Chapter 3

Beep. Beep. Beep. Sairo gained consciousness and awoke in a hospital, with no recollection of anything that had happened beforehand. He didn't remember anything about his life at all. A doctor entered his room and spotted that Sairo had awoken.

"Ah, good. The patient is awake." He said. "Results show that you took severe damage to the head. Just a little more force and you would've been killed. It would take a master of a sorts to keep you alive like this, or just pure luck." Sairo nodded slightly. The doctor disproved of this. "Now you're still very weak, so don't make any sudden moves or anything that would give lots of pressure upon your body." He explained. "However 30 minutes in a healing chamber should do you fine." The doctor fixed a breathing mask onto Sairo whilst leaving other cables still on. He pressed a button on a panel next to Sairo's bed. Immediately the bed was encased in a glass tube and started to fill with a green liquid. This worried Sairo but the doctor stated that he would be fine and just needed to relax and rest. Sairo closed his eyes and tried to think about what happened prior to this. He knew his name, but little else. After 30 minutes the doctor pressed a different button to make the water disappear and the case open. The doctor removed the extra monitors and cables and helped Sairo onto his feet. "I'm Dr. Williams, head of this military hospital. You're the new recruit right? I have medical logs on you since we rescued you. Someone informed us of your location so we went right away. When we saw you, you were wearing some sort of armour, but there's nothing else to it. Commander Stark will inform you on what you have to do next, he is in Zone 1A. Just take a left from here and follow the signs." Sairo nodded and said his thanks. He also directed Sairo to his new uniform. After Sairo dressed, he proceeded down the corridor and followed the signs. Sairo wondered how he ended up here, and how he got muddled up in all this. Before he knew it he was in front of the commander. He saluted the commander, unsure why he did so. The commander grinned.

"So, you know your manners huh? Lucky us, it's rare we see people like you. But you're not an ordinary person are you? You're one of our super soldiers gone right!" He said with a powerful voice. "For now all I need you to do is head up to your new quarters and acquaint yourself with this woman, your assigned partner." He handed Sairo a piece of folded paper. "Well, when I say partner, she'd be more comfortable being in charge." The commander laughed. "You are dismissed." Sairo saluted and left. He unfolded and examined the paper. There was an image of a beautiful woman with dark blue hair who gave a cold stare. The paper gave many interesting details, such as 'Her first kill was when she was 9,' and 'She once destroyed an entire squad by herself using a pitchfork and weapons she stole off their bodies.' Great, he thought. The girl's name was Storme, which, in Sairo's head, kind of represented how quickly she killed people. When Sairo arrived at his quarters he was met with a party. There were people dancing and drinking. There were guys trying to make a move on female soldiers, all of which seemed to be failing. Then there was a woman by her lonesome, who simply stood against a wall with her eyes closed. The dark blue hair matched the description of who Sairo was looking for (seeing as she's the only person who had dark blue hair). A soldier saw Sairo eyeing Storme so he beckoned some others to follow him to Sairo.

"Hey, you trying to make a move on Storme? Trust me that's not a good idea." The soldier said. Sairo explained what was going on to the soldiers, and they started laughing. "Well, Storme's the kind of person that works by themselves, most troops don't last a month, but with your behaviour you won't even last a week!" The other guys roared with laughter before leaving. Sairo sighed. He felt even more disheartened than before. After steeling himself he went to meet his partner. Or his battle leader. Or his hell on Earth. He approached Storme and coughed to get her attention. She slowly lifted her head and gave that cold stare that was in the dossier he was given.

"Who are you?" She hissed in a voice designed to make Gods cry. Sairo explained who he was and what was going on. Storme grumbled and said, "So you're the supposed super soldier then? Heh, should be fun to see you fight. Or at least how long you last in battle. Tell you what, I'll see you tomorrow during our mission briefing and we'll see how you handle guns." Sairo nodded, but saw something in her eye. It seemed she was hiding something. "What are you staring at?" She fiercely asked. Sairo snapped back into reality and excused himself. The soldiers from before confronted him again. The soldier that spoke before asked Sairo how things went. Sairo explained what had happened word for word. The soldiers looked confused.

"Huh, didn't expect this to happen; normally she'd grab you by your collar, talk crap about you, explain her role as your 'superior' and then throw you to the ground. I don't know what happened here. Either she's tired or she sees something in you. Well, my name is Luut and it seems we're in the same squad." Luut thrust his arm out. "Pleasure to meet you." Sairo shook Luut's hand and they all packed up the party items. Night fell and the squad were all falling asleep, but Sairo was listening in to Luut's conversation with some other soldiers.

"Hey you know the new guy is the super soldier right?" whispered a soldier

"I've heard about him, he's supposed to have inhuman strength and speed. He's said to be the best!" Stated another soldier. Then Luut said, "Well I've heard that this soldier is a Sa-"

"Will you guys SHUT UP!" screamed Storme. "Some of us are TRYING to sleep!" Everyone silenced themselves and no more sound came from the night. Sairo wondered about what they were saying. Was he really capable of what they mentioned? Maybe they spoke of someone else. The commander did say that Sairo was only one of many super soldiers. Sairo just decided to sleep and not think about anything until tomorrow.

And there we go, chapter 3. Thanks to all who took the time to read my story up to this point, and see you on the next chapter!