Seeing the Dead [open]

[Cas]

It was dark. What the fuck else was new right? Hell if it was always light then what the hell would be the point of the glowing yellow ball called the moon in the sky? Crickets chirped as the elemental walked around. Not really anything else to fuckin do after all so hey she dealt with it. Tonight Cas was on call. Of course really every night the detective was on call. Except the weekends, her boss, meaning her dad, made sure she had those to go out and work at the bar. Granted he wasn’t the biggest fan of it but fuck it that didn’t matter either. Cas did what she wanted with her life. But what she was about to do was by far the stupidest thing that anyone of her breed could have possibly done. Ya see she wasn’t here looking for anything in particular. Just here looking at the graves of those she had done work for, homicide was where she had chosen her profession, talk about dreary.

A spark appeared in her and as her fingers snapped. It didn’t last long, just long enough for her to read the name on the stone she was standing next to. Olivia Benson. She had been a rape case gone bad. Poor girl had jumped off a building while Cas was trying to coax her down. If Zach had been there the electric was sure he would have just grabbed the bitch and taken her back through the window. But the girl had been the same size as the elemental and frankly she wasn’t yet able to lift her own weight, close but not yet. Saying a silent hello and good bye she moved on through the cemetery. Probably the worst fuckin place to be for any cop no matter their department. The next stone another spark, not one she knew and so she moved on.

Finally getting through the whole place she sat down under one of the big trees and sighed. Her pager beeped and for a second she thought about ignoring it. Finally she reached down with her right hand and unclipped it from next to her service weapon, oh the joys of bein a cop, ya got a gun. Pressing the button the little screen on the device lit up. Not an SOS call, just her dad asking what she was up to. Taking her phone from her pocket she hit the speed dial for the old man and waited through the rings. “Spinner.” Was the answer on the other end. “You really have to ask what I’m up to through a page and not just pick up and dial my damn number?” Cas said with a laugh. Yup that was her dad for ya. “Wasn’t sure if you were busy. Would you mind coming down to the station letter came in.” her heart froze at the sound of a letter. “Zach?” she said her voice low almost sure the man on the other end hadn’t heard her. “Yes.” Was the simply answer to her question. “I’ll be in by sunrise.” She said and hung up the phone.

Now she just sat there under the tree. Zachariah was one of her oldest friends. Another elemental like herself, in fact so close to her really, he was another with the power for electricity. He was the reason she knew how to control her power, well him and his family before they moved away. This would make the fifth letter in as many weeks. After not hearing from him for years he suddenly started contact again. The first letter saying that within the year he would be coming back. Just like herself he had taken up in the field but not in homicide, smart man. He was a detective for anything actually. The threw him on whatever case came along, apparently the best in the city he was living in. That didn’t surprise Cas. Just like her he had been gifted with a brain, he was a genious and it came in handy around their jobs. Standing up finally she brushed dirt off the back of her faded blue jeans and put her hands in the pockets of her leather jacket. Sighing Cas set back off for the 1982 mustang that was parked just outside the gates to the haunted place. Just for fun she snapped her fingers again and made another spark. Having the ability was so much fun.

[raven]

The darker it got, the deeper the shadows were, and that made it easier for those of a more shady nature to move around more easily, and tonight was certainly no exception. The mausoleum gates stood open that night, perhaps somebody had recently joined the members of the deceased? Raven wasn't sure, but he appreciated the dark space.
He stepped out of the shadows, from the middle of town. It was a little bit more of a jump than he was used to, and he was exhausted. As soon as he stepped into the mausoleum, he fell back, he body taxed beyond his normal jump limits. After a few minutes of resting against a wall, he made his way out into the graveyard.
The moonlight was far more relaxing to him than the city lights. The stars were vaguely distinguishable among the clouds. The slight chill made him pull his loose black jacket tighter, trying to capture some of the nights heat.
Raven made his way through the tombstones, jumping over some, and stopping to make out dates on others. Then he heard something, a snapping sound. He turned his head, wondering if the chase was on for him again, instead, he saw a woman leaning against a tree, her cellphone returning to her pocket. He wasn't sure, but he thought he saw a gun when the phone was returned.
He was a little unsettled, very few people ever came here at night time, and this was where he spent most of his time when he wasn't delivering pizza.
He approached her cautiously, one of his hands hanging out of his pocket by a thumb, kept close to the gun he had hidden under his jacket. He stopped at the closest stone to the tree, not wanting to approach her closer. He was about to speak when he realized what she was doing. Her fingers were sparking.
He smiled, more relaxed than he was before. He took a few more steps, this time purposefully making more noise to announce his presence. He grinned and chuckled, saying, "ya'know, this isn't a normal place for people to come and relax. But, it is a far more quiet than the city." He sat down in front of her, smiling. "I'm Raven, who are you?"

[Cas]

She froze. Cas hadn’t been expecting someone else to be there. When he made himself known her eyes narrowed entering cop mode almost instantly. He didn’t look at all older then herself, which put him in his low twenties. There was something about the way his hand was positioned, probably a weapon on him. He gave his name and half of her almost asked for his last name, yay background checks bitches. He had kind of come out of no where which also made her want to take out her cuffs and make him straddle so she could search him. Shaking her head she cursed low under her breath, cop mode fuckin blew. Opening her yellow eyes again she looked at him. “Name’s Cas.” Everyone at the clubs new her strictly by first name, none knew her last due to her second job.

“What brings you here?” she asked. There not a cop type thing to know, that would be something anyone would want to know. Walking over to him getting closer, fuckin never knew if someone else was there, the elemental leaned her ass against a stone. Good thing it was her ‘day off’ clothes. Her dad was going to kill her when she walked in like that to get the letter. If on call she should be in a suit, fuck that shit. Cas gave a snort at the thought and fought off the laugh. “Sorry just thinkin of how pissed my boss is gunna be when I show up to work dressed in this.” She motioned to the faded kind of baggy blue jeans and the black shirt that had a picture of a wolf on it. “Gunna kick my ass indeed.” She gave the laugh that time, a small one.

Turning her eyes back to Raven she snapped her fingers making another spark. Black eyes were lit. So he was one like her. That made him safer. Of course if he hadn’t been then that would have been really fuckin hard to explain. Granted depending on how long he had been watching her he could have been seeing the twenty plus sparks she had done looking for the people to say hello to. “And hey I gotta go somewhere on my day off after all.” Granted it wasn’t really her day off but this guy didn’t need to know that in the least. Her eyes scanned over him, he was handsome, like that mattered. She bit back a laugh again and shook her head. Cas really wasn’t into relationships. When you’re a cop you work fucked up hours and most don’t want to deal with that. Let alone being an elemental too which meant no humans for her.