Story Link: Psycho-Pass: The Shepherd and the Hound
Summary: Semi-AU. AkanexShinya. An idealistic Akane Tsunemori begins her career as an Inspector at the MWPSB, only to have her lofty expectations shattered by the twisted inner workings of an agency as dark and corrupted as the criminals it incarcerates. Caught between the crimes of a faceless terrorist and the PSB's cruel antics, troubled Akane ends up finding solace in their darkest secret of all.
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"You don't need a reason to fire on an Enforcer," Ginoza returned simply, and Akane's blood stilled in her veins. "You are to establish yourself as an authority figure by exerting control over the Dominator, now fire."
Numb, Akane turned wide eyes back to the man on the other side of the weapon she held clasped between her hands. He shifted his weight, head cocked back slightly as he regarded her unflinchingly...he was waiting, she realized. Not bracing himself, nor antagonizing her. He was simply waiting. His eyes burned into her soul.
"But...I..."
"We're running out of time, Inspector. Or are you not cut out to carry that title, after all?"
No, Akane thought. No, it was all wrong. This wasn't how it was supposed to be...
It was as her thoughts began to spiral down that path that she was drawn suddenly, jarringly back to reality, a pair of thin, cold hands closing tightly around hers...around the Dominator. All at once, the HUD flickered to life again before her eyes, and that cool, crisp voice spoke quietly to her inside her head.
Target: Shinya Kogami. Status: Registered Enforcer. Control mode unlocked. Fire at will.
Akane's eyes widened, and in an instant, she felt her finger squeezed against the trigger beneath Inspector Ginoza's hands as he closed his grip around hers.
A high-pitched whine was the only sound in existence that really mattered as the weapon in her grasp charged up, as though in slow motion...yet not a moment later, it had discharged in a bright flash that left her without vision for what felt like the longest few moments of her life.
Numb, Akane turned wide eyes back to the man on the other side of the weapon she held clasped between her hands. He shifted his weight, head cocked back slightly as he regarded her unflinchingly...he was waiting, she realized. Not bracing himself, nor antagonizing her. He was simply waiting. His eyes burned into her soul.
"But...I..."
"We're running out of time, Inspector. Or are you not cut out to carry that title, after all?"
No, Akane thought. No, it was all wrong. This wasn't how it was supposed to be...
It was as her thoughts began to spiral down that path that she was drawn suddenly, jarringly back to reality, a pair of thin, cold hands closing tightly around hers...around the Dominator. All at once, the HUD flickered to life again before her eyes, and that cool, crisp voice spoke quietly to her inside her head.
Target: Shinya Kogami. Status: Registered Enforcer. Control mode unlocked. Fire at will.
Akane's eyes widened, and in an instant, she felt her finger squeezed against the trigger beneath Inspector Ginoza's hands as he closed his grip around hers.
A high-pitched whine was the only sound in existence that really mattered as the weapon in her grasp charged up, as though in slow motion...yet not a moment later, it had discharged in a bright flash that left her without vision for what felt like the longest few moments of her life.
