Chapter Five: It All Came Crashing Down
The Council remained silent as the news report showed the abominations that were roaming the shopping mall on the Material Plain were decimated by a lone figure clad in red. A blond Charactering woman sat tall as she watched the man kill monster after monster. A young Non-Character with brown hair cleared his throat softly, gaining the attention of everyone seated at the table.
"Is killing them the only way to deal with this situation. You are aware that those people are still Non-Characters, and that for a Character to kill one is a heavily punishable crime." The Charactering woman closed her eyes slowly and took a deep breath.
"I do understand your concern, Chancellor. Unfortunately, those Non-Characters cannot even be called human anymore; so yes, I'm sorry to say that this measure is necessary."
When the rest of the Council remained silently doubtful, she opened her blue eyes quickly and fiddled with an unlit cigar expertly.
"Maybe I should elaborate for you to understand. Those Non-Characters were turned into what are called 'Ghouls.' Traditionally, Ghouls are created either when a deflowered man or woman is drained of blood by a vampire from my home Plain, or if they are bitten by another Ghoul. Once they become a Ghoul, they can never be returned to being human; also they multiply faster than most can kill them." She tapped her cigar on the conference table, as if that would help stress her point.
"Traditionally?" The brown haired Non-Character raised his eyebrows quizzically at the Charactering woman. "Is there a more practical way of killing them without having to do it individually?"
"Usually, the way to kill a mass of Ghouls was to kill the vampire who originally created them. However, it seems as though someone has been engineering their own Ghouls to withstand the destruction of their creator. The only way to kill them now is to slaughter them."
"All the Ghouls have been terminated, my master." A soft masculine voice came on the intercom at the center of the table. "What are my orders?"
"Return Alucard, there is something odd about the fact that our new enemy has attacked the Material Plain. I'm going to need your report on these Ghouls to submit to the Council. Was there anything else needed to be discussed, Chancellors?"
"Excuse me, Chancellors." Another masculine voice spoke from the intercom. "GCSU, Unit Three Co-ordinator Hawkens; I have a progress report."
"What's happened?" The brown haired Non-Character closed his eyes, as if expecting the worst case scenario.
"Sir, we have a confirmed survivor who was pulled out of the Huckle River. She has a gunshot wound and is in critical condition." The Council went silent as Hawkens continued. "Shall we initiate Code Four?"
"Yes, please arrange for the usual forms." Another Chancellor seemed startled by the quick decision, but remained silent as the other Chancellors glanced at the Charactering woman. She stood up slowly and a dark haired Charactering man held out her coat for her.
"I take it that there is no further reason for me to be here. I shall be returning to my headquarters. Walter, we are leaving." The Charactering man followed obediently after the woman as she left the room. "Walter, find out what Code Four is for me. I have a bad feeling about this."
A/N: So any ideas as to who the Charactering woman was? If you know, fabulous. If this sounds redundant, I'm sorry but there are some people out there who read fanfiction stories and have no idea what is going on, because they didn't watch/read the main storylines. Rate and review?