"I hope you enjoy the color red, recruit. You will be wearing this for life!" The Team Magma grunt screamed the whole day already at the new recruits. Even though Tabitha, an Admin, enlisted Xenos himself to Team Magma, he wasn't spared from the training everyone had to go through.
The Hideout was impressive. Everywhere he looked was technology which looked more advanced than Devon could ever produce.
"From now on you will succumb your life to Team Magma and our glorious Leader Maxie! His words will be inspirational for all of you and you will carry every order out he gives you. You heard me? Every. Single. Order."
Xenos did not pay too much attention at the "speech" the grunt tried to give the recruits. In his head, he already was in his research, planning to find more about the "Guardians" or this "Giant".
"Alright you worthless maggots! Get back to your rooms!"
He talks to me as If I was a simple foot soldier. Cannon food for their plans.
Xenos ignored the orders. His destination was the office of Tabitha. He already knew the pattern of the teleporters in the base. It was the first thing he learned.
For an Admin the office was smaller than he expected. It contained everything one could need however. A big desk, a bed and various furniture. Of course there was a flag with the symbol of Team Magma. A flag like this was everywhere.
"Excuse me Admin Tabitha. May I enter?"
Xenos hated it to speak to others as if they were "higher" than him, but once again he had no choice if he wanted to stay with Team Magma.
His old clothes were replaced with a Magma Grunt uniform. It was comfy to wear but, ironically, it would get hot in it very quickly.
"I've expected you Xenos! Hyahaha! Come in!"
Tabitha was only recently promoted; there were still various documents on his desk about it.
"Permission to speak freely?"
"Hyaha! Very well"."
"When I joined Team Magma I expected to support it in various research matters. Not running around as a servant. I thought your "offer" contained more."
"These are just the first days Xenos, I already ordered you to the lab. See it as a "welcoming gift". Work hard and maybe you will become lead scientist, Hyahaha! "Tabitha's laugh was always misleading. Almost no one could tell if he was laughing about you or because of something else. Xenos, however, was already used to it.
"Thank you, Admin Tabitha. I will proceed to the lab then."
Tabitha was already ignoring Xenos as he returned to his work, dismissing him.
The laboratories of Team Magma are bigger than the ones at Devon. I wonder what they are planning.
Ignoring the rules as a "low" member of Team Magma, he went through the research notes regarding the Plans of expanding the earth "so Humanity can further evolve".
Xenos had listened to the speeches of the leader already many times.
All he does is talk. Until now there were nothing but words, no results. If this goes on they will never reach their goal.
Xenos was frustrated. The day he spent at the hideout he accomplished nothing. But so did the other researchers. Team Magma was stuck in their path. In the recent days many grunts were ordered to spy on other companies to gain a new foothold.
He used this opportunity as an excuse to return to his research about the tale he found some time ago in the ruins near the Meteor Falls. As he had no clue where the next part of this "prophecy" could be, he planned on visiting some cities.
There must be a clue somewhere