Authors note: (24/11/14) So i was really drunk when i posted this didn't even know until i logged back in today. Kinda like the idea so i figure i'l stick with it.
i was going to make the edits in red but the whole thing would be in red then.
In the year 2040 the world fell into chaos, governments fell and in their place came the corporations. Massive companies controlling their own private military's vie for control over what little is left By the year 2100 the world had stabilized again. Through 60 years of famine, disease, and war the world population plummet from 10 billion down to 3. The up side to this was that the massive strain on all earth resources lessened considerably allowing humanity to stabilize. The mega corporations became our new leaders through dictatorships. They ruled with an iron fist creating a caste system, separating people into tightly controlled areas across the world. Interaction with other cites above or below your caste was near impossible. Yet no one complained, there where no riots, no wars over this treatment people were so tired of constant fighting that the simple fact that they could eat most days made them content. With the end of wars the time and effort spent on weapons were now spent on entertainment, Reconstruction, and medical advancements. A new golden age was coming in to existences for most of the world. Even the people living in the worst possible conditions had adequate food and medical treatment for at reasonable costs. The corporation at the forefront was Raven Inc. Raven Inc controlled most of north america from the eastern most side of Texas going west, then from the tip of Alaska all the way down to the Panama canal. they created virtual reality and prosthetic that could almost replace your limbs. they made games and gave them out freely to their people and charged a premium for people outside the country.
But i'm getting ahead of myself, my name is Anna Warock and i grew up in the slums of New Alaska. A hard life to be had growing up in NA, on my sixth birthday my present was a pickaxes. Not the greatest of gifts but it meant i could start working the mines i started in the coal mines the worst of them all. Got pneumoconiosis more then once luckily treatment for it is one of the few free thing granted to us. When i turned 8 i was able to buy my way out and up into a copper mine. not the best job in NA but heads above coal mining good bump in pay too. at age 9 my father was mugged and murdered on his way home from work leaving me the sole income as my mother stopped working after my little sisters were born last year. i took on extra shifts and started eating less just to allow my family to eat well and grow up. By the time i was 10 i was malnourished and on my way to death door, when a man gave me an offer... a horrible offer that no one should have to take... i'm ashamed at myself for the things i did for him,... but i survived and i kept my family alive and in half a year i bought my way into a gold mine making twice as much as i did working a copper mine. Afterwords i took all the evidences of what that man did to me to the peace keepers, never did learn what they did to him. life was not easy but my family went to bed full every night... as did i most of the time.
When i turned 14 a golden opportunity came to the slums of NA. One person from each slum could join Raven Sword the military for Raven Inc. for the lucky few they would get to move them and their family into low class cites my sisters would work in factories instead of mines. My mother would shop in stores instead of stalls. our homes would be apartments not tenements. needless to say a great many signed up myself included. The test to be selected started out as written and math test, they didn't want their soldiers stupid at least. 1/4 of the candidates failed simply because they couldn't read of the remainder 3/4 failed the tests. 100 candidates remain for the next test which is a obstacle course where the fastest 16 make it through. I barely made it into the sixteenth spot .1 seconds faster then the other guy. The final test was a no rules tournament. What no one seemed to get was that no rules meant no rules. my first opponent was a 12 year old boy very weak but fast as hell, unfortunately on his way to the ring he fell down a flight of stairs and broke his leg. My next opponent was a 13 year old girl who got locked in the bath room and missed the fight. Next i was facing a 14 year old boy who was unlucky enough to get mugged on his way and was too injured to fight. my last fight was a 16 year old boy he was built like a tank and was the crowd favorite to win. He fought with his bare hands because he wanted to show off how strong he was. nothing i did before the match got him so when the match started he came out unarmed with his hand in the air to the cheer of the crowed. I came rushing out from behind him with a sledge hammer, and before he could turn around i hit him square on the back with all my might. Shocked the crowed started booing and throwing things at me for what i did, But through all of that i could hear one clap and when i turned in its direction i saw the instructor for all of this sitting with a big grin on his face.
A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.
After i got out of the arena the instructor came and congratulated me and my tactics i used to cheat my way to victory. he took me to the peace keepers headquarters in the slums to begin processing me. My DNA was scanned as well as my eye and finger prints afterwords he let me select where our new home would be. I chose camp Pendleton since that would be where i was to be trained and stationed for the foreseeable future. My family would live on base, my sisters would go to school until they are 16 while my mother would work as a secretary. 2 days later and we where on a maglev train headed south. For the first time in my life i was able to relax for a short while.
The next year of my life was brutal i was broken down a reshaped into a soldier. I though growing up was brutal but it was nothing compared to what training was like 20 mile runs with 40 kilo packs. Hand to hand combat training PT every day for 3 2hour sets as well as learning about every weapon we have in our arsenal. but what was the worst of all was the treatment u git from fellow cadets all of whom where very angry to have a weed in their unit the only reprieve came from my CO a 20 year old that stands at 190 CM and is lean but has a toned and muscled body with a fairly handsome face he was the envy and pride of many privates.
One day i was chatting with him when he brought up a new game out of Raven Entertainment called New World. It boast a map size 3 time larger then earth and enough content that you cant play it all even with 2 lifetimes. I told him i didn't have the time to play a game as i wanted to make officer and get a career in Sword. To Which he responded that time was no problem as it featured a 4-1 ratio and had both active and sleep modes which means i could use it when i slept as well as awake, He even offered to come to my place to set it all up for me and my sisters. I finally gave in to his persistence and the next day he showed up with 4 headsets, even brought one for my mom. he hooked them up in our rooms and spent a suspicious amount of time hooking it up in mine, he claimed since it was the first he didn't know what to do. Since i didn't want to eat alone i asked him to stay for lunch. Lunch was smoked salmon with a glass of whisky. One of the perks of military life is getting decent foods. After her left i took a shower, got comfortable and put on my headset. After a few minutes i was sent to blackness and then brought into the hub. The hub is the central room of headsets allowing you to access all the apps available on them. Right now the only one was New World in bold letters on a background of a medieval town. walking forwards i was sent to another white room.
Authors note: well this was just building up the outside world and introducing you to some new people (don't know what to call the CO yet ideas welcomed). SO what i wanted to do with this story is create 2 stories of the same person in 2 world. This prologue was just to introduce you to Anna and the life she lived to get to where she is to kind give you a perspective on her actions as the story progresses. on a last note i don't know how often i will update this but i will try to get at least 2 chapters a week. Final note an one want to name her mother and 2 sisters?