Battle of the Zodiacs

{ 28 } The Training Begins

Third Person POV:
"Alright! Is everyone ready to start?", Eko called out. Everyone nodded their head 'yes'. Eko had taken them down a flight of stairs. They all stood in front of two large doors, similar to the ones at the entrance. He opened the two doors. Everyone stepped inside the magnificent room. There were armor stands that carried luxurious armor. Long tables were on each side of the room. On the tables were knifes, axes, guns, bow and arrows, daggers, spears, and many other weapons. Some sort of obstacle course was also there. "Welcome, to the training room!" Eko said as he walked into the room. "This is so amazing!", Jasmine replied, awestruck. "We have used this room to train apprentices! You may not be apprentices, seeing as you've fought, but I know you all have room for growth!" Eko replied. "Now! Let me show you around the room!" Eko said as he motioned for the group to follow him. "This is the weapon table! As you can see, we have made many weapons. From spears to crossbows! But I doubt you all will need these, so let me show you the rest!" Eko added there was some sort of stage with two set of stairs on each side. "Alright! This is where you all can battle against dummies!" Eko said. "Mad Dummy?!", Bubble shouted hugging a dummy. JayJay, Allie, Alina, and Summer laughed, understanding the inside joke. "Um, I don't think the dummy is mad, but okay!" Eko said, laughing. "Well, I'll let you all look around and practice battling! If you have any questions, I'm sure Willow will be able to answer them!", Eko said as he walked out of the training room.

"Um, alright! So, there is dummies with certain strengths. The dummies that are closest to the beginning of the stage, are the easiest to attack", Willow said. "Feel free to start on any level, and remember that these dummies can fight back!", Willow added as she summoned her bow. Everyone found a dummy and got ready to fight them. "Wait. We have to fight them?!", Jasmine replied, looking at the dummy. "Well, I mean this is a training room for fighting!", Alina answered, as she fought a dummy. "Gah! What did these dummies ever do to us?!", Jasmine replied in horror, hugging a dummy. "Just imagine them as part of The 13th Sign!", Julian said, he was also fighting a dummy. Jasmine shook her head. "No! Why hurt a dummy?!", Jasmine poured, on the brink of tears. "That's what dummies were made for, fighting!", Julian answered, rolling his eyes. "Jasmine, you don't have to fight if you don't want to, you can practice on perfecting your potions if you wish!", Willow told Jasmine giving her a smile. "Th-Thanks Willow!", Jasmine said giving her a quick hug, and then walking out of the training area to a table.

Jasmine pulled out her potions set, and began mixing potions. She pulled out a book and looked at it while pouring two potions into another bottle. She pulled a tiny glass vile from her bag. Inside the vile was a blue powder. She poured some of the blue powder into a bottle. The bottle made a little hissing sound. Jasmine had a look of panic on her face and grabbed another vile from her bag and poured the substance into the bottle, the bottle stopped hissing. Meanwhile, the others were fighting the dummies...