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Chapter 2 - Meeting the crew

Nice letter as I thought to myself as I stay in this compact but highly armored truck, constant bumps in the broken road almost sound like a music pattern while everyone in the truck remained silent. Each person here kept to themselves with the only sound emanating from them is the sound of faint breathing and the occasional cough or colliding with each other, a couple of minutes went by until the truck came to a sudden stop with a muffled screech, the doors open as two guards greet and inspect us as we get out of the truck.

Stepping inside this large place made me feel calm but also unease, in front of the office is a woman in a desk, might be the front desk lady I though. "Hello sir, you have a card?" The lady asked with a pleasant tone in her voice "Yes right here" I replied giving her the card that I kept from the letter, "Ahh yes phantom Conway the room you need to find is room 497 down the hall" she pointed down the long hallway that looks like it goes on and on.

I went down the hallway reading numbers of rooms each one getting closer to the room the lady said I should find, room 497 just a metal gray door with a terminal next to it with words going in and out of the screen, INSERT CARD the screen kept on showing these words and with my card i inserted the card in the terminal. Shortly after the door opened showing me to another room not to big but spacious and big enough to house 10, the first thing I saw in the room was a big steel table with a TV facing it. on the side is what looks to be a console with a stack of games and controllers, these guys seem laid back than I thought with all these stuff in the room it seems that they have alot of spare time.

The door behind opened again and once I looked I saw a man in a kind of decorated standard uniform of the huntsmen "Are you the new guy?" the man asked "yeah I didn't see anyone here so I thought I can go in and wait inside" I replied, "Better that than leaning on the wall outside, I'm Sebastian" he reached out his hand greeting me "Damon". He went inside and looked around the room inspecting it, maybe to see that I didn't tamper with anything, "This is your room Damon, it ain't much but you can customize it." he pointed to another door in the room to which I went in. It was an average looking bedroom with a desk, a bed, bookshelf with no books, stuff normally in a bedroom.

When I went it again Sebastian was looking at what appears to be a map on the table with the TV on blaring of sports, on closer inspection the map looked to be a map of some kind of city, "What's that?" I asked bluntly at Sebastian "Some kind of city where we are supposed to go tomorrow so you gotta rest as soon as you could" he replied. The door in the front of the room opened and a group of girls and guys came pouring in, maybe they are my teammates.

The group went in and Sebastian introduced me too everyone as they went in, each of them greeted me as well with happy attitudes. Sebastian looks at me with a smile and explains "I'm gonna give you a short intro to those guys, Stephen is the sniper of the group with a keen eye and can spot a small thing from long distances since he hunted before and still has it in him now, Lennox is more serious and came from the industrial part of the country that is mostly into guns, but is well versed in close combat and very fast most importantly he loves pistols which you should not tamper with or he will beat you down, Marcel is the hacker of the group and came from a well known black market hacker group but he isn't afraid to get his hands dirty with a shotgun, Alina is the modest girl and medic of the group she has a knack for experimenting on new methods of healing people and got that from her long lineage of doctors and psychologists, Mary is the rebellious one of the group and is pretty violent and relentless when it comes to hunting missions but all in all she is just a kind person to her friends, Nora came from a militaristic part of the country and was taught honor and finds fighting to be a revered task reserved for the worthy but keeps to herself alot and loves smgs above all else but has some heavy weapons, Luna well we don't know much about her she's very quiet and we really don't know anything about her because she rarely talks, last but not least Thalia who came from a rich family but instead of acting spoiled or continue her family tradition she decided to become a Huntsman for the adventure and opportunities to see things normal people cannot but she is more of the melee girl" so I guess that's the history of all these guys.

"Explore the room or talk with them they seem to be in a happy mood right now so this is your chance" as soon as the last word escaped his mouth Sebastian walked away and went back to the table with the map. I decided to go back to my room and compose myself with the names and things that he told me, a team with different lifestyles, hobbies, and expertise. As soon as I sat down on the bed Sebastian walked in with a syringe in hand "They said you haven't got the virus so I decided I'll give it to you instead" said Sebastian, I thought of it as weird but remembered that I haven't got it yet and they said that he would give it to me.

After some talking I thought for a bit and agreed, after this Sebastian jabbed the needle inside my arm, the feeling after felt as if my arm was in the Arctic and shortly after it turned back to normal. I didn't feel much from the injection and just went back to sitting down "It takes about a day before the virus can begin it's perks, let's just see what's yours" said Sebastian. Looking around the room I saw a sign and a button saying ARMORY ROOM, curious I pressed the button and a door beside the button opened to another room almost similar in size to the main room but all white with black closets meant for weaponry and in the middle is a long desk that looks to be something from a workshop. "You found the armory, good job" said a voice behind me, when I turned around it was Mary leaning on the door way of my room performing tricks with a knife in her hand, "Right now you only have one gun of all category of weapons which is standard with new people here, just check each closet they have a label and one gun inside your choice if you want to add more or stick with it and add things" said Mary handing me a tablet with an assortment of weapons ranging from guns to knives and explosives.

The guns had no attachments on any of them with some weapons with integrated suppressors or other barrel attachments, the guns all range from a thousand dollars to a couple hundred thousand dollars. "The more missions we pull off the more cash we get, something like a game would do" and with a smile she left the room with me still holding the tablet in hand. I drop the tablet on the table next to me and explore the inside of the armory room, white floor, walls, and ceiling. Walking in the room a feeling of relaxation fell over like my problems and stress suddenly died out the second I stepped in, the table was same in size to the table in the other room but this table had tools inside slots with labels and other things packed definitely for a gunsmith. On the end of room there are what appears to be stands for armor, maybe I can also get good armor which is helpful, similar to the closets with guns one armor stand seems to have standard armor given to a Huntsman with a distinct mask on top of the armor, oh wait i think that's the mask they were talking about.

After inspecting the room for a bit I turned to exit the door, realizing I don't know how to close the door I stepped out to ask Sebastian or Mary how do I close the door, the second i stepped out though the door closed immediately so I presume that the door is motion activated when closing well that's convenient. Looking at the wall I realized that there was a clock and it was nighttime already, I felt tired from talking and exploring my room and seeing the armory as well as meeting my teammates. Considering I might have a long day ahead of me with the fact I may be working the whole day and use up all of my energy. I shut the door using the button next to it and went to the bed and rest my head, anyway the others might be sleeping by now getting their slumber from what they just did. Closing my eyes to see nothing but black and awaiting what I might see if I have a dream and so today ends and tomorrow begins.