I don't own AC, or any of From's characters. Some of the characters in this fic are members at the Raven Republic. No, I will not put you in.
Living a life like mine is something that not many people would like to do. I am one of the few, the Ravens. I live my life on the brink of death.
Death is not a pretty sight.
That day was the last day of my training, the day I became a Raven.
I was 20 when I first signed up to become a Muscle Tracer pilot for Mirage, the biggest power in the world besides Raven's Ark, the company that housed all Ravens.
I knew I was taking a chance, fighting Kisaragi and Crest, with the newest corporation Navis slowly behind, in a giant war between the companies.
It was always like this. Humans could never learn to live in peace. They always had to fight, never help each other.
I made my way towards the AC hangar, with my own AC sitting there, casting a menacing glow over the rest of the AC's. I was glad I had the credits to pay for my own AC instead of using the default AC that the Raven's Ark gave new pilots.
My AC made its way out of the hangar. I was on the inside of the core, piloting the fifty ton giant along the age old highway, partially damaged from a time long before we were released by the controller and I.B.I.S. was destroyed.
The Silent Line held within its bounds I.B.I.S. and a powerful nanomachine technology that gave extra powers to Ravens. After a small team of Ravens made it past the Line, a single Raven penetrated the rest of its defenses; the nanomachines helped her to kill I.B.I.S.
I'm not sure this was a good thing. She saved humanity, but in the process brought the nanomachines back.
Crest used these to conduct experiments on other Ravens. I heard that all of the ones involved died.
I stopped at several buildings, my light blue AC casting a shadow over the bright lights of the city. I was here to destroy several MTs. Once this was completed, I would finally be inducted into the Ravenfold.
A box opened up in the corner of my screen with a video playing of the Raven watching me.
"I am here to watch your progress on this mission. I will accompany you as an observer, but only in that sense. If you fail, you die. If you complete the mission, you will become a Raven," he said.
"Good Luck."