Chapter Two
'Assemble'
Jessie and the others were put into their special room for their special night,it was huge for the four of them.Their beds were well arranged,all four of them surrounding a metal table in the middle which had a delicious mouth watering meal and champagne.The night was still a bit fresh and chill,soldiers shifted shifts and guard posts on the top gate,the back,the side walls and inside the Empire "Talking about a both wierd and a big night huh?",Steven spoke,"at least we've got this free food right,how bad can it feasibly get?",he put his crossed legs next to the meal on the table "We're going to eat that you know",Jessie said "So are going to pretend like everything is typical?",Hailen squeezed her metal cup she was drinking from.She was in the early twenties like the rest,about to rip out that lady self "Maybe we're going to suddenly out of nowhere wake up in our beds at home,haha,am I right?",Steven laughed a bit "Why do you always have to act like this?Why do you have to act like something else at the freaking wrong time?",Hailen snarled "What?,I'm just trying to stay positive,stop being so peevish",he grabbed a drumstick "I can't believe this is happening",Sileena held her forehead "Well its happening right?Believe it",Jessie took his first sip,"mmm,its been long since I washed my mouth with champagne" "How can you be so calm?",Sileena asked "Nothing is going to change if we stress about the situation or not,if we're confused or not,we might as well make ourselves at home and eat because on the other hand I can't lie I'm starving plus I'm exhausted,Hailen things are not at the bright end and it bothers me as well but stressing about it isn't going to solve anything,we'll get through this eventually but let's at first take care of ourselves at this very momentum",Jessie elaborated as he took his cup and drank "Okay,I hear you Jessie",she sobbed "Is it me or you listen to every single thing that chump spit from his mouth?This is getting much wierder by the day",Steven sipped raising his eyebrows "Would you just shut up you scum!!",she snarled "Good luck telling him that,I've tried",Sileena said "Woah,woah easy there lovely,there's no need to be hasty,it was just a simple joke,you're no fun at all",he said "Fun?I don't need to be funny or sweet for me to be gorgeous,I'm already a Goddess you torp",she boasted as she smirked "You know,this is actually the first time you smiled a little ever since we got here",Jessie said "Really,you like it?",Hailen guided a couple of hair strings behind her ear as she flirted "Yeah,uh I mean....yes,...of course",he blushed "Weirder by the day",Steven widened his eyes "Hey something just came up to me um,Steve, you're the one who study stones that much,what does a jade stone look like?",Hailen asked "A jade....,its kind of a blue glassy stone,....",Steven paused for a moment,"wait....where are you going with this?",he asked "Have you all heard about this Chinese myth which says that in the beginning a man stumbled helplessly over the earth,beset by wild beasts until the storm god above took pity and he forged a rainbow into jade axes and tossed them to earth for man to discover",Hailen explained "Yeah I know that one,what about it?",Sileen took a sip "What if the piece of stone which Steven held was a piece from a forged rainbow jade axe or something,if it says the rainbow was forged by the storm god into jade axes,well it surely means that these jade stones has got like some power left in them or whatever and maybe that's what caused the light and all this",Hailen elaborated "Mmm,that totally makes sense,but are you starting to believe in myths now?",Jessie asked "Of course,with all the things which has just happened I'm beginning to believe in anything right now even if you tell me that Superman spent forty days and forty nights whithout eating just like Jesus for him to get his powers",Hailen said "We don't know anything for now,but Hailen's source is the possible explaination,for now",Jessie explained "Ugh this is messed up",Sileena held her forehead "Tell me about it",Steven said A knock came swinging by at the Emperor's door as he answered,"yes?",the General came in,closed the door behind her and stepped forward his desk,"Kitanna",he said "Gerald",she replied "Please,sit,let's drink to this special delightful night",he offered pouring whiskey into a glass "Sure,how can I decline",she took her glass "To our Empire",he toasted "Indeed",she took a sip "So....about those late teens,what do you suggest we do with them?",she asked "Well,I don't mean to sound cynical,but with their age they're a perfect fit for a rover being,we don't usually come acroos those type of people",he placed his glass on the desk "I understand,my mind is in the same track as yours,as much as I hate saying this,we need to organise a field for them real quick",she said while holding her glass in both of her palms "Gladly,I'll leave you to it,I know you can sharpen their inner souls,also that will enable us to gain more strategy and tenacity in the fields",he said "Talking about fields,it goes without saying that the Pirates are using some kind of a super voltage blocker to jam our signal for contacting our underground team to the forests,their hacking skills won't hold the device forever,it will be only a matter of time until we completely lose contact with them,we need to organize our troops by the end of the month just to stay stiff ready",she elaborated "Okay General,do what you must,you've got my full support",he took his last mouthful sip,"though I'm sorry about your husband Kitanna,I know somewhere somehow this is going to end up being personal to you with the Vice Empire and I can't let you dim your focus on this,so I need to ensure that you've got this by all means",he placed his glass on the desk She stood up as she opened the door,"its already personal to me plus that will not dim my focus but escalate it",she closed the door A hard knock came by at the door as Jessie woke up, walked torwards the door,he opened it and there were two soldiers in front of him "May you all come with us",one of the soldier requested "But its still dawn,can't you come back a bit later",he yawned "This is not a drill,the General summons you",the soldier said "Well can you tell her that we will be there in a couple of hours?",Jessie asked "That would be unessential,now come with us,now",he raised his gun "Ugh okay,what's with you people with your guns",he covered his face with his hand while he spoke deliberately They were escorted at a different huge hall,they arrived and in front of them there was the General standing five metres apart wearing only a black polo neck,a back tight comouflage and black boots while holding a black medium size ball.Behind her there were four guys and four ladies wearing vests others wearing shorts and others trousers with their own black ball in their hands "Morning soldiers",Kitanna the General greeted "Haha,very funny",Jessie and the rest laughed a bit "So why did you wake us up so early?",Sileena yawned "Yeah,can't it wait?",Steven asked "I can barely stand right now",Hailen held her head "Commander Griffin,can you get me a bucket of water please",the General requested "Yes ma'am",a brown haired guy rushed "What's with the bucket?",Hailen asked "Oh,we just want to clean up this floor real quick that's all",the guy lent Kitanna a bucket full of cold water "Can you give us a moment to clean some of the scrubs real quick,you can go sit over there at the bench",Kitanna offered "Can we instead head to our room and you can let us know until you're done with the place?",Jessie asked "Sure,you may go",Kitanna accepted,they all turned around then Kitanna took the bucket and she poured it at all of them "WHAAA!!What the hell!",they yelled "What was that!!?",Hailen exclaimed "As I said,GOOD MORNING SOLDIERS!!",Kitanna yelled "Why are you calling us soldiers?Damnit this water is freaking cold",Steven rubbed his shoulders "Because you are the future soldiers of this Empire and we cannot afford to waste any more time any longer",Kitanna said "But we don't belong here",Sileena said "Yeah,we need to go back now",Jessie replied "You will,just co-operate with us and in the process if essential we might help you find your way home",Kitanna convinced "Really?Oh thank you,that's fair enough,but I don't know if we have it in us to be what to desire",Jessie replied "Trust me,you're all perfect fit",she said "Um ma'am,with all due respect,why are you saying that?",Commander Griffin whispered to Kitanna "Well,what do you suggest we do?Force them?Let's tell them what they want to hear first for them to work with us and as time goes,one by one they will start sinking into this place refusing to leave,plus if they eventually leave and if we lose,their world will be destroyed too",Kitanna whispered back "I suggest you don't tell them yet,I fear that they won't return to their typical state,that explosion story you told them is actually brilliant for the time being",he said "When they are completely obsessed with this place maybe their minds will snap maybe they won't but that wouldn't matter because by then they won't be thinking to leave anymore after hearing the truth",she explained "I always admired how your mind tend to operate General",he complimented "I always appreciate that commander",she said as he returned to his spot "Okay!!",she yelled as she threw the ball against Steven's tummy "Ughh,ouw,what was that?",he yelled "Focus!!",Kitanna yelled back "What's up with people throwing stuff at me",he said "Because you're a complete imbecile",Sileena laughed as she felt a hit against her shoulder "Ahh,what the hell?!!",she yelled "I said Focus!!",Kitanna shouted,"stand a metre apart from each other and be alert",she commanded "Okay okay",Steven replied,he felt another hit against his head,"ouw,What?!!",he yelled "What did you say?",Kitanna yelled back again "I said Okay",he said rubbing his head and again he felt another hit "Ouw,what is......." "Yes ma'am",a young lady of their age who was standing behind Kitanna pronounced to Steven with her lips "Uhm,Yes Ma'am",Steven stood up "Good,now brace yourselves!!",she commanded "For what?",Hailen asked "IMPACT!!",Kitanna threw the ball again much faster "Woah",Hailen yelled as she dodged the ball by her ear "Good reflexes,nice one",Kitanna smiled while being impressed "AGAIN",she threw it again at Jessie,he dodged it,"again and again,come on soldiers",Kitanna shouted while stepping out of the field as the eight team which was behind her stepped forward a bit and began to throw the balls for them to dodge. Steven still struggled to dodge as Sileena was getting the hang of it,Hailen began to be an expert at dodging while Jessie followed suit.They were now put into their own separate rooms,two weeks passed while training dodge ball,another week arrived as the training shifted to a forest marathon Kitanna and the other eight soldiers rode their motorbikes while Jessie and the others were runing a marathon training in the forest,they kept their end of the bargain of not stepping or crossing any of the other Empire's territories,they were given their own black vests and black protective enhanced clothes,"come on soldiers keep pushing let's go let's go",Kitanna yelled behind them with her bike "Yes Ma'am!!",they yelled back while breathing heavily The fourth week arrived and their training shifted also,the soldiers prepared a target hit training at the loan field inside "This training requires you to hit the target,here",she handed them their own enhanced guns for each "Woah,so unusual",Hailen spoke being amazed "What kind of a gun is this?Uh its heavy",Jessie asked "Its called a G36C,but this one its fully enhanced,here first check for it's safety for it not to be loose then this is a hammer of your firearm trigger,pull it for it to be prepared to fire",Kitanna elaborated as they copied,"okay,fire when you're ready",she said Hailen fired first as the bullet came out massively,"ouuf",she held it much tighter,the bullet was surrounded with blue air around it as it hit the head of the target,"woah,what was that",her eyes widened with excitement "The bullet,much faster as the speed of light ",she explained Jessie secondly fired his turn and hit the shoulder as Steven and Sileena hit the legs part "So we will be using these type of gun only?",Sileena asked "No they are much more many others,countless,but for now handle that one okay, baby steps now come on, Again!!",Kitanna yelled "General,what do you think about Hailen?",Commander Griffin questioned "She's a badass,when they become the Rovers,she'll be a weapon of mass destruction",she folded her arms with her chin up as she spoke A week later,they did another target training,they began to follow through the basics as well as dodge ball every single dawn to improve their agility and stamina The dark pessimistic sky illuminated the night,cold was blown through the winds as they all assembled standing in a line all of them facing forward with their hands on their backs,they were eight of them "My soldiers,at this night four of our fellow new recruits will be experiencing their first misson",Kitanna spoke with a high voice walking past them back and forth with her hands on her back "To go and destroy the Pirate's jamming device tower which is interfering with our connection with our underground team,if we fail,it will surely be a tragedy problematic,we won't be able to gather information about our oppositions and their time of assault "Jessie,Sileena,Steven and Hailen,you all will travel with your own mentors,Jack,Alicia,Dalvin and Ciara.Watch each others backs......and lastly....don't leave your comrade behind,...Okay,prepare to move out",she yelled as the gates were opening "So this is it",Steven sighed "We will be fine we will be fine we will be fine",Sileena repeated herself with fright "We'll be okay relax",Jessie cocked his gun "How can you be so certain?Damn it I hate your confidence",Hailen said as she sighed also "Yeah me too",he replied They all stood stiff,awaiting for the gate to fully open to walkthrough their first ever mission
