@inseparableduo || Plotted
It was just another disturbance call on a late night shift - something practically every cop was sick to the back teeth of dealing with by now; weekends especially. Just another report of teens hanging out where they shouldn't be.
I'll get this.
No one had argued her offer, despite the protectiveness some of the officers had shown ever since she'd come back to the force.
Sure. Call me if you need anything.
She only nods in response; before departing.
Once a the scene, something immediately begins to strike her as odd. There not the drunken laughter or the arguing she'd expect from someone reporting trespassing teens. That, in of itself, she could have dismissed - figuring the teens had simply moved on by the time she got there. Yet, it's not as though this alley was empty. She can hear scuffling, ragged breathing. It sounds like someone's trying to scamper away, but it's pitch black - no trace of the light of a cell phone or cigarette.
One hand reaches to take the flashlight from her tool belt, the other rests on the side of her handgun. It's a perfect place for an ambush.
"Police here. Anyone out there?" She calls out - not to harsh as to try and scare, but firm enough to assert her authority.
Her flashlight scans the area briefly as she continues to announce herself, giving whoever it was enough time to come out on their own terms. The light catches the reflection of a tin sheet, and she hears a gasp. She thinks she can catch a glimpse of someone beneath it - if not...two?
The flashlight is swiftly directed back to underneath the makeshift shelter. Children. A pair of them - siblings, maybe? ( Judging by the similarities in their appearance, anyways. ) Her right hand is taken off her handgun as she crouches down to get a better look.
The metal rattles. She's not sure if it's the wind, or one of them trembling against it.
"Hey- you two alright? You can come out of there - you're not in any trouble"
Even if they turned out to just be drunken kids again - she'd just send them home.
But a sinking feeling in her chest was telling her this wasn't the case.








