Deus Vult (2)

Mike was slowly walking around Alex and Zibi and carefully observed them. -"Alright, I am Mike, I will be your exclusive drill Sergeant from now on. We have limited time so when you finally get your bodies we will go with 1000%. For now, I will show you around. There are your living quarters"-He pointed to the North.-"There is your command center."- He pointed to the west.-"There is your warehouse with all workshops, laboratories, and storehouses."- East.-"And finally empty room, you can organize it by yourself."- South.-"Since you are still only souls today you are free to do whatever you want. We will start tomorrow. 5:30 wake up call and morning workout here. Dismissed."- Mike disappeared in a flash of light.

After a moment of silence.-"What the fuck is going on?!"- Zibi sat on the floor and grabbed his head.-"Alex, tell me what is going on."- No one answered him. When he looked around he saw Alex running towards warehouses-"Shit!"- Zibi sprinted after him. Alex sometimes was like a kid who had health and safety regulations in the workplace so deep in the ass that he was hitting them with a toothbrush, as such Zibi had good reason to follow his friend.

He found him in the workshop that was connected through sliding doors with laboratory. Alex was staring in awe at all the equipment gathered there. They had all the tools needed to build stone ax and the nuclear reactor. Alex checked the laboratory, he had there everything a mad scientist could dream of. -"Zibi, this is beautiful."-Alex started to cry.-"Let's check what`s in other rooms.-"Alex left the workshop/laboratory and run towards steel doors. Inside they found arsenal. There were rows upon rows of stand filled with guns and munitions. Everything was sorted by ages and countries of origins. The immediately entered Polish stand. First, they dressed up in field uniforms with forest camo. Alex took saber Wz. 76 with an open guard, two M9-bayonets, one VIS pistol with 2 spare magazines, MSBS 5,56x45 and four spare magazines. Then from nowhere, he took his favorite JT Proflex Spectra Thermal Paintball Mask Black.-"Cool!"- Alex posed, Zibi assumed that he had a smug face under that mask.

-"And what will you do with this? Put this back, you do not even know how to use that thing."- Zibi pointed at MSBS and VIS.

-"Look at yourself, you got yourself a sniper rifle."-Alex pointed with a knife.

-"That`s not a sniper rifle, it hunting rifle, or more exactly Mossberg MVP-LR, and that is the same rifle that I used to hunt. So I know how to use it."

Alex could not deny the fact that Zibi had a hunting license, so he obediently left his rifle and pistol in the arsenal, but he took his white weapons. Zibi tried to persuade him but all his effort were futile. As they walked they entered the garage that was empty. They were sad when they saw it so they quickly left.

Next, they entered command center, inside they saw a screen that took a whole wall, 2 PC`s, map stand, and big table to place the said map on it. Alex was happy because he had a map of every city and village in the world. Zibi was upset because of PC`s, for him they were outdated.

Third, they entered the living quarters. They changed back into tracksuits since they were more comfortable. There were 2 bedrooms, each with a bathroom and toilet, bed, desk, chair, and bookstand. Later they found the kitchen and living room with TV armchairs and couch. When Alex saw the fridge he pushed Zibi aside and started to search for snacks. He found his favorite kind of bar, Silesian Sausage with mustard.

-"Now I can talk with the hungry man."- Alex said with a smack.

-"And you are surprised that you are so fat."- Zibi said while taking a strawberry juice.

-"Well, at least I do not look like a zombie, and I am not fat, I have thick bones."-Alex started a new sausage and left for his room. He left there his saber and knives. He came back one hour later dressed up in a tracksuit because it was comfortable, he said and took one more sausage.

When they finished arguing about diet habits they sat in the living room and started watching a TV. Alex was lying on the rug, Zibi on a couch. In the beginning, they were watching News but later they changed into a channel with anime. It was one of a few channels that wouldn`t start a war between them.

They were watching TV until they heard the dinner signal of Alex's stomach. It was 12:12, the time for a first dish. Alex stood up first and wanted to prepare something but then GOD entered with two 50cm pizzas with extra meat.

-"Happy birthday, today you will get new bodies."-GOD smiled and put the pizzas on a kitchen table.-"But before you eat I would like you to give you two your new bodies. Come with me."- Alex was already behind the table with a triangle in hand trying to take a bite, but they all teleported into a sports hall. Triangle fell into a ground and Alex bites his own hand. His scream almost shattered Zibi`s eardrums.

When he calmed down GOD presented them two steel coffins. Inside were supposed to be their new bodies. GOD opened them on showed the duo what is inside. When they looked they were happy that they didn`t eat that pizza. They saw meat and bone soup with blood.

-"Upsy Daisy."-GOD threw them in and lock up the lids. At first, they panicked but, GOD calmed them speaking directly into their minds. Zibi decided to go to sleep but then he felt like something slimy was walking on him. It felt like snail or tentacle and it was nice since it massaged him. He relaxed but then he realized something.

Alex`s scream made him laugh because, his friend despite being big and strong like a bear alway panicked when he saw a snail. He said it was some kind of trauma from childhood. Usually, he jumped over a snail and did not make a scene, but there was one time when their friends decided to prank and they threw at him an empty snail shell. Alex jumped in the air and started to run away with a scream. He had closed eyes so he did not saw a fence made from planks. He just rammed it like a tank and run over it. They couldn`t stop laughing. And now Alex was inside a coffin where snails were walking on him. Zibi knew that Alex will be pissed at GOD.

They spent a few hours inside that coffins. Zibi was first to be released. He yawned and slowly stood up looking at his naked body which looked like a sculpture of an athlete. His previously flat muscles were now perfect. GOD give him a tracksuit, and asked.-"Zibi, could you help me with something?-he pointed towards Alex`s coffin. From inside they could hear his screams and curses.

-"There are is only one option. You need to give him enough food to satisfy his giant appetite."- Zibi said and tried to slowly walk away, he wanted to find a safe place.

-"I doubt that he will like bread and water."-GOD said with a smirk, Zibi stopped, he felt like he was glued to the floor. He immediately understood what that meant.

-"Pork chop, potato, pickled cucumber. I think 4 portions will be enough."

-"Four?"

-"He is joking that he eats just like a sparrow. As much as he weights."-Zibi smiled and looked a the coffin.-"We should release him."

GOD created all you can eat buffet and opened the coffin from a safe distance. Alex jumped out, he looked like a mad beast. He looked around but before he could spot Zibi or GOD he smelled food. With two steps he covered 3 meters and landed near the plate with pork chops. Alex was like a vacuum cleaner. 3 chops 0,4 kg each with potatoes and pickled cucumbers. When he finished his meal he looked around.

-"That was a good aperitif, now the main dish please."-He said with a smirk.

-"Alex, could you wear something? I do not want to look at you digi dong."- Zibi covered his eyes.

-"Sorry."-Alex blushed and received his tracksuit from GOD. When he dressed up he finally looked like a normal human, not a pervert.

Mike appeared behind GOD and looked at his proteges. He looked like he was annoyed, like all drill sergeants.

-"Mike."-GOD called him with a smile.-"Look at them. They are ready for your training so feel free to do whatever you want."-That put a smile on Mike`s face.

-"Attention!"- His roar made the duo stand straight like pole.-"First training session begins now. To know how to train you I need to know your current capabilities. You will fight against them."-Mike pointed to the mirrors that appeared on the walls. Mirror images of Alex and Zibi took a step forward and entered the hall.-"This are your clones, they have the exact same fighting experience, techniques, and styles as you, but they co not learn during a fight. Defeat your current self."

At first hey only stared at each other. -"Zibi you know, I never took part in a fight."-Alex cracked his knuckles.

-"Yeah, I have no experience too."- Zibi looked at his friend.-"Solo or Tag team?"

-"Solo. I think I know what to do."-Alex started to shadow box to warm up. Zibi smiled and started to jump on his toes. He and his clone slowly approached each other.

-"Zibi, tell me, do you have perfect control over your body? Because I do not this body is faster and stronger than the previous one."- Alex increased the pace of his shadow boxing. Zibi thought for a moment.-"As I thought, it means that our clones do not have control either."

-"Speak in Polish you dumb fuck."- Zibi front kicked his clone and immediately backstepped.

-"I mean, that as we fight we will learn how to move our new bodies. We will adjust to our new speed and power but our clones will not. Is that right Mike?"- Alex asked the general.

-"Absolutely, you figured it out perfectly."- Mike confirmed with a smile and crossed his arms on his chest.

Zibi and Alex smiled at each other and they went all out. Their clones even if they had the same capabilities they could not use them at 100%, their kick and punches were uneven in speed and power, they could not achieve a smooth transition between stances. It seemed easy at the beginning but Alex and Zibi had the same problems adding to that their lack of experience in the fight you could see a very funny spectacle.

In their respective fights, Alex was the first one to get an upper hand. His clone charged at him and tried to tackle him but at the moment of contact Alex grabbed him from the top and jumped back. At this point, clone crashed head first into a floor with Alex on top. Clone tried to stand up but Alex always managed to put him down. They wrestled each other but Alex started to lose patience, he put his feet on the floor and with a jump, he threw his clone. He threw him like a sandbag, he held between his legs. Clone smashed into a wall, it stood up, its face was in blood that looked like mercury. -"So you can bleed, nice."- Alex said that while jumping towards his enemy with a left straight punch, it connected. He followed with a right knee to the chin and elbow to the head. Clone stopped moving, Alex started to pummel him with consecutive left and right hooks.

-"Alex you will not finish him in this manner, use your head!"- Mike cheered for him because he thought that Alex was still thinking, but that moment of intelligence was gone like a wind, because when Alex heard the words "Use your head!" He headbanged his clone, the normal human would be unconscious and the fight would be judged as Alex`s win but hear it lasted until the clone died. Alex grabbed it by the neck and right arm. He threw him on the floor, the clone wasn`t able to react. It hit the floor with his back, Alex smiled and slowly walked towards his enemy. With a stomp, he crushed his clone neck.-"Ugh, disgusting."- After a moment clon changed into smoke and disappeared.

-"Oy, Dad, he is a normal student of Economy, right?"- Mike jaw hit the floor when he was watching Alex`s fight.

-"Yes, he is, and it true that he has zero experience in a fight"-GOD calmly observed his new employee.

-"Then, what the fuck was that? Because it did not look like a newbie fight to me."- Mike put himself together and started to interrogate his father.

-"Some people can paint, some can sing, it seems like Alex has the talent to fight.

At the same time, Zibi was struggling with his clone but with each passing second, he gained new insight into his new abilities. When he was still alive he was quick enough to catch a paintball with a bare hand and load it into his marker. He used this as a reference and he judged that his clone punches sometimes were faster than a paintball and sometimes were slower, the same with kicks. With this in mind, he slowly accelerated. Soon his coordination and speed allowed him to dodge 90% of his clone punches and kicks, the rest he simply blocked. Then he started to practice his accuracy, every single punch was faster than a previous one and more accurate. Finally, he was able to make a one-two combination with the difference between each punch smaller than a second.-"Man it takes a while but these bodies are amazing, it is like I skipped 20 years of professional boxing training."

-"Told you. Your bodies are 20% stronger and faster than an apex of human capabilities"-GOD nodded in self-satisfaction.-"Now, go get him, we still have a lot of works to do."

-"Oh yeah"- Zibi completely took control over the fight. He front kicked his clone, his kick landed perfectly, clone stopped and gave Zibi a chance to continue his attack. He used it with delight and one-two it again. Clone took a step back witch gave Zibi enough room for another kick. Roundhouse kick to the face knocked it down. Clone landed on his belly, Zibi mounted it from behind and choked it. After a minute clone changed into a smoke and disappeared.