiscent-afterthought

[AU] Monsters lurk in all dark places, whether that's in streets or homes or minds. Both of them fight monsters: in different ways, different capacities - but maybe they're fighting the wrong monsters...or maybe there are just more monsters they could, and should, be fighting.

3. 1-03

A World With Monsters

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Monsters in the Yard

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1.03

She caught up easily. Her opponent this time was clumsy and slow and didn't have anything on her.

Disappointing, frankly, because it wasn't enough for her to plunge into her role either. To plunge her in to the day.

But this was her job and he was her target and even if it was disappointing, she had to haul her over to HQ and the Chief.

And then she got to pry answers out of him, which may or may not wind up being more challenging than the chase.

She didn't think so. He looked like he'd wet his pants already. Scared of a little girl like her.

Shame, really. Even if she was in a black body suit, full with the goggles. There were crazier people out there. And the monsters hiding in the shadows. Hiding everywhere.

It was guilt. That was all it was. Because conspiring with monsters was against the law and punishable by hell.

And her job was to catch those people and drag them to that hell.