Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN H.I.V.E (unfortunately)
The Shroud hangar at H.I.V.E. was full of activity, along with the rest of the school. This wasn't unusual this time of year. Teachers were busy trying to make sure students were prepared for their upcoming exams. Upperclassmen were tormenting the third years with horror stories of the Hunt, in which the younger students were soon to be participating. (Raven's twenty-four hour record, she would be very pleased to tell you, was still intact.) The latest additions to the school were finally accustomed to life at H.I.V.E.
The Shroud hangar was definitely the busiest, though. Pilots, copilots, and various other workers were running around, making final checks on the half dozen flying machines that were going all over the world that day.
This was the scene Raven saw when she walked into the hangar, Blackbox in hand, prepared for her least favorite mission of the year- collecting the new Alpha Stream students. There were so many things out of her control, and she hated that she couldn't be there to oversee the extraction of each student, but until Professor Pike developed a new invention, there was no way she could be in two places at once.
Raven's Blackbox vibrated as she walked up the ramp to one of the Shrouds, telling her that she had received the files on the students she was in charge of collecting this year. Sitting in the cockpit, she opened her Blackbox and read through the files.
The first girl was the daughter of the head of G.L.O.V.E.'s North American operations. Her name was Sabrina, and she lived in the U.S. Well,thisshouldbeeasy, Raven thought. Since her father was part of G.L.O.V.E., her parents should be expecting this sometime soon and there should be no resistance.
By the time she had finished reading the first file, the Shroud's pilot had entered the cockpit.
"Where to first, Raven?"
"38-50'56'' North, 105-06'42'' West." Raven replied quickly before turning back to the files. As the Shroud rose up off the landing pad, Raven flipped to the next file and began to do the same as she did with the first.
The next kid was a boy who went by the name of James Griffin. His file said he was blind, but still very capable. He caught the attention of H.I.V.E. By creating and almost detonating a bomb that could have destroyed all of Paris had he actually set it off.
By the time Raven had made it through the pyro's file, which was at least twice as long as the first girl's, the pilot was already beginning to descend toward the pine-covered land. The dark-haired woman rushed out of the cockpit and began preparing for her first extraction of the day.
Ok! So how was it? Slow, I know, but i promise it will pick up soon! You know what you should do now? Click that little blue button on the bottom of this page that says 'Review This Chapter' and let me know how I'm doing on my first story! Fly On,
~Snailz (p.s. Any Max Ride fans out there?)