Title: Legacy V
Author: BELOVEDbyWAR
Rating: PG-13
TV verse: Blood Ties
Disclaimer: Not mine, not making any money.
Summary: Mikeman & reunification with nature.
AN: Thanks to luvinmike for beta-reading!
WK: 1132

Part V:

The wind was blowing through his hair and whispering with sounds he had never heard before. The city around him hummed with life, but sadly enough the strongest emotions he felt were pain, hunger and despair! No matter where he went, he could hear people's voices, feel their feelings, and, to a degree, even get glimpses of their thoughts.

Seeing that he was half naked, he stayed out of sight. He didn't want to be reported to the police for flashing or something similar. Crowley would have a field day if she got wind of that!

The strangest thing was that although he was unclothed, he did not feel cold at all.

A movement out of the corner of his eye caught his attention. It appeared he wasn't the only one keeping to the shadows, but the man who was hiding a few meters from him hid something. Mike could feel his bad intentions, but also an insatiable need. From around a corner, a happy and content young woman walked in their direction.

The man in the shadows got tense and Mike saw through his inner eye what the man intended to do. He wanted to rob the poor woman! Half naked or not Mike couldn't let that happen. Before the other man could even leave his hiding spot, Mike was behind him, holding his hand in front of the man's mouth and whispering in his ear:

"Not a word!"

The woman was soon out of their sight and only then did Mike let go of the other man's mouth.

He was surprised how remarkably young the would-be attacker was. He could be no older than twenty and shook like a leaf in the storm.

"I have no money! You can have my shoes or anything else, just PLEASE don't kill me!"the boy begged.

Mike sadly shook his head.

"I won't kill you! And you can keep your things. But I am seriously thinking about reporting you to the police for attempted robbery!" he said calmly, although he planned no such thing. After all what could he say? That he had a feeling about what the boy was going to do? Yea, that would earn him teasing at work!

"No, no please! See, I didn't do anything!"

"But you were going to! Tell me, why are you out slumming on a Friday night? Shouldn't you be partying with your friends or something?"

The young man did not answer.

"So?"

Still there was no reply.

Mike sighed.

"Alright. Let's go to the police station and see what they can get out of you. I'm sure your parents will be ecstatic to fetch you from the precinct!"

Mike knew the type: spoiled, rich, little brats who never had to lift a finger in their lives for anything. The question was why was he here? Mike looked him up and down searchingly, but found nothing wrong on first glance. As he took a deep breath, however, he caught wind of something sweet and he realized the boy's motivation. Obviously, what else! That he had not thought of it immediately was embarrassing.

He grabbed the boys left arm and swiftly pulled up the sleeve of the jacket and sweater to reveal quite a few needle punctures. Yes. What else could it be but the bane of the rich and beautiful!

Mike almost lost hold of him as the young man suddenly tried to run, but the detective easily caught him and pressed him against a wall. Slightly enraged by the boy's dash for freedom, he got in the younger man's face and said:

"Try that again and you are in serious trouble!"

The boy suddenly started shaking and looking at him with wide frightened eyes. The sudden emotions of dread and anguish hit him like a cold shower! His new eyes most likely frightened the boy. Why did he feel like he was reenacting a scene from The Crow? Well, he might as well use his new assets to do some good!

"Now listen carefully! You have been gifted with so much in your life! Don't throw it away! Drugs aren't a way out. They simply make you weak and dependent! Look what you almost did! This … "he took the boys still exposed arm and touched the small wounds, circling them with his thumb,

"is not you! Concentrate on the important parts in your life! Do you understand?"

The young man nodded frantically. Mike let go of him and backed into the shadows.

"Good! Now go! And be sure that should I ever catch you again you will regret it! Now GO!"

The boy ran as fast as his feet would carry him and Mike grimaced when he caught the distinctive scent of urine in the night air.

Well, maybe his looks were good for one thing. If all went wrong he could still work the Batman routine…

Ahhhh, he grabbed his head. The steady input of all these new perceptions took their toll. His head throbbed with a headache. What he wouldn't do for one minute of quiet time!

Instinctively he started walking and soon he found a way from the more populated areas. He realized that the less people in the vicinity, the less emotion he caught. He swiftly headed for the park where he and Vicki liked to jog in their free time. At this time of night it should be empty and provide him with the quiet he so desperately needed!

It took him half an hour to get there, but when he finally reached his favorite spot, he lay down on a nice spot of grass and took a deep breath. Even the air here was a balm for his soul. He could clearly smell the difference! It was much cleaner with less pollution and left no metallic taste in his mouth! Relieved, he closed his eyes and let the earth underneath him take all his sorrow.

If his eyes had been open he would have witnessed how even the trees seemed to move their branches in his direction and all the little animals looked intrigued at the newcomer.

He must have dozed off because he was awakened by something licking his toes. Slowly he lifted his head to find himself surrounded by wildlife. There were doves, woodpeckers, beautiful admirals, field mice, finches, an owl, squirrels, chipmunks, rats, martins, and countless other inhabitants of the woods. But the one insistently sniffing and licking his foot made him smile the most. It was a raccoon and he felt like a young boy again!

And just as before, when he reached out his hand, the small being took a short sniff and then let him pet it.

For the first time in a long while he felt that he actually belonged.

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