Me and Gabe wandered around for a while before actually going forth with the plan. We split up, Gabe goes on to patrol the streets, and I go on to find any information I can on Alpha's whereabouts.

I went to look for that guy that got caught the other night. Hopefully, he remembers something about where he got involved in this.

I walk around for a while until I found a friend of his who told me where he lives. Apparently, he was released, which is a good thing, I mean, it wasn't his fault.

He lived on an apartment building near the edge of downtown Vale. It took about 10 minutes of walking to get there. I found the building in which he lived in and went inside.

I walked up some stairs up to the second floor. I found his door and I knocked on it. It took a moment for him to open the door, he looked rather surprised to see me."Hey! Aren't you that kid that I ran into the other night?" He asked.

"Uhh...yeah, I am." I responded.

"Okay, well, what are you doing here?" He asked.

"Well, I just wanted to ask you about what happened." I said.

"Okay, what about it?" He asked.

"I was wondering where you were before...you know, all this." I replied.

He thought for a moment, but finally answered,"Well, I was in the forest of Forever Fall."

"What were you doing there?" I questioned further.

"I was taking core samples from the trees with some of my colleagues to find out whether the trees were getting healthier or not. Right, so...I wandered some distance away from the group to take samples from the older trees deeper into the forest, when I stumbled upon a strange...perfectly rectangular shaped stone." He described. This was getting interesting.

"Was there anything on or around it?" I asked him.

"Yeah...there was, very faintly, an A?" He replied.

"A what?" I asked, unsure of what he said.

"An A, like the letter A." He answered.

"Ohhhh! That's what you meant, okay..."

"Yeah, then after a few seconds, this guy came out of the shadows and I don't remember anything between then and being arrested." He stated.

There was now no doubting it. It had to be him, who else would have an A for a symbol?

"Thanks for your help." I said to him.

"Alright, see you around." He waved.

"Alright, you too."

And with that, I exited the building and walked along the side walk towards the general direction of Forever Fall. I pulled out my scroll and contacted Gabe.

"What's up?" He answered.

"I think I know where to go." I said.

"Meet me near Forever Fall."

"Ok, I'm on my way." He said. I hung up and ran through Vale. It took me the next 15 minutes to get through downtown Vale, while trying to avoid traffic and not run into anyone.

Gabe was waiting for me at the edge of the forest."What took so long?" He asked.

"There was a lot traffic." I sarcastically said.

"So you drove here?" He asked.

"No! Idiot, I ran here." I yelled at him.

"Alright, alright, I was just kidding." He said.

"Okay, so...I know what we're looking for. It's a stone with and A on it. It's somewhere within Forever Fall." I told him.

"Okay, should we start looking?" He asked.

"Yeah, do you want to look for it down here or from the air?" I asked.

"From the air." he said, jumped up, pulling out Gamma as he did, and began shooting at a downward angle to propel himself above the forest. It was getting dark, the forest will be far more dangerous than during the day. I unsheathed The Destroyer and gripped the hilt tightly, ready to respond at the first sign of danger.

I walked through the forest with caution, aware that Grimm are more active and hostile during the night.

A noise suddenly made me jump. I looked around for anything that may pose a threat. I felt my scroll vibrate in my pocket, I let out my breath that I didn't realize I was holding. I answered the scroll, it was Gabe.

"Dude, you freaking scared me!" I said.

"Okay, well I think I found it." He said.

"Okay, mind letting me know where you are?" I said. I heard a series of explosions to my left.

"There." he said.

"Thanks." I said, then put my scroll away. I ran through the forest as fast as I could towards the explosions.

Gabe was waiting for me when I got there,"This it?" he asked, pointing at the stone on the ground. There was no doubting it, this was Alphas' symbol. It was an A with a faint, but still somewhat visible, S in the middle behind the A.

"Yup, this is it." I said. I took a closer look at it to see if there was anything else interesting in or around it.

"This looks...very suspicious." said Gabe.

"Well, it's not everyday you-" a mechanical sounding noise came from behind us. There was someone, or something there, and whatever it is, it was expecting us.