2X

Trigger

Fox stepped over the bloody and battered corpses of his fallen enemies while Yuno and Ahnisti cleaned their weapons.

They'd broken into a highly secure facility and slaughtered everyone who got in their way and then some.

Now they stood in front of a steel door that was meant to house one of the deadliest people alive.

"Should we really do this? Once he's out, there's no going back. He could fucking kill us."

Fox turned to her and gave her a small smile before typing in the code to unlock said door.

As gears turned and locks became undone, Yuno tightened her grip on her axe while Ahnisti stood back prepared to unleash a flurry of blades upon who- whatever walked out that door.

Hei gripped the handle and flung the door open without any finesse and peaked inside.

There sitting in the middle of the floor all chained up was a small boy looking down at the floor.

"There he is."

"A child?"

"Not just any child. Thanks to Tallone's data I've discovered that this boy is one of the deadliest assassins in the world."

"That can't be right."

Yuno walked into the room and started breaking the chains with her axe while Ahnisti questioned Fox further.

"There must be some mistake, this child can't be an assassin."

"But it isn't and he is. Bred in captivity as part of the Mexican government's attempt at breeding child soldiers that would one day grow into the super soldiers of the future, this boy was trained to be one of the deadliest killers in existence. Except they couldn't control him. They tortured him. He watched countless allies die from the stress of day to day training. He was subjected to harsh environments. They made the monster they wanted then locked him away like an animal until he was needed for...cleanup duty. Didn't even say thank you, just caged him up again like he was nothing. Fools wasted their greatest weapon and didn't even realize it, but I realized it and now I'll make the world burn using its own creations."

Fox smiled and walked into the room while Ahnisti just stared at his back.

This is what she'd signed up for but never knew that it would go THIS far.

As Yuno finished taking the chains off, Fox crouched down next to the boy and placed a hand under his chin and lifted his head up.

"Ready for mission sir."

"You speak English?"

"You're not the commander."

"No I'm not but that doesn't-"

"Where is the commander?"

"I said that doesn't matter now-"

"You shouldn't be here!"

"I can do whatever I-"

"GET OUT!!"

In an instant the boy had kicked Fox directly in the face and sent him flying into Ahnisti.

"Ah...what was that about him not being an assassin? I feel like my frontal lobe was just turned into tapioca pudding."

"You wanted him, so tag em and bag em."

Yuno was swinging her axe wildly while the boy merely dodged effortlessly and punched her in the stomach.

"You're all going to die here and then maybe the commander will let me see my mama and papa. I just have to do a good job here."

He picked up Yuno's axe while the girl tried to breathe and back away from him.

He twirled the axe like it was made of cheap plastic and then brought it down with the intent to kill but found a blade blocking his attack.

Fox had arrived just in time to save her absolute death and had even drawn his newest weapon.

"Didn't think I'd have to use this puppy yet."

"Your choice of weapon won't matter when I sever your head and limbs."

"Jesus kid you're dark."

"I'm Latino."

"So that's two things wrong with you."

"I'm going to kill you now."

The boy swung the axe again but this time Fox was the one to dodge effortlessly and continued to do so while the boy continued on with his assault.

After a few minutes, he could tell that the attacks were starting get slower and more sloppy so that's when he decided to go on the offensive.

The boy could barely keep up as Fox repeatedly attacked him with his long sword without any intention of letting the boy gain any footing.

Finally the axe was knocked out of his hands and the blade aimed at his throat while he lay there on the ground breathing heavily.

"I can't...lose...mom and dad-"

"Are dead."

Ahnisti walked in the room and threw  an envelope down on the floor.

"Your parents were killed after your second mission. Apparently they'd been used to create a second child but after seeing your violent tendencies, they were murdered along with the baby and the other families. They're all gone,  it's just you."

The boy sat up and opened the envelope and read over the documents and death certificates.

No, they couldn't be gone. He'd worked so hard just to be reunited with them but they were already dead?

His shoulders slumped as he dropped the papers and started sobbing.

He was alone. Alone in this world with no one to care for or about him.

That's when he heard a blade being and sheathed and felt arms wrapping themselves around him.

He was hugging him, the man he'd just tried to murder was hugging him and it felt so warm. So right.

"I'm sorry. I know what it's like to be betrayed by those you trust, it's a sucky feeling that leaves you feeling empty. Like there's an endless void in your heart. But, there's also an anger, a deep hatred for those who've dared to cross you. Use it. Use it to pull yourself out of despair. Use it to move on with life. Use it...to take revenge."

The boy looked up at the man and stared into his eyes. Eyes that held the same level of sadness as his own.

"H-How do-"

"Come with me, with us. We'll purge this world of sin by burning it to the ground and build from the ashes. I want your help. I need you."

"Why?"

"Because like me you've seen how cruel this world can be and hate it just as much as I do. Come with me and I shall teach you how to hone your skills and become the perfect killing machine. Be the student to my master, the son to my father."

"And if I don't?"

"Then we'll leave you here and you'll never see us again. Although I don't think you'll have a wonderful life here all alone. Plus that commander guy is still alive and will most likely blame you for this and have you hunted. So what's it gonna be champ, life of carnage and fun or death?"

"...I want to bathe in his wife's blood while he watches his children desperately try to breathe and push their intestines back in their mutilated meat sack bodies."

"That can be arranged. I'm Fox, what's your name?"

"My parents named me Brian but while on missions I was called Sora."

"Sora it is then, welcome aboard."

As he shook the little boy's hand, Yuno limped over to Ahnisti.

"He was going to kill him if he said no wasn't he?"

"He's your baby daddy, you tell me."