Feel that Fire Chapter 1:
Tris\Six Pov:
My fingers stretch themselves out of the numbness that has set in over the night. Bunks squeak through the walls, and the sound of showers hums through the pipes. I make my way to the showers and embrace the cold water as it numbs my aching muscles, left over from my workout yesterday. Everyone here, is here on choice, and no one complains of the roughness anymore. We could leave anytime we want to, but we don't. These fellow soldiers are our family. We give each other strength.
I step out of the shower and pat myself dry. I then slide into the military uniform for the officers\officials. On normal days, we would just put on the sweat pants and tank top for workouts; today is different. Today, we get new volunteers to make into soldiers, and I am to help them. I slide my feet into my boots, and lace them up. As I do this, I put another mark on my wall with my knife of the dresser. When I first got my own room, I started to mark the wall every morning I was still here for. I currently have 1,400 marks on my wall. 1,401 now that I add this morning's mark. I still have two more years here.
Someone pounds their fist against my door and I jump up and open the door.
"Good, you're awake. They are about to get off of the plane. We need to hurry." Kevin tells me. Kevin has military cut, short brown hair and blue eyes. An odd combination, but it suits him. I quickly nod and together we run to the aircraft.
We arrive just as they are all off the plane and in one big group. I quickly count up an even two dozen. I count a few girls in the mix and smile to myself. They are going to be the best; I'm going to make them the best.
"Attention!" I yell. My voice comes out strong and steady and they all immediately all turn to me. "My name colonel Tris Prior. You will call me Colonel Prior when you address me. Kevin is my first in command Lieutenant and will be overseeing your training as well. I will be training you on my break." I pause and look each of them in the eyes. "You are here because you chose to be. I will remind you that every time you complain. And you will complain. Follow me, I will show you to your dorms." I don't look back to see if they are following me. I walk back into the building and make a sharp left and turn into the last hallway. I lead them into a big room filled with twelve bunk beds.
"This is your dorm room. Showers are in the room the the right. You only get five minutes per shower. There will be no training today, only introduction. You have an hour before you will meet me in the conference room across the hallway. I will set the ground rules there." I walk out of the room with Kevin on my heels.
"You know, you could show some emotion when speaking. You sound like a robot." I laugh at his remark.
"They look promising."
"Yeah. They are all-were all members of a fighting club called Dauntless. There are like two hundred of these clubs roaming America, and they specialize in fighting and emotional strength."
"Good. Now I can yell at them." He laughs and shoves me playfully.
"Do you have a list of their names?"
"Yeah." He hands me a piece of paper of their names. I quickly scan the list and a few names jump out at me; Tobias Eaton, Zeke Petrad, Uriah Petrad, Christina Ridge, Shauna Temple, Lynn Temple, and Peter Hayes. Eaton...that sounds familiar.
"Hey, does the last name Eaton sound familiar to you?" I knits his eyebrows together.
"Yeah...wasn't he a Navy Seal? I think he died, I'm not sure how. Why do you ask?"
"Eaton is one of the last names on here. Maybe his son. It could be a completely different family though." He nods and we make our way to the cafeteria. I got a cup of coffee and muffin on my tray, and sat down across from Kevin, and in between some of my best friends. I was the only girl in my group, and I made sure that everyone knew to respect me. I wasn't weak when I came here, and I'm not anywhere near weak now.
"How do they look? Any shrimps?" Amar asks as soon as they sit down.
"Not at all. One or two might be able to kick your ass."
"That means they can kick your's too." He says quickly.
"They were certainly looking there." Kevin interjects.
"Ohhhh!" The table says in union.
"They aren't smart enough to even try."
"No, they have enough sense to even try. We all know you would kick their ass if they came in a five foot radius." I smirk and nod in agreement.
"Oh by the way," Amar starts. "I am going to be helping you with training as well."
"What happened to your assignment?"
"It was canceled. Something about wrong data or something, I don't know."
"Oh I'm sorry." I say.
"Ehh, it's not a big deal."
"Well, want to come and help set them some ground rules? We have ten minutes before they have to be there."
"Sure." Amar, Kevin, and I all get up from the table and we make our way to the conference room. We are the first ones there. After a few minutes of joking around, they all start to come, one by one. The Petrad brothers come together,as we as the Temple sisters. I count twenty two at one minute till, and the last two come inside just as the clock hits nine.
"You will learn to be early. One more second you would have been late." The kid just shrugs.
"You will respect me, and everyone who is higher than you. You are at the lowest rank, and you will order no one around. You will disrespect no one. You will follow every order you are given. Do I make myself clear?" The two boys nod at me. They might be my targets for tomorrow's training.
"I am Lt. Sanders." Kevin states.
"And I am Lt. Bent." Amar says. "We will be training you along with Colonel Prior. Today we will just be setting some ground rules. First, There will be no disrupting anyone in higher command. There will be no disrupting training. There will be time for you to talk after training. Whatever you have to say can wait until later." Together, we all list off the ground rules. Anywhere from training starts at six Am, to meal times is covered.
End Note:
Hello, and thank you for reading the first chapter of my new story! I know that everything in here might not be to the most accuracy, but I will try my hardest to make it as realistic as possible. There will be a lot of action to come in this story, and many more surprises to come! I hope you enjoyed this first chapter and please let me know what you thought of it! :)