Hey y'all, here's chapter 2 for ya. I'm going to try and write 1-2 chapters a day, :D sorry this is late I've written and re-written this like 20 times today I never know where to start, what to add, or when to end so yeah I hope ill slowly get better and be able to make the chapters run more smoothly, anyways I hope y'all enjoy and give me some positive/ negative feedback thanks!
Shepard
I lay on my bed rubbing the sleep from my eyes as I glanced over to the clock on my wall. It is 0200, just about time to go wake the recruits up. Getting off
of my bed, I made my way towards the latrine to prepare for the day. As I was drying off after my shower I heard a knock on the latrine door "yes?" I called
out "Good morning, Just coming to let you know I'm awake" my roommate stated. "Morning Kat, I'll be out in just a minute so you can get in" I replied
"Okay, Thank you" she called back.. I finished drying out and made my way over to my closet, I grabbed a pair of basketball shorts, a plain black t- shirt, a
pair of nice dark blue jeans, and my brown military boots and quickly got dressed. As I finished putting my boots on I grabbed my side arm holsters and
strapped one to each thigh both containing a striker pistol. Having everything else ready I grabbed my rucksack from the back of the closet and carefully put
my gear inside, First my armor, my weapons, a canteen, a 6 inch knife, 100 ft. of rope, a first aid kit, an entrenching tool, my Parachute, and a few other
items required to meet regulation standards After packing everything and making sure I was all finished, I started to make my way to the living room to wait
for my roommate to finish getting ready when she called out "I'll be done in two minutes Shepard" I continued walking to the living room, and stood by the
door waiting for Kat to finish. After two minutes true to her word she came walking down the hallway "Alright I'm ready, let's go" she said walking past me
and heading out the door. I grabbed my sunglasses off of the shelf next to the door and followed Kat to the barracks. When we have recruits in the ICT
program, I share a two bedroom apartment with Three other instructors 1st LT. Hicks, 1st LT. Edwards, and LTC. Lee. 1st LT. Jason Hicks is a 5'8 African
American male from Mason Ohio and he works with LTC. Kristi Lee, a 5'5 Asian female from Beijing China. The two of them remain with the recruits during
Lights out, while 1st LT. Katherine Edwards a 5'8 white female from Sydney Australia and I train the recruits during the day. We enter the barracks and make
our way up the stairs to the Cadre's office on top deck, Edwards made her way to her locker dropping off her gear as I stood in the doorway watching Hicks
and Lee gather their belongings. They looked towards us nodding their acknowledgment of our presence "Everything run smoothly?" Kat asked. Hicks looked
at her as he answered"Yes, you guy tired them out pretty well yesterday". "34 assigned 34 present, everyone is doing well for now". Lee added. "The first
day is always the easiest, their bodies were fully rested and prepared, I'm expecting 8 to 10 to drop out by the end of the day." kat replied. They nodded in
agreement. "Ready to start the day LT?" I asked turning to look Kat in the eye. "I'm ready when you are" she replied smiling up at me. I turned around and
hit the light switch on the wall. As soon as the lights went on I heard the all too familiar grunts and groans of disapproval, and gave my first order of the day.
"Get up, let's go get on line you have 30 seconds" I said in an indoor voice. I made my way to the bottom deck to wake the females and repeat the process.
Following the last recruit up the stairs I stopped to watch everyone scurrying the deck trying to get on line in time. Once I saw everyone standing at attention
I walked to the middle of the deck and looked at my watch. I looked up "Ladies and Gentlemen, I said 30 seconds and it took you 47. That's alright, I
understand you are all very tired only having 4 hours of sleep so I'll overlook this for now. So first things first, how did everyone sleep?" "Good sir" They don't
get on line in time and now they don't want to sound off? Ha already off to a bad start."Bull shit I asked a question, If you can't sound off correctly were
going to have some real problems, now how did everyone sleep?" "GOOD SIR" "bull shit, how did you sleep?" "GOOD! SIR!" "Damn right you did now if you
don't keep your voices at that level we're going to PT. Are we clear?" "YES! SIR!" "Now, you're going to fix your racks, get your teeth brushed, faces washed,
PT gear on, and back on line with all of your gear in 15 minutes. Do you think you can handle that?" "YES! SIR!" " "Good, ladies went first yesterday so men
will hit the latrine first today, I will not remind you to get on line you'll have to keep track of time yourselves, but just know if even one person is late, I will
work you until you drop. If you have any questions you can ask Lt. Edwards or myself, Move". As they all rushed to their areas I made my way to the office.
As I sat at the desk Lt. Edwards came and sat on the corner facing me with a smile on her face "Interesting bunch this time huh?" "we'll get them squared
away soon enough" I replied "we always do" she added, standing up she winked at me and left to manage bottom deck. Shaking off a smile I looked down at
the recruit roster and started putting squads together. I let out a heavy sigh. This is going to be a long day.