Chapter Two: The Eggsy Method.
Just 3 days after Lancelot's death, I found myself at the Kingsman castle, our training headquarters in a remote part outside of London. It was easily one of my favorite places. We were finishing the final preparations for the recruits waiting for them to arrive.
"Bunker is set up, body bags on each bed." I announced as I walked into mine and Merlin's office. It was my first time being able to train new recruits and I was pretty giddy with excitement.
"Good, the recruits should be arriving soon." He nodded. Percival was first with his recruit Digby, we waved him inside the room and Arthur was hot on his heels with Charlie. There was a girl named Roxy, Rufus, and a few others until just Galahad and Eggsy were missing.
"It's nearing a quarter after, Galahad is late." I noted, checking my watch.
"He'll be here. Always is." Merlin replied, I shrugged in response. As we waited to start the introduction, Galahad and Eggsy rounded the corner.
"Galahad! Late as usual!" Merlin smirked, Galahad returned it happily
"Merely keeping up with tradition." He chuckled. I smiled at Eggsy, who winked back. I felt my cheeks flush as I eyed him carefully, he was extremely attractive, he had a strong jaw, gorgeous grey eyes, and was just extremely good looking.
"Go on in." Merlin's hand narrowly missing my nose interrupted my staring. Eggsy nodded hesitantly and approached the door. He pulled it open and I looked up at the two men who were now staring at me.
"What?" I asked, he and Merlin exchanged a knowing look.
"We saw that." Harry smirked, I gave him a funny look.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I replied, checking the time.
"It's time to get started." I pulled the door open and accepted all the funny stares from the children.
"Fall in!" Merlin ordered, they all straightened up, aside from Eggsy, who stuck out like a sore thumb in the room full of kids decked out in designer coats and trousers, and he wore jeans, a t-shirt and a ball cap and jacket. He learned fast though as he straightened up.
"I am Merlin, this is Morgana, we will be training you." Merlin spoke, all eyes fell on me again and I smirked. It was my turn.
"Congratulations to all of you, but it's not all fun and games, we're training you for what may be the most dangerous job interview in the world." Everyone nodded, aside from Eggsy who looked horrified,
"Can anyone tell us what this is?" I asked, holding up the body bag. Everyone's hands shot up, aside from Eggsy's.
"A body bag, ma'am." A girl spoke, I smiled.
"Very good, in a moment you will be dismissed, you are to grab a body bag, write your name, your blood type and your next of kin." I pointed to the slip of paper on the inside of the plastic sleeve. Merlin took over as I felt eyes on me. It was Charlie, he was staring at me intently.
"You are dismissed," Merlin's voice snapped me from the staring contest and I followed him out of the room. We walked to our office on the opposite side of the two way mirror and waited for Arthur to call us for dinner. We watched as the recruits mingled and talked, I turned to Merlin.
"Have you ever been bullied?" I asked him, he looked at me, clearly confused.
"Where did you pull that question from?" He laughed. I shrugged, playing with the fray on my sleeve. He eyed me for a minute
"Is this about Charlie?" He asked, I looked back at the screen and glared at the smarmy git.
"He made my life hell. I dreaded going to school just as much as I dreaded being at home." I bit my lip. He sighed.
"Georgie, I still remember the day we met." He chuckled, I looked at him, arching an eyebrow.
"How could you ever forget it?" I chuckled, I had gotten into trouble for hacking into the school's computer system in order to change Mack's grade. It wasn't my first offense, so we were talking some serious charges. I was waiting in the police station, my Mother and Father were in Spain for a vacation, not answering their phones so I was stuck staying overnight, until Merlin walked in and sat across from me and brought me into Kingsman.
"You wanna know what I thought of you when I first saw you?" He asked,
"Oh my God, that is one ugly child?" I suggested, he laughed and shook his head.
"No, no, I thought, damn, this child is a genius. I was expecting some 20 something hermit from their parents basement. Not a bubbly child like you. You were so small, innocent. I almost didn't want to bring you with me. I couldn't expose a child to such brutality." He twisted his ring on his finger.
"I'm glad you did… I've never felt like I belonged anywhere until I came here." I admitted honestly. He smiled at me.
"I'm glad too." He replied, just then Arthur's voice sounded through our speaker.
"Dinner is in 15 minutes in the dining hall." He explained. I looked at Merlin,
"Go get the recruits ready and show them the way." He ordered, I nodded and hopped up from my chair. I entered the room and looked around.
"Fall in!" I ordered, everyone obeyed aside from Charlie, Digby and Rufus.
"I said fall in." I repeated, eyeing the boy who turned and smirked viciously at me,
"Nice try." He spat. I tilted my head in confusion.
"Don't think I don't recognize you Porky Georgie." He sneered, I felt the heat rush to my cheeks, Eggsy and Roxy shot him a death glare. I fought the urge to vomit down as I found my ability to speak.
"If you choose not to listen to your superior, that's on you. As for the res…" His booming laugh cut me off.
"Superior!? As if! How did you even get in!? Suck someone off?" He guffawed; I straightened up and looked at each of the recruits, all looking slightly uncomfortable. Even Digby and Rufus took a step away from him to join the rest in line. I found Eggsy's gaze, and I couldn't tear myself away from it.
"As for the rest of you, dinner is in… 10 minutes, please get dressed in the clothes we have provided and meet me outside the door so I can show you the way." I explained, looking at my watch, they all nodded as Charlie rolled his eyes
"You are dismissed." I turned on my heel and sped out the door and down to the bathroom. I stared at my reflection for a moment, seeing the old me for a brief second. I shook my head. No. Charlie is an idiot. He won't even make it. You won't put up with him for long. I composed myself once again and walked out to meet them all in the hallway.
"Please follow me." I lead them through the many halls of the underground. We made it to the dining room and they all sat down at the table. They were served, and talked amongst themselves and I joined the others in our own dining room. I sat in my seat to the left of Galahad and we enjoyed our own meal.
"The first task shall start at promptly 4 AM, and Galahad, you are still going to meet with Professor Arnold tomorrow afternoon?" Merlin asked, I looked at Galahad in confusion. I knew it was his case and all, but I didn't know he was planning on talking to him. How rude of them not to tell me.
"I would like to see how Eggsy fairs if you don't mind." He requested.
"Of course." Merlin nodded. We lapsed into silence as we all ate our meals. Once we were finished, I lead the recruits back to their dorm, explaining the following day's schedule. Once they were all settled, I turned to leave when someone grabbed my arm. I spun to see it was Eggsy.
"Er, hi, I just wanted to see if you were okay?" He asked, sending a glance towards Charlie. I smiled at him.
"It's fine Eggsy, I've come to just ignore what he says." I replied. He nodded and backed away,
"Just making sure." He mumbled, I chuckled.
"Thank you. Now get some sleep, you're going to need to be well rested for tomorrow. It's a big day." I told him, he smiled at me.
"Goodnight." He nodded. I walked out the door and went to Merlin to bid him goodnight.
"I heard what Charlie said to you." He stated as I began to pack my laptop away.
"He's an idiot." I shrugged, attempting to just forget what he said.
"He's not mature is he?" He noted, I shrugged.
"It's only the first night, we have to be fair." I grumbled. I started for the door, in desperate need of a shower.
"Goodnight!" I called over my shoulder. I made my way to my room and plopped onto the bed. After unwinding, I hopped up and showered and finally crawled into bed around 9:40. Damn, I am one lame 20 year old. I flipped on the TV to some mindless show and snuggled into the blankets.
I was back in school, I was staring into my locker, why? I wasn't sure. I felt someone grab my arm and I was shoved hard against the locker. I saw Charlie laughing.
"Hello Porky." He grinned at me, I pushed his hands away, as they had traveled to grip my hips.
"Go away Charlie." I snarled, he shook his head.
"Nope. I own you now." His grip grew tighter, I stopped being able to breathe, the world was growing fuzzy as Charlie leaned in
I launched up from my bed as my alarm buzzed, drenched in a cold sweat. I was never so happy for an alarm clock, and I found myself sitting next to Merlin, sipping a cup of coffee, awaiting his command. I had calmed down enough from my night terror, but I was still dreading facing Charlie
"And, in 3… 2…1!" He pointed at me, I hit the button and watched as the water began to fill the room. I still had nightmares from my own training, I nearly drowned after a fellow recruit shoved my head against the wall. I watched as Charlie barked orders at everyone.
"TOILETTES!" He shouted, ah yes, smart. I took a note on his quick thinking.
"SHOWER HEADS!" Roxy agreed. Noted.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Eggsy demanded, the water had completely filled the room and I saw Eggsy go towards the door and tug on it, he had some nice muscles.
"I wouldn't go writing that in the report." Merlin chuckled. I jumped. Had I said that out loud?!
"Oh hush…" I grumbled once I had calmed down, sipping my coffee. The recruits were all now breathing from shower heads and toilettes and I noticed Eggsy swimming towards the mirror, but none of them had stopped to help Amelia who was tangled in her bed sheets. I took note of that as Eggsy began punching the mirror.
"That's different." I noted, Merlin nodded and stepped closer to me as the glass finally gave way under his fists, water flooded our office and the recruits were gasping for breath. Merlin and I smirked at them as they gave us confused looks.
"Good job, you've survived your first task!" Merlin boomed,
"Roxy, Charlie, good job with the toilettes. As for the rest of you, if you can get a shower pipe down the u-bend, you have an endless air supply. Basic physics worth remembering." Merlin tapped his temple.
"Eggsy, good job spotting that it was a two-way mirror." I smiled at him. He looked at me, still breathing heavily.
"He's probably used to them from where he's from." Charlie sniggered, it took all the self control I had not to whip out my pistol and shoot him. Merlin would frown upon it though, and Arthur would literally have my head.
"I'd wiped those smirks off your faces though, because as far as I'm concerned all of you have failed." They all jumped and stared at Merlin in confusion.
"You forgot about teamwork." I piped in, nodding into the room where Amelia now lay lifeless in the water. They all gaped at the sight.
"So much for basic army technique." Eggsy muttered sadly.
"Go get changed. The locker rooms are 3 doors down, boys on the left, girls on the right." Merlin shooed them out the door as I began draining the rest of the water. Once it was drained, I walked over to Amelia, who was just fine. She belonged to our technical division in Germany.
"Nice job, very convincing." I smiled at her, she smiled back.
"Thanks, now, can I go?" She asked. I looked over at Merlin, he nodded.
"Yes ma'am." I gestured to the door and she laughed and walked out. I walked back to Merlin and sent the signal that it was safe for the clean-up crew. Merlin and I chatted on the way towards the dining hall
"I think Eggsy is the first person to ever break the two way mirror." I noted, looking through the history. During my own training, I found a loose panel in the floor board and managed to peel it up and let the water drain out.
"He definitely has made his mark." Merlin chuckled back, we walked into the dining room where the recruits were eating breakfast,
"You will be joining Morgana on a tour after breakfast, and your second lesson begins at 8 AM!" Merlin explained. They all nodded and we walked out to get our own breakfast. Once we were finished, the day got rolling.
"And the last and final and my personal favorite, the library, you guys will be spending a lot of time here for your studies, speaking of, it's time for lesson number two." I lead them back to the classroom and ushered them in.
Bam, chapter two, now since I'm having trouble remembering the movie play by play, it may be a bit before I can update as far as what happens during training the movie. I can add some extra stuff, if you lot are interested, I'm not sure. Let me know in the reviews! Thanks!