Angel Monarch

In an apartment building a fire was burning. 3 person sat around it 2 female and 1 male. It seemed like they were preparing for something.

"How many did you spot?" Asked the brown haired female.

"I saw 5. One Evolved the rest regulars all kited out." Answered the other female. She had dirty blond hair with streaks of black.

"So you are saying there is 6?" Asked the man without a hint of emotion.

"Yes probably." Said the blond with a smile.

"Okay we can take them. Are you prepared for what happens next?" Said the brown haired one.

"Do you even have to ask Bea? We were born prepared, its in our blood."

The man just looked at Bea and nodded.

"Okay, then let's proceed with the plan..."

Before she could finish that sentence something very unusual happened. On the top of an other building further away, a light lit up. That was not too surprising. But the light didn't come from a fire. It was like a star.

The light was glowing for less than a second, before darkness swallowed it whole. It disappeared like a mirage.

"What was that? Lucy did you see the source?"

"I only saw it for less than a second, but if I had to guess it was a human."

'A human? That doesn't make sense. We know all of the Evolved working for Nightmare. None of them could make light like that.'

"Who could've made that light." Asked the male.

"No one, as far as we know, which could mean only one thing."

"That's not possible Bea! It was destroyed! I saw the site myself!" Said Lucy.

"Then how do you explain a new Evolved appearing out of nowhere?"

"So, you think someone survived Newber's destruction?" Asked Lucy with disbelief.

"It's the only possibility. Castleburg is too far away to have someone here and we are the only ones left from Copen. The only answer is Newber." Said Bea with mixed emotions.

"Maybe but I'm still not convinced. What do you think Will?"

Before Will could answer the light appeared again, but this time it was brighter and lasted for a couple of seconds.

"Okay, it doesn't matter who caused it. One thing is sure, we have mission. Hunt down one of Nightmare's patrols." Said Bea with determination.

"So, what you try to say is, go and see who caused that light because the patrol is headed that way as well?" Asked Lucy with a grin.

"Correct."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

They put out the fire, checked their gear one last time and a minute later they were already on the streets, walking in the light's direction.

'I hope who ever that is can hold out long enough for us to arrive or doesn't get recruited by Nightmare's people. Even one more Evolved is detrimental in this war.'

Thinking about the person on the roof, they started closing in on the building. They tried to arrive as fast as possible but ran into a monster.

Luckily they had Lucy so finding a threat before it could attack them wasn't a problem. They hid from it and waited until it was gone.

Bea began to have a bad feeling, like time was running out.

"We should hurry." She said with a hint of anxiety.

"Why?" Asked Lucy.

"I just have a bad feeling."

Lucy didn't say anything. It was well known within their people that Bea had a weird 6th sense kind of thing. It wasn't her ability or anything, she had it when she was a regular as well.

So hearing that she had a bad feeling they hurried on and saw the bright light for a third time. They knew that something bad happened and began running.

Soon they reached the building and stopped.

"Lucy, scout fast!"

"Sure thing."

Lucy's body began to change and soon instead of a young female, there was a human sized eagle in her place.

She went to the air a second later to see the situation on the roof.

Half a second later she came back. When Lucy changed into human again her face was deathly pale.

"Guys I think you should see this with your own eyes. Oh, the roof is safe."

Bea and Will looked at each other, nodded, then went in. They trusted Lucy's judgment, so they didn't go slowly and went straight for the roof.

'What could've made her so frightened? I never seen her like this, even when she faced near certain death.'

Looking at Lucy's back as she lead them up the stairs she thought: 'It's no use thinking about it. I will find out soon enough.'

After a minute they arrived on the roof. The site could only be described as a Massacre.

"Who... Who did this? What kind of monster done this?" Asked Bea while holding back her nausea.

The good news was the patrol was already eliminated, the bad news was it was killed so brutally that it couldn't be determined who was who.

On a preliminary judgement, you would think that someone spilled red paint all over the roof, but on a closer inspection you would see the bone parts in the red.

And also, there was a dead leopard, on the roof bathed in blood.

"Monster? What do you mean, monster? It was her." Lucy said while pointing at something.

Bea didn't see it at first. There was a big lump in the ocean of blood. But on closer inspection, it was a naked woman so dirty and bloody that she was hardly recognizable.

Taking a deep breath she approached the woman.

'She is unconscious, probably from Essence over usage. No, wait a second is that a wound?'

"Will, summon water. I can't see."

Without an answer Will made water out of thin air and put it on the spot marked by Bea.

"Shit, she has a punctured lung possibly from a sword. Lucy, keep watch while I try to close the wound. Will, decrease her blood pressure before she bleeds out."

Bea only had to order once and everyone done their job.

'Okay let's close the wound on her lung first.'

Placing her hand on the wound suddenly a warm, green light appeared in Bea's hand.

She closed the wound and was already starting to get exhausted.

'Why is the bleeding not stopping? Is there an other wound in there?'

Looking at the female's wound she saw the problem.

"Shit, the liver has been cut as well."

"Can you save her? If not we should get out of here. That light was like a dinner bell for monsters." Said Lucy.

As she said that, a loud roar could be heard a couple blocks away.

Bea looked down at the defenseless, dying woman and made a decision.

"Will, bring her! We're going back to base."