Thread: Last of Us: A Story of Two Souls (BMD x EldritheWhisperwind)

Have the preparations been made? Desmond asked one of the soldiers who was at the barracks prepping the infected for the special training drill. The recruits were present for the unveiling of their secret training. The soldier had nodded his head as he unveiled a cage that had at least 10 Clickers in it. That's not what I asked for! Desmond shouted. Get those out of here! Just then Sarah and Javale showed up. Desmond noticed their presence. What are you two doing here? They stood looking at him in silence, not speaking a word. Before he knew it, they were on top of him and grabbed him by the arms. What is the meaning of this!? He said as he looked at the both of them and then looked back at the soldier that had been standing outside the cage of Clickers. His appearance had changed. It appeared to be the man he had condemned because he injected him with the infected fungus. He was completely changed into a Runner now. All while looking at Desmond, the condemned man had reached for the lock to the cage and unhinged it free to open the door. Wh-what are you doing!? Des shouted. He struggled to get free from the two holding him. He looked at their faces to see that they too had changed to be infected Stalkers. The Clickers stalked, getting closer and closer to him, clicking loudly. Noooo! He screamed as they lunged on top of him to feed on him. A gasp of air flew into Des as he awoke from the nightmare. His body was covered in cold sweats. His hands clenched his bedsheets. He struggled to collect his breath and calm himself. He checked his body for wounds. Finding none, he was able to collect himself. He threw the sheets off of himself and swung his legs over the side of his bed. He was only wearing his underwear to sleep. The sweats had just about covered his entire form. He reached over and grabbed a towel that had been draped over a chair near his bed. He wiped the sweat from his face. He let out a deep sigh, Again.. Apparently that same style of nightmare has been haunting him for a while. He stood up from his bed and walked toward the window. He stared at over the city. He had his doubts that what he was doing to this city was wrong. Hours later, he showed up at the Guardian's barracks. He met with Julie Maxwell to get the progress on the recruits. How are they doing? Majority of them are doing well. We did have a few stragglers that didn't arrive on time, so there are only 12 recruits. A surprise to Desmond as he was expecting there to be some that didn't make it or decide to have a change of heart. Who are our top recruits? We have 3 teams of Andy Collings and Mariah Crawford Leo Wong and Bradley King and James Hurst and Damian Forrest. Great. I'll address them all now. Julie nodded to Desmond as she led him to where they were awaiting their next assignment. The group had still been outside of the barracks where the obstacle course was set up. Commander Desmond, Lydia said as she stood at attention. She turned towards the recruits, Listen up! Commander will now speak to all of you! She shouted out towards the group. It wasn't long before the group became silent and all attention was on Desmond. I want to start by saying 'Thank you', for volunteering to join the Guardians on our quest to not only protecting this city, but to also pave the way to finding an Angel. He paused for a moment to scan over the recruits. For those of you who may not know, Angel is a term we use to describe a person who has immunity to the Cordryceps fungus. Of course... This person is hard to find as the only way you can find them is if they get bitten and survive. Taking on this job will be one of the most dangerous jobs that you can take up in this city. If any of you want to back out now.. we will not judge you. He waited to see if anyone would leave, which none of them budged. The majority of you will remain partners with the person you paired up with in this training, and you will be stationed here in the city. The following 6 people will join me in the barracks for a special training Andy Collings, Mariah Crawford, Leo Wong, Bradley King, Damian Forrest and James Hurst. The rest of you will follow Ms. Lydia and she will get you set up for your stations inside the barracks. For the next week, you will all undergo basic combat training. The week after that, weapons training to find what is suited for you. Finally, congratulations to you all and welcome to the Guardians. With that being said, Desmond turned to Lydia and nodded to signify that he was finished. Alright! You heard the man! The few of you who's names were called will follow him into the barracks while the rest of you will follow me. Lydia announced to the group. Chatter quickly spread through the group like wildfire. Desmond walked with Julie into the barracks with the special six following behind. They setup inside a room just outside the indoor stadium. He waited for them to all file in before speaking. I would like to formally congratulate the six of you for excelling above the rest. Because you did so well, I have plans to put the six of you in the field, but before I can do that, I have to make sure that you are all mentally prepared for what you may find. You will keep your same partner and team-by-team, you will walk into the stadium for your final test. Are you all ready for what is to come? Desmond didn't want to give them any kind of hint as to what was to come once they walked into the stadium. Each team would enter on their own and take this special course one at a time. They will enter the stadium and Des will reveal that they will be facing an infected Runner. It doesn't take much to kill a Runner, but he wanted to make sure that they would have the mental toughness to be able to do it and to go out into the field if needed. The first group that will enter to take on this course will be Leo and Bradley. If you're ready, please enter the stadium and we'll begin. The rest of you remain here and I'll have Julie come retrieve the next group. With that said, the two were pumped to go and joined Des into the stadium to take their test.