I've got a proposition for you and I know you can't say no

[Beware Ye Who Enter Here]

In the capital city of Tefillin, it was getting dark. The blue sun had already sunk under the horizon, leaving the artificial lights to do their work. The cities traffic was still bustling, as it always was, and it was just time for shift changes. The air above was filled with sky-car lanes filling to the brim. Some were going home, tired after a long days work, and some were going to work, ready to make the money they lived off of. On the ground, poorer, or more nostalgic people, were walking along the tangled labyrinth of paved stone.
Among the small crowds of people who walked along the urban jungle, there was a man, medium height for a Zarethian, with alabaster skin, dark hair and full, blue eyes. He was dressed in a soft, smooth grak-skin leather jacket of a light cream color, with jeans and a white T-shirt. He wasn't payed much attention, and he didn't stand out in the crowd at all. Even in these war torn times, people still went about their business, he saw as he had seen countless times before.

He was looking for a man's house and he knew where to go because, well, he knew everything. He knew where Lucien Dolos, what he was and what  message he had received. He knew that he was worried and that he had sent a message to the Mechera leader, Gregory Falzone, to investigate. He also knew exactly what happened.  He walked along at a casual pace, his leatherbound sols clicking softly on the rough concrete, his footsteps fading into the beat of the crowds. He let his mind wander and listened in to the thoughts and lives of the people around him. They were dim, dour and simple people, concerned with their lives and livelihoods, trying to forget about the impending war. He smiled and his pace quickened. They were so sad, these simple creatures, they simply did not understand like he did. Then again, no one ever did.

He turned the corner and came up to the building where he knew Lucien lived. He knocked once, then a second time at the door and waited for it to be answered. He knew he had a friend on the way, and he was almost there. The... negotiations wouldn't take long once he got here, he thought with a grin. He often loved seeing people squirm awkwardly when he knew too much. It was going to be a joy to see a master at work.

[The Blade]

Such a simple place, such simple people. Going about their lives, not worried about anything and yet all of them had some measure of fear in their hearts.

There, a person who feared getting home late because he had been having relationship troubles and his wife might divorce him at any second. His kids were also at home, and he worried for them in case they ended up hurt for whatever reason.

There, someone who feared for his own life. Two assassination attempts already for unknown purposes when all it was that he held the key to making a very strong drug that might prove quite... favourable for other people to get a hold of.

All of this was so obvious to one specific being. One being who knew so much about fear that one could say that he ruled the emotion. As a matter of fact, this specific being did rule the emotion for he didn't just know fear, he was Fear. Today though, he wasn't here for anything relating to that emotion. Fear was here for a different reason; meeting with another of his ilk.

So, Fear came to the surface of this planet, so full of his love, in order to meet with his ally. Fear however was not easily noticed either but for a completely different reason to the male going after Lucien. Fear you see could have made himself like one of these... Zarethians.... But he much preferred his natural form and so he stuck to the shadows, hidden by how he looked as he moved through the streets towards his meeting point.

Strangely, wherever Fear tread, no one else went that way, everyone shying from the street and clearing it out. It was only once the street was fully clear that Fear revealed himself to his ally.

All at once, around the man standing outside Lucien's place of living, a black smoke formed on the ground under him. It gradually thickened, turning into a form of liquid and coiled up the Zarethian's leg, climbing up his body until it rested a pair of clawed hands on his shoulders and its head was directly beside the Man's ear, so Fear could murmur into it.

"Well hello there.... Knowledge~ It hassss been a while sssince we lasst sssspoke, hm? Why do you require me for thisss.... Tassssk~?" The being's voice was silky and sweet, honey dripping into the Zarethian's ear.

[Beware Ye Who Enter Here]

As he waited, on the cold stone streets he knew. He knew that something fearful was about to appear, to show itself. He shivered slightly, as the wind rushed through the towers of the city, whistling a sad tune as it flew away. He looked down at the pavement right before the black appeared and stared at it nonchalantly as the freezing cold grip of fear coiled around him. If a mortal would be embraced by such, he would become a gibbering wreck with an instant.

Luckily for him, he was anything but mortal.

As it was, he smiled casually as the being of shadow whispered into his ear.  He had worked with Fear before, and it was always the same. Same old tricks. It was what made him, and the element of reality he embodied, so utterly predictable.
"Yes, I fear that I haven't had much use for your particular expertise up until now." He said casually, placing a light emphasis on the word. "But of course, this meant that I had little use for... overkill as it would be. As it is I thought that you might enjoy to stretch your... legs and use your powers for a greater purpose then your normal scare tactics."

[Zero]

When he would arrive at the house he would see the house had been packed up as if Lucien had been in a hurry to do something. The ship parked in the drive way was also gone. Furthermore there was a symbol on the computer systems inside and the TV also had the same message.

"It has begun."

This was the only message Lucien had left. Something strange was going on.

[Beware Ye Who Enter Here]

"Of course, this is not the place where I need you. This was simply an easy place to meet. Your... Prey, I suppose, has fled from here. He has plans to garner power and protect himself from an enemy. He has bigger things to worry about, the fool." Grinning slightly, both of them disappeared as the roadway was illuminated in a flash of light blue light.