Neonobu/ Sorry it has been to long, but I have been caught up in school and all of that stuff, but on with the story.

Twisted Reality, Chapter 2

5 months till coming of age hunt,

After waiting for the morning to come, I get up and look at the predator kid I share a bunk with. We only had 2 hours before the teaching portion of the day started and he was still sleeping like a baby. I shook my head, and then headed for the armory to get the standard-grade predator armor. We had to wear it everywhere except for our sleeping quarters. I thought that it was a strange rule. Yet, today when I went in, I found that the standard grade armor was replaced with the advanced-grade armor. Its not strange, its just it is only my armor that was replaced. I put my mask on, but it said I had a message. All of the words were scrambled, like it was sent from thousands of miles away. I decided to keep it a secret, mostly because it was in English. All of these distractions wasted me an hour to get ready, and I could hear that the others were starting to get up, so I stashed the armor away and found a replacement armor in the replacement area. I didn't want any one to know about the armor I just received. So I casually went off to the Alien Anatomy class.

The teacher told us to study the hologram of the basic Alien Runner. He pointed out to us that the alien runner somehow has a faster running speed, but besides that it is the weakest alien at endurance, a couple of strong hits will take it down. Quite bored with this, I started to think of how the advanced armor had gotten in my locker. What really sucked is that the teacher broke my thoughts by announcing combat practice at dusk. That meant that I would be in prime condition because I can't get tired, but since it was a team practice I would have to watch out for my team, which would be pretty tired.

At dusk, we proceeded into the battlefield. The conditions were that we were practicing shoulder-mounted gun practice. For our sake, the guns were set onto stun. Standard-grade armor can only stand about 5 shots with the guns on stun. Then the last shot would paralyze us for about 15 minutes. Last man standing wins. When the battle teacher came out of the base, he was carrying the flag that is waved to start the battle. We took our positions. But here is the worst part; I was head-to-head with the toughest predator in the class. The reason: he cheats. The countdown started, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, Engage!

Using my brain, I find something to use as a shield for a couple of moments. But our team leader is using the rock I hid behind. He and I thought of a way to win. I was to go to the right, while he and the biggest predator on our side cover me. We put the plan into action. While I was running, I noticed that the other predators were chipping away the foe's defenses. Taking out a predator, a fairly easy target for a fast person like me, I make my way to the enemy area. Having only 2 predators left, they were backed into the corner. Yet, When I was running, I counted 3 predators on theirs side left. The grunts of my teammates behind me forced me to turn around and look. Bad move. The big predator shot 2 quick bursts and struck me down. The pain wasn't a stinging stun, but a real shot from the shoulder mounted guns. The ones that are intended to kill aliens. The blood forming around me, I am forced to suffer the pain, because I can't fall unconscious. It feels like being shocked over and over. When the teacher stops the game, he rushes at me and lifts me to take me to the hospital wing. Before we leave sight, I hear that my team is following me. They are concerned that such a lethal blow may leave me dead. I am one of their better team members. I feel my eyes getting heavier, and for once since the accident years ago, I drift into unconsciousness.