Once again, I am still juggling Youtube, School and Fanfiction. I hope you enjoy this chapter as I had no idea what I was writing about. Chapter 51: Training, Chocolate & ArcKey
"Rarghh!" I threw the bronze med helmet at a metal cabinet in frustration. "The first freaking mission and it failed!" I punched a wall, but I was too worked up to feel the pain.
"Calm down, throwing a tantrum ain't going to help." Breaker spoke. I sat on my bed and rocked back and forth, trying hard to relax.
"A mission failed, is a mission failed." The words kept ringing inside my head.
"Look, what's done is done; you just leave it alone, and don't regret it." Breaker crossed his arms and turned his head to look out the window.
"I'm going out." I muttered angrily.
"What?! Rodrick told us to get some rest. It is nearly dinner time; you don't want to miss that do you?" Breaker stood up and seized my arm from turning the door knob.
"I'm not hungry anyway." I pulled away, surprised by my strength. I pushed the door open and someone slammed into it. I peeked to the side and noticed a rookie.
His hair was black and spiked, his eyes were dragonstone purple and he was wearing a black T with brown short pants. His equipments were sprawled all over the floor. He rubbed his head and cursed silently. He looked up and his mouth was wide open. He stuttered for awhile.
"Stop stuttering rookie. Get up!" I ordered. He got up and apologized. I was rather confused, I knocked him on the head with a door and he apologized to me. "Why are you apologizing? J-just get your stuff and go." I informed.
"Y-yes S-sorry to b-b-bother you A-azeon." He stuttered nervously. "I will b-be your r-room mate. I am with g-group five." He said.
"Oh really?" I wasn't sure.
"Ya really." Breaker took a step forward.
"No Wai! Another group? Who...never mind. This is our bunk, bunk 204." I pointed inside the room, while the door was still wide open. He walked inside the room, dropped his equipments on an unoccupied bed and stuffed whatever needed to be kept in an unoccupied wardrobe. Looks like this bunk is full.
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I was munching deliciously on a chicken drumstick while listening to Breaker's music tab. Most of the songs were rather soothing and calming. I like some of the music, - The Landscape, Welcome to Runescape and 7th Realm-. Petra sat across from me. I was rather glad that we got a new roommate. That would make our bunk rather interesting. We could share some of our mission with the rookie, while he could share some of his with us. I dropped the bone of the chicken drumstick and still felt hungry.
"Hey, did you know that we just got a new roommate?" I asked Petra who was eating fish and chips. She shook her head and swallowed her food that was in her mouth.
"What is his name?" She asked.
"Ah darn, I forgot to ask him." I snapped my fingers and lay back on my chair.
"I think his name was...ArcKey. If I recall." Breaker stopped the music.
"ArcKey..." I repeated...
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Next day was hell. Training started and most of us weren't physically fit for this. In the morning, we had a 2.4km run. We were basically running around the Varrock wall. After that, we got a five minute water break which did no good as the water was revolting; it wasn't cold and it tasted bad. Immediately after that, we had to run some more, and guess where we were going...Gnome Tree Village. Yes, it was that far. We jogged all the way there, carrying a bag filled with rocks and sticks. We were wearing a gray singlet with black long pants. The black boots that we were wearing were heavy and it was hard to lift up your own foot. When we stopped at the Tree Gnome Village wooden door, I collapsed on the grass, waiting for the head instructor to let us get in. I had rested and shortly after that, we were running inside the Tree Gnome Village. We were told that we were heading towards the agility course. I was breathless. My lungs were begging for air and it felt like the air in my lungs were trying hard to climb over a wall, but just couldn't get over it.
The gnomes told us to drop our bags. My body felt so much lighter, it feels like I could just float up into the air. I was the first to start the obstacle course. I balanced over a slippery log and made it across safely. I climbed up the branches of a tree, and my muscles were aching like hell. I made it to the top, but noticed that I could climb higher. I planted my feet onto the bark of the tree and a gnome stopped me.
"Sorry, but the top is only for experienced people only." He informed. I nodded my head and looked around until I noticed a rather thin line, stretching across to the other side of the tree. I gulped and hesitated. I saw another person climbing up and I knew that I had to think fast. I placed my foot gently on the line and balanced hard. I removed my other foot off the wooden floor and stepped on the thin line. Once I balanced, I slowly made my way across the line and in no time at all, I was at the other end of the rope. I climbed down the branches of the tree, and a gnome yelled at me.
"Move it move it move it!"
I ran and climbed over this tall net. I stumbled at the top and fell off. I landed on my back and my lungs felt like jumping out of my body. I coughed hard and got up. My vision darkens and I had one obstacle left. I trotted my way towards it, clutching my chest hard. I squeezed myself into a pipe and crawled my way through it. The light on the other end of the pipe faded and I was in total darkness. I crawled forward and soon heard voices on the other end. I crawled faster and faster.
I got out of the hole and fell on my head. The floor was rather dusty. My ears were ringing from the pressure. I thought I was out, but squirrels greeted me by scurrying over my legs. I got up feeling dizzy and disoriented. I coughed a few more times before my lungs felt better.
"Hello?" I called. My voice echoed back. Machines were everywhere and I soon realized the smell of chocolate stuffed itself into my nose. I took a deep breath and exhaled feeling rather hungry for chocolate. Squirrels were scurrying around and some of them were working on the pistons and levers. I scratched my head thinking that I was dreaming, but the sores and aches in my body told me no.
As I wandered around deeper into the cave, a siren boomed the cave and all the squirrels scattered everywhere. The imps helped organize the squirrels and all of them hid to their safe spots. I was left alone with the siren.
"What is this? It seems to be getting darker..." I said to myself. The lights dimmed out and the cave was slowly swallowed by the darkness. I could see faint shapes of the machines and I heard whispers of the squirrels. I knew where I was. In Sin's mind...
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I took out a match and lit it up. A radius of light surrounded me, giving me a short distance of vision. I looked around, gathering what I could see form my surroundings. The flame got to my thumb and I quickly dropped it. I lit another match and spun myself around, looking at the empty walls. The room was empty. At the end of the room, an elegant figure, sitting by the rocks didn't seem to have noticed me. I stepped closer and and closer, soon, images flashed into my mind.
"So, you finally came.", "I did this for money, for power which none of you can imagine!", "Are you sure you want to fight me? I will be known as the powerful magician...", "You can never defeat me darling. Face it, you are nothing but a failure...", "Remember what I said."
"Gah!" I staggered back. The images were all static like. Memories from the past seemed to be coming back slowly, but whose memories are these? The girl turned back and looked at me. In her hand was a chocolate candy. The wrapper had a picture of a zombie on it.
"Oh, hello," She smiled at me. "You look awfully familiar." She took a step closer at me. The match burnt my thumb again. I dropped it and panicked. I quickly fumbled my finger with another match and lit it up, to my surprise, she was gone. I spun three hundred and sixty degrees and couldn't find the girl. She was rather beautiful, but something in my newly dug up memories gave me the chills about that girl.
The room shuddered and dust began to fall from the ceiling. The siren sounded and everything turned dark again. The match died as if someone blew it out. The place slowly shifted itself in the dark and I heard faint sounds of mechanical buzzing. The lights flickered on and off and at the third attempt, they all forced themselves on. I brought my hand up as the contrast and brightness were too high. As my eyes adjusted itself, I saw a squirrel peeked its head out, near the corner of the cave. It twitched its nose and scurried out.
"Is it gone?" It asked. I was rather stunned as squirrels aren't supposed to talk. "You speak English?" It asked again but this time, I nodded. "Good, so are they gone?"
"Who are they?" I knelt down and got my hand out. It sniffed my hand and jumped on it. The squirrel has brown fur and a white long line running down its tail.
"They are the monsters that come out randomly in the dark. They take away our chocolates and sometimes, even our workers. That's why we fixed an alarm signal. Once the area starts to get dark, it will sound out a loud siren." It scratched its ears and looked around. It squeaked a couple of times and all the squirrels began to scatter out of their holes. All the imps gathered around me. They were essence imps as their clothing was purple in color. I wondered what would happen if I caught one?
"I think you should meet with the boss. He needs your help." One of the floating imps flew towards a blue door so I followed. "He is inside." The imp opened the door for me. As I looked back, I saw all of the squirrels and imps looking at me.
"Looks like this is where you get off." I told the squirrel on my hand. It nodded and jumped off of my palm. I entered the blue door and was in a room filled with scrolls, books, posters and papers. A pink bunny hopped towards me.
"Hello adventurer." It said, twinkling its nose.
"Uh...hello?" I answered back feeling uneasy about talking to a talking rabbit.
"Do you like my chocolate factory?" It asked, edging closer towards me. I nodded, feeling slightly freaked out. "Good, but we need your help. I think you have noticed the girl with the candy. She has this dark magic that allows her to control the undead. The undead always ruin our chocolate factory, but the girl can't seem to enter this realm as she is just a memory."
"A memory?" I asked.
"Yes, you heard of Sinlimitless?" It asked, hopping towards a working desk. It pushed away a couple of paper before pulling one out. "This is him. He has worked for my father once." He thrusts the piece of yellow paper at me. I took a look at it and noticed all of his information.
Name: Sinlimitless
Sex: Male
Age: 18
Favorite City/Place: Varrock
Blood Type: A
Position: Outsider Worker
I brought the paper down and looked at the rabbit. Could it be that... "Hey, are you the Easter bunny?" I asked, feeling rather slow.
"Yes I am, thanks for noticing. So, are you ready to help?" It answered and asked. I looked at the rabbit and back at the paper.
"What do I have to do?" I said, having a bad ominous feeling around my shoulders…
Haha! Looks like things are slowly coming together for Azeon, but do you guys even know what is going on? Haha! Don't worry, I didn't put this genre as Tragedy for nothing... See Ya!
