United Nations Building, New York 8:00am
The atmosphere in the Norwegian Room was sombre and mournful that morning as the Security Council and international leaders took their places on the round table. Each one of them was lost in their own thoughts, the idea that they had authorised the use of a nuclear weapon upon a town in Italy that, despite the presence of some of the most powerful vampires in the world, still had a large population of innocent humans. And the thought they had allowed those people to be destroyed hung heavy on the conscience of all present.
And yet, the operation had been a success. The Volturi were no more, and the vampires were now left leaderless. But now the Secretary-General was entering the room, and everyone turned to face him, the old man only nodding slowly before he spoke.
"The Volturi are gone." He declared simply, a slightly smug smile on his face. "And we have already shown the vampires that their enemy is more powerful than them. Without the iron fist of the Volturi over them, I expect the rest of the vampire population to soon be rooted out. As I speak our elite special forces units are being trained and prepared for the coming war, and will be ready for battle soon enough."
But then, as a faint round of applause began, another voice suddenly spoke out from behind the Secretary-General.
"Excuse me for intruding sir, but I have to report some grave news. Not all the Volturi are dead."
Instantly every eye in the room turned to face the speaker, a thin Italian soldier, dressed in the ornate uniform of a high ranking officer.
The Secretary-General turned to him, his eyes for a second displaying anger, but soon he was back to his calm self.
"I am sorry my friends, I forgot to introduce our esteemed guest, General Uberto."
The General only nodded at the international leaders before turning to the Secretary-General.
"Our scout jets found them following the bomber which dropped the nuclear weapon. We believe there to be at least ten of them, including what appears to be one of the vampire leaders. From our current estimates they will reach Piacenza-San Damiano Air Base within the next hour at the latest. I urge you to…"
"Perfect!" the Secretary-General said, grinning. "General, I want that base on high alert. We can have the European Division of the hunter-killer squads there at around the same time as the vampires arrive. The perfect chance to test out the new equipment and tactics we have in the making."
The general made to protest, but sighed and saluted.
"It will be done" he said, then quickly ran from the room to get orders to the base.
Turning back to the Security Council, the Secretary-General smiled.
"It begins…"