“Welcome to training. The instructors sometimes have us go the whole course, sometimes part of it. We work solo and in teams. There’s a lot to do just here. We also weight train and spar as a group daily.” We walk over to the que at the start of the course and Wyatt notices us.
“Hey ladies! You ready for this?”
“No!” We both say together and then laugh.
Wyatt runs us through the requirements and I pull us to the back of the line so we can watch the other go through. Jena is a good strategist too. We came up with a plan to get through the course. It’s an individual run today, but we are being sent every thirty seconds so there are warriors everywhere. It doesn’t seem to be a timed thing, but I could be totally wrong since the trainer is looking at his watch to start us off.
It is just like my first time. Everything hurts, I have rips in my hands that are bleeding from the ropes, my lungs and heart feel like they are going to burst out of my chest from exertion. And yet, I feel amazing! I can’t stop the smile that has spread across my face. I am exactly where I am meant to be.
I look back at Jena who is following me just to my left flank so she can stay close, but not trip either of us up. She is smiling too. I can’t even imagine what is going through her head right now.
We make it through the whole course, finishing by crawling in the dirt and then running across the completion line.
“Good time ladies.” Thomas, one of the other Elite lead trainers says.
“Thank you, Sir.” We say in unison.
“You are both to report back to the war room after cleaning up. Alpha Reggie and Warrior Brogen want to see you for assignments.”
My eyebrows scrunch of their own accord. “Assignments? I thought we would be here for a while retraining and psych evals and all of that stuff.”
“I am not in charge of any of that. I just know that you were summoned and that is all I got by way of orders.” He shrugs. “Go get cleaned up and changed and make your way to the war room. You have ten… no eight minutes now. I would run.” He winks at us and I turn quickly, grabbing Jena’s hand and taking off.
“What the hell?!”
“He wasn’t kidding. They don’t do late around here and I don’t want to know what a punishment looks like. So move your skinny ass!”
We run up to my room and wipe the dirt off as best as we can, changing into clean black training gear. An extra set of gear was brought in and laid out on the bed that Jena was in. I wonder if she is going to be in here with me now. But what does that mean for Mina? I’ll have to remember to ask when we get downstairs.
I rip a brush through my hair and pull it back into a ponytail, Jena mimics me and we both run down the main stairs giggling. I don’t know why I am excited, but I feel like something great is going to happen to us.
We bust through the doors a little aggressively and both Osiston and Alpha Reggie look up stunned.
“Sorry, Sir. We got here as soon as possible.” I say looking between both of them. “Warrior Thomas said you needed to see us about assignments.” I huff out a little breathily.
“Take a seat, I think you will like what we have to offer you.” Alpha Reggie says, smiling like he’s up to something.
