Chronos' grip on the world is beginning to slip as Creed seeks out media attention to not only divulge the existence of the secret organization, but to paint their world control in the harshest of lights. "We, the Apostles of the Star will set the world free!" As the Elders scramble to keep Chronos alive, their Numbers grow restless. Sephiria, the first among them, still maintains her belief in the nobility of their cause. She seeks out their stray cat to untangle the riddle of his desertion, but becomes the unwitting prey of a defector of a far darker nature...