A/N: Yes, I know this is short, but I couldn't find a suitable place to cut it off without taking up like, 20 extra pages, so I'll go edit that, and then update tomorrow or the day after…possibly not tomorrow because I have to go to the orthodontist, then the doctor to check up on my ADD, and make sure its not turning to ADHD…but anyway, enjoy this short chapter, and please keep reviewing, it really makes my day!!
The rest of the week continued in a similar way, the weeks then turning to months. By the end of what seemed forever, I was really fit, I could sprint about 100 laps easily, and still have plenty of energy to fight, and, I was even getting better at fighting. The most exciting part of those first few months was when Raven gave me my katana's. They were slightly smaller then hers, and balanced differently, but they worked for me. She showed me how to wear the sheaths so they could get in and out easily. I learned how to fight with them, and how to use them. Soon, I was ready to have harder training.
One day, just before she left for a meeting with Doctor Nero, Raven said to me,
"Lena, we have a training exercise today, so get your katana's, and meet me in 20 minutes outside the track room. I nodded, and Raven disappeared. When we arrived there, she said to me,
"The idea of this is to get the prisoners to the location, and back in a certain time. There will be people around, they're not allowed to see you. If you get seen by anyone, or in some way fail to follow an order, that will count as a fail, and you will get a punishment. And trust me, it won't be nice." I nodded, taking in all the instructions. "The other thing, I have a detention to run, so we must be back here before period 5 begins. If you fail to get back here on time, that will also count as a fail." I nodded and we begun. I followed Raven down the long winding corridor, matching her movements, shadowing her nearly. A bunch of students from the Henchmen stream walked noisily down the corridor, and Raven held out her fist to signal for us to stop. When they had rounded the corner, we began running. We headed towards the landing pad. The doors were jammed, but together, we pulled them open. Just as we closed them behind us, a technician looked over at the door. Raven dived behind a barrel near the door, and I did the same, but to the other side. When the technician looked away, we advanced, slowly and quietly. Raven ducked away to one side, and pointed towards the nearest Shroud.
"Engage the Thermoputic camouflage and get ready to get that thing out of here. I'll take care of the engineer." I nodded and sprinted stealthily towards the Shroud. The door was down, so I ran up it, and into the cockpit. The pilot was asleep, so I bound his wrists and ankles and I shoved him neatly into a storage compartment. I had no trouble working the Shrouds controls, I hit the button that engaged the camouflage, and hurriedly ran towards the access ramp. Raven was running towards me, so I climbed the ladder to the cockpit and started up the engines. The Shroud lifted off, just as Raven pulled the door closed behind her. We switched places and Raven drove the Shroud while I watched over the prisoners. We sped over the empty ocean until suddenly, a submarine surfaced. Raven took the Shroud down and onto the landing deck for a safe landing. I prodded the prisoners with my katana,
"Get up" I said in the sharpest voice I could muster. The prisoners complied.
I led them to the ships captain who was strangely familiar, although I couldn't put my finger on it. He told his men to get the prisoners into the sub. He muttered a few words that I couldn't hear to Raven, and she nodded. She spun, and then we were running again. We were back on the Shroud, and racing to the school to reach there before 5th period.