Chapter 9: My introduction

The moment the lift door opened, I wished had eyes on the back of my head. We were standing in a long corridor. Thick, wine-red carpet was laid everywhere gilded completely. Royal red coloured curtains were drawn onto large windows, chandeliers glowed softly. There were oil paintings displayed after regular intervals showing people holding guns and smiling maliciously with their names engraved at the bottom.

It didn't even look like it fit with the cyberpunk theme. It seemed to be the interior of a mansion owned by some rich, old lady.

"In case you're wondering who the people in the paintings are, they're all the previous leaders of the gang." Ivy said after a while

"So how did they get replaced?" I asked

Ivy looked down to avoid my gaze. She didn't seem to want to answer my question.

"uhh, you know the competition is intense in here. Only the best survives and you're the proof here." she said confidently after a while. I had decided since long to play along with these people. We had been walking for what felt like ages. Then finally Ivy said, "We're here."

The door opened and I found myself, for an estimate, in front of almost fifty people seated on small, round tables all staring at me.

"Get up Dawgs, show your respect to the Alpha. On your knees now!"

Ivy said in a loud, clear voice. I felt bemused. In a trice, there was noise of dragging chairs and everyone stood up. I walked in between to the high table where the middle seat was vacant. I figured out it was for me. There was a boy seated on my right and the left of my seat was vacant too. I sat down and Ivy sat next to me. The people waited for me to be seated before seating themselves.

There was a great hassle as waiters rushed to serve dinner. The room's interior was nothing different from the corridor although the curtains were not drawn on the large windows so, you get see the magnificent city from there.

I looked at my right to introduce myself to the boy. My badge gave a 'beep'. I picked it up. The whole game stopped for a while and gave me the character's ID;

" NAME: JORGE WALTER

AGE: 23

PERSONALITY: JORGE WALTER HAS BEEN THE RIGHT-HAND MAN TO A LONG LIST OF THUG DAWG LEADERS. WITH HIGH STAMINA AND EXCEPTIONAL FIGHTING SKILLS, HE MAKES A LOYAL AND USEFUL SIDEKICK.

WINNING: 8 GOLD STARS, 19 BRONZE STARS

RANK: #2 "

The game resumed.

Jorge smiled. He had white hair and light brown eyes. He was fully armed and, similar to me was wearing a half glove

"Glad to see you back." he said

"Me too." I replied

I turned to my left to look at Ivy and opened her ID;

"NAME: IVY BLAKE

AGE: 26

PERSONALITY: CONFIDENT AND COLD, IVY BLAKE IS RENOWNED FOR HER WAR TACTICS, QUICK REFLEXES, AND LOVE FOR THRILL AND DANGER. YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE AGAINST HER, ARMED OR UNARMED!"

RANK: # 3"