Spring hit Manticore with it's beautiful calm sounds, birds chirping, sun
shinning from the white soft and light clouds spread all over the sky. Some
days Max, Johndy, John and I look up at the clouds from our barracks,
between lunch breaks, obstacle course training and sometimes to get changed
for hand-to-hand combat as our eyes gazes into the clouds, pointing out the
forms that they create.
"Ooh! That look like a man's face." Johndy shouts out.
"No it doesn't. It's more a woman," John said. His finger points to the cloud she's particularly fixed on, as he recreates the image she see. "See, the hair carries out behind it?"
"Oh yeah, it does." Johndy and Max say at the same time following with giggles coming from them. They mostly have a habit of repeating the same words together.
"I see a Hummer V2," I said smiling. They all give me a bizarre look. "What, I do."
"Very strange indeed." Johndy said, having a neck for sighting out my unusual behavior occasionally.
My eyes stay marveled towards the sky, as if in a trance being one with the clouds. "Do you guys ever think that a person can form clouds imitations of objects with there minds?"
"There's no such things of doing." Johndy retort.
"Yeah there's no such thing." John agreeing with her.
"Yes there is," Sly comes over to us, intrigued by our conversation. "A magician can do it. Like in the TV that Zane and Zack found. They made the clouds move with there minds when they say strange words."
"See." I said.
"You two are so gullible," Johndy cries out. "It's TV, meaning it's fake. I bet you people on the outside don't even act normal."
"I hope they do," Max innocently said. "Then will blend right in when we get older and put on missions."
A smile comes across my face always liking Max idea of us being on the outside when we get older then now. Afraid feeling that where not officially ready for the world outside, as badly as we don't want to see it.
A feeling in my body comes over me, as if eyes in the mystic air are watching us. My eyes direct towards the door, seeing Lydecker in the door studying us like lab rats stuck in a cage with no escape. It startles me how he appears when you least expect him to be, but he's a soldier. Stealth is one of his great weapons as he always tells us.
"Stealth on the battle field can give you a great advantage and a tactical surprise on your enemy. Being unseen by the enemy will determine your success on accomplishing the mission."
Are eyes make contact as if telling each other secret codes that nobody else can decipher. I left my siblings still clued to the outside window and walk over to Lydecker but Zack joins me, intentionally to show me off.
"Sir!" We both shout and salute him, starring forward. That word catches the other attention as they jump turning around quickly.
Lydecker cold eyes knew there was competition between us two and made him on edge. He had a feeling I was better then Zack but Zack was our C.O. as he wanted to put Zack to the test today. To Lydecker, he's been vigorously waiting for this. Somebody to defy a leader and how his soldiers will handle it.
"X-5 995." Lydecker said in his rough hasty voice.
"Sir yes sir." I yell.
He looks at Zack carefully. "Call them in."
I felt Zack heart pound faster. Scared because I was taking over the position of the commanding officer of the squad. My heart felt his pain but my mind wanted this as a hungry dog, drooling over more wanted food because his master denied him of it. My mind wanted power, I wanted power and becoming C.O. of my squad is my first step.
"Yes sir." My body turns around facing everybody, as they look surprised like Zack. "Squad, fall in!" As my voice sound prominent. They get into formation immediately as I stand in front watching them. Zack didn't want to listen but with Lydecker in front, he's in no position to argue. I turn around in a ninety-degree angle. "Sir, squad formed sir."
He gives a nod. "Lets go soldiers."
I led the way following Lydecker, marching down the hallway.
"Ooh! That look like a man's face." Johndy shouts out.
"No it doesn't. It's more a woman," John said. His finger points to the cloud she's particularly fixed on, as he recreates the image she see. "See, the hair carries out behind it?"
"Oh yeah, it does." Johndy and Max say at the same time following with giggles coming from them. They mostly have a habit of repeating the same words together.
"I see a Hummer V2," I said smiling. They all give me a bizarre look. "What, I do."
"Very strange indeed." Johndy said, having a neck for sighting out my unusual behavior occasionally.
My eyes stay marveled towards the sky, as if in a trance being one with the clouds. "Do you guys ever think that a person can form clouds imitations of objects with there minds?"
"There's no such things of doing." Johndy retort.
"Yeah there's no such thing." John agreeing with her.
"Yes there is," Sly comes over to us, intrigued by our conversation. "A magician can do it. Like in the TV that Zane and Zack found. They made the clouds move with there minds when they say strange words."
"See." I said.
"You two are so gullible," Johndy cries out. "It's TV, meaning it's fake. I bet you people on the outside don't even act normal."
"I hope they do," Max innocently said. "Then will blend right in when we get older and put on missions."
A smile comes across my face always liking Max idea of us being on the outside when we get older then now. Afraid feeling that where not officially ready for the world outside, as badly as we don't want to see it.
A feeling in my body comes over me, as if eyes in the mystic air are watching us. My eyes direct towards the door, seeing Lydecker in the door studying us like lab rats stuck in a cage with no escape. It startles me how he appears when you least expect him to be, but he's a soldier. Stealth is one of his great weapons as he always tells us.
"Stealth on the battle field can give you a great advantage and a tactical surprise on your enemy. Being unseen by the enemy will determine your success on accomplishing the mission."
Are eyes make contact as if telling each other secret codes that nobody else can decipher. I left my siblings still clued to the outside window and walk over to Lydecker but Zack joins me, intentionally to show me off.
"Sir!" We both shout and salute him, starring forward. That word catches the other attention as they jump turning around quickly.
Lydecker cold eyes knew there was competition between us two and made him on edge. He had a feeling I was better then Zack but Zack was our C.O. as he wanted to put Zack to the test today. To Lydecker, he's been vigorously waiting for this. Somebody to defy a leader and how his soldiers will handle it.
"X-5 995." Lydecker said in his rough hasty voice.
"Sir yes sir." I yell.
He looks at Zack carefully. "Call them in."
I felt Zack heart pound faster. Scared because I was taking over the position of the commanding officer of the squad. My heart felt his pain but my mind wanted this as a hungry dog, drooling over more wanted food because his master denied him of it. My mind wanted power, I wanted power and becoming C.O. of my squad is my first step.
"Yes sir." My body turns around facing everybody, as they look surprised like Zack. "Squad, fall in!" As my voice sound prominent. They get into formation immediately as I stand in front watching them. Zack didn't want to listen but with Lydecker in front, he's in no position to argue. I turn around in a ninety-degree angle. "Sir, squad formed sir."
He gives a nod. "Lets go soldiers."
I led the way following Lydecker, marching down the hallway.
