A/N: Welcome everyone and thank you for taking the time to read my story and I'm sorry for the readers who were with me from the beginning who had to search for this story under this new account. I got locked out of my last one (the one this story was under) so thank you so much for bearing with me. Though this story is gonna get a make over in the process, I hope you will enjoy it more this way seeing as I think the first couple chapters seemed to be unnecessarily detailed about how my OC ended up here. I think I will work it back into the story over time. And for those who already know her origin story, let's please not ruin it for the new ones joining us. Please? . Anyways, lets get started.

CREED OF BLOOD: PROLOGUE

She had it all, at one point at least. But that was all gone now as Madelynn looked at this the huge office building in front of her. The top of the structure was hidden by the low hanging grey clouds that covered the sky. The building's own dull grey color seemed to blend into the clouds circling it, blending into one another so much so that it was almost impossible to see where the building ended and sky began.

What a fitting scene to my situation I suppose. Madelynn thought to herself as she looked up. There was a chill in the breeze that blew around her. It was about to rain.

"Ready?" A medium height blonde woman in a pantsuit asked as she faced Madelynn, tucking some paperwork under he arm securely. "There's no turning back now." Madelynn adjusted her backpack that she had slung over one shoulder and moved a few strands of hair out from her face as the wind seemed to pick up.

"I'm aware." She spoke, annoyance lying buried in her tone as she started off for the door, trying to leave the blonde behind in the process. She had proved how unrelenting in trivial conversation she was on the ride from the institute and Madelynn was not one for small talk the majority of the time.

Once inside, Madelynn was led to the front desk for an ID badge and then to the elevators, the annoying woman making sure that she followed without complaint. After what seemed to be forever in the elevator, it finally stopped on the 19th floor and opened it's door for them to depart.

"This is the floor where your fellow employees and you will be staying." Madeline looked around the wide open space around them which resembled a common area, complete with furniture, tvs, game consoles, a pool table, etc. The room was connected to a couple of hallways that lead apparently to everyone's living quarters. "There are 8 of you who will reside on this floor, with you being the final team member here. The entire floor is for you to enjoy yourselves while you are employed here, to eat, drink, and sleep in your own personal time. During work hours however you can visit our cafe downstairs."

The woman suddenly turned around and faced Madelynn while tossing her a small set of keys. "Those are to your room. If you have any questions I'm sure you can ask your new team members. But if you come across something that they can't answer, then don't hesitate to contact me." She said as she handed out a red and white business card with her name and information on it. Madelynn read the card to herself.

I guess I need to keep this one just in case. Madelynn thought to herself as she stuffed the card into her pocket as the woman, named Angela by her business card, started back for the elevator.

"So which room is mine?" She called back to Angela as the elevator pinged and opened it's door. She chuckled as she entered and looked back at Madelynn.

"You'll figure it out." She said with a smirk as she pressed a floor number and the doors closed, leaving Madelynn in complete silence except for her thoughts. Looking around the room once more, seeing how plain and business like the downstairs areas were, it was almost refreshing to see an area that looked like humans resided there instead of office robots. Almost. This entire experience felt alien to her. From the pick up from the institute to the car ride to even the marble floors of the downstairs lobby and even the hardwood laminate floor she stood on in her new "home". Still, it couldn't be much worse than where she was at previously.

On that note, Madelynn picked the left hallway to adventure down first in hope of finding her room. Down the hall was a series of four doors, two on each side, next to them were name plates. She found hers at the end of the hall on the right.

I guess they figured out how much I appreciate my privacy. Madelynn thought to herself and she noted the distance her room was from the main living area.

Shoving the key into the lock and turning, she let herself into the cozy bedroom. She expected it to resemble any other hotel room, however she spotted her lineup of favorite books, her personal laptop, the funky shag rug at the side of the her queen size bed, complete with her own bedspread and sheets from home, and even her fat stuffed bunny that she had cherished since childhood. Madelynn felt her backpack slide off her shoulder and hit the ground as she gazed at her room.

"Holy s-." She muttered.

"Gotta watch the language here darling." Madelynn spun around and noted the tall man with long dark hair and hazel eyes that leaned against her doorway. "Gotta hand it to them, they really do try to make it seem like home to us, but honestly if you ask me, it's a bit creepy."

Composing her initial shock, Madelynn cleared her throat before speaking. "I take it you live here as well, seeing as you're so casual walking up behind someone like that."

"My apologies, darling. Didn't mean to scare you." He straightened himself in the door way, pushing up the sleeves on his thin grey long sleeve sweater so that they reached his elbows. "But where are my manners? Name's Zachary." He offered his hand as he took a few steps closer. Madelynn hesitantly shook it.

"Madelynn." She stated.

"It's a pleasure to me you, Madi. Welcome to the team." He said as he drew his hand back and proceeded out of her room, making sure to go to close the door behind him, before once again stopped in the doorway. "I'll leave you to settle in. You've got a busy day ahead of you if you're gonna meet everyone else later." And with that, the door shut behind him, the latch clicking into place.

"Okay... that was weird." Madelynn muttered to herself as she turned back to her belongings. Picking up her backpack and setting it on the desk, she pulled the clothes and essentials from it and put them into their own respective spots in the room. Clothes into the small closet and bathroom toiletries into the personal bathroom attached to the room. At least I won't have to leave my room just to use the bathroom. Lord only knows how the men here would keep it.

Glancing at the alarm clock on it's stand next to the bed, it read 2:08 pm. Suddenly, Madelynn's stomach roared. In the middle of the transfer, she had forgotten to even think about eating. Maybe I can find something in the common area. I think I saw a kitchen area. And with that, Madelynn made sure to grab her keys and lock her door before heading back down the hall.