"City of Dawn" (Written by Seeth)

"It's been a while since they called us so alarmed. I didn't even have time to finish the coffee."

"Yes, did the forensics tell you anything? I'm sure I heard Hanna gag."

"No, they just told me to go as fast as we could. Another crime of passion perhaps?"

"You know very well that those types of bets do not make me feel comfortable."

"We have been companions for several years, you should have naturalized all this. We already saw the worst a human can do."

"Don't spit up, it might land on your face, Ben. We arrived at the house where we were summoned. It was completely isolated by a police cordon, things looked quite serious."

"Detective Murphy and Kennedy, we come for a call from Specialist Williams."

"Gentlemen, we have to proceed with discretion."

"Is it that serious?"

"No, it's not serious, but there is something extremely out of the ordinary in all of this. Please come in. I leave the rest to you."

We entered the house. It was a typical family residence with a living room, a dining room and stairs that went up to a hallway where four doors could be seen. Later they informed us that they were a room for the victim's parents, a room for each child and a bathroom. We went directly to investigating the victim's room. It was the typical room of an 8-year-old child. The mat was still wet from the child's saliva. He had been taken to the emergency room due to the critical condition he was in. I still didn't understand why they didn't know the name. It was a classic scene of a medical emergency.

"What are we supposed to be looking for? A weapon? A track? Your favorite toy?"

At that moment I touched Ben's elbow to draw his attention to something in the boy's window. There were footprints, more precisely from the outside.

"Ben."

"Yeah?"

"Is there a place to climb from the outside to this window?"

"No, unless you fly. Haha, are they coming from there?"

"Yes, there is also a sun drawn."

I moved a little closer to get a closer look. No, they are not simple footprints. They appear to be paws, a nose mark on the window. Something was watching him from the darkness. Medical expertise by Dr. Gregory Miller. An eight-year-old child was admitted to the emergency hospital at 4:30 in the morning due to cardiorespiratory arrest and simultaneous stroke. The child is operated on by guard personnel and is stabilized against all odds. It is discovered that the boy accidentally injured his eyes, losing his eyeballs. At 10 in the morning, the boy composes himself, but begins to suffer a dementia crisis in which he begins to hum a song while placing himself in the fetal position. Without giving the parents time to react, the child finds a window, whispering 'you can feel the sunlight', and throws himself from the third floor, hitting the pavement. Parents will be referred to a psychology professional, as well as a psychiatrist.

Case 2. At this point, we could talk about a serial killer, the boss said as he dropped the folder full of cases in which children had died either by choice or from strokes for almost 13 days. For quite some time now, a series of cases across the country had repeated the same patterns. Children playing until late, seizures, emergencies, screams about dawn in a city and, of course, those footprints on the windows of each of the victims. We never really knew who or what he was. According to forensic investigations, they were the nasal prints of a Vulpes Vulpes. At the end, it was also discovered that all the children were playing the Sonic R video game, but it does not seem to transcend a perverse coincidence. I guess I'll drop the case, my head doesn't have room for this. At that moment, I saw in my peripheral vision what appeared to be a face in the window.

I hastily grabbed my service weapon. I walked straight towards her. I live on a damn seventh floor. When I saw it in front of me, a horrible feeling of loneliness came over me. Almost immediately, a powerful sense of danger ran through my spine, waking me up. I wanted to raise my weapon, but a deep pain n my chest prevented me from doing so. If I can't move the left side of my body, that means...

I fell to the ground on my back. On the roof, a beautiful city began to be drawn. It conveyed a sensation of enormous peace. It was a beautiful sunrise, the light filtered between the buildings and its warm light on the skin felt like the whisper of a person I loved very much. I felt at home. I felt like if I turned around, I would find my mother waiting for me with a bowl of soup, ready to tell me about her day. I turned to my right and saw him. He was standing next to me, a friend watching the dawn. He turned his head and looked me in the eyes. Like a bolt of lightning, his feelings washed over me and I understood. What he wanted to share, the gift he gave to all those children and now, to me.

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Pub: 13 Mar 2024 05:47 UTC
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