Thursday, 30th December
10pm
Everyone present in the base was gathered in the cafeteria, a section at the front by the door into the room had sectioned off as though to act as a 'stage' with a microphone positioned in the middle, whilst a camera with a army staff operating it.
Tonight will be broadcasted everywhere in the magical realms.
Vixen stood outside the door, grey-masked, fidgeting with the sleeve of the leader uniform he was put into.
"Tomorrow's ceremony will be aired on all broadcasts, all the realms will witness the reunion of our family and my legacy carrying onto you" Frank pridefully stated...
The boy's brows frowned.
"Become the new Grey Leader, kill me and save your mum, but you have to promise me that you'll be better than your father" Corey begged...
Panicking a little.
Both want him to become the leader yet both are asking for different things.
"Sir, are you okay?" a woman asked, Vixen lifting his head to see one of the office assistants he had met earlier today "I'm fine, thank you, Miss Sull" he answered, head tilting a little as his eyes fell on the grey-glassed box in her hands "I-Isn't that the bodyguard's job?" Vixen questioned as the woman nodded her head "Yes sir, but since the leader's wife is currently at another base, he asked me to stand in instead" she answered. Vixen's face turned more grim "Right..." he muttered as Frank stepped into the corridor and walked over to him, he too masked and dressed in his uniform, signature horrid smirk drawn across his face "My son, are you ready?" Frank questioned as Vixen kept his head down "Yes, father" "Good, don't need anyone embarrassing a certain person during the ceremony" the man snickered as the boy tightly gripped his sleeve "Of course, father" he forced himself to agree, making the man smile even more before stepping pass him and out the door.
"Welcome everyone to the night we've all been waiting for!" Frank's voice pridefully boomed, the soldier's cheering as the camera had begun broadcasting live to every tv in every magical realm "Thirteen years ago, I had no choice but to send my son to the Human Realm in order to protect him from the other army leaders and council, an action that had left me heartbroken" Frank stated yet Vixen was the only one who saw through the lie. "And now, we have been reunited after so long... I give you my son" Frank announced.
Vixen took a deep breath before stepping out and into view, joining his father's side as all the soldiers erupted into cheers and applause at the sight of him. Miss Sull stepped out, opening the grey-glass box for Frank as he took out a gold Grey Army pin and eagerly pinned it to Vixen's uniform, right above his heart "Your heart and pride for the Grey Army will be forever carried within this pin" the man smirked whilst his son kept a blank face. Frank then took out the gold ring, one engraved with each other armies' symbol on the inner-side of the ring. He then took Vixen's left hand into his own and placed the ring on the boy's pointer finger "Your past and ancestors is held within this ring, a ring of leaders you honour and protect along with those of your own army" the man continued. Frank's gaze then pierced Vixen's own, the man's eyes narrowing as though a silent warning saying 'don't you dare fucking embarrass me' before speaking again "Do you take the leader's vows and oath; 'To death and life, hearts and souls protected and rise'?" "I do" Vixen immediately answer.
A satisfied smirk crawled across Frank's face as he took Vixen by the shoulders and showed him off to the camera and everyone in front of them "I give you the new Grey Army Leader!" the man's voice boomed; cheering, clapping and whistling numbing all of Vixen's senses as his eyes glowed bright red and of course, his father took this as an opportunity to add something. "Blessed by the Light Spirit, 'Starlight', and the divine's next successor!" Frank's voice roared, the soldiers cheering louder as Vixen's eyes widened. Frank leaned into his son's ear "Show them something, son" he hissed and so Vixen hesitantly lifted his hands and slowly waved them as he summoned a beautiful display of light, something that riled the soldiers up even more whilst also sending them into complete awe.
Drift Warden House, Perible, England, Mid
Jocelyn and Euanthe sat in the living room with the rest of the kids: Jacob, Lilly, Chloe, Faith, Holly and Madison (who came over for the day), all now staring at the live tv broadcast showing the newly named Grey Leader, Vixen, with his father.
"Blessed by the Light Spir- I'm going to gut them" Euanthe hissed under her breath as Holly slowly stood up, shaking her head "Holly, sweetie" Jocelyn spoke before her daughter ran upstairs to her bedroom, Faith jumping off the couch and going after her cousin. "H-how can... I don't understand how he could be 'blessed' by the Light Spirit... the divine's dead" Lilly said as a grim expression covered Euanthe's face, Jacob noticed it first and immediately called her out "Spill it" he hissed, surprising everyone and after a few seconds, the hell princess hesitantly told them "...the person who gave Vixen the Hypnotic Curse... it was the Light Spirit" and with her answer, Lilly, Madison and Jocelyn stared at Euanthe in complete shock whilst Jacob and Chloe sat there, a little confused.
Red Army Base 'Beta', Melkgien, Norway, Mid
Tord stood with his parents and Blake in the command room of the base, the adults standing in silence as Tord glared at the tv, watching the horrid broadcast whilst tightly gripping the remote in his hand.
Temporary 'Grey Army Base', Blighfall, Dellone, Under Realm
11:39pm
Frank walked down the corridor, just leaving the afterparty in the cafeteria and now, as he walked, he took off the mask before he stepped into the command room of the base, seeing his son standing at the head of the table, back turned to him as two soldiers took their places at the door.
He had noticed his son leaving the party within the first few minutes of it, now he knew where he ran off to.
The man pridefully smiled at the sight of his son standing in Grey Army uniform, the leader's coat perfectly worn on the boy "My what a great sight, my son in his rightful place" Frank beamed stepping further into the room, only stopping after a couple steps as this weird feeling washed over him right before the boy spoke. "I have thought of a way to make everyone love and respect me as their new leader, much more than you" Vixen stated as Frank's brows slowly knotted "What are you getting at?" "Well, the 'Grey Leader' is a man every realm fears, a horrid man that no one dares to cross... whilst you are just Frank Grey, a mad man with no title or evident connections with his name and the Grey Army" the boy stated. Immediately, Frank's eyes narrowed "The fuck are you thinking-" "I'm gonna to make you wish that I stayed gone" Vixen cut off the man, turning to face him with absolute coldness painted across his face "The world is going to know who the Grey Army Leader is, that his name is Vixen Grey, the child who had been both cursed and blessed by the Light Spirit himself" the boy smirked. "And when I'm done, no one will remember the madman, Frank" Vixen continued, stepping towards his father "You fucking-" "What?" the boy cut off Frank, tilting his head to the side "Who's going to believe a madman over the Grey Army Leader?" Vixen questioned before harshly grabbing hold of his father's face, his eyes glowing bright red as Frank's grey eyes dulled red for a moment until Vixen let go of his face.
"That's where you hid her..." Vixen muttered as Frank fell back into one of the chairs, the boy then slammed his hands down, one on the chair's armrest and the other tightly gripping Frank's shoulder with ungodly strength, glaring into the man's eyes "Oh, this will be fun..." Vixen darkly smirked.
"Take Mr Grey to his new cell" the army leader ordered, stepping away from Frank as the two soldiers stepped forward, each taking one of Frank's into their grasp and pulling him out of the chair whilst Vixen picked up a radio sitting on the table "Miss Sull, please send word to the base in Olkburn, Mid, that the Grey Leader is summoning Nicole Grey to this base" "Yes, sir" the assistant answered. Frank wasn't seeing the boy he had met a week ago, the puppet he could easily use for his own personal gain... he was now seeing a young man he had stupidly given everything to, someone who can't be stopped by anyone but one person.
"Vixen, please- don't do this" Frank pretended to beg, 'kind' smile plastered across his face "I'm your father, son-" "You stopped being my father the second you forced a divine to curse an unborn child" Vixen coldly cut the man off, turning his back to him "Take him away before I gut him where he stands" the leader hissed. Frank's face was actually filled with pure shock whilst the two soldiers dragged him out the command room's door, not fighting or yelling or anything, surprised into pure speechlessness.
After the doors closed, Vixen leaned back into the radio "Miss Sull, I'd also like to request a 'wellness check' on a hypnotic back in the Mid Realm by the name 'Holly Smith'" he stated, the assistant answering to confirm she heard the order.
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