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"The Nova Project" (EDITED)

Xenon -completely unexpectedly- grabbed a hold of her and led her through the town, passing by many odd people who stared at her, she glared back at them. "I'm Vexenesis...Vexis for short," She told him, now that she realized he was not a threat. "How did you get here, anyway?" Xenon asked her. "I uh...just figured I'd drop in and visit this town...?" She replied, sounding confused with her own response. It was a lie, of coarse. Xenon chuckled at her response, assuming that the confusion was not intended. "So where are you taking me, anyway?" She asked him.

"To the Guardian Alliance, Tazuma would want me to bring you there, in case you needed help but forgot," Xenon explained. Vexenesis noticed that someone was following them, "Don't look now...but someone is stalking...er...following us..." She whispered to Xenon. He then stupidly turned around to look, but no one was there. "No there isn't..." He told her in a slightly confused tone. "Over here, stupid." Vexis told him, he now turned around to face her again, and now saw the strange looking girl ahead of them. "Who are you?" The girl asked abruptly.

Vexis frowned a bit, "I could ask you the same..." she replied, unwilling to give her name. The girl got visibly frustrated with Vexis for not answering. Her violet eyes narrowed, concentrating on something. "I see...so you're the newest experiment in the Nova Project...your name is Vexenesis," she told the two of them. Vexis looked somewhere between intimidated and befuddled. "H-how did you...?" she wondered out loud. "I know things, and I have methods of getting info. That's all you need to know about me," the girl explained. "Don't worry, dear Vexenesis, our paths will cross another day, until then, I'll be waiting. I'm Lea by the way." She then leapt off somewhere in a burst of speed, before Vexis could ask her a question.

Xenon looked very confused about everything, now. "Who was she? And what was this about a 'Nova Project'?" he asked Vexis. Vexis looked down, uncertainty clearly showing in her expression. "I'm not like you, Xenon." He looked even more befuddled now, "Huh? What do you mean Vex-" He was unable to finish his sentence before noticing that Vexis was now gone, he saw a small pile of giant black & white feathers not too far ahead. He picked one up, examining it, "Wonder what kind of odd bird dropped these...?" he said to himself.

Vexis now started her search all over town for their strange visitor, but found no luck in locating her. Now realizing that it was impossible to find this girl, Vexis settled down in a dark alley in between two large buildings. "No one will find me here..." She assured herself, planning to rest for a while.

Intro (EDITED)

Screams of shock and horror could be heard throughout the halls of the vast laboratory, the many terrified researchers all clung to the walls. The ones that were not dead already, that is. "Vexenesis has escaped, professor!" Yelled one of the scientists. "Professor?!" He questioned, as soon as he noticed the professor lying injured on the cold, tile floor. The scientist ran over to him, "Find her you fool, don't worry about me!" The professor exclaimed at him. "Y-yes, sir!" The scrawny researcher got up and proceeded to the hallway, following the sound of screams he searched for Vexenesis. He finally encountered her. "Vexenesis! There is no escape!" He yelled at her while grasping his stun-gun. She turned around to face him, pulled out her swords and effortlessly attacked. Once the scientist fell to the ground dead, she headed towards the exit. Vexenesis was a so-called "angel" according to these scientists, whom were now trying to escape her deadly grasp. Vexenesis was tall and slender in figure, her long hair was the color of black onyx, her eyes a dark green. She stepped outside and spread her wings for flight. Luckily for Vexenesis, the lab was placed conveniently near the edge of a VERY steep hillside. The angel's wings caught hold of a power gust of wind, she leapt forward and took off. Fast and powerful wings beat on either side of her, her right wing colored black, left wing a pale white. Vexenesis maintained flight for a while, but as soon as she was a few miles away from the laboratory's boundaries, fatigue started to overcome the angel. Vexenesis tried to ignore it, but soon found herself dropping in altitude. She tried to lift herself back into the air, but her wings dissolved into mere streams of greenish energy, rendering the girl helpless.


"Are you alright, miss?" She heard a voice.
She opened her eyes, and saw the white-haired young man kneeling beside her, he held a concerned expression on his face. "Who are you?" Vexenesis questioned, she immediately leapt to her feet. "My name is Xenon, I'm with the guild in Aristaisia. I work as a patrol officer for this area." He replied, his voice sounded so calm and quiet. How could someone be so trusting and kind to a complete stranger? Especially one who just fell out of the sky...