In the city high above, Esdeath awakens, the windows of her apartment turning down the shade setting to allow the city lights to brighten the room. Getting up she headed to the bathroom to shower, the warm water helping her to wake up fully. Stepping out she wiped away the steam from the window staring at her reflection. The woman in the mirror was young but her eyes showed her experience, her hair was an icy blue that was matted down from the water. Scars could be seen on her arms and stomach, reminders of her past that she likes to keep hidden.

Getting dressed she sat in her living room, her gear sitting in front of her consisted of the armor she wears, a pair of mechanical gloves and a pistol with a hole in the back. She quickly got to work inspecting the gear making sure it was in top performance, pulling out vials filled with a light blue liquid. Esdeath had to make sure every vial fit into the back of the pistol. After inspecting her gear, Esdeath went to stand by the window, staring at the city below her. It had been some time since she moved here and she still wasn't used to the brightness of the city.

A knock could be heard at her front door, a voice repeatedly saying “Hello” could be heard from the other side. “That idiot is here early,” Esdeath thought to herself, walking over and cracking open the door. Apollo stood there, armed with tactical gear and a crossbow. “Hurry up, cutie, it's hunting time!” he said happily only for Esdeath to slam the door in his face. Letting out a sigh she gets dressed, before putting on her helmet she picks up a picture frame. Inside the picture is four kids, three girls and one boy all sitting in a junk pile with a sign behind them that said Skull Troopers. 

Esdeath and Apollo road in the back of a car being debriefed on the target Azazel, Esdeaths mask and Apollos sunglasses downloading and analyzing the information as that road to the edge of the city. The car stopped in front of a giant elevator shaft labeled as The Trip Down. “Man, we couldn't get a better way to reach our garbage-filled destination?” Esdeath turned her head slightly in Apollos' direction who held up his hands not sorry for what he said. “Let's just move out and get this job done” Esdeath said as the two descended, ready to hunt the bounty they were hired for.