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Chapter 10 Crush
"Get him off me." said N'kev as the large Sangheili was crushing him. Olut and Xue knelt beside him and rolled the big Sangheili on top of him.
"Sir, are you ok?" said Xue as she slapped the cheeks of the Sangheili gently to wake him up.
"Is he alive?" asked Olut as he helped N'kev up.
"…Ugh…" the Sangheili groaned.
"That answer's your question." said N'kev.
"Thanks for breaking my fall kid." said the Sangheili as he was helped up by Xue. He stretched his body, joints cracking as he did this.
This made N'kev get a good look at the Sangheili. He was a Sangheili wearing Spec Ops armor but even under the armor he could see that the skin was grey; about 8ft tall in height. He had red eyes that faded at the edges into a light red. From his looks N'kev guessed that he was about 24 years old.
"Your Spec Ops aren't you; who are you?" asked Olut looking at the Sangheili. The Sangheili smirked at him,
"Azu 'Zestom. Nice to meet you." he said extending his left arm to a handshake. The 3 looked at his arm and saw a peculiar scar on it. Azu noticed the curious look and acknowledged it,
"This." he said pointing to his scar, "Almost got killed by a brute."
"So you're a war veteran then?" asked Olut.
"Yup; fought alongside the Arbiter and the Demon himself." said Azu. Olut looked at him with awe.
"Speak of the Arbiter himself." said Azu as he looked behind the 3. The 3 turned around and they saw the Arbiter walking down the street, heading for the HQ. N'kev couldn't help but hide a private smile as he saw how his friends reacted to seeing the Arbiter. Thel was wearing his helmet; this concealed his identity to Olut and Xue.
"Azu, what are you doing here?" he asked surprised to see Azu along with N'kev and his friends.
"I fell from the 2nd floor rooftop. They forgot to put 'wet floor' signs again. This kid right here broke my fall." said Azu referring to N'kev. Thel smiled.
"I see… What brings you 3 here at HQ?" he asked even though he already knows why.
"We're here to start our tour of duty." said N'kev smirking at Thel.
"Oh, in that case I may see you 3 later. C'mon Azu we have to get to the meeting." said Thel and he calmly stode away.
"See you guys, later." said Azu as he followed the Arbiter into the building.
"Bye." said N'kev as he waved at them. He turned on his hoof to find that his 2 friends were clearly dazed at their first encounter with the Arbiter. He couldn't help snicker as he looked at their expressions.
"C'mon you two we need to go or else will be late for the orientation." said N'kev. The 2 seemed to snap out of their daze and return to themselves again.
"Ok." said the 2. The trio then entered the Headquarters of Homeland Security.
N'kev went to security check and entered the lobby. It was almost the same as SMEPS except for a few differences. The booths were no longer there but were replaced by a reception table that was being manned by 2 Sangheili. There was a bulletin board at the side that had the heading, 'Most Wanted'. It showed pictures of the most wanted Sangheili criminals in the city.
There were some benches on the side and a few potted plants. There were 2 elevators at the end and hallways at each side. A lot of people were moving about, mostly Sangheili wearing Spec Ops armor. The 3 approached the reception desk.
"How may I help you 3?" asked the female receptionist.
"We're here to start our tour of duty." answered N'kev as he showed her his ID pass. She looked at it and smiled,
"You must be the new recruits, please enter the door over there to get yourself your army IDs." she said pointing to a door at the right that had the title 'recruiting office.'
"Thank you." said N'kev, and the 3 made there way to the door. There was a small note at the side that said, 'One by one only.'
"I'll go first." said N'kev. His friends nodded and sat down on the bench. He opened the door and stepped in.
Inside was a Sangheili behind the desk that motioned for him to sit down the chair beside the desk. There was a monitor on top of the desk that faced the Sangheili. There was also a small printer at the side.
"Can I see your ID pass?" asked the Sangheili as N'kev sat down. He complied and gave him the ID pass. The Sangheili looked at it and began typing at the keyboard.
"Please correct the data if I am wrong." said the Sangheili. N'kev nodded. The Sangheili cleared his throat,
"Name: N'kev 'Xem.
Age: 16
Height: 7ft 5in
Rank applying for: Spec Ops
And Blood Type: B".
"Is this correct?" asked the Sangheili. N'kev nodded.
"Well then N'kev 'Xem," began the Sangheili. He pressed a button at the side and the printer aside began printing.
"Welcome to the Sangheili army." he said and took out the finished product. He handed it to N'kev. It was a small card that showed information about him along with a picture.
"This is your armor claim tag; head on over down to the armory to claim your armor. Your Spec Ops orientation will begin in about 10 minutes." said the Sangheili. N'kev nodded and head towards the door.
He stepped outside and said to his friends, "Your turn." N'kev sat down the bench while Olut went through the door. N'kev saw that there was a line being formed on the benches. He saw at least 5 more Sangheili whom was heading as well to the recruiting office.
After Olut's turn it was Xue's. A few minutes of waiting and then Xue came out. The trio then headed down the hallway. They followed the overhead signs and soon ended up on the armory. The armory itself also included a shooting range quite similar to the SMEPS. They also had many racks that were caged that house many types of weapons, humans and Sangheili ones.
They approached the desk and N'kev handed his ID to the personnel.
"Spec Ops eh?" he asked. N'kev nodded.
"Ok, just stepped over there at the assembler cubicle and step on the red X and spread out your arms." said the Sangheili pointing to the said area. N'kev complied and stepped onto the red X. The cubicle closed and an overhead light turned on.
"Please spread out your arms." said an electronic voice. He complied and then the voice said, "Scanning now." A red beam emerged from the bottom and went over N'kev's body from bottom to top. "Scanning complete; processing… Please open locker number A7 to get your armor and jumpsuit. Thank you." said the voice and the cubicle opened.
N'kev stepped out and went to the lockers. He searched for locker number A7 and opened it. There he found his complete armor set, including the jumpsuit. He started changing his clothes.
Up next at the scanner was Xue. After getting scanned she headed down the lockers to find her locker. She passed by N'kev's row of lockers to find him stripping his clothes. She quickly covered her eyes as she passed but he didn't seem to notice when she passed. But before she covered her eyes he managed to get a glimpse of him shirtless.
Xue suddenly felt a stirring in her lower region, seeing N'kev shirtless. He worked out well, had great abs and finely shaped pectorals. He was actually very handsome, come to think of it. It was his expression. N'kev always had this very...calm look. He always seemed calm and serious. But he can still be a nice person to hang out with. One thing caught her attention though; there was a peculiar looking scar on his chest.
Xue always found it quite nice to talk to N'kev even though he can be mischievous sometimes when he was with Olut goofing off. And his smile…She always felt warm and fuzzy whenever she saw him smiling at her.
'Condemnation, did I just develop a 'crush'?'
She quickly realized what she was thinking and stopped it and focused on changing for to her armor.
It felt good for N'kev to finally wear the armor; it was the Standard Issue Spec Ops armor. It was dark purple-ish in color. He had dreamed of this day ever since he started studying at the academy. Along with the ability of the shields, he also was excited of the Active Camouflage ability that was on the armor. He looked around and saw Olut who was now wearing his own armor. He placed his helmet over his head as he heard footsteps behind him.
He turned his head around only to see Xue, donned her armor on her. He found himself staring at her for quite a few short seconds whilst she did the same.
'Wow her armor suits her.' he thought to himself.
'She looks kinda cute… wait that's an understatement; she looks sexy in It.' he thought but immediately blushed as he realized the adjective he just used. Good thing he was wearing his helmet so that it wasn't obvious.
"What are you two staring at? C'mon we have to go or will be late." came Olut's voice behind the 2. N'kev's snapped out of the trance and quickly turned around like nothing happened. All of them stored their clothes at the locker and headed out.
"By any chance do you know where the Spec Ops orientation room would be located?" asked Olut.
"It's just down the hall, at the training room." answered the Sangheili.
"Thanks." replied Olut.
The trio headed down the halls wearing their armors. They followed the overhead signs and soon after ended up on the said training room. They door slid open and they stepped in. There were about 11 chairs there with 5 of them vacant. N'kev, Olut and Xue took their seats on the chair.
N'kev was deep in thought as he tried to contemplate what had happened back at the armory. He couldn't believe at what he had just done.
'I can't believe it. I was staring at her!' thought N'kev. He never felt attracted to a female before in his life; sure there was some pretty girls back at the academy when he was studying. But at that time he was too busy studying to even take notice of them that much. This was the first time something like this happened to him.
Sure Xue was nice; she was always there for N'kev along with Olut. The 2 of them were N'kev's first 2 people he ever got to talk to when he arrived at the academy.
Xue was also on the same train of thought as N'kev. She was also somewhat embarrassed at the 'staring' incident that had happened back at the armory. Ever since she saw N'kev shirtless she couldn't get the image out of her head.
All of them looked up as they heard the door open and 3 people entered the room.
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