Chapter 24: Day 2 of Training

The next day, Michael, Joyce, and Florence woke up late in the morning. This was because they didn't sleep early last night. Because of Obed's disappearance and death, Florence and Joyce had to weep all night. Soon, Florence, Joyce, and Michael began to talk about Obed and how it was and how they wished he was to be with them. "He was like a brother to me," said Michael. "A friend to me," said Joyce. "I loved him a lot especially his smiles," said Florence.

As they were talking, Miss Pearl came to pass by Michael's group tent. She entered into their tent and sat in-between Joyce and Florence. I know it's hard for you three to concentrate because of the disappearance of your friend but you have to understand that life is natural and not artificial. "Everybody dies for a reason and Obed's died for who," Miss Pearl asked.

"You must be thankful that a level one student saved you from the alien," said Miss Pearl. When Miss Pearl said this, Florence calmed down and asked Miss Pearl whether today there would be any training. Miss Pearl nodded her head in a yes response and told Obed's crew to put on their training dress. Then she left.

Michael dressed up first before Joyce and Florence could get dressed. After Michael had finished dressing, he then immediately left the tent and waited for the two girls outside the tent. Soon enough, they both finished putting on their training dresses and headed back to the training grounds.

As group 7 was passing by, most of the groups detected that the new student, who was Obed, was not in their midst. Soon, Miss Pearl came to the training grounds and then announced that one of the group's 7 team members, has been killed. He was in class A and I regarded him as one of my best students. Soon tears started to flow from Miss Pearl's eyes. The students were shocked when they heard the news. "Isn't, he the life sucker guy we met in the VR room," said one of the students. "Yes, it's him," said another. Soon everyone in the school who knew the life sucker in the VR room began to talk about him. Those who didn't know him started to murmur. Others went to Florence and Joyce to pamper them for the death of their member. Soon, Miss Pearl asked Michael who was in the group whether he would want a new member of his team. Micheal said a big No to Miss Pearl.

Soon, Miss Pearl wiped her tears off her face and said, "even though a student has died, it doesn't change the topic." "We must continue our training to gain more strength and strategy to defeat the aliens," said Sir Ben. Then the students went back to their positions and lined up for their next selection.

Soon, the match began and it was a heavy clash between group 6 and group 11. After the fight, Sir Ben then shouted, up next, we have group 7 taking out group 4 so please get ready. Even though the next group was group 7 Joyce and Florence didn't want to step up for their group because of the death of Obed.