❥MY ECSTASY

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•✧ JENNIE'S POV ✧•

“Alright everybody, gather up!” - The commander ordered as the cadets immediately came out of their tents and stood side by side, paying attention to their commanders.

After lunch, they had decided to take rest until it was time for training. Now that the sun was going to set soon, it was time to do their tasks.

“As we all can see, the sun is going to set in an hour so it's time for our first task. The hiking challenge.” - They attentively listened to him as he explained everything, Jennie exchanged a look of excitement with Juda.

“The tools I gave you should be with you right now. All groups will be divided into two teams. Right now we have 3 groups so we have 6 teams. Each team will contain 3 members or 4.” - Juda, Jennie and Somi immediately stood together when the team forming started. Every group was divided into teams as they checked their equipment to see if they were working fine. And then the final rules were explained.

“Each team will hike up the marked trail on the maps, you can use your flashlights if it gets too dark. You have 35 minutes to hike up to the end of the trail and collect as many green flags as you can find. The team with the most flags wins. Be careful of the snakes and insects, cadets! If you somehow get lost you know how to get help. Otherwise stick together and don't lose your partners. Understood?!” - Hearing about snakes and bugs sent chills down the girl's spine but she shrugged it off and took a deep breath, ready to face the biggest fear of her life.

After fixing their uniforms and doing warm-up exercises, the teams begin hiking up the hill.

The trails were surrounded by tall, green trees which made it look darker than it already was, the trail was also covered in fallen branches and rocks alongside the chilly winds that were blowing right into their faces. The challenge was definitely a difficult one but they weren't going to let themselves fear anything, this was their motive after all. To overcome their fears.

Jennie and her roommates also continued to walk over the branches and rocks while carefully scanning their surroundings for any green flags they might miss, Jennie was walking behind Juda, Somi checked the map and led them ahead as they followed behind her. After a few minutes when it began getting darker they pulled their flashlights out, by now they only had 3 flags which wasn't much so they had to continue their way towards the end. Even though the brunette was still not liking her surroundings.

“Oh God, this is tiring.” - Juda complained as she stopped in her tracks making the others stop as well.

“We have to continue so we can come back before the time is up. Get walking now.” - Somi spoke as she groaned and started walking again.

A few more minutes passed just like that, everything seemed to be going okay except for the few snakes and bugs Jennie encountered. Suddenly, she stopped walking as her breathing had become uneven and she was getting tired now, the trail seemed to never end. She held her knees to regain her breath as she thought Juda and Somi had also stopped because of her but when she looked up and didn't see them anywhere, she panicked. Had they perhaps not noticed her stopping?

“Juda! Somi?!” - She tried calling out to them but no one replied. It had gotten extremely dark and cold, and there was no one around her so it startled her a little but she tried to be courageous and took her map out to check the trail.