Three hooded figures could be seen entering the forest at dusk. The figures moved in silence though the forest, they were in no rush. They moved through thickets, crossed streams and even managed to avoid any and all stray piles of pine needles, even though the woods they were wearing partially obstructed their vision. As they progressed deeper into the woods, they quickened their pace. It would have been impossible for an amateur to move through this area as quick as them, but they were professionals. When they went about a mile or two into the forest, they stopped in front of a tree. On the outside, the tree was nothing special. It looked just like any other tree, but only few people were allowed to know of the secrets on the inside.
Just as quiet as before, they approached the tree, stopping just at the base, kneeling, one of the figures put his hand where the ground sloped up to meet the wood. The figure held their hand there for a minute, then nodded. Apparently satisfied, the figure reached inside their cloak and withdrew a knife. Expertly, the figure began carving. The figure was careful of every detail until he finished the mark. The two others knelt with the third in front of the mark and all leaned in so that their noses were barely touching the bark on the tree. They whispered something under their breaths. The mark on the tree started to hum and glow faintly. The figures waited for a minute and then each reached out and touched a part of the mark. The hum and light from the mark gradually intensified until the noise was almost unbearable and the figures had to close their eyes or be blinded. Then, suddenly, a bright flash overtook the scene then gradually faded. The mysterious figures, as well as the mark on the tree were no where to be seen and the forest returned to its usual calm.
The figures collapsed on the concrete floor of the room, breathing hard, and rubbing their eyes and ears. Their hoods had fallen off of their heads, revealing them to be two men, and a woman. Now, significantly, far away from anyone but their own kind, there were free to speak.
"Ugh, I hate that," one of the two men complained.
"Alright," said the woman, "let's go report to the mistress and go home."
"I don't like mistress Nevaeh, she scares me", said the other man. The other two glared at him.
"Not so bad," the woman hissed. "Or she will hear us."
"rrr-right, sorry," he said sheepishly.
The trio got up and walked out of the room. The hallway was dimly lit and doors lined each side. Each door had a plaque that stated who belonged to the room behind it, and a gold blind eye above that. There were hundreds of doors, as the blind eye were no small society, even with the newly elected mistress Nevaeh; they all still managed to retain 85% of the members. The other 15 left when the old mistress was defeated.
The trio continued down the hall, passing cafeterias, doctor's stations, dentist stations, after all, when a new member took the oath, they pledged to live in the complex and thy couldn't have a member ailing an assignment because of a toothache. They continued moving. They changed halls, climbed stairs until they reached the main elevator, the only way in and out of the mistress's chamber. The trio stepped inside and the woman pressed the blind eye symbol on the elevator's control panel. The elevator lurched into motion and began its descent. The elevator continued down multiple floors progressively setting deeper, until it abruptly stopped and the two doors slid open to reveal yet another hall way.
But this hallway was different. For one thing it only went in on direction and had no doors. At the very end, there were a set of double doors with a blind eye covering both doors, half on one, half on the other.
The trio stopped just outside of the doors to put their hoods back on. The woman then pushed a red button on the wall by the right door, leaned in and murmured something. Upon finishing whatever she was saying, the light turned green and a beeping noise could be heard on the other side of the door.
Mistress Nevaeh was a cold and unforgiving woman who was very strict with her rules and very cruel with her punishments for breaking them. She was very clever though, often preferring to do the dirty work herself to make sure it was done right, but she wouldn't hesitate to end the life of someone she didn't like. She is now on the topic of her biggest threat, ironically, they were of the shortest people in town, Dipper and Mabel Pines. They had been thwarting the blind eye at every juncture and they didn't even know it. They had arrived at the bunker, defeated the shape shifter and escaped alive with the laptop mere minutes before the blind eye arrived to find that their job had been done for them, by 12 year olds that was insult to injury.
Nevaeh hit her desk with her palms in frustration and look up at the blood red ceiling. Now, to make matters worse, one of her recon scouts had been witnessed. That means that the twins know the blind eye is after them and it will be much harder to catch them off guard even if they are 12.
She relaxed a bit, knowing that the member that failed and the rest of his team would be punished.
But I digress. She thought to herself. She continued thinking about her tiny enemies. Did she like the plan she had come up with? No, she didn't know of anybody including herself, that would be fond of the idea of killing children, but it had to be done, especially if her arch nemesis was to continue to use them to further his schemes.
"Its' for the greater good", she thought to herself, desperately trying to justify her actions. She clapped her hands together on her nose, and stuck out her thumbs to support her chin.
"And besides, it's not like I'm going to do it myself," she thought again. She had said that line to herself multiple times before.
Nevaeh was used to ending someone's life, she had done it before but this was different, this was a situation where she would keep her hands clean.
Her thoughts trailed off, but she was suddenly jerked back to reality be a loud obnoxious beeping noise.
"Ah right," she thought, "back to the matter at hand, the failed recon and his team". She straightened her posture and fixed her expression. She then leaned forward and pressed a golden button on the bottom corner of her desk.
The trio waited outside to be admitted, they could still hear the loud beeping on the other side of the door. When all of the sudden, it stopped. They could hear the faint click of a button being pushed.
The grand double doors of the society's main chamber swung inward to reveal a room that looked much like the USA's oval office except without all the grandeur.
The room was in an oval shape, the walls, floors and ceiling being a deep red. There was circular blind eye rug that occupied the center of the room with a red wood desk behind the rug. The person occupying the desk was easily the most intimidating thing in the room. She sat upright in her chair and wore a purple cloak much like every one else's, but hers was trimmed in gold and had a silver blind eye on the hood. She has a serious and a demeaning expression on her face as the trio walked forward and stood before the desk.
"Michael, Evan, Louisa, I assume you know why you're hear." Nevaeh said coldly.
"Yes mistress," the trio responded in sync.
"Mmmm yes," she said, "It would seem your failure at the Pines's home did not go unnoticed."
"Mistress Nevaeh," said Michael, "please forgive us. I—it was a mistake," Michael stuttered.
"Indeed it was, she said, "but don't worry, I have a new mission for you. A chance for your to redeem yourselves."
The trio grew nervous and you could see it on their faces. This never happened. They were expecting punishments not to be trusted with a new mission, unless, the mission was the punishment.
Nevaeh relished the look of nervousness on their faces. She smiled devilishly.
"Your new mission is to get rid of the Pines family permanently," she finished.
The trio's fears were proven correct as their eyes widened in horror at what she implied.
"But Neveah, they are children," Louisa stated.
"I'm well aware of that fact, Louisa," Nevaeh said,
She then continued with what she said earlier.
"I don't care how you do it, just get rid of them."
And with a wave of her hand, she stifled any protests that were forming in the trio's minds, and sent them on their way.
When the double doors closed, sealing Nevaeh's chamber from the rest of the complex, Neveah relaxed a bit.
"It's not my problem now," she thought to herself.
Mark, Evan and Louisa stood in silence in the elevator. Each wore a somber expression. They all dreaded what they were about to do.
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