"So..." Edgar rubbed his hands together, "Where do we start."
"Phantoms." Both Klaus and Diego said.
"Decade old daemon." Alyssa said, "And that daemon corpses all over the world all saying the same thing. March of Sins."
"Clearly its an invasion." Oz said.
"But to announce it like that? If they wanted to they could easily wipe us out." Kael said, "Why a proclamation?"
"Confidence. Pride. Either way, makes no difference." Klaus said, "We've already got a large influx of daemon in the last few months. And strong ones too. Who knows what else they have in store."
"More phantoms maybe."
"And the sins." Oz said, "We did kill all of them the last time, right."
The Sins. The highest rank of a daemon. Said to have lived for centuries, having accumulated enough power to create a new one.
"Nope." Edgar said, "We've killed only four. I think. Pride, Lust, Gluttony and Envy. Sloth and Wrath still haven't appeared."
"Would they appear this time, then." Oz said, "To me that's the only way that they'd openly announce their attack."
"I agree." Donna said.
Edgar sighed. "When a sin is killed, a new one is put in place. Sure they might not be powerful enough to face a prime or an aide, but any other inquisitor would face challenges, regardless of how powerful they are."
"So we are back to seven, huh?" Oz asked.
"Yep. However..." Edgar said glancing at Klaus and Diego. The two looked at each other confused. Edgar continued.
"Ever heard of the White city?"
The White City. Belgrade, Serbia. It was used to refer to an incident in the past. An incident which led to the fall of the Dark family. Diego looked at Edgar confused, but Klaus understood what he meant.
"You can't be serious." Klaus said.
Edgar nodded his head.
"That's not possible."
"Unfortunately, it is." Kael said, "My team and I went to investigate, and although faint, we do believe that the entire city is a phantom."
"The hell?!" Diego and Donna exclaimed. Oz shook his head in disbelief. Alyssa sat back, sighing. Edgar continued.
"Its also most likely a sin, giving how long that city has been around."
"Then shouldn't it be left alone?" Diego asked. "If its dormant then there's no need to wake it up. We're talking about something that has been around for what? Five centuries?"
"Since 5700BC." Kael said.
"Hell no!" Diego said, not realising that he was standing up.
"Unfortunately, Diego," Edgar said, "The only reason we were able to detect it was because it started to stir. It will wake up."
"Then it would require all of our efforts to take it down." Donna said. Diego sat back down, rubbing his head."
"But that would be a dick move too." Kael said, "Focusing on one sin and leaving the other six. Plus..."
All eyes turned to Kael. Kael took a deep breath and took out a small metal disc and slid it to the center of the table. A hologram appeared showing a location.
"Where is that?" Diego asked.
"That's between North and South America." Kael said, "Also known as the Bermuda Triangle."
"That the place where the planes and ships have been going missing?" Donna asked. Kael nodded.
"We found a spatial disruption in the Bermuda's Triangle a
"English." Donna said.
"He found a portal." Klaus explained.
"A portal?" Oz exclaimed, looking at Edgar. Edgar nodded.
"A portal that leads to the Daemon dimension." Edgar said, "The exact same on that Jahn Vu and two other primes went through..."
"...And never came back." Alyssa ended.
"We also found a similar one in an area known as the Great Blue of Belize." Kael said, "Its quite unnoticable though, almost escaped my scanners."
"We're going to have to split up." Edgar said, "Be on standby. However, for those portals, Alyssa and I would go and attend to them."
"And the White City?" Diego asked. Edgar looked at him and smiled.
"I'll let you and Donna handle it."
"Excuse me?" Donna exclaimed. "Us?"
"We'll be dead before we start." Diego said, "Or...unless you have other plans."
"Indeed," Edgar said, "All the aides can join in on said operation."
"That's absurd, Edgar. With all due respect, they'd all die."
"I don't see any way out of this, Diego." Edgar said, "With our forces already in minimal numbers, announcing this will already cause panic."
"Can't we ask for help then?" Donna asked.
"From who? The Shield?" Edgar laughed, "That's equivalent to making a deal with the devil, Donna. Noo way."
"No. I meant the Ragnarok Society." Donna said. Silence settled in the room.
The Ragnarok society. Though the Inquisition had run into them several times, their intentions were never made clear. Whether it was to control the world from the shadows or it was the same as the Inquisition, nobody seemed to know.
"The problem is contacting them," Klaus said, "I don't think any of us have come into contact with a high ranking official of theirs before. Just their own men wandering around."
"They also never did have a way to contact them." Alyssa said, "They just showed up wherever they pleased."
"And the only inquisitor who was able to get close enough was Barry O'Neil." Klaus said.
"Great, then we'll just talk to him then." Donna said.
"He died recently." Diego said, "Talk about bad timing."
"Ughh." Kael groaned.
"There is no need for them to come." Edgar said, "Whether they come or not, we still have a duty to perform. Alyssa and I will handle the portals. Donna and Diego will lead the White City operation. As for the rest of you...Klaus, Oz and Kael, you'll be on stand by. I want each of you to stand on watch as the other inquisitors are deployed to different locations. Once there is an appearance of a sin, you guys step in."
"Um...There are six sins and three of us." Oz said, "Isn't that a little overkill?"
"Daemon are using the portals to get into this world. Which means that they can't teleport to this world as we originally thought they could. This means that the portals have to be guarded. They'd know that we'd figure it out. So there's definitely going to be a sin guarding them."
"Are you certain?" Oz asked.
"98%" Edgar replied.
"Great. But what's in it for me?" Kael asked. Donna rolled her eyes.
"Well, nothing. Not this time." Edgar replied. Kael looked at him with shock.
"Do you expect me to work from the good stored in my heart, do you?"
"Nah! Of course not." Edgar said, "But...I do have my own...ways to tie you down."
Kael looked at Edgar. Then the realization hit him as to what Edgar meant. Kael couldn't help but smile as he sat back in defeat. "You monster." Kael laughed. "You never disappoint."
Edgar smiled, "Well then, I guess this concludes our meet."