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Author Note: Please don't blame Leon this time I got sick but I'm better now. Ushio's characterization us really hard damn. Just don't leave some kind of what is the word in the comment. That word. Uh. Oh yeah
Meltdown
I may not be the best or the smartest person around here but I seem to be the only one that knows something's up. Of course Yuusei couldn't be actually dead because, well because that's not the way it works. And if he's dead then something is horribly wrong. So what's wrong then? More magic? Probably. It's always magic around here. I guess this town is just a weirdness magnet. After all you don't see this kind of stuff happening anywhere else do you?
So what are the clues here to who's the culprit? Let's see Jack died first. So it can't be him. Kiryu and Bruno did it so it can't be them, besides they have no motivation. It can't be Yuusei. The twins are out because they're the twins. I'm out, Kazama's out, Mikage's out, Yeager's out cause he's freaking Yeager, he never does anything on his own. The former Director is dead but I'll keep him in mind because being dead never stopped anyone before. Crow hasn't done it because yeah. Crow couldn't. But he might of so I'll think about it. That takes out the unknown knowns, known knowns and known unknowns and that means that this has to be something completely out of context. A different kind of magic. A different kind of culprit has to be responsible. That's great, yeah. Last time this happened I got possessed by a spider. So who's the culprit? I'll just have to figure it out on the way. Or maybe I could ask Yuusei's friends for help. They are smart. And better at this then me. Hey why am I bothering? I can't possibly know what I'm talking about. Whatever. Is it time for my break yet?
A small finger taps on my shoulder.
"What do you want?" I snap.
"Ushio could you go to the town center please because there is an issue and a higher ranking officer needs to go and you're high ranking enough plus you have experience in his kind of field and you know magic like things because you were there and this little boy has a bomb but we're pretty sure he isn't a little boy could you just go?" Mikage runs on.
"You came to ask me in person?" I ask.
She slaps me across the face.
"What was that for?"
"Making me so nervous."
"Mikage I think you're stressed."
"Go or I'll break you."
"You see that kind of-"
"Okay Ushio I am stressed. Divine has just escaped from prison, a little boy has run into city center with a bomb, the person that's best equipped to deal with it's dead, Yeager's skipped town."
Yeager's skipped town. Figures. He does have a family to take care of but still...
"And I'm working with a bunch of monkeys. And Jack, Jack's not with us anymore. So yes Ushio I am stressed. We don't even have anyone to take up the slack. They don't have anyone but me willing to take up Directorship. Everyone else qualified is either dead or missing. What's happening? I don't even know. Just go. I need to tell Kaz what's going on, maybe he can catch Divine. He's good at what he does."
And maybe that stung a little. She seems to consider me a monkey. Maybe I could make her proud. Probably not.
I sigh and grab my keys off the table. Mikage is already gone. She's pretty fast for someone wearing spikes on their shoes. I better tell Kazama what's going on so he doesn't do something stupid. Everyone around me's so brave it's gone into pure stupidity. And then there's me. I'll probably have an empty death in the end, a watch out for that bus, a you're going too fast. Well that's no problem in hindsight. Some men are meant to be good and some men are meant to be great. I'm glad enough to be a good man right now. After all it takes a lot of work to change a personality. I should be proud enough that I did that. I really should be. I should do that and leave this magic business to Yuusei and company. I'll just do my job.
"Ushio hey." Kazama smiles.
"What do you want?" I growl back.
Not often that people call me before I call them. Kazama's nice.
"Have you heard about—"
"Divine yep but I have bigger problems to deal with."
"Like?"
"Some kid is threatening to blow up the part of the city unless the hostage is released. Some really weird shit's going down."
"Well then I'm glad I'm chasing after the sociopathic psychic and not where you are."
"Yeah, yeah. Kazama make sure whoever's in the car get's out alive. If there are any doubts the whole place is going boom."
"Alright."
And I go for the drive to the city. Maybe I can be a hero. Ha. Sometimes I can laugh about myself. That's good right? Healthy I think. I really don't want to develop any kinds of mental illnesses. It's like you can develop them just by living in the city. It feels that way. Everyone I know is a little off. Not even like a mental illness off but like they aren't even human. It's so strange. Maybe that's what makes a hero. He ability to be inhuman when necessary. Heaven knows Aki and Yuusei have it down. Jack just seemed spoilt at first but now he's... strange. Bruno is the strangest though. He seems like he's some kind of robot even. No that's rude. I really need to get out more. Some of the only people I spent any time with I think are robots or aliens. Not healthy. I should get another psych test. Especially after this. It's magic. Always is.
A red and white motorcycle drives fast with incredible speed. If I didn't have better things to do I'd ticket em. God damn why does no one move for the cops? This is a city of liars and thieves so why don' they move? It would do them some good. After all why rush to the city center that's being threatened? Then again this has always been a city of liars and thieves. No one if beyond that. No one but Yuusei apparently. So then who are the liars and what are the lies? Thieves don't murder except for money and heaven knows Yuusei didn't have much. So liars it is. Bruno's a liar then by process of elimination. Then again what do I know? I should just do my job for once. Be a real hero. I guess. Mikage can appreciate that. I'm sure.
Why don't people move for the cops? A chorus of move out of the way fuckers comes from the cars around me. I'm walking. That's it. I don't care if I'm late to save your sorry asses. Dying like sheep from a slaughter. Watching genuine people suffering with eyes like hungry dogs. Honestly I liked Satellite better. I mean they're scum there but they're better scum. I'm gonna leave here one day. I'm gonna leave with Mikage and we're gonna go somewhere nice. Someplace where the only decent people are thieves and the only real heroes are inhuman. And then we'll finally enjoy life without the fear of a painful death hanging over our heads. Because death is always here in Satellite. And there's no freedom in Domino so it's best to just end it.
Am I here yet? Yeah. I am.
"And then everyone goes bye, bye. Right? Right!" Giggles a boy of about ten.
He is wearing a shower curtain and some cloak over his head. He also looks like he's wearing a pair of blue and white pjs and some roller skates. Magic. I knew it. It's probably some magic cult.
"The bomb is time release so if you arrest me it will go off regardless! Plus I can speed up the timer at will! You'll only harm yourselves!" The boy hisses.
Everyone around me pauses.
"Alright, alright. What do you need?" I ask.
"I need the hostage in the prison transport van that a Divine has taken." The boy answers.
Divine? How does he—magic. Why can't I have an ordinary robbery anymore? It's either paperwork or a life or death situation nowadays.
"Alright. Let me deal with something and I'll get him alright?" I sigh.
"Right? Right! Bye, bye! Hehe. I'll be waiting." The boy giggles again.
I try to check in with Mikage.
The phone rings several times. If she won't pick up then she may have well screwed me over. And what then? I don't know anything. I can't deal with this on my own. Mikage please pick up.
"Please leave a message—"
I fling the phone across the ground and it shatters on impact. What will I do now? I guess I could stall. I can do that. I mean it's not my job to be a hero. We can't all be great. But for once I will be good.
"Alright kid. Calm down and we'll get you the hostage. Alright? Now relax. How old are you?" I try to soothe him.
The kid grins with teeth that could bite off my finger if they wanted to and laughs.
"Older than you!"
I wave my hands in front of my chest to try and calm him down.
"Listen kid if you don't calm down someone might shoot you. And you don't want that. I mean after all you're probably not doing this willingly. Alright?" I ask, hoping that this kid doesn't really want to blow us all up.
"For one I am and so? If I get shoot then bye, bye! So you can't do that. You can't kill me. Right? Right! Just get me the hostage and everything will be fine." The kid screams as his eyes nearly break with tears.
I don't know a lot about anything. I don't know much at all. But I do understand that this isn't alright. I won't hurt this kid even if he has his finger on the trigger.
"Let me speak to someone about that, alright? Just tell me who your boss is." I demand.
"Kami. Kami is."
Kami. As far as I know there is an actual God and it is telling this kid to do this. I mean anything's possbiel around here isn't it? Yeah.
"Kami? I see. Alright." I reply.
The kid sneers at me.
A grunt taps me on the shoulder. Just like Mikage.
"Sir the van crashed."
The kid bursts into laughter and hums underneath it. The grunt takes off running. Can I come the kid down? I'm, I'm not sure. I'll try it. Maybe I can do some good.
The kid turns away with another chuckle and explosions happen. One of them's pretty clo—
Light. It's too light. It's way too bright. Am I dying? Am I dying in Domino? A city of liars and thieves. I am. Ha. I'm dying as a faceless, nameless, useless nobody in town where you're either a sheep or a wolf or a God damn fox. And I die as a sheep. I'm sorry I can't do anything right. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so selfish. But Mikage... I'm sorry I can't help you or be the hero you need. Mikage... I'm, I'm so so sorry. I I w-wanted to b-be som-something.
Additional Note: Having computer issues so some stuff is late sorry guys. Anyways Yeager didn't skip town he's actually dead but that's not gonna get explained so there you go.