CoDeNaMe

Chapter 4: The Assassin

Present day...

I can't ever surprise Anonymous with anything. No matter how hard I tried, it's always going to fail. Still, I'm not gonna stop! Persevere!

A crash was heard from behind. The three of us turned heads to the source of the sound to see that Blake was awake, whom crashed into the things inside his quarters.

"Sorry!" he shouted.

Anonymous and Matrix are laughing hilariously. After seeing them laugh, I laughed harder than the two of them, but they stopped, making things go awkward.

I cleared my throat and asked Anonymous,

"The vows?"

Anonymous looked at me, smiled and turned to Blake.

"Are you ready, Blake?" Anonymous asked.

Obvious in Blake's eyes that he's nervous. What should I do to make him feel calm like what I did for Matrix when he took his vows?

"Okay then, repeat after me." Anonymous said, raising his hand in an open-palm position.

Blake stood up straight and attentively listened to our leader.

"On this day, when duty calls me..."

Anonymous' voice resounded over the whole place, echoing through every corner of the headquarters.

Blake repeated as soon as Anonymous is finished speaking.

"...I will stand up straight, carrying my weapon unto my hand..."

Matrix looks like he's excited. Joy is seen at his eyes while listening to Anonymous.

"...protecting the world, making the Earth free from evil..."

Wind blew upon us. There is no way that this is a natural wind from outside. There are no doors in this headquarters. Only us can enter this place.

"...and as the last member of the Ulti 4, let my power guide me..."

Blake is shaking. It might be from the low temperature the wind brings upon us. He's a normal person at this state so he is affected by these small factors.

Yet this one is odd. This is the first time it happened at the ceremony.

"...with the other members of the organization, for we are brothers..."

The wind finally stopped as soon as Anonymous said those last words. Blake repeated after it.

"...and we are codists."

Everything went pitch black after Blake pronounced his last words in his vows. Silence covers the whole headquarters, hearing no sound even from the people inside.

A volley of yellow lights flew up towards the ceiling from where Anonymous is standing. It was then followed by blue, green and orange which became a part of the top portion itself. The colors went to the flags, coloring our names on contact, and lines from the flag to the other side of the wall appeared. The headquarters was coated in four different colors, each resembles our identity. The base was kindled compared to what it looks like before. It was just a simply amazing beauty we have seen.

"Wow." Matrix said.

Anonymous suddenly directed his right hand towards Blake's flag.

"From now on, Blake...", Anonymous glanced at Blake with his hand still aimed at Blake's flag, "...you will be Skyfire."

A flash of fire materialized in Blake's banner, writing "Skyfire" in the flag shining in green color. Anonymous snapped, normalizing the wind all of us have felt in the first place.