Chapter 4: Training Exercise

Blayne was full with something he hated he didn't know what it was but it was the first time he ever wants to give up on a fight, but he did not want to look like a coward. Zero was more violent then before, and for the whole time he was like that he was smiling like a demon. As they where fighting for some reason Zero was telling him things about Blayne's new weapon. Even from a distance away he was still being attacked. For some reason sometimes he will see energy blasts come from above, Blayne had a hard time dogging for its speed was to fast for him. Suddenly they heard a ringing Blayne looked in the direction. 'The clock was set for lunch time so, it's over for the day!' Thought Blayne. Zero returned to his normal form. "Time's is up."- A smile came to his mouth-"looks like you missed lunch." Blayne's stomach growled. All it took with Zero to tie up Blayne to a post was a few seconds. Everyone except Blayne ate there lunch, tormenting Blayne as they ate. Zero went to Blayne's lunch and rummage through what Blayne was going to have… if he made it. "O.K. I will tell you what your ranks are." Zero said calmly.

"Tell me that when you stop digging into my lunch!" Blayne yelled.

Zero continued to talk. "None of you got the lowest rank. I was also talking to you Blayne."

"You mean we all pass?" asked Stuart.

"That what I said wasn't it?"

"Then why is Blayne tied up?" asked Whitney.

"He just failed to get a bell shift-shaper…. Yes I've figured that out. You and Axl could get along, but I could be wrong."

Courtney turned to look at her twin and stifled a laugh; Whitney cheeks were tinged with red. Lucky for her no one else saw. "All of you made it to rank 'C'." finish Zero "Now take the rest of the day off and rest. I'll see all of you tomorrow at regular time."

Zero left so did Braidon and Stuart, leaving Courtney, Whitney, Blayne and Russel behind in the nature zone. "Whitney did you blush?" asked Blayne.

"No." denied Whitney quickly.

"You did to I saw you, your cheeks were red." Push Courtney.

"Whitney you like Axl." Asked Russel.

"Who wants to know?"

"Us."

"Whitney you denied to quickly. You like him don't you." Said Courtney.

A ting of red appeared on Whitney's cheeks again. "A-HA." Shouted Blayne.

"Well do you wish for some help?" asked Russel.

"Let time do this one Russel." Said Courtney "Come on Whitney lets go riding, Jessie and Escondom would be inching to go."

Whitney nodded and the both of them left. "Lets go over to the training area Russel."

"Ok race you there." agreed Russel "Last one there is a Maverick, who will get their butt kick by Zero and X."

"Hey, no fair your faster then I am." Yelled Blayne, as the two of them ran to the training area.

"So how did it go?" X voiced the question everyone in the room wanted to ask.

"All of them did well." Replied Zero "Well enough to be ranked C."

"They are that good?"

"They are promising."

"We haven't had rooks like that for along time."

"Yes. X how would you feel if you could have an apprentice."

"I don't know Zero."

"You'll do fine X. Of course since it's your first time you would start with one."

"Why?"

"Well Signas and I thought that you could handle one now."

"And Zero couldn't handle all six of them and the rule is that the most you can have is three." Said Signas

"That's wimpy rule"- everyone looked at Axl- "Zero can keep track of all of them can't he?"

Zero chuckled, and then he asked if Alia had any good ranked in-training operators.

"Sure, three of them… why?" Alia asked.

Zero smiled "Training exercise" he said.

"Oh, You haven't done this one in a long time. When do you want them?"

"Just tell me the home room's there in and I will get them… Oh, don't forget to call them... Now."

Corinna put down her commuter, she just finish talking to her trainer Alia. "So who was it?" asked Denise.

"It was Alia."

"What does she want us to do?" Asked Kristy.

"She is giving us heads up that Zero coming." Replied Corinna.

"Why would Zero be coming?" asked Denise.

"I do not know."

Mean while Zero headed down the corridor that led to the girls dorm. 'What would be a good starter for X. Blayne would not be a good one; he would discourage X with his pranks. Russel, Stuart and Braidon are too good for there own good. X would need one that's in between like the twin sisters, but he only allowed working with one so he would have his pick then I'll have the other to work with. Besides it would do them some good to be separated. Braidon and Stuart better be with some reasonable trainer not some moron' thought Zero as he arrived at the girls door. 'Should I knock or walk in… I should knock because they could be changing and then I would "scare" myself.' Zero smirk at his own joke and knocked hard on the girls door. "Who is it?" said one of the girls.

"It's Zero Omega, if you wondering."

"Oh come in then." Said Denise

Zero opened the door and went inside. The room look like any other 14 year olds room would look though a little bit more cleaner. Three computers lined one wall in the main room. Zero went straight to the point of why he was here. "I need at least three navigators for a training exercise for the ones I'm training. All of them you know already and no Corinna I don't have Sam in my group. You will meet them at the training area at regular time. See you there." Zero then turned and left leaving three stunned in training navigators.

~Next Day~

9o clock arrived at the area where six in training hunters were waiting for Zero to arrive. "He is late again." Sighed Courtney looking over at a trap of tinkle me Elmo's that Blayne had set up. "You really think that Zero will fall for another one?"

"Well Zero fell for the first one." Blayne replied.

"He will not fall for this one Blayne."

"I'm still trying."

"Some one is coming." Said Whitney.

The door opened and the tickle me Elmo's fell to the floor laughing. "BLAYNE!" yelled 'three navigators.'

"Corinna, Denise, Kristy what are you guys doing here?" asked Whitney surprised.

"Zero sent us here." Answered an equally stunned Corinna.

"Aaaahhh man, you guys set off the trap meant for Zero." Whined Blayne.

"Well sorrrry Blayne." Said Corinna

Blayne went to reset his prank. Just as he started to hang them up again Zero appeared behind him. "Setting up a welcome prank for me again Blayne."

Blayne cringed and replied innocently "No I was setting one up for a mean bully that was coming here."

"Can I guess the bully's name? Zero, but you caught the three navigators instead I bet you were disappointed." Grinned Zero "now these three are going to be your navigators for the course that you six would be doing. Now follow me to the transferring room."

Over at the transferring room they met up with Layer and Alia. Layer is Zero's personal navigator. "Now we are going to do an obstacle course I'll go first so you know how to do it. Layer here my navigator is going to navigate me through it. Alia you can pick the teams while me and Layer get everything ready."

"Alright Corinna your with Blayne and Russel. Kristy you would be with Braidon and Stuart. And Denise you could go with Courtney and Whitney." Said Alia.

"So what is the mission or something?" Blayne asked.

"Well the operators tell the hunters what they do in the mission," Alia. "But what Zero wants to do is that the operators have to go with the hunters so that the hunters learn to follow on what to do and just in case to protect the one that's injured so that they can get a reploid out of the battle field and get that reploid repairs. So they can prepare to do two kind missions. Its two missions in one."

Layer began the transfer "All right transferring in one… two…th-"

"Wait! How do we get lunch?" Blayne yelled.

"Transferring now."

The trainees were transferred to the course.

"Why did you ask that question for?" Corinna asked Blayne.

"Last training mission he want us to get a bell before lunch time, I did not get a bell so I did not have lunch, I was tied to a post." Blayne said.

Corinna burst out laughing, "How come you didn't get a bell? Did you have to ask for someone for it? Maybe from a girl?"

Russel glared an icy look at her. "How will you feel when you have to fight Zero with a sore bottom?"

Corinna laughed harder. Blayne also gave her an icy glare "Don't push it female."

"Let's just do the mission O.K. guys?" Russel said.

"All right so what do we do navigator? Invaded that building over their steal some data?" Blayne said satanically pointing at the building near by.

Zero came on Blayne's radio "That's right Blayne" Zero said "but you also have protect your navigator."

"I was only being sarcastic!" Blayne said panicking, then fast as he could he said. "How do we get lunch?"

Zero chuckled. "Be happy th-"

Blayne interrupted him by singing a song "This little song I wrote, don't worry, be Happy! Do, do, do, dodo, don't worry be Happy!"

"Shut your trap! Blayne listen up! Be happy that the operators are watching so do your best against enemies like you did to me. And oh, you do get lunch anyway." Zero said with a scowl on his face. Then he linked out.

"All right I'll be defense while you be offense." Blayne said to Russel.

"Why am I offense? Your best at offence!" Russel replied.

"A good defense is a good offense, and a good offense is a good defense!"

As the small team walked to the building they fought some machanoloid's. To Blayne they where 10,000 time's weaker than Zero. He was hoping for enemy's that where at least half or a quarter as strong as Zero. As soon as they where in the building Corinna had some written info on her radio link.

"Finally they gave use info for this!" Corinna mumbled as she read it.

"So all have to do is go to the top floor eh?" Blayne asked. "Let's fly to the top Russel!"

"Last one there is a broken Maverick beaten by Zero!" Russel yelled.

"Will you ever forget that?" Blayne yelled after him.

"Guys, Are you forgetting someone?" Corinna yelled from below.

The two boys groaned as they turned around and looked at each other. "You're carrying her…"

Courtney and Whitney laughed hard as hyenas with a laughing problem as Blayne and Russel carried Corinna.

"Is this Zero's records of the trainee's that passed and failed?" Denise asked.

The other two girls' looked at the screen that Denise was looking at. "Yes that is." answered Whitney.

"How did you know Whitney?" asked Courtney.

"Confession I was bored so I hack into the HQ computers and found this info. That's Why I was nervous when Blayne told us that we have Zero, no one has ever passed aside from X and Axl."

"Well now so are we."

"We should check on how Blayne and his friends are doing."