Chapter 3
Richard woke up to the sight of Leah's face peering at him in the corner of a room with concerned eyes.
"Gaah quit staring at me! And where are we?" Richard yelled as Leah said something before beckoning him to follow her as she walked outside the door.
Richard got up from what felt like a spacious king sized bed and landed on his feet. The room seemed normal enough it had its own bathroom and a set of balcony doors. There was a computer, television, and stereo system which seemed completely high tech. Next to the side of the bed was a small fridge. The walls of the room were completely white and adorned in some sort of mysterious language Richard couldn't decipher.
"Click!" Leah said insistently.
"Relax, I'm coming!" Richard yelled as he quickly jogged out the door.
Richard glanced down the winding staircase to see a short man in a black suit, he had slickly gelled black hair and a grin on his face.
"Ah your awake, come along Richard the rest of your team woke up hours ago." The man said with a slight hint of annoyance.
Richard was about to reply before his stomach let out an uncontrollable growl.
"Any chance of breakfast?" Richard asked sheepishly.
"You can eat after you've been debriefed by Agent Ana. The names Sam Koenig and before you ask your in a secret safe house." The man stated impatiently as he turned around and started to walk through a corridor.
"Hey wait up man!" Richard shouted as he chased Sam through the door way quickly and walked right into a living room door. Richard let out a small curse.
Richard pushed open the door see the familiar trio of Shikoba, Anna and Leah sat on a couch watching a Toy Story 2 accompanied by a short pale woman with ebony curls and blue eye, she wore a long, gray-blue coloured skirt, knee-length brown boots with semi-transparent white leggings and a long-sleeved, white blouse, alongside her was a girl with an olive skin tone and straight brown hair which fell a little over her shoulder, she wore a black skin tight suit.
"Ahem...Is this a bad time?" Richard asked coyly.
The woman with ebony curls sprung into action and turned off the flat screen TV. The girl with the olive complexion jumped up and pressed a small button on the table which caused a nearby wooden table and a few chairs, shelves to flip over to reveal a large glass table, a set of black padded seats and a set of glass containers. The woman strode to the head table and sat down as did everyone else in the room.
"My name is Ana Dagmar. I'm your handler." The woman said with a thick Russian accent.
"My name is Sofia Maria Martinez and I'll be acting as the pilot for this team." The girl chirped in.
"Nice to meet you both. What exactly happened to us? The last thing I remember was..." Richard started.
"A ball with a really bright light? That's a teleport ball, new tech which Fury used to get you guys here in one piece. Also if you meet any SHIELD agents don't tell them he's alive or else I might have to kill you." Ana said bluntly.
"You can kill me any day baby if I can get a look under that-"Shikoba said before he was jabbed in the ribs by Anna.
"Quiet idiot." Anna whispered.
"As I said to you before Mr Makya I'm little old for you." Ana said sternly.
"Really? I'm nineteen!" Shikoba said enthusiastically.
"I'm twenty two." Ana countered.
Just before Anna was about to open her mouth Sofia put up her hand.
"If it's all the same to you boss can I go to the jet and do some last minute background checks?" Sofia asked with a tinge of annoyance, clearly she was unimpressed with Shikoba's attempts at flirting with her superior.
"Sure, take Leah with you and introduce her to the lab." Ana said with a dismissive wave of the hand.
Leah made what seemed like a happy shriek as Sofia wrapped an arm around her shoulders and led her away in silence.
"Can me and you go to the lab and have some fun?" Shikoba asked with a grin before quickly getting jabbed by Anna.
"Do you want me to get all energized and beat you up? Sorry about that Ana, what's going to happen to us now?" Anna asked quickly.
"Good question, until Sam comes back with a list of missions from Fury I guess we just sit tight. I'll give you and lover boy over there a tour around all the facilities." Ana said thoughtfully.
"What about me?" Richard asked, curious to see what hand he would be dealt.
"Training, just activate a wall panel and select training room you'll pretty much be directed there by the green arrows...get going." Ana said flatly.
Why does every fibre in my being tell me that "training" is just an excuse for me becoming a punching bag...
A Few Minutes Later in the Training Room...
Wonder were this trainer is supposed to be? Richard walked around the room aimlessly, the wall panel gave no signs of what exactly the trainer in this room looked like; suddenly he wished that he had asked who was going to be training him. The room looked like a standard gym complete with weights, a boxing ring, targets and a few mats.
"Ah, so at last you have decided to arrive." A female voice said from behind Richard.
Richard whipped around to find himself staring at a bald cocoa skinned woman dressed in a black tank top and black jeans.
"Hi, my name is Ri-" Richard said before he was interrupted by the woman raising her hand.
"I know who you are Mr Danquah...My name is Okoye and now...you must fight me!" The woman said before launching a powerful kick into Richard's gut sending him crashing to the ground.
Richard looked up holding his stomach in agony.
"Hmm...Slow reactions...poor fighting stance...looks like you're my bitch...get up we have a lot of work to do." Okoye said with her arms crossed.
Richard quickly scrambled up, ignoring the pain in his stomach and stared at Okoye. She quickly launched a punch at his face which sent him backwards. Richard quickly shook his head and got into a fighting stance.
"I don't want to fight you." Richard said weakly.
"You call this fighting...you make a mockery of my art! Drop to the ground and do twenty push ups!" Okoye shouted.
"Really? I don't see ho-"Richard started before seeing the grim expression on Okoye's face. He quickly dropped to the ground and got into a push up position, his black hoodie weighing him down slightly as he pressed his body downwards.
"You call that a push up! Typical they send me a skinny shrimp that can't even do a push up..." Okoye muttered as she quickly swept Richard's arms from under him.
"Start again!" Okoye ordered.
Richard gritted his teeth before resuming his position. Just great...I now have a psychotic trainer to whip me into shape...just my luck.
"Why are you standing still? Down on the ground, there's no way your leaving this room in the next four weeks until your combat ready! I'll make a man out of you!" Okoye said as she shoved Richard on the ground and placed a foot on his back.
Yep she's definitely a psycho...almost reminds me of my mother...
A/N
So here's the third chapter of this story! Hope you enjoyed it and sorry about the length, I know it's probably shorter than previous chapters. Next chapter there will be a slight time skip by about a month and don't worry there will be alot more action in that chapter! Don't forget to review! Constructive Critique welcome!
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