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Chapter 6:
So, A Werewolf, A Warlock and A Vampire Walk into a Police Station…(Stop me if you've heard this one)
Summary:
***Chapter Complete!***Luke is fed up- he knows when he's in over his head, calls in help wrangling the crazy warlock
Notes:
Kay, sorry it took so long to finish, I wanted to get it done yesterday, and I was close before I left for work, but it's the first meeting of Saphael and I didn't want to rush it- also I had to work till 11pm so trying to get totally done in about 30 minutes really wasn't going to happen…
*~********~*~********~* Other-Other-Other-Other-Other *~********~*~********~* (Luke)Oh man, this is insane…
Seriously, as if this month wasn't crazy enough. Five bizarre, unexplained deaths in two weeks. All the victims seemingly in perfect health, no trace of any drugs, sedative, not even alcohol (Which really was bizarre in and of itself as they were all found near clubs and bars and pretty much dressed for the occasion…it was actually MORE unusual that none of them had even been drinking.). No clue how they died, except for being practically covered in weird, 'angelic' writing freaking branded into their skin- apparently simultaneously.
All of the victims were human, he'd had a few of the Supernaturals at the station check for any evidence of what could be behind it, but so far everyone who tried just came up against a brick wall. Something was masking the scenes…as of yet the Supernaturals at the precinct hadn't been able to find anything more than the humans.
It was utterly baffling. Clearly something was killing humans and obviously it's something supernatural to be able to mask the scenes- something pretty powerful. Humans are dying and it's making them twitchy, making them more vigilant, which, in turn, is making the Supernaturals twitchy. If human start to look hard enough they're gonna start to notice things that they are not supposed to.
Things like Warlocks, Vampires, Fae, Werecreatures and the like living among them…
It's already starting; they're beginning to notice the pack, notice howling and realizing it's not just the neighbor's dog. Catching glimpses here and there and not being so quick to write it off as a trick of the light, overactive imagination or too little sleep.
When Officer's Phineas and Wayans had gone to talk to Scott Caspian, the suspect called in by his neighbor, it had rather alarmed them. The lady wasn't right about him being the killer, but he WAS a supernatural. Human's actually identifying Supernaturals really was a concern.
I mean, okay, so she was a bit off; The guy wasn't a goblin- he was a dryad- still it was an issue…and a headache-
For more than one reason…
On top of the whole 'humans picking out Supernaturals' thing there was the added annoyance that Dryad's tend to be rather vain and generally use 'goblin' as a kind of insult…
Because this case wasn't enough of a headache already, the officers had to waste over twenty minutes explaining to him why he couldn't file some kind of defamation of character suit against her in return…
This was made even more awkward by the fact that Officer Phineas actually was a goblin…
Ugh…
Because a scared public, angry politicians and a looming threat of near total anarchy wasn't enough they now also had to deal with huffy, sulking, overly sensitive Supernaturals being angry at misidentification by the panicked humans.
Like THAT was the biggest concern.
And since that's apparently not bad enough, he now has his best detective dragging the freaking High Warlock Of Brooklyn in for questioning!
What the hell is he supposed to do with that?
Magnus Bane was one of the most respected and feared (Mostly feared) beings in the Supernatural world. There was not a being alive-or undead for that matter- that wanted to get on the man's bad side.
Yes, he could be reasonable; when the mood struck. He wasn't some tyrannical monster using any excuse to exact revenge on people for the slightest misstep. He'd actually known the man for quite a while. Worked with him when there were situations or disputes between members of his pack and some of the Magics. Luke even met with him a couple times about various things that were big enough threats to the supernatural world to draw his attention. But it was always at his discretion. Magnus was extremely powerful and did not waste his time on matters that were beneath him. And you sure as hell did not just 'order' Magnus Bane to do anything.
Honestly he was surprised when Alec said he'd found him at the crime scene. Luke wouldn't have thought something as relatively small as five somewhat odd human deaths would be enough to really garner his attention. He'd actually considered calling him, asking if he had a bit of time could he possibly look into it - but had put that thought aside almost immediately, shelving it as a last resort.
He knew Magnus, had spent quite a bit of time with him over the years. Luke wouldn't exactly call them friends, but the guy generally seemed amused by him (Mainly by making as many dog jokes as possible when he was around). It seemed like Magnus likes him enough that Luke was fairly sure he could ask a small favor without having to worry about repercussions.
Luke knew Magnus was fairly reasonable (most of the time anyways), that didn't mean the other Supernaturals at the station knew this. Nearly every time he'd had dealings with Magnus he'd made a point to go see him- mostly as a sign of respect, but also because he knew the High Warlock Of Brooklyn coming into the station would be a total fiasco.
And he was absolutely right. Usually Supernaturals are pretty good at keeping their cool in front of the humans…but then again usually they're not in the same room as what is quite possibly the most powerful warlock in existence. Most of them reacted about the same way the humans would if a bright purple tiger wandered into the precinct. They froze, paled, and gawked, more than a few just left the precinct entirely. Brock, the loud, obnoxious ogre who's in every other week for violent, drunken idiocy was like half a step away from hiding under a desk (Luke saw the security feed- If he could have fit he probably would have).
The humans were understandably baffled because all they saw was the head detective bringing in some guy who looked like he'd just came from a club, and going by his behavior maybe had a bit to drink (or something), strutting through the place like he hadn't a care in the world.
So yeah, that was going to be kinda hard to explain, but they'd figure a way, later…
After he dealt with the whole 'his best detective unknowingly hauling in for questioning one of the most powerful beings in existence' thing. As soon as someone snapped out of it enough to come tell him what was going on he'd rushed in there, hoping to put a stop to it before Alec insulted or offended the Warlock.
He picked up the pace a bit when he got to the hallway, could already feel the power radiating from the room. He'd all but burst in, not really knowing what he'd find. This was most definitely not what he'd been expecting. Luke nearly swallowed his tongue at the sharp, sardonic, demanding tones Alec was using with the warlock. He'd never seen anyone talk to Magnus like that, doubted anyone did.
He couldn't believe Alec of all people was- he had to feel the danger. Magnus was absolutely buzzing with power, eyes flashing, power flickering about his arms, licking the air like flames. Luke had very nearly just grabbed his two detectives and pulled them out of the room to a safe distance…would have had he not caught a faint note of something else under the near overpowering magic that made him hesitate…
Ah…
That explains it…Magnus was attracted to the detective; he was enjoying this. The little light show/power display wasn't from rage (thank god). He wasn't angered by Alec's forcefulness, he was excited by it. Baiting the detective into reacting, flexing his power, seeing him react, shake it off and just come right back at him…
Great, cause what could possibly go wrong there?
And he had it cleared! He'd vouched for Magnus and all but ordered Alec to let him go and cease his questioning. Magnus could have been on his way, no problem…
Well…I mean, okay yeah, it'd probably cause some problems. The detective's sure to be suspicious. Alec was stubborn as hell. When he gets on something he's like a dog with a-(Oh wow…Magnus would have a field day with that) he's tenacious, but Alec wouldn't go against a direct order. Besides he's smart…even if he DID think Magnus was up to something he'd realize soon enough he wasn't behind the killings…
It'd of been fine…
But NO…Magnus had to go and say he's a freaking Private Eye!
And 'They should work the case together'. He'd had to cut in after Magnus's little suggestion/offer/what the hell ever, this had to stop. The desire bouncing between the Warlock and the Detective was near palpable. Even poor Simon was trying to subtlety move away from the two, blushing brilliantly. Luke felt like he could barely breathe for it. He'd tried again getting Magnus to leave, but he'd pretty much just waved him off and went right back to playing with the detective, all but dismissing him.
Luke had practically fled the room – he felt kinda bad leaving Simon in there with them, but he figured Alec and Magnus being left completely alone in the room would…umm…yeah…j-it'd be bad. Besides the kid was smart, and usually a good peacemaker. And as he was human he wouldn't be nearly choking from the damn arousal bouncing off the other two…
'Perhaps we should work together'
Yeah right…that'd work out well. Cause like his precinct wasn't already thrown into enough chaos just by an hour long visit from the warlock…
He had FOUR officers and SIX suspects that were currently hiding in the damn records room!
He is in so far over his head. He's an Alpha werewolf and the Chief of the BPD. He's strong and levelheaded and rational to a fault. But even he has his limits to what he can handle…
And this would be it…
He needs someone to help wrangle the crazy warlock
He sits down at his desk, leaning back against the chair; shaking his head, groaning aggravatedly, before finally reaching over grabbing his phone.
This is SO not a call he wants to make, the last thing he wants is to be indebted to this snarky, arrogant, scoundrel. He'd never hear the end of this…plus he liked the damn dog jokes even more than Magnus.
As if the Supernaturals at the station weren't on edge enough with the High Warlock of Brooklyn here.
Still, if there was one person that could talk some sense into the Warlock it'd be him. He sighed once more, exasperatedly hitting the button, setting through a couple rings, finally hearing the click.
"Hey Raphael, good morning...so…I have a bit of a situation…"
*~********~*~********~* Raphael-Raphael-Raphael-Raphael-Raphael *~********~*~********~*His best friend was insane, that's all there is to it.
He wakes up to a call from Chief Luke Garroway of the BPD, practically begging him to come down and get Magnus to stop tormenting his detective. Apparently while he was sleeping Magnus wandered onto a murder scene and caught the attention of his head detective as a possible suspect. Magnus could have gotten out of that easily enough; a flick of his wrist and the detective wouldn't have even remembered seeing him…
But it would seem that the idiot found the detective attractive and rather than oh say-blank the whole 'find him at a murder scene' thing and just run into the guy somewhere NOT unbelievably suspicious and ask him out for coffee- he decided the best thing to do is to just throw every cheesy pick up line, innuendo, and embarrassingly desperate suggestion at the detective currently grilling him as a freaking MURDER suspect!
And Luke had even given him an out…
It could have ended there, should have ended there. But Magnus Bane- High Warlock Of Brooklyn, one of the most powerful beings in existence, his best friend and the never-ending albatross of his eternal life and occasional bane of his existence- had to go and tell the totally annoyed, very suspicious, completely human Detective that HE was a private detective…
That he was starting a freaking Private Detective AGENCY!
What the hell was he going to do with that?!
And at this point they're way the hell past the whole flick of a wrist, Jedi mind trick thing. The Entire precinct saw this 'Detective Lightwood' hauling Magnus in for questioning. They saw him walk through the station and over half the station practically lose their freaking minds because of a smug, overly pretty dude in clubware and WAY too much jewelry.
Seriously, how do you spin that?
What the hell?
It was so bad that Luke Garroway, Alpha werewolf and chief of the BPD, had to call HIM, nearly begging for help.
Do you know how much of a headache something has to be for an Alpha werewolf to ask a Vampire for help?
Raphael sighed, rolling his eyes already…
Best friend or not, he doesn't know why he puts up with this…
30 Minutes LaterHe arrives at the station, surprised to see that it looks all but dead. There's a few officers milling around, but nothing like it should be, and it's nearly all humans…
Huh…
That's odd; the BPD is actually more than half Supernaturals, it's very unusual to see so few of them around. Though he supposes from what Luke said of their reactions they may have simply made themselves scarce. Magnus did tend to make Supernaturals unaccustomed to him kind of twitchy.
"M-Mr. Santiago?"
He glances around curiously, spotting a young officer sitting at the front desk; he gives a slight, nervous wave, standing up to meet him. The guy's slim and kind of gangly, nervously blinking large birdlike eyes.
He's An Aderyn-dyn.
"Umm, chief Garroway said you'd be in…they're just down the hall, Interview room 3, he said to go right in."
Raphael tilted his head, raising his eyebrow. The guy gulped, taking a step back, nervously fussing with his shirt collar.
"And where is Luke at the moment?"
The officer-looking at his nametag- Officer Byrd (wow…original), shrugged gesturing faintly towards a hallway.
"He went that way…A-a few of the officers are in the observation room…umm…I think he's trying to get them to get back to work, but they're all kinda on edge…"
Raphael chuckled faintly, shaking his head
"Mags is causing a bit of a stir I take it?"
He nodded like a bobble head, large eyes widening even more,
"S-someone said he told Alec he's a Private Detective, that he's working the case…they they'll work the case together…that's not true…
R-right?"
Raphael sighed, shrugging faintly…
"I do not know, I just woke up, but it'd hardly be the craziest thing he's ever done."
Officer Byrd whimpered faintly,
Raphael rolled his eyes
"I'll see what I can do, if I can possibly get him to come to his senses."
Byrd breathed a sigh of relief, practically slumping back down into his chair, giving a slight nod. Raphael turned from him, making his way through the bullpen towards the interview rooms.
He slowed once he reached the hall. He could already feel Magnus's power, snapping, and flickering (Now wonder why Luke was so concerned). Tilting his head he zeroed in on the room, trying to find out what he was walking into.
There were three heartbeats in the room, Magnus's was a bit quicker than usual, but it most definitely wasn't from anger…
Ugh…
He really didn't need to know that much about his best friend.
Another was absolutely furious; it had that nervous tic of an adrenalin rush, mixed with irritation, and a bit of a giddy thrill.
Well…At least Magnus making a complete idiot of himself wasn't entirely in vain …the guy definitely was attracted (Suspicious as hell and nearing his last nerve, but interested nonetheless.)
The last heartbeat in the room was different. It was rather quick, kind of nervous, but trying to stay calm. Seemed to be handling the situation fairly well, all things considered.
"-and stop calling yourself a 'detective' it's downright insulting to actual detectives!"
Raphael quirked his eyebrow,
That was not a tone people generally took with Magnus, he'd never seen him tolerate something so demanding.
"Now my darling detective, no need to get so defensive…I was merely stating the facts."
Raphael could hear the smirk,
"It's not a fact! I-"
"Alec, I don't think he meant it like that. He just said he found something that we didn't; which is kinda true, none of us did. It was a great catch Magnus and we definitely should go back to the other scenes and check for more. It might really help. I think this'll be good for all of us…I mean, it doesn't matter who finds what so long as we figure out what's going on and stop it, right?" the voice paused with a faint, optimistically hopeful uptick…
It was oddly endearing
"You are quite right sweetheart…"
He also heard an aggravated sigh which seemed to be in agreement
Hmm…this guy actually was pretty good…maybe he'd at least have help wrangling the warlock.
"Alright, great, so Alec, did the markings look like the echocian writing?"
"Echocian?" Magnus asked, a slight, amused hitch to his voice, he covered it well, the humans probably wouldn't catch it, but he's known Magnus for over a century s-
"Uh...yeah, the markings on the bodies, it mentioned it in the news but we didn't release that part. They're all over the victims. We looked into it and it's supposed to be the language of angels...
Why did you find something that said otherwise?"
Very perceptive... usually Mags is pretty good at bluffing
"No my dear, it was merely rather unexpected. Unusual deaths and bizarre markings don't generally conjure up images of angels."
A faint sharp laugh,
"That I can actually agree with you on." The deeper, sarcastic voice said
"Why thank you gorgeous." Magnus purred, (Raphael could practically hear him batting his eyes)- he didn't even bother keeping in his own eyeroll
Subtlety was never really Magnus's strong suit…
An Aggravated humph was all the answer he got from the detective,
"Yeah so, it's really weird to us too. There's been a lot of really odd things going on and people are totally freaking about this. The public's minds are running wild- they're claiming it's monsters, vampires, witches... we've even got reports of werewolves running in Central Park-
It's really wild. The stress must be getting to them.
Anyways, cause there's no defensive marks or anything I kind of had the idea that maybe the markings were supposed to be like protection from things that are not angelic, you know?"
Hmm...Interesting idea...
Perhaps Magnus's interest in the case wasn't just desperately trying to pick up a hot detective. If humans were beginning to notice Supernaturals this definitely had to be fixed sooner rather than later. Magnus's reaction to the Echocian indicated he definitely knew what it was- and it most definitely was NOT anything 'Angelic'.
"They're actually not tattoos, they're brands, dozens of them, all done simultaneously, a-"
Well that's pleasant…
Yeah, as far as he knows there's no such thing as 'angelic protection brands'- Think he missed that lesson in Sunday school…
Okay something major was going on here…generally random dead languages seared into flesh never meant anything good…
Maybe he should get in there and find out what else is going on…
He opened the door silently, slipping in, Magnus catching sight of him first, the detectives still focused on him.
"x thing, but it just seems so unusual all the marks being made at the same time…we were thinking possibly a cult- I mean we didn't WANT to think that b-
Oh hi…"
The younger detective trails off, catching sight of him, sending a faint curious smile,
Wow…
The guy had slightly wavy light brown hair and wide, unbelievably warm golden brown eyes with relatively soft features and an impossibly sweet smile.
He was absolutely adorable…
"Umm…hola…" Raphael offered, momentarily flummoxed, his natural charm and finesse totally escaping him.
Magnus quirked his eyebrow, smirking faintly,
The dark haired detective was looking at him calculatingly, not really sure what to make of the new comer, but already suspicious.
The younger detective with the cute smile turned a bit more, facing him, tilting his head curiously,
"Hi, did you need help with something? Were you looking for someone?"
Aww…he sounded almost concerned…and that may be the first time he's ever not thought that sarcastically
He snapped out of it, shaking off whatever that was, giving a slight eyeroll and a charming smile.
"Yes I was, him." he said gesturing towards Magnus,
"Apparently he cannot be left unsupervised for more than a few hours. I should have known better, my apologies." He slipped closer to the table, gaze flickering between the two detectives but lingering on the younger one,
"I do hope he wasn't too much trouble?" he added
Magnus huffed, rolling his eyes,
"Raph, I don't need supervision…I am perfectly fine on my own."
He scoffed,
"Mags you are in a police station being questioned in connection to multiple murders…"
"That doesn't p-"
"Yes, it does. It more than proves it. Just stop whatever you've been doing that has that detective clearly contemplating taping your mouth shut and this one having to run circles trying to keep him from trying."
"He's n-"
"No, he's right. I totally am…" Alec interrupts,
Magnus gasped exaggeratedly,
Alec just shrugged, shooting a faint smirk at Magnus before shifting his gaze over to Raphael,
"So who are you…besides a faint voice of reason for that one?" he asks nodding towards Magnus
Behind the glass Raphael heard nervous mumbling, but Magnus just quirked his eyebrow, leaning towards the detective, a bit of challenge and a whole lot of interest sparking in his flickering cat eyes,
Oh yeah…no way he's getting Magnus to just leave this guy alone…
He's hooked
Raphael chuckled, shaking his head faintly, turning his attention to the detective,
"I wouldn't go quite that far…that really would be a fulltime, round the clock kind of thing- I do try though.
Raphael Santiago. And you are?" he asked, pretending not to know,
"Detective Alec Lightwood."
Raphael nodded, shifting over, giving a curious smile,
"And you?"
The younger man blinked faintly in surprise, a faint blush appearing on his cheeks, heartbeat picking up a few tics…
"Oh…umm…I….S-Simon, Lewis…Detective Simon Lewis. Hi Raphael, nice to meet you."
Raphael reached forward, taking his hand, shaking it, lingering.
"It is nice to meet you too…Detective Simon Lewis."
Simon gave a slight almost giggling laugh, before blushing brighter, glancing away, fidgeting a bit,
"Umm…I s-so…not that I mind or anything, you know…but umm…what are you doing here?"
Raphael gave a faint wave, gesturing towards Magnus,
"Well, I heard he was down here at the station; I figured he must have found something at the scene and decided to bring it to the people working the case officially; though I do not know how that translated to him being questioned as a suspect…but…well…it IS Magnus…so there's really very little that surprises me at this point."
Alec tilted his head, suspicion slipping back into his expression,
"How'd you know he found something?"
Again Raphael shrugged,
"Well, I knew he'd been following the case in the news, and with the new business it was just a matter of time until he began investigating. Loath as I am to admit it in front of him, he's actually quite sharp and does have a bit of a knack for finding things others miss.
You were going over the case with him when I came in so I take that to mean we're working the case with you."
Simon perked up, smile brightening even more,
"'We'? So, you're working the case too?"
Wow, he could actually hear the officers in the next room's breath stop
"Don't you dare…" Luke breathed
Raphael gave a faint shrug, nodding,
"Yes, I'm his partner in the detective agency; we'll both be working the case with you."
From the other side of the glass he heard a faint thump, and shocked, panicked murmurs…
"Umm…chief…I heard they're looking for officers in the 10th…"
"I hate you so much right now…and I know damn good and well you heard that, you obnoxious, undead, bastard."
Raphael glanced slyly towards the glass, giving a faint smirk and quick wink to Luke in acknowledgment before turning back to Simon, leaning closer, flashing a charming smile,
"So you were saying you're thinking a cult?"
"My cousin works with Newark PD, I think he can get me on there…"
From behind the glass Raphael heard an annoyed groan that was actually far closer to a growl, along with a faint repetitive sound that was clearly a head thunking lightly against the glass.
*~********~*~********~* _End Of Chapter Notes_ *~********~*~********~*Aderyn-dyn= Bird-Man
-I wanted more shifters than just werewolves- I really liked on grimm having all the different creatures rather than just the one standard…I'm going to have a bunch I think, just makes it more interesting-
I know Alec didn't seem quite so confrontational here but I think after 30 minutes of Simon playing peacemaker he's at least somewhat resigned to working with them
Anyways, what do you think so far?
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