The Selected

After talking amongst each other for a couple of minutes, we cautiously made our way to the gymnasium. "I still don't think this is a good idea." Nyx said under her breath.

"You don't have to come." I shoot back, staring straight ahead.

Nyx nudges my arm. "Nah. I'm with you dude." I glance at her and she gives me a small smile.

I nod at her, and we stop at the closed doors that lead to the gymnasium.

"Thomas, you still got that knife?" I had handed it to him after he had calmed down a little more.

"Yep."

"Give it to me. Apollo trained me most in blade work."

Thomas hands the curved blade to me and I give him a small, reassuring smile.

Nyx gives me one last last glance before pushing the door open. I jump in, immediately taking up a defensive stance, the blade and my arm held up.

It takes me a moment to realize that the gym lights were off. I take a couple of slow steps forward, making sure to not step on any potential traps.

It takes another moment for my eyes to adjust to the dim lighting, but once they do I scramble backwards, running into Nyx.

All the remaining mentors were watching us, not moving, just standing there.

Nyx looks around me to see what was going on. "What. The. Fuuuuck." She says quietly.

Thomas frowns. "So.... what now?"

I look at him, and then back at the mentors. "I don't fucking-"

I was cut off by something whizzing past my ear, cutting it slightly. I duck, muttering curses, and start retreating from the room, not turning my back on the mentors. Nyx and Thomas do the same thing. We were almost out when one of the Mentors, a burly looking woman with a nasty looking whip started running towards us.

I glare at her, and suddenly fed up I run towards her. She looked a little taken aback at first, but she quickly regained her confidence.

Right as she was about to swing at me with her whip, I slide onto me knees, the slippery floor of the gym making it easy. I slide behind her, slashing with the blade, cutting her tendons in her ankles. She falls to the floor with a heavy thud, screaming in pain. I jump to my feet just as another mentor lunged at me.

I wasn't so lucky this time, and he knocks the blade to the floor, shoving me to the ground. I wince as my head is slammed against the ground. The man raises his own knife to plunge into my chest, but he freezes, his eyes going wide. He slumps to the side to reveal a grinning Nyx. "Don't touch him." She sticks her tongue out at the man, who was now gasping like a fish on the floor.

Nyx had slit his throat, and it didn't take long for the man to succumb to his injuries.

Suddenly, the lights came on, and we blinked frantically, trying to get our eyes to adjust rapidly.

I see the boss enter through a door that I hadn't noticed before, and look around to see the remaining mentors smiling at the remaining trainees.

Apparently there had been other fights going on around the gym as I fought my own.

The Boss looks around at everyone before laughing. "Well it looks like we have new additions to the team." He says in some sick twisted way.

"Your first mission is to clean the mansion of any bodies, blood, feces, and gunk...starting now." He says, checking his watch. He walks over to the mentors and starts talking to them. I look at Nyx. "He wants us to.... clean up bodies?" I said in disgust.

Nyx nods, and helps me to my feet.

"Let's get to it." Thomas says with a grimace., surprising me, as I didn't know he was next to me.

I nod, and glance towards the group of mentors, feeling someone watching me. My eyes widen as they catch Apollo. He looks away as soon as he noticed me watching him back. I frown. What a strange guy...