C1: New Members

~Mai Dreaming~

Mai was alone in the darkness once again. Turning around, Mai tried to see where she was; however, the darkness blocked the view of her surroundings. In the distance, Mai could hear pleads for help. Tears trailed down her face as she covered her ears, trying to block out the noises. After what felt like a lifetime, the noise quickly stopped happening. Standing in front of her was an angel. The angel's lips moved, but a clap of thunder, making Mai to jerk awake, drowned out the words.

~End of Dream~

A thick layer of clouds that threaten to rain anytime covered the sun. The wind violently blew vacillating around the town, and thunder sounded off in the distance. No one in their right mind would be out on a day like this except the two people walking side by side down the street. One was a woman and the other was a man. She was medium height with long brown hair, which had a slight wave to it. He, on the other hand, was quite tall; however, his hair was the color black, and it was long enough to allow for it be in a single braid, that trailed down his back. The woman looked up at the person beside her with her emerald green eyes and asked, "How much farther is this building?"

Smiling, the man answered, "We're almost there. It should be just around the corner." The pair turns the corner to see the building of their destination. The building seemed to loom over the buildings that surrounded it.

"It feels like there was something demonic there, but it feels almost completely gone," the woman said as they made their way into the building.

Shaking his head as he turns his blue eyes towards her, the man said, "Now none of that. Let's not scare our new team."

"Oh! You're no fun!" The woman said as they entered the building. They pair quickly made their way up the stairs that lead to the main office. The woman not stopping to knock opened the door and went inside. Shaking his head, her partner entered in after her.

The banging of the door startled Mai awake. Noticing the two people standing there looking at her, Mai stood up to welcomed them. "Welcome to SPR! How may I help you?" Mai asked as she bowed to them.

"May I have some tea?" She looked at Mai, before turning around to yell, "Naru get out here! You called us here; at least you could be waiting for us!" The woman yelled as she moved to sit one of the couches that surrounded a small coffee table.

A door to the woman's right opened up and out came Lin from his office. "Mai is there a problem?" Lin asked as his eyes fell on to the person sitting on the couch.

"Hello Lin!" The woman said as she gave him a small hand wave.

Lin looked at the woman, as her partner moved to stand behind her. "Miss, do I know you?" Lin asked as Naru left his office.

"No, but I know all about you. So Naru, why did you call us?" The woman asked as Mai sat the tea down that she made.

Naru looked at the woman and said, "I'll tell you when the rest of the team gets here."

"Well shoot! You're no fun!" The woman said as she took a drink of her tea. Naru moved around one of the couches to sit across from her. The team slowly trickled in one by one.

Mai, eying the person standing behind the woman, asked him, "Would you like to have a seat?"

"No, thank you." The man said as put a hand on the woman's shoulder. The woman looked up. It looked like they were just looking at each other; however, through their thoughts they had a silent talk.

~Mind talk between the woman and man~

"Be careful around these people. And remember do not give away the name of your angel, or it could end badly," The man warned her.

Smiling at him, she replied, "I know. I promise not to speak the angel's name."

~End of mind talk~

Naru cleared his throat catching everyone's attention. "Now that everyone is here, let us me introduce the two new members of SPR: Marcus and Roma," Naru said as he pointed to each one" in turn. The people in the room gave their names, and what they could do.

"So, what are you guys abilities?" Ayako asked her as she crossed her arms.

Roma looked back at Marcus as he nodded. Clearing her throat, Roma stated, "I'm a Holy Vessel."

"So you're a Holy Vessel. What is a Holy Vessel?" Mai asked with interest.

Laughing, Roma turned towards Mai as she answered, "A Vessel is a person that can invite something into them, and they thing can use their body as a home until they are done with what they have to do. However, there are two different types of Vessels: Holy Vessels and Demonic Vessels. I am what you would call a Holy Vessel. A Holy Vessels allows God's angels to enter their body, and they can use the body to perform their duties. It is nothing like a spirit medium. Vessels do not to contact spirits that have not moved on. We are there to battle the forces of evil and destroy anything that will become demonic."

"Okay, so what does Marcus do then?" Ayako asked before Mai could.

Marcus nodded at Roma, giving her permission to tell them. "Marcus is a Guardian of the Vessel." Roma answered as she sat her teacup down, and lend back against the couch.

"What is a Guardian of the Vessel?" Lin asked with a raised eyebrow.

Nodding, Roma answered him, "Yes it is just like the tittle says. He is my guardian. He is there to protect my body when I start the process of becoming a warrior angel. He also makes sure that nothing can get me when I am in human form. You see, Vessels are very weak in human form. Most of the time a Vessel will not make it to see their fifteenth birthday. They die because either they killed in human form, or their body becomes to week to support normal body function or the power of the angel. I was not suppose long enough to see my seventh birthday because my body was really week; however, as you can see I lived passed that, and made it past the age of fifteen. It was all because of Marcus. His mentor assigned him to me at a young age due to my weak body. He has proven to be the best Guardian of the Vessel, time and time again."

"Okay now that the introductions are done we have a new case coming in." Naru said as Lin handed him a file. After a few minutes, a husband and wife with their five year old daughter walked into the office.

The man cleared his throat before introducing himself, "Hello, I'm Jacob Lightwood, this is my wife, Lisa Lightwood, and our daughter, Mollie. I'm the one that called earlier this morning about needing your help.