[h2]A basic recap of the events so far[/h2]

After deciding to trust Ruby Greenfoot and willingly accept any information she gave to him, Reformist leader Cedric Wessex learned of weaknesses and gaps in the infamous Underground Movement - a group which was nearly impenetrable. Cedric didn't react to this information until the Reformists later learned that the leader of the Underground Movement, Isabella Lancaster had successfully created a child and planted it in a surrogate mother, Cindy Wade. The twist was that the pregnancy would only last for two weeks before the baby was born and began to rapidly grow. Eden, as he would be called, had the powers to turn into a tree whose fruit could heal and grant powers to normal humans. Isabella desired to use this promise of power as a pawn so that she could subjugate the 'unnecessary' and highlight the intelligent and powerful.

Cedric, desiring to seek some form of action, organised a board meeting of major Reformist metas including a one Olivia Delacroix, a delegate of the International Heroes. It was decided that they would attempt a process of peace before moving to an all-out assault if peace failed. The next day, Miss Delacroix secretly left the Reformist headquarters and made for the New Sun building, home of the Underground Movement. Once in, she began talks with Isabella Lancaster and although they appeared to be going good, she was shot and had to be rescued by Elijah Craigh. In the process, they smoked out a whole army of genetically engineered monsters.

The Reformists, being led by an angry Cedric, had no choice but to meet this sudden appearance of an army with their own. A battle broke out in the surrounding streets and in the tunnels under the New Sun building. Cedric Wessex battled with a young meta and unfortunately lost the battle and an eye. With backup from Light, however, he made it out alive and enemy forces were pushed back. After a few more battles between the two forces, the assault was suddenly cut short by the strategic removal of Cindy Wade and demolition of the New Sun building by Ruby Greenfoot, who had lured Cedric in with information before surprising both the group that held her hostage and the group that had actually forgiven her.

Thankfully, most of the Reformists made it out alive and casualties, although high, weren't as high as they should have been. The Underground Movement were forced to retreat with their tail between their legs as they lost two very powerful pawns in their war. The Movement were forced to take up residence in the old Avalon prison facility that had been abandoned by the government.

Both groups are in the dark about the location of Ruby and Cindy but during recent days, the Reformists have sent out Scarlett Evermore to find Cindy and remove her from Ruby's custody. The Underground Movement, although wanting Cindy back, have other plans and intend to launch a counterattack to drive their enemy back so that they no longer become a problem. Unbeknownst to the Reformists, Lancaster has a card that she has yet to play that could change the very fate of the war. Only the higher echelons of the Movement know of this metaphorical card and the lower ranked just follow along with Isabella anyways.

The attack is scheduled for precisely a week after the Reformist attack and as of yet, no intelligence has been leaked to suggest that an attack will even take place. According to most Reformist strategists, the Movement have retreated to try and recover their strength but they won't be back for a long time. They are very wrong.

[h2]Seven days later[/h2]

This was probably Cedric's fault! He was a damn idiot and probably thought she was a liability so he had Elijah take up quarters only a few rooms down from Olivia. If that wasn't bad enough, the bastard seemed to have constant access to her room, not requiring the key that she thought only she had - another piece of evidence pointing towards Cedric. Anytime she would even get up to greet the morning, the pyromancer would be there with a snarky comment and breakfast. It all looked disgusting, anyways, like it had been plucked out of some shitty American diner in the middle of nowhere.

As usual, on that morning as soon as Olivia left her bedroom, Elijah was waiting for her. Sighing softly, she did what she normally did and simply ignored him, brushing past his large stature and making her way to the coffee machine. She had found a way to piss him off in recent days - she simply hooked her iPod up to the speakers and played some pop music. Elijah was a classical sort of guy so whenever he heard the breath-taking beauty of songs such as 'Anaconda', he was more than likely pissed off.

Of course, just to add a pinch of salt and then a whole bottle of vodka to his wound, she hummed along to the entire thing and even sang a few bits in broken French. Elijah hated that as well - there was never a translator on hand so technically, she could say whatever she wanted about him (or his mother) and he wouldn't know a thing about it. [b]"Petite merde!"[/b] Her voice even threw him off a little - she sounded chirpy and almost affectionate. Olivia very much enjoyed pissing off Elijah Craigh.