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.
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."