We Are the Night:

Simone’s Notes:

Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse. The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like storms and earthquakes. More frequently the word describes forceful and intentional injury to people, damage to property and verbal and emotional abuse towards others. Warfare is large-scale organized violence carried out by one state against another, although states attempt to control violent crime by the rule of law. The causes of violent attitudes and behavior are important topics of study in psychology and sociology. The causes of violent behavior in humans are often topics of research in psychology and sociology. Neurobiologist Jan Volavka emphasizes that for those purposes, “violent behavior is defined as overt and intentional physically aggressive behavior against another person." Scientists disagree on whether violence is inherent in humans. Among prehistoric humans, there is archaeological evidence for both contentions of violence and peacefulness as primary characteristics.

A new phenomenon with the fallen world was occurring. This came about one night in mid-August in the late hours. An Italian man was locking up his restaurant for the night like him normally did. There was nobody on that dark street as per usual. He looked up at the starry sky like he regularly did. A smile came across his kind face. “What a beautiful night is it!” he thought to himself. But not for long…

The owner was heading home for the night when he heard footsteps behind him. At first, the man thought nothing about them. So, he just kept on walking. The footsteps kept following him quietly, but then they became heavier. The restaurant owner slowly became nervous. He had heard stories about thugs attacking people at night like this. The man just didn’t think it would happen to him here. So, he paused and took a look around. There was nothing in sight. However, the restaurant owner kept up his guard. “Just act normal,” he thought to himself. “Maybe, they will leave you alone.” Then, the man picked back up with his walk. That’s when disaster struck.

The restaurant owner was out in the clear when he ran into a beautiful woman. She had long black hair to her waist, deep coal black eyes, heavy curves on her trim figure, and a thick fallen mark on her throat. The restaurant owner looked closely to see if he was loosing his mind. No! The woman was just as real as he was. The man was really confused now. “Huh?” he thought. “What is a prostitute doing out here in this side of town?” The restaurant owner slowly began walking to her. The woman then whistled aloud. The man stopped dead in his tracks. He looked around lost and confused. Suddenly, he was ambushed! Twenty-five wild girls all leapt and attacked him. They all beat him up to a pulp. The restaurant owner didn’t have a chance! The girls were too much for him. The man screamed for help badly. But the women’s abuse were drowning him out. The poor soul was at the girls’ mercy.

“Okay, girls!” a woman’s voice yelled out to them. “That’s enough now!” The girls all climbed off of their victim and left him to die.

By morning, the military were all at the crime scene. The victim was taken away to the hospital. He was lucky to be alive when the local paperboy found him in the street. Mustang just shook his head as he viewed the site where the man was beaten up. He turned to Hughes in silence.

“Think it was them succubi creatures?” he asked.

“Hard to see,” Maes said. “If so, this must be a new breed.” Both men went bitter and silent. This was the first time a serious attack on a civilian was reported in years. The worries of the fallen world were really spreading among the military. They knew that Edward was one of the incubi now. How many more fallen ones were among them now? They just didn’t want to think about it.

Above, Elle was watching her end results. She never thought that it would be this fun! The succubus had a smile up to her ears! She now realized that she had the strings in her lovely hands. “Dance monkeys!” Elle thought maliciously. “Dance!” Then, she heard snickering behind her. Elle just smiled to herself wickedly. Her senses were getting stronger quickly.

“Come to watch the show, huh Azrael?” she asked aloud. The incubus surfaced next to her. Elle sworn her loyalty to him after she killed the thugs. To be frank, she was his right-hand woman. Edward was more of a rival to Azrael and Serkan and the Good Doctor were his pals. No, no. Azrael needed a woman by his side. Elle was the perfect one for the job. He held her hand tightly. Elle smiled at him wickedly.

“But of course,” Azrael replied to her. Elle gave him a sexy wink.

“The thing is,” she said. “It’s so boring in this city!”

“I know,” Azrael agreed. “That is why we are here.”

“But we can’t really act right away,” Elle replied.

“That’s true,” Azrael agreed.

“That is why I have started some random beatings all over the city,” his girl replied.

“I see,” the incubus replied.

“This is just to kill some time,” Elle said. “Up until the first Red night!” Azrael smiled at her in surprise. “She learns pretty quickly!” he thought.

“Yes, I do!” the succubus replied. Both watched on happily.

Below, Fuery walked over to the superior officers. Mustang and Hughes looked at him.

“Any news on the man yet?” Mustang asked him.

“Yes sir,” Kain replied.

“Well,” Mustang replied. “What is his status?” Fuery looked pretty grim.

“It’s not good,” he replied. “He’s is closer to death.” Both men looked nervously. This was now starting to look like a case for murder. Then, there came another worry. More attacks like this could occur in the near future. All three men looked at each in worry.

“Should I put out a bullet, sirs?” Kain asked Roy and Maes in response.

“Yes!” both superiors officers said in a rush. Fuery looked up them with determination in his eyes.

“Okay!” he said. Then he handed back to Central Headquarters to make the announcement.

By lunch time, everyone was aware of the attacks. People began taking light precaution. The warning wasn’t enough to panic the public yet. Neither did it slow down Elle and her gang of succubi.

The second attack further down the street from where the restaurant owner was. This time, it was a woman. Her story was a grim one. This woman was out on a vacation for the late summer. She had long blonde to her waist and big blue eyes. She was dressed in short mini-skirt and a tight tube top. The huge shades on her face didn’t help either. This tourist was a walking target. Elle was watching her from above. A wicked smile came across lovely face. “She’ll be perfect tonight!” the succubus thought. Then, she descended down behind her invisibly. The woman kept walking happily in the dark with a smile on her face. She wasn’t paying attention to her surroundings too well. Within seconds, she saw another woman standing before her. This was the same woman that the man saw last night. The tourist looked really confused. She really wasn’t expecting this. The woman slowly approached the bait. Then, there came a low whistle. The tourist looked around quickly. “Huh?” she thought in confusion. Suddenly, the succubi leapt out of nowhere and attacked the tourist. The poor woman screamed out in misery, but it was no use. The vicious animals came at her like a flock of harpies. They were beating and hurting her. The poor soul even feared death. When she was close to the end, the succubi just let her to die.

By morning, the military were on the case. The woman was taken away to the hospital right away. The men were all crowded around the crime scene. They shook their heads in grim despair.

“This is the second time,” Hughes said.

“I know,” Mustang replied.

“Think it’s the same group?” Hughes asked.

“It would seem that way!” Roy answered. Both men looked in pale worry.

“So now what?” Hughes asked him. Mustang just shrugged.

“Like we normally do in this case,” he replied. “Ask around and see what we come up with for this case.” Hughes just nodded at him.

“Right,” he replied. Then, the questioning began right away. Sadly, they turned up with nothing. None of the neighbors saw a single thing. It all seemed to be a total loss. But then, a little hope came along just in time. Mustang was almost about to quit for the moment when he saw someone peeking out of the close drug store. The major general slowly walked over to the store. The person in the store kept staring at him as he came closer. Roy peeked into the door. A little plump-faced girl was staring back at him. Mustang tapped lightly on the glass. The girl kept her eyes locked upon him. The general pointed to the door to be opened. The little witness did so. Mustang peeked his head into the door.

“Hey there,” he said gently to her. The little girl said nothing. Mustang knelt down to her lightly.

“Can you tell me what you saw last night?” he asked her. The girl looked around slightly. She leaned in close to his ear.

“Some black ladies attack that lady!” she whispered. That did it for Roy! He now had his answer! He smiled kindly at the girl.

“Thank you, kiddo!” he to her. “You have helped me greatly!” Then, Roy hurried back to the crime scene. He told Hughes the new information.

“This confirms it!” Maes said to him. “It was the succubi!” Mustang nodded.

“So what do we do now?” Hughes asked him. His friend just shook his head. If cased happened last year, Roy would’ve assumed that it was just a group of bored teens that had turned to crime and violence to pass the time. But now, he was slowly coming to terms about what was really happening here. However, who outside of the military would believe them? Best to keep this low for the time being.

“Warn the public again,” he said. “But don’t tell about the succubi.” Hughes looked at him confused.

“What do you mean?” he asked. “Why not?”

“You think the public will believe us if we tell them about the succubi attacking the people?” Roy hissed at him. Hughes thought about his logic for a moment. Then, he shook his head.

“Exactly!” Roy said. “We keep this low on who did until the time comes. Understood?” Hughes nodded and saluted to his friend.

“Sir!” he replied. Mustang saluted back and nodded. Then, they parted for the day.

More and more attacks were occurring in the city. The military were doing all that could to stop these attacks from occurring even more. So far, they were stuck on what to do next and were running out of ideas. As a result, five people were dead and seventeen people were badly injured in the hospital. This was really making the military look really bad. They were desperate to find anyway to bring safety back to Ametris again. The days even were on the edge of being completely grim. But then, Syd and co. kept wind of what was happening. The next day, Yasmine came into Mustang’s office.

“General,” she said. “I think I might have an idea to trap these succubi.” Mustang looked at her with deep interest. He was willing to try anything now.

“Go on,” the major general replied. “Enlighten me!” Yasmine stood up tall.

“The girls seemed to be choosing their victims by auras,” she explained. Roy looked at her confused.

“By what?” he asked. Yas smiled in patience.

“An aura,” she began. “Is a high amount of concentrated energy in a human. One to three is a low level of an aura. Four to six is a normal level. Seven and above is high.”

“So your saying,” Roy cut in. “This fallen creatures as you call them have been tracking humans with high auras?”

“Correct,” Yasmine replied.

“But why?” Mustang asked.

“These fallen ones need three things to get stronger during the harvest,” the deity replied. “Sex, auras, and blood. They are gathering up all of these things for the fallen world.” Mustang was really lost now.

“Harvest? Fallen world?” he asked. “What the f**k are you talking about?!?” Yasmine took in a deep breath. She sat down and explained the whole plan to Roy. The whole story was a huge tidal wave to Mustang. Last year, he wouldn’t have believe a single word of hers. But now, he just didn’t know what to believe anymore. This was just too much for his brain.

“So…” he said at last. “How do we stop these attacks?” Yasmine smiled at him richly.

“Don’t worry,” she answered. “Syd and I have that all covered.” Then, Yas turned to leave.

“What do you mean?” Roy asked. The deity turned back to him smiling.

“Trust us,” she replied. “We’ve got it covered.” Then, Yasmine left the office. Mustang just sat there in silence. He only hoped there was just some way to sort this mess all out.

Night came just in time. Yasmine, Syd, and Leon were all waiting on the street where the attacks occur. They had set up a nice little trap for the succubi. To trap a beast, one needs bait first. Syd and Yasmine picked out a young girl with a high aura to be the bait. They instructed her to just walk along Whedbee street causally. Yasmine, Syd, and Leon were watching in the shadows.

“You sure this’ll work?” Leon asked.

“We don’t have anything else at the moment,” Syd replied.

“Shhh!!!” Yas whispered to him. “Quiet!” Then, all three watched and waited for results. Within minutes, the attack trap began. The girl was almost out into the street when she saw the mysterious woman. The three deities caught on right away.

“An air doll?” Leon asked in shock. The other two deities looked surprised. This only meant one this.

“The virus and blood has been them strong enough to make a doll!” Leon exclaimed. This really wasn’t good. The deities all knew they had to really work before the fallen poison would spill over and taint everything in its path.

Then, there came a low whistle. The girl and the deities all looked up in a rush. The violence rush rose up in a deep rush. The succubi all closed in on the poor girl. Their screams were wild and violent. Syd, Yasmine, and Leon looked quickly at the growing crowd.

“Okay,” Syd said. “Now!”

“Right!” Yasmine and Leon replied in a rush. Then all three of them flew forward and joined the fight. Elle quickly looked up when she sensed them coming closer. “Damn it!” she thought. “They just had to come and spoil everything!” She turned back to her succubi.

“Girls, forget about the pet!” she screamed out. “Attack the intruders and get the girl later!” The succubi quickly sprung forward for attack. The fight was a long and brutal one. Yasmine, Syd, and Leon fought hard to cut them down. The succubi just kept coming at them. Elle just stood upon them smiling. “I didn’t think that this would be so entertaining to watch!” she thought in excitement. This fight went on for hours. At long last, Elle became bored with the sights.

“Okay girls!” she yelled out. “That’s enough night! Let’s go!” The succubi all drew back and flew upwards towards Elle. Then all of the succubi disappeared into the darkened night. Syd, Yasmine, and Leon watched them escape. Syd tried to go after them, but Leon and Yasmine held him back. While in the sky, Elle smiled to herself wickedly. “That was long enough for a distraction!” she thought with a greater hunger for more blood. Act two of the whole show was drawing to a close. It was now time for Act three.