The cosmic era
"I mean, come on! I know that as of tomorrow we will be official soldiers, it's not like I don't know. We're not little kids any more, we chose this path, we know we might have to kill. He didn't have to say it as if didn't know!" Nira fumed. She was still mad that she had been scolded for her comment. "Damn it!" she said as she dropped the plaque she hanging on the wall.
Melissa reacted quickly and put down the box she was holding. She lunged for the plaque and caught it just before it hit the ground.
"That was close." she said from on the floor.
Nira climbed down the latter to help her friend up. "You know for some one so clumsy you sure have some quick reflexes"
"I think it's from the sports I used to play as a kid." Melissa replied.
"You can be so weird, You know that? You're so smart yet you're as clumsy if not more clumsy than a Natural." Nira commented.
Melissa heart stopped; had her secret been found out? She tried to remain calm and not let her fear show on her face.
"I admit I'm clumsy but not as clumsy as a Natural. There's no way!" Melissa defended herself. She climbed up the ladder and hung the plaque. "Nira hand me the next one" She said hoping Nira would drop the subject.
Nira handed her a plague. "You really don't like Naturals do you? What did they do to you?"
Melissa sighed as she took the plague and hung it up under the other one. "It's not that they did anything to me. They really did nothing. It's just that... I'm... I'll tell you later but here and now is nto the time."
"WILL ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS COME TO THE MAIN PARADE GROUNDS. I REPEAT. WILL ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS COME TO THE PARADE GROUNDS IMMEADIATLY." Someone said over the P.A. System.
"I wonder what that's about?" asked Nira
"Me too, let's go" Melissa started to run towards a side exit down the hall.
"Hey! Wait up!" Called Nira behind her running to catch up.