S.W.A.T
Chapter 6
"Good morning, soldier," Riley said brightly. She was currently sitting on the edge of Katrina's bed as she woke up.
Groaning, Katrina opened her eyes. Riley's voice was too cheerful and way too loud. "Go away," she muttered, pressing her face into her pillow.
"That might mean more if you weren't the fifth person to say that," Riley mentioned, handing her a cup of black liquid. Katrina took a sip, and almost spat it out. Instead, she forced it down her throat, squeezing her eyes tightly. "This tastes like shit," she accused.
"How would you know what shit tastes like?" Aimee-Lee asked, placing her empty cup on her nightstand.
"This so-called shit will clear up your head. Couple burnt taste buds or hang over? Your choice." Katrina pinched her nose, taking another sip. As she started on the second half of the cup, Riley ask innocently, "You don't remember Rene kissing you, did you?"
"What?" Katrina sputtered. Riley smiled, taking the empty cup from Katrina as she repeated herself.
"Don't worry," she added, "It looked less disgusting than when Kurt was trying to give Stephanie a French kiss." Katrina wrinkled her nose, sitting up. "Roxie's in the shower right now. You can have it after her, if you want." Riley walked away to get ready. Minutes later, the door shook as someone knocked on it.
"You girls decent?" The Rock's voice questioned through the door. Riley leaned against the door, pulling on her shirt.
"Are you implying that we don't always look decent?" she asked innocently, making a quick scan of the room to see if anyone wasn't dressed.
He sighed, "Are you guys dressed?"
"More or less."
"Can I come in?" she opened the door just as the shower stopped. He looked suspiciously at Katrina and Aimee-Lee, the only 2 girls in bed. "Did you guys go to that poker thing last night?"
"No," Riley lied, "That would be so stupid of us. I mean, getting drunk before our second day of training? Why, I never…"
"You went, didn't you? He sighed, sitting down on the end of Aimee-Lee's bed while Roxie stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed. "Guys, we're doing Death Row today." Riley sighed, lying down on her made bed. "You know how only one team can become an S.W.A.T team?" they nodded, "Well Benoit and I have a rivalry kind of like the one you guys and his team has. If you guys are made into a team, he had to spend another few months of training until they can take the test again. I really need you guys to do good today, so I can have a leg up on Benoit."
"And you want us to get better, too," Katrina added, going into the bathroom to change. He laughed, changing the subject. After 15 minutes, he stood up.
"Uh… Riley?" he said, "You remember Sable, right?"
She gritted her teeth as she nodded. It was common knowledge that she and Sable hated each other, and Rocky knew it.
"She's going to be there today. Please try not to kill her, as great as that does sound." She scowled, but nodded.
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When they reached Death Row, all but Riley looked up at the course in amazement.
The course itself was long and huge. First, you had to climb a 30 foot wall by using a single rope. Once at the top, there was a long set of monkey bars, aimed slightly downward. The monkey bars were roughly 20 feet long. After that, you had to walk across 20 yards of canvas, jumping and ducking to dodge bars for the first half. In the second half of the canvas, some pieces were extremely weak, and would break instantly if someone stepped on it. After this there was a shaft, not unlike an air duct, that dropped down straight about 20 feet. Rolling out, you had to grab two paintball guns and run across 25 feet of uncovered ground while ten other people shot paintballs at you. You could shoot back, eliminating the person from shooting if you wished. After that, the path led to a tunnel through the rock on the side of a cliff to the left of the complex. Once you enter, you were followed by one of the best sprinters. If he didn't catch you through the tunnel or before you climbed over the 2nd wall, he stopped chasing you. Once over the wall, you'd have to move a pile of roughly 12 logs into a dug pit in the middle in under 1 minute. After that, you had to climb up a neat to a platform of wood. You had to walk across a narrow board that connected a pillar and the platform. Once over it, you had to pick up the board and place it between the next pillar and the one that you had been standing on, and so on. Once done with that, you had to "kill" 10 shooters with another set of paintball guns, but only 15 shots. If you made it without getting hit, you had to crawl through a 15 foot air duct. The n you were faced with a (fake) bomb. In 3o seconds, you had to cut the right wire or fail. If you made it through that, there was a third wall and a sprint to the finish.
The pros had tried to do it in less than ten minutes, but no one had made it so far.
As Chris Benoit and his team approached, the girls conferred in quiet voices, Riley providing an insight to the course. Once Leah, Leigha, Cameron, Rachel, Tai, and Tyler arrived, the Rock and Chris walked them through it. Riley spotted Able as a shooter for the first half.
At the end Benoit turn and said enthusiastically, "Who wants to go first?"
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LittleKnux2008
P.S: School starts on the 25th, so start expecting less frequent updates. Plus, I have to start working on my other stories, too. Anyway, review please!