The large vaulted room was dark, backlit by dim candles and a few lights strung high up on the cieling. A 3D display of the Earth was slowly rotating at the center of a large table. The only piece of technology in the room and creating a sense of irony in room design. The shadowy figures around the table were silent, wearing dark robes swallowing the light while golden crosses depicting the cruxification of Jesus Christ rested on their chests. One of the figures at the head of the table rose slowly, as if frail with age.
"Today are daily meeting will be a bit different. To long have we been on the defensive, since the fall of Constantinople and the gorwing strength of the Protestants we have been further and further driven back.....But no longer, we have information on a Lycanian group has entered Italy and are in Venice. No doubt you have heard on the news a string of violent, savage, "Murders" has occured...What was the recent figure Archbishop?" said the standing man and one of the sitting figures replied, who it was was uncertain given the gloom.
"Eight deaths, all savage and mangled with the morticians stating they died sometime around midnight. We all know the moon has been rather clear lately." Answered the forenamed Archbishop whose voice had the tone of rocks scrapping together.
"Yes you see, we need action in this time! The other Arcani that have rebelled and left the Vaticans rule have there own agendas. With the Arcanus Vaticanus and any loyal Arcani we should begin to strike back! I propose we send a Luciferian Guard detatchment." stated the standing man triumphantly before sitting back down. The frailty of the person clearly shown via arthiritic movements.
"What size of a unit? We all know that the Luciferian Guard is often stretched trying to protect our great Churches various holdings. Pehraps the Arcanus Vaticanus would be better suited?" spoke an obese figure that no amount of gloom could seem to hide.
"A Dozen." replied the frail man. There were murmurs of assent and disagreement, to hunt down a Lycanian cell often up to 24 Guards was the expected number to do it properly. Certainly he must be joking.
"A Dozen, I will leave Master Julius who has a company based here at the moment to decide on who to send." re-affirmed the frail man and overhead they could just make out the chiming of th morning Church Bells. All the people at the table left the room in diffeent directions. The morning mass and prayer was sounding and they would join in the service as they should.
10:00AM. Vatican City
Master Julius walked through the hallways of the Vaticans St. Peter Basilica quietly. He had made up his mind by decinding to trust one of his most able Leutinents, Bergstron. He had so far proven to be a very able field officer and had given the Catholic Church much pride by his endeavours. He decended a spiral staircase and was deep in the bowels of the Basilica, one of the areas added in secret many decades before. It was an underground barracks for the Luciferian Guard forces in the Vatican, measuring eight acres of underground passage ways and rooms. He stopped at one of the billets and saw Bergstrons billet. He left the assignment in the white envelope as it was given to him by the Pope.
Inisde its contents read;
Leutinent Bergstron of Christs Holy Luciferian Guard.
You, have been intrusted by our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, to assemble at most a dozen of your fellow Guardsmen/women and make haste to Venice. Your defined goal is to put down the Lycanians operating in that city and be wary as they are being pursued by Draculians and/or all manner of other parties. The Arcanus Vaticanus will lend to you whatever Arcani agents you deem necassary that you can find in the Vatican or in Venice. Your mission is to destroy the un-holy foe, purge them into oblivion and anyone else who would defy the sanctity of Human life. You are to operate in secret, as always, the public must not know the truth or chaos would envelope mankind.
The Lycanian as you have surely studied are Humans who have been touched by the Wolf. Able to shapeshift into Wolves and what Humanity calls Werewolves. Lycanians naturally are very resistant to the Elemental Flow but they themselves cannot use it. They are strongest at night and in the presence of the full moon they will regenerate quickly. You must be swift in dealing Gods Wrath Bergstron. Remember, God Protects the Faithful.
Master Julius of His Holiness Luciferian Guard.
Venice, Italy
The Arcani agent watched a pair of Human males walk through the center of St. Marks square, going through the crowds and for all who saw them would be Human. They laughed and wore Human clothing, sporting modern denim shorts and grey shirts with black leather jackets stuffed wit hshades, money and the what not. But at the same time they were not what they had seemed, they had been identified by an Occularis agent three nights ago as being Lycanian. The agent had presented DNA samples from infiltrating their apartments when they where away and the confirmation was practically guarenteed by the test results. But were where the others? This was two out of a Pack estimated to be up to fourteen individuals chased away by a vengeful Draculian clan in Croatia. The Draculian clanners though remained un-detected, much to the ire of the Arcani agents operating in Venice.
The Arcani agent lifted his black gauntlet to his masks mouth slit and moving the red-stripe of his black camo-cloak away to reveal the tiny, encrpyted comm piece he spoke in a whispering, Lucid voice.
"Two targets identified? Permission to Procede Magnus?"
"Denied, weit till Dark, Assasinorus. The Occularis agent we sent with you has found the Alpha, she will relay the information to you and the others." replied a flat voice. He did not need to say more and let his arm drop while lifting the binoculars to his face. By the others the Magnus meant the rest of the team sent to Venice, there was a reason why the Draculians would bother to chase the Lycanians in force after destroying much of the packs supposed former strength. Espicially when killing the original Alpha had been achieved. So the Magnus had sent a specialized team, an Occularis by the name of Krystal, Malleus named Johannes, himself as Assasinorus and the Magi Kaston. They made a deadly group.
The two suspects, caucasians, pale with sleek black hair and blue eyes walked calmly. The other twelves profiles had been recovered from hacking Italian databases to get their Passports. As far as the Arcanus Solar Astra agents operating here where concernced they where living in a set of apartments on one of the island overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
