The Stronger One

Part I; One - "You wouldn't do it"

Part I
Michael

One: "You wouldn't do it"

Here's a fact about me: don't call me as you want. You know, I have a name,and it's Michael. Don't call me "Mic", "bro", "friend" and other nicknames. You call me Michael.

Sometimes I think I am the single one that think like that, whatever.

Yesterday, I celebrate my seventeen birthday. I just got a cupckace before the training. Most of the peoples here, don't even know how old I am. Just John, my best friend.

Tommorow I am going to another traing place, because the Rezistance is extinding their teritory.
They said I have a chance to get a quest. I am a soldier. Well, not that soldier that fight on a field battle, well I am soldier that is put to go on quest, like "Go to the docks and get a boat"; "Go and spy on my boss". But this are quest for losers. Okay, not losers losers, for that one's that couldn't finish their training. That's all I know for now about quest's. No one would tell me, or another soldier from my group, even if they know or not.

Today we're are going to fight a group of thieves. John is on my left and Roxane it's staying on my right. I hate when we're put like this. I don't have space to fight, Roxane it's always attacking in left and John in right. They are pushing me between them, and then they are always saying that I'm not a good soldier. I hate when they do this.

The thieves are staying right in front of me and their swords are pointing us. We started fighting and when I got face to face to the first thief, I saw his tattoo. It's like a map. His is from Resistance. I don't think he's a foul like the others, the people from Resistance are strong and clever. Two weeks ago the Resistance won a battle against us and won a very large territory. I heard they're leader doesn't even go to the battles. Just his right hand, a girl, I see her in just posters (She have a very good price if you catch her) looks like a teenager, not more older than me, maybe a year older? I never seen her face very well because the posters are erased from time. Maybe now she's much older? Or the posters we're made a month ago?
Don't know.
I know a single thing about her. She's even more wanted than their leader. Could you imagine? I understood something that she's a kind of witch. I heard that from Roxane, she's not a very good friend of mine, maybe because she talk to much.

When I was distracted by my toughts, the thief from Rezistance hit me in my shoulder. It started to hurt but I know if I stop to look at it, him will hit me again. I start to fight with him and my shoulder started to hurt much more. What kind of metal is his blade?
It's black. I didn't observe it before now. It could be a poisoned blade. Well, Henric, then you must treate me!
Finally, I win. Roxane and John were staying there and starring at me.
"Why are you starring?" I asked them.
"You're bleeding.." Roxane said, and John continued "We must take you to Henric." He said very fast.
"It may get infected." Roxane said.
"Ok, it really hurts actually" I said. It started to hurt even more. I started to get fuzzy. I don't like this. Roxane observed that I didn't actually walk straight. It was a poisoned blade. I could just hear John said. "Michael, are you okay?"
Well I didn't hear more but I think I've got what Roxane said. "Of course, you see, he didn't even get hurt! Idiot! He is dying right there."
And all went black.

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I wake up in an infirmery, but it wasn't the infirmery where Henric was. No, this is another one.
It's more modern. Wait, how much do I sleep? I couldn't sleep more than 2-3 hours.
Around my bed was a girl with green eyes and a beautiful smile, Roxane. She's so much shorter then me. I think she got 1,60-1,70 cm. I am 1-89 cm. Yeah, I'm tall.
Her blonde hair is free. In her left, was a man, tall, but not as tall as me, with curly brown hair and brown eyes, John. They're staying on a armchair. Well, John was staying on armchair and Roxane was staying on him.
I always ship them. They will be so cute togheter! Oh my gosh, I started to think like a fifteen years  old girl.
In final, they observed that I was awake.
"How much do I sleep?" I asked.
"Two days, it was poison, we didn't even know what poison it is."Roxane said.
"And here is our new training place." John shouted very excited.
I see a woman heading to us. She must be the doctor here.
After she takes John and Roxane from there, she is coming back to me.
"How do you feel?" She asked me in a soft voice.
"I've got a headache and in rest I'm okay." I said.
"Okay."
"What's your name?" I asked her. She has blonde hair, brown eyes and (at least) she doesn't smile.
"Well... My name is Alissa" she said calmly but a little nervous.
"I'm Michael"
"Then, hello Michael!"
"Hello, Alissa!"
She changed my bandages and then she leave me in my bed. This is our new training center, I should explore the place instead of staying here and do nothing.
In rest of the day, Roxane and John didn't show up, so I guess they are at training.

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Tomorrow morning, I wake up and I see a stranger staying in front of me. He is having a bandane on his head. His is our commander, our trainer, our boss, to be exactly.
"So you're awake." He shouted. I couldn't read anything from his voice.
"Yes, sir"
"You're powerful, I see..." he start to scan my body. "You survived a poisoned blade, and your friends..." he stopped. "Maybe I should test this first"
What do that idiots said this time? That I didn't fight? That they save me from that men? Oh god, there are so many possibilities.
"Stand up, now soldier." The commander said very seriously.
I get up from my bed and tried to stand up.
"Very good" he said. "Tomorrow, present at my room. I wait for you at 7 am. "
What? 7 am? That's means after the training.
"Yes, sir"

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Finally! I love this part of training. Finally we fight! I hate to run all day. Ok, all the night. I take a sword from the suport and go to fiind a partener, until somenone is yelling my name.
"Michael!" It's the commandant.
"Don't find a partener. You're going to fight with me." he said calmy, like it doesn't matter.
"Okay, sir"
We starterd to fight and I almost win but I got distracted by the new move the Commandant do. I never see it before.
I lose.
"It's one of the move of the Rezistance." He said. Wait, he learns moves from the Rezistance? "One of them use this on me. I could say its an awesome move. You could learn it to. I could say that, when I fight a member of the Rezistance and I use this move, he remain shoched. I kill him în one second."
We talked around 10 minute, time when I learn to make that move. Then we walked quietly to his room. He has a desk in the left part of the room and a bed in the right. Nothing special.
"I need you in a mission."
"What? I mean... I just come out of the hospital yesterday."
"Yes, I know. And that's the reason. I need you to spy someone."
"Who?" I asked curiosly.
"The leader of the Rezistance. Spy the leader of the Rezistances." he shouted." It shouldn't be as hard as you think. Their leader is a middle-age woman, who's a little too carrying. If she finds you on a street, looking like a homeless, she would even take you to her secret base"
"And, why do you choose me?"
"You're a good soldier, the Rezistance needs good swordsmen,they don't need any archers or anything else."
"So, thats why I am here, because I am good swordman"
"Yes, and now, you're not allow to say nothing about you're quest to anyone. Any quest."
"Ok."
"Tommorow morning you're leaving, and where you're going, listen every word you're told. You must do that."
"Understand, sir"
"Now, leave"

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"John, I must leave, right now!" I screamed at my friend who didn't stop hugging me.
"YOU MUST SAY WHAT YOU'RE QUEST IS ABOUT!"
Gods...
"OR You will have to stay with me here and don't leave."
"Men....You wouldn't do it!"
"Oh, so you think I can't do anything?"
"John..."
"Ok, just because it's your first quest, just for that."
"Goodbye, John!"
"Hehe, you won't leave that easily"