A/N: Okay, starting from this chapter this story is now officially a collab with Alvin Firesage. Hope you enjoy reading it! ^^


A man in his late thirties stood before the tall windows in his office with a scar at the lower right cheek on his face, his military uniform had many medals on them, so he can show off how high his rank was in the army. In fact, his neatly combed, short black and stern face made him look like he was ready to get another medal in his collection.

Sitting on the desk next to him was Adelaide's father, his silver white hair looked as if it grown another inch as he felt even worse as every minute passed and the grandfather clock that he was looking at wasn't helping his mood at all.

The one in the military uniform noticed a black car getting into the estate and frowned but his eyes followed the car with a serious expression in his face."Geoff..." the man started. "...why didn't you just called the International Police instead?" he asked and Geoff sighed.

"The International Police obviously won't take this seriously, besides my daughter is one of their undercover agents. They'll think that I want to try to stop her from doing her missions General..." his reply made sense to the general. "So why didn't you let her go to the academy?"

Geoff covered his face with his hands. "Because I don't want to lose another child Jerome..." he said and looked at a picture with a younger Adelaide and a young man with the same golden blonde hair color as his daughter but his eyes were a sapphire blue color.

"I understand..." the general said and looked at the window again. "It must have been hard for you to let go of your first heir..." Just a minute later a knock was heard on his door. "Come in." Adelaide's father bellowed and a young woman with her brown hair in a braid entered.

"Sir, The Vaciller Twins are here..." she said with a shaky voice that wasn't too obvious. The old man was too depressed to even look like he cared. "Let them in." he ordered and the general turned around. A few seconds later a guy and a girl both the same age and strikingly almost the same face came inside.

The boy had black hair with a slight hint of brown and his eyes were light blue green. The girl. although. was smaller in height and her black with a hint of blue colored hair was more neatly combed than her brother and had sharper eyes than him.

The general nodded to the two, though it looked more as if he only nodded to the boy, and not to his sister who looked at the general with sad eyes, though she hid them with her bangs. "So...I heard that the two of you are the famous rookies of the information division of the army..." Geoff said and looked at the corner of his eye at the general. "Apollo and Artemis Vaciller, am I right?"

"Yes sir." The two answered in unison and stood straight like everyone in the army does. The general smirked a bit. Geoff nodded. "I believe that your superiors have already told you what you need to do?"

"Yes sir." Artemis answered with such determination that she looked like she was going to explode if she doesn't do this mission. "I'll summarize it again anyway." the general offered and he looked at Artemis like she was a hindrance to him.

"The two of you will have to recover Adelaide Olivia Trevena von Spitzfield back to this building alive and unscathed..." Geoff butted in. "Jerome, You may want to add that my daughter is quite...aggressive, and also she's actually much tougher than she looks. You may want to remember that..." the twins took note of that hint.

"Do you understand?" the general asked. "Yes sir!" Apollo said and looked at his sister with an uneasy expression on his face.

"Do you understand, Artemis?" the general repeated. Artemis face paled, and she looked as if she wanted to cry, but holding them all back. "Yes...I understand..." she looked at the general eye to eye, a hint of fear in her eyes, but nevertheless at the same time fierce and sharp, but there sadness as well.

"...father."


-Later-

"Artemis, you okay?" Apollo asked, his eyes full of concern, the twins were sitting on a bench near the pier. Artemis nodded and faked a smile. "Yeah, I'm fine..." she said and sniffed. Apollo frowned. "You're a bad liar, you know that?" he said and patted her head. She glared at him which and her facial expression clearly said that what her brother was doing wasn't helping.

"Idiot..." she said which made her brother sweatdrop and silent for quite a while. "You're so cold..." Apollo finally said and looked as if he was ready to cry. Artemis giggled then laughed out loud and Apollo stopped his crybaby act and laughed together with his twin.

After they stopped laughing Artemis leaned on his shoulder. "Thanks Apollo..." she said and her brother smiled. "Anything for my little sister..." Artemis frowned and looked at him. "I'm not your little sister, we're twins, remember?" she snapped.

Apollo smirked. "Hey I was born first!" Artemis smiled a childish smile. "Yeah and so what if you are?"

"Then that means I'm the boss of you. Right next to dad though..." Apollo joked around. "That isn't funny Apollo!" she snapped. "Just because that I'm a girl that doesn't mean that anyone could just push me around!" She said angrily with her fists raised in the air.

The air grew silent and Apollo's eyes widened. Its been a long time since he saw his twin sister get so tensed. Especially after she looked like she was going to cry. The last time she acted like this was when...when they're mother passed away...


- 3 years ago-

A much younger Artemis cling to her brother's hand while she cried in front of her mother's deathbed. Apollo tried his best not to stay strong for his sister's sake and his own.

Their father stood next to their mother, no such sign of sadness in his eyes of facial expressions. "What are you crying about Artemis?" He asked and Artemis stopped crying and the general faced her with a scowl in his face and the child was initially terrified.

"Why are you crying?" He asked and Artemis trembled. "Mommy...mommy won't be here anymore...that's why..." she said and her father slapped her.

"Artemis!" Apollo called and came to her side, helping the girl up. The little girl had tears in her eyes, but dried them off with her sleeve. "I'm okay Apollo." she whispered and put a small smile on her innocent face. "No you're not..." Apollo whispered back.

Their father came closer and took Artemis by the collar of her shirt. "Artemis!" Apollo called and rushed to his father. "Stop right there Apollo." his father warned with a dangerous spark in his eyes. "But dad!" Apollo complained. "That's enough Apollo!" he snapped and the boy fell silent and could do nothing but watch his sister. "Artemis..." he started and faced the girl again, a merciless feel was felt across the room.

"Deaths like these happen often in the battlefield. If you're gonna become a soldier, then you should learn how to control your feelings..." he let go og his grip and the child fell on her butt. Apollo rushed over to his twin. "Artemis! Are you okay?" he asked and helped her get up.

"Remember this child..." the general said and approached the two, Artemis being the one who was most terrified. "Don't let your feelings change the way you act, or you'll be regretting it in the future..." he warned and with that he left, leaving the girl crying er heart out in peace...


And that's exactly why...I must protect her...

-Meanwhile, at the port-

"Hey Tom! Hurry up would you?" a guy with spiky blonde hair called out to a guy about his age who was still in the ferry. "Oh boy..." a girl with long brown hair sighed.

"Come on you guys! Give me a break!" a boy said running down the dock. He had brown hair with the front spiked up and emerald green eyes. "Gee...you're so slow Tom..."

"Shut up Mike." Tom snapped and took his luggage.

"Come on you two...stop fighting so we can go to the hotel already! I'm pooped!" the girl said.

"You're tired already Daisy?" Mike asked.

"Oh let's just go there you guys!" Tom said and started running towards the road out of the port.

"Hey! Wait for us!" Mike called out and hurriedly took his luggage, this time he was the one in the back.

"Slow down Tom!" Daisy called out and took her luggage and ran after her two companions.


A/N: Well...all of the main characters have been introduced! ^^