Click click ~

Ambient noise could be heard from the muffled sounds of tar crunching and cracking.

Click click ~ The sound is heard again but only louder and sharper in tone.

William was looking at out of the window daydreaming and talking to himself.

The Crystal...

"Uh-hmm..." A noise of someone clearing their throat could be heard next to him.

William dazed slowly towards the noise still in a half-asleep state.

"Mr.William! " A voice called out to him, breaking through his senses.

William got startled and avert his gaze towards the speaker. "Yeah, What is it .. Miss Kalen," William asked her in return for her wake-up call.

"You silly goose, You are still a heavy daydreamer as ever ... We are going to reach Reading in a couple of minutes, could you hold on tight? " She told him.

"Aren't we supposed to head to the faculty of that military base? " William asked her in confusion.

"Yes, you dumb bolt. The Military base is technically in Basingstoke but it's between the area of Reading, so technically it both Basingstoke and Reading ...Mr.Sherlock". She joked with him.

William chuckled in embarrassment.

*William's Perspective*

This chauffeur is Kalen Reina. She is some rich girl with a strange name. She like changing her name quite a lot of times probably for some secrets or sorts or just for fun. The last time I heard, Her mother agreed to let her be named Kurumi. The reason is that her family has an odd bloodline dating back to the Edo period as some sort of warmonger or whatever.

Now, however, her family makes a living by doing cosmetic business. She technically has a lot of money but since her mother is a little smart for stopping her allowance, well, she has to work it out for herself. So, she took over the job of a part-time driver for my family. Well, let's just say it's odd to have a neighbour with a daughter who works for my family's house.

I wonder what the commoners would think.

Ironically, for a family who makes money out of cosmetic business, she ironically hates make-up and relies on natural beauty and to be honest, she is quite a beauty especially those jugs of hers. Oh, wow, now what am I thinking ...

...

A few minutes later, William arrived at the area. Some strange machines checked all over the car by scanning weird beams of lights towards our car and some sort of strange beeping disk, perhaps a metal detector.

After a check or so, they were given the clear. Kalen drove through the now opened gates and parked at the visitors and applicant section of the parking area. The area was empty like dead, barely cars nor bikes were there. The only thing William could see is a huge building with a newish symbol symbolising the letter "C".

Kalena pocketed her keys and pats William hard on the back. Whack~

"Oi.," William shouted.

"What..? It's your first day in a Military Base, cheer up. I am walking you in for your first time here ." She giggled and told William.

Kalena gave him his suitcase and his document files that were kept together with him. She walked him into the base as a sign was placed next to the entrance's door.

" Continuum, The place where wonders happen." That doesn't really sound millitaryish. "I thought this was a military base..." he asked Kalena confused.

"Are you always going to question me like a kid? This is the place you prick." She gave William a rude remark and a raised eyebrow.

Upon entering, A robotic-like dog whizzed through them. William thought he was getting attacked so he jumped and tripped on the stairs, giving him a slight concussion. The dog, however, was probably malfunctioning so it headed a beeline towards the nearby forest plains.

Kalena whispered to herself. "What the f@$#?..."

Scratching his head, William got up and wiped his black trousers which now had white dust on it. Another figure came from the door came running out. "Jeez..."

"Excuse me, Have you seen my drone?" The figure asked William. William looked down to see a very short figure dressed in uniform and all with an odd band around her arm.

William still in a slight concussion said a simple soft "Yes..." and pointed towards the forest plains.

The girl said thank you and ran all the way to the forest plains.

William just squinted and said a soft "Be safe..." and walked into the building which had a waiting room filled with benches and tons of window panes. He took a seat beside Kalena and looks at her in disbelief.

"Have you seen that?" William asked Kalena out of the blue willing for an answer.

Kalena nodded. "Yes, I have seen that and that was quite awkward. Damn, For quite a young girl, how was she able to just roam around this building? She must be related to one of the soldiers here or something, who knows. This is also a school so probably she is being taken care of in away."

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After a while of getting back into sense and a quick turn of asking directions from the receptionist, They somehow managed to reach the interview room.

A woman and probably her friend or relation were relaxing by the window pane. They were talking to each other when they noticed the both of them. The woman gave a glint at William, out of curiosity or out of mind. The shorter one was still looking out the windowpane so she gave really no distractions.

The woman walked towards William and Kalena, small struts from her specially made military boots could be heard, it gave a metallic clang.

clang clang clang ~

"Gute morgen.." A soft and monotonic voice was dragged out from her mouth as her long hair was pushed away with a brush of her hand.

William knowing german answered back. "Gute morgen...".

"Are you two here for the interview..?" She asked both of them.

Kalena answered back with some respect. "No, Only him... He is the one taking the interview." she nudged towards William ("Show some respect...").

"Him?" she had a long sound of silence. "I see...You must be Mr.William then. Velkommen to Continuum. I am supposed to be your guide, The name is Frau Shanina, Captain."

(Oh Shit...) William saluted towards her and bowed.

"... No need to worry, I am not going to be strict with you .. but thank you for the respect. I will take you into the interview room to meet the Generals then send you off to meet your other guide who will talk to you about the basis of what is going to happen after the interview and take you to your barracks. Unfortunately, it is shared so there might be some trouble to interact ... with the females. " The captain explained to him.

William nodded and listened to her explanations of this building and what is it used for.

"This is Continuum, a school and a training platform for students or graduates to join the military. But compared to other typical national military training centres, this place is involved with science and you might probably try out prototype weapons by your arranged class. There are quite a few classes here all based on your physical, mental and strategic strength. Think of it as a game, there is probably one who is good at guns but bad at blades than there are ones good with supporting the team but is bad at leading one. This is what this centre is based on." The Captain explained some more.

"Anyway ... Your time is on. Go in and do your fullest. You will be having an interview with the Generals so be respectful and don't answer questions until allowed so. " The captain guided him in after opening the door.

The captain saluted to the Generals and asked William to sit down. "This is Herr William of The Endicrite family. The one that caught the governments and the scientists eyes."

A woman who had a huge scar on her eye slightly covered by an eyepatch nodded and excused the captain out. "Ahh Da, you are the one who survived The Happening, impressive. Its been so long to find something, I mean someone to help our deterioration of population. "

William felt eerily creeped out by her melodramatic and dark tone of voice. He unloosened his tie and exhaled out.

"My apologise ... " Her tone suddenly turned into a more calming and relaxing tone. "It was rude of me to not introduce myself. "I am General Ferdunov, 4 Starred and General of the army. "

"Those two bezdel'niki (slackers) over there are General Mirabella and General, whatever her name is. Mia, I think."

William gazed to the other side of the table to notice two dark toned women sleeping, one arm crossed and the other on a chin's rest.

"We were doing meetings since the morning and kept the last spot of time just for you. I was surprised you actually managed to come at this time, even with this harsh cold weather." She told William in a less roughened voice not typical for a Russian.

William cooled and smiled. "Really? My apologies then if I had to make you guys wait. I am grateful to be welcomed."

The general smiled at William and got up, William too got up thinking, he was supposed to start his meeting.

The general raised her arm and smashed the table. "WAKE UP!~" She shouted throughout the room in a deafening sound.

The other two generals opened their eyes. One of the generals got freaked out and almost stumbled but the other one just sat there calmly and opened her eyes. Looking closely, she had a metallic prosthesis for an arm.

"Oh, he came wonderful... " The one with the arms crossed and the metallic prosthesis said. "I am General Mia, 3 Starred, Nice to meet you. "

The other one was doing her hair and smiled.

"My apologies, these useful idiots are really troubling sometimes." General Ferdunov apologised to William again. "Because of them, Most of the soldiers in their compartment are soft towards them causing them to make silly mistakes every so often".

"Anyway... Shall we start the interview now?" She calmly asked him after taking a sit.

William nodded and said " Yes... Please."