[center][h3][color=00a651]Southern France - Hyères[/color][/h3]
[b][color=00aeef]Weather: Partially Cloudy[/color][/b][/center]

The alliance had been formed about a month to go.  Of course even after officially starting the operation the Mage's Association and The Church tip-toed around each other which slowed things down considerably.  The two entities still mostly worked separately but that was fine, as they did what they were best at.  The Mage's association was handling logistics and The Church's bloodhounds had already caught the scent of vampire activity in southern France at the coastal town of Hyères on the Mediterranean Sea.  The Church doubted Echidna had created a territory there but it might be their best bet to pick up the trail.

The church had already secured lodging at one of the nearby hotels through the Vatican's connections but of course no one would be sleeping there unless they needed to, after all, vampires became active at night.  A church executor in his priest's robes glanced down at his watch, a cheap piece so it wouldn't be much of a loss if he lost it in combat.  Certain members of the team were supposed to arrive by train in approximately 10 minutes and he had been tasked to greet them.

It seemed strange that they had sent an executor on such a trivial task but he supposed it was because he would be able to keep on his toes and prevent Church secrets from leaking to the enemy if they tried to capture him.  He had been patrolling the city in the meantime and while he had seen signs of vampire activity and confirmed the loss of at least three individuals, he had yet to be able to effectively track on down, not even the dead.  Sure they were probably trying to cover their tracks but the extent they had managed to do it baffled him, the logical conclusion was that the vampires were using some sort of magecraft to keep hidden.

That was probably why they had brought in mage help, perhaps their ideas of magecraft would help them see past whatever illusions the vampires had set up.  The longer the vampires could elude detection the more time they had to strengthen their forces.  If it had just been vampires it wouldn't be too much of a problem but since it was that vampire on the loose, more and more dangerous beasts would start appearing as well.

It would be a race against time, to end the threat before anything that could truly threaten humanity appeared.