Anomalous

Chapter 7: The Airborne Knife

In the next training, Omega excelled. She trains harder and harder.

She punches the punching bag at the ring and notices her knuckles are red and swollen. Alpha moves toward her.

"You're weak. You have no muscle. You're never gonna win, not like that," he mocks her.

"That's good to know," Omega replied.

Alpha comes closer. "Yeah, you have to use your whole body. Keep tension here," then he gently gripped the waist of Omega guiding her to the correct position.

Okay.

"And go on offense. You're fast, so you could win if you attack first. You get inside, you jab to the throat," Alpha instructed.

"Alpha!" a man called.

"Keep working," he said to Omega and walked away.

Eventually, Ron shows up as well, eager to get away from Clark and Charise, two other transfers from Eruditus who are dating. Mega watches in the distance as they kiss in public, something that is not permitted in the Abnegatus.

In training the next day, Alpha announces that since there is an outnumber of transfer initiates, Mega won't be fighting.

Hemera is paired with Lysandra Lappin, whose nickname is "the Tank."

Lysandra Lappin, Eos Michael Lucas, and Allesandro Byrne are a group of nasty Candidus transfers. Eos is the leader and is cruel and competitive.

Hemera hates the three of them, and she lets them know it, she insists that she's doing them a favor by telling them so, reminding them that they're not God's gift to the world.

Clark and Aion are first up, and they spar for a long time until Aion asks when it's supposed to end.

Alpha says that conceding is allowed, but Hades contradicts him, saying the fight only ends when one of them gets knocked out.

Mega realizes that Alpha and Hades are two different kinds of Domitare, the honorable kind and the ruthless kind. After that, Aion manages to knock Clark out, as predicted by their size.

The fight between Lysandra and Hemera gets bloody, but Hemera does not fall unconscious, therefore Hades makes it continue.

"Come on, Hem," Omega utters.

Hemera falls and grunts while defending herself from Lysandra's attacks. Eventually Hemera just surrenders, which is obviously against Hades rules.

"Stop... Stop!" Hemera pleaded. "I'm done. I'm done."

"You need to stop?" Hades asks. Hemera looked into him with a begging face while blood dripped from her nose.

"Okay. Let me give you a hand," he stretched out his hand to Hemera, then she thanked him.

"All right, let's everyone take a break!" Hades commanded.

As punishment, he marches the initiates out to the Abyssus.

"You feelin' a little better?" he asks Hemera.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Hemera replied.

They crossed the bridge at the Abysuss but at the center, Hades pushes Hemera down the bridge making her hang over the edge for five minutes.

"Whoa!" Hemera shouted. Everyone was shocked.

"Grab the rail. Or don't," Hades holds the hands of Hemera and then loosens them. Hemera cries.

"You've got three options. Hang there and I'll forget your cowardice. Fall and die. Or give up. But if you give up, you're out."

"Come on, Hem!" Mega cheered her up.