Alvin's POV

Today was going to be my first day of training. I was very excited to learn what Sharp could teach me. I woke up around 7:00. I know it's early for me, but I was so excited. I went downstairs to have breakfast and saw everyone else having breakfast.

Me: "Hey, guys."

Brittany: "Hi, Alvie."

Simon and Jeanette: "Hi, Alvin."

Theodore and Eleanor: "Hey, Alvin."

Eleanor: "Your breakfast is at the seat next to Brittany."

I nodded and went to the seat next to Brittany. I started eating and waited a while for someone to talk.

Simon: "So, is anyone else excited about training today? Because I sure am."

Me: "Yeah, I can't wait for harp to teach me how to skateboard and shoot at the same time."

Brittany: "I want to see what Cam has for some new fashion advices and how to hide the weapons and use them."

Simon: "I can't wait to see how to pull off some complicated moves."

Jeanette: "I'm very excited about learning battle strategies and history."

Theodore: "I really want to see how I can use a rope dart effectively in a fight."

Eleanor: "I just want to shoot things."

We all froze and glared at her.

Eleanor: "What? Can't take a joke?"

We all leaned back in relief and continued eating. After a while, Dave came in and sat down.

Dave: "Are you all excited?"

Everyone: "Yeah."

After an hour, we all got up and packed our things for training and headed off. When I arrived at Sharp's place, it looked empty. I went in and noticed a note on a shooting dummy. I went up to the note and read it.

Alvin, your first lesson starts now. Think fast.

-Sharp

I felt something hit the back of my head. It hurt a bit and I turned around to see it was a rubber bullet. I looked up to see Sharp with a sniper in his hand.

Sharp: "Come on, kid. Did you really fall for that?"

Me: "Well, I don't know what kind of guy you are, so I can't really react right after the message with you saying it. But no, I did not see that coming."

Sharp: "I guess you've got a point there, kid, but you still need to learn to expect the unexpected a bit more."

We motioned me to follow him and I did so. We walked over to an open clearing and he took out to chipmunk-size skateboards. He passed me one.

Sharp: "Okay, kid, show me what you got."

I went onto the skateboard and did a couple of easy tricks. I was at least good enough on the skateboard already to be able to start off somewhere other than the beginning.

Sharp: "Good. At least we don't have to start at the awkward noobish part where it takes forever for you to learn how to just stay on the thing. Now, I'll start you off by teaching you how to shoot on a skateboard. Watch."

Sharp pressed a button and a bunch of shooting dummies came from the floor. He went onto his skateboard and started riding at an even faster speed than Lucas Lee from Scott Pilgrim vs. the world when he was riding down the railings in the park to decide who won, Scott or him. He then shot every single dummy straight in the middle of the head. He skated back to me and stopped. I didn't notice, but my jaw almost hit the floor.

Sharp: "That is how you skate. Now, first we'll start out with shooting on a still skateboard."

I nodded and we got to work. I stood on my skateboard and tried shooting at the dummies. Almost the entire time, I fell off from the skateboard because of the recoil of the gun. I kept at it for about an hour until we moved into another room.

Sharp: "Well, that was interesting. Now that we had some practice in that area, let's work on actual shooting."

I heard the humor in his voice and smirked at it. I took out my sniper and started shooting at the dummies. I had a pretty good shot, but I did miss some targets. After another hour we sat down for lunch.

Sharp: "Well, kid, you're doing good for someone of your experience, but you've still got a ways to go."

Me: "You know you don't have to call me kid every time, right?"

Sharp: "Kid, I'm your mentor. All I have to do is get along with you good enough and teach you."

Me: "I guess I can't argue with that."

We ate the rest of our lunch and started practicing again. After a few hours we finished and I headed home.