Ladies of Darkness

Cyberpunk Industrial Darksynth - Sacrifice

Within the headquarters of Tambelon Tech, the company’s main executives were gathering towards Grogar’s main office. They received a message from their boss, saying that it was urgent and that they needed to come to the highest part of Ram Tower immediately.

The first to come up were a trio of young women who looked to be in their early twenties. In appearance the first woman had orange poofy hair with gold highlights and brilliant raspberry eyes, the second woman had purple hair with turquoise highlights done up in pigtails and moderate mulberry eyes, and the third and and final woman had cerulean hair with dark blue highlights in the style of a ponytail and moderate raspberry eyes. For attire, all three wore a business suit but each had a different color. The first one wore orange, the second one wore a dark purple, and the third wore arctic blue. All three also wore a necklace with a red gem attached to them.

“Ugh, what does that old goat want this time?” The second woman grumbled.

“Yeah, I was on an important lunch date with some tacos.” The third woman whined.

The first woman just rolled her eyes at the two. “Will you two stop your bitching? If the boss is calling all of us to his main office then it must be very important. So you two better be on your best behavior, got it?”

“Yes Adagio.” Both women sighed

“Still, what do you think the boss wants? He said it was urgent after all.” The third woman asked.

Adagio sighed, “I don’t know Sonata. All that he said was that it was extremely urgent.”

“You don’t think Cinch, Sombra, or even Blueblood are trying to make a move on us do you?” The second woman asked.

“Doubtful Aria. We all would have known about it by now if that’s the case. Even if it was, that meat head Skullhammer would have taken care of them.” Adagio answered.

As they were entering the main office they came across a young man walking up to them. In appearance, he seems to be in his mid-twenties with dark brownish gray medium-length hair and gray eyes. For attire, he wore a dark gray overcoat over a black shirt that has an image of a pentagram, black jeans, and matching cleats. For accessories, he wore a necklace that had an upside down cross.

All three shuddered at the sight of him.

“You three look like fuckable cuts of meat don’t you?” The man said with a slight smirk as he walked by them and entered the elevator.

“What was he doing here?!” Aria exclaimed with dread.

“Don’t worry about it right now Aria. Just keep walking.” Adagio informed her.

They continued to walk until they reached Grogar’s office where their boss and his assistant were there to greet them.

“Greetings ladies.” Grogar said.

“Greetings sir.” All three of them said with a bow.

“I hope you three didn’t have any trouble while coming here.”

“Well, we did run into that pet psycho of yours.” Aria spoke up. “Mind telling us why he was up here?”

“That’s not important right now.” Grogar replied, “Malakai’s reasoning for being up here is mine and Bray’s knowing.”

“If you say so…” Sonata said.

Just then, they all heard a ding from the elevator and four other figures emerged from it.

The first one to come out was a big, burly man in his forties with white hair and matching beard and wore a black business suit with red trimmings. Sitting atop his right shoulder was a little girl who looked no older than eight with light blue hair done up in curls and moderate scarlet eyes and her attire was a pinkish gray business suit.

Following suit was a woman who looked like she was in her early thirties. She had long green hair and matching eyes and if one would look very closely, she may seem to have pointy ears. For attire, she wore a charcoal colored business suit with green trimmings.

The last one to step out the elevator was a lean, lanky looking man with white hair and icy blue eyes. For attire, he wore a dark gray business suit with blue trimmings.

“Ah Tirek, Cozy Glow, Chrysalis, and Storm King, glad you all made it.” Grogar said.

”This meeting had better be good, old man,” Tirek grumbled. “I’m on a tight schedule…”

“Then you best hope that your busy schedule would permit you to stay alive then, Tirek,” Grogar replied. “For this is a matter of life and death. And I’m certain you would rather be alive to see it through.”

“Just skip the unpleasantries and cut to the chase you old goat,” Chrysalis grumbled.

If one could look very closely, they would manage to notice Grogar rolling his eyes behind his thick shades, “Very well. First off, Miss Alucard escaped.”

The executives’ faces turned from haughty and impatient to shock and worry.

“What?! M-Mary got out!” Sonata stammered.

“Indeed Miss Dusk. The truck that was “transporting” her stopped right on the outskirts of this city last night. We sent a team this morning and now we have confirmation that she got out.” Grogar replied.

“Do-Do you know what this means?!” Cozy Glow started in a panic, “Golly not only does it might put Project Daybreak on hold but she might come after us if she realizes that we were the ones who captured her!”

“Not only that,” Tirek growled, “If either Blueblood, Cinch, or Sombra find out that she’s loose in the city, they all might try to capture her and use her to their own ends!”

There will be a total war in the city!” Chrysalis added.

“As much as I enjoy a good bar brawl, or even a gunfight, now and then,” Aria muttered. “An all out war with Cinch, Blueblood, or even Sombra is something I’m not going to survive in.”

“Although, when you think about it,” Adagio began. “It’s rather curious. How could she have gotten out? She was very weak when she was captured.”

“That is the second reason I brought you all here.” Grogar looked up solemnly as he announced, ”The Blacklight Stone is awakening.”

Grogar’s executives all exchanged gasps and looks upon hearing the revelation.

“The Blacklight Stone is awakening?” Tirek asked.

“Golly, what makes you so sure about that?” Cozy Glow asked.

“We have been monitoring a recent spike of monster activities in the area,” Grogar revealed, bringing up a map, showing a massive number of red dots, indicating the locations of monster activities.

“As you can see, the monsters are becoming more active and they are being drawn towards our location. Which leads me to conclude that the Blacklight Stone has been awakened, and it is somewhere in this city.”

“Then we have to find that stone as soon as possible!” Chrysalis suggested.

"No. We wait," Grogar muttered, much to the surprise of his other executives.

"I'm sorry, but what did you say?" Storm King asked. "My ears must be clogging. You want us to wait?"

"You heard me correct, Storm King" Grogar glared. "We wait. With the Blacklight Stone awakening, then it's not worth the risk to get ourselves involved with the shitstorm that is to come. No, we wait and observe until the wildfire whittles down then we make our move. Patience is a virtue after all.”

“But sir, if we do nothing now, not only will Mary escape our grasp again but Sombra, Cinch, Blueblood, or someone else entirely might get their grubby little hands on the Blacklight Stone!” Chrysalis pointed out.

“I am well aware of that Miss Chrysalis, which is why I have many spies monitoring the city. If Miss Alucard left Canterlot, we would know about it.” Grogar said, “Same goes to the Blacklight Stone as well.”

“But sir…!” Chrysalis tries to object again but she suddenly feels a tightness around her throat and could barely breathe. She turns to see that her fellow executives were suffering the same thing.

The executives all began gasping for air with some falling to their hands and knees. They all looked up and saw the orb on Grogar’s cane glowing red.

“I want to get one thing perfectly clear with you all,” Grogar began coldly, “Never will you act without my permission. Should you scheme behind my back, your fates will be similar to Hydia’s. Do I make myself clear?”

Barely any air in their lungs, all the executives could only nod in understanding.

“Good.” With that, the orb on Grogar’s cane dies down and the executives can breathe normally again, “Next time, try not to choke on your own aspiration. Now with that said, this meeting is adjourned.”

After regaining their breaths, the executives all make their leave. After they went into the elevator, it was just Grogar and his assistant.

“You think they’ll listen to what you just said?” Bray asked.

“No.” Grogar simply replied, “They’re all too ambitious for their own good. But I say let them try. They’re bound to slip up.”

“Still though sir, they have a very good point. Miss Alucard won’t stay in this city forever. Sooner or later, she’ll evade us once again.” Bray pointed out.

“I’m well aware of that, Bray.” Grogar said as he blew a puff of smoke from his pipe, “We’ll need a professional to recapture her. However, I’ve already sent Malakai on an important mission and Skullhammer is too busy with security. We’ll need a well trained hunter for this mission.”

Bray’s eyes widened,”Sir, y-you're not suggesting who I think you're suggesting do you?!”

“Yes Bray, I am,” Grogar replied, “I think it’s high time we let Shade off his leash.”

Back at the elevator, the executives were still contemplating what their boss just said as well as disturbed by the warning he gave them.

“I say we should still try to find the stone at least…” Chrysalis said.

The other executives were shocked by this.

“B-But Chrysalis, the boss said to stay put.” Sonata said.

"I don't care what that old goat said," Chrysalis hissed. "If the Blacklight Stone is really waking up, then we need to find it quickly! The sooner we find and secure it, the better!"

“And Mary as well,” Tirek said, “I’m with Chrysalis on this one. We can’t just sit on our asses and do nothing. The longer we wait, the more likely both her and the stone will slip out of our grasp!”

“I agree too.” Cozy Glow spoke up.

“Hey, if you guys wanna risk pissing off the boss man, you go right ahead.” The Storm King said, “I do not wanna end up like Hydia, so count me out.”

“Us either,” Adagio spoke up on behalf of her sisters, “The last thing we want is to get on Grogar’s bad side. You three can go ahead and try, just don’t be too shocked if this latest plan of yours blows up in your faces.”

The elevator stopped and Adagio, her sisters, and the Storm King got off, leaving Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow in the elevator.

“Cowards…” Chrysalis snorted.

“Mary nor the stone won't be easy to find.” Tirek said, turning to Chrysalis, “I suppose you have a plan?”

Chrysalis smirked, “Let’s just say I know an old acquaintance who might be able to help us…”