Reversent

Chapter 4

As I staggered over to Daunting, Cube tossed his log into Erupting. Then I- wait, ERUPTING?!? How was HE going to ERUPTING?
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"Whaddya MEAN you've never been on a train before?" I was being interrogated by some Daunting higher-up. Every time the Daunting traveled, they went by train.
"I was Abnormal, okay?"
"Ugh. Just be careful when you jump off the train, okay?"
WHAT?!?!?
"As soon as we arrive, jump! You'll be fine?"
We pulled up to the building. The train stopped dead.
"Alright, jump- if you have the guts!"
"But the train already stopped-"
"GERONIMO!"
I jumped off. There wasn't even a space between the train and the surface- it was the easiest jump of my life.
"YEAH! WE ARE MANLY!"
I'm really not sure who that was.
Our eyes slowly gravitated to the huge hole in the roof that we were on. "As you can see, initiates, you have to perform one small task to get to the HQ. Don't worry- it's 'safe'!" With that, he leaped off into the hole.
A second passed...
Then another...
Then...
SPLAT!
An instant passed, then we heard from the pit, "I'm... I'm okay... Please get me medical attention..."
A man whipped out a walkie-talkie, muttered something into it, then cried, "Who's first?"
Suddenly, somebody behind me shoved me forward. "Good- the Spiff!" the man cried. It took me a second to remember that Spiff was a nickname for Abnormals- but before I could react, he had already tossed me into the pit.
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POOF!
I had landed on a net.
A big hunky guy rushed over. "Ah, the Spiff is the first. What's your name, Spiff?" I opened my mouth to say Beterce, but realized that was a Spiff name. I needed something cool, hip, spunky, but I couldn't just lose all of my Spiffiness.
"Terse."
"Cool. I'm Ninety-Three. Nice to meet you, Terse."