CHAPTER 4:MY TRUE COLOR(PART 1)
1ST PERSON POV
"๐๐ณ๐จ๐ฉ...๐ฐ๐ฌ.๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ.๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ."
"๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ? ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ."
"๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐!!!!!!"
"๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข?"
Those words niggling in my mind are a pain to hear. It was just plain black but those words kept coming, again and again, making my whole body shudder. Fortunately, it stops as I regain consciousness in my room. Good to say, it was a dream yet it was real as those words are mementos of my past.
The sunlight enlightens the room that I share with the girls. I can tell that it's daytime. Looking around the room with my dizzy eyes noticing that every bed except for me has tidied up. It seems like I'm the late bird. As I was about to sleep back, sudden knockings on the door got my attention. The door slowly opens.
"Ah!Courtney!Finally!I was about to wake you but looks like it's no need."
There's my roommate. She's a wonderful person. She's like a goddess in everyone's eyes I bet. Just witnessing her made me better. She brought a towel with her. Of course, it's for stinky me.
"Sorry, Mercy! I may have overslept. I'll get myself fresh in a minute."
"Yesterday, sure makes you bath sweat. Go ahead, then go to the field outside. Because at last, the day is today.Which that is..?"
My sleepy head focused. I get out of my bed standing in front of her. Our daisy eyes meet. From her view, she could tell that I was ready for this day.
"The day of our first move."
"Indeed, best girl."
Her compliment made me chuckle. She leaves the towel she brought with me. Knowing today's event I swiftly tidy up my bed and take a shower making me feel energetic. I change my clothes then head my way outside where the others are gathering.
On my way there, I see a person beating up a vending machine. I stopped and approach the person instead of rushing myself as I'm late. Well, when you are sure that you're late, just stall the rush! You can't be late twice. Sigh...Just by glancing makes it so obvious who it is. A ponytail redhead.The one and only my second and last roommate, Hela the hothead.
"PISSS OFFFF!!!!!!GIVE.ME.MY.DRINK.OR.MY.MONEY.BACK.YOU.OLD.METAL.SENTIMENTAL!"
Continuously, beating the poor thing. I can see why she's teaching this thing a lesson with all her might. She needs to stop she's ruining my mood. Totally, the opposite of Mercy. It's strange that she's nowhere to be seen yesterday. Well, guess I need to put out some fire.
"Hela. Where have you been yesterday? Didn't see you, red."
"OH, DON'T GET ME STARTING. I DON'T WANT TO TO RUIN MY MOOD. TO BEGIN WITH, MY BED LAST NIGHT WAS IN THAT SMELL OF MEN TRUCK! THAT GEEZER DIDN'T WAKE ME WHEN WE ARRIVED! I COULD HAVE DIED DUE TO SUFFOCATING!THEN, THIS FREAKING VENDING MACHINE TURN ME BROKE.SO I'M TURNING THE TABLE NOW! I BET THIS THING HAS A THING FOR KAAYA CAUSE HE ALWAYS GETS IT UNLIKE ME!!!!!"
Sheesh...Calm down. As always the one who tames this fire girl off is none other than a girl named Courtney. Both my hands massaged her shoulder which helps calm down her anger.
"Patient, girl you know patient? Hela, hear me out. Since today's occasion is important how about I treat you to these drinks when we came back home after we go out working. Deal?"
"SIGH! Fine, it's on you, Court. Better keep your words..."
Hela, despite being the hothead, she's my only friend who has the least age gap, unlike the others which are the males that I can't get along with, and the adult that I am unable to sync with except for Mercy and Freiya for some time. So, overall my girls are my pals.
We then head out to the outside of the hospital. My attention drew towards the pawn guys who are fully armed with an assault vest, some light weapons such as knives and pistols. Where did they get those? Guess Gareth get it when he went out yesterday. Collecting leftovers from dead soldiers. Bet this country's military power is just colonies of ants to those monsters. Both of us separate then enters our group, the pawn boys is mine and she's at the front with the adult. Yeah, even I can't comprehend the fact this hothead's a BISHOP while I'm here stuck with a class of clowns I mean pawn but first fits more.
The smooth silence is indeed calming. But, that girl had to make drama. Take a break. Hela gaining some attention scolding Gareth for yesterday's stuff which I already know. In my eyes, it's like a bitch barking at a mountain. Everyone's eyesore. Kaaya, Mercy, and Freiya, basically the reliable adults control the crowd until our leader finally voices up.
"My dear pieces. It is pleasing that you all seem fired up today. Every single one of you here has different motives to keep standing now. It is an honor to be the one who empowers, supports, and gives you an opportunity to rise back from your deepest downfall. Up until yesterday, we have been seating in our seats waiting to be in action. All of us remain hiding in the unseen spot of the world even myself. But now, we step out of the shadows and enter the stage becoming competitors for this game. As if anyone has noticed or not, by counting the ones lining up beside me the special pieces, they seem to be lacking. Gareth and Kaaya represent rooks. Hela and Mercy the bishops. Freiya is our queen."
Yeah, what he was implying is true. I noticed that there should be two more upper pieces. The KNIGHTS! Why are they not here? Perhaps they lied about finishing recruiting? I just remain silent with questions in mind. Straining my ears on Pierre's speech.
"Indeed, that my knights are absent here. It is due to my order that they are not here. Razor and Lance are my eyes in the shadows. They are scouting this country's condition also the enemy's whereabouts. The reason I declare that we can make a move is that I have received a message from them that a fraction of these terrorists the Black Order is wandering in the South at the Turisso Train Station. I was also informed that there were survivors far away from the station. This means that today we are going to make the attack and also save some lives if we can in the process. Now I will pass to Gareth."
Hearing that makes this heart beat rapidly. Now's the time for war. Our eyes will be dirtied with bloodbaths. I get myself a grip from the extreme nervous. Pierre has stopped speaking it seems. Then, geezer Gareth comes up.
"That it is everyone.As you have been informed we will go on a trip. Due to circumstances given, we will be dividing into a group of two which one will consist mostly of our powerhouse while the other is the opposite. This will ease our way of operating as we can nullify foes while innocents are saved."
All of us are divided into two groups base on what Gareth said. As I myself know what I'm made of, I already knew that entered the attack force. As the only pawn on the attack force, it's hard not to be proud of. Unfortunately, Mercy is on the rescue team with those chimps. Those monkeys all tasks with saving lives which in my opinion couldn't look lowly as we know that life holds the most value.
They also gave me that military equipment like the boys is wearing. They say it is because we cannot summon armors and some of us hold pathetic weapons. Pathetic weapons...we'll see about that. We'll then bid our farewell as we enter different vehicles for the journey. We take the smelly truck while they ride Amber, an ambulance. Hela named her if questions are asked. Apparently, Pierre remains at the hospital instead of joining. Thinking back, he's our heart so it's reasonable to not expose him. Anyways, from now on every second is life-changing for me as I now shall passionately seek salvation.