Chapter 2
"Training Is Horrible"
A sharp pounding on the door startled Tak awake as a man screamed, "Wake up and report to breakfast or you don't eat!" Sam sat up with a yawn. "Heh... I knew it would scare you.."
Tak shook her head defensively as she sat up, "No! It didn't scare me... It... surprised me..." Sam smirked, "In other words... It scared you.. Now let's go eat before the Drill Sargent has our heads on his wall."
Both stood up and ran down to where they had to eat. The food... Was disgusting... Not that Tak was surprised... This was the military after all... The two sat beside each other, eating quickly, because the Drill Sargent kept yelling at them.
"Oh! Look who it is! Tak... right? And she doesn't have her creepy friend around to protect her... Just little defective Sam..." Tak narrowed her eyes, recognizing El's voice. "What the hell do you want?Haven't you done enough to me already?"
El and her friends sat around the two of them. "No... Sorry robot girl...So, what's that thing on your head? Did you get captured by Vortrains and turn into a lab rat?" Tak just glared, "No. I told you, I'm not a robot. It's just a-"
El just laughed, "No need to explain yourself, robot. So Sam, are you going to just go die already? I mean, your defective weirdness is already enough!" Sam just rolled her eyes, "I don't understand why you get so much satisfaction out of hurting other Irkens..." Tak spoke before El could respond, "I think it's because she has nothing better to do in her own sad, pathetic life."
El stared for a moment, then she and her friends laughed hysterically, "Hahaha! Do you hear her? My sad pathetic life? Robot girl, do you even see this. Look at all my friends, I have a life! A very good life! For one thing, I'm taller than you, for another thing, I have more friends than you. I'm beautiful... And you... Well, You'd be lucky if Zim asked you on a date, let alone even spoke to you!"
Tak jumped up, about to attack, "YOU KNOW WHAT!? YOU ARE JUST ASKING FOR IT YOU LITTLE BITCH!" Sam grabbed her and held her back. "Tak! Tak! Calm down! It's not worth it! Tak... please... It's okay."
El and her friends got up, cackling and leaving Tak to her exploded temper. Sam just pulled her back to the seat, "Seriously! Tak... calm the temper, would you?" Tak just crossed her arms, "She has no right to tell me that! I am not a robot! Also, just who the heck is Zim?"
Sam just sighed, "Believe me... You don't want to know Zim..." "Who said my glorious name!?" Sam just sighed, "Here he comes..." Tak looked over to see a tiny Irken come running up to her, he had ruby colored eyes, and seemed to have a gleam in his eyes that made Tak a bit uncomfortable.
"Hello Sam!" Sam just gave a small smile, "Hello Zim..." Zim just sat down beside her, "Did you say my name? I know I heard it somewhere!" Sam just nodded, "Yeah, my friend here wanted to know who you were."
Zim turned his bright gaze to her, "Oh! You don't know ZIM?! You must be Neeeeeeew." When he said New, he grabbed Tak by her shoulders, and moved his face, just inches from hers, causing her eyes to widen.
"Zim. Remember when we talked about personal boundaries?" Tak heard a familiar voice, which turned out to belong to Rai. Zim turned to her, still holding onto Tak's shoulders, "Yes... Zim remembers." Rai blinked, "Well, You're kind of in her personal space, back up Zim."
Zim blinked, then let go, "Sorry..." Rai nodded, "Now go back to Skoodge.." Zim nodded, "Hmmm... Very well..." He then jumped up, then ran back to his friend in the back of the room. Rai shook her head, "Sorry, Tak. You'll have to excuse Zim. He might be a defective, so you're gonna have to be patient with him..."
Tak nodded, "Well... That was... Weird..." Rai nodded, "Yeah, Zim is a bit strange... but actually not so bad if you get to know him."
Breakfast had ended, and the Drill Sargent marched the group of trainees outside. He stood straight in front of them. His pale blue eyes flickering coldly to the group. "Alright Maggots! I see we have some new troops in front of me today! My name is Sargent Jon! But You maggots will just call me Sargent! Got it!?"
"Yes Sir!" They all screamed back, except for Tak, who was very confused. Catching this, Sargent Jon marched over to her, "YOU! WHAT'S YOUR NAME, YOUNG LADY!?" Tak seemed to shrink under his hard stare, anxiety making her nauseous... "Uh... T- Tak..."
Jon inched close to her face, "SPEAK UP! LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A MUMBLER HERE! I DO NOT TOLERATE THE MUMBLING, IS THAT CLEAR, TAK?!" Tak shivered, "Um.. Y- Yes sir..."
"WHAT!?" "YES SIR!" Tak screeched, her face hot with embarrassment. To her relief, he said nothing more, and walked to the front of the group. Tak just slowly looked at Sam, eyes wide with fear, she could feel her body uncontrollably trembling, yet she had no idea why...
El suddenly spoke up, "Sir!" Jon turned on her, "What? Why do you speak in ranks?!" El saluted, "My apologies sir, but, Tak is shaking." Tak flinched, her heart thudding in her chest. She could practically feel her stomach twisting itself up..
Jon narrowed his eyes, "El, I would just love to punish you for being nothing but a filthy little snitch! But if there is anything I hate more than a snitch, IS A DIRTY LITTLE COWARD!" He screamed, storming over to Tak again.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, SOLDIER!? STOP SHAKING!" Tak just stared into his rage filled eyes, fear making her body betray her, the shaking increased. Jon leaned into her face, "I SAID STOP SHAKING! DO YOU NOT HEAR ME!?
Tak continued to shake, unable to calm herself... Jon grabbed her by the front of her uniform, pulling her to his level, which was pretty high, he was very tall. "I JUST SAID TO STOP SHAKING! STOP! YOU ARE THE DIRTIEST COWARD I HAVE EVER LAID EYES ON! HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE AN INVADER WHEN YOU SHAKE LIKE A WHINY LITTLE SMEET!?"
Tak shook very hard, beginning to hyperventilate, she could feel her heart thudding in horror. Tears began to stream down her cheeks. Jon, noticing this, dropped her to the ground. "ARE YOU CRYING NOW? DO ALL OF YOU SEE THIS!? THIS FILTHY WHINY SMEET! THIS LITTLE DEFECTIVE!?"
He roughly pulled her to her feet, then gave her a hard smack in the face, which knocked her to the ground. Tak tried to back away, her hyperventilation getting worse. El and her friends began to snicker, as well as some of the other trainees. In fact, the only people who weren't laughing now, were Rai, Sam, Skoodge and Zim.
Jon harshly dropped her. " NOW GET UP AND STOP CRYING! I DON'T WANT ANOTHER INCIDENT WITH YOU!" He then just marched to the front again. Tak just struggled, then stood up, wiping her tears, then glaring at El, hatred burning in her gaze.
El smirked at her, then whispered, "Better pay attention... Defective..." Tak just shook in rage, then shook it off, holding onto her temper as best as she could, then just turned to the front of the group.
Jon glared at El, "Also, since this little tattle tale decided to be a snitch, it's gonna be thirty laps around the academy! GO!" Everyone ran quickly, Tak was slow, since she hadn't quite re-caught her breath. Jon rounded up on her left side, "HURRY UP SOLDIER! YOU'RE TOO SLOW! IF THIS WHERE A RUN FROM MEEKROB SOLDIERS, YOU'D BE DEAD! THIS IS NO SUNDAY STROLL, RUN!"
Tak pushed herself, running quicker, she caught up with Sam, who was quite close to the front of the group. Zim was running well ahead of everyone, Rai close behind him. She could hear Jon screaming at Skoodge to run, calling him a fat boy.
Sam just smiled, "You okay? Man... Crying in front of the Drill Commander..." Tak glared at her, "I'M ALREADY EMBARASSED ENOUGH! DON'T RUB IT THE FUCK IN, SAM!" Letting her temper loose on her friend, she ran ahead of her, not wanting to talk to Sam.
The rest of the lap running was exhausting. Jon finally stopped them after the thirtieth lap. Tak stopped, panting heavily as she stood beside Rai. Jon turned to face the group, "Alright, now you will be completing this obstacle coarse. With teams of two, you will complete this! This will improve your teamwork skills, and hopefully we won't have any more crying!"
Tak glared at the ground as people stared at her, some laughing a bit. Jon glared at them, "Shut up! Now, I will partner you up. ZIM!" Zim jumped forward, "YES SIR!?" Jon gave him a look, then glared, "You will work with Larb. He began rambling the names of who would work with who. Sam got to work with Rai, and Tak was with someone named Grapa.
Grapa narrowed his eyes, "Great... I get to be stuck with the crybaby..." Tak narrowed her eyes, then grabbed him by the front of the shirt, "If you call me a crybaby one more damn time, I will rip your eyes out of their sockets!"
Grapa flinched, "Jeez... Calm yourself..." Jon turned on the group, "Alright Maggots! GO!" Everyone began to run, going over rocks, and through the mud. Tak had slipped a few times, causing Grapa to glare at her, "Get going! If we're last, we're gonna have to spend the rest of the day cleaning every bathroom with a damn toothbrush. HURRY UP!" Tak stood up and glared, "DON'T YOU DARE SHOUT AT ME! JUST GET MOVING!"
They just continued, and finally finished the coarse. El and Yuli ended up being last, so they got to clean the bathrooms. Tak could practically feel satisfaction coarse through her chest. She smirked at El as she and Yuli stormed off to the bathrooms.
Jon turned to the rest of the group. "Alright! Training is done for the day! Now get back to your dorms, shower, and head to class!" Grapa walked over to his friends, "I would have been first if baby didn't keep falling over." He then turned to Tak, "Lucky for you, you are kinda hot. Wanna come to my room for a little fun later sexy?"
Tak whirled around, before she could think rationally, her fist struck his jaw. Her temper exploded as she launched onto him and tackled him to the ground. Jon stormed over, and plucked Tak off of Grapa. He grabbed Grapa by his uniform and dropped Tak to the ground.
"Alright! You wanna hit on women pretty boy? Then you can clean the ladies bathrooms for the rest of the day!" He then handed Grapa a tiny sponge and shoved him in the direction of the bathrooms. Tak just shuddered a bit as the drill commander turned on her next. "AS FOR YOU! I WANT YOU TO GET A HOLD ON THAT TEMPER! YOU CAN GO AND SCRUB THE HALLWAYS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM! YOU ARE NOT TO EAT UNTIL IT'S FINISHED! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME, DEFECTIVE!?"
Tak glared at Jon, "I'M NOT A DEFECTIVE!" Jon grabbed her shirt, "THEN YOU ARE A WHINY LITTLE SMEET!" Tak shook in anger, " I AM NOT A SMEET!" Jon picked her up by the front of her shirt, screaming in her face, "THEN YOU ARE A WHINY DEFECTIVE SMEET! YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN ZIM! NOW DO YOUR JOB! YOU CAN REPORT TO YOUR CLASSES TOMORROW! AND YOU DON'T GET TO SHOWER UNTIL IT'S DONE EITHER! DO YOU UNDERSTAND, DEFECTIVE SMEET!"
Tak refused to answer to this, Jon shook her hard, causing her body to begin to tremble again. "I SAID DO YOU HEAR ME, WHINY DEFECTIVE SMEET!?" Tak just shook, "YES SIR!" He dropped her to the ground, "GO GET IT DONE SOLDIER!" Tak saluted, then ran towards the school, not stopping to say anything to her two friends.
By the time Tak was done, she was exhausted. It was around ten at night when she limped into the dorm. Tak just looked at Sam coldly, Sam frowned, "I'm sorry I said that to you earlier. I know it was hard for you... The first day is always the toughest." Tak just coldly nodded, "Okay..." She was in no mood to talk to her.
She quickly showered, then limped back to the room. Sam was just sitting down at one of the desks writing. Tak just stared at her, "What are you writing?" Sam just blinked, "Oh... It's nothing, just some poems... I know it's kind of weird... but I like writing them..."
Tak nodded, "It's fine... I'm not like El, You know..." Sam nodded, "Yeah... I hate her... She's bullied me since the first day of the academy... Well my first day anyhow..." Tak nodded, then her stomach decided to growl loudly at the most quiet moment.
Tak just crossed her arms over her chest, Sam looked at her, "Oh, I snuck you some food.. I figured you'd be hungry when you got back... Turns out I was right..." Tak just sighed, feeling embarrassed for about the tenth time that day. El had seen her cleaning the floor, and decided to start calling her janitor robot girl... Tak hated her... Hated her very much...
She just nodded gratefully, then took the food that Sam gave her. "Thank you... I'm sorry for being such a bitch today..." Sam smiled, "That's alright... You've just got a temper there."
Tak had finished eating, and the two of them talked for a few hours, until around eleven. Sam yawned, "Well, I'm gonna go to bed. Night Tak."
Tak just laid down under the covers, "Goodnight Sam...I hope tomorrow isn't as bad as today..." Sam smiled, shaking her head as she turned the light out, "Don't worry about it Tak... Sargent Jon always picks on the new soldiers... He'll probably just go back to screaming at Zim tomorrow."
Tak nodded, shivering and rolling onto her side, not being able to help the anxiety, as well as the small ounce of nausea that began to whirl in her stomach.
