Ok guys heres another one for ya. Ichibod Alex was sent to the nurses office so im assuming you meant Brad. Read this chapter to find out. As for the lost chapter most are pretty much either alternate versions to some chapters or things that I couldnt or didnt want to post on Some would even lead to completly different story lines.
Dark Days of School
Chapter 10: The Corps?
Alex left the nurses office around lunch. He met up with Cyn and Aramaine. He dropped into his
usual seat between them.
"Alex what happened to Brad? They took him away in an ambulance around second period."
"Oh that? I had enough of his crap."
"What?"
"I smashed his face into the desk like I claimed I would do someday."
"Alex!"
"What? He deserved it!"
"Im sure he did but you cant go back to jail." Alex rolled his eyes at her.
"Yea yea I know." Aramaine turned to Alex.
"Hey man you goin' to that presentation today?" Alex raised an eyebrow.
"Yea man they are havin' some dude from the Cornerian Space Forces come and try to persuade us to sign up.
Im goin' ta get outta class." Alex chuckled.
"Well if thats the case then I'm going to."
"It's right after lunch so we can go together." Alex cocked his eyebrow.
"Why Aramaine...together? I didn't know you cared." He said sarcasticly. Aramaine punched him in the shoulder hard.
"Quit makin' fun o' me!"
"Ahhhhh you know im just messing with you." Alex shook his head.
"What about you Cyn you coming too?"
"I dont think so Alex. I have no desire to ever join the military. And unlike you two I like class."
Alex leaned in close to her and whispered in her ear.
"Nerd." She shoved him back into Aramaine knocking them both out of their seats.
"Chill Cyn just a joke." The bell rang and the three stood. Alex and Aramaine said bye to Cyn and made
their way to the auditorium. Alex and Aramaine found seats near the front. Alex leaned back and propped
his feet up. On the stage were various posters of space fighters and other large capital ships. The room
was barely occupied when the lights dimmed leaving only one spot light on the podium. An older looking male
red fox came to the podium. He had streaks of grey running from his temples back. He gave a warm smile to the few
that attended.
"Good afternoon guys. Im Captain Vixo McCloud. I run the CS Freedom.
I know that some of you are probably just here to get out of afternoon classes."
Alex looked over at Aramaine.
"But for the few who may actually be interested in the military listen up. It is a rewarding service that..."
Alex felt himself falling asleep at the captains words. A few minutes later he was being shaken awake.
The captain stared down at him with an almost evil grin.
"So wanna sleep while im giving a presentation eh? Well you can come up here while I show off the equipment."
McCloud dragged Alex onto the stage.
"What we have here..." He held up a full helmet. Orange glass was across the front. "...is the TX-21 Special Forces
tactical squad command helmet. This one actually belonged to a good friend of mine. This young man will try it on."
"What?" Alex started to protest but McCloud shoved the helmet down on his head. The helmet winked on and the orange
glass seemed to dissolve into nothing even though Alex could tell it was still there. A heart rate monitor winked on
in the upper left and it showed a normal beat. Alex read the words Shadow Leader scratched into the top
of the visor. McCloud resumed talking.
"This is normally used only by squad leaders as it allows for easy communication between squad mates and
command forces. Normally it would show various other displays other than this young mans heart rate, but he doesnt
have any other equipment...yet." McCloud pulled a black shirt out from the podium and slipped it on Alex. It felt
like a fluid. A new display winked on. It looked like the shirt only blue.
"This is the Protecto Co. MT-04 photo-absorbing protective vest. It can abosrb tremendous amounts of laser and
plasma fire." McCloud pulled a rifle from the podium this time and tossed it to Alex. He caught it and held it up.
Two new displays winked into existance. One was an ammo counter in the lower left that flashed a red 0. The other
was a targeting reticule that was directly over McCloud. The reticule glowed green.
"This rifle that he has is the AIR-9. The most recent model. It includes hyper laser capabilties as well as
versitily. You can attach various components turning it into a sniper rifle, anti-armor launcher, shotgun, and
a few others. Well son if you will take off that helmet and armor and kindly give me back my gun you can sit down."
Alex did so and returned to his seat. Aramaine was grinning.
"I wish I could have got a chance to handle that equipment." Alex glared at him. He hated being infront of a crowd.
The captain continued his words and alex watched tiredly. After the presentation the two left the auditorium.
"Ya know Alex I think I might join up after that." Alex looked over at Aramaine and raised his eyebrow.
"Make sure you know what your getting into before you do that." Aramaine waved his hands dismissivly to Alex.
The two parted ways and Alex made his way to the bus. He found the seat where Cyn was and plopped down beside her.
She smiled at him as he sat. The bus ride was short as many people werent riding today. Alex stepped off the bus with a sigh."Looks like another day down. Only another hundred and sixty to go."
Wow that chapter was needed. A more fun chapter to take a break from all that sadness and violence.