2 Chapter 2
(In advance bcs i got bored)
"WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"
I shot up from my bed, I was a light sleeper – I lived in the streets after all. I rubbed my eyes and walked out of my cabin – still in the same clothes as yesterday.
I saw Mendez and the guards, waking (zapping) everyone up. Once everyone got ready, we formed into a line behind him, and Mendez shouted "MARCH!" so we marched behind him.
We marched for a while, and came back to the jungle gym, "READY FOR MORNING EXERCISE RECRUITS?!" Mendez shouted.
"yes"
"CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"YES!" all of us shouted.
"FOLLOW ME!" Mendez shouted and started running.
We ran circles around the jungle gym and came back. "DROP AND GIVE ME 100 PUSHUPS AND SIT-UPS!" Mendez commanded us and we of course complied – there was a rumor that getting zapped was not fun.
We pushed out the exercises and Mendez shouted "GOOD! FOLLOW ME BACK FOR BREAKFAST!" we ran back to the cafeteria building.
…
Athena and Freedom were standing in the middle of the room – we were handed out the same crackers and glasses of water like yesterday.
'Hm, I like this place' Jay thought – he liked this place, it was much better than the streets. He got shelter and food, he could even grow stronger. He would gladly serve 'Earth' for this.
*DING*
A screen appeared near his face, he turned to it not surprised in the slightest.
*Quest(repeatable): Train = train you're body for the day
Failure: ----
Success: 1 in all stats*
He looked at the quest – it wasn't anything special, except it was repeatable and Jay felt he would grow MUCH stronger than his peers.
'STATUS' Jay thought in his mind and another screen appeared
[STATUS:
Name = Jay 007
Occupation = Spartan II recruit
Title = ----
STR: 7 (a regular man's stats are 20 – spartan II's are 1000)
AGI: 8
DEF: 7
STA: 8
SKILLS:
Hand-to-hand combat = Novice
Stealth = Novice
QUESTS:
*Quest: Survive = survive the Spartan II program
Failure: Death, paralysis
Success: 2000 in all stats*
*Quest(repeatable): Train = train you're body for the day
Failure: ----
Success: 1 in all stats* ]
"Jay 007!" Athena shouted.
"Huh, what?" Jay got dragged out of his mind.
"Sigh, please come up to the holotable." She said, sighing.
Jay hopped out of his seat and walked to Athena and his peers. She explained why the Spartans were superior to the Persians – they had better tactics and Athena took her time explaining what 'tactics' were.
After we were done learning and eating Mendez walked through the door. Athena said, "Chief Petty Officer Mendez will escort you to weapon training."
"COME ON RECRUITS! WE'RE GOING TO THE ARMORY!" Mendez shouted. We got up and Mendez led us to a much smaller building with one window.
"HERE YOU WILL RECEIVE YOU'RE WEAPONS! AFTER USING THEM, PRACTICING WITH THEM YOU MUST RETURN THEM TO THIS EXCACT PLACE! THOSE WHO DON'T OR LOSE THEIR WEAPONS WILL GO 'SEARCH' FOR THEM." Mendez explained, 'reassuring' the recruits that everything will be okay.
A guard handed each of us a rifle after checking our names. Some of the kids kept their rifles pointed upright, Mendez was fuming because of that. "POINT YOUR BARRELS DOWN!"
"UNLESS YOU ARE IN COMBAT OR IN A FIRING RANGE, YOU WILL KEEP YOUR BARRELS POINTED AT THE GROUND AT ALL TIMES!" Mendez roared, explained our wrongdoings.
'This is SO heavy!' Jay complained in his mind, struggling to even hold up the rifle correctly – though it seems everyone was having that problem…
Mendez then led us to a firing range.
We sat in a circle – Mendez in the middle and laid our rifles on the ground, near us.
"This" Mendez held up a rifle of his own, turning it around for all of us to see, "is a standard issue military-grade MA5 assault rifle. this will be your best friend for the rest of your training."
"Watch me!" Mendez laid his rifle on the ground and field-stripped it. I watched the process, amazed by Mendez's skill and all the parts that made the weapon.
For the next 30 minutes Mendez explained all the properties each part has. He then demonstrated how to reassemble the rifle pieces, and within seconds he held a MA5 once more.
"John 117, come here." Mendez said and a boy stood up and walked near him, "Yes sir?"
"Sit, I will demonstrate how to clear a rifle-jam, and you will go next" Mendez said and started showing us how to clear a jam.
After he finished, he handed John the rifle and said "Clear it"
"Sir, I-I don't know how" John stuttered in fear.
"Sigh, then I'll show it again, until ALL of you can clear it… just don't complain if you miss supper." Mendez sighed and repeated the clearing process. John got it on the third time and got exchanged for another recruit.
…
After 4 hours everyone could clear a jam, reload and reassemble our weapons. Mendez motioned us to walk towards the firing range and its targets.
All of us held our rifles – the targets in front of us. "AIM!" Mendez shouted, and Jay supported the rifle with his shoulder, aiming at the target. "FIRE!" Mendez shouted and bangs could be heard.
Jay shot the rile and a system notification appeared near his face:
[Skill = Weapon Mastery (Novice)]
Suddenly the rifle in his hands got a lot more comfortable. 'This system really is something' Thought Jay.
"STOP! THIS HOLOBOARD WILL MONITOR YOUR SUCCESFUL HITS!" Mendez shouted, motioning to a holoboard where our names were displayed and near them were zeros.
We kept shooting until the sky started darkening. "STOP! CONGRATULATIONS TO 007 AND 117!" Mendez shouted, congratulating me and John because we scored the most hits.
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