Shining Heroes

Chapter 18

After about a week of being in the medical wing and only being able to leave my room to eat and go to the bathroom I actually used the time to study a map of the areas of the base I was allowed to go.

"Shining dragon right?" A man asked as he opened the door to my room.

I looked over at Melodic mood and she didnt seemed to be concerned.

"Yes. I am."

"Well I have good news and bad news. The good news is we are releasing you from medical observation. You're body temperature has been stable for 48 hours." He said as he was looking at a tablet. "The bad news is..."

"You are still on lockdown." The director cut him off as she pushed past him. "You aren't permitted to leave the base. Frostbite is still on the loose, so we have to assume she is still trying to find you."

"Wait how long will I be here?"

"We have no idea. We already called your father and told him. You have to remain here until you can control your powers properly." The director took the doctors tablet and swiped on it. "Your powers are stronger than we had first thought cause you shouldn't be able to use your powers at all at the moment."

"Really?" I asked probably sounding more surprised than I should have.

Everyone in the room looked at me and I immediately felt self conscious.

"It isn't to hard to use my powers when I need to." I looked at my hand and tried to make a flame appear, but nothing.

"Since you will be spending so much time here until the foreseeable future. I took the liberty of setting up your training." The director handed the tablet to the doctor.

"Great." I said as I jumped up. "When do I start?"

"Tomorrow. Other recruits will be arriving for our summer training courses in exactly six days and we need to make sure you wont set any of them on fire outside of sparing." She turned to face Melodic mood. "I need you to take her to Doctor Thompson's testing room.

"Yes ma'am." Melodic Mood saluted as she responded.

"I have another test?" I asked as Melodic Mood responded.

"Yes. Apparently the first stress tests weren't accurate  enough." The director didn't look at me as she answered me.

She waved her hand in the air before she left with the doctor in tow.

"Well let's go." Melodic mood motioned for me to follow her. "After you're done I'll take you to the dorm they have you staying at. It's right next door to mine."

"Its not gonna be like me staying in there is it?"

"No it's more accommodating for teens and young adults, but they do have a few cameras to keep an eye out for fights and such." She acted like it wasnt that big of a deal.

"Wait theres more recruits here?"

I stepped infront of her to make her stop walking and talk to me for a second.

"Yes, there are a few. The dorms will be filled once summer training starts."

After she finished explaining she moved past me and lead me to the training rooms.

One room stood out from rest having a bright green light over the door way. There was a sign on the door that read, 'DO NOT ENTER WHEN LIGHT IS RED.'

"Here we are." Melodic Mood said as she opened the door.

"You're not coming?"

"You'll be fine. They wont let you get hurt too badly, if at all." She said with a kind smile. "I do have to ask for your jacket though. I'll put it in your room."

"That's reassuring." I said as I rolled my eyes.

I took of my jacket and handed it to her and she neatly placed it over her arm. "I promise you will be fine." She said as motioned for me to enter the room.

I cautiously entered the room and the door closed behind me.

"Welcome recruit." A mans voice, that sounded a bit too enthusiastic, echoed through the room. "You will see the room has two boxes on ground a green one and a yellow one."

I looked and sure enough I was standing on the yellow box and the green box was atleast forty feet away from me.

"You need to go stand on that green box."

"Ok sure."

I took a step forward and the room began to shift in various ways. Floors began to fall away and rise, the ceiling began to reveal various weapons, and atleast twenty obstacles revealed themselves.

"Did you really think I would just let you walk over there?" He asked with a booming laugh.

"Well you made it sound like I had to go there to start the test." I muttered softly.

"This is just the first task. Dont take too long on your decisions."