I spy, the Nightrise

"Let's go" Angelica said as she, Stephani and Jamie all exit the car heading across the street towards the building.

She pressed her hand against the revolving door and pushed, the door began to turn as she enters the space followed by Stephani and Jamie. Looking around they knew they were inside the building and their mission had begun, the lobby was a black box that stretched the entire length of the building.

The walls were black granite, the floor black marble. There was a low glass table and four chairs, was black too. One wall had a water feature. Streams of water trickled down endlessly, disappearing into a sort of trough.

Otherwise, there was no decoration. Two burly black men in black suits stood guard, watching anyone who came in. One of them walked over to her. "Can I help you?"

Angelica took out an envelope written by a fake corporation Ulrika set up through Hiei's resources, such task was simple when she had subordinates within the government so they could easily set up false identities and businesses within the human world. "I'm a representative of the Sunrise Company, we have spoken with Mister Colton Banes in regards to cooperation. He's with Nightrise."

The guard looked at her quizzically, he asked her a few questions and answered them all correctly. The guard nodded, if it had been anyone else he would have been more suspicious. However, the information she provided did correspond with the information they had on Sunrise, and the envelope was clearly labelled.

"It's the forty-fifth floor, his office is on that floor" The security guard said before swiping his own security card to activate the lift. Angelica, Stephani and Jamie all stepped in and waited for the doors to close, Jamie sweated a bit from fear while Angelica and Stephani were still normal. It was thanks to Diana's training that they could keep their composure and answer in a swift manner.

"Are you sure we won't get caught?" Jamie asked,

"Although we have devices attached to our wristband that camouflage our energy waves, if we mess up then we will naturally get caught. So make sure to stay calm" Angelica said with a straight face,

"For now we have to make sure we capture this Colton Banes, you said he was one of the people you saw at the Theatre show before you and Scott were kidnapped?" Stephani asked,

"Yes, he was there. I saw his business card myself" Jamie answered with confidence.

The elevator moved silently up, without the need to look at the time Angelica could already determine a few minutes had passed since they left the car. They had enough time but still have to move fast, the faster they finish here the less they would suspect by the time they are finished here.

The elevator stopped a couple of times before it reached his floor. People got in and got out. Another whole minute had ticked away before they finally arrived. The forty-fifth floor.

A wide corridor ran left and right with the words [NIGHTRISE CORPORATION] in raised silver letters. There was a floor-to-ceiling window at one end, looking across to the building opposite, and a pair of modern glass doors at the other. Coming closer they arrived at the reception desk and two women in smart suits, wearing headphones and throat microphones.

"Good morning. Nightrise Corporation. How may I help you?"

"Good morning. Nightrise Corporation. How may I direct your call?"

A second lift door opened and a FedEx delivery man stepped out, holding a parcel. Angelica waited for a moment before she nodded towards Stephani, twisting the diamand attach to their bracelets created a domain of two metres where they would become invisible. The problem was that they had to keep distance otherwise anyone who steps into this domain would see them, the reason for the major flaw is because they could not recklessly use magic power items and this was something created by Ajuka using pure technology of the Devils and Humans to create without the need of "superpowers".

One of the women was talking on the phone. The other was dealing with the delivery. "Now! Quickly" Angelica called out,

The three of them swiftly moved and slipped through the glass doors, Jamie was shocked to see the women did not even glance at them and could not even see him. It was at this moment he began to consider the truth, that there really was a supernatural world. Unless, these women were like James Bond working for a secret agency and were spies.

They found themself in a smart, carpeted area with leather seats and a water cooler, attached to the walls were pictures, the kind of modern arts. A wide, glass door stood on each side, leading to corridors and more offices.

"Which way?" Jamie asked,

Angelica said nothing while leading the way as she turned right and went through the door, the forty-fifth floor had been expensively decorated in different shades of blue, with more paintings between the doors. On the left-hand side of the corridor all the outer rooms, the ones with a view, had been given over to senior executives and their assistants. Their names and the office numbers were printed in small letters beside each entrance.

On the other side, the central part of the office was open-plan, a maze of desks divided by partitions. There were perhaps twenty or thirty men and women, most of them young, bent over computer screens or talking on the phone. The carpets were thick and seemed to absorb any sound.

Angelica went to one of the workers while holding the envelope, Stephani and Jamie were still invisible at a distance. She approached a young man in jeans and an open-necked shirt, only five or six years older than her, sorting through a stack of documents. "How can I help you?"

The man stuttered as he was surprised at Angelica's beauty, he had never hold a girl's hand throughout his entire life so to find himself looking at a woman that could be described at the Goddess of Nature he would not hesitate to lick her toes if she asked him to, "I would like to know where the offices of Colton Banes are? The reception explained but I forgot"

"Hold on a second, let me check" The young man went over to a table and picked up a plastic ring binder. He flicked through it.

"Banes…" he muttered turning page after page till he found him

"Here he is. You're on the wrong floor. He's up on forty-nine. Room four nine two five. Must be a big shot! That's the way it is here. The bigger you are, the higher you go." The man explained,

"Thank you," Angelica said turning around leaving, the man was just about to ask her out on a date but seeing her leave so quickly he snorted.

"Damn slut must be looking for that rich man... How envious!" He growled as he continued his work.

Angelica head straight for the door when she noticed the sign [fire exit]. In the event of a fire, the lifts would shut down. With Stephani and Jamie following after her, they all went towards the direction, no one realized that Angelica had disappeared into thin air and continued working.

Coming to the door, Stephani tapped the lock lightly causing the locking mechanism to melt just enough for her to push it open, pushing it they found a flight of metal and concrete stairs on the other side. They continued climbing the stairs as softly as they can, yet the footsteps could still be heard faintly if one strains their ears to listen.

After a while, they finally reached the forty-ninth floor. Entering it they noticed this floor was set up exactly the same as the one they had left, with the senior offices and conference rooms on the outside and the common open-plan office at the centre.

The most noticeable difference between the two floors would be that there was no art here. The walls were covered with posters: the same poster. It showed a serious-looking, grey-haired man. Standing upright with a half-smiling face, as if he wanted to be friendly but had too much on his mind.

VOTE CHARLES BAKER.

"Isn't that guy the opponent of John Trelawny that Alicia told us about?" Stephani asked,

"It appears that this corporation is sticking their hands far and wide" Angelica muttered, from the look of things, the entire floor had been turned into a campaign office on his behalf.

Following the corridor, looking at the door numbers increasing. They finally came across Colton Banes's office suite at the far corner and the door was half open. Angelica edged forward and peeking through the opening gap and noticed that there was an outer room with a desk for an assistant but it was empty.

Even the door that should lead to the next office was also open leading into another office, where he was, sitting in a high-backed leather chair behind an expensive looking desk. The man whom Jamie recognize as Colton Banes was sitting there, without waiting for a moment longer, Angelica and them rushed into the room, locking the door behind them.

"Where is Scott Tyler?" Jamie asked.

Banes looked up and saw a scrawny boy in a brightly coloured shirt and baseball cap standing in his office and knew he had been tricked. Jamie had asked him a question and although he had no intention of saying anything more, he couldn't stop himself thinking of the answer.

That was why Jamie was here, Angelica set up a barrier that prevented from the outside world to sense what was going on inside while Stephani stood on standby for anything to happen. This was what the six of them had arranged since they had to be careful if there was any supernaturals in the office or cannibals.

Jamie did exactly what he had done a thousand times on the stage, he jumped not physically, but as if he were throwing a miniature replica of himself out of his head. But this time it wasn't Scott at the other end. This time it wasn't his brother with his warm and familiar thoughts.

It was Colton Banes.

Jamie felt himself plunge into utter darkness. It was like diving into a pool of freezing oil. And at that moment, he shared everything that Banes had ever felt or thought. There were pictures millions of them, but there were also experiences and emotions: fear, arrogance, lust, anger, cruelty, hatred and much, much more.

He saw the death of Kyle Hovey, the other man who assisted Calton to kidnap him and Scott. Worse than that, it was Calton hands that were around the other man's neck. He could feel the warm flesh and the pulsing vein under his own fingers as he squeezed. This had been the most recent killing and it was uppermost in Banes's mind.

When Jamie saw a woman watching him. She had very short grey hair, a long neck, glasses. Banes was afraid of her. Jamie felt fear Calton had to her, since he was "living" Calton's memories. He saw the cruelty in her eyes and for a moment she was looking straight at him, smiling while he committed murder. It was for the fact that the two of them failed to capture both Scott and Jamie, so one of them had to die for the failure and she chose Kyle to die.

So many deaths. A chamber of horrors. He saw himself, chased out of the theatre. After a while, he went out and met the man who was running for president, Charles Baker. 'What is he doing here? Is he involved!?' Jamie thought

He watched as Charles raises his hand and smiling, saying something to a journalist. Jamie continued to live through his mind, while he repeated the quesiton once more "Where is Scott Tyler?"

Jamie wasn't sure how much longer he could stay there. He was going to be sick. He felt as if he was drowning, and it was then he saw him.

His brother.

Scott Tyler.

He was lying on his back in an enclosed room, stripped to the waist. He appeared to look ill, there was even a tube running into his nose, the sort of thing you get in a hospital, and another in his wrist. Some sort of transparent liquid was dripping down.

This time he asked with rage, the mental energy increased explosively "Where is Scott Tyler?"

Banes didn't want anyone to know, he was fighting it so he would not utter a word about it. But still the images came, one after another.

A picture of a desert.

A cactus in a form like a letter Y.

Mountains with the moon suspended eerily between two peaks.

There was a loud electronic buzz as a gate opened automatically, then an echoing crash as a second one closed. Faces. Other boys, some the same age as Scott, but all of them lifeless, vacant. A security camera swivelling round.

More boys, their outlines just visible behind plastic curtains leading to the main door leading into the massive metal building. Another gate smashed shut.

And there it was, at last, the sign that Calton didn't want him to see.

"Silent Creek" Jamie muttered

Angelica did not wait for a moment and instantly beheaded Barnes, blood splurted out causing Jamie to scream out in surprise, his face becoming incredibly pale at the sight of Calton's head flew into the air.

"W-Why?" Jamie asked shivering in fear,

"Because he would alarm his boss that you know where your brother is" Angelica muttered, she glanced at him with a serious expression "You have to get used to this Jamie, your existence is the reason you will live in this kind of world. The life you once knew, came to an end when these people discovered you and your brother"

The three of them immediately left the building after Angelica plugged in a USB into Calton's laptop, all the information regarding PSI project and everything related to Nightrise was downloaded in an instant allowing her to immediately send the USB to Ulrika using warping space magic.

]What is this?[ Ulrika asked,

"Nightrise complete information, regarding everything including their research on paranormal activities" Angelica answered,

]Good work, I will personally investigate this and support you[ Ulrika said before closing the communication magic.

"Good work Jamie, from this point forward it will be our time to do the rest," Stephani said as she pumped up her fist to motivate Jamie for going through such an experience.

"Thanks.." Jamie said with a pale face, the death of Calton and his memories made him want to puke yet he kept it in since his fear for being captured was greater. The three of them did not waste anytime and immediately head down the fire exit stairs till they reached the main entrance.

"KYAAAA!!!!!!" An ear-piercing scream could be heard from the top floor, it was at this time they knew that the dead Calton was discovered prompting them to move faster, climbing into the car and drove away before the police arrived at the scene.

"How did it go?" Alicia asked,

"We found where he is located at, however, we need your contact with John Trelawny and arrange for Stephani and Sakura to enter Silent Creek," Angelica said, 'I will have Ulrika investigate the information I downloaded, hopefully, we can find traces of the group of Cannibals and their apostle'

"WHAT!?" Alicia cried out in surprise,

"Your son is there too" Angelica added causing Alicia to cry, as in literally cry. The first confirmed news of her son has been given, however, getting him out of Silent Creek was difficult. As this was not only known as a prison for mortals, but also for supernaturals.

'Breaking in means we will go against the supers of America' Angelica thought, a wry smile appeared on her face. The day was not yet over, however, it had been hectic so far.

"I suggest we get Masaru to come and help us when we deal with the Supers" Everest said, "Since he will definitely want to get involved when things are related to the Old Ones, if we leave him out of the loop he will be really angry"

Angelica flinched, she knew what Everest said was true. She just did not want to disturb him and prove that they could deal with it in his place, she had forgotten that Masaru till to this day never relaxed properly due to him feeling that the war against the Old ones was not yet done. "Very well"

Sakura nodded as she opened a magic circle,

[My girls, did something happen?] The voice of a man whom these girls have chosen to spend their lives with reverberating through the car allowing their tense hearts to instantly relax, with him supporting them then even if heavens and hell collapsed they would not lose faith.

"We found another one of the five children, we suspect..." Sakura began to explain their current situation to him, it was after a while when she finished that he finally spoke after silently listening to her.

[Ulrika has already informed me of this, so far there is no signs of anything happening in Peru. However, before you start your operation you must contact me so I will come over. We can't allow any mishap to happen. Should Chaos set his foot in this world, I will not be able to stop him alone] Masaru said with a stern voice

"YES!" The girls responded energetically, while Jamie and Alicia looked confused. It was only when the magic circle vanished that Alicia chose to speak.

"Who was that?" Alicia asked,

"Our husband"

"Our master"

"Our King"

"Our mate"

The four of them gave a different answer, but Alicia could sense how important that man was for them from the emotions mixed within their voices. She blushed a bit wondering if this man was a womanizer, having so many women. This is the twenty-first century, where monogamy is the mainstream.

"Sigh... I will contact John to set up a meeting. He is in Los Angeles, so we should be able to meet him by tonight" Alicia said