The Bloody Tales of Vivian Bellrose

Chapter 1: Welcome to Tech Square

"Attention passengers, the last stop will be at Southern Tech Square Station in one hour, please make sure to bring all personal belongings with you when you exit the train, and have a nice day."

With only one hour left before the train stopped, Vivian took the time to divert herself from her book and look out the window to see the several city buildings towering over everything, definitely felt different compared to her home town in Russia.

Vivian herself is a fourteen-year old girl with pale white skin, blood red eyes and raven black hair, she wore a dark blue vest-skirt combination with a black collar, belt and skirt rim, dark blue shoes with long black socks, she also had two black bands on her shoulders, and two purple ones on her wrists, and finally two dark blue earrings on her long pointy ears. She also had a golden coin with a sun picture engraved on it hanging around her neck.

"W-Well darling, it won't be long now. I-I hope you're looking forward to this as much as I am." said Vivian's adopted father, Ryan Bellrose, an American exchange doctor who specialises in blood analysis, though has trouble speaking and is somewhat shy. He had short dark brown hair and blue eyes, and wore a typical polo-shirt with blue jeans.

Vivian responds with a simple nod in his direction, often having a silent demeanour. She was quite curious about Tech Square anyway, this is the first time they've left Russia for a business vacation and she has heard of several interesting topics concerning this city, mostly to do with its affiliation with several heroes and the boy genius known as Dexter Gearem.

She had also remembered about the attack that happened two years ago against the alien monster named Fuse, while it affected the entire world, including her home town which she defended, supposedly it was this city and the surrounding ones that managed to eliminate the threat once and for all.

Vivian eventually returned to her book to read what she can before they disembark.

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The train had finally stopped at the station and we find both Vivian and her father leaving the train with a few bags and suitcases, while Ryan struggled a bit, Vivian had absolutely no problem, she noticed her father struggling a bit and took one of the bags off of him without even offering to help.

"Um, t-thanks Vivian."

The two leave the station after that, but as they get down the stairs and to the pathway, they notice a tall man with short black hair and a lab coat who was looking at them since they left the station. "Dr Bellrose, it's been a while."

"Professor Utonium." Ryan replied with a look of surprise. "Glad to see you've been doing well." He looks down at Vivian and becomes startled a bit, "O-Oh right, sorry. Vivian, this is Professor Utonium, he's an old high-school friend of mine back before I moved to Russia." He then turns to the Professor. "This here is my daughter, Vivian."

"Very nice to meet you Vivian." Utonium replied as he placed his hand out. Vivian responds by shaking his hand, but kept her cold emotionless look. Utonium turned back to Ryan and looked a bit confused. "Um, I was certain that Mahina would be joining you. Is she alright."

Ryan was startled a bit, but then sighed. "R-Right... you... you haven't been kept up to date. S-She passed away long ago. An illness."

"O-Oh... I'm so sorry."

"I-It's alright, you didn't know. I-It has been almost thirty years since we last saw each other. I-I really wanted a family though, so I ended up adopting Vivian here when she was only one year old."

"Well I hope things have been good to you, h-has it really been almost thirty years."

"Well... close to twenty-five, but yeah, it has been a long time."

"Heh, we definitely have some catching up to do."

"We sure do, b-but if you don't mind, we need to get to the hotel in an hour."

"That's no problem at all, I'll give you a lift if you like."

"O-Oh, thank you."

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After a quick drive and getting registered and whatnot, we find Vivian in her room which consists of a double room and a living area. It somewhat baffled Vivian a bit for having a hotel acting more like an apartment, but Vivian liked this change, she had more space to herself and the place had a local pool, nothing she enjoyed more than a midnight swim.

Her father and Professor Utonium were in the living area of the room having a long conversation, it had been almost twenty five years since they last spoke, so it was very likely that they would want to talk until they run out of time. Vivian didn't mind this at all, it was good for her father to have these conversations to build up his confidence, plus she gets more time to enjoy her books. She wasn't one for television or video games, she just preferred some peace and quiet with a good book and a nice cup of hot chocolate, while she didn't have any, it made no difference anyway.

Two more hours passed and Vivian finished her book, she quickly got off of her chair and stretched a bit, just as she finished, she heard a quiet knock on her wall and her father stepped in.

"S-Sorry about taking so long darling. I-I'll be ordering a Chinese for dinner tonight, is this alright."

"It is fine father. I was kind of in the mood for some anyway." Vivian finally answered, sporting a thick Russian accent.

"O-Oh good. Oh and uh, one other thing, tomorrow night, I'll be going to a party at Dex-Labs, the Boy Genius Dexter is hosting one in honour of the seventh year anniversary since Dex-Labs was founded. Utonium requested that I come along since it's many great scientists and doctors will be there, w-while I don't think I'm that worthy, I would like to go anyway." Ryan began to stutter a bit. "L-Look, w-what I'm trying to say is, if you would also like to come along, that would be fine, there will be plenty of other children such as yourself there. B-But if you don't want to, that's also fine."

"I'll give it some thought. I'll let you know in the morning."

"O-Ok, thank you. A-Anyway, I need to do some of my work, I'll be in the living area if you need me."

With that, Ryan walked away from Vivian's room, she herself walked up to the window to see the city in the sunset. As she watched this beautiful view, she began to think.

"Going to this party father is invited to, it sounds like a waste of time. On the other hand, by going to a place filled with brilliant minds, it could give me some leads to the Diamond-Arms, the same criminal scum, that eluded me back in Russia, I know that they made their way here, that's why I was more than eager to join father on his business vacation. In fact, a very member of that organisation could be going to that party, especially if it's hosted by the biggest head in this city. Also... father is quite timid and could be distraught easily by several other people there, especially when being made fun of. I could go to protect him and get leads."

"That being said however, this Professor Utonium will be accompanying him, giving that they are good friends, I am sure that he will protect him from any sort of distraught, especially if I inform Utonium of what he needs to do. That being done, I can use the spare time for myself to search this city for any leads of the criminal scum. At least with searching the streets, I can find a lead, especially if linked to another criminal group. Although, I do not know this city at all, I know the streets of my hometown like the back of my hand, but trying to hunt them in a city I am unfamiliar with, could cause some problems, or finding no leads at all. Either option I pick, it's the same chance of finding them as spinning a dice and hoping for the right number."

"What is my choice?"