After flying for an hour they began to notice cars scattered across the road, probably from people trying to get to the safer area, some may even be the people from Coober Pedy. But that didn't matter, as they could see the cars have been smashed up not to mention the blood splattered across the ground next to it.
The group finally reached Port Augusta, however, instead of descending immediately they got the Rocs to fly closer to each other and looked around the place, trying to see anything. However, they thought that Port Augusta was going to have some people there they didn't expect it to be a ghost town.
"Hey, Ryley! Where's a safe place to land!" Lachlan shouted at Ryley, as the Rocs were quite large they couldn't get right next to each other, so he had to shout.
"Over there!" Ryley shouted while pointing to a cluster of nice looking apartments. The apartments were next to the river, most of them were roughly two stories high and there was plenty of area in the parking lot.
The Rocs began their descent to the parking lot of those apartments. Everyone was on high alert, looking to see if anybody was still here, or if anything was crawling around.
Finally getting a nod from Ryley reassured that this area was safe. Lachlan got all the Rocs to land close to the biggest apartments, hoping that having a high view will give them an advantage should they get attacked.
Lachlan looked at the sign to see where they were, "Majestic Oasis Apartment". Lachlan looked at the apartments around them and agreed, the owners must have spent a lot of money to make it this nice.
"Okay, here's how I believe we should split the group. Chloe, Emily, and Sarah will go to the middle building along with Lachlan. Jack, Adam, Dylan, and I will go to the building to the left. Everyone else will belong to the building on the right. Is that alright?" Alfredo asked. He wanted to keep everyone from the original group together as much as he can, all while appearing nice.
Everyone nodded before carrying their stuff to their apartments, of course before they entered they had Dylan use Scan to see if their completely clear, which they were lucky.
Alfredo quickly ran over to Lachlan and tapped on his shoulder, "Meet up with us to begin training".
"Okay," Lachlan said while nodding, he was excited to finally begin some training and rushed inside to get ready.
Everyone quickly got comfortable, this was the first time they had been so comfortable. Lachlan had to agree with the sign, even more, it was nice inside, almost like a house.
Remembering that he had the training to do Lachlan got up before walking outside and going towards the dorm next door, where Alfredo and all that was.
Walking inside he noticed everyone was ready. Even Dylan seemed to be preparing to train with them, they didn't mind, the more the merrier.
Alfredo gave a quick nod before heading outside, everyone followed along.
They walked downstairs back into the parking lot, in the centre of the parking lot gave them a lot of room.
Alfredo stopped at the centre and looked at everyone, making sure he had their full attention.
"Okay, so as you all know I don't practice any fancy martial arts, everything I'll show you are things I've learnt in the gym from others,".
"Yes!" Everyone shouted, acknowledging that they knew what they were getting themselves into.
"Alright, first up is a bit of theory. What are some weak points in the human body?"
"The neck, throat, eyes, umm, I think that's all," Jack said.
"Haha, of course, that isn't all. There are also the joints, use enough force and anyone can snap them," Alfredo said, everyone nodded and gestured that he continued.
"Now what are some weak points for the beasts you've seen so far?"
"The same," Dylan said in realisation.
"Exactly!" Alfredo exclaimed. He was happy they managed to understand so quickly.
"They're exactly the same, now don't get me wrong, some beasts will have some protection around those areas, but not all. Obviously, beasts are much stronger then humans, their bones and stronger and their skin is tougher so don't always expect that going for weak points will work, you have to have enough strength to make them work," Alfredo said.
"Yes, sir!" They all shouted.
"Don't bother with formalities, just listen and train".
"Now I don't expect that anyone has really had proper training, right?' Alfredo said to which everyone nodded. Although the Jack, Adam, and Dylan have exercised that was more for sports such AFL rather than fighting.
"Alright, your first step is to practice your punches and movement," Alfredo commanded.
He got everyone into positions, the front leg facing forward with the back foot perpendicular to the front foot. Their legs slightly bent, arms up protecting the face.
"Now this is a common form for boxing, the back leg is going to be the driving force for pushing your body forward. Remember, the arm that is most forward is more for protecting your face, yes it's usually used for jabs, but I don't think a monster is going to be fazed by a quick jab, now get started on your power punches," Alfredo commanded.
"Yes!" Everyone shouted before beginning their training, they punched the air with all their might, inhaling and quickly exhaling.
"Whoa Whoa Whoa, where's your movement, you're going to be sitting ducks with that sort of movement. You'll first practice just moving forward and backwards, start!" Alfredo shouted as he quickly did a demonstration.
Everyone began moving and punching, moving forward one or two steps before punching then moving back to their original position. They repeated the same movement for an hour, Alfredo kept correcting them, telling them to put more force in their punches, to not hold back or hesitate since a beast certainly won't.
They took a break every half an hour until they had trained for two hours, once they completed the movement training they did some normal exercises such as pushups, situps and squats. Their bodies were exhausted and sore, they could barely walk up the stairs to get back to their rooms.
Getting back into their rooms they quickly showered, they absolutely enjoyed the hots water they got and each spent five to ten minutes just soaking in the hot water. Letting it flow down their bodies as the warmth soaked deep into their bodies.
Getting out of the bathrooms and getting into bed had never been a more joyous occasion. It was a transition from one blissful thing to another. These beds were much softer, it felt as though the beds absorbed their bodies into it.
As everyone began drifting off to bed, the river they were next to begun rippling and large figures could be seen moving. Little heads poked from beneath and looked towards the apartments.