Beo was currently sitting in his room. Tied to a chair, gagged and handcuffed, as well as blindfolded.
"What happened to me?" Beo pondered. All he could remember was going to his room after dinner and fell asleep in his bed.
A sudden pain in his navel region causes him to yell out in a muffled voice.
"Do not worry, This is for experiment purposes, it will not cause you any harm afterwards." a monotone voice reassured me.
Huh?, a monotone voice?, Could it possibly be Universe?
"I suggest that you don't move, or else your stomach could be punctured and the acid could burn your body system as I temporarily disabled your bicarbonate production, which means your stomach right now is highly acidic" Universe said to me
I tried to ask her the reason why she was doing this type of thing but my voice was muffled
"Alright, your free to go" Universe said and she started to untie me.
When she removed my gag, I lashed out at her "Why, just why, did you have to tie me up, you could have just asked"
"When a subject is being inflicted by pain they have involuntary twitches, and/or movements, such movements might have ruptured parts of your body, Better to be safe than sorry" Universe explained before walking out on me.
"That girl" I muttered before I went to the locker room to get dressed.
I entered the locker room that was assigned to Universe and I and I walked in on her naked. Her slender body with her semi-developed chest, the legs not to plump yet not to thin either. her skin practically glowed and then she locked over at me.
"I'm sorry" I exclaimed and quickly shut the door behind me.
"If me being naked bothers you, then I can put a towel on" Universe called indifferently.
"Your fine being seen naked?" I asked nervously.
" I see no reason why it is such a big deal, it is merely skin. The largest organ on your body, and it is used to protect from harmful particles like sunlight, diseases, dust, the sorts"
"If you insist, then I am coming in" and I began to slowly open the door.
Walking in once more, Universe already had on her uniform and was gathering her things to put in her locker. She noticed me for the second time around and stared at me.
"You can come in and change any time, don't mind me" She said and then once more, walked out on me.
"I don't know, I might not handle it well" I said gloomily before I started to get changed into my uniform.
Each Company had different color uniforms, for A it was Red, B was Blue, C was Purple. For Company G our color was a Teal color. This was distinguished by the company tag and squad and the shoulders and cuffs.
The uniforms were one piece suits with zippered backs, Mainly black from pants to collar, The shoulders, cuffs, collar, and Company sign was teal. It also came with black combat boots, , black/teal gloves, and an earpiece.
I quickly got dressed and headed to the mess hall where the rest of my squad was seated minus Ciara and Antony.
"Are you guys ready for your first mission?" I asked, looking at my watch the time read 04:45 hours, and then proceeded to devour my cereal.
"I have devised that the mission will be one of the core subjects, which will be Combat, Weapon handling, Vehicles, the sorts." Universe said bluntly.
"The mission debriefing is soon, we should hurry up and finish" Gadri smiles and starts to wolf down his remaining food.
"Come on slow down, we got another 5 minutes before we have to go" Nima says, to which Gadri ignores her.
"Hey Gadri is right, we better hightail it out of here" I told them and chose a few things to eat, leaving the rest.
"This meal is very balanced based on what you need, if you skip out on some of those things then your losing important nutrients" Universe informed me of my error, pushing her finished tray toward the bin.
"I will wait for you guys, I studied the map of this station and know where most things are, so follow me when your finished"
Everyone gave their okay to Universe and after finishing the last of our meal, we followed her through many hallways, staircases, rooms, and more to find ourselves in a simulation room. Miraculously Ciara and Antony were already there.
"Where have you guys been" I asked curiously "I didn't see you at breakfast"
"Ciara dragged me me along...... one of her exercise runs, we had....... breakfast very early since......... her schedule consists of four......... hours of various drills." Antony gasped for breath as he explained this
We grew silent as the other squads started to appear, and eventually Officer Boris
Officer Boris looked at each of the squads in turn.
"We all are here today to witness and experience your first training simulation. most of you have probably experienced full-dive technology before through games, School lessons and more. Here, we use them as training simulations to test your skills, drill you to know each and every protocol, know how to handle your vehicle or gun. To you this might be a game, to us it is more like a movie since we have no influence of what the simulation does besides setting the initial goals, spawn points, and behaviors for the A.I. and terrain. This first simulation will be a station-wide simulation, meaning Companies from A-Z will be participating. This will prepare you for the known, and unknown situations. Gear up cadets, your going into the simulation"
"Vivunt, Evolve protege patria nostra" we all shouted at the top of our lungs. We got into the simulation pods and prepared for the simulation to begin.
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"G Company, you will be starting in your dorms, that is all I will say, you will see that the objective will be pretty obvious when you get in. I wish you good luck and Vivunt, Evolve protege patria nostra to you all" Officer Boris said one last time before everything flashed white.
Officer Boris's POV:
Sitting back I watched as each of the pods go online, I monitored the console, making sure everything was running smoothly before transferring the controls to my command watch. I got up to stretch and made my way to the Officer's Lounge, where everyone who was in charge of the Companies gathered.
"Well well, if it isn't Mr. Nemeides, come come, let us make bets for old time sake" a man spoke out. He was Ren Destriago, commanding officer of L company. He was short and round like a ball, and he practically bounced every time he walked. Multiple scars were strewn across his face yet he was lively.
"Mr. Destriago, I wouldn't put my money so early, we barely even know the cadets yet" Boris replied and Mr. Destriago waved it off.
"That is what makes it more fun, come on, I already got bets for a promising boy in A Company named Adam, you know, the minister's son" (Destriago)
"And what of him?" (Boris)
"He is a promising lad, I wish he was in my company then I wouldn't have to worry, but he has great commandeering skills, and a quick mind at that, I believe he will be our top cadet in no time flat." (Destriago)
"Any other promising cadets you would like to inform me? Or is he the only one." (Boris)
"No, no, how can he be the only one. To name a few I got a girl named Thalia in V company, Ilv in J company, and Universe from your very G Company, all of them show great promise you better believe it." (Destriago)
"I've looked at her files, I know she has potential, but for people like her, there is to much on their plates." (Boris)
"Well, let make a bet to see, will these interesting people make it far?" Destriago smiled, holding out a betting plate.
"I'd rather not, but then again, let us see" Boris spoke, accepting the plate and writing something on it.
Beo's POV:
I woke up in my bed due to a strange noise, Universe was in the bed besides me and we both awake and already in our uniforms. An alarm was blaring, while red lights flashed. "Code Red, We are under attack by Balvian Forces. I repeat, Code Red, We are under attack by Balvian Forces." a person was announcing in the intercom.
To explain, Balvians are the sentient species of the world Balvia. They were towering monstrosities that went from 7-10 feet tall, and had a gaping mouth for a face, they have no visible eyes, nose, or ears. Having long stick-like arms and nimble and thing fingers. their body was unnaturally slimy and their feet were clawed. They traveled in elite warships since they loved to raid others. Their famous for mounting ships, stations, platforms, you name it, to gather materials for themselves.
I motioned for Universe to follow me and we headed toward the armory. En route we met up with Nima and Gadri.
"So that is what he meant, of course we can't always be prepared for an attack on the outpost" Gadri thought outloud. and he laughed with a goofy grin on his face. Nima just rolled her eyes at him.
Ciara and Antony were already at the armory, fully geared, Ciara had on light armor and held an assault rifle while Antony was sporting the same gear except for his choice of dual pistols and was twiddling with a drone.
"Alright guys, get geared up, who knows what might happen" Ciara said and just as she said that, an explosion rocked the corridor.
"Hey don't jinx us now" Nima growled and ran inside. I swiftly followed her and found myself with multiple choices of gear to equip. I looked around at the possible choice and a brief description of what they did.
A belt of syringes that inflicted status, Particle cannons, various grades of armor, multitudes of weapons ranging from simple pistols to void snipers.
I finally settled on light armor with an assault rifle like Ciara. Universe had a medic kit, and the syringes, as well as a simple pistol. Nima settled with light armor and a sniper. and Gadri became a hulking giant, with heavy armor, and a rail gun.
We all marched down the hall, when an Balvan invasion pod poked a hole into the wall, a tube was inserted into the hole and Balvans troopers started to slither out. Gadri charged forward before he stopped to fire his rail gun.
His plan was good and bad because of two instances. One: He eliminated the Balvans and cleared the wave, and two: he hit the engines and fuel tank of the invasion pod, making it explode , creating a hole in the wall and a one-way ticket to deep space.
"Masks up" Universe ordered but the order was to late. Ciara, Antony, and Gadri lost their footing and floated toward the hole. Gadri used his railgun as an anchor, whilst Antony caught the edge of the wall. Ciara was unlucky enough to be blown into space.
The emergency doors started to close in the hall way making us take a split-second decision and that was when Antony spoke up.
"Guys I can go get Ciara just go and get rid of the Balvans, we will find our way back to base" He smiled and with a thumbs up and mask on, he let go and drifted into space after Ciara