Prologue 

Act 1: All Hail Queen Mary

Mount Saint Mary's Catholic Church of Bei Ping, China, 1917 

 

" And now the choir will be blessing us with a hymn before the pastor brings word." The man was of an older generation, who's voice is filled with a raspy sense of authority.His hair had lost it's color long before and had settled into a all white form. His body was much skinnier than his younger years due to deteroriating health.He wore a long white robe accompanied by white slippers.He rung the bells in his hands twice before turning and ushering the choir to sing.He sat down relieved to be of his feet. He watched as older women and young girls forced by their mothers to attend kneeled down in prayer, their hands clutching their rosary and veils of lace hiding their faces. He sighed as men barged in ignoring the clergy and walking silently towards the back of the church.Although the were dressed in tailored suits and their hair slicked back, the pastor knew these men were not here for worship. The men slid through the back doors of the church without interference. The church leaders knew all to well. The ignorant men and women that prayed on a few feet away from the men divided by a thick wooden wall didn't know of the sins that occurred in the place they beg to be forgiven of their own. The men halted in their step when they reached a small door that was guarded by two men.They nodded and the guard opened the door ushering the men in hastily before shutting the door shut. The sounds of groans of pains erupted for the dark space.The church was usually filled with light that shined through the crystaline window stain, but the only light that erupted from this room was the little light that peeked through the dark blinds creating streaked lines over peoples bodies as they walked through. The room was dusty and filled with smoke from the quick rush of transporting of goods.The one of the men flashed his card to the guard that stepped in his way so fast that th