It's been 2 months, the Sigma exams start tomorrow. Both Skitta and Boble are laying on the grass for some reason.
"Boble… Yknow one day I want to be fucking jacked. I want a six pack, awesome pecs and shoulders, I want big ass biceps and triceps."
"Honestly, me too," Boble said.
"Wait really? I thought you wanted to be more petite, didn't think you wanted some muscle."
"What made you think that?"
"Uhhhhh."
Skitta thought Boble just wanted to be a tomgirl. When they first met he initially thought he was a girl.
"Anyways… I've definitely gained weight since the first day of my arrival! Check this out Bob."
Skitta pulls his shirt up to show off his abs. Skitta isn't close to getting a six pack, but he has managed to gain 16 pounds.
"Uhhh yeah, it's looking good so far!" Boble said with an awkward expression and a thumbs up.
"Thanks dude, I need to be big if I want to be the Sigma King!"
"So you're still going for that?"
"Of course! Yknow, I'm not sure what's wrong with me but my memory becomes foggy after some time. I don't remember shit from my past, damn I can barely remember Haise's name and I just saw him this morning."
"But the one thing I promise I won't forget, is my dream, my ambition, even if I do forget I constantly motivate myself and my desire to be the king comes back."
"The Kings and Queens all look happy and free, they have the power to do whatever they want. That's the kind of life I want to live. Pretty selfish right? I know but it's what I've decided, it's what I want to do."
"I can respect that. I think it's cool that you have goals and aspirations. "
"I don't know what I'm going to do with my life. Am I going to be a sigma soldier forever? Am I gonna get another job? Am I going to have a waifu? I don't know! Actually I do want to do something.."
"What could that be?"
"I want to get stronger, no, I want to be the strongest person ever. Skitta, it's so frustrating being weak, not being able to help my peers; my tomodachis. KUSO!!! I want to be strong, at least strong enough to protect my friends."
"I get it, I'm weak too. Yeah I've gotten stronger since then but it's not enough. I need to get way stronger to become the king."
"This is your next step, the exams are tomorrow and you've been working hard."
"Yeah, I'm ready! Fuck yeah!" Skitta said as he jumps around and stretches his arms.
-August 16, 306
There's a huge fucking colosseum, so many people from many different nations have come to watch the exams from up close. The 17 participants are all lined up in the middle of the colosseum, the judges, teachers, and the Sigma Duke all stand in front of them.
"Thank you all for coming! Today is the day the sigma exams start! These exams will determine if these young souls are worthy on serving this nation!" Rayan announced.
"I will now read out this list of names to check if everyone is present. If someone is missing then that person is immediately disqualified."
Rayan starts reading the names out, let's skip to the people who actually matter.
"Participant #11: Luna Star"
"Present."
"Participant #12: Jomo Black"
"Present."
"Participant #13: Sleepy Carl"
"Present."
"Participant #14: Christian Morgana"
"Present."
"Participant #15: Fenn Cyer"
"Present."
"Participant #16: Skitto…. Just Skitto, no last name I guess."
"Present."
"Participant #17: Scourge Scourje"
"Present."
"Seems like all of the participants are present! We will begin the first stage of the exams shortly!" The crowd starts cheering.
"Participants, I will put you all in groups of 3. I will explain the rules now, the first stage will test how well you work with others, you'll almost never be alone when you're carrying out missions as a sigma soldier. You must cooperate with your teammates, don't sabotage them, and most importantly don't kill anyone!!"
"All you must do in this game is to reach the other end of the colosseum, it seems pretty simple. Unfortunately for all of you, I cannot go in detail of the obstacles that you will face. You never know what's going to happen on your missions when you're a soldier."
"YES SIR" they all shout.
(They're all really respectful this year. I can't wait to see the results!)
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Skitta was grouped with Sleepy Carl and Scourge Scourje.
They have their turn second to last.
Luna was grouped with randoms.
Fenn was grouped with Jomo Black and Christian Morgana. They start first!
The doors open, it's very windy for some fucking reason, there's a sandstorm. They cannot see too far in front of them.
"Alright guys I'll lead the way, don't lose sight of me or we'll get separated," said Christian.
"Right! And what are we going to do? Just walk forward?"
"It's not like we have other options, follow me."
Christian starts walking and the other two are right behind him. They proceed slowly and calmly. Two minutes pass by and they haven't made much progress. The storm is too strong they've only walked nine yards foward. Then suddenly an arrow hits Christian on the head, he collapsed to the ground. Both Jomo and Fenn flinch and back away.
Christian managed to get up and Fenn immediately checks on him.
"Are you alright? How are you not dead?"
"Don't worry I'm fine," Christian said as he points his thumb to his forehead with a huge smirk. Christian can turn back time and he will be in the same condition as he was seconds ago. Of course only his body goes back in time.
Another arrow approaches Christian then Jomo blocks it with his staff. Shit there's more arrows coming! Jomo uses his staff again and blocks each and every single one of the arrows.
"Woah, that was sick! Good job Jomo! You saved our asses!" Christian exclaimed.
"Thanks-"
The storm suddenly calms down. They can finally see what's ahead of them. The sand finally cleared up. A whole ass army of 20 men stand before them.
"What the fuck…" Fenn mumbles.
"Take some cover!
Nobody listened to Christian. Fenn knocked down one guy and Jomo was battling another.
Jomo leaps up in the air and wacks two men in the head with his staff. The get knocked out.
Fenn is battling three men at once but he seems to be struggling. He fist fights one man then the other jumps in and throws a jab straight to his jaw, the third man grabs him from behind.
Back to Jomo, the two men immediately recover from the hits they took and quickly grab Jomo's arms. They try to fly away with him?! Jomo shoves his staff to the ground to resist being taken away. They slowly drag him away and each second his staff gets higher up to the ground.
"Fuck these guys are really strong. Can't hold on much longer," Jomo grunts.
They finally get Jomo up in the air. Then Christian tackles all three of them. With doing that, their grip on Jomo has been released.
"Jomo! Are you alright?"
"Yeah I'm just fine."
"Alright then let's go get Fenn!"
"Okay!"
They rush to fenn and kick two men away from him, and Fenn strikes the third one. They have gotten back together.
"Should we work as a TEAM now?" Christian asked.
"Yeah that's cool."
"I'm fine with that."
"Okay! First of all, these guys are strong as fuck. I'm not sure if we can defeat them all. BUT we will do everything we can to get to that door, and I have an idea!"
"JOMO!"
"I'm here I'm here! Why are we shouting!"
"You can control the winds right?"
"Uh huh uh huh!"
"And Fenn."
"What's up?"
"I heard from a little birdie that you can run pretty fast!"
"Yeah I can run pretty quick! Yup!"
"I want you to carry both me and Jomo!"
"Uh huh.. and run as fast as I can? What about those dudes who are trying to attack us?"
"Jomo will create a pathway and increase your speed immensely! You can do that right?"
"Yeah, that can work!"
"Great!"
Fenn has Christian on his left and Jomo on his right. He starts sprinting off! He dodged some arrows and avoids all the men trying to attack him. He then gradually went faster and faster. And finally they go super duper fast! They end up reaching near the door but another guy was waiting there and slams Fenn to the ground.
"Slow down there, you're young! What's the rush?" The man said.
"Huh….? Nothing's there?!" The man turns around and the door was opened.
Christian, Jomo, and Fenn passed the first stage of the exam.