Author's Note: This is suppose to be a prologue, so this scene is supposed to take place before the start of chapter 1. I hope you enjoy this sci-fi story with genetic experiments and a twist. Oh, and action too, when I can add them in. Enjoy ^^ (Will try to update at least once a week. With that said, chapter 1 coming in a day or two :D) Oh and one more thing: my first attempt at writing something with more evident Romance Element in a story O_o so forgive me if it doesn't sound professional :/

Chapter 0/Deleted Scene(?)/Prologue: Void ~Garandou~

“Warning, Facility Breached. Warning, Facility Breached. All Personnel on Red Alert, All Personnel on Red Alert.”

An alarm, like the declaration of war, repeated the warning over and over again. The sounds echoed and amplified, resonating within the brightly lit hallways that one minute ago had been dead silent. Footsteps, dozens of them, created a repetition of clutter that did not drown out the blaring alarm.

Foot soldiers – men wearing black armored uniforms of neosteel polyfiber, donned in high-tech sensory headgear with HUD display, geared with a mixture of P90 submachine guns and M-4 rifles, marched in an organized fashion of four columns from their barracks. Only a minute earlier, they had been playing poker, drinking beer, checking bets on E-bay, and resting in the bunks. The time it took them to fully equip themselves indicated their speed and skill, as they were paid to do only one thing: gun down the bastards that dare to threaten the integrity of this important facility.

Spreading out into different squads, Alpha squadron took the lead down sector ten, where the breach had originated from. The men all knew their protocols by heart, yet never before did internal breach ever occur inside this facility, extending to 1 kilometer beneath the ground. They were anxious, and hoped that their rigorous training had prepared them for the possible threats within the facility itself.

No one told them what was in sector ten. No one told them what was in store within that dark chamber with its titanium-alloy gates pryed open.

“Captain, I’ve got a bio-reading fifty yards ahead.” One of the team members had done a scan of the area, where night-vision goggles were a must. Thankfully, all of the men’s visors had that capability, giving them sight almost as bright as day.

“Got any data feedback on it?” The captain of Alpha squad asked.

“Not much. It’s a small life form, humanoid. The higher-ups have yet to radio back actions regarding sector 10 breach. Shall we wait for further orders?” Came the reply.

“Hmm… make contact of any team nearby, have them come as backup. You two, scout ahead. Fire at will if you have to.” Giving out the orders with a whisper over the intercom, the captain motioned for the rest of his men to follow as the two scouts sprinted forward on the double.

After what felt like a few minutes’ careful walk, with weapons raised and bodies crouched, Alpha team had shortened the distance by thirty yards when one of the scouts radioed in.

“We found the target, it’s just a frightened girl hugging the corner, nothing more.” As they were informed of the finding, several men relaxed, just by a muscle.

“Hey, miss, are you alright? Can you stand up?” One of the scouts asked the girl sitting on the ground. She did not look like a child, but rather old enough to be in college.

When she looked up and nodded, the scouts thought she was crying as streaks of tears ran past her cheeks. They were mesmerized by the pools of her eyes, and failed to realize how she was able to see them within the darkness, or question why she was there instead of her containment cell.

“Yes, I think so…” She responded in a soft voice, wiping her eyes with one hand and taking the scout’s hand.

As he pulled her up, the scout happened to notice a plastic tag wrapped around her wrist.

“Subject… ID number 1011, sector 10, biohazard level 10?!” He said out loud in surprise. Level 10 was not even heard of among their ranks.

The girl looked at him with emotionless eyes, realizing that disguise and pretense were useless. She felt sad that she must resort to plan B, or else they would come and imprison her once again. Exhaling lightly, she focused on the hand she was holding, and felt her power reawakening from its slumber.

At the same time, the scout felt an odd sensation, as if his whole body had started sweating, and his face burnt. Could it be that after years of not seeing the opposite sex, he was more attracted to the girl than he should be? A second later, his body felt even hotter, as if his blood was boiling, and was stunned when he saw through the visor that the temperature reading was well above one hundred degrees celcius and rising fast.

“Holy Shit! You're on fire!” The scout beside him screamed out not a moment too soon.

Red flames had erupted all over the scout’s body, whose hand had been clutching the girl’s, except it was melting away, skin, flesh, and bone. He never got a chance to wonder what was happening to him, as he could only scream and scream until those flames burnt through his core, turning him and his equipment into charred corpse right before the other scout’s very eyes.

“Y-you… monster!” Shocked, but did not forget his years of training, the surviving scout took off the safety of his gun and was ready to open fire on the girl.

However, the world he saw through the visor was so bright, it was almost as if the sun itself had existed within the chamber. For a moment, the radiance blinded him, but that was all the girl needed for a soft touch of the man’s body. The last thing that man saw was his visor reading 600 degrees Celsius; his scream lasted for two seconds.

“Don’t just stand there! Fire at will!” When the girl heard that voice, she looked up from the second corpse, and realized that the rest of Alpha team had surrounded her. With their rifles trained at her, they wasted no time opening fire.

However, to their complete shock, the bullets made impact, but only tiny trickles of blood ran down her body, and while they managed to pierce her one-piece clothing similar to that of a ward patient, the girl still stood there, as if the bullets had struck her but did nothing more than cutting her body in various places. In reality, the heat she generated around her body was astounding, creating a furnace hot enough to suck away all the oxygen within the area, and at the same time acting as a shield that generated the same effect as the Earth’s atmosphere, thus preventing the fifty caliber bullets from doing real damage.

In a single flash of achromatic light, the entire chamber erupted into an inferno. First, they were red and orange flames, but eventually, everything turned white, sealing the helpless team within the fiery cage.

“Fuck, we’re trapped!” One of the men exclaimed.

“Argh! We are all going to die!” The one right next to him panicked, and turned around, attempting to escape by leaping across the ring of white fire. He never made it, for his whole body ignited on flames only one yard away from the white firewall, colliding onto the ground in a sickening crunch after a curdling scream. The surviving men stared hopelessly, and turned around to look at the fiery demon in utter fear.

“Fuck it, just stop that monster!” The captain screamed, his lungs aching from the lack of oxygen and the intensity of the scorching heat. He unloaded his cartridge like the rest of his forsakened team into his target, but she was no longer there.

“Do you really think that mere bullets will help you?” The girl said softly, appearing right in the middle of the ranks of men.

The girl was covered in streaks of blood from hundreds of bullet wounds, yet her slender body did not falter from those injuries, or looked any less enchanting. Her emerald eyes reflected a radiance that would outmatch even the real jewel’s shine; her long, argent hair danced in rhythm with the flickering flames; her face was covered in streaks of her own blood; an aura of pure white light danced about her body, enveloping her and shaped like scorching plumes. When she looked at them with a haunting smile, it felt like the gaze from a fiery angel of judgment, inspiring awe and fear in the hearts of the paralyzed men. No, it was more like coming face to face with a mythical existence, like the purifying bird engulfed in flames.

For just a second, they couldn’t take their eyes off her; for just a second, they couldn’t close their slackened jaws; for just a second, they couldn’t train their weapons on her. A second was long enough. Each and every men around the girl erupted into pillars of inferno; white flames consuming their body until nothing but ashes remained.

With a small bow to their remains, the girl ran through the flames toward the exit, completely unaffected by the white inferno that had engulfed the room. In the midst of the scorching air, a white plastic tag danced for a moment before it too disintegrated. The last visible message on it had been: “Nexus Project, Virus Specimen APV Strain 13 Version B”.