A year has passed in Manticore becoming spring again. I'm five years old.
I'm more stronger, faster and an inch higher then last year. Things haven't
changed much in Manticore as we do our daily routines of exercise, hand-to-
hand combat, drills, water training. My brothers and sisters all have grown
over the year but I feel I've grown even more. Over the year, I learned
that I can see things before they happen. Sense danger a half a mile away
and sometimes it occupied by a flash of infrared light centered on a
particular object. I can feed other people my thought and hear there's, on
occasions. I can think faster then my brothers and sisters except John,
Vince, Dan. Those three are the only ones that can see or do what I can do.
The Doctors, Lydecker and other superior officers do have a sense that were
different but we mostly lie about our physical conditions. Sometimes we
tell them we experience shaking to make them believe were like our other
siblings. For our unexplained birth that have Manticore doctors baffled,
make me wonder if another being is trying to cover up our DNA analyzes. The
question is.why?
*** I fold a paper itch by itch in a perfect angle. It start to get smaller and smaller as I adjust some of the angles to lay in a particular form to overlap it with another shape of the paper. Max, Jack, Johndy, Jace and John centered around my bed watching my every move with the paper. There eyes were glued to my creation, trap in amazement by there curiosity. Traves rustle his small body next to Jack as those two are the smallest boys in the unit, but Traves was more advanced then Jack. Traves didn't experience shaking that much like Jack did. Jack shaking brings him down in training but I push him hard to overcome that disability. I figured if my brothers and sisters have shaking problems and they can accomplish there objectives, than so can he. The others say I baby him too much but Jack along with John are my best brothers in the unit.
The last angle is formed as I show it to the others making it wings flap like a bird.
"What is it?" Traves ask.
I only showed the Origami book to Max, Johndy, John and Jack because they can keep a secret. Maybe Zack knows with him always snooping around in my business, afraid that I might blow the squad up with a bomb I might find in the field.
"It's an origami but they recall this a paper crane." I answered.
"How did you do that?" Traves ask, with his always asking a million questions.
"While it's pretty easy, you got to."
My head snap ninety degrees as while as John. Footsteps come are way but I somehow knew it was Lydecker. John and I look at each other.
"Lydecker!" We both whisper.
The others look at us immediately and scatter to there beds. I put the paper crane under my pillow, pulled the covers over my body and closed my eyes. In seconds the door opens. Lydecker and two guards enter the barracks. My eyes were closed but I realized that there footsteps kept getting closer to my bed until they stopped.
"X-5 995, time to get up." Lydecker said calmly.
I didn't want to get up but had no chose. I get up and salute him. "Sir!"
Lydecker took a look around the barracks for a second. He knew everybody heard my voice but was waiting if anybody will wake up for it. Our squad knew, if Lydecker wasn't directed at you in speaking, you are to mine your own business.
"Let's go."
"Yes sir."
*** I fold a paper itch by itch in a perfect angle. It start to get smaller and smaller as I adjust some of the angles to lay in a particular form to overlap it with another shape of the paper. Max, Jack, Johndy, Jace and John centered around my bed watching my every move with the paper. There eyes were glued to my creation, trap in amazement by there curiosity. Traves rustle his small body next to Jack as those two are the smallest boys in the unit, but Traves was more advanced then Jack. Traves didn't experience shaking that much like Jack did. Jack shaking brings him down in training but I push him hard to overcome that disability. I figured if my brothers and sisters have shaking problems and they can accomplish there objectives, than so can he. The others say I baby him too much but Jack along with John are my best brothers in the unit.
The last angle is formed as I show it to the others making it wings flap like a bird.
"What is it?" Traves ask.
I only showed the Origami book to Max, Johndy, John and Jack because they can keep a secret. Maybe Zack knows with him always snooping around in my business, afraid that I might blow the squad up with a bomb I might find in the field.
"It's an origami but they recall this a paper crane." I answered.
"How did you do that?" Traves ask, with his always asking a million questions.
"While it's pretty easy, you got to."
My head snap ninety degrees as while as John. Footsteps come are way but I somehow knew it was Lydecker. John and I look at each other.
"Lydecker!" We both whisper.
The others look at us immediately and scatter to there beds. I put the paper crane under my pillow, pulled the covers over my body and closed my eyes. In seconds the door opens. Lydecker and two guards enter the barracks. My eyes were closed but I realized that there footsteps kept getting closer to my bed until they stopped.
"X-5 995, time to get up." Lydecker said calmly.
I didn't want to get up but had no chose. I get up and salute him. "Sir!"
Lydecker took a look around the barracks for a second. He knew everybody heard my voice but was waiting if anybody will wake up for it. Our squad knew, if Lydecker wasn't directed at you in speaking, you are to mine your own business.
"Let's go."
"Yes sir."
