The second day in the military looked tough to Henry. He was called very early in the morning to go for the morning practices. It was as earlier as when even the cock had not crown. Henry up from his sweet dreams, he went to door to open. On his first sight outside he saw his friend Paul, an individual they had just introduced to each other the previous day, at the door. Henry stretched his hand to greet Paul. They both Shook hands and began a conversation. "Am also new here and life is tough inside here. Your coming really motivated me since I will be easily associating with you. My other colleagues are older than me hence nothing good we could discuss with them. At least with you, we are going to share ideas," Paul said. Henry smiled and answered him, " is that something that you just came here all this early to tell me? You must be a joker."
Paul laughed and said to Henry," this is the time that we always wake up here. Am even ten minutes late. Our colleagues have already gone for road works. Hurry up we go for the training or else the officer on duty will punish us. We are new here, it's only that I have spent a week here and you have spent one night here. We are late wear the practice attires because we may be suspended." Henry quickly entered his room, took a vest , a short, and sports shoes and came outside to wear them. He quickly wore the attires and they immediately began the race. That time they moved one round on the field, they made the officer on duty. They pretended both to have been running for a long time despite that one being their first round on the field.
The officer went with them in a certain room and gave them heavy bags to carry. They took without questioning and they were told to follow the officer. They were shown a steep mountain and were told to climb with the loaded bags. Paul and Henry placed the bags on their backs as ordered. The bags were very cold making Henry to shiver alot. The bags were heavy for the two boys to carry and run at the same time but they could do nothing over it because it was an order from above. Paul tried his level best to go up the mountain though it was not easy. Henry followed him step by step leaving the commander at the base of the mountain. It took them struggles before they reached at the mountain peak.
At the mountain peak, Henry told Paul that he was not going to continue with the training. "This is slavery, am going back to my homeland," Henry told Paul. "Don't give up brother, I also thought of the same but came to a conclusion that good things are gained through struggles," Paul said. "Don't you see how we are suffering? We will definitely die here in the name of training let us escape," Henry said. "What you are saying is making sense but this will be difficult since there is high security here. How will we escape under this tied security. We will be caught and the consequences will be worse." Paul said. After some minutes of imaginations, Henry raised his head and looked directly in the eyes of Paul and said, " with me, we will make it to escape."
Since time had gone and it was nearly dawn, they decided to come down from the mountain slowly. They found the sergeant at base just waiting for them. Immediately Henry and Paul saw the sergeant, they pretended to be running. The sergeant called them and with his finger pointing at them , he roared. "You are jokers and I want to show you that this is not a joking place. We are here only for one business and that is training. Am going to accompany you in every place you will be going for the practice. From here we are going around the field twenty times carrying those bags. Let us begin." Henry began running followed back to back by Paul. The task became hard for them after running for seven rounds. The sergeant was keen with them not even to give them a minute to relax. Anytime they were feeling to stop, the sergeant could give them a beating forcing them just to run . On the field, they struggled until they finished the task they were given.
Time had gone and the bell for breakfast rang. Henry and Paul decided to use this time to plan on how they were going to escape easily. "We will not survive here. I agree with you that we escape because it's becoming worse," Paul told Henry. Henry gave a tired smile and responded to Paul, "let me plan for this escape and I will inform you on the way forward. Go in the kitchen and pick your tea. I will be in the room waiting for you." Henry then entered his room filling very tired. He lied flat on the mattress that was on the floor without even removing his shoes. He started talking to himself and it was during this time when a mechanical voice echoed in his mind.
[Congratulations for binding to the dominator system. The training you are getting is unnecessary for you. With the help of this system you will escape from here and you are going to get something in your hideout. There is a metal you will find in the place you will hide. The metal will help you to fight and become an awakener. All the best]
The system disappeared and Henry gained energy. When Paul came back from taking his breakfast, he found Henry very healthy and happy. They sat down under a tree and discussed about the matter as they enjoyed the beautiful natural features around them. Though Paul was fearful, Henry had alot of courage. "Let's just stop these plans because when they realize that we want to escape, they will put us under tied security. And for your information, my father is a retired military army so where will I go after the escape. When I go home I will be returned here by my father and things will never be good at my side. I would have wished to run away from this place but this is something that is biding my head. You first escape for me to practically test if it's possible for a person to run away from such a well secured place," Paul said to Henry.
Henry laughed for a moment and replied. "From the look of things it's like you are a coward and cowardness will cost you. Let me plan on how I will get out of here. Move away from me so that people cannot notice what we are planning. Just give me a day or more and you will be shocked to hear that I have escaped." Paul moved a step backwards and just wished Henry all the best. Henry was left just thinking of how he was going to escape. The break time elapsed and they were to get back to the training. This time round it was not easy or hard at the same time. They were to train on how to use the improved technology in attacking the enemies.
Henry was given a pistol and several targets were set for him to shoot. Inside the bistol were fake bullets. He was first shown how to operate before the bistol was officially handed over to him. He had no experience in using digital technology hence shooting on target or missing could not give him a headache. Henry marched forward in a military style, went down to his knee and tried to set tactics for a perfect shoot. He moved side by side just to get a clear position for shooting. At his back was a commander who gave him tough instructions. Henry finally found a clear position to shoot. He observed very well through a tiny hole on the pistol using his left eye and let the fake bullets to go.
Henry missed the shoot. He moved a step backwards and observed again. He made some quick calculations to find the center of the object. Unsurprisingly, he missed again. He was taken through some training for some few minutes by the commander and he was given the last chance for him to shoot. He moved keenly and knelt down with one knee. He placed the pistol in the position he was instructed by the commander and observed again to be sure with what he was doing. He ensured that one of the objects was at the center and just let the bullets to go. He also missed that last chance.
The commander gave him hopes that with time he was going to improve but at that moment he was just thinking of the escape methods. Henry was a person who was skilled in shooting using spearhead and arrows thus his failure wasn't a matter of concern to him. Henry was taken to the far end of the compound to be shown how he will be practicing the shooting techniques. It was at this point where he saw a loophole. He moved slowly towards it to test if he could pass through though he was very keen not to let the commander know his plans. Whenever the commander looked directly in eyes, he pretended to be practicing. He knew he would easily get out.