Part 2
"I'll show you," Taylor offered immediately.
Well, in for a penny, in for a pound... "I can probably lead you back to where I encountered Lee as well," I offered. "Though, I'm not sure if that's your jurisdiction..?" I tailed off questioningly.
"We can forward it to the PRT," he offered.
I nodded in compliance.
Turning back again, we walked back, the cops pulling around then slowly wheeling beside us as we returned to the scene of the crime.
When suddenly, at the edge of my range, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye.
A pattern, it was fading, but somehow familiar. I paused to stare as my mind slowly worked out the nature of it.
Conjuration, fairly potent. Above what I could do, if not nearly on Taylor's league.
Teleportation effects were part of Conjuration? Oni-Lee?
"Hey," Taylor called out, tugging on my sleeve, "What's wrong?"
I blinked. Looking over to see that the cops had stopped.
"Nothing," I shook my head, "Just picking up traces of the powers I missed before."
Taylor seemed taken back, but just as quickly seemed to deduce what I was doing. I guess the glowing eyes were kind of an obvious give away.
"You can do that?" The 'talkative' cop asked.
Well... if you had the right context anyway.
How much to tell him? The urge to hold my cards to my chest was strong. I mean a hidden trick could be the only thing between life and death sometimes.
On the flipside... I did want to be a hero right? That meant working with the cops on occasion. Them knowing I could do this sort of thing would let us work together a lot more smoothly.
"Only within a short time of their use," I admitted. "I can also get a vague gist of how a power works, and how strong it is."
It wasn't like power detection was really valuable as a 'hidden ace'. I mean what was the point of hiding your ability to do that? There were a lot better tricks I could use to serve that role.
"That sounds handy," The officer who's badge I could not see clearly enough to make out the name of, replied.
"It's pretty niche in its uses," I shrugged.
"Do you think you could track him with it?" Taylor asked at once.
I shook my head. "I can tell if powers were used, and maybe who used what, but that's it."
She sighed.
At that point a Large van with the letters PRT printed on the side pulled around the corner.
