Chapter 1: Boot
I stepped off the pelican onto the hard, grassy ground of Coagulation, I was told to line up with the other recruits, only twenty days ago; I had received a letter stating that it was my time to join in the fight with Red army and help the cause against the blues. Let me tell you, I was a bit nervous, No solider wanted to go on active duty, especially on the front lines. But, I was ready for that challenge;
I knew I was going to be called up sooner or later, so any medical surgeries I need I got ahead of time. It was a bit risky, but I had to get it, now equipped with my Molinjor armor, I felt like a real soldier. The pain from the surgery had stopped a few days ago; I was officially a recruit of Red Army.
"Alright Soldiers, listen up! I am MicroJupiter and I am the Master General of Red Army! I've been in these wars for long enough to know that most of you will not live to see next year, and most of you will never get to see your darling mothers face again! So, please, don't give me any shit! Is that understood Boots?"
"YES SIR!" we all said in unison.
"Now, I'm not going to have time to memorize so what is your alias, son?" He said smacking me on my helmet.
"Snack, Sir!" I said, scared out of my boots. He passed me without saying anything and went on to the next person. He told us to all salute him, we did of course, and we didn't want to be punished, especially by this guy.
"Up next is a lap around the canyon, maybe two depending on how good you do!! MOVE!"
Two hours later, we finished the lap, I didn't know if I could do another one, "Alright Recruits, back to the middle."
We all lined up exactly how we were two hours ago, but this time we were panting and shivering.
"Looks like you men are tired, looks like the men in basic didn't to a good enough job of getting you men in shape! He said with an evil looking grin on his face.
"Five hundred pushups, and then a hundred sit ups, get moving."
My lungs were on fire and all of my muscles were burning like crazy after the first hundred pushups. I had to do this though, this was my duty, and this is how my next adventure starts. Legs and thighs burning I continued, pushing out one after another, getting ever closer to my goal.
After I finished the pushups, I began on the sit-ups. My gut felt like I was churning butter in it, thus I threw up multiple times, the recruit next to me was not to happy about that.
I was finished, by this time I could really feel my body, all I knew is that I was finished.
"You're done; you all are officially privates of Red Army! Give yourselves hand men!!!"
The ones that could lift their hands gave a little clap. "Now get some well deserved rest, in a few days you'll be called up for Advanced Boot.
Oh sonofabitch, I thought, if basic boot was this hard how the hell was I going to make it through Advanced...
Outpost Lockout: 1200 hours.
It was so cold; I was almost shivering...almost. For this boot camp, a new General stood in front of me.
"Hello Privates, during Basic, we test your physical strength and endurance, here we are just going to talk, the other generals and I are going to introduce ourselves. Oh, and during this whole camp, don't call me or any other one of the generals, sir. If you do during a battle you'll likely get on of us killed. One unfortunate private said, "Yes sir!" The unknown General swiped at the man with the bunt of his rifle, knocking him unconscious.
"Men, I don't take any shit, is that understood?" No one said a thing and I was beginning to realize that none of these guys took shit from anyone.
"Good, I like the way you men think. I am BlackDragonn, and I am the Five-Star General of Red Army, and I give out ranks, organize the attacks, and call the defense when we need it. Now, I am going to let some of the other officers introduce themselves show them respect or you'll end up like your friend right there." We all looked down toward the man, Private Banker...
The introductions went on forever and ever it seemed like, Until BlackDragonn barked over the Com. "Here we go fella's, looks as if a few blue drop ships just dropped of some soldiers at one of our air bases, Acension. I herby promote all of you to Private First Classes, now get moving."