Just as the sun was setting, a young couple was happily walking in the streets of Seattle but their destination wasn't random.
You would think that they were just enjoying the evening together so they could go into a restaurant where most young couple would go on a date, but instead, they went inside Seattle Tech, the City's biggest technological company.
The establishment was already closed but they were greeted by one of the company's employees who had initially called them and was the reason why they were there in the first place.
Half an hour later, they both came out of the building and the young man was still left with more questions rather than answers.
They had asked help from the Seattle tech employee to fix a watch that the young woman owned. They knew the watch held advance technology that wasn't readily available. After testing it today, they were able to turn it on but it wasn't giving out anything useful. The device only showed the initials GKC on the screen and nothing else.
The young woman on the other hand had a hopeful look in her face as she held on to her old watch inside her pocket. Even though the only thing it did was turn on, it was already a step forward from what they were wanting to achieve. She was hopeful that one day, she will be able to find a way to make it work so she can find her way back home and get the answers she needed to know who she really is.
While the couple exited the building and made their way to their car, someone was observing the young woman from afar, away from the range of the young man who had the ability to read the minds of anyone around him.
The stranger was observing her with surprise and hatred in his eyes. His tall and large frame stood alone on top of a second floor building. He was alone with nothing on him except the clothes that he was wearing. Although his shirt did nothing to protect him from the cold night, it did not seem to bother him at all as he was focused at the image of the young couple two streets away.
Even when the street was still busy with people buzzing around, he was able to distinguish the young woman from afar. He was surprised to see her still alive. He had since hated the organization that she was working with because they have always been a hindrance to his plans. They were always there to stop him from getting what he wants.
Now, his hatred was focused on her because she was the one who had stopped him from the last time he attempted to gain control of a planet that was rich with resources.
If not for her, he would still have been out there, wreaking havoc in the Universe but here he was, stuck in a world that he was unfamiliar.
Before he came to this world, he woke up in a limbo and remembered what had brought him to that place. Afraid that he might have been stuck there for a longer time, he worked his way to get out and when he did, he was brought to this world.
He has been wandering for a few days trying to find out where he was and it didn't take long for him to find out that he was in a world called Earth but this was an unfamiliar Earth because he knew of the planet.
He knew that the planet was the home base of the Organization that has been thwarting his plans for world domination and he knew that it was also the home planet of the young woman who brought her here but this Earth didn't have any signs that the Organization exists and wondered if this was a different Earth altogether.
His thoughts went back to observing the young woman from a distance and she seems to have been able to blend in already to this world. How long he was stuck in that limbo, he was not sure but what he is sure is that he wanted his revenge towards her.
He wanted to go nearer, to find out where she was heading and made a move to follow.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" A female voice spoke.
He turned around to see that he was still alone where he was standing but the voice did not cause him to be alarmed. Instead, he was curious.
"And why is that?" He asked calmly. He turned towards a movement in the shadows to his left.
"You wouldn't want them to hear your intentions know, would we?" The voice spoke again but this time, a figure slowly approached from the shadows and the one thing that stood out was her bright orange hair and her blood red eyes.
"And what would that intentions be?" She had stopped a few feet from him and he stood to face her, in caution. He knew right there that she was not an ordinary woman and she was dangerous.
"Ohwww, I can see it in your eyes. You want revenge but what I'm curious about is… who among the two are you taking it on?" She looked at him with calculating eyes.
"What is it to you?" He asked but she merely smiled before responding.
"Amuse me" She taunted and the man eyed her. She might be of use to him. He needed someone that is familiar with this world and she might just be the answer to his problems.
"The girl"
She raised her eyebrow. "Hmmm, it seems we do have something in common." She started to approach him seductively. "I have unfinished business with the boy but…" She started to say as she started to circle him and in his ear, she whispered. "I don't mind seeing both of them suffer"
'What do you propose?" The man smiled evilly.
"Let me show you." She whispered then disappeared.
The movement caused him to be alert and sensing immediate danger, his hands acted on instinct and lashed out on the blurry movement that came for him. His hands caught the woman's neck as she was about to lunge for him.
'What do you think you're doing?!" His anger was mixed with confusion as he felt her hard skin beneath his hands. It was like trying to grip on marble. He wondered if she was a kind of artificial being and if he gripped tighter, would she break?
Her eyes were frantic at the moment that his hands closed tighter in her neck.
"Wait!" She called out.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't break your neck right this moment?" He asked coldly. He had the upper hand but he knew he shouldn't be taking any chances with her.
"I want you to be part of my plan." She started.
"That boy… he can read the minds of anyone nearby that is why it's not that easy to sneak around them" Now he understood her first warning.
She held the arm that was holding her. He wondered how strong she was. He wondered if she could easily break his arms but the way she was holding, he can sense that she wasn't taking any chances of her neck being severed. Both of them were testing each other's strengths.
"A plan is already in motion." That made him pay close attention.
"I just needed more men to help me realize it and then I ran into you and I thought that you would be useful" She explained and then she grinned wickedly.
"I realize now that you're far more than what I expected. You are strong and I'm curious to see what you can do more if… you become one of us". He immediately understood that the woman was not any ordinary human or maybe even not human at all.
That made him think.
"That boy… is he like you?" She nodded.
'What do I get if I become… one of you?" He asked, now curious.
"Power" That was the word that he was looking for and the look in his eyes told her that he was already considering it.
"There are more of us in this world. Some stronger and more powerful and with your strength as a human, just imagine what you can do once your abilities are enhanced."
He didn't need to tell her that the term human was only applicable to the beings that lived on Earth and he wasn't one of them but having the same features and body function as them, it did not really matter.
He was much more interested on what she was offering.
"Tell me… what's the catch?" He had an idea that there was something more to being transformed into something else.
"Blood" She told him. "The only thing that will keep you alive is blood"
"Whose blood?"
The woman turned her head towards the busy street below and the man understood. This world was getting more and more interesting for him.
To have species living among unsuspecting humans who see them as food. It's just the same as other worlds he has been in. Everything and everyone will always be part of the food chain. It's just a matter of who was on top and it looks like in this world, this species where discreetly on top.
A new plan was starting to form in his mind. After he gets his revenge, he wanted to explore. With the Guardian Knights not existing in this world, who was to stop him from getting what he wants?
With that in mind, he slowly released his grip from the woman's neck and she took it as a sign of his agreement.
She grabbed the arm that had held her earlier and took a bite and before she could lose herself to the taste of blood, she jumped away from him.
He was caught off guard by what she had done but before he can question her, he felt a burn slowly radiating from where she had bitten and it was slowly crawling towards every part of his body. He staggered backwards at the first sign of pain that he could not control.
For a few seconds, he was able to hold himself steady but when the burn consumed his insides, he dropped to his knees and looked at the woman with loatheness.
"What did you do?!" He struggled to speak but she only looked at her curiously and then slowly, she walked back towards him.
"Sshhh" She crooned. "It's all right"
He regretted not finishing her off earlier and now he was no longer in control of his body. The only thing he wanted was for the burning to stop.
"Three days" She told him but he could barely focus on her voice.
"All you need to do is endure for three days… and you… shall be reborn."
A/N: It's done! Yey! Thank you all for following! Sorry if it took a while for me to post everything but here it is know. I enjoyed the journey and now that this book is done, the next task would be for the next book to be written! Yey! I'm so excited! I wonder how long I would be able to finish it. Hopefully soon.. Thank you all!