Exhaustion

The first thing we had to do was run ten laps around the whole training area. After we finish and collapse near, who I later find out were our mentors, feet, I find out that the girls name was Ruby and the boy was Thomas.

Apollo glances at me, wheezing on the ground, and frowns. "Get up." he grumbles.

I do, glaring at him. He glares back. I can't help but admire his dark eyes and sharp jaw.

I was so wrapped up into his looks that I didn't notice him walking up to me until he stopped in front of me.

"Keep glaring at me. I dare you." Apollo snarls in my ear. I immediately lower my gaze.

Apollo scoffs and turns away. "Thomas. Ruby. You get up too."

After many hours of different excruciating workouts, our mentors lead us back to our rooms.

I walk quietly, trying not wince at every step. I had never been the kind of guy to work out much, so i wasn't used to the cramping and burning feeling in my muscles.

"You did good today." Apollo says, eyeing me.

I look up at him in surprise and blush. "Thank you." I say tiredly.

Apollo frowns, and gives me a gentle push into my room after he opened the door.

"Shower, get changed, and I'll see you in the mess hall in an hour." At that, he turns and walks away.

I shut the door and sigh, sliding down the wall and into a sitting position.

I wondered what my Mom was doing. Or my brother. Were they looking for me? I missed them I regretted all the times I had snapped at my mom or argued with my brother. My family had never been a super close one.

After taking a shower I checked the clock. I still had 30 minutes left. I sigh, pull on some shoes, and leave my room. After wondering around for a while I bump into Nyx.

She grins at me and grabs my arm. "I hear there was a game room around here somewhere, wanna come?" She grins.

I almost say yes before remembering that I needed to be at the mess hall soon.

"I really wish I could but Apollo-"

"Oh shut up. Apollo this Apollo that. Learn to have fun every now and then." She rolls her eyes.

I frown at her and she frowns right back. What was up with the girls in this place?

I sigh and shrug my shoulders. "Alright."

She grins and pulls me towards a room that was down the hall.

There was games pilled high on the wall and a T.V with controllers hooked up to it. A pool table was in the far corner and a couch facing the T.V. There was also several bean bags scattered about, some people already lounging on them.

At this point I had completely forgotten about going to the mess hall, and follow Nyx through the room. She heads towards the pool table and throws a grin back at me. "You know how to play?" She asks.

I smirk at her. "Probably better then you."

"Oh yeah?" She taunts, tossing me a cue stick.

We had played for a while, before our mentors found us.

Nyx spotted them first, making their way through the room and towards us, with pissed off expressions.

"Oh god...Wren....we are in DEEP shit." She says, her face paling.

I turn to see what she was talking about and the color drained from my face as well.

Nyx comes to stand next to me and we stand there, our heads down. Our mentors stop in front of us and stare.

When we don't look up, they get even more mad.

"Look at me." Apollo hisses.

I slowly look up. He was livid. "Let's go." He turns and walks away, and I scramble after him. I hear Nyx mentor yelling at her about how she never listened and how one day she was going to pay for that.

I nervously played with my sleeves as I followed Apollo. He stops suddenly and pivots to face me.

"What the fuck!" He shouts.

I cringe at his harsh words. "I lost track of time..."

I blinks at me. "You lost track of time?" he roars. "YOU LOST TRACK OF TIME?"

He grabs my shirt collar and slams me against the wall. I cry out as I feel my scabs opening up.

"Do some shit like this again and you WILL suffer." Apollo growls. "Do you need an escort? Do you!?"

I shake my head, looking at him nervously.

He glares at me before sighing and letting me go.

"Apollo....I'm sorry...I just..." I struggle to find the right words. "I don't know why I'm here. You say training. You want me to be punctual. You're strict as fuck-"

Apollo glares at me.

"Sorry. But.....why?" I finally ask.

Apollo stares at me. apparently also struggling to find words.

"You'll probably be used as an assassin." He shrugs.

"Probably?" I ask.

"Probably."