Three in the morning finds all of the recruits fast asleep, the quietest some of them have been since entering the room. Merlin observes the quiet room from the other side of a two-way mirror. Checking his watch, he decides it's about time for their first task to begin. Pressing a button on his clipboard, the room in front of him quickly begins to flood with water.
Clara wakes with a start. She takes a deep breath, trying not to panic at the sight of the flooded room. The water was currently level with her bed and it was quickly rising. Looking around the room, she sees the same looks of panic and horror on the other recruit's faces.
Charlie's the first to speak, with an attempt at being reassuring. "Alright, no one panic. Listen to me. Stay calm." He himself begins to panic despite his own advice, "Fuck". They all look around the room hoping to find something that will help them. That's when Charlie looks over to the shower area, getting an idea. "Loo snorkels, loo snorkels!"
Eggsy looks at him incredulously, "Loo snorkels?"
Roxy nods, understanding what Charlie was getting at she points towards the showers. "Shower heads!"
Eggsy turns to give Roxy the same bewildered look, "Shower heads?!"
Charlie looks at him, "She's right." He turns to the others, "Go! Fucking go!" All of them start swimming towards the shower heads.
Meanwhile, Eggsy and Clara remain put. Eggsy looks towards the door, wondering why no one else thought about trying that first. "Hey, hang about, what's wrong with the fucking door?" Once the words leave his mouth, the whole room is submerged in water. Eggsy swims over to the door wanting to at least make an attempt at opening it.
While watching Eggsy and trying to decide what her next move would be, Clara catches movement out of the corner of her eye. Wasn't everyone else over at the showers? She looks to her right and sees Amelia, who seemed to have gotten her ankle caught up in the sheets from her bed. She was struggling to free herself and make it over to the others, none of which seemed to notice her struggling. Clara swims over to her, quickly getting to work trying to untangle her leg from the sheets. Amelia looks down at her grateful, but still terrified. Clara offers her a reassuring smile, swallowing her own panic. She struggles with the bedsheet some more, not even noticing the lack of air in her lungs until black dots began to fill her vision. She works harder to free Amelia. She knew she was likely going to pass out, but it would be worth it if she could save Amelia.
Eggsy had pulled on the door as hard as he possibly could, with no success. He turns to the other side of the room, where everyone else is gathered by the showerheads watching him. He then spots the giant mirror on the wall, recognizing it almost immediately. Hell, he had just been looking at one just like it less than 24 hours ago. Figuring he has nothing to lose, he swims over to it. Grabbing hold of the edge of the mirror and steadying himself, he reels back and punches the mirror with all of his strength. After punching it a few more times, the mirror finally begins to crack. Giving it two more good punches, the mirror shatters, releasing the all of the water into a hidden room behind the mirror.
Once the room clears of water, Clara takes in a huge lungful of air and turns back to Amelia, having been watching Eggsy break the mirror. Upon looking back at Amelia, she finds the girl unconscious. She crawls over to her, still gasping for air, and places two fingers on Amelia's wrist, checking her pulse. Clara's breath catches in her throat when she doesn't feel a pulse. She moves her fingers to Amelia's neck, hoping to find a pulse there but to no avail. Wasting no time, Clara starts to perform CPR on the girl, just like Harry had taught her. She's so focused on delivering compressions she doesn't even hear Merlin speak to the others in the other room.
Merlin approaches the group of sopping wet recruits. "Congratulations on completing your first task. Charlie, Roxy, well done. For those of you who are still confused, if you can get a breathing tube around a U-bend of a toilet, you have an unlimited air supply. Simple physics, worth remembering. Eggsy, well done for spotting that was a two-way mirror."
Charlie smirks, "He's probably seen enough of them."
Merlin give him an irritated look. "Yeah well you can all wipe those smirks off your faces. Because as far as I'm concerned, every single one of you has failed. You all forgot the most important thing. Teamwork." He turns and points to Clara, who is still desperately performing CPR on Amelia. Merlin gives the rest of the recruits a dissatisfied look before stepping through the opening in the wall left by the mirror and walking towards Clara. Once he reaches her, he crouches in front of her and places a comforting hand on her shoulder, "You've done all you can, Clara. She's gone."
Clara sits back and looks sadly at Amelia's body, biting her lip in an attempt to hold back the tears. Despite not having known the girl 24 hours ago, Clara was distraught. She had tried to save the girl's life and failed. Not to mention she'd never seen anyone die before. With that, Merlin stands up and once again faces the now stunned recruits. "Your new sleeping quarters are down the hall, to the left. Fall out." He walks out of the room, casting one more look in Clara's direction. He hoped this wouldn't deter Clara from the rest of her training.
The majority of the recruits left get up and head to their new quarters, leaving Clara, Roxy and Eggsy in the room. The latter two make their way over to Clara, to try and comfort her. "So much for classic army technique." Eggsy mutters to Roxy, before going and kneeling in front of Clara. "Hey, it's alright luv. Let's get you dry, yeah?" Roxy smiles, seeing the bond the two have already formed in such a short amount of time. Eggsy helps Clara to her feet and the three of them make their way out of the room, hoping to get some actual rest this time.