welp, sorry for the out of schedule up date. for those of you who haven't noticed I'm trying to get a chapter out per day. Anyway, Jamie has finally made it to Cherub and he's going through the testing.
Oh, and if something is 'italic' it's the characters thought.
When Jamie awoke he was lying in a bed, the bed was placed in a luxurious room with white walls and there were an on-suit bathroom through one of the doors.
He moved his body from under the covers and realised he was in nothing but his Boxers. "... Who the hell stripped me? No scratch that, where am I?" He said to no one in particular. Looking around he found his duffle-bag on the floor beside him, all of his weapons had been taken and all that was left were his skull mask.
'Whoever brought me here knows I'm the ghost if they left this mask yet took my jacket'
He wore his mask lopsided so that it covered the right side of his face.
Looking around the room once more his eyes landed on some clothes, an orange shirt, military boots and khaki trousers. 'What is this The military? Or possibly something worse' he didn't like the boots so he left them be and went bare foot.
Jamie was surprised to find the door unlocked, he guessed he was aloud to roam and completely missed the note saying to stay put.
Outside of the room was a long corridor, not many people were in there and he was surprised to see they were all Teenagers. 'Great, I must have been dumped in some weird training place, either that or a new care home' he decided to try and get some answers so he spoke to the closest, he was a boy and the only difference in uniform were a grey shirt. "Hey, what is this place" Jamie asked however, the boy replied. "Can't talk to orange"
He asked another and the exact response was returned.
Jamie looked done at his shirt and smirked.
'This shirt must designate me as something, heh, I bet someone would speak to me if I were wearing a different shirt'
He hid behind a corner and waited for someone to pass, luckily the next one to pass were a navy shirt. Jamie jumped out from his hiding spot and took out the navy shirts legs causing his to fall to the ground, before he could get up Jamie had sat on him. "I'll be borrowing that, I don't like the colour of mine" he ripped the navy shirt from the boy before dropping his own orange shirt and wearing the navy one, "thanks!" Jamie then proceeded to run down the corridor and by the time the 'Ex'-navy shirt had gotten to his feet he was out of sight.
Not far down the corridor was Jake, he had just gone to find Jamie when he found he had disappeared leaving only his boots when he heard a commotion, he rushed to the noise and found one of his friends, Mike, dragging himself off the floor. "What happened?" He asked making mike jump, he turned his body to face Jake and looked embarrassed. "Some crazy orange shirt got the jump on me and stole my shirt, he was nice enough to leave his own though" Jake began to smirk.
"I guess I'm partially to blame for that, I was the one who recruited him"
"Nah, don't worry about it, it's gonna be one heck of a laugh and anyway, I'll get my own back on him at some point, though I gotta admit, he's gonna make one hell of an agent."
"That's true, pass me his shirt I'll take it to him whilst you get another "
"Sounds good... Are those his boots?"
"Yeah, apparently he didn't like them so he left them in his room." They finished talking and jake was off again, it didn't take long before he came across another girl. "?Have you seen a guy with a skull mask by any chance?" He asked.
"Yeah, he just asked me where he was, apparently he was still groggy and wasn't thinking straight, he told me he only got here recently and asked for directions"
"... And you didn't find it strange that he was wearing a navy shirt after asking that kind of question?" She looked puzzled for a moment before noticing an orange shirt in Jakes hand, it didn't take long to make the connection.
"Oh god, was he an orange?!" She yelled in realisation.
"Yeah he was, he also seems to dislike his uniform, I'll probably be picking up his trousers in a minute, which way did he go?" The girl directed him on his way and it didn't take long before he had caught up to Jamie,he was entering an office with Zara.
Jake jogged up tot he door and knocked on it, it didn't take long for him to hear a reply and entered. Jamie looked surprised to see him however was quickly replaced with suspicion.
'What is he doing here?' he heard Zara clear her throat and began to speak 'finally, some answers'
"First off, I'm amazed that you were able to get the jump on one of our Navy shirts, that's quite an achievement for a recruit and no doubt it will be the biggest story on campus for a while." He smirked.
"I still don't know why I'm here"
"Yes well, you are here, because we could use people like you. This place is CHERUB, a branch of the British intelligence and officially doesn't exist, neither does jake there." He turned to face jake who was holding Jamie's boots and Orange shirt. "Why are you telling me this? You realise I could run off and tell the world"
"But would anyone believe you? I don't think so."
"They would listen to the Ghost"
"And they would also arrest you. " he smirked again 'i was right, they do know about me being ghost'
"So,why kids?"
"We're asked that question a lot, we use kids because they can do things adults cannot, a terrorist would never expect that the friend their child brought home was actually a secret agent, would they? And, you are living proof of this theory , your father used you to kill am I right" Jamie clenched his fist. His mind switched a gear and all emotion was lost
'I never wanted to kill, and If I get the choice never again'
"We also know about your mental condition, and would like to tell you it's possible to fix" Jamie still remained emotionless.
"And if I say yes?"
"Then you will have to pass a test, nothing big and trust me, this kind of thing is a once in a lifetime opportunity "
"Alright... I'll join" Zara smiled and handed him a Rolo which he instantly took and like a flood-gate all his emotions returned.
"You'll need to put that orange shirt on, oh and the shoes"
"Fine..." He took the shoes and wore his original shirt. "Better?"
"Very so."
They had taken Jamie to the Dojo for the first test, when they entered they found many boys and girls of all ages, pulling kicks and punches that could put experts to shame. "Jesus, I don't want to mess with any of them" jake was just a few paces behind and simply grinned.
"Right then, Ellie, could you help us with this?" Zara called out, the girl who was named Ellie happened to be the one doing the teaching, she had blonde hair with Hazel eyes. Her skin was fair and barely tanned. "Right then , Jamie, for the first test, you are going to fight Ellie" as soon as he heard that the smile on his face disappeared. "... I'm screwed" he then grinned.
The two teenagers stood on the mats and got into their stances. " go as long as you feel you can, any thing goes but eye gouging and hair pulling does not, you can submit by taping the floor or verbally "
"Was declaring eye gouging illegal really necessary? "
"Sadly yes as it has happened before..." She sighed, "ready? Three, two, one, Fight!"
Jamie immediately dashed at Ellie leaving no opportunity behind and threw a punch into her gut before backstepping and performing a round-house kick to her shoulder.
She had been caught off guard and crumpled to the floor giving the out sign that she lost the round. "Sorry, but having fought many gangs I know to never go easy on anyone, not even a girl"
"What about reaper? You went easy on him didn't you?" Asked Zara
"That's different, that was the most damage I was willing to inflict, and, how do you even know about that?"
"We have our sources, now, Jamie 1, Ellie 0 you both ready for round two?"
Jamie got back into his stance and awaited Ellie. She got back up and spoke "if your not going easy then neither will I!"
"Fight" Zara spoke calmly giving the command for the test to continue.
This time Ellie was the first to move, she took out his legs forcing him to his knees before pinning his arms in a lock close to breaking.
"Jesus!, I submit!" She released his arms causing him to fall to the ground. "That hurt, first time in a while that I've lost in a fight" he smirked. "But I'm not gonna loose this time"
The two Got back into their positions once more. "Jamie1, Ellie 1"
"Fight!" The new round commenced with the two of them circling around the edge, looking for an opening.
Suddenly they both dashed at each other, Jamie performed a slide tackle at Ellie's feet, tripping her up so that she fell on to of him. however he twisted his body so that he was on top. He smirked at the girl who was in his grasp.
Elie had begun to blush from the position"I give up, now er... Could you get off me?" Realising the position he was in he stood up in a flurry and he'd out his hand. The entire scene caused Ellie to giggle and take his hand.
Jake was next to Zara and saw the entire thing, he couldn't stop grinning as he recalled something Ellie had said. 'I won't fall for anyone weaker than me'.
"Well then, onto the next test, a written one"Jamie was instantly dredging the next test.
He finally finished the test, he found the maths side close to impossible, then again he never was good at maths. The rest of the test was a breeze, he easily knew most of the language and science side and right now he was eating in the cafeteria with jake and Ellie. "Wow, this food is so much better than that slop from the care home"
"No kidding, you only had one meal there, I had a weeks worth and this stuff is so close heaven!"
"Maybe you'll think twice before you do something so stupid then" Jamie was eating when this picked his interest. "What did he do?"
"He started the second food fight in campus history"
"There's only ever been two?" Jamie was amazed there hadn't been more, at his old school he had been apart of at-least three in one week
"Yeah, the first one was caused by an Ex-CHERUB who's now one of the most liked mission controllers. And get this, it was Because two girls were fighting over him!" Answered Jake.
"What about the second?"
"Oh, nothing nearly as epic, I just through some food at a black shirt that was being a dick, the red-shirts noticed and joined in, before I knew it, it was food-war II"
"By the way, what's up with the coloured shirts?" Jamie had finally asked, he wondered what it was all about ever since he had to steal the navy one.
"Simple, Orange are visitors, red are juniors that aren't qualified as agents yet, blue are those going into basic-training, grey means they are qualified agents, navy means they've done something really good in single mission, black are for those who have done many amazing things on multiple missions and finally white are CHERUBS that have graduated, that's why some of the staff will where them"
It made sense, he thought it was a pretty good system in place.
He had just finished eating when Zara had walked in with a man in his twenties, he was carrying a cage that appeared to contain a chicken.
"Here's the legend himself. He's carrying your next test now."
Once they had gotten closer Zara introduced James to Jamie who instantly took a shine to him.
He undid the cage and allowed the chicken to jump out. "Your next test is to kill the chicken."
"Why?"
"Because, it's the only way your going to enter CHERUB"
"Well, I'd rather not be a part of an organisation that forces me to kill, I don't want a repeat of my father."
"Do you like chicken"
"I like looking at them, and I don't mind eating them"
"Then kill it, I'll cook it for you"
"Sorry, I don't want food poisoning " hearing this jake and Ellie burst into laughter. And Zara turned to look at them, "Ellie? aren't you supposed to be somewhere? "
She looked flustered being stared at by the chairwoman. "I, I've got a free period so..." Zara sighed, "fine, but, you're gonna have to be quiet, alright?"
"Yep" she grinned.
Meanwhile James had been attempting to get Jamie to kill the chicken yet failing miserably. "If you want it dead so badly why don't you do it yourself "
"Because your supposed to kill it!" Jamie found winding him up to be immensely fun, and thought about getting James to do it for him. "How about this, if you kill it I'll cook it, I'm told I'm a pretty decent chef" however. "Ok that's enough, if he won't kill it we will have to move on. Do you like water Jamie?"
"I love it, why?"
"Then you'll enjoy the final test." Zara was correct, James led the group to the in door swimming pool. He approached the edge and spoke "this, is your final test, inside this pool is a brick, your job is to bring it to the surface and place it on the side." Jamie was surprised, he expected the final test to be the hardest, not the easiest.
"Fine" Jamie replied with a smug look, as he approached the edge he began to strip down to his boxers, Ellie turned around flustered at the sight whilst everyone else continued to look. The last piece he placed on the floor, needles to say, it was his mask.
He had quite the fit body with a six pack that was faintly visible.
He quickly dived in and swam towards the brick. Once he was above he submerged, grabbed it and brought it to the edge. "Done, anyone got a towel?"
A/N: well there you have it! Chapter 4 and Jamie's entrance too CHERUB.
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