Recon

As soon as I stepped out of my apartment I noticed the sun was already almost fully set and night had started. I was about to start walking away but I noticed a familiar shadow hiding behind one of the cars parked in the lot.

"Grace..?" I'm certain the shadow was that of the girl that was murdered.

The shadow jumped after I called her name and then revealed herself to me.

"Grace... Were you waiting for me?" I asked. The shadow nodded her head shyly.

I could already guess that she wanted closure with the person her killed her and I was the person who could help her so she wanted to follow me and see for herself.

"You don't have to hide. I promise to avenge you and will give you a front row seat to his punishment." I truly felt pity for her. I then asked her.

"Are you able to take me to that guy?" I hoped she would be able to lead me to wherever he goes after he leaves his job. If I'm able to find an opportunity to kill him then I'll take it.

Grace nodded then once again began leading me.

After walking for awhile we ended up in front of a bar. I looked at the time on my phone and saw it was 6:13pm. After getting off work, the guy came to a bar.

I pulled my hoodie over my head and went into the bar. As soon as I walked in, I was assaulted by the smell of cigarettes and alchohol. Since I am not a smoker it made it kinda hard to breathe. I went to the bartender and ordered a beer and then walked around, scanning the people for my target as I went.

Grace floated around and then began pointing at a group of men, sitting at a table. Among them was the person I was looking for. He was a slender man with short hair and not much muscle. He was happily drinking with a group of people, I assume to be his co-workers.

I sat at a table across from them but not facing them directly so as not to look suspicious. I drank my beer quietly with my phone in my hand as I watched them from the corner of my eye and listened to their conversations.

An hour passed and those men were paying their tab and preparing to leave the bar. I had purchased two additional beers during that time and drank them slowly during that time.

After they left the bar, I followed them out. Henry, my target, walked away with one of his friends and after walking down a few streets, they stopped at a bus stop. I chose to keep walking past them and hid behind the corner of a building.

About 15 minutes later a bus arrived and the two of them boarded it. I watched as the bus drove off in disappointment. As of right now I still didn't get much info about him. All he and his co-workers talked about was the bank they worked at and things men normally talk about when they get together. Sports, complaints about their wives, and other such nonsense.

I went home dejected. I was hoping to hear something about Henry's power or even catch the guy alone while he was drunk, but it seems I wasted my time and some money on those cheap beers.

The shadow of Grace followed me back to my house and was looking around curiously. She couldn't really speak and only nodded or shook her head to indicate yes and no.

I was fine with her hanging around because its seems she can pinpoint where her killer is like a magnet.

'Will all the shadows of victims hang around me like this?'

I couldn't help but think this nervously because I wasn't sure I was comfortable with the ghosts of strangers always hanging around me.

Grace made herself at home on a one of my chairs in this crappy apartment of mine and I went into the bedroom and laid down. I practiced with my darkness as I waited for sleep to take me. I formed different shapes made it resemble different objects.

After playing around with it for awhile I started thinking about different ways to use this power in combat. At my current strength, I am pretty much trash. I thought about the powers of others that I have seen.

My father, Yohan Black, has a conjuration power and could summon creatures made of fire to aid him in battle. He could conjure swarms of fire beasts that can attack on their own without him having to control them.

My mother, Therese Black, can create ice in an area around her. Her defensive capabilities are highly respected as she can create thick walls of ice or even impale attackers with ice spikes.

My older brother, Micheal Black, is a conjurer that can summon earth golems. They have a high attack and defence and he is able to conjure up to 4 of them presently. Meaning some can protect him, while others attack his opponents.

My older sister, Estelle Black, has an emitter type power, the power of electricity. She can wrap herself in bolts of electricity and make herself faster and can even send bolts of lightning from her fingertips.

Powers are separated by 5 categories. Enhancers, whose powers enhance one their physical abilities such and strength, speed or sense of smell.

Emitters, whose powers manifest outside there body and can be thrown, cast, or sent at an opponent.

Conjurers, whose power can summon creatures or objects. Sometimes they are beasts, golems, or objects like swords or spears with special effects.

Manipulators, whose power can control something in their environment, such as metal or plants, but they dont create things, only control what's already there.

And then there are specialists, whose abilities dont fall into the other 4 types or fall into multiple categories of those types. Specialists powers can vary and very little is still known about them as every specialist power is unique. Many ancient families look for specialists with unique powers to employ as servants.

My family is one of the ancient families and there are many other powerful people in those families with various powers. Those with bad potential born to ancient families are usually pressured to leave on their own and most do because of bullying.

Most ancient families are like that. If I'm gonna be able to fight against them I will need to figure out what all my power is capable of. This little tendril of darkness wont be enough to beat even my youngest sister Priah who can control wind, but is only 12 years old.

That's right a 12 year old little girl can beat me, a 18 year old boy.

"Well hopefully when I punish that guy, my powers will grow stronger and I'll be able to do something more with them..."

With that thought, I fell asleep. I still have to attend my college classes as the weekend is over now. There are probably some people who will be surprised by my return.