"Wait, so you're telling me that this pipsqueak with no experience wants to join Othdoan?!"
"Yes, and I'm not a pipsqueak!" I say speaking up for myself. I just came but I'm pretty sure that I can do a good job in Othdoan. The scientist, Mae, told me that since she healed me I should be glad and run back to my baby group, the Hexiy, but if you know me I'd never go back there if I have the opportunity to join Othdoan.
"Well little guy, you'll have to pass a series of tests to join Othdoan and get your kit with your gun, outfit, and your official troop name," the commander of the group says annoyed.
"May I at least have your name?" I ask angrily.
"Commander Blake; I get to keep my real name because I'm the commander, and, well, my sister Mae does also," Commander Blake says. I roll my eyes.
"Are we gonna start the tests or not?" I ask impatiently.
"Follow me young impatient one!" CB (Commander Blake) snaps. I run through the halls and follow him to a metal door with a sign saying No Entry.
CB pulls out a key and lets me in. I walk in and gape. There is a parkour that's literally floating. It looks super hard though.
"Alrighty Pip, take this backpack and put it on your back."
I do as he says and I'm immediately weighed down by the weight of whatever's in that bag. "What in the world did you put in this!?" I exclaim.
"Do the parkour and stop complaining!" CB yells. Alright, alright, grumpy pants! I hop onto a platform and it starts to hover in the air. I looked across the room and scanned it. I ran and jumped to the second one and looked back at CB.
He was talking to someone. Great. I grabbed the backpack off my shoulders and looked inside. I was surprised by what I saw. Sand? Seriously, sand! I quickly slipped on the backpack and continued the parkour. Before CB was done talking to that person, I yelled, "Done!"
He looked at me, harshly. "Okay bonus challenge, try to get back here." I nodded and jumped down onto the platform on which he was standing.
"Tada!" I yelled as I jumped in front of him. CB eyed me.
"You're hired."
"YES!!!" I felt like a dream come true. He gave me a bag and told me to change.
"Right here?" I ask looking around.
"Yes, where else?" I gulp and as quick as I can change into my uniform. I look so awesome!! CB clips on my badge and I pull my gun out of the bag. Sweet. He looks at me strangely.
"Hmm, well Pip I dunno what your troop name should be," CB frowns.
"Can I just keep my real name?" I ask.
"NO SCRAPPY YOU CAN'T JOIN IF YOU DON'T . . .," He trails off smiling.
"From now on you'll be called Scrappy kid, and don't you complain or else you're fired!"
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Science-FictionAsher, a young teenager, had his home overrun by a zombie invasion. Luckily, Asher is invited into a zombie fighting group, but when problems begin to arise, and there is an infected friend of Mae's to cure-with so little time-what will become of As...
