A couple of days had gone past since the meeting between Vere, one of the daughters of Nox, the leader of the Scavengers, Vlad, a high school student whose father worked at one of the factories owned by the Scavengers and had unfortunately met a cruel death, and lastly Austin. A mysterious member to the other two, but they knew a couple of things about him, one was that he was incredibly strong, and the second was the fact that he was an Altered. Although Vere hadn’t seen his Altered form, Austin did reveal the fact and it gave a slight boost in confidence in their planAfter the next couple of days, with Vere being on the inside of the group, they were able to coordinate their movements, and it was finally the day, the day of the Phantom Brawl. The sun was setting outside, Austin sat on the edge of his bed looking out of the window. “It’s 6 PM.” Vlad said, looking at the time on the corner of the TV screen. “We should start moving, the first fight is at 10 PM.” Austin looked at hi

The group was on the move, now having been forced to bring two more of them along. Herbert had already organised a minibus for them and their group to head to the venue. Apparently it wasn’t a place one could just walk to, as it was done a little outside of the main parts of the city and away from most of the factories. Now, they were on the bus, and it would be around an hour or so drive to the vicinity. Everyone was sitting inside, and Vlad had already gone around collecting everyone’s phones so they weren’t able to contact anyone ahead of time. Austin sat in the front, next to the driver, while the rest sat at the back. The two of them weren’t wearing their masks at the moment, as they were a bit uncomfy so they took it off for now. Besides, everyone on the bus already knew what their faces looked like.“Hey kid!” Herbert shouted out frustrated, looking at Vlad.Austin immediately turned around and gave a look at Herbert making him flinch. It was a warning for him not to try anyt

The converted barn which really couldn’t be called a barn anymore was quite large. With several rooms having been set up at the back. There were offices, changing rooms, toilets for guests, and Vere wouldn’t be surprised if there were sleeping areas either.The issue was, it wasn’t really a place that she would visit often, so she didn’t know her way around. Right now she was walking through the halls, trying to find the best place where the solutions would be kept. ‘Right now, there are nine Altered that the others have to go against.’ Vere thought. ‘We can’t have them using the Altered solutions in a desperate attempt, so the best thing to do is get rid of them first… then if we can, take them out one at a time, while they have no clue what was going on.’ While in the human state, although they were stronger, it would be tough for anyone to deal with a large unexpected blow seemingly out of nowhere.“Hey, aren’t the toilets over here?” Vivi said, pointing to her side. She had seen

Travelling from Slough, en route to a different city, were multiple vehicles. There were three large vehicles coloured in black, while also behind them were a couple of minibuses on top of that. In one of the cars, a large SUV type vehicle that looked to be fortified and could survive a thrashing or two, was Tyler along with the core members of the Howlers.“Hey, are you sure this is the right thing to do?” Olivia asked. “I thought you said we were getting ready for the next Dark Guild Auction. We’ve already cut back quite a bit on our spending, and you told us all to lay low, heading to another city isn’t exactly laying low, and you know as well as I do, that these cities have groups backing them. If they know the Howlers are involved, then it will be easy for them to target us.”The main reason why Kai and the other’s didn’t join Gary was so this wouldn't be considered the Howlers' involvement. With the more of them going, the more chance they had of getting found out. At the same

Gary’s hand was shaking as he looked at his phone. He had to be a bit careful in case he gripped around it too hard, otherwise that would be the second one he had thrown down the gutter.‘What is this, NIRV are the ones behind the gang, they are the ones that have been hoarding and claiming all of these beast crystals?’ Gary thought. It was starting to make sense. Without the system, Gary also wouldn't have known the value of the crystals, and there would only be a few people who would, one of them being a company based around turning people into Altered in the first place. The thing was, he didn’t have fond memories about NIRV. He remembered when he had met a few of their scientists while he was in the AFA. The way they acted, the way they treated the students, it was as if only what they were doing was the most important. ‘I remember that contract I signed as well. It allowed them to call me for any special reason, as a retriever was it? If I remember correctly, past students of