WALKING IN DARKNESS
PROLOGUE
by
BlackFury
The young man was sitting quietly in a chair in the hospital room. The chair had been turned so he could look out of the window but his eyes saw nothing. He just sat there, no expression on his face. His eyes, hazel in colour were wide open and staring at what no one else could see.
The nurse making the bed made small talk about the weather, the state of affairs, etc but, there was no response. A few minutes later, the doctor came in to check on him but, as always since the young man had been admitted, three weeks ago, there was no response. They could get him to walk across the floor to the bed, to the bathroom but he was more or less like an automation.
The Doctor left the room shaking his head and met the grey haired man in the hallway. "He's still not talking. Do you know what happened to him?" The grey haired man slowly shook his head, "No, I found him that way in his apartment and brought him here. I do not know what has happened to make him like this."
The Doctor nodded, "You're going to have to talk to his colleagues. We have to know what happened to put him in this state." The grey haired man nodded and looked into the room. Tears started in his eyes as he turned away and left. He walked to the 101st Precinct and asked to see Captain Simms.
Karen looked up as Kwai Chang Caine walked into her office and sat down. "I need to know what happened to my son, Captain." Karen leaned back. "We don't know, Caine, we don't know. I have Kermit looking into the last case Peter was working when this happened. As soon as I know, I will tell you, I promise. How is he?"
The pain in Caine's eyes made her wince, "He is still catatonic. He does not speak, he stares in front of him, he does not respond to anyone or anything. Whatever happened has so overwhelmed his mind that he cannot assimilate it. We must find a way in or...." His voice trailed off.
"Or what, Caine?" Karen asked apprehensively. Caine's eyes closed. "Or Peter will never come back to us, he will stay as he is for the rest of his life, trapped in his own mind by whatever horrors he has seen."
Begin Part One
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