Vampier

Okay, story idea. It's a great gala where many influential people of the world are. Actresses, singers, songwriters, personalities, celebrities, different decorated veterans of the army, different people from various governments, different tech people, and basically a lot of people of the influential class are at this great gala. That is the first of its kind to ever be organized to regroup such influential people across all of these diverse categories. And the gala continues, they're all talking and mingling, and then the host of the gala takes the stage. And he's like an older man. His name is Whitefield. And he's like a major tech tycoon, and he's like the one who organized the gala. He's 60, but he still like looks 50. And even though he has gray hair, like it doesn't really diminish his stance and attitude. And so this man, Whitefield, takes the stage, takes the mic, and he explains the reason of this gala. The reason being him wanting to talk about, basically just wanting to thank the world and stuff. And also he wants to talk about his new major like company he created. And it is a company that lets people around the world have access to thousands and thousands and thousands of documents and books. Where basically you can create an account and then you can upload photos and versions of whatever paper artifacts, like journals, artifacts, books, ancient books, or whatever. Whatever you want, photos of whatever text you have on the website. And you get like money for the quality of what you send. So for example, if you upload on the website like a photo of a random book, you might get a few bucks. But if you upload like a journal from a war-torn soldier dating back 50 years, you might get more money. And anyone everywhere can use that website to access these different resources. And today is like the launch date of that website, and he's like just very proud. And then they talk, and he just like does this speech about his website. And then suddenly, in the middle, like at the very end of his speech, he starts going down with something, there's a big crash. And two people fall from the windows, they burst through the windows, and they land in the middle of the gala. It is a man who's carrying a bleeding woman. And the woman is bleeding but like from a small little cuts on her face. But what shocks everyone is that woman is like really, really pale. Like she's almost translucent with how pale she is. And the man has like this great open wound across his forehead. And everybody looks at them stunned. And then some of the bodyguards and security, they point guns at them. The man lifts his head. And as soon as the man lifts his head, there is the great double doors of the gala that open. And in steps a man with a practical suit. Following him are a small unit of people wearing black tactical gear and the corresponding attire. The people wearing tactical gear, they take up perimeter across the room. And a few of the celebrities, including Whitefield, stand up and start asking, what is the meaning of this? Who are you all? What are these two, etc. The man in the suit approaches the stage, grabs the mic from Whitefield, stands on the stage and says, hello everyone. My name is Alex Dutertre. So, Alex, A-L-E-X, Dutertre, D-U-T-E-R-T-R-E, Dutertre. Alex how you spell his name. So Alex grabs the mic and says, hello everyone, my name is, introduces himself. And I am the head of the Containment and Terrorist Threat Unit. And everyone then gasps and turns back towards the two people who crash-landed through the window. And they immediately make the connection, like, if the head of the anti-terrorist unit is there, that means these two are like terrorists, and everybody like moves away from the two people who crash-landed. And Alex Dutertre says, asks them to please remain calm and seated, and that no harm will come to them. And then he gestures for his men in the gear, and the men point the guns towards the two on the ground. And then Alex says, Anya and Simon Czykoskoi, you are hereby captured by our unit or whatever, because you are terrorists and you are now under like our care. Do you surrender? And the man holding Anya, sorry, Simon, looks at him and he says, Never! And the guns cock once more, and then Alex says, Do you surrender? And before Simon can say a word, the great doors of the gala open up once again in a great big bang. But this time it's only one girl. That girl looks to be around 16. She has short brown curls and cerulean blue highlights in her hair. She wears a dark blue tank top that clings to her frame and that lets everyone see her arms and her stomach. And that is what shocks everyone because on her arms and her stomach and her neck are raised scars winding up like great big gashing like scars. And woven with the scars are tattoos of dragons and wolves and wisteria and flowers and poisonous flowers and hemlock and belladonna and thorns and roses and bleeding thorns and vines clinging around her arms. A dragon breathing fire up the column of her neck, flowers up the mixing with the scars.She wears dark cargo pants and black platform boots, and on her hips hangs a belt with a set of daggers hanging from it, two silver needles, a set of shuriken stars, and diverse jars and vials filled with different liquids and pastes, as well as herbs hanging, drying on the belt. She is wearing a dark blue cape with what almost look like shifting constellations on it over her shoulders, and the cape brushes the ground as she walks. And immediately she walks and Alex, still on the stage, looks at her and he breathes, Melusine. The girl ignores him and continues walking, traverses the group of all the actors and celebrities, and arrives in the middle of the circle they formed around the two presumed terrorists, Anya and Simon. She looks at all of them, and then the people in tactical gear, they point their guns to her, and she looks at them and she goes, Guns down now. And her voice has like, she has absolutely no fear when saying it and full, like, confidence that they will obey her orders. And then the people in the tactical gear, they hesitate, and they look towards Alex, and then Alex seems to snap out of, like, a trance, says, Stow your guns away. And then the people, they put their guns back, and then Melusine looks around and goes, and then looks at Alex and says, You are a complete asshole. And then she takes, like, a shuriken star from her belt and sends it straight towards him, and it cuts across his cheek, and, like, leaves a cut all across his cheek. And then all the people draw their guns again, and Alex touches his cheek, and he is, like, shocked. And she turns, and then she looks at him and she goes, You are just repeating history. Alex looks at her and she goes, No, I am not. I have had valuable intel. And Melusine cuts him and she goes, Valuable intel. You call two innocents valuable intel? You are just repeating history and you very damn well know it. And everybody starts being put in a white field, like, takes a breath and, like, enters the fray and goes, Can somebody please explain to me what the fuck is happening here? And his British accent thickens when he says that. And Melusine looks at him, up and down.And Simon says, you're all the book guy, aren't you? And Melusine looks sick in the back and he goes, it's, yes, I believe. And she looks at him and she goes, you aren't dumb. You aren't smart. But you actually are. Or, no, she goes like, she says something along the lines of, you have a brain on your head, on your shoulders. And you can actually use it. That's surprising. And Waffe feels like, thank you? Like if he's asking a question. And she looks around the room and focuses back on Alex and says, and then she looks towards Anya and Simon, and Anya who's still digging out of the floor. And immediately her demeanor changes, and she rushes towards them, and Simon seems to try to stand up and try to block her. And Melusine just pushes her aside and goes, Simon. And says, really? No. And Simon's like, you can't touch her. And Melusine just lifts her arm, and on her arm there's a tattoo of a star and a moon interwoven together, enveloped by a sun. And she says that tattoo to Simon. And Simon looks at the tattoo and looks at Melusine, and he goes, if you hurt her, I will end. Melusine looks at him and she goes, do you really believe I would hurt her? And Simon, without saying anything, he steps aside. And Melusine crouches down towards Anya, and she sighs. She goes, what trouble have you gotten in this time, my friend? And then she unsheathes a dagger, and everybody like tenses, but then she plunges the dagger in her wrist and makes like a shallow cut in her wrist. And blood starts to flow out, and to the shock of everyone, she presses her wrist to the mouth of Anya. And then Anya like starts to slowly like lap at the blood. And as she laps more of Melusine's blood, she like regains composure and color in her veins, until to the point where she can actually stand again. And then she regains consciousness and she sees Melusine and she sees the room, and she goes, Melusine. Melusine looks at her and she goes, yes, my friend. And Anya says, you made it. Melusine says, yep, a bit late, but I made it. Always do. And then looks at her and she goes, thank you. Do you, do... And Melusine stops her and she goes, you don't have to explain. I made a promise a long time ago. We all did. I will always be there. Yeah. And Anya nods, and Simon like watches everyone warily. And Melusine looks back towards him and she goes, I take it you haven't explained everything? Anya looks sheepish and she goes, whoopsies. Melusine just helps her stand up, and then she takes out a set of keys from her pocket and she gives them to Anya. And she looks at Simon and goes, both of you, go. Third car on your left, the one with the little Italian, the one with the little elephant on the windscreen. Anya looks at her, and she goes, thank you. And she then like quickly, she grabs Simon's hand and before anyone can blink, she's left. And Melusine turns around, sees like the rows of people point, looking at her, whispering. And she sighs and she goes, now, you dimwits are gonna need an explanation. One I will provide. She looks at Alex and goes, if you shut your mouth, I will explain. If you don't, I will put the shuriken in your eye. Understood? And that threat goes for any of you.