"Today we will be working on our mental stability!" Will yelled at us. We all groaned and he ignored. "With us are four psychologists that will take you for about ten minutes in a separate room. There they will determine if you are fit for the life of a soldier or if we should reconsider letting you in the army. This is crucial to your futures so don't screw up." He tells us. The room is filled with nervousness. What will they ask us? Everyone looks around wondering which one of us is going to break.
"First up is James, Chris, Ben and Derek!" One of the psychologists calls out to the group. Each of the boys went forward and followed their leader. They walked out of the training room and the rest of the group was left alone.
"The rest of you will work on your weak points, decided by me." Will told us. He pointed to people and told them what they needed to work on. He got to me.
"Alex... you just focus on the mental test." He ordered. I nodded and went to the wall and sat, cross legged. I closed my eyes. I cleared everything from it. I tried to forget about my father, my mother and my life entirely. You can not let them see you break. They will throw you out of here immediately. Someone tapped me on the shoulder. I opened my eyes and looked up at Jake.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"No." I confessed. He sat down by me.
"You can pass this test. I know you can." He promised. I looked at him.
"How do you know?"
"The same reason I know you're going to be a great soldier, you're smart." He declared. I smile and close my eyes again, leaning my head against the wall.
"Thank you, Jake."
"No problem." He answered. He got up and walked back to his fellow guards. The door opened and Ben stepped out along with his physiologist. He had tears rolling down his cheeks and a empty look in his eyes.
"Alex Ringman?" The woman with him called. I got up and walked up to her. She extended towards me and I shook it.
"I am Val. Follow me, Alex." She insisted. I nodded and followed her out the door.
"I have never tested a woman before." She makes conversation as we walk through the hall.
"Oh well lucky you I guess." I shrug. She giggles and shows me to a door.
"In here." I sit down on an office chair. The room was small and concrete. There was a metal desk in the middle with two chairs on either side. On the desk sat a pitcher of water and Styrofoam cups. On the wall facing me there was a large mirror. Val sits down at the other chair.
"Water?" She points to the pitcher. I nod and she pours me a cup. She hands it to me and I gulp it down. I crush it in my hand and throw it above her head, making it in a small waste basket. She smiles and whispers nice.
"So I am going to ask you questions about yourself and you are going to answer them as honestly as possible." She informs and I nod.
"Seems easy enough." I observed.
"There is a catch though." She says as the door opens and a man with a metal box steps in. "You will be hooked up to a lie detector, just for precaution." She smiles. The man puts suction cups on my neck and hands. He is not gentle or kind. His hands are cold. He turns on the machine and it starts to hum.
"Thank you Robert, that will be all." Val ordered and the man left the room, shutting the door behind him.
"So lets get started." She said, pulling out paper work from a desk drawer.
"Your father died four years ago?" She asked gently. I cringed at the question but I tried to hide it.
"Yes."
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Raising Hell
Science Fiction"I starved myself but I never died. I have no idea how I survived that long without food. The floors I slept on where of moldy brick and sometimes a rat would curl up to my neck. I stopped caring. The warmth kept me sane." I took a deep breath and c...
