Alice started straight ahead, as there were several others around her, looking ahead as well. She didn't know their names, neither did she care, except for the glorious Leader, Youden Qey. Inside the office room, she watched as Youden walked passed each of them, glaring at their every appearance and posture, looking for imperfection. He finally stopped next to a boy, who was only two people down from her.
"State your name." Youden asked.
"Hingai Akimato." the person who Youden was in front of responded in montone.
"Do you go by any other names?"
"No, not that I know of." he responded, to which she heard shuffling to her side.
"Good to know." Youden said satisfyingly, before sitting back behind his desk, "Anyway, it's great to know that the Youdenia's finest sqaudron, the Eluyim Hexan has finally been established with each of you a part of it. Alas, there is reason for this. Any guesses?"
Alice instantly announced without thought, "It's the file, isn't it sir?"
"Correct, it truly is the case. We have a threat looming within the nation, more severe than the resistance down south. A threat so powerful, that many have fallen to this plague. It's no other than Jamal Wrint."
The name stuck with Alice, but she couldn't point to what. It sounded eerily familiar when she read it and more so just now, but it was nothing but a horror to Youdenia.
"That man, he is no ordinary man. In fact, I suspect he could be more powerful than the myths we were told about furious creatures in our childhood, well for some of you. Regardless, I will not be repeating the same information again that you've already read, so I will make it brief. Jamal Wrint has been appprehended many times, and unfortunately each time he has escaped, gaining strength with each passing day. That ends now. I don't want him back alive, I want his dead body back in this very office! Do I make myself clear!" Youden began to shout.
"Yessir!" they said in union.
"Good, I want no excuse either. Show that monster no mercy. Everyone but Fonda Thomas and Ula Mere can begin the mission now, and stay here for a second. The file included several possible locations where he was last sighted, including the Wilderness Highway. Good luck."
They all saluted, before marching out of the room, preparing to kill the man Youden commanded them to, Jamal Wrint. Alice huffed in excitement, as she walked out of the office and to slaughter those disrespecting the reign of Youden.
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"Why are we still here?" Ula asked as soon as the rest of the squadron had left. "We didn't do something wrong, did we?"
"I too would like to know." Fonda chimed in.
"It's rather simple. Fonda Thomas's power is extremely useless, at least in its current state. I think we can fix that rather quickly as of the matter." Youden stared at her, before facing Ula, "As for you, well, while we were doing some tests, you came positive for something even was I not anticipating."
"That being?" Ula was confused, a bit shocked.
"It appears that you will be having a child on the way." Youden said, almost causing Ula to collapse to the ground, if not being held up by Fonda, "Now, don't cry inside my room because of that, you two still have work to do. Your assignments are in the guard room. You'll be assisting in training our fresh divisions. Get to it; we have no time in being weak now, or later."