Story [Issue 9] The Arcus Series: Part 2, The Preparation

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Arcus awoke to the sound of chickens outside. For a moment he pondered where he was, before remembering everything. Arcus tried to get out of bed, but instead groaned out in pain, as he was sore all over. The wife of the junkyard owner, Alaya, came in and asked if he was okay, bringing him some food. She told him the military would come later in the day, and that his mother was here now. His mother came into the room, and they talked for awhile. Arcus would have to go into the military, as he was the only one who could pick up the stone, unless you had the Sack of Power, which belonged to the evil King Ariex. Somehow Yimmy had gotten a hold of the sack and was able to steal the stone. Being as tired as he was, Arcus soon fell back asleep. Arcus awoke to sirens wailing over the whole junkyard. The military and police forces were searching the whole place, looking for clues. After a few hours they gave up. They had only found a few footprints, and a sweater.
They brought Arcus to the military HQ for questioning. They wanted details and descriptions. After hearing him through, they told him to get more sleep. Arcus was lead down a long hall, and finally entered a door at the end of the aisle. It was a small room, with a TV and a bed in the corner. Arcus lay down and fell asleep.
Arcus awoke early, and got dressed. Going out in the hall, he saw everyone heading for the same building. Guessing that he also should go there, he followed them. Inside there was a meeting. The leaders of the military talked about how Arcus got the Stone, lost it and that now the military needed to build an elite force to get it back. Later in the day, they would have contests and choose ten tankers who would train with Arcus, and retrieve the Stone. The only problem was that they didn’t know where it was. They thought it would either be with Yimmy, who would keep it for himself in his hideout or it could also have been sold to one of their enemies, most likely Ariz the Dark. If it so had been sold to him, then they would have the fight of their lives, and most likely die, so they needed to build up their Army now.
That evening the contests started. They included races, obstacle courses, and fighting. The next day, two Generals walked up to Arcus. They handed him a stack of papers, and told him to read them now. Arcus sat down on the nearest bench, and started reading. A few hours later, having finished reading he got up. He needed to find the rooms of the ten who were chosen, then together with them, they would start training. In the first room he found someone named Ariex. He continued on, until he had gathered all of them inside their new building, made especially for them. Their names were as following. Ariex, Fex, Wixet, Pots, Itgex, Hiz, Jos, Nuxer, Sarx and Fennex. They would accompany him until they had retrieved the Stone.
The next day, they started their training. Since Arcus had never had any training, they would need to help him before expanding their own knowledge. First of all, they led him to the garage. They would start his training with the basic Hunter Smoky Modification 0. After showing him all the controls, and how to use them, They each got in their own tanks, and everyone went out into the battlefield. They would train in the beginners map, Sandbox DM. Arcus waited for the signal to start. When it went off, he quickly shot a bullet in the nearest tank he saw. The bullet barely scraped the other tank, so Arcus quickly shot another bullet. It hit Fex’s tank in the side, and a small explosion erupted. The tank turned around, aimed at Arcus and fired. The shot hit dead on, but Arcus tank was almost as good as new. They had only loaded special training bullets, which look like real ones, but doesn’t do any damage at all. Arcus continued fighting, slowly getting used to all the controls.
After many days, Arcus had improved enough that he was allowed to use better weapons and hulls. He now had access to all the Modifications and tank combo's. He needed to train with every combo, to find his favorite.
One day, Arcus decided that he wanted the continue his carrier with the hull Wasp and the gun Freeze, because then he could easily move throughout he battle field, and then escape quickly with the Stone. He would now undergo elite training, and one day they would fight.

Edited July 31, 2017 by Hexed

[MusicJam19 737]

Nice story, but why did conanthedestroyer edit it?

Edit: 1st comment :D

Edited March 2, 2013 by MusicJam19

[jazz20 1,181]

Nicely written. I'll catch up on the series ;)