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

Mariah became nervous at the idea of being chosen as the squad leader. Would she have to be responsible for them? If they die is it her fault? What exactly does she do as a squad leader? Why did Desmond choose her? The group of four was told that they would continue the rest of their training with the other new recruits. Lydia led them down to the training area where they would learn Hand-to-hand combat and physical training with a Guardian named Sarah. Andy was silent the entire walk and seemed almost lethargic. Andy, are you alright? Inquires Mariah. He continues to look at the ground. Desmond is right, I was sloppy and I let my guard down. I could have gotten myself killed in there. he responds in a melancholy tone. Mariah brushes at the loose strands of frizzy red hair tickling her face. Normally her hair is straight, but due to all the exercise and the heat it started frizzing out of control. As the group grew closer to the training area they could hear the shouts and grunts of their fellow recruits. To Mariah, it sounded intense. I wonder what they are doing? she thinks to herself as they rounded the corner entering the training area. Mariah flinched as something was accidentally throne at her. Hey, watch it! she yells. Sorry! Replies a male voice. Grumbling to herself, Mariah walks over to where Lydia has taken her other three companions. An older dark skinned man is focusing on the training newbies while jotting notes down onto a plastic pink clipboard. This is Leonard. He will tell you what you will be doing for the day. Tomorrow you will meet outside to start weapons training with Travis. Do not be late. Here you go Leonard, I am leaving these new recruits in your capable hands. Lydia bows and brusquely walks away to attend other duties. All right lady and gentlemen. Announces the man while folding the board behind his back. If you havent already noticed, you will be participating with the other new recruits. First you will start over in the hand-to-hand combat area where you will be taught different fighting techniques. After two hours you will be paired up with the person you had in the first training course and you will apply what you learned and use it on each other. Two hours after that you will be taken over to the physical training course where you will learn to climb and use the environment to accomplish your goal. This will be timed since you will only have an hour and a half to complete it. Do you have any questions before you join the rest? They all shook their heads no. Alright then, Sara is waiting on you, so get your asses over there. You are already an hour behind so you will only have an hour of training before the team combat. Leonard waves them off and returns his attention back to the clipboard. The four companions quickly jog over to where Sarah is training the other new recruits. Alright people, fighting hand-to-hand combat can be very dangerous. Always remember to check your surroundings before engaging an enemy. Now that you know how to defend yourself in a hand-to-hand combat situation, Ill now be teaching you techniques you can use to attack an oncoming attacker or infected. Sarah starts passing back and forth on the dirty green mat. Firstly, you want to make sure that you kill your enemy. Its either you or them. A technique you can use is the neck break Mariah loudly yawns and ignores Sarah as she demonstrates different attacks. Sarah hears the yawn and zones in on Mariah. Looks like someone here is bored. Care to explain why you are not paying attention Miss.? Startled, Mariah replies to Sarah. Miss Crawford. Ah. Miss Crawford. Please answer the question. Demands Sarah. Mariah felt uncomfortable at the thought of answering Sarahs question. She knew that her answer would get her into trouble. But to hell with it, she wasnt going to lie. Well, honestly I dont think I need to be here for the training. Not that I think its stupid or anything since it appears that some of the other recruits need it. But I have survived on my own for fifteen years. I have killed tons of infected and evil people who killed others for fun. I have seen and been places that many of you cant even imagine. I have been hunted, abducted, and I managed to crawl through a room of a hundred plus clickers and bloaters without attracting a single one of them I even killed a few of them with only one shiv. Im not trying to offend you or any of the Guardians, it just feels a little demeaning being told how to fight. Silence blanketed the room. Sarahs face was covered in pure annoyance and seething rage. Uh oh. Mariah has done it now.