Lost Memories

Chapter Four

We went back to bunker six, and I got a uniform, and some supplies, like bed sheets and blankets, toiletries, and three extra sets of non-uniform clothes. A white tank-top and some tight blue denim pants, a green t-shirt and some gray sweatpants, and a blue dress and shawl that I was told was only for special occasions. I also got a tour of the whole cabin, which was fairly large. There were 20 bunk beds in the cabin, and one big bathroom with four toilets and sinks, and three showers, with a supply closet. I chose a bunk underneath a girl named Rissi, she was very nice, but definitely earned her position. She had fiery red hair and icy blue eyes, and she wore a green uniform, like everyone else, with a level 5 badge on it. I put my extra uniform, my clothes, my toiletries, and everything under the left side of the bunk bed, and then I walked with Mason and Rissi to the training center.

Mason and I trained some more on our fencing, while Rissi watched us and gave me tips on technique and form. Mason showed me some good techniques for disarming the opponent, like clashing, then twisting your sword until the other person loses their grip; easier said than done, and I showed him some of my techniques too, even though I couldn't teach him much. Then I took a turn with Rissi. She was good with pretty much all the weapons.

Archery; Three bulls-eyes.

Fencing; Not as good as Mason, but can still pin you like a nail to a wooden post.

Throwing knives; I consider throwing a knife and making a bulls-eye then breaking the other knife with a new bulls-eye pretty good.

Racing; I beat her running up hills, but she barely beat me at straight-forward.

When our free time was almost up we grabbed some frozen yogurt for a treat, and water to rehydrate ourselves.

"So," Asked Rissi with a mouth full of strawberry frozen yogurt. "How do you like cabin six?"

"It's really nice. There are a lot of perks to being the best." I responded. "It'll take awhile to get used to, though."

"Ah, no worries." Said Mason. "You'll get to a good position soon I bet! You would be really good in the field too!"

Before he could inspire me further, the loudspeaker came to life above us and commanded all the squads to meet in the great room.

I could just imagine what the great room looked like, and I couldn't wait to see it. So we all jogged out the training room doors, into the hall, and towards the double doors leading to the great room.

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"Hello Squads!" Said a man in a camouflage military uniform not dissimilar to ours. "I am Captain Goodstalk, and today we are going to go on...a field trip, you might say. I'm taking our best warriors from squads 4 to 6, and if you show better scores than yesterday's testing, maybe squad 3 also."

We awaited further orders, but instead he said.

"Well? You know the drill! Move it!"

Of course, Evany and Dominic were on the mission automatically, because they are the two leaders of squad six, but When Rissi, Mason and I got to be tested, the judges eyed me suspiciously as if wondering if I were even worthy to be in squad six.

All the squads were sent to different parts of the training arena. Squad one, two, and three, must have just been entertainment for Captain Goods Talk, because they didn't get to go on the mission, but still had to train for it.

Squad one was sent to monkey bars, Squad two, the track, Squad three, the workout station, Squad four, the gymnastics area, Squad five, the archery range, and our Squad, got the privilege of going to the fencing arena. Again.