She had eyes that did not belong to a Human; instead of sclera she had what appeared to be glass holding a piece of a nebula cloud. Instead of irises she had fire radiating from a centre.

Her name was Petalsoft and she had lost everything to the very creatures – the Vos – burrowing under a school in a city called Blackverde. She could not kill them all, but she could follow their movements.

They were searching for more victims to turn into Almost Pure. It's what they called those of another species forcibly modified to act as their agents among those they were trying to kill off. Petalsoft – a very long time ago – had made the mistake of believing that the Almost Pure could be saved.

An entire Lunar colony had paid the price.

She would not repeat her mistake; the victim was gone and had been replaced with something else.

Running across rooftops and jumping from building to building she kept pace with the creature as is stalked around looking for someone to sacrifice. They always have a criteria and lately... That criteria was 'female'.

She worried that they were looking to create Sub Queens to breed; they've done it before. Many times, in fact.

On the other side of the street an unfamiliar shadow mirrored her movements – and then jumped onto the Vos. In a flash of sparks a chain and sickle appeared in her hand that she swung expertly into motion, fire arcing.

It dodged.

Deciding that the stranger was an ally for the moment, Petalsoft jumped in and punched it in the face, following up with a swift kick to the head.

And that was that; the fight was over.

The massive amount of inbreeding was making them increasingly weak.

“Who are you?” The stranger asked, dumbfounded and a little scared.

“An ally as long as the Vos are your enemies.” Petalsoft replied honestly, then got a good look at the... Teen?

She had a diadem, face and body make-up like she was made of light and fire, jewels under her eyes and an open-backed halter-top dress that was made of something shiny. There was also jewellery on her ears that made them look leaf-shaped.

Confused, Petalsoft pointed at her, palm up and tilting her head to one side.

“Sword and Shield System modified my Halloween costume." The teen explained, "I'm not the only one; there's a few other's like me.”

The teen considered her, then added, "I'll introduce you to them."