Alex Rider: Neptune's Code

Chapter 2

•Previously in Chapter 1•

I swear that if one more word cones out from your mouth, you'll be on kitchen duty! Yelled Trident.

With that, Whale clammed his mouth shut almost immediately.

Now as I was saying, you are will be split into groups tomorrow, each group will head to a different military base camp. Please report to the school by 6AM sharp. A briefing will be given. The gates will close at EXACTLY that time, and late comers will be not be allowed to join the rest. You will be left to your own devices if you are late, and attacked by the organization for all we care. You will be given consent forms and as if you're parents want to know more, call the number on the form. If you lost it, print it from the internet. If they don't let you go, tell them that you might die, if you forget to sign the form, you can still come but you can tell that to the Sergeant himself, and trust me, you wouldn't want to. Any questions?"

Luke raised his hand. "What do we bring?"

"A few sets of clothes, shoes that you can walk in-don't wear some high heels and then start complaining about how pain your leg is when we ask you to walk. Don't wear branded clothes and start complaining about dirtying them. Electronics are allowed, but you are only allowed to use them on Sunday or in case or emergency or if the Sergeant allows you to. If you are caught, you'll device will be CONFISCATED till you RERURN. Got it? Any other questions?"

A girl with nerdy black glasses raised her hand. "What will we be doing there?"

"Obstacle courses, which includes rock climbing, crawling through mud, avoiding bombs, climbing trees, swinging from branched to branched. It really depends. Then, there swimming, and trust me if you can't swim now, you're in trouble because we'll just push you into the pool which is around 2m deep I think? Most of the time, we swim 50 laps but maybe you'll get lesser. There's self-defense, language, aiming, code cracking, map reading, basic CPR, body language, hiking- and I can go on forever. Do you need any more examples?"

"N-N-No." The girl gulped.

"Good. Anyone else?"

This time, no one raised their hands.

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Chapter 2

It was five minutes to 6AM, when Unit 2 stepped on stage.

"To everyone who is here early. Congratulations. To those who are not, let us wait for a while more."

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In these situations, time seems to crawl by, which is exactly the opposite of what we want.

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The door burst opened and the last bunch of students arrived.

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The great clock struck 6 at last.

Trident tapped the microphone. "Welcome everyone to the debrief. As you're too big a group if combined, we'll be dividing you into smaller groups. You will now be spilt. Twelfth graders, you will go with Frog," Frog waved his hands in the air. "Eleventh graders, you will go with Aqua, the girl over there," Aqua huffed and crossed her arms disapprovingly at being called 'the girl', "Tenth graders, you will go with Kingler."