Alaric XIX"Delaney is an alias she used before," Mireille said, staring out the window at the trees. "She's a progenitor who has used so many names. Right now we've confirmed that she's using the name, Alice. Though we're not sure if she's blending in with the humans or not. She'd have taken a family name if she was."So Delaney or Alice, whatever she called herself, was like me. She was a progenitor with knights and her own court. Damien went through a lot of pain to make sure he was hidden. Or I was hidden. We. To make sure we were hidden.And Delaney or Alice had found us. Not only did she find us, but she also declared open war on my court.Mireille, Kaya, Yayoi, and Nanase were in the room with me. Because Alice declared war on me, each of them was in danger. I had a whole court of strix and the other strains working for me, apparently, and now all of them were in just as much danger.Kaya sighed. "Should we start looking into everyone with the name Alice in Neptune?"Mireille s

Alaric XXIThe mall was huge, five stories tall, and it took up a huge lot of space in the center of the city. It was one of the few places with an above-ground parking lot, so it could add even more space. Of course, every parking space on the above-ground lot was filled, but we weren't driving today.The neon sign emblazoned on the top of the building was dull in the day, but at night it was supposed to be something to look at. There was a thick crowd of people coming in and out of the building, talking so loudly that you had to raise your voice if you wanted to be heard.If you had human hearing. My senses were a razor's edge and I could pick out Kaya's normal voice just fine.We were going on the mall crawl, according to Kaya. Something straight out of every teen movie and TV show you could think of. Kaya just wanted to shop. I guess girls will be girls, even if they are alien-influenced vampires.The crowd of people was so thick we had to push our way through in a few places. I w

Interlude: The Acting Director of PlutoMiyuki had lived a very long life. The casual observer never would have known by just looking at her. Despite her very long life, she didn't appear a day over twenty-five. If one were to look at her files, one would see that Sword recorded her age to be twenty-four.That was a lie, but the truth would never pass through her lips. If one knew the truth, then one might assume she was a strix. If Miyuki didn't work in Sword, she could have well been.Sword was charged with the protection and defense of humanity against the strains. While this entailed all of them, Sword singled the strixes out to be their greatest enemy. The scanners they developed were specifically calibrated to detect and reveal strix. If she was one of the vampiric monsters, then she would have been exposed.Factoring that into the equation, one might assume she underwent the rebirth project that Kobayashi headed, but the truth lies elsewhere. She had never set foot inside the l

Evelyn XXAfter losing the original version of Evelyn XX and XXI, I have finally downloaded a more secure writing program. One that will save what I"ve wrote, even if the same bullshit happens. So enjoy this slightly shorter than a normal chapter (with an original Wandering Wolves draft added).Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go rewrite Evelyn XXI****************Thirty Years Ago****************"You wanted to see me, Captain?"I nodded, sipping my coffee. Despite the late hour, Seth was just as perky as ever. He came in bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Even on the eve of something like this, he maintained that general air about him. He was so happy-go-lucky."I did. We just received word from headquarters."His mood changed drastically. Gone was his plucky self and in exchange, the serious boy that I had first met reappeared. "What are our orders?""I'll be taking field command, so far as it dictates the little things. Overall operation command has been given to Division 2 and we w

Chapter VIII: Leaving TownFor the first time since I was reborn, I was leaving Wind Port. The city that had once reminded me only of Fullmetal Alchemist now felt as familiar to me as San Francisco did back on Earth. Up until now, I lived my whole life in this city. I knew all the streets and neighborhoods. I knew the best food stalls on the streets, the best restaurants, and where the local youths ran to when they were hiding from the watchmen. I knew Wind Port like the back of my hand.I didn't want to go. I didn't want to leave this familiar place. And that's why I knew I had to go with Pierce. In my last life, I hated change. When my life changed forever after getting thrown out on the streets, I hated it for years. Then I adapted to the change and there was a part of me that didn't want to change. I shunned government and private help.When I was reborn, there was a certain novelty in my situation that made me forget how much I hated change, if only for a bit. My mom wasn't aroun