The Final Day

The day finally came that everyone was waiting, the day of the exams. Ash woke up early and dragged Lynx along with him, they stood at the border waiting for it to open along with many other teens, some parents stood by their children, and other parents cheered them on and hoped for the best. Wester blended in the crowd and watched as his son and Lynx stood close by. After an hour of waiting the border was lifted and stairs appeared from the main city and connected to the lower class of Skyland. Hundreds of teens slowly walked up the stairs as there loves ones chanted good luck behind them, Ash only turned his head slightly and made eye contact with his father who only smiled and Ash couldn't help himself but smiled in return. As they walked up the stairs there were four guards at the top of the stairs, two on each side who scoffed as they saw them. The teens were in awe as they reached the other side of the beautiful City, the City was clean and the air was super fresh, they looked around and when they were all gathered on the other side the stairs slowly broke away the lower Class of Skyland and vanished beneath the main city of Skyland. A man then caught their attention when he shouted, all the teens looked at him and went silent. The man then immediately stated the rules and the penalty of breaking them during the journey. They were aware that no one from the main city liked them as they were beneath them, so they dared not to complain. The man then called their names one after the other as the boarded the bus.

      They all boarded the bus and then the man spoke again,

       "Gen 5 boarded and ready for leaving" and the small device on his shoulder responded. 

        After about another hour of waiting the bus slowly started moving and hovered above the ground, as they drove off they saw other buses heading the same direction as they were. They couldn't help themselves but to look from the window and took in the site below, never had they been so high above ground and the view was breath taking. They then reached their destination and the bus came to a stop, they slowly descend from it and was greeted with chattering and the fresh air, they couldn't help themselves but breathe it in. All the applicants were on the same platform that hovered above, but the applicants from the main city stayed on one side from the others from the lower class. The platform was filled with all kind of conversation but then the gates opened and someone voice echoed cutting their conversations short.

     "Welcome to the Robotic Core Academy Entrance Exam, as you all enter these gates you'll start your future. Hold your head high and go all out, fight because you are the nation's future and if you don't fight no one else will do it for you, only you can create the future you desire" the man said with a loud encouraging tone. The applicants from the lower class cheered after his speech and the one's from the higher class listen intently and smiled to themselves and clapped, step by step they climbed the stairs and the chattering resurfaced once again. 

     "I'm so excited"

     "I know right"

     "I'm definitely going to pass"

      "By the way what was that guy's name that just spoke?

      "I don't know he didn't introduce himself"

      "To be mixed with these flies is unacceptable"

      "It happens every year man"

      "Did you hear how load he was?"

      "I bet his special ability has something to do with sound"

      "I bet"

      "That's cool"

       The chattering continued until everyone was inside, they all stood and then a loud voice filled the room that silenced them.

       "A pleasant welcome to you all. My name is Carlos Lint and the man that welcomed you outside and forgot to introduce himself is Kelk Stone" Carlos said as he side eyed Kelk. "We expect great things from you all that will enter this Academy, go all out as your grade depends on it. Robotic Core Academy do not accept failures. With all that said let's cut the chase and get down to real business, on your armband your candidate number is displayed and if you swipe your finger over it you'll see a letter that indicates which line you'll join. If you see "H" it means you're from a High Class, "M" middle class and "P" meaning poor class" the main spoke and said the last part with disdain in his voice and other applicants who realized chuckled. 

       "When you pass the exam the device on your wrist will make a sound that will indicate whether you pass or fail. If you swipe your finger over it it'll show the color green and the word "Accepted" written which means you passed and if it shows red that indicates you fail. The exam is a duration of Five days, there's combat, written and then results. You need a sum of 150 points to pass the overall exam, 120 for Combat and a grade of 7.30 to pass the written. Missing even one point means failure and there's no makeup exam or anything like that. More information will be given as you move forward. I wish you all the best and thank you for your attention" 

       The applicant will be doing 10 paper and need a 75% pass mark for each, but if they get below 75% and still get the 7.30 they are still accepted. The grades are then added and divided by 100. The man then walked away and soon after some equipment's with people in chairs popped up from underground. "Please look at your armband and join the corresponding line" a voice echoed through speakers. The room go bustling as everyone made their way to their line. Lynx and Ash was close by as Ash was still watching over him as his father asked. 

      "Well I know which line I should be in" A boy spoke without checking his armband. 

       "Yeah same here" a girl that was close by responded

        Lynx followed instructions and checked his armband, he wasn't sure what letter it was so he looked above each desk until he saw the similar letter, Ash didn't even check his armband and simply made his way to the letter P.

        "Aren't you going to check your armband" Lynx asked as he saw Ash who was making his way to a line without checking his armband.

        "Of course not idiot, now let's go" Ash said as he grabbed Lynx's collar and pulled him along with him to the line. They both reached the line and Ash placed Lynx before him, Lynx mostly remained quiet observing everything and Ash just looked forward and walked further as someone left the line. They finally reached the desk area and the receptionist who was a male asked for Lynx's name.

          "Name please" the man asked with a flat tone

          "It's Lynx" he replied

           "Lynx what?" the man asked with his head still looking at the screen before him. 

           "I..." Lynx paused and had to think for a second. He was only used to having one name, but ever since he got to Skyland they always asked for a second name, so he was a bit lost. Lynx eyes scanned over the room until he saw the words "Robotic Core Academy" he remember Ash always reading things with those words and so he was familiar with them. Lynx was lost in thought and didn't even realize he was taking up time and soon a commotion slowly built up behind him.

          "Hurry up man we don't got all day" a boy shouted from behind

         "What's taking so long?" another person shouted

          Lynx was standing there in a slight daze as he was trying to figure out a second name and the applicants behind him started to complain, soon there line got attention as people from other lines noticed and started to look there direction. People from the higher class only chuckled as they didn't expect anything from those with no class. A boy behind Ash took a step to the side to get a better view and the other applicants in the back started shouting to kick him out of the line. The boy that was behind Ash decided to drag Lynx out of the line as there was no need to take so long, but as he took a step Ash turned his head and spoke.

        "Touch him and I promise you'll be taking this exam armless" Ash said in a low cold and threatening tone. The boy stop in his tracks and gulped as he met Ash's eyes and retreated back to the line, the others that were complaining then fell silent as Ash looked behind him from the corner of his eye and glared at the others. Everyone who saw his eye could only silence themselves. Ash then turned back to Lynx who was still deep in thought and spoke.

        "Hurry up" Ash said in a low voice that brought Lynx from his thoughts.

        "Maybe I should use your name next name" Lynx said

        "Hell no and it's a surname" Ash answer instantly. The receptionist looked tired and didn't even say anything he just wanted them to hurry so he could finish his job. 

        Lynx finally came up with a name and finally answered. "My name is Lynx Ro"

       "What an unusual name, as if the first one wasn't unusual enough. Anyway spell it"

       "I.." Lynx then paused once again, but before he could take another century to answer Ash butted in. 

        "It's LYNX RO" 

         Lynx was finally finished and stepped from the line, he followed the others and walked to the passage that everyone was entering. Ash finished his registering without wasting a second and followed the passage.