KILLER'S DISTRICT

CHAPTER THREE: THE ADAPTING

YULIANA DRAGONORA (PRESENT)

we all are seated and people from around us are whispering quietly. there are men walking towards the group of students. the men are all dressed in a dark green military uniforms with badges visible on their right arms side. their hats are also a shade of green but darker.

one of them holds a microphone in his hands and the other connects it to a speaker.

"I am proud to see so many of you up here. this batch will have alot of students. you are now officially a trainee of the military system in redrook. those who died in this examination will be remembered. a nurse will assist those who got injured and afterwards you will be given a tour.

I am professor Jaden and part of the general committee. "

I feel anger towards this system . its so unfair i mean i know I should be grateful that i survived but what about the others? they had dreams alongside us. they came here to achieve those dreams and being killed that's up straight brutal.

I snap out of my thoughts as a man approaches me and monica. he kneels infront of me inspecting my leg he puts an antiseptic on ball of cotten and presses it into my wound. I wince at the pain and he looks up giving me a weird look which i ignore. he looks looks like he's in his early thirties . after assisting me with both my injuries he bandaged my head and did the rest with monica. we watch as everyone gets in a line . Me and monica stand up and she links her arm with mine . and we walk in the line after a few more minutes of waiting the guy who attacked me come into view.

informing us that we'll be sorted in two teams.

each team will be against each other for the whole year and that's how we'll practice.

against each other.

"Im the blue team's captain . Since last year I had better results than the opposing team i get to decide my members first. "

his eyes start to scan over all the students

"Louis warren , and Monica verscotti step forward and make a line behind me. " great now I might or might not have to compete against them. both of my best friends walk over and stand behind him. he starts to study the students again as a few giggling break out in chatter.

"Steph Blackwood and Darcy everly follow behind please. "

steph and the girl with the curly follow behind .

"And last but not least yuliana dragonora ." he says and louder voices errupt from all around as I nervously walk to the team.

the next thing i know we're walking towards this large building with four blocks which im assuming are different head quarters. We walk in the building through large black gates which are covered by green vines. the lawn is beautiful with a small fountain near it. the smell of grass all around the place .

we all walk in again through smaller gates this time which are brown . we all take a turn and enter a big room with a long table the seats are probably twenty or more. the majestic chandelier shines above us . this place is so admirable.

the second year finally turns to us.

"My name's rory and until your team captain gets decided I'll be in charge. this is the conference room. here is where most of our battles are planned and we meet with the general and chief executives. the most powerful inner circle of the military team in redrook. they are the most respected and the handle our affairs with other borderline cities. They decide our fate and what we train for each year. Every meeting with them is to be taken very seriously."

All of us nod a bit looking nervous.

He then leads us out of the conference room and we're back in the hallway. the floor board under us creaks . I glance to see alot of lamps plastered all around the hall. this hall gives me an eerily dark vibe and im not enjoying it. Rory turns to face us again his expressions unreadable behind him are two staircases leading opposite to each other .

"The right staircase leads to the dormitories of the blue team. the other which you can guess is for the red team. For a few weeks you all will be sharing one room with four beds later on in the semester you'll get yoyr own rooms."

We all nod again no one speaks. he motions us to follow him and we all walk up the stairs the floor board once again creaks beneath my feet. I grip the railing as I make my way upwards. Once we all reach the top there are two ways we go to the front and skip the turn. he leads us into a room. we enter.

"This is the team lounge and in that room is where you all will be sleeping for now." he says .

When we walk into the lounge the first thing i notice is an old rug alongside a few couches and sitting pillows. and a small brown coffee table in the middle .

there is only on dim light bulb and sunlight shines through the window right the door.

"I'll be leaving now. take some rest all of you and look fresh today all the general committee will welcome you. And I mean ut when i say first impressions matter. I'll be back seven hours later by then you all should be well rested and fresh. " he says before closing the lounge door as he walks out.

The girl with the curly hair gives out a long sigh before dropping herself dramatically on one of the couches. Steph is the second one to move as he sits on one of the resting pillows. I guess no one is really that sleepy after all the events of today. Monica takes my hand and drags me with her to where the other girl is sitting and we sit beside her.

She snaps her head in our direction and gives us a warm smile.

"Im Darcy. " she says.

"Im monica and this is my best friend Yuliana " monica says from beside me.

before darcy gets to say anything else we're interrupted by Louis.

"Your best friend?she was my best friend since five years old what are you on about."

I forgot louis was in our team relief floods through me atleast I'm not all alone.

Louis and i met when we were five. I was in my garden before he kicked his ball towards me I dont remember alot since we were only children but I remember that his house was the only house near ours and no other children were around so I was used to being all alone that was until we met and played everyday. he treated me like a sister and he and charles for some reason didn't get along very well so he used to spend all his time with me either playing football or playing board games with me. We became inseparable. he was older than me and If im being honest I loved having an older brother around and when i was with him I didn't feel the need to be perfect. he protected me from my uncle's burst of anger and scolding. he was the only one I used to run to whenever I learned a chess strategy. Charles had always had me but I had no one he stepped up to be there for me. That was until his family decided to move away from our neighbourhood. it took me years to adapt to life without him the day he was leaving was so hard for both of us. we had cried all day . he promised me he'd come once every while for a meet up but that took months and I once again was all alone. I couldn't run to him after my uncle slapped me anymore.

And here we are. his family wasn't like mine at all they were all very supportive of him going to military and no extra drama. so he used to sneak out in my garden at nights to hear me rant about my family problems .

I snap out of my thoughts and give a huge grin to louis. I am so thankful to have him here.

"You didn't even greet me you rascal I dont balme you though you looked lost the whole day. " he says to me. mischief glistening in his eyes.

I stand up slowly walk towards him and pull him in a big hug. he returns the hug instantly. And it's like someone pushes off a rock off my shoulders because I missed my brother and best friend so much i forget I needed him.

"We need to catch up. "I say. before walking back to monica.

"Introductions then?" darcy says from beside monica. I chuckle at the glare monica gives to louis.

steph stands up. and faces us.