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Chapter 20
"It's still fucking dark outside." Luke complained leaning against the brick wall. I clicked my tongue in frustration. These damn pants don't stay up for anything. Lal just snorted looking about half dead. Tandoku hummed to herself while Maria and Lingo spoke to themselves. Pulling the camo-cargo pants up once more I saw Geo walking out of the base and towards us.
"Glad to see we're all awake." He said looking down at the clipboard he held in his hand. If looks could kill Lal would have killed him by now. "Geo it's four in the morning maybe we should postpone this until the sun comes up?" Tandoku suggested looking at the doctor.
"We're already running late on the test. Now everyone's passed the tests on survival skills, rescue and basic knowledge and knowhow. So started today we will test physical capabilities." Geo explained flipping through his papers.
"I suggest we postpone this because the people with classes have to give out midterms today." Maria said crossing her arms over her chest.
"We already have that handled, now let's head to the running room."
"Bullshit I'm putting different pants on." I snapped. Turning on my heel I walked back to my room to grab some shorts.
"I don't think I did so well." Metello said walking out of Maria's class room. Emidio just shrugged and looked towards Colonnello. "What about you?" He asked.
"It wasn't too hard, kora. Then again I spent all night studying for Lal's. That one I probably failed, kora." He laughed.
"Don't you find it weird that all of the trainers disappeared?" Emidio asked.
"My dear friends there is no reason to worry. They will come back stronger and ready to kill us all." Rohas said appearing out of nowhere. Metello jumped before realizing who it was.
"Must you do that, kora?" Colonnello asked feeling his racing heart slow down. Rohas frowned but soon it disappeared with a smile replacing it. "Colonnello, Geo is requesting you."
"Good luck" Metello and Emidio chimed knowing nothing good came from that man.
"Why" Colonnello asked leaving the two to walk with Rohas to where ever he was leading him. Rohas remained silent and took Colonnello down into a part of the base that was off limits. "Rohas, kora"
"Don't worry." He said turning the corner. Standing by some control panels and a giant glass wall, Geo was marking things down and ordering people around. "Geo I got him!" Rohas shouted.
The man turned and motioned them over. "Colonnello" He greeted before turning away from them to talk to some man. Colonnello let his eyes wander over to the glass to see all the trainers.
"Rohas what are they doing, kora?"
"Running on treadmills." He said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"You know what I meant, kora."
"Trainers have to keep up their skills. So once a year they get evaluated and stuff. It just so happens this time it runs into your midterms, but specifically at this moment Geo is looking at stamina and speed." Rohas explained.
Colonnello opened his mouth to say something else but Geo cut him off. "Colonnello what do you feed her?" He asked looking up from his clipboard.
"Excuse me, kora?" Colonnello asked completely confused at what he was talking about.
"Aldina, what do you feed Aldina?"
"Um..well she gets coffee and some type of pastry for breakfast and for lunch it's really whatever is being served, kora. " He stated.
"Well I want you to keep it up. At this rate she'll be at a healthy weight." Geo said and went back to watching the trainers do their runs. Colonnello made a sound of agreement before turning back to Rohas.
"By the way don't tell Aldina about her weight gain." Rohas laughed.
"Why, kora"
"Well, last year she gained three pounds and I told her so we could celebrate but she was so devastated that she didn't talk to me for a month. Then again she was so concentrated on losing the weight she gained that she landed herself in the hospital twice. In the end she lost almost ten." Rohas explained looking at the girl of their conversation.
Colonnello frowned at the stupidity. He seriously worried about Rohas sometimes. "I'll handle her if she finds out, kora. Now I have to go study. Come get me when their done, kora."
"I'm so tired." Tandoku breathed out laying out on the floor. Sweat covered her face and stained the front of her shirt and underneath her arms. If I had anything to say she looked the best out of us. Pushing the hair that fell out of my ponytail away from my face I finally noticed that Lingo had disappeared. Damn it why was he so quiet?
"I hope you used your break because it's time to start with obstacles." Geo said leaning against the door frame.
"Obstacles?!" Luke shouted in disbelief. I hope in some way that Geo finds himself trapped in hell to burn for eternity. "None of us have even had breakfast yet. You're going to kill us."
"As you're the only one complaining Luke I'm going to ignore it. Now I expect everyone to be outside in five minutes, any later I will force you to go without lunch." Geo stated before leaving us.
My head snapped towards Lal. "If you don't do something I will." I hissed. Her eyes lazily met mine but she didn't say a thing. She was tired, worn out and was in need of a full day by herself much like us all. My stomach twisted tightly before making a sound. Sighing I hung my head and started for the door.
Luke lied down on his back and shoved me back and forth with his foot. I clung onto the rope and made sure my ass was still sitting on the knot on the bottom so I didn't fall. His foot pressed against my thigh again and pushed me away. "You're making me sick." I stated rested my forehead against the rope. The lack of caffeine is making have a headache.
"I'm bored." He said without looking up. Everyone else was climbing their ropes to the top. Luke being the asshole he is finished in seconds before the rest of us even touched it, excluding me of course. So when he came back down he decided that he would join me. To be honest I rather he'd leave me alone but with Olive being absent he had no one to talk to. "You do know that Geo's going to kill you?" He asked.
"I've never climbed the rope before so he shouldn't be so surprised." I said watching Maria try to get her skinny ass to the top. At least it was entertaining. Suddenly a shadow blocked the sunlight. Looking up I saw Geo standing in front of me with a frown.
"Yes" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"What are you doing?"
"Playing Tarzan with Luke." I said as Luke pushed me to the side. Geo let his eyes wander towards the big man for a moment before turning back.
"Do you plan to fail the rope exercise again this year?" Geo asked holding up his clipboard and flipping to my page.
"I didn't think you needed to ask. It's not like I could do it even if I tried." I said looking up the length of it. There would be no way in hell I'd even make it halfway up.
Geo rubbed his head in frustration. "If you let me conduct surgery on your shoulder it wouldn't hurt to do normal things."
"Rope climbing isn't normal." I said.
"You can hardly left a box heavier than twenty pounds without it swelling up. It's not healthy and if you don't get surgery it'll only get worse."
"I guess I'll just have to live with it." I said finishing the conversation.
"Not that I don't like hearing about shoulders and stuff but since Aldina's not gonna climb can we get something to eat?" Luke asked sitting up with the help of his elbows.
"No" Geo said and left. Luke gave me a look and I got up. He jumped up to his feet and we walked out of the area. It's not like he can tell us when and when not to eat, besides he's a medical professional it's against his code to let people go hungry.
"I want a taco." Luke said.
"That's fantastic but we don't give out tacos, Luke." I said walking into the cafeteria. Almost instantly I spot Rohas with the boys at their table. Leaving Luke to find food I walked over. "Shouldn't you guys be studying?" I asked crossing my arms.
"We were hungry." Metello mumbled with all the food in his mouth. He's obviously taking after Rohas to much. Rohas just shrugged not noticing the impact he has.
"Should you be with other trainers?"
Ignoring him skillfully I looked to the empty spot in front of him. "Where's Colonnello?" I asked. It was strange not seeing him around, and I knew he wasn't studying. If his high school grades were anything to go by I'm sure he has no idea how to. An arm wrapped around my shoulder and in the hand was a cup of coffee. Turning to the person rough warm lips pressed against my temple.
"It's nice to know your concerned, kora." He whispered against my head. Snatching the coffee from his hand I huffed. What an idiot. "I thought you'd be outside, kora."
Sitting down after he did, I rested my head on my hand and took a sip of the coffee. It was slightly sweet but nothing I couldn't deal with. "So why are you here, General?" Emidio asked breaking the silence at the table.
"I finished what was needed so I walked off."
"Which means they're doing rope climbing." Rohas cleared up. Rolling my eyes I went back to draining my coffee.
"You don't like climbing, kora?" Colonnello asked.
"More like she can't. Aldina has a bad right shoulder, so it's hard for her to do certain things." Rohas explained giving away my personal information right off the bat.
"They didn't need to know that Rohas." I stated placing my empty cup on Colonnello's tray. He didn't seem to mind or he didn't notice but it wouldn't matter to me, he was throwing it away whether he liked it or not.
"What happened?" Emidio asked concerned.
"I wasn't paying attention while I was on a tour and someone shot me at the joint." I said. I really had nothing to hide. If they wanted to know how I got it, I'd tell them. Now where and who I was with is a different story.
"Was that before or after the one's on your hands, kora?" Colonnello asked.
"Two days before, but I'm just estimating."
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Luke walking out of the room with half a taco hanging from his lips. He must have seduced the lunch ladies into making it for him. Lucky bastard. "So what does Geo have planned for the rest of today and tomorrow." Rohas asked finishing his food.
"I have my special test and then we have the obstacle course to finish. Tomorrow the psychiatrist is coming in early and then it's fighting styles. Though I'm sure he'll shove something in." I said.
Metello quickly nudged Emidio in the side. His eyes were wide and held a bit of fear. "Metello what the hell is wrong with you?" I asked.
He raised his hand and pointed behind me. I looked over my shoulder only to come face to face with a very familiar person. His face was full of wrinkles and the smile he graced me was twisted. "Doctor how are you?" I asked feeling Colonnello tense up behind me.
"My, my General you've only gotten prettier this past year, and look at those beautiful legs of yours. I'm sure-"
"Can we help you, kora." Colonnello snapped at the man cutting him off.
The doctor just chuckled and held out his hand for me to take. "It's time for our appointment. I have all the equipment ready so we may start immediately. Unless..." His eyes traveled over to Colonnello and sneered, "you're bringing friends."
Standing up, I pushed his hand away. "Thank you for coming. Boys, I expect you to behave." With those words I left them to follow after the doctor. We weren't even down the hall and I'm positive if he doesn't shut up in the next few seconds I'm gonna have to shut him up myself.
He brought us outside and opened a gate door. I guess we'll be performing this inside a closed off area. His hand wrapped around me arm and dragged me over to his table. Almost instantly he started to put sensors on my chest. "When I'm finished I'd like you to warm up with a single rope. Then when Dr. Geo gets here we'll start." Nodding my head, one of his nurses gave me a rope and motioned for me to start.
She watched for me for some time. She went back and forth between making sure the sensors worked and that I wasn't pushing myself to much. Apparently with the cold weather they didn't want any of the trainers to push themselves and get sick. Though in my opinion is wasn't very cold but it's not good to argue with professionals, save for Geo.
And while we're talking about Geo. He finally decides to show up and not alone. Rohas and Colonnello trail after him talking up a storm. "Alright General let's get going." The doctor said moving me over to the machines.
"Looks like we got here on time." Geo stated stopping in front of the gates. Rohas leaned his back against it and yawned.
"It's just going to end up like last year." He muttered.
"So what's going on, kora?" Colonnello asked watching as his girl walked over to two machines. Each machine held the end of two ropes and looked like they were getting ready to play double-dutch.
"Well it pretty much what it looks like." Rohas said scratching his head.
"Aldina specializes in footwork that's why she had you at one point jump rope. She also specializes at tough terrains unlike Lal who works well with water. She believes that jumping rope is the best way to get better footwork. It's easy and simple." Geo informed the blonde.
"Is that another reason why she's in charge of rescue missions, kora?" Colonnello asked.
"Of course. Most kidnappings or hostages are usually held in harsh environments." Rohas laughed.
"They're starting" Geo said.
Colonnello watched as she was placed in the middle of the ropes. The doctor from before gave her a thumbs up before pushing a button. He saw her adjusted her feet before the ropes started to move.
It started out slow. She would hop every now and then but nothing to interesting. It wasn't until she gave the doctor a thumbs up back that he starting turning a knob. The ropes sped up scaring him a bit. The sound of it hitting the ground was loud enough to make him flinch. She slowly hooked her hands behind her neck. Her body was bent forward and her knees came high to her chest.
He couldn't see her face as pieces of her hair fell blocking his view. "Just like I said. It's the same as last year." Rohas stated.
"She hasn't hit the max yet." Geo retorted.
Colonnello completely ignored the two and kept his eyes on her feet. It was as if she never touched the ground. He never knew that when she talked about footwork she wanted this. It was almost impossible.
"Dr. Geo we have reached max limit." The doctor shouted with a smile on his face.
Colonnello turned towards Rohas to see him picking at his nails. "Where did she learn to do this, kora?"
Rohas looked up in surprise. "Oh well I don't really know that. I mean she did a bunch of stuff so she probably just merged everything she learned together."
"You're an idiot." Geo stated looking down at his clipboard. "Aldina learned it mostly from boxing. She just apply it to other things."
"She use to box, kora?!"
"Well she's not very good at anything that doesn't involve beating someone up. She can't sing, or dance and she can barely do a front roll correctly. She not tall enough to play certain sports and she doesn't have good aim." Rohas said.
"If you don't count a gun." Geo put in.
"So boxing was really the only thing she could do well." Rohas finished.
Colonnello let his eyes wander back to his girl. The ropes fell to the ground slowly and her feet stopped. Her hands found their way to her knees keeping her from falling over. Two nurses came to her side and started asking questions. She didn't answer them. She was mostly focused on catch her breath and not passing out.
"She passed this one." Geo stated before leaving them.
Rohas pushed himself off of the gate and patted Colonnello on the shoulder. "Wouldn't want to be her enemy, huh?"