Hey, everyone! So... I got a new story I've been wanting to create after a while, and it's interesting... The plot itself. I know I once included zombies and all that, but this one is related to Neuroi, completely nuts, now switching to bio-warfare!

I made an edit to this prologue once! :D Hope you guys enjoy! :)

PROLOGUE

Ethelreda – Sai Baba quotes 'All action results from thought, so it is the thoughts that matter.' I always believe this to be true.

I'm living in a world where there is a history between humanity itself, and a species that is known to be 'Neuroi.' Only a few came to understand that Neuroi are part of this world, and they always seek to find new ways to gain this world by themselves. There's the theory of Yin and Yang between the two species, meaning there is none without the other. This theory, if used by many, is beginning to shift. The Neuroi have suddenly grown desperate.

The more years that actually passed, the more strategies they use to try throw us off. It's the same with our species. The only difference is… they have darker secrets than we do. And when we unlock them, it will make those who find it realize… This species is beginning to be a big problem.

Witches kept being trained in different times. I for one am a Witch, but I exercise myself more mentally than physically. It's a good thing I did. All the successes I have done made enemies. So I wasn't a real norm in society. HOWEVER, I was heavily known as both an enemy, and a friend… depending on the person I speak to. Those who are my enemies, are people who are against the way I gather knowledge, because like it or not I scavenge for science. I don't just learn it in a simple university.

My own profession and career made enemies. That's why I secluded myself from the world.

Though I never thought I'd be found where I work. This changes things.

August 2034… Cairo, Egypt…

2239 hours… In a warehouse of the southwest quadrant of the capital city…

A red-haired 21-year old girl wearing glasses looked at the Platform Capsule. She witnesses the green-oozing sample that is floating behind the glass and she was thinking deeply. She was wearing a white lab coat while she observed the sample herself. The warehouse she was in fairly lit. Though its light shines outside the warehouse and attracts attention of the Infected, former humans now hijacked by Neuroi who appear as zombies, the building itself is protected by a magical shield… Three layers of it. Private Military men stand behind the triple-layered magic shield ready to pull the trigger at any time the Infected come to them. Though it wasn't the case, things are changing. The shields are being breached, and one layer at a time is being removed. This made the guards nervous.

She then hears footsteps, and notices a private military man wearing tactical gear, including an armored vest and his assault rifle. He jogged towards her and stopped just beside her.

"Professor Parkin, I just got back," he said. "It's confirmed they're really breaching the 2nd shield layer. One more layer, and they'll bang the warehouse walls."

"They're getting stronger," she muttered with her Britannian accent. Then she spoke as he would hear. "Didn't see anything different from their skins?"

"Well… Don't know. Could be the things they eat or the metals they take in?"

"Could be because they're drifters. If these infected come from another place entirely, I'd understand. Neuroi-infected usually take in metals or consume meat to make them more physically able. This is a problem. Tell your men to open fire with suppressors. What I'm achieving here will change the tide."

What happened next was unexpected. They heard a glass break from a distance inside the warehouse before the power was cut and the lights went out. Multiple automatic suppressed weapons were heard that opened fire. Suddenly, a Neuroi beam was heading straight for Professor Parkin.

"PROFESSOR!" The PMC rifleman got in the way of the beam and the beam hits him instead. He drops dead in front of her.

"ADRIAN!" Ethel shouted just before another Neuroi beam was coming at her. With magic, she summoned a one-handed sword before she swung and deflected the Neuroi beam. And with one hand, she got on her defensive stance, while looking towards the window where the beam came from. "If you will decide to take my success, you'll have to kill me first."

Soon, another beam was coming at her…