14

Rebecca woke to the sound of crashing pots and pans and the sound of the instructor's yelling. She glanced over at her clock and groaned; it read 6:00am.

"Get up, training exercise starts in quarter of an hour!" the instructor screamed, smashing a saucepan with a metal rod to make a deafening clatter "Report to the range, and if you're late, expect some severe penalties!"

Rebecca got up to see Boz sitting at the end of his bed already dressed. "Mornin'" he remarked casually with a smirk, passing a stack of fabric to Rebecca. "Here's some new clothes for the training exercise."

Rebecca swung herself out of her bed, and looked at the green-brown camouflage t-shirt and trousers she had been given. She stood up and then looked at Boz expectantly. He finally figured it out.

"Oh, um..." he murmurered blushing lightly, feeling rather stupid due to how long it took for him to realize Rebecca was waiting for him to leave so that she could change clothes. "I'll just go then..."

After the Boz had left and shut the door behind him, Rebecca changed her clothes and proceeded to walk down the hall to the meeting point, knowing she wouldn't get there in time if she showered. She arrived to see that Naali was still to arrive. She chatted with Boz about what they were going to do until Naali ran down the hall, just in time. The instructor sighed.

"I was looking forward to watching one of you running laps." she stated, disappointed "Oh well, I suppose I'll get my chance. Here." the bear spoke, throwing a paper bag to all of them "Here's your breakfast. We'll eat on the way there."

"Where are we going now?" Naali asked, peering hopefully into the paper bag.

"Military training zone for SWAT." the instructor explained, already starting to walk to the van "Come on guys, hurry up!" she called back at them "We've got to get going, or we won't get there in time."

The journey to the training zone was uneventful. All the three trainees did was eat their rather small meal, while the instructor drove in silence. The area which they were driving through looked like a huge expanse with farmland and a small village in the distance. The polar bear slowed and stopped outside a abandoned-looking building, about the size of a school. Rebecca looked outside to see a police car with the ZPD insignia parked nearby.

"Today, you are testing your skills against real agents." the instructor revealed, leaving the car to walk toward a small shed, the others following "First, we have a hostage situation. There are four ZPD agents already inside that building, and a single hostage. Your objective is to extract the hostage or eliminate all four agents without harming the hostage. You must be wearing the armor provided; we are using real guns with simunition here, and if you aren't wearing it, it could be a real problem. If you are hit in a non-lethal area twice or a lethal area once, you are dead and must wait for the simulation to be over." the inspector opened the door dramatically. "Take anything you like, and make a plan. You have half an hour. Once you've completed this, you can be put into active duty, and we'll keep repeating it until you get it right. That's all the information I can tell you." she turned and left the three agents to gaze at the equipment they had been given. A map of the building showing both floors and all entry and exit points was posted to the back wall with other useful information surrounding it. There were three sets of armor, as well as a gun rack holding all the equipment they could possibly want; riot shields, pistols, shotguns, the whole lot. Under the left gun rack there was a bucket filled with simunition-loaded magazines for all of the guns they had access to.

"So how are we going to do this?" Boz asked "Eliminate or extract?"

"I think we should just try to get the hostage." Naali answered, already putting on "We're already outnumbered; we should take the easiest option."

"I agree." Rebecca reinforced, pointing to the map. "There are multiple entry and exit points, they can't cover all of them with just 4 guys."

The three agents decided that they should attempt to find the hostage by clearing each individual room together. Naali, who was worst at shooting, chose to take riot shield and Glock, mainly so he could block shots heading toward Rebecca and Boz, while giving some cover-fire. Rebecca took a single-shot rifle similar to the one she had used the previous day and a Five-Seven pistol as her arms of choice, while Boz snagged an automatic shotgun and his classic revolver. They decided to breach from the right door to the building; it had little cover for anyone defending it to use.

"Time to get going, I suppose." Naali muffled, the sound of his voice somewhat distorted due to the protective mask he was wearing.

Not too much to say about this chapter, only that Zenith88 was kind enough to proof-read it. I do hope you enjoy the chapter anyways. Keep the reviews coming, I am excited to read them. -Elements_King