Prologue
The bustling night life of the streets contained deep within the city. Business men in sharp suits with weary looking faces from working overtime. Young women out enjoying their youth with alluring eyes following their high skirt lines. Drunkards who've spent their earnings since noon stumbling home ready to retire for the night. All too engrossed in their worlds to notice the shadow of a person racing across the roof tops above their very heads.
The young girl was running as fast as she could, heart beating with each light footstep on the tiles. She felt as light as a feather and as quick as a cat. Her facial features are delicate, large bright green eyes and full red lips. The wind brushing back and messing up her unusually bright orange hair as she gained speed and kept going. Faster and faster!
Suddenly she came to a halt.
Tiptoes balancing her on the edge of the large cavity between the buildings. Her bright hair settles just above her shoulders. This reveals a pair of large orange cat like ears, in which one is pierced with a chained ear-cuff with a dangled cross. A matching tail also came into view helping her to regain her balance on the thin edge.
Standing still she scouts out the surroundings, her ears twitching in different directions, listening intently.
Thud. Crash. "Ahhh!" Is heard north of her location.
She paces back, recomposes herself.
Stood staring at the edge she whispers "You can do this..."
She begins to sprint. Moments later she reaches the edge and launches herself across the 15 meter gap, breaking her landing with a roll on the opposing rooftop. Getting back onto her feet she continues to run.
Up ahead in a usually still park, silent screams can be heard. A man panic-stricken with fright stands frozen like a statue as a grotesque creature approaches him. The foul smelling creature inches closer, with each jerky movement it begins to grin, showing large sharp teeth.
The young girl comes soaring from the treetops and through the sky feet first straight towards the creatures grin. CRUNCH! Teeth shatter and clink to the floor. Rebounding she somersaults backwards landing in front of the victimised man as the creature stumbles back several paces falling with an almighty thud.
Standing with her back still to the terrorised man concealing her face, taking deep breaths and being prepared for anything.
"Run if you value you life" she warned.
The man's feet stay planted as he contemplates this strange girl with immense power. She suddenly turns towards him grimacing in anger.
"Move!" She yells with all her breath.
He shudders backwards reattaining the feeling in his legs, faltering slightly he manages to run into the distance and out of sight.
As she returns her attention to the creature it appears to be struggling to re-establish its footing. Once it was up and stable, it grinned a toothless grin and scowled. She shuddered, frowned then charged, jumping up and over the creature stomping on its head on the way.
Landing crouched on the other side she sensed danger hurtling at her. Forcing all her strength into her leg muscles she back flipped high into the air. Once steadied in the air, she noticed the scaled tail flailing back and forth, and then began to descend back to the floor.
She closed her eyes and calmed her mind, time almost slowed around her. She lowered her hands from above her head and held one onto of the other in front of her chest.
Shing!
A small light shone from underneath her hands, and something began to materialize. It manifested like molten metal settling in a mould and cooling. First a red ribbon wrapped hilt, then a square decorative guard, and finally a long, thin, sharpened one sided blade.
She landed almost silently as the last of her blade realized. The creature had turned and began to move sluggishly towards her, she crouched and pulled the hilt behind her levelling the blade beside her eyes. She momentarily caught her reflection, smirked and swiftly turned the blade.
Her movements where as quick as lightening as she softly landed behind the creature.
Quickly distancing herself after as the creatures neck spews blood splattering in all directions. The dismembered head began to slide, then disappeared into ashes closely followed by the body.
The ashes blew into the wind.
Police sirens began to ring in the distance.
Her sword dispersed quickly and disappeared. She checked around her then leaped into the trees and back into the night.