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Episode 3: Spartan
fist of Rukt
Planet Onyx, Camp Currahee
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Arthur coughed as he rolled out of his bunk and onto the floor, a large man prodded him again with the electric stick. Arthur got to his feet although every muscle in his body disagreed with this movement, his muscles burned and his stomach turned. This was his second day in this camp, he was pretty sure he was in the military, but how? And he was now a Spartan? What do Spartans do? These were questions Arthur still was yet to have answered. The previous day he had been loaded off of a pelican dropship with hundreds of other kids about his age, then he saw a large man in green armor with a golden faceplate, then he met a man named Mendez who took the children back up in the dropships and forced them to jump out, Arthur still was not sure if this was even real.
He had only slept for a couple of hours, he was sure it wasnt even light out yet. The trainers woke the children up with the electric clubs and herded them outside where they met Mendez again, Arthur also saw the large man again only he was out of his green armor.
"ATTENTION!!!" yelled mendez at the children. They all quickly saluted back. "Let's start with some warmups, 100 pushups!!" The children began. Arthur went with the rest as they counted out loud. He noticed a girls voice coming from a spot near him, he looked around to see who it was. He was surprised to find a tall skinny girl, with straight brown hair that was hanging down in her face and freckles on her nose. He couldnt believe his eyes, this pretty girl was here in this horrible place? Why? This was no place for a skinny little girl. Arthur refocused on his work and he grinded out his last 10 pushups. He slumped to the ground and lay face down in the grass, he had never done this many pushups in his life. Mendez gave the command for 100 sit ups and then 100 jumping jacks. When they finished they were given a short water break and then went on a long run through the woods around the camp. By the time this was over the cool morning sun was just over the horizon, the children relaxed and cought their breathe. Just as Arthur thought it was over Mendez gave the order to gather on his position, Arthur groaned as he pulled himself up to walk towards mendez. Arthur had been thinking about the girl he saw earlier, he wished she was safe, somewhere other than here. As the children all gathered by Mendez he found himself looking for the tall girl, he found her only a few feet from him.
"At ease.." said Mendez as the children let out long breaths. "I've got a mission for you, do you see that obstacle coarse? You have to find a way through it. You will be arranged into teams of five and you will not rest until your entire team has finished the mission, IS THAT CLEAR??"
"Yes sir!" yelled the children. Arthur could barely move his legs, how could he possibly make it through this entire obstacle coarse? He just shook his head in frustration. The trainers began to round up the children into groups of 5, Arthur was shoved in with some other kids near him. He noticed the tall girl was with him, and also a shorter kid with short black hair, Arrthur recognized him from the back of the pelican when they had to jump the day before. Arthur shyly walked over to the boy, he stuck out his hand and said "Hi im Arthur, it's nice to meet you" Arthur knew he sounded like an idiot, but if he is going to be stuck here he might as well make friends. The other boy looked up and stared at Arthur, looking surprised
"Hey, Im Randy. It's nice to meet you too" the boys shook hands and Randy grinned. "Wanna work together?" Randy asked with a smile
"Sure, we can be friends" said Arthur with a now confident
"Yeah, friends" Randy said as he examined the coarse ahead. Arthur was surprised that had worked so well, he almost thought Randy would punch him right in the face for a second. But he was glad to have someone on his side.
"See that?" Randy asked a he tapped Arthur on the shoulder and pointed to a grid of ropes that stretched across a pool of water. "All we gotta do is get across that and climb over the wall and were done" He said with a hopeful voice.
"Yeah I see it, lets go for that" said Arthur
"Yeah" Arthur showed the other 3 kids in his team the spot including the girl who Arthur realized was a whole head and neck taller than him. He asked them their names and they replied. Arthur found out the girls name was Bailey, and the other two boys in his group were named Peter and Saajan. Arthur felt great now, he had friends.
"On your mark! Get set! GO!" Mendez screamed as the startled children ran in different directions. Arthur and Randy kept their team together as they sprinted towards the rope grid. Randy and Peter got there first and began to crawl across, Arthur and the others followed. Towards the end of the ropes Bailey slipped but managed to hold on to the ropes, Arthur grabbed her hand and pulled her back onto the ropes. The whole team made it up and over the wooden wall that stood before them, they all sprinted towards the finish line. Not a single other team was in sight when they finished, the five children collapsed onto the soft grass and caught their breathe.
"Good work guys" Randy said as he still gasped for air. Peter nodded in agreement and high fived Saajan. Randy crawled over to Arthur and put his arm around him "Nice job man" He said with a wide smile
"Yeah, and thanks for helping me up on the ropes, I almost fell" The tall girl named Bailey said with pure blue eyes that locked on to Arthur. Arthur turned around and nodded to her. He was happy they had done so well, his team had finished first. That night the five of them talked and joked in their bunks and then went to sleep. Arthur smiled to himself, "I think I actually might like it here" he thought to himself as he closed his eyes and went to sleep.
[Edited on 04.05.2009 7:00 AM PDT]