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With 11 days to go, BABYLON RED<\/a> stands at 75% funded! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate, here’s chapter 2 of the titular novel! In this chapter, Yuri Yamamoto must deal with the authorities in the aftermath of a monster attack\u2014and the New Gods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. No Victims Here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Special Tasks Section was founded for a singular purpose: hunting monsters. While primarily focused on kinetic operations, STS operators also conducted investigations, surveillance, and other missions in support of its mission. Over the few short years of its existence, Yuri had established strong ties with his counterparts in conventional law enforcement, amongst which was Detective John Gilbert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weathered by the street and the weight of the badge, he was a bullet of a man, broad and sleek, his face carved through with stress striations. The years had stripped him of his hair and saddled him with heavy eyebags. His off-the-rack suit, faded from hard detergents and harder service, struggled to hold in his bulging belly. The golden shield clipped to his belt shone dully in the amber light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019d caught a dozen-odd cases together, Yuri and Gil. When the cop identified signs of Husks or cultists or both at a crime scene, he backed up and called in the STS. The operator hunted down the suspects and brought them to justice. A division of labor both men were equally comfortable with, in large part because both men thought the other had the harder job. His presence at this scene cheered Yuri. Except for one, minor, matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gil was a homicide detective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou alone? What happened? BPD ran out of shields?\u201d Yuri asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gil rubbed his bald pate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToo any fires burning all over the city. My team is attending to other scenes as we speak. Shit, the whole homicide squad has been called out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat bad?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a shooting every hour, a slaying every day. The New Gods, the street animals, new players on the block, they all have it out for each other. It\u2019s a jungle out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI heard SWAT runs two or three call-outs a day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBabylon\u2019s burning, brother. With the STS gone, everyone\u2019s tearing at everyone else\u2019s throats. It\u2019s not war. It\u2019s sheer chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGee, I wonder why no one saw it coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBrass does funny things to people. The more brass you wear, the more your brain shrinks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAin\u2019t that the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the canal, a quartet of crime scene technicians muscled the severed limb into an extra-large body bag, one specially designed for Husks. A photographer snapped away with a bulky camera, capturing the blood sprays from multiple angles. Another tech collected samples of the alien blood. Everyone wore white coveralls, protective goggles and gloves, and respirators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri gestured at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the hell are you doing here, anyway? No one died, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou haven\u2019t heard?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been out of the game for years. Would have stayed out too, if the monster hadn\u2019t attacked me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gil exhaled sharply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a spate of disappearances and adductions. Twenty-two people in two weeks. Street cameras caught sight of some tentacled horror grabbing them and dragging them away. As far as we know, you\u2019re the first one to have survived it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the hell? I haven\u2019t heard about that on the news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe neither. Chief wants to \u2018avoid a panic\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a monster stalking the streets and no one cares? Doesn\u2019t make sense, Gil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShit, the day after you left Babylon, nothing made sense anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy\u2019d you catch this case?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not. We\u2014all of us BPD here\u2014we\u2019re just playing bagman for the real players. In fact… here he is now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tall man strolled out onto the footpath. His dark suit and tie shimmered softly in the light, suggestive of expensive silk. His clothes fitted him perfectly, accentuating his lean form. A white pocket square poked out of his breast pocket. Dark eyeshields concealed his gaze. His other accessory was a gold badge worn on a lanyard around his neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou the victim?\u201d the newcomer asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo victims here,\u201d Yuri said evenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tall man\u2019s thin lips twitched. He turned his head sightly, training the cameras mounted on the frame of his eyeshields on Yuri\u2019s face. His eyebrows narrowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know what I mean, Yuri Yamamoto.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpecial Agent in Charge John Smith. Public Security Bureau.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhich of the New Gods do you represent?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do not\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuit like that? It\u2019s gotta hand-tailored. No way a Peeb can afford to wear a suit like that, not when responding to a street crime. There\u2019s the tie and pocket square, too. Real classy. Most Peebs have no idea how to match them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith\u2019s face flushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYamamoto, this is not\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReal creative alias you\u2019ve got for yourself, Smith. The kind of name you can insert in any database anywhere in Babylon and delete once you\u2019re done. Badge like that, anyone can claim he\u2019s PSB.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSmith checks out,\u201d Gil said. \u201cRan his badge number myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh? Then you serve two masters. No man can do that. Not unless one of them is the New Gods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am an accredited PSB Special Agent! I can have you arrested for failing to cooperate with a critical investigation,\u201d Smith sputtered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid he request anything from me?\u201d Yuri asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNope,\u201d Gil said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow can I fail to cooperate when he hasn\u2019t asked for anything?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith clenched his fists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDetective, take Yamamoto into custody. I will interview him personally at the station.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs disrespecting a Peeb a crime?\u201d Yuri wondered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot since the last time I checked,\u201d Gil replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, fortunately for our companion, I have every intention of cooperating with a PSB investigation. Not that I see one here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the hell do you mean by that?\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBabylon PD shut down its Supernatural Crimes Division. PSB will now handle all<\/em> supernatural cases. An attack by a man-eating monster counts. So why is the BPD Crime Scene Unit here, not a PSB Forensics Response Team?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBPD was the first to arrive. Their CSU will gather evidence and pass it along to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Us\u2019 meaning the New Gods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, \u2018us\u2019 meaning the PSB.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the PSB were involved, this would be a full court press. The whole scene would be swarming with PSB Special Agents. They\u2019d canvas the area, interview witnesses, do the traditional policing work. Or else they\u2019d enlist patrol officers to do it for them. Instead, it\u2019s just you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m just running point. The others will be here shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my 911 call, I told the dispatcher that I\u2019d confronted a monster. I described it in detail. That\u2019s an automatic trigger to deploy PSB ESWAT. ESWAT would have swooped down on the area, locked down the neighborhood, and started combing the canal and streets for the monster. Instead…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri swept his arms out, encompassing the entire scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo ESWAT. No cordon. No sweep. It\u2019s just us here. It\u2019s almost as if you don\u2019t want to look for the monster. Or you don\u2019t want people to know you\u2019re looking for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri turned back to Smith, hands folded over his waist, a deceptively pleasant smile on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not PSB. You may have the badge, but you\u2019re really working for the New Gods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith glared at Yuri. Inhaling sharply, he flared his nostrils and lifted his shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not true. I am the Special Agent in Charge of a multi-agency task force. We are aware of the monster in Babylon, and we are taking every step to ensure the safety of the public\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery step except sending ESWAT to hunt the monster. Not that you\u2019re not hunting it, mind you. Just that you\u2019re using covert assets instead of overt ones. Which has unpleasant implications, doesn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t wish to alarm the public. We are keeping the hunt low-key. But to protect the people, we need your cooperation. You\u2019re familiar with the concept, aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho is \u2018we\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Public Security Bureau, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can come clean now, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCome clean about what? You\u2019re not\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have a third eye or a weird machine name, so you\u2019re not from the Singularity Network. You don\u2019t have the flat affect of the Void Collective either. You\u2019re not threatening me with violence, not yet, so you\u2019re probably not Court of Shadows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re too ugly to be Liberated. In all fairness, though, everybody<\/em> is ugly compared to the Liberated. Pantheon? Perhaps, but unlikely. They don\u2019t do low-key stuff much. We\u2019d be seeing Godmen running around the place and you don\u2019t have that vibe. Guild of the Maker would be rolling hot with high tech and heavy firepower. That leaves us with…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeekers of the Way,\u201d Gil replied. \u201cHe\u2019s declared to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith clicked his tongue. Yuri raised an eyebrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYa know, Gil, you could have just told me from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere\u2019s the fun in that? Besides, we both know you need the practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men shared a chuckle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou wanna tell me why the Seekers are involved here?\u201d Yuri asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot a clue. They detailed Homicide to support a PSB \u2018special investigations task force\u2019. A task force conveniently composed entirely of Seekers. When I asked around, I got stonewalled,\u201d Gil replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri turned to Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou wanna tell me why you<\/em> are involved here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith sniffed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hunting for the monster. I\u2019m sure even you can believe that much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo why are you standing here instead of sweeping the area?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are. You just haven\u2019t seen our assets. My<\/em> job is to collect intelligence on the threat so that the trigger pullers know where to find it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey could start by sweeping and clearing the area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPointless. We know the monster travels along waterways and sewer lines. An aboveground cordon wouldn\u2019t contain it. A subterranean one is too dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy the hell isn\u2019t this in the news yet?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn case you haven\u2019t noticed, Babylon is on the brink of chaos. Gang murders, conflicts between various Powers, even rumors that there\u2019s a team of rogue operators striking at the New Gods. Do you know anything about the last?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst time I\u2019ve heard of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith snorted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSociety is perched on a knife\u2019s edge. News about a tentacle monster with countless eyes and mouths will push Babylon into chaos. People will demand action. Lockdowns, patrols, a nonstop hunt until the thing is dead. Worse, kooks and freaks will come crawling out to find it and worship it. We already had dozens of new cults pop up over the past couple of years. Last thing we need is another<\/em> Dark Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd, speaking of cults… before you were attacked, did someone approach you? A homeless guy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri\u2019s eyes narrowed. Smith\u2019s own remained hidden behind the dark lenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Yuri said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat did he do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing much. He shuffled towards me. I told him to stop. He continued his approach. I held up my cross. He ran away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInteresting… Did you experience a psychic attack as well?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince you\u2019re in a cooperative mood, let\u2019s take it from the top. What happened in the moments leading up to the attack?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t say I\u2019d cooperate with the Seekers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith pointed at his badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a PSB Special Agent now. Talk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri talked. But he made Smith work for every nugget of information. He gave up nothing Smith didn\u2019t ask for. Smith compensated by asking an exhaustive list of questions, attempting to reconstruct every single action and every single sensation between first contact with the monster and the final clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy were you walking the streets?\u201d Smith asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA man can\u2019t take a walk on a Sunday night?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to see or do here. Why walk here<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like walking. Is that a crime?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost people know better than to walk the streets of Babylon at night. Especially you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tried walking in the day, but I had too much company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat kind of company?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSurveillance crews. Seven of them. You know who I am, you know who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are they watching you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI ought to ask you that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWatching you isn\u2019t my bailiwick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you know who to ask to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe I do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd maybe you could share those answers with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd why should I?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could lodge a complaint for harassment with the BPD. And, hey, there\u2019s a BPD detective right here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a smile, Gil waggled his fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell you not to waste your time, but you\u2019d do it anyway,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhich is why you\u2019re going to save us both the hassle and tell me why.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have answers for your questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen I\u2019ll have to do what I have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo do I.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with that, Smith launched a second round of questioning. He circled back, revisiting earlier points, then jumped back and forth along the timeline, looking for errors and discrepancies. Yuri held fast to his strategy, telling the truth and nothing but the truth to answer only the questions Smith asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At last, the questions ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you for your cooperation,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re done here?\u201d Yuri asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPretty much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crime scene techs had carted off the tendril. The photographer had left too. Now there were just the three of them at the scene, the detective, the former operator, the Seeker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a confidential investigation. Refrain from discussing this topic with outsiders. Take special care not to spark a panic. Should we learn that you spread protected information, there will be consequences,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwenty-two people have disappeared. More will<\/em> disappear. You can\u2019t keep a lid on this forever,\u201d Yuri replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll just have to find the monster first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuri snorted. Gil smirked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood luck,\u201d Yuri said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for you, mind your own business,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was minding my own business when the monster came.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know what I mean. Over the past two years, an unknown force has struck at small-time Powers and the New Gods all over the country. They hit every one of the New Gods except the Seekers. For your sake, keep it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got nothing to do with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood. You\u2019re a civilian now. Keep it that way. No more vendettas. No more violence. Or else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith sauntered off into the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReal piece of work, isn\u2019t he?\u201d Yuri said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the New Gods for you,\u201d Gil replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot going to ask me for my knife?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo point. Nobody died. And Smith didn\u2019t ask for it either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhich means Smith isn\u2019t going to handle this hunt by the book.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd since he\u2019s not, you oughta hold on to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think I will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only the foolish and the suicidal went unarmed in Babylon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI heard that when you returned to Babylon, you helped the New Gods and SWAT take down a Dark Power,\u201d Gil said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat about that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI also heard that the New Gods tried to frame you, but you outmaneuvered them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing good comes from working with the New Gods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo kidding. Which is why I, in my official capacity as a BPD Homicide detective, am requesting you to not get involved in this investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got surveillance teams watching me in the day and a monster hunting me at night. I\u2019m already involved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust stay out of trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd if trouble finds me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen you gotta do what you gotta do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoyed what you read? Back BABYLON RED now<\/a> to receive this story and four more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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