"Focus…" a young blonde-haired woman being of no more then twenty-one, said to herself as she practiced her kicks on dummies and punching bags placed around the center of the warehouse room. As her work out progressed she removed her black shirt pulling her hair into a tighter ponytail and started again wearing only her black sports bra, leather like pants and her knee high black boots. She did a back flip landing in a crouched position doing a leg sweep across the cement floor and jumping up to do a high kick breaking off one of the dummies head.

In two corners, it consisted of weights and exercise equipment. In one of the others, there were three gymnastic beams and a balance bar. The last corner and wall held a thick wooden dummy and weapons arranging from daggers, swords and crossbows.

Since the day of her sixteenth birthday, she has trained vigorously to accomplish her goal…to kill anything that was not human with few exceptions. One: her best friend was a vampire, the other they were paid to observe and only attack if lives were in danger.

"Serena…did you hear what I just said?" Asked a pale young blonde woman with bright green eyes, whose voice was laced with small annoyance. She stood there tapping her foot wearing an identical out fit, the only difference was her hair was in two braids reaching her lower back.

Serena turned around barely sweating and smiled with a short shrug. "Sorry, Mina…I was preoccupied. What were you saying?"

As they, both met one another half way just by looking at them you would think they were twins the exception being that Serena's eyes were blue, and the other of course being that Mina was a vampire.

"I said…Alec wants us to head over to his office."

Mina and Serena were night and day, almost literally. In the day Mina usually preferred to stay in doors, the sun could not kill her but because of the brightness it throws off her senses and eyesight so she prefers the night. Serena on the other hand does both, in the day she works as Alec's assistant inspecting whatever odd occurrences maybe happening and at night she scours the city.

"Alright, I'm ready." She replied back in a monotone voice, pulling on her shirt and grabbing their duffle bag. It was dusk when they walked outside into the warm soft breeze.

Alec was the owner of one of the biggest law offices in Japan called Skye inc., it was also, where he conducted business that involved anything that was not human. There were fifteen floors to that building and to get to the top two you had to have a key. It was a family business over the generations passed down to him.

"We should start our own business." Serena stated in a soft firm voice as she and Mina put their key into the elevator.

"You only say that when you're frustrated…so what's brought this on again?" Mina asked as she pulled her belt of daggers from the duffel bag and began tying it around her waist.

"Well…I think its just getting a little old working for him." She replied back with her lip curling up in irritation as she to pulled out her belt full of daggers.

"We've only worked here for almost two years…besides you just don't like the fact that he's assertive."

Serena stared at her best friend of five years with raised eyebrows as she became aggravated. "Assertive…huh…so I guess that's a new word for Ass…" Before she could finish her sentence, the elevator dinged opening the doors to a somewhat handsome dark haired man who looked to be about in his early thirties standing there impatiently.

"You're late." He said with a small glare facing Serena, then just as quickly he turned around and began walking away. Serena bit the inside of her cheeks to keep herself calm as she looked at the now smirking Mina starting to stride away with quick steps.

"Ass hole." She muttered under her breath as she followed in pursuit into his office.

Both girls sat down around the desk as he closed the door. He reviewed over the last week's incidents involving killings. Mina sat forward holding the papers he provided, while Serena sat back with her arms folded.

"Ms. Levingston…does it bore you to hear the report of innocent people's murders?" Alec asked looking at her with frustration lingering in his voice. Mina looked back and forth between the two as Serena sat up and glared.

"No sir…its just we obviously know people died…I thought you brought us here to go over our mission for tonight." She replied back hotly and emphasized her last word with a smirk. They really did not like each other, over the year and a half neither one could stand the fact that both held strong authority for different reasons. Hers was strength and his was giving out the orders.

Mina stood suddenly, tilting her head up as her nose began to flare slightly. The other two occupants looked at her caught off guard. "Something's in town but I'm not sure what." She said in a quiet voice still trying to listen and smell its scent.

Alec opened a folder he now held in his hand. "I know…whatever it is has been outside of town for almost two days…I want you both on this one tonight." He paused briefly as he made eye contact with Serena, giving her a direct order and began talking again. "Since were not quite sure what were dealing with, Mina you can keep track with your speed and Serena only fight if it's necessary. Let's try to just observe and see what happens."

Both girls stood up without hesitation strapping their small cross bows around their back, with weapons ready they were heading to the top of the roof to start their nightly routine…but to Serena she preferred calling it hunting. It thrilled them to do this especially when they were in foul moods and tonight it seemed to be Serena's lucky night.

"I recognize that look in your eye Rena…just remember what the boss said."

"He…is…not…my boss." She replied back as they jumped across a few buildings and then to the ground below with ease.

"Well either way we get paid…so it really doesn't matter."

Mina tilted her head up again taking in the breeze that hardly existed anymore. "Alright it's definitely a Yuma close by…my guess is the park."