chapter 10

A couple minutes goes by and the boy's face had begin to lighten up considerably.

The officer spoke,"If you would follow me, I will find you something to eat. I know that you must be hungry as a horse. Also, as you know far too well that it would do you no good to try and run away. I will not be as easy to fool as the others were in the past.

The boy made a loud "Humph!"

The officer smiles and speaks," I see that see things my way. Let us go now."

The boy watched the officer simply turn the knob to the door as it had been unlocked all along.

The boy spoke within himself," It must have some sensor that determines who is to be let in a room and who is not. I saw no computer or keypad around the door so I do not know how it works."

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The officer and the boy following after him walked down several long hallways with innumerable amount of doors covering the numerous hallways. The pair went up and down several series of elevators that confused the boy beyond no end. This was down to confuse any outsider than may possibly entered.

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The pair go down one more elevator and the pair exited it to discover some delicious smells coming from a nearby room. The officer opens one door out of a pair of double doors.

The boy walked in and saw a large cafeteria with hundreds of people siting eating their diner. The noise of the people was deafen until the entire room suddenly looks at the officer and the boy with piercing stares.

The entire room of people stood up and made a salute towards the pair. The boy looks around and sees that everyone was saluting the officer standing next to the boy.

The mysterious officer returns the salute and the whole cafeteria stops the salute and everyone sit back in their chairs. The whole group returned to what they were doing before as if nothing had occurred. This sudden act of alertness to their surroundings.

The officer spoke,"Follow me and I will show you where you can get some grub. You can get all you want, just make sure you eat it all or the cooking stuff will get mad. They do not like it when people waste food.

The pair walk to a large buffet and the boy grabs everything that he could be fit on a food tray. The officer smiles at the sight and gets himself some food as well.

The officer leads the lad to a large circular table with several other officers.

The General speaks, you get sit with us this time so make yourself comfortable. The sits quietly with his head pointed at the table.

The officer picks up a chicken and starts to chomp down when the boy makes a huge scream.

The boy had knocked the chicken leg out the officer's hand and unto the floor. The whole room

stood out of shock and were prepared to strike down the young lad.

All the officers at the table except for the one that led him to the cafeteria were standing on their feet. They were ready to pounce on the boy for insulting their commander. At the secret base, all those that disobey were to be eliminated with extreme prejudice. The victim's family was to be left in the

dark to how they family member died or even given the fact that they had died.

The commander was the only one at the table who was still siting in his chair very reserved. He

was not angered in the least by the actions of this young boy.

The officer thinks," I do not blame the boy for acting out since he was taken from all that he knew to be drafted into the military illegally. I would have acted in the same way."

The boy yells," I have trying to tell you that we had not prayed before we eat! We can't eat before we prayed for the food. It is only common sense that we do so!"

The whole table breaks out in laughter then finally the whole cafeteria broke out into laughter.

The only ones not laughing were the boy and the commander. The boy was growing upset that his faith was being laughed and did not take much before he had enough.

The lad was about to yell when the commander stood to his feet and the whole room become silent.

The officer spoke,"Please pray my lad and bless the food."

The boy was taken back by the statement but obeyed nonetheless.

The lad spoke,"Thank you Lord for your mercy today! Thank you for the meal that you have provided for all us. Please teach all the others about your ways! Amen!"

The officer set back down in his seat and returned back down to his meal. Then the whole dining room soon followed after him.

The boy bent over to pick the chicken leg that he had knocked out of the commander's hand and he begin to eat it down to the bone.

The officer spoke,"What are you doing? Why are you eating chicken that was lying in the floor?"

The boy finished the chicken leg and sat down in his chair.

The boy spoke," You said to not waste food so I could not do nothing but eat it!"

The commander busted out into laughter at the sheer honest nature this boy had possessed.

The boy stared at the commander with befuddlement about what was so funny to the

commander.

William and Susie had finally had given birth to a child and it was a precious baby boy. He was

something that was a huge blessing to his parents. The boy was talented in a very elite school. He had then been kidnapped by the Urano military and the parents were arrested just for the act of questioning the abduction. The boy was carted off to a secret military base deep underground.

For what reason he was taken was still unknown at this present time. The boy knew that escape was at this time impossible.

The boy was eating in one of the base's many cafeterias with one of the base's many officers and his subordinates. Everyone had finished their meals and everyone stood to their feet. All the tables' chairs were pushed back under the table.

All the men at the table saluted the officer that was standing next to the boy. One of the men grabbed the boy's arms and forced him to salute the officer as well as the others were already doing.

The superior officer returned the salute and the other men lowered their arms from giving the salute.

One of the men yell at the boy,"You need to learn to salute your general! We are not as forgiving as he is! You will fall in line here or you will suffer the consequences."

The boy did not realized that the officer was so high up in the leadership here at this horrid place. He looks at the general and he is wearing twelve stars on his uniform!

They were in three rows of four stars. The boy had only heard of a five star general yet alone a twelve star general.

The boy was so surprised that he did a spit take all over himself.

The General smiled a little bit and spoke,"I am General Hagotti and I am one of the main

officers that run this base. I am a four star general in each of the three main branches of the Urano military.

The Urano military three's branches were the army, navy, marines, and air force.

The boy nodded his head in acceptance of what he had been told by the general.

Hagotti spoke,"I will be the man who will lead your training to become an elite solider in the

mighty Urano military!

The boy was taken back by the general's bold statement.

The boy had just finished eating his huge dinner and he was then led out of the cafeteria by General Hagotti down into a long series of hallways. He had been allowed by Hagotti to eat until he gotten his fill but he could not waste anything. The kitchen staff would get angry if any food was wasted. But that was not a problem for the boy since he had not eaten in over twenty four hours so he licked his plate clean.

The boy could not help but curious about the nature of the labyrinth like military base. You

could not move through the facility very far without proper knowledge of the complex's layout. It was probably made that way to prevent information from leaking out into the white world. (The white world is the part of the world where common folk can clearly see).

The general opened a door to a small room, revealing a small bedroom with some clothes on the twin sized bed.

The General spoke,"There is a small door to the left that is a bathroom. It is not a five star hotel but it will do for know. You will soon be tested to see where your abilities truly reach out to."

The boy then nods his head in agreement then salutes as if somebody is going to hurt him if does not.

He had already by chastised by some of the general's underlings already this day for not saluting the twelve star general and he did not desire to get into more trouble than he already had.

The General made a huge smile and said,"Please, do not try to escape this room due to curiosity or what not. We had already enough exploration for one day."

The boy could not help but snicker which caused Hagotti to be taken back a little bit.

The lad spoke,"Where am I going to go in this maze of a building? I have never seen so many twists and turns in my twelve years of life!"