Chapter one

i was in the ally way where it all happened.. it was behind an old bar "Rosies Wreck"they called it 'the noise of rats scuttling in the bags of trash and the shards of broken glass, The cameras in tip top shape' i wondered as i grabbed a file from my bag it was a shade of a warm yellow with coffee stains due to my clumsiness, and most importantly with a label saying "the shadow's victims and info"i flicked through it with an annoyed sigh and tapped my feet impatiently. *I skipped all the pages until i reached the information about the shadow.

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'The shadow height unknown, the creature can run extremely fast usually attacks his victims at night luring them to dark places such as an ally way.. a forest.. and the place where loves to lure them rose hearts broken down mental institute the shadow some how always disappears before the police can come to the scen- '

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I slammed the book closed "How many times have you looked at that page Mr america? we cant catch him just give it up it's been a year"

i stared daggers at my partner who was "helping"me with the case more like just complaining to me a scoffed at him and said in a snappy tone "look you wanna not help me and complain then go just leave! Because all you're doing is wasting my fucking time!" The pissed feeling originating from the fact that I haven't slept in days and all that pent up stressing frustration. "what happened to you brother..."he looked at me, eyes widening right there I realised my mistake 'fuck.. I yelled at Canada..' while getting up from his office seat, and taking of a necklace "keep it i dont want it because i don't *ever* want to be like you...your becoming like dad.."

he said coldly mumbling the last bit under his breath before giving me one final glare with his tears going down his cheeks he then went to the front door and slammed it so hard it was as the room shook. once he was out.. i felt.. bad.. it was his birthday present that i got for him when he was a kid...

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"bwig bro when i grow up a wanna be just like you! that's my brithday wish" nada said while hugging my knees i pat his head and smiled "its your tenth birthday nada i got you something special"i said while taking a necklace out of my pocket it had a flower charm in the middle the sliver chains shaped into vines. Nada's eyes light up and smiled with the biggest smile i had ever seen him with he grabbed the necklace and put it around his neck "thank you bwig bro!"he said while jumping into my arms 'we didn't have much.. our father was in jail so I had to provide for little nada and mother.. she was kidnapped and no one ever saw her again.. that's why I wanted to be a detective so no one ever ended up like my mother'

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"i fucked everything up didnt i? and now im drinking away my problems like a fucking idiot-" i said while groaning and sinking into still a part of me said that Canada was overreacting.

"well we all fuck up"i heard a strange man in a accented deep voice say, i looked up from the ground and saw a tall ass man with some weird ass hat on "h-how long have you been listening? you better not tell anyone or ima fucking hit ya with a brick!" i said while grabbing my glass of whiskey as a defense weapon only for it to spill all over the ground *hic* "fuck i cant even defend myself!"i sobbed

'why am i such a failure i suck so much maybe i should just die at this point' the strange man pats me on the back and orders another glass of whiskey and one bottle of vodka , he grabs a tissue from his pocket and wipes away my tears "so why are you sad? what happened-" the bartender passes the drinks over "oh спасибо sir" 'why does that language sound familiar well i might as well tell him way I'm sad better out than in'

"i got caught up in work and became a workaholic i ignored my family and treated them badly my brother told me to take a break and i lashed out at him.."i said tears running down my cheeks as a reached down in my pocket and showed the strange man the necklace it looks like he understood "i had a fight with my older brother Ukraine.. heh then i... I ran away from home" he says his smile faltering for a few seconds, he then takes a big gulp of vodka.

'it seems like he's cutting somethings out' "so what do you work as?"he asked placing his bottle down "a detective"i said the man looked.. pale like he had just made a mistake but his expression quickly changes back to normal "so what case are you working on?"   "missing countries that got kid napped by the shadow" the man giggled under his breath "well nice to meet you I'm Russia" he says while extending his hand to me, i finished my drink and returned the hand shake "America"  "well America do you need help doing home you don't look so well?"he says with a hint of something in his voice 'i was to drunk to think so stranger danger didn't come to mind'

"sure Mr Russia"

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"okay just follow me".

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