Taken

Base

I woke up in a weird stainless steel prison like room with no windows. I looked down and I saw that I was dressed in a black v-neck that showed a little more cleavage than I was comfortable with and black high waisted jeans to top it all off I had on these black like army boots. The last thing I remember was being in the cab with Chase and waving goodbye to my parents. I have no idea how I got here but there was no way that I was wearing these shoes! I quickly looked for my duffle bag and found it tucked neatly under my bed. Which was one of the few things in the room. I was delighted when I saw that I had packed my black vans and converse. I went with the converse and felt a million times better to be in something that actually belonged to me. Once I was finished putting on my shoes I sat down on my bed and actually looked around my room/holding cell. It was very basic with only a bed covered in gray sheets, a sink, a mirror and a heavy metal door. I tried to open the door countless times. I didn't know if I was just extremely weak or it was sealed so after a while of realizing I was stuck in this hideous little room I grabbed my duffle bag and pulled out my iPod. I put my earphones in and put my iPod to shuffle, even though I skipped almost all of the songs until I got to one I actually wanted to hear. I was staring at the ceiling when I heard someone unlocking the door from the outside. And I quickly stood up and took my earbuds out, prepared for anything. As the door opens Chase strides into my room and smirks when he sees my "fighting position". Okay it wasn't the best position but The point is I had my hands ready to fight. He comes closer with the smirk still on his face and says, "You couldn't touch me if you tried." I saw a twinkle in his bright blue eyes but it was gone as suddenly as it had appeared. "Well someone is a bit cocky." I say. His face then became serious and hard as if he had scorned himself for having emotion for the first time since I met him. However he quickly recovers and says, "I need to get you to orientation so we can get started with training. Let's go.". I've noticed that Chase is always in a hurry as he quickly walks out of my room. I yell "wait up you oversized ostrich!" As my short legs struggle to keep up with him. I saw a chuckle flash across his face and he actually did slow down so I felt accomplished. As we walked all the hallways looked exactly the same. They were all made of what looked like steel and it didn't look very inviting, but Chase new exactly where to go because before I knew it, I was in a room with about a bunch of other kids about my age wearing all black just like me and what looked like their mentors. The same old guy from earlier today stood in front of us all and said, "Welcome to base! 15 of you will become hunters (I'm still going to call us spies, that's what we are after all) perhaps the best hunters of your time, you will be bathed in riches. However. There are 50 of you and you must train hard to become ranked in the top 15. You have all met your trainers and I will leave you to rest today as training begins in the morning." With that he walked off the stage and was greeted by guards as they escorted him from the room. I looked at Chase who was staring forward intently and wouldn't look at me as I whispered his name until he walked me all the way back to my room and I nudged him with my elbow. He was taller than me so he looked down at me with his hard ocean blue eyes and said, "Get some sleep I'll see you in the morning. Be ready to train hard because I don't play around." He looked me over and I swear his eyes lingered at my lips but after a split second he recovered and walked away closing the door behind him. After a few seconds I heard the door click as it locked. I quickly changed into my pajamas and to my surprise I fell into a deep sleep.