Ravenmask

4

"Neon, please return to base at once,your ceremony will begin momentarily and tardiness will not be taken lightly". It hadn't taken them long to bury the commander and set up the ceremony due to the advanced technology they possessed.Neon opened his eyes and switched off his music, being drenched in rainwater wasn't exactly presentable but he supposed his pretty face would make up for it so he fixed his crown atop his soaking nest of Raven-black hair and made his way back to the one place he would ever truly belong.

"Neon, what makes you think it's okay to show up to your initiation like this?" G had clearly not been pleased with the state he was in from the rain and his dashing good looks had apparently not worked out as he hoped."I thought I was the commander now G, I will show up in whatever state I see fit" came Neon's sassy reply."Actually Neon, I still outrank you until the initiation is over so I suggest that you watch your tongue" G warned and Neon rolled his eyes.

First was the party which Neon didn't participate much in outside of interacting with the lieutenants and the councils.Other than that, just watched the others drink and dance in their black,futuristic armour or grey uniforms with the various women they had brought with them.It lasted for an agonising period before it was finally over and now the true horror was about to transpire.How this worked was that he would stand on a massive stage in front of the entire division for all of the personnel, scientists and anyone else who worked here to see and read the list of vows he was to make to the corporation as a commander.The vows that would shackle him for the rest of his life.It was truly ironic, what was meant to be a rise to power felt like a chain that he could never be free of.

In just a few short moments, he was before everyone, they all looked at him with skepticism in their eyes, it was fair enough taking into account that he was a literal sixteen year old but his age had never been a variable to anyone when they sent him to embark on suicide missions and risk his fucking life every single day since he was a toddler.The stolen prince's crown he was initially wearing was replaced with a massive King's crown as Lt G presented the scroll and Neon took it from him as slowly as possible without saying a word and another high ranking official stood in front oh him and began reading the vows.

As Neon reluctantly agreed to everything he was being told, he suddenly had that sense that something was terribly wrong, his observant eyes scanned his surroundings as he simultaneously voiced his promised towards the corporation but try as he might he simply couldn't find anything amiss but Neon had known better than to doubt his intuition.The knowledge of not knowing what was going on was getting him more and more on edge and the more time that passed, the stronger that urge to get the fuck out of here had become but he obviously couldn't just bound of the stage and break for the exits.

Suddenly during the of middle of his vows, some choppers were heard outside, that was strange everyone from the corporation across all branches should have already been here and he knew that any allies they had were asked not to interrupt so there was only one other possibility.

Enemies.

"EVERYONE GET DOWN" Neon roared whilst diving off the stage  at the nearest soldier and grabbing his gun faster than the agent could reach as the wall suddenly exploded and paratroopers suddenly came floating in, bullets immodestly flying everywhere.It was DEATH in their dark and kickass armour but they weren't alone, the assassins from the triads had accompanied them and were also crashing through the wall, guns blazing just like their comrades.It seems that DEATH had successfully closed the deal.

Neon deftly picked off the paratroopers one by one, with the small he had acquired from that soldier but soon ran out of bullets and hell had only just started breaking loose because all the walls were coming down now and soldiers and assassins were rushing in, casualties already reaching uncountable numbers.Neon hurled his gun at someone's head and grabbed his assault rifle and charged through the now battlefield letting his unparalleled aim drop the assailants,snatching up ammunition whenever he could.