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Chapter 3-

Cat Like Reflexes

Magnus 'Reads' the cat, Raphael regrets all his life choices that have led to this (except Simon) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Raphael-Raphael-Raphael-Raphael-Raphael *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Magnus is my best friend…

Magnus is my best friend…

Magnus is my BEST friend…

Raphael kept repeating this in his head, hoping that it would stop him from just giving up and slinking out the door while the others were distracted by Magnus's, whatever the hell he was doing.

Hadn't they just talked about him taking this seriously?

About him helping the police and proving to his dad that he was NOT trying to make a fool of himself OR the department?

Breathe…

Magnus is-You know, how badly do I really need friends?

Okay, that's not working

Without Magnus, you wouldn't of met Simon,

Without Magnus, you wouldn't of met Simon

Without Magnus, you wouldn't be dating Simon

You're Dating Simon

Alright, that's better

He took a deep breath, tuned back in and prepared to just sit back and watch whatever crazy show this ended up becoming. Magnus strode across the room, dipping down to scoop up the cat.

Well, kitten…It was really just a little bit of a thing. A little, tiny black ball of fluff with brilliant green eyes.

Raphael refused to call it cute

Magnus turned back towards them bringing the tiny kitten over to the rest of the group.

"So, what? You're Doctor Doolittlenow?" Alec asked deadpan

Magnus chuckled faintly, shrugging,

"Well, I don't truly 'hear' them talking, like an actual voice-"

Alec tilted his head, raising his eyebrow sarcastically,

"Really? That's actually surprising; you hearing voices would explain so much"

Magnus turned slightly towards Simon, handing him the kitten, Simon's entire face lit up, breaking out in a brilliant, soft smile, eyes sparkling bright and happy, eagerly cuddling the kitten close.

Aww…

No, Focus

Magnus turned back to the detective, giving an amused, challenging smirk,

"Now, now, detective, no need to be rude; I'm just a conduit. I can only tell you what the cat tells me"

Alec scoffed

"Is it telling you that you need therapy? Because if it IS; I agree with the cat!"

Raphael snickered at that; the detective was quite a match for Magn-

Oh, for god's sakes

What is that idiot doing now!

Magnus slinked up to Alec, sliding up against him, leaning in, nuzzling against his neck, making a very convincing purring sound. The detective froze, totally bewildered

Raphael could emphasize

"W-wha-what the hell are you doing?" he managed to stutter out

Magnus just made another purring sound slipping even closer, purring louder and begun kneading the fabric of Alec's Suit jacket

Shooting a furtive glance his way, Magnus sent a subtle wink to Raphael

Seriously?!

He widened his eyes at Raphael

That stupid so-

Simon, Simon, Simon

Crap, fine...

"He can't really hear you right now; he's kind of channeling the cat" Raphael gritted out

"He-he's what?"

Raphael sighed heavily,

Magnus was SO much Work

He nodded

"Yeah, he can kind of see what the cat saw"

I hate my life

"He basically thinks he IS the cat"

I will get him back for this

"That is SO cool!" Simon exclaimed animatedly

He's so cute…

No, focus…

Magnus idiocy first, ridiculously adorable boyfriend later…

"Well, can you get him to snap out of it or something?" Alec asked annoyed and very flustered,

Huh; didn't know a person could turn that bright of a color

"Fortunately, it doesn't last too long, he should snap out of it ANY second"

Magnus kept purring

Okay, he knew Magnus needed a distraction from the thing with his dad; he got it, and he emphasized,damnit.

But this? This needed to stop;

Like, right now. The level of embarrassment was bordering on painful. At least most of the techs where gone so no one was witnessing this stupidity

Raphael looked around, and then smiled

"Oh, I think we can move it along"

He quickly reached over and grabbed a bright blue spray bottle conveniently placed by a houseplant- He was reasonably sure it was water and not some kind of plant food, or toxin or something-

He held it up, pointed it directly at Magnus's face, and pulled the trigger.

Magnus sputtered and stumbled back a bit, glaring at him. Raphael just smiled back, with a raised eyebrow.

"There, see he's back now" he smirked

Magnus glared, dripping faintly,

"That really was unnecessary"

He shook his head, putting on a false, concerned look,

"Oh,it was necessary; you know how hard it is to snap you out of one of those episodes. It's really not good for you to stay under for so long. Usually it's just a ONE TIME thing, but just in case, I'll make sure to keep a spray bottle on hand while we're dealing with this…

You know, for your own safety"

"I think I have it under control now, thanks" Magnus groused

"Well, you know, can never be too careful" Raphael said, all Mock sincerity with a dangerously sharp smile

"You are just toosweet, Raph"

"I know"

Alec cleared his throat; he didn't really know what was going on, but it probably should stop, whatever it was.

"Umm, s-so…uh…what the hell was that?" he asked looking between the two men,

Magnus turned to him with a bit of a flourish and an impish smirk,

"That, my Darling Detective, was me getting information for the case."

"From the cat?"

"Yes, dear"

"Uh huh; and what did 'the cat' say?"

"That I was right. The owner didn't kill himself, he was murdered…"

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You know? There was a time when he was a really well respected, calm, cool headed detective.

He was the youngest Head Detective the department had ever had, reaching it when he was just barely thirty one. He had been head detective for two years now and had done quite well. He was great under pressure; had an exemplary record with a very impressive closure rate on cases. He was professional (affair with his ex-partner notwithstanding.)

Alec prided himself on his ability to handle people, to keep calm, cool and in control regardless of what life, family, work, or the world in general threw at him. He was confident in his abilities and in himself. He always knew where he stood, what he could do, and never really let anyone get the best of him (his siblings didn't count).

Everything was rather straightforward, everything made sense; everything had a reason, at least some trace of logic to it.

His life made sense.

All that seemed to go out the window when this Magnus guy crashed into his life.

Now he was standing around a crime scene, listening to a supposed Psychic, who looked like he'd just stepped out of some weird, crazy, high fashion magazine, I mean seriously, was he on his way to a club or something before he decided to crash a crime scene- who was contradicting his findings.

And why was he so damn convinced Alec was wrong?

Because a cat told him

A Cat Told Him.

Alec sighed and shook his head.

How was this his life?

"So what was 'the cats' evidence?"

Seriously, how?

Magnus smiled

Oh, that can't possibly be good…

He walked slowly around the room, gracefully circling; it was similar to how he'd moved when he thought he was a cat…

Not that Alec believed that or anything

It was actually pretty distracting

ANNOYING, it was annoying

So was the cat thing

It was; damnit!

Oh, shut up

Magnus paused near the sofa, where the body was found. He leaned over, reaching down between the couch cushions and brought up a few scraps of newspaper. He placed them on the table, piecing them together, then stood back so the others could see.

It was an article from a small newspaper from Nevada…nothing of any real substance, just a small local paper featuring fluff pieces and the like. The article in question was from three days ago. It had a picture of a man that had hit one of the largest jackpots on record at the Golden Sun Casino; just a bit over three million dollars. The article had a picture of the winner.

It was the supposed suicide victim.

Magnus smiled a bit

"So, you still think there isn't a case?"

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Yeah, I know it doesn't make a whole lot of sense yet, but it will (I think- at least I should be able to spin it enough so it seems like it does) I really wanted to try something besides just parroting back the case from the actual Psych episode.

I liked doing the inner monologue for Alec and Raphael, I might use that a bit more, I loved having Raphael thinking about Simon to calm himself

Also, as this is supposed to be a story that has actual progression, I jotted down a quick outline- for this part, literally all I had was:

Raphael tries to explain what is happening while being completely exasperated with Magnus and regretting all his choices that have lead to this point in his life

Anytime I read it, it made me laugh, so I figured I'd shareAnyways, what do you think so far?

O14O

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