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WALKING IN DARKNESS

PART ONE

by

BlackFury



Kermit was in his office, eyes rivieted on his computer monitor as he went through Peter's recent cases. There had to be something that Peter had either experienced or witnessed that had been so horrific to plunge the young detective into the mental state he was now in. Kermit had never seen anything like this before and it frightened him.

It frightened him because Peter had always been so level headed, so calm. For this to have happened to him...Kermit shuddered.



He stopped when a sheet popped up on his screen. Peter had been working undercover in Child Services for about a month before this happened. Kermit pulled up the case Peter had been working on. A family known for fostering abandoned children had been investigated after word had reached them that the family was abusing the kids in their care.



The family, the Ryersons, had eight foster children in addition to their three natural children. Finally, Child Services had gotten a call that something was wrong at the house and they, including Peter, had gone out there. It was a couple of days later after that Caine, having not heard from his son, had found Peter huddled in the corner of his apartment, just staring out in front of him.



Kermit pulled up the report and then saw a police report appended to it. He pulled it up and his eyes widened. "My God," he said out loud, "No wonder Peter retreated into his own mind." He printed out everything he had found and headed to Captain Simms office with the printout. He saw Caine was in there as well.



Karen looked up as Kermit came in and frowned when she saw his face. "What have you found Kermit? And no, there has been no change in Peter's condition." Kermit nodded and sat down, laying the printout on Karen's desk. "I found out what happened, Captain and it isn't pretty. It explains what happened to Peter." He looked over at Caine. "It gives us something to work with."



Karen picked up the first sheet. "This happened while Peter was working undercover in Child Services?" Kermit nodded. Caine remembered Peter telling him about the assignment.



FLASHBACK FOUR MONTHS EARLIER-----------------------



Peter walked into his father's kwoon and found him working at the apothecary bench. Peter smiled. He was so happy to have his father back with him. Peter leaned against the wall and just watched the elderly Shaolin work. Presently, Caine spoke, "You have something to say, my son?"



Peter smiled as he moved forward to embrace his father. "I have an undercover assignment coming up which means I'll be out of touch with you for a couple of months at least. I'm going in to work Child Services. We've had some reports of some of the agents working with the foster parents in a way that has been detremential to the children and I'm going in to see what I can find out."



Caine nodded, he knew how much Peter loved children and how he looked forward to one day having his own. "I know you will do well, my son. Just, be careful?" Peter nodded, "You know I will be, Father. I love you." Caine smiled as he hugged him. "And I you, my son, always."



END FLASHBACK----------------------------------------



Caine looked at Kermit, "Then, what happened to my son, what made him like he is now, a prisoner within his own mind?"



End Part One