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Chapter 27

Chapter 27

December 12th

"Wake up!"

"Wha?" Logan unintelligently muttered.

"It's time to begin your training," Mike said.  "You have three minutes to get into some cloths proper for running.  Hurry or you will be running in what you wear now!"

Logan pulled himself into a sitting position as he realized that he was still wearing the street clothes that he was wearing the day before.  Logan stood up and walked to the shelves in the back of the room and found some shorts and a t-shirt.  He dressed as quickly as he could as Mike stood there waiting.  When he had finished he turned to find mike holding a box.

The box wasn't large but it wasn't small either.  It was about half a meter in length and width, but maybe a third of a meter tall.  The lid sat over the rim and could be removed completely.

"Once I take the lid of the box," Mike began, "you have thirty seconds to memorize the objects inside."

He placed the box on the lower bunk and looked up at Logan.  Logan stepped up to Mike's side and nodded his head.  Mike removed the lid from the box.

Inside the box were a pencil, a small data drive and a shoestring.  Logan looked up at mike with a question on his face.  Mike simply looked back with a blank look on his face.  Logan returned his attention back to the three items in the box.

After a few more seconds Mike replaced the lid.  He then placed the box on the top bunk, turned and left the room without a word.  Logan wasn't sure what just happened, but he raced after the large man to catch up with him.

Mike didn't say another word as they walked for several minutes away from the secured area, passed the cafeteria and down several corridors that Logan had not yet been down.  Finally they came to a set of doors that Mike stood before for a few minutes.  He punched a few keys on his DNAC, and the door opened.

The pair entered a gym unlike any of the gyms that Logan had seen on Earth.  There were weight machines, an area for stretching, and an elevated track.  But where it differed was the obstacle coarse, the sparing rings with several different weapons on racks, and a few other amenities that Logan could only guess at the uses.

There were not many people present, but every one of them stopped what they were doing and stared at Logan as they entered.  Logan realized that they were all Security Special Forces.  Mike had brought them to a private gym, and he was an outsider.

Mike didn't seem to have noticed, he continued to walk until they reached the entrance for the elevated track.  He sat himself on the ground and began to stretch his muscles.  Logan sat down next to him and mimicked his stretches.

Several minutes later, Mike stood up, and Logan followed.  The pair entered the track and began to jog at a fairly easy pace.  The track left the gym behind as they jogged through a tunnel, which opened up to a large pool.  It was obvious that the pool doubled not only as exercise, but training as well.

There were several objects that lined the pool including several different types of diving suits, tools made for underwater use, as well as what looked like weapons.

The two looped around the pool, running though another tunnel.  And they were once again back in the gym.  Logan hadn’t been paying to close attention so he could only guess at the length of one circuit around.  He believed that it was probably close to eight hundred meters.

Once the two had passed the point at which they had started, Mike upped his pace.  Logan quickened his pace to match.  This was still a fairly comfortable speed that he believed he could maintain for a prolonged time.

They circled around the pool once again, and entered the gym.  Once again as they passed the starting point Mike picked up the pace.  Once again, Logan sped up to match.  Logan wasn't unfamiliar with running; he had run with the school team while at University.  However he was never as good to think he could compete with any success.

Logan wondered how many more times Mike would pick up the pace, as they made their way back into the gym.  Once again as they passed the invisible point Mike picked up his pace.  Logan followed suit and matched his pace.  At this speed, running was becoming hard.

Logan focused and pushed himself to continue running at the quick pace that Mike had set.  The man didn't look to be bothered with the speed.  He wasn't even breathing hard.  This large man who easily had twenty killos on Logan was out running him as if it were an afternoon jog in the park.

As the two once again approached the starting point, Logan hoped but didn't believe that Mike would call it good.  He was right to believe that, Mike sped up again, this time into a pace that was almost a sprint.

Logan knew that he wouldn't be able to keep this pace up, but tried the best he could.  They reentered the pool area and were turning to make their return trip when Logan's legs refused to accept the punishment any longer.

Logan slowed to a walk as Mike continued around the turn, down the length and through the tunnel out of sight.  Logan cursed under his breath.  This training was not going to be fun.

Logan continued to walk trying to will his muscles into a little more speed, but nothing came of it.  He passed through the tunnel back into the gym and saw Mike patiently waiting for him at the starting point.  He didn't seem to be perturbed by Logan's decision to walk.  He only looked indifferent.

Once Logan had reached Mike, the two left the track and moved to the weight machines.  Mike set the machine up and gestured for Logan to use it.  Logan did as he was told; this machine was a bicep curl.  Logan was familiar with it, so he sat down and did a few quick and controlled reps.

After the fifth rep, Mike told him to stop.  And once Logan had stopped, Mike increased the weight and told him to continue.  It was like the track all over again.  He did some reps and the weight was increased.  This continued until Logan couldn't lift the weight any longer.

Then they went to another machine to work his quadriceps.  It was then that Logan figured out that Mike was testing to see what his fitness level was.  Not only his fitness lever, but his determination to work as well.  Logan determined to give everything he had.

The work out continued as they two went from machine to machine working different muscles.  Mike didn't write any of it down, and must have been mentally taking notes.  After close to an hour, they had finished with the last of the basic machines.  Logan was glad to be done because he wasn't sure he could have done much more.

"We are done for now."  Mike said in a flat tone.  The two headed out of the gym and followed the path that they took earlier in the morning.  Once they got back to the living quarters Mike looked at Logan, "You did good today.  I have a little more planned for you tonight, but for now get a show, you stink."

Logan laughed as he entered the showers.  There were fresh towels piled close to the door.  He took one and headed a few stalls in and stripped out of his sweaty clothes.

After a quick shower, Logan got dressed and found Mike waiting for him in the hallway.  He had showered as well, and the two of them made their way to the cafeteria.  

"We should get this to go, you are expected to meet with your group in twenty minutes."  Mike said as he stepped up to a counter to order his food.

Logan got in line behind Mike, and wait for a minute before he could place his order.  He ordered two pieces of toast, an egg and a carton of milk.  They only had to wait for a few minutes before their order was ready then they placed the food in small boxes with handles.

They took the boxes and headed for the secured part of the station.