chapter 18

After the little trouble at the entrance, Arowen went to the commander's office, on the way he met a few familiar faces and some new people, eyes were looking at him strangely due to his tattered clothing and his wild appearance, but since he was inside the base and wearing a marine uniform no one stopped him and once in front of the office

*knock**knock**knock*

"come in!" a tired voice came from inside

"commander sir! Arowen reporting for duty"

the commander was slack-jawed, he couldn't believe his ears or eyes either, the figure in his memories was smaller, and had a childish tone to it, but the one in front of him was a tall and buff man, and his voice was deep and had a slight pressure to it, but soon the figures overlapped, his black hair and purple eyes were distinctive, and the most remarkable the black sword with red lines held in his hands

'it really is him' to the commander, he almost forgot about Arowen, his schedule was full, the crime rate was on the rise, he workload was so much he hair started greying

"so 2 years are already over, you think that you make the cut with your current progress"

"honestly commander, I don't know how strong I have become, but there is only one way to find out, right?"

the commander understood the underlying meaning behind his word, the young man, no the man in front of him was itching for a fight, and he was as well,

'i need some exercise anyway'

"Good! hahaha we will hold an assessment for you this afternoon, be ready" he said in a good mood "you can dispose right now, I will meet the captain to talk with him about our deal"

"thank you, sir! see you later" then he salutes and go out, his next destination would be the clinic, it has been years since he messed with his friend

at the familiar door of the clinic, some nostalgic memories came up

Arowen took a deep breath and went in, inside there were a few beds hosting injured marines due to the rising crime during this period, not spotting his friend, Arowen went to the door at the back of the room where Swara's lab was located

he opened the door and was greeted with the smell of chemicals, and the sight of numerous equipment and glassware holding a multitude of liquids and other stuff, check out the lab he spotted Swara bending over a table mixing god knows what and recording results, and of course seeing his friend so concentrated he had to do something so he sneaked behind him and gave him a hard slap to the ass,

"aaaaah! you son of a bi-tch, I am gonna gut you mother-fker*lots of curses unfit to be written*"

Swara swore holding his bum and turned around seeing his friend he raged as Arowen was laughing his ass out, no pun intended, Swara was so angry he forgot that he is in a lab filled with fragile equipment and started throwing punches at Arowen who easily dodged

"too slow man!"

*wooch wooch*

"common, not the balls"

Arowen was having it easy dodging the punches and kicks, but not the glass containers in the lab and by the time Swara calmed a little and noticed, the lab was already trashed with liquids splashed all over the place, some mixed together causing fire, others corroded the floor and others formed clouds of gas with strange colors

"aaah! my lab, you motherfker gonna pay" Swara got even angrier as he screamed, and in his rage started aiming for vital points

"fk man! you wanna kill me!" Arowen yelled at him

"you deserve to die!!!" Swara totally lost it at this point and continued to attack while Arowen dodged and blocked, he was somewhat at fault, he didn't think it through when he wanted to mess with him

the fight continued for a few minutes*cough*30 min*cough* until Swara was exhausted and collapsed to the floor crying over his lost hard work

"you destroyed my lab!" Swara said while sobbing

"well! technically you did" Arowen was the same heartless monster

"aaaaah!" Swara was still angry but what could he do, he wanted to beat the shit out of this so-called friend of his, but the bastard was just too strong right now

"one day, i will get you for this i swear"

"hahaha! good luck with that"

"Why did you even come here for? you no longer need my muscle therapy, it became ineffective 8 months ago"

"ah! just wanted to come and say hi"

"you wanted to say HI! you don't destroy a lab to say hi"

"technically you did"

"SHUT THE FK UP!!" Swara screamed

"gosh! man and here I was coming to see you after a long time of absence, you know I will leaving for HQ soon, and it would be a long time before we meet again"

by this time Swara already calmed down

"huh! that time already, but from now on if we are to remain friends, you are forbidden from entering my lab ever again"

"ok! ok! man, you don't need to be so harsh about it"

"swear it!" Swara insisted he takes an oath

"ok! I swear i will never enter your lab unless you let me, that good for you?"

"yes" Swara breathed out heavily and got to his feet

"This afternoon I will have a spar to see if I will go to HQ, you can come and watch"

"I don't know how strong you became, but I believe you can do it, now fk off, I need to clean this mess, and see if I can salvage anything"

"see ya"

"fk you"

"love you too"