Chapter .1. Disturbance
On the top of some ruins of a mansion, in the northern part of New York, outside of Manhattan island, Stood a weary eyed man in a windbreaker.
He had dark circles under his closed eyes as he surveyed the grounds with a sort of second sight. Eric
Dawning, codename Preview, had the power to see anything he concentrated on in a 50 mile radius.
"All right Eric, I'm up go get some sleep." a voice in his head said interrupting his half sleepy attempt at surveillance.
"Thank you!" Eric said to the air as he half flopped half jumped from the sonar array that would beep to let him know of any incoming objects and went to his quarters.
Brian Ashe, code name Astra, sat in a chair with a metal helmet on, inside a giant metal bubble. The chair sat in the middle of the bubble on a walk way that jutted out into the air in the middle of the bubble. There was a little word on the helmet he had on, followed by a roman numeral, "CERIBRIS V."
Brian, was checking the grounds and the borders of the mansion for psychic blank spots where there was no activity from any mind not even the bugs and animals. The blank spots if there were any would mean that there was either a sentinel or a psychic shielding their whereabouts.
While searching the grounds east of the main entrance Astra detected a circle which the bugs and animals were avoiding. It was like a rush of bugs were moving just before it and around it as it moved ever so slowly toward the mansions side doors.
Astra, summoned up an astral room and the four member guard group on duty. "What's going on Astra?" said a petite woman with dragonfly wings and long green hair.
"Fae, There is a disturbance in the east quadrant, I need you and Torrent to check on it from above." The woman and an albino man with white hair and light green and red eyes stood to one side.
"Bud, Melody, I need you to check from the ground level. If it's a sentinel destroy it, if it seems to have an A.I. however disable it and take it to Prometheus in the hanger. If it is a psychic Break concentration and I'll handle the rest." A man with dark red hair and gold eyes stood with an average brunette woman who looked normal and human other than the lack of ears and the light sheen of her skin.
"I don't have to tell you that this is a possible way to bolster our defense, I trust your decisions, be careful." With that they disappeared from the room and he was in the chair again picking up residual images from their minds as they went to the east quadrant.
Melody, AKA. Maria Swanson, ran with her life mate and partner Bud, AKA. Josh Drake. "WoooHooooo! This is goanna be fun!" Bud said running through a hallway towards the eastern quad. He was vocal because it would help Melody get stronger and he was excited because they rarely got ""visitors.""
Running with the buzz Bud had just given her, Melody took point popping out the door first and checked the area with a high pitched giggle.
Bud right on her heals skidded to a halt and crouched close to the ground next to a hedge. As Bud gave a Shrill whistle Melody perked up giving her full attention to the northeast and took off at a full out run.
Bud still crouching on the ground looked in the same direction as a bunch of strange looking vine bunched up behind him then launched him in the same direction.