Hello readers,
This is a story, which I write next to my other story (Birth of a huntress) I had some idea's about my stories and started writing them out.
It became a seperate story, which can be read without birth of a huntress. If you have any comments or questions, let me know in the comments.
I do not own Devil May Cry. Only the OC's.
The 'Cult of Salvation' case
Alastor sighed while putting the newspaper back on her desk. She relaxed against her comfy chair and threw her legs on the table. "Those bloody sensation seekers. Where are they when you need them. You would think they longed for story about secret cults and gruesome murders" She muttered.
Since three weeks there have been a real disturbance in the dark world. Recently an old cult has appeared and made since then, there were gruesome killings. Her boss, Kenzo Hilton, has put Alastor on this case. She had to find out who was behind the murders and how they committed the murders. Her suspicion almost immediately fell on the cult. But it was quite impossible to find some clues or even a rumor about the murders itself, let alone the cult. She has been to a few crime scenes. But never had enough time to completely finish her investigation. Mostly it's because of the police who arrived almost as fast as she. It surprises Alastor, because normally it would take a couple hours. It seemed that they were well informed about the murders. But what surprised her the most was, that there was nothing about it in the papers. Or even a little report on tv. It's like they didn't want people to know about it.
Alastor looked back at her own files of the case. The investigations didn't go as good as she'd hoped. She'd almost found no useful clues, only the victims themselves gave some sort of idea what happened. There were in total nine different crime scenes. Every scene looked almost the same. A whole family, two parents and two children. Together in a circle. Each a normal kitchen knife in hand. Cause of death, they slit their own throat.
It almost looks like the victims kill themselves. As some kind of weird ritual. Only there was no evidence of such. They only sat in a circle with the knives. No strange tombs of forbidden magic's, no writings on the floor, which are normal to demonic sacrifices... Nothing
And then the police, who beats her almost at every crime scene. Normally Alastor had enough time to do a complete search, but now every time, she came up with nothing. But that was not all, the weirdest thing is that the community knows nothing about these murders. Alastor went around and got quite some information about the victims. Normal people with jobs, no real problems. Good, pleasant people to have around. No enemies or anything. Maybe the victims are chosen at random. Random families with four members.
Alastor sighed and stared in front of her. She bit her thumb and went into thought. No real clues, no media attention and the police... Maybe they are covering up something nasty. But she's forbidden to approach the police. At least, this was a rule that her paranoid boss made.
Kenzo made it clear that no one must know the real objectives of Midnight's Sanctuary. For the outside world it must stay as a normal detective agency, not a dark, paranormal monster hunter guild, which contained numerous monsters as employees. We must never get the attention of the law. This will cause great disturbances in the world of light and darkness. The world of darkness has to stay hidden. Our job is to make sure it stays that way. Or so says Kenzo.
That old bloodsucker sure makes a lot of jobs more troublesome than it have to be. He always is onto her, nagging her with new rules or new 'missions'. Most of those missions are not even worth the look. They are from people who claimed to have seen ufo's or aliens. She and her team have investigated all of these cases. Most turned out to be a wild goose chases.
But what frustrates the most was her boss his attitude. Alastor never liked him. From the moment they met, till now. He always knows best, never takes complains serious, and the pay... It's minimum. They deserve so much more. Even when they solved a mayor case. He never seemed to be impressed, always say that he could have solved it faster. He really thing high and mighty of himself. Alastor can sometimes be cocky. But he is a star at it. Maybe because all his centuries of millennia of experience.
He also doesn't think much of her and her team, and let this know at all times. This is what hurts the most, at least for Alastor. She doesn't this show her team, but she'd loved to hear that she'd done a good job. Not at every case, but sometimes. Just like Dante had done on difficult missions. The time before she went solo. It sometimes makes her wonder why she left the Devil May Cry. She had a good life there, even if she got little payment out of it. She was appreciated, even by the old hunter himself. Dante rarely showed her, especially when others were around. But she knew he was proud of her.
Working at this agency doesn't give that kind of feeling. Kenzo doesn't give a shit about them, or their wellbeing. Especially after the Abbygail incident. Alastor gasped when she thought about this painful reunion. After the whole incident was over he came. He did not show any emotion when he saw his hunters more dead than alive. He was there to retrieve his employees, that was all. He was as cold and calculated as ever.
That was not fair. They deserved so much more than this. But how much she wants to quit. She's stuck with him. Probably for the rest of their lives.
It's because of that contract she made with him. He would show her to find her mother's murderers and she would work for him, for eternity. At that moment she didn't care about it. She was consumed by hatred and agony. He knew this and made use of it to obtain another pawn. This, Alastor could only blame herself for.
But what was to blame on Kenzo, was that he always held back some kind of information. Mostly very important to missions. He loved making them much harder. Together with all the rules. The most shitty job of all time, no kidding!
But even with all the rules. Alastor let her gaze fall on the wall right of her. There all his stupid rules hang. She smiled slyly. There will always be loopholes. She smiled evilly when she read all the rules again. She will not make it easy for him as well. A relation between boss and employee comes from both sides.
Alastor was so contend with her evil little schemes she didn't hear the door behind her open. "What are you smirking about. It makes you look really ridiculous." Alastor jumped a little and a sneered back at the voice. "Why do you care." She looked over her shoulder with a annoyed look on her face. There her boss glared at her. "I care because you spilled precious working hours daydreaming." Now Alastor glared as well. "I spent my time puzzling all the clues I have. Maybe if I had a little more 'working' space I could solve this in no time!" The man now chuckled. An amused smile covered his face. His yellow eyes pierced her. "What would be the fun in that. I love to see you struggle, my little detective." Alastor huffed and turned away. Again she looked at her files.
Alastor tried to ignore him, but he wasn't done with her yet. He walked towards her desk and sat on it. He grabbed Alastor by her chin forcing Alastor to look at him. "I'd love to give you more space on this case. It's becoming more troublesome." He said in a serious voice. Alastor rolled my eyes and looked away. He sighed and let go of me. We both sat quiet for a while till he started talking again. "I'm thinking putting on of my higher agents at it. Since you're not able to solve it." He stood up. Alastor's eyes spat fire after his comment. She jumped up. "What?!" Kenzo just walked away. Alastor paced after him. "Why are you pulling me from the case?! I deserve to be on this case. I've earned it." Kenzo stopped, but did not face her. "You earned it? Don't make me laugh whelp. You're thousands of years too early to have earned anything. You with your childish acts. You're off!" He then walked out of the office, leaving a infuriated hybrid behind.