Time to get physical.
Like Gym but with a Chance of Death
(P.O.V. none, Freedom HQ)
The girls went through the rest of their lessons smoothly. Well, all except Rainbow. Sally's tactical skills lessons were so drab she practically drowned out what she was saying, well almost if to weren't for Applejack who would keep nudging her awake. This was the same pattern for the next class with Tails and Nicole as they as they went over different types of firewalls and computer systems and how to get through them with ease. Twilight and Sunset seemed the most interested in the lesson though asking questions which made the class last 30 minutes longer than it should have. The survival skills lesson was a bit of a pick me up though as her survival wilderness camp skills were coming into play easing through the class. Now the girls were walking to their last class of the day and the one that Rainbow has been pumped for the most. She was so ready for this class that the others could feel her excitement,
"Someone's excited." Rarity teased. Rainbow looked at her with a grin,
"Of course I'm excited! We finally get to learn how to fight back! Who wouldn't be excited?" Exclaimed the excited Rainbow.
"Well, I don't know if I would say I'm excited. But more nervous and a bit scared." Fluttershy admitted. Rainbow went and wrapped an arm around the timid girl,
"Listen, Flutters I know you're not the whole combat and fighting type but if we're going to be going out there with GUN on our tails we got to know how to defend ourselves." Rainbow explained. The timid girl knew her friend was right though the thought of running into GUN again frightened her more but she wouldn't tell Rainbow.
"You're right Rainbow, I shouldn't be nervous but eager to learn." Fluttershy responded her tone a tad more hopeful. Rainbow grined big at her friend,
"That's the spirit. Plus you know who the trainer for this class right?" Rainbow asked teasingly. At that Fluttershy blushed madly which got the group to laugh. The laughing slowed and ended when they made it to the massive training room still in slight awe at its size. The girls walked in and saw there trainer sitting on a stool reading something on his pad. Soler was dressed differently this time wearing a white tank top with green cargo pants and black running shoes. A moon pendant dangles around his neck as he continued reading whatever it was he was reading. The girls walked further towards him and stopped a few feet from him in a line. They waited a few seconds but Soler was busy reading on his device not even noticing them. The too eager Rainbow couldn't wait any longer,
"Soler we're here and ready to train." she said yet he didn't respond or move in the slightest. The way he was acting was confusing the girls to be said the least but before they say something again he finally spoke,
"Go get changed into you're training gear and come back here. Once you're back we'll start you're training. Also, there are lockers, you all will pick one and place your name on it." he said with looking up. The girls sensing they weren't getting any more from him and went to do exactly what he said leaving Soler alone and only then did he look up from his device. He looked towards the locker rooms and sighed,
"Welp time to get this show on the road." Soler pulled out a pair of aviator shades and put them on.
"Yes I know there clique but whatever they'll help with this section of the story." he said to no one. A few moments passed and the girls returned all sporting the same set of attire, black fitted tank tops, with matching black yoga pants and black sneakers. (You can tell the color theme of this one). They each put their hairs into ponytails now. Soler was impressed though he didn't show it with the shades blocking his eyes. The girls all stopped in a line in front of Soler in a line,
"Not bad ladies. How do you feel?"
"Well the clothes aren't too bad but they are dreadfully drab. Is there any way I could liven these up a bit?" Rarity asked.
"No. You all wear one color meaning you all are part of one team and are one entity. Any alterations means you see yourself as different or better than the rest." Soler explained.
"Ok clothes means unity got it. So could we get down to business." Rainbow interrupted. Soler looked at her not saying a word and a sudden pressure was felt for a brief moment. It subsided when he sighed,
"In just a sec RD. First I have to explain the point of this class besides just teaching you how to fight. The purpose of this class is not for you to be able to kick-ass but so that on field missions you are prepared for any situation that happens to you and your team or partner. Speaking of partners those who want to go out on field missions you will get to choose a partner of your choice. Though the partner has to be one of the other members of the Freedom Fighters since you all are inexperienced. So before I continue those that want to do more field missions step up now." he spoke. There was no hesitation when Rainbow, Applejack, and Sunset stepped forward. He smirked,
"Figured it be you three. Alright, you can send me your partner request after class but I have a good idea of who you three want. So to move on with this class. When you girls step into this place or whenever it's time for our class I am not Soler. You will refer to me as sir. When you are here there is no room for insubordination. You will do as I say, if you have a question then that is allowed other than that you will carry out orders with no question. In this class, I promise you all that I will break each and every one of you, mentally, physically, and emotionally. I know it might seem like I don't care but I'm only pushing you all so that you all have the highest survival rate. So to wrap things up I'd say to think of this class as gym but with a chance of death if you fail." Soler smirked at that,
"Yeah, I like that. Gonna have to remember that one." he said to himself. The girls were all quiet and even some had worrying faces,
"Hey don't worry though I'll make things a bit easier and tell you that you have no choice to back out," he said.
"That doesn't help." Twilight spoke.
"Oh, I know. Now with no more questions let's begin shall we?" Soler pushed a button on his table and in the corners of the room black bins rose up from the ground.
"Don't worry today is going to just basic exercises so I can see where you all are starting. But these are going to push you girls today. So up first is running laps." Soler said. They looked at him kinda confused,
"Is that it?" Rainbow questioned. They could feel the small glare he gave Rainbow,
"I'll let that slide this time Miss. Dash. But don't doubt this there's a reason this is the first task today. You see those bins are there for a fun reason. See your first task today is for each and every one of you to throw up in the bins at least once. And when I say all of you I mean all of you. So those more athletic than others and more endurance be prepared to be running for quite a while. And even if you've thrown up once you're going to keep running until everyone else has. This will build endurance and help me see where you're at. Any questions?" There was a silence among the girls but reluctantly Applejack raised her hand,
"Good! Now everyone get running now!" Soler shouted completely ignoring AJ's question. The girls were reluctant to move at first still processing things but Soler's shaded glare gave them the courage to start running. What the girls didn't know was that the room also had a small viewing room that overlooked the training area. In this room was Shadow and Sonic who was watching the girls run around the training area,
"Man Soler sounds like he's going to be rough on the girls." Sonic said,
"That's exactly the reason he's training them. He won't hold back on them but push them harder because he cares. Plus Soler is a tad bit sadistic." Shadow added. Sonic looked at Shadow knowingly. But before he could say anything the door to the room opened and in walked Sally.
"Hey, I hope I haven't missed anything."
"Nope, the show just started." Sonic said. Sally took her place next to him and watched with them Soler putting the girls through some rough day one training. Twilight was the first puke and Fluttershy was soon after. The other girls were still going but it looked like the next one to go was going to be Pinkie.
"Man Soler's a rough trainer." Sally commented,
"That's exactly what I said."
"Rough or not he'll get the job done. Speaking of do you have the information from their classes?" Shadow asked. Sally nodded,
"Yep, I'm sending you the data now." Sally tapped a few commands on her tablet and sent the info to Shadows who read through the data.
"As you can see from the classes each we have a good idea on where each one would be best placed."
"Yeah. I expected Twilight to accel at the tech position much like Sunset. And Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy to be better at survival skills. It's good to see Sunset do good at leadership but it says Rarity has a good understanding of tactician skills too. That's a good surprise. And Pinkie-"
"Is the wildcard." Shadow and Sally both said. Shadow sighed but figured that's how Pinkie would turn out. But he'd figure out where best to place her later on.
"Well, at least we have a good idea of their strengths. Now it's up to Soler to draw out hidden weaknesses." he said.
"Oh, I don't think Soler will have a problem with that." Sonic joked as he watched. Soler watched the girls continue their running with Rainbow being the only one still going strong. He looked at the stopwatch impressed. She was still going and it was over thirty minutes in,
Not bad Rainbow, not bad. He thought as he put in some notes on his pad. Five more minutes passed and that was all she wrote. Rainbow upchucked in the nearest bin and Soler stopped the stopwatch.
"37'44. Not bad Rainbow. Alight ladies that's it for the running so gather up!" he shouted. Groggily the girls slowly made their way over to him some worse than others. When they lined up Soler was doing his best not to laugh at the site of them all.
"You guys look like you've been through one hell of a roller-coaster." he joked. The glares he got back spoke volumes,
"Alright I know this was hell but it helped me get a lot of good data on where to start you all in endurance. So let me go through the time's list from first to last on who emptied their stomachs. First with 5'23 Twilight, next with 7'46 Fluttershy, tied with 10'56 Rarity and Pinkie Pie, with 15'77 Sunset, 19'60 Applejack, and finally with an impressive 37'44 Rainbow Dash. How do ya feel champ running the longest?" he asked her. Rainbow was too busy trying to breath to even give him a glare,
"Well, either way now that I got this it's clear to see where the cap should be. So for your first goals of the week, all of you should be able to run for 30 minutes straight." Twilight nearly passed out hearing that.
"Don't you think that's a bit much?" Applejack asked still winded. Soler eyed her questionably but let this one slide,
"I said that you all had to be able to run thirty minutes continuously. Of course, I'm not going to make you all just go for the thirty right off the bat. You'll all have different starting points and work your way up from there. That's how most of your goals will be here. You all will have the same goal but depending on where you're starting you all will have different starting points. To me, it doesn't matter where you start but just that you finish where everyone else is so that you all are on even terms. Does that clear things up?" AJ just nodded her head.
"Ok good. Now you all go refresh yourselves up and be back in ten. We gotta get through the rest of your drills for today." The girls gave a collection of grunts and moans as they went back to the washrooms. Soler watched them leave and he smiled,
"These girls are going to be so strong by the time this is over." in his mind he saw the girls walking strong side by side heads held high. Back with the ones watching them Shadow was taking little notes every here and there. Sonic noticed this and was very curious,
"Hey, Shads what are you taking notes of?" he asked.
"Just observations." he responded. Soon enough the girls came back out looking only slightly better than when they came in. They watched as Soler put them through the rest of their measurements from strength to flexibility. The girls quickly got those done which surprised Soler because there was an hour left for their first day.
"Well well, then ladies you guys went through those faster than expected. You still got an hour left of you're first class." he said. The girls didn't groan afraid of having to do more work than they wanted. Soler looked at the girls and could see the exhaustion clearly both mental and physical. Though he would love to put them through some more training he decided that since this was first training class he'd give them some slack.
"Alright you girls did pretty well today so I think I'll let you guys go early today. But tomorrow we're going to be actually getting into combat training so be prepared. You're all dismissed." he said. The girls rejoiced at the new but didn't show it being way too tired to so they just all slowly went to get their things to leave for home and get some much-needed showering, food and rest. Back up with the three watching Shadow put away his tablet done with his notes,
"Well, I'm surprised he actually let them go early. I could have sworn he'd keep them longer." Shadow said.
"Hey, I'm glad he did. Rainbow looked like she was about ready to keel over." Sonic said.
"Yes, Soler did push them a lot for their first session. Sadly I feel he could have been much worse." Sally added. Shadow nodded,
"Oh, he could have been. But anyway I'm going back to the house to start my assessment with today's data. Sonic I expect you to be heading the same way?"
"Of course gotta see how the girls are holding up." he responded.
"Well, then I guess this is where we part ways. I got to get tomorrow's lesson ready. I'll see you, boys, later." Sally said leaving the two.
"Well let's follow suit then Shadow. Homeward bound we go!" Sonic declared as the two left the viewing room.
Rainbow flopped down on the couch and left out a large sigh,
"Jeez Soler wasn't messing around for a first class." she groaned. Rarity laid down over Silvers lap,
"Yes he was quite brutal." she said. Silver just smiled and scratched her head much to her pleasure.
"I knew Soler was going to work you girls hard but not this hard." Knuckles said.
"I hear ya, partner. I don't think I've never been so worn out." Aj said leaning against Knuckles. After classes, the girls swiftly and quickly made it back to house bodies sore and worn out from Soler's training. They all showered and changed into pj's satisfied with staying in for the rest of the day even though it was only turning midday. Silver and Knuckles had been home having left after their classes were over and were talking about classes and watching some T.V. In through the front door Shadow and Sonic entered the room full of their friends. Sonic smiled seeing the girl,
"You girls did great today. I mean you guys didn't do much as in training but for starting you all did great." He said while making his way over to Rainbow and sitting next to her.
"Yes, you girls did exceptionally better for your first day than I thought you were going to do." Shadow said taking a seat near Pinkie who immediately pounced on him though his expression didn't change much.
"I'm glad to here we did well but did Soler have to be so rough for our first day?" RD asked.
"I have t agree with Rainbow that was pretty rough. I figured it was going to be tough but that seemed a bit much." Sunset added. The other girls agreed nodding with her. Fluttershy was petting Luna holding her in her lap. Not soon after Fluttershy felt someone playing with her hair. She looked up to see Soler looking down at her with a smile,
"Sup." he said gaining everyone else attention,
"Wait when did you even walk in?" Rainbow questioned. Soler shrugged hopping over the couch and sitting next to Fluttershy,
"Oh, you know I just teleported in. You know you guys should really learn to keep your guard up. An assassin from GUN could have snuck in." he said.
"GUN has assassins?" Twilight asked.
"Of course they do. Though the city is pretty well defended so I wouldn't fully expect any to up." he responded. Rainbow shot up from her seat though instantly regretting it her soreness coming to life but she ignored that at the moment,
"Why were you so hard on us today?" she asked.
"Well really I had planned for you girls to do more today but I decided that after how rough you all looked I should give you break for today. But if you think that was hard man then tomorrow's class is going to be hell for you." he responded with a smirk. Rainbow flinched hearing that tomorrow could be worse than today and she wasn't the only one.
"Relax ladies. Listen I know things are going to be rough in the beginning but after a week you'll be used to the training and by then it'll get rougher but I know you'll manage." he said.
"I hope you're right about that." Sunset said. Soler could feel Fluttershy tense some under his arm.
"Something wrong Flutters?" he asked. Fluttershy eased at his voice and looked at him and shook his head,
"It's nothing. I'm just thinking about something." she responded. Soler could feel it was something important but he decided to let it go and figure that she'll tell him in time. Soon everyone relaxed from a long day of teaching and learning. As everyone relaxed and talked Sonic noticed Tails wasn't around,
"Hey anybody seen Tails?" he asked. Twilight perked at his question,
"Tails told me he was going to be in late tonight. He's trying to finish up some modifications to the Typhoon. He should be back soon though." she answered. Not but a few seconds after she said that Tails walked into the room covered in grease marks,
"Tails you look just awful. What happened sweetie?" Rarity asked.
"Oh I was working on the Typhoon trying to get it turned into more of a mobile base for field usages and along the way, there may have been some bumps in the road. But don't worry I was able to get a lot of the work done and only need to add a few more touches." he responded.
"Well, we're glad our back bud. It's just about time for dinner." Sonic responded by pointing to the outside which was well getting darker.
"Alright, I'll go get washed up then." he said going off to freshen up. The rest of the group made their way to the kitchen where dinner prep began. Since the girls did such god work today Soler, Shadow and Silver decided to cook for everyone tonight. Today was just the first of many for the girls and guys and the upcoming days ahead will try all their skills so for one night they all ate, laughed and enjoyed each other before the storm that was the world would come and test all they have.
And cut! ok so this one was lingering for a good long time and I just had to finish it off. I was getting stuck at way too many points and it just had to wrap it up so I could start to get more into the nitty-gritty stuff. Which is coming up and to let you guys know I'll probably be doing some time skips every now and then just to keep pace with the story. Anywho this probably goes without saying but ATA will be finished but for now, it's on hiatus and will probably be that way for awhile. I haven't fallen out of love with the story but I've been stuck in a block with how I want the story to progress ya know. So I've been working on it in bits and pieces when I've been able to figure things out. So yeah that's about it and it's way too late so the editing might be a bit shoddy so I apologize. So this has been Solerwolf...later!