Chapter 9

3 weeks and a little emergency task later, Cilia arrived in Glasmoon where she was scheduled to meet Jamie and complete her next mission.

She had mostly recovered, however certain events could still trigger her trauma.

In that time, she only had around 30 seconds before she would automatically curl up into a ball, staying in isolation till it was over. Luckily such occurrences were rare and most wouldn't be enough to trigger it.

She knew that the council was already briefed about her missions. Many were happy, that she had finally relented, were however unaware as to why. They didn't have any part in her current situation and just thought she had decided it on her own free will.

However she still hated the council, they treated her like a tool. They didn't care that she was damaged, they could just replace her.

Anybody else, other than Cilia would have long emotionally broken down. She was only able to suppress her panic because she was lucky enough, with her trait helping her deal with the situation.

Glasmoon was a big city and it was hard to navigate, luckily Cilia had previously bought a map. With its help, she was quickly able to figure out the new meeting location.

It was an abandoned house. It would be her base of operation during the remainder of the mission.

Jamie was already waiting for her making her shudder.

„Hello again~, glad your back again, it has been quite some time. You will be living here for a bit, it will be your base of operation. I will tell you the information tomorrow, go take a a break now.

Cilia could only nod, as she entered her bedroom.

Unfortunately the house was small, it only had a kitchen, bathroom, one bedroom and a briefing room.

Cilia wasn't the only member to be on this mission and this house was chosen as the headquarters, while she was appointed the leader.

Cilia could only relent as she was forced to sleep in the same room as Jamie.

She conjured an Ice wall between them, enclosing her bed into an separate space and went to bed.

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Waking up, Cilia washed up and put on a simple pair of trousers and an oversized, white T-shirt. Creating an entrance in the Ice wall, she made her way to the kitchen to cook some food.

Jamie had told her, that she was free to do whatever she wanted, as long as she would attend the meeting in the evening. She didn't want to train and wasn't sure what to do and decided to just walk around the city, familiarizing herself with it and buying some food. Although her cooking had improved tremendously, she was still way behind a professional cook. She had missed just being able to grab some food, without having to prepare ingredients.

Luckily for her a market took place on this day and she was able to buy some sweets while walking around and relaxing from her previous training.

Cilia was buying a few sacks she could eat later, when a familiar smell assaulted her nose.

She turned around in shock, as she made her way to the source.

The scene was nauseating, bloodied corpses with missing limbs were thrown together with some still being alive, screaming weakly. In the front stood a bloodied figure, the figure had a similar build like Udger.

Cilia knew she had made a mistake, as she could only try her best to bolt away. Unfortunately the cloaked figure had already seen her and was following closely behind, clearly being faster.

In a remaining attempt to get away, Cilia could only hope as she dived into the shadows and teleporting into an empty room of an Inn a few metres away.

Her mind went blank, as she curled up into a ball in the corner of the room, hoping no one would find her.

However luck had never been Cilias forte, as a young and beautiful looking woman entered the room.

Cilia was despairing, she hadn't activated a seperate transformation as she only planned to tour around.

Usually her appearance, which she used only for missions wouldn't be used. However she had completely forgotten to change it this time.

The woman who had entered the room, sat down on her bed, taking of her clothes and slipped under the shower.

Cilia had enough time to get back control of her body somewhat, she was able to move around for a bit. But she knew she needed more time to escape.

Time flew by as the sound of dropping water came to a halt and the woman stepped out of the bathroom, wearing only a towel.

Her hair was still wet, as water dripped down.

Coming to a halt, the woman spun into Cilias direction, hurling a kick into her abdomen.

Cilia could only stay put, unable to defend and gasping for air. The woman noticing this, stopped her attacks and stared at the small girl curled up in the corner in her room.

Cilia had already used her transformation to make slight changes to her face, making it rather plain and less memorable. This had however cost all of her accumulated strength.

„What are you doing here? Who are you and why are you watching me?" The woman reached out to Cilia, throwing her onto the bed and chaining her up with metal wires.

Cilia was unable to see where they had come from and curled up back into a ball, not answering the questions.

„What an interesting person you are…, you intruded into my room while being completely defenseless. I hope you have at least left a will for your relatives, because they can forget ever getting you back."

Cilia knew she had fucked up, she had gotten unlucky to teleport into the room of such a dangerous person. She had had her hopes up, that the owner of the room would just call law enforcement. They would just throw her into a cell, making it easy for her to escape.

The woman stared coldly, as she enforced the restrains.

The woman, still only having a towel cover her, stared at Cilia, marveling at the woman in her bed. Although she wasn't the most attractive person she had seen, that girl was a beauty nonetheless.

She was undecided, would she kill the intruder or let her live for a bit.

She had long ago forsaken the morals of her previous world and defenseless lying chained in her bed made her throw all restraints into the back of her mind. She had already decided to have some fun first and release a bit of stress and let the girl die a mercyful death.

She moved her hands slowly through the oversized T-shirt, which could barely stop her, slowly making her way downwards, as she dropped the towel to the ground, exposing the girls beautiful body. She had a lot of pent up stress and nothing was holding her back as she leaned in, kissing Cilias stomach, while her hand had reached between Cilias legs.

Cilia however, was still in an emotional unstable state, she was able to hold on previously but seeing the womans action, made her lose control. „N-N-NOOO!" A big shockwave erupted out of her body, blasting away the woman and destroying the restrains, covering her.

Cilia was only able to see the black spots covering her vision, before being knocked down, as her body protected her from her own emotions.

The woman knew she had met someone impressive, but was unable to help falling unconscious.

Luckily for Cilia, she was the first to wake up. After recovering a little bit, Cilia was barely able to muster up enough strength as she used the shadows to travel undercover, reaching the abandoned house in minutes and storming in, collapsing in her bed.

The woman had also recovered in the meantime. As she slowly stood up, thoughts about the previous encounter swirled up in her mind.

She wasn't a medical expert but she had noticed that something was wrong with the girl. There was a high chance, that the girl had a trauma and it flared up. But she didn't know the exact reason.

Feeling sorry, the woman decided to apologize the next time they met, as she started to repair the mess that was left and went to bed before drifting into sleep.

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After seeing Cilia collapsed in the bed, Jamie canceled the meeting for the day, scheduling a new one for the next day.

Cilia had recovered the next day, but she had been very exhausted because of the outburst of energy. However she still decided it would be time to attend the meeting as she would be seeing her new teammates for the first time.

One after another, all kinds of people started to enter, as they made themselves comfortable in the meeting room.

After everyone had introduced themselves, Jamie started the meeting.

„Alright, Cilia will be the captain of the team, with Goran as the Vice-captain." Pointing at Cilia and a burly male in the room as Jamie continued explaining the objective.

Recently many murders had occurred in this city, all investigations led to a mysterious group of humans.

Their objective was unknown, but the group was very secretive, never showing their faces.

The council decided to involve themselves because everyone would think all humans would be like them, even if only the majority of the group consisted of humans.

The objective was to first investigate their purpose and find out if they were only a branch of a bigger group or if they would disappear after killing them.

As such investigating was the main purpose of this mission with the possibility of having to get rid of them.

Having received their order, everyone got a communication device and a mission chartered to each individual.

Cilia was supposed to infiltrate possible dangerous locations, as she had the highest survival chance. Other missions ranged from protection to investigation of previous incidents.

"Be careful and be sure to always have a few ways to escape."

Cilia, ignoring Jamie like always, told everyone to disperse as she prepared her equipment and left the house in the middle of the day.