The dingy room in the basement of the Axiom was lit only with a single lightbulb. It gave their meetings an air of secrecy, but all it gave East was a headache.

It was vaguely dark inside, imitating twilight. What he wouldn't give to be outside. Anywhere but here. The only one who seemed as fidgety as him was Sebastian. He had the distinct feeling that Sebastian didn't want to be here either.

Mark was at the head of the table, with Sebastian on one side and Easton on the other.

The other twenty miscellaneous members sat around the table. The only one that wasn't there was Antonia. She was outside with Matthew.

"Alright. Let's get started. Rhonda, front and center."

Rhonda stood up and made her way to the front of the room.

"Rhonda, stand and deliver your report. Beth, be the scribe. Take good notes."

The Military of Mark, East thought bitterly. Sure, it was efficient, but a complete farce. They sure as hell weren't the military. Not even close.

Rhonda cleared her throat. "As you all know, the three richest and most powerful companies in the country are the ones who run the government.

Protecting Society, run by Janet Hartford, Enforcement Enlarge, run by Robert Yamasaki, and McDonalds, run by Scovel."

Easton noticed Mark looking at him. He stared straight back. So what if he wasn't paying attention? He knew most of this stuff already.

"I have a job at Janet's company. She's recently been having a lot of meetings with Yamasaki. It's making Scovel beyond pissed. They're planning something big."

Mark nodded. "Alright. Try and find out what it is." He glanced at Pete. "Pete, you've got a job at Yamasaki's company, right?"

Pete sat up straighter. "Yeah. It's a lot like Rhonda said. He's been meeting with Janet a bunch. But he's also been contacting some leaders in other countries."

Mark leaned forward. "Who? This sounds suspicious."

Pete shrugged. "I'll try to find out. But Robert and Janet have been way more secretive than usual lately. They are definitely planning something. Something big."

Mark nodded. "Okay. And someone needs to get a job at Scovel's company."

Everyone glanced unintentionally at Goldie.

Mark scowled at everyone and walked over to her. He crouched down and put his hand on her shoulder. When he spoke, his voice was surprisingly gentle. "Goldie, honey, it's not your fault. You were absolutely right to get out of there." He stood up and looked all around. "Let me make something clear. No girl in my crew is going to be a toy for some son of a bitch government asshole."

Jake raised his hand. "I'll apply for the job tomorrow. I can handle myself."

Mark nodded his approval. "Alright then. Anyone have anything else to add?"

Silence.

Mark stood and stretched. "Good. Now, we've got an initiation to do."

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New Chapter!
So I'm thinking about designing a new cover. If anyone has any cool ideas, it would be awesome if they could send them to me. I'm also thinking about rewriting the blurb, simply because I wrote it a long time ago and I don't like the way it sounds. I'm going to try and update again this week, but maybe not, because it's exam week for my school.
One more thing! Everyone go and read My Lord by Shimaira . It's a really good book if you like horror and suspense and creepiness (which I do :) )

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