Chapter I Prologue – A Family Secret

It was a wonderful summer morning in San Fransokyo. The sun was shining and not a cloud was in the sky. Since it was the summer vacation, there were no students at the famous Institute of Technology with the exception of a woman who was the dean who was in her office looking over documents and papers for potential new students at her school by checking the letters. By all accounts Grace Granville would wish that she was one of the students who were spending their holyday at home with their pets and their family. Such is life of for one in an administrative role such as hers.

Granville cut it apart with her letter opener, bringing out the two smaller envelopes. She was just about to untwirl the first one when her phone started to ring. Raising her eyebrow at the screen of her phone thinking who might call her now she immediately clicks on the keyboard to respond the call.

"Hello." Grace started.

"Hello Grace." The dean immediately recognized that soft gentle voice "It's has been a long time."

"It had been indeed Maria." Grace said with a soft smile on her face to hear one of her best friends.

"I heard many thing happened in California, especially with Big Hero 6 can't believe that they are actually your students." She said, of course she was between the only ones whom she told about her students been the hero group.

"Three of them were my students, they just graduated." Grace said.

"The only thing I have to say is that you have my congratulations for having those kind of students, every dean in the world should be envious if they would know."

"You and your husband are no less especially with the kinds of patients you and your husband take care off. Despite your small 'condition' in some cases and Han's activity outside work."

"What should one expect when he is a hunter? The same is in the case of Ruben and William."

"Indeed." She said looking a bit down.

"It is unfortunate that you and him don't see each other this often."

"Rubens is a good professor of engineering and Will is a very good boy. Despite not seeing them very often I am more than happy when they come." Grace said.

"Indeed by the way I hope that I didn't interrupt you with anything."

"Not at all what can I do for you?" She asked.

"Can you take Emma with your for 2 weeks. There had been a slight misunderstanding with a radical. Me and Han were hoping that you could take her for 2 weeks I am sure that she would be of help to you. You know how close you 2 are."

"There wouldn't be any problem I have enough space at my house. Not to mention the fact that she would be of great help with my 3 precious little ones." Granville said.

"Indeed Curie, Femi and Oppenheimer I also got their files and gave Emma a copy of each of them, especially when Currie needs her shots to be taken." She said.

"When will she arrive?" Granville asked.

"In the evening today."

"Still are the problems with the ring?"

"Unfortunately yes it will arrive barely at the end of the year. But it will not be too much harm, unlike in my case when I don't have it during the day." Maria said.

"You will eventually manage to have a solution, especially that I can't comment with things since thanks to your plasma you managed to cure me. And there weren't many side effects and those that were don't bother me." Granville said.

"I am happy to hear this Grace. And please do call me if anything happens to either you or Emma."

"Don't worry I shall, by the way I believe that she still didn't made some friends yet."

"Outside family and aside from her sister and 2 brothers no unfortunately, maybe you have a solution to this as well." Maria asked before Grace turned to a file of the present youngest student and the dean smirked.

"Indeed I have the 'cure' for this. And I really can't wait to see her again personally it will be wonderful time those 2 weeks."

"Glad to hear this, call me when she arrives." Maria said.

"I shall and she will as well. Don't worry things will work out." Grace said before both ended each other's calls. Right after that Grace turned to her computer and in a file she clicked on image. That image wasn't a photo as it was actually a picture made on a tablet where she was younger, wearing a lab coat near a white man that was also dressed in a lab coat having black messy hair and blue eyes, having an oval face that been Ruben right in front of SFIT. Before clicking on another picture and this time the background was of a medical office. With a long white medical desk extended into the background of an inside of a veterinarian clinic outside been night time. And there was a man that looked like Ruben, having short black ordered hair wearing a long lab coat with navy blue trousers and black shoes he been a doctor for people. Near him was a young woman, with short black dense hair, wearing the normal attire of a vet like a white lab coat, blue gloves black trousers and black shoes, however there were some features that were more abnormal like pale skin, red iris and yellow sclera alongside 2 oversized sharp canines that were actually fangs.

"I always thought to myself back then that been related to hunters of the unexplained is exciting." She said to herself before rolling up her sleeve to show a small bat symbol whose wings are extended.

"And been related to the unexplainable in an unusual way, is bringing some advantages as well as excitement." She said to herself with a smirk on her face. Indeed others should really be envious.