Inside her throne room, Minerva frowned as she watched an image through the eyes of one of her scouts, a Valkyrie who walked on earth as a police woman. She accompanied the human policeman who reported to James' home. She and the policeman informed James' family his remains had been found. The policeman seemed visibly sick as he explained that it looked as if James had been literally torn to pieces. Mom immediately fell into hysterical tears as Dad vainly attempted to comfort her. "Any ideas who did this?" he asked, distraught himself.
"We are investigating." replied the policeman. "We found three men at the crime scene but they were seriously messed up themselves and had no memory of what had happened." he sighed, frustrated. "We'll find your son's killer."
Behind mom and dad, Nicole hugged Trevor, wailing in tears. Watching, Minerva wanted to comfort her but knew it was not possible for her to do so. "I'm sorry, child." she said, softly. "I wish you could all know the truth but its not our way."
Over near a corner, sat Ellen, James' oldest sibling. Her hands were balled up in fists as she was trying remain strong in the presence of tragedy. However, her facade wasn't working well as tears were leaking out of her eyes. Without a word, she ran upstairs to her room before she could break down in tears in front of her family.
She then spotted a young man comforting a woman and recognized them, from Eton's memories, as Nate and Erin and listened in as her scout telepathically sent what she was experiencing to her. "I'll find who did this, Nate." he whispered, crying with her. "I'll make the bastard pay, I swear it!"
Minerva shook her head. "I fear this Nate will tear the city apart, looking for his friend's 'killer'." she mussed. "I admire him but I must find a way for this family to find peace."
Then she noticed something odd and mentally instructed her Valkyrie to comfort Nicole. "Place your hands onto her back, tell me what you find." she thought to her.
The police woman placed her hands onto Nicole's back and inwardly gasped as she discovered a pair of hardened lumps where a pair of wings would be rooted. Nicole, feeling the policewoman's touch turned around to see her smile sadly. "We know you miss him." she said. "I promise we will do all we can to find who did this."
Nicole immediately hugged the policewoman while, high above, Minerva heard the report and sighed. "This case just got more complicated."
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