*in this chapter you are going to learn more about Kelly!! Enjoy!!
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I woke up to blaring alarms. “Get dressed!” shouted Sahara. I walked out of bed, forgetting I was in the top bunk and fell to the ground with a thud. Nigel came to my rescue and helped me up. “Ha, ok there?” He asked. I nodded and went to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and took a quick shower and joined my friends at the dining hall. “Hey guys” I said with no enthusiasm. I sat down by Nigel and grabbed a croissant as a popped up from the table.
“Rough morning?” asked Sahara. I told her about how I fell of the bed and Eli apparently found my story amusing to laugh out. “How was your night?” I asked her.
“Eh” that was her only reply. At the corner of my eye, I saw Eli staring at her with his hazel eyes. I sighed and looked away. Nigel nudged me in the stomach and winked. He obviously knew I had a little crush on Eli, but who wouldn’t? He’s just so damn cute!
“You all look so wonderful!” said Sharon in a sing-song voice as she appeared out of nowhere. “Today is going to be your first day of training. The first thing we are going to do is take a twenty question test. It’s very simple, I promise. The second day, we are going be doing stimulations—“she was cut off by Victoria, one of the girls from Europe. Sharon pierced her lips because she hated being interrupted.
“What exactly is a stimulation?” She asked dumbfounded. My mouth dropped open. She was a year older than I; surely she must’ve learned it. Before, Sharon could answer, she was once again interrupted by Saiyak. “A stimulation is the action of various agents (stimuli) on nerves, muscles, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity.” She said. I swear, she was like a human dictionary.
“Oh, do we have to take a drug?” Victoria asked. She cocked her head to the side and played with her hair. What an idiot, I thought.
Sharon started up again “Anyways, the second day is stimulation. The third day is fighting; you will learn how to properly punch someone.” Everyone nodded except Saiyak who looked shocked beyond belief. “On the fourth day, parents will be able to visit. On the fifth day is teamwork.”
Shawn, the Asian boy spoke up, “I thought we were getting powers!” Everyone started to whisper amongst themselves. “Settle down everyone” Sharon shouted. “You all will get powers before the day of takeoff. Your powers will be determined on everything you do and act here. The head director will be the one to choose.” She said. She told us to get in a single file line and follow her. She led us down a flight of steps to be a big room that looked like a classroom except this design must be decades old. Every desk had a single sheet of paper and pencil. We chose a desk and somehow I got separated from my friends and forced to sit down by Kruan, Leon, Saiyak and Carla, a blonde American.
Once we got seated and comfortable, Sharon walked out. A few minutes later, an unfamiliar attractive face walked in. He had brown short choppy hair. He had pretty green eyes and was tall and muscular. He had thin lips and had the cutest smile. He looked in his twenties. “My name is Drew and I’ll be your trainer” he said in a deep sexy voice. We made quick eye contact before he looked away. I obviously wasn’t the only one that noticed how handsome he was because Victoria shot her hand up in the air. He walked over to her and she asked for “help”.
I watched her sit a slight angle to reveal her round breast, my mouth hung open and shook my head in disbelief. “What a whore” I mumbled. She let out a fake laugh and flipped her red hair. I tried to ignore her but I couldn’t. I was angry. I don’t even know why, it wasn’t like Drew belonged to me or anything.
I finally looked down at my paper and put my name. I put my age and where I was born. I looked at the first question that said: 1.What is your favorite weather? That question triggered memories of me watching out the window with my dad and counting how many lightening would strike. I wrote down: Stormyon the line provided. 2. What do you like to do on your free time? I didn’t do many things to be honest. I wrote down Read, write, cook, and poetry. I was a quiet person not into dangerous activity. I looked over at Sahara, surely she wrote down dangerous stuff. I laughed and went back to my paper. 3. What is your favorite subject? I wrote down Language Arts. If I made it out of this, I want to be a professor at a famous college.
4. What type of person are you? I wrote down: I’m a quiet person that likes to be alone. I like to laugh and smile but most people don’t know that. I don’t have many friends. I love to write and read. I could read all day. I’m also shy and like to stay hidden. 5. You have the chance to risk your life to save your parents or let your parents die and save yourself. What do you choose? I thought about that question. I loved my parents without a doubt even my dad who left us to starve. But I also want to experience love like they did. I want kids, a husband, and a house of my own. I mean, my parents lived long enough, right? Though, that wouldn’t be a very good example to my kids (if I had any) when they asked how their grandparents died. I wrote down: Save my parents and risk my life.
6. Your friend is drowning, what is you’re the first thing that comes to mind? I write: I don’t even know how to swim but I would save her if I could swim. 7. Do you hate anyone and why? No one at the moment, but someone is really getting on my nerves. I’m talking about Victoria but I didn’t think it was wise to put her name down. 8. You hear gossip about your best friend, what do you do? Tell her if I had one. 9. If you were to kill someone who would it be? To kill someone I would have to have a reason and I have no absolutely no reason and no right to take someone’s life. 10. Are you afraid? I don’t understand this question. Is this a trick question? I am afraid of many things like spiders, death, people, certain smells, and the ocean. But if you mean of this test and why I am doing it then yes, I am very afraid.
I looked up from my test and scanned the room. There were only a few people left. I glanced at Drew who was writing something down. I sighed and continued.
HOW WOULD YOU RATHER DIE?
11. DROWNING OR CHOKING? WHY? Choking because it’s more accidental and I hate open water which would be a common place to drown. 12. SUICIDE OR HOMOCIDE? WHY? Suicide because I’ll die with conscious that is was my choice and not someone else’s. 13. RAPE OR ABUSE? WHY? Not sure because isn’t rape abuse also? And can’t sometimes abuse lead to rape? My hands start to ache from all this writing. I look up to find Drew staring at me with his beautiful green eyes. I stare back. He squints his eyes and I realize he has been staring at something behind me. I turn red with embarrassment. I continue on.
14. KNIFE OR GUN? WHY? Gun because if will be way faster 15.ACCIDENTAL OR PURPOSELY? WHY? Accidental because there won’t be any point for revenge. 16. Do you want to die? Sometimes. 17. Do you want to live? Sure. 18. Do you want to see your family again? What family? I ask myself. My parents were separated so what family? Instead I write: Yes. 19. Do you want children? Maybe. 20. Do you want love? I can only dream for it.
“Done?” says a husky deep voice. I lift my head to find Drew standing over me and the class empty. I had my paper slowly. “They, uh, went to the courtyard” He tells me. I nod and we stand facing each other for about thirty seconds or so. “Thanks. I’m gonna go join them” I tell him. I start to walk away but hit something hard that makes me go flying. I cover my face preparing for the worst but strong arms wrap around my waist. My insides get all bubbly and I let out a small scream.
“Thanks” I say.
“You’re welcome” The arms set me firmly on both my feet. I turn around to look at my superman and to my surprise it’s Drew. “Careful, next time. I won’t always be there to save you” He says in a serious voice and walks away leaving me to stand in an isolated hallway.
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-Marie
*p.s to the right is a picture of Drew!