Chapter 70: The Perfect Bait
Keira gathered her hair in a tight bun, making sure her hair wouldn’t fall over her ear or eyebrows or touch the collar of her uniform. Last time one of the recruits got punished because of a fallen strand of hair after the exercises.
May stared at her enviously and murmured, "I bet you’ll still look pretty awesome even if you shave all that hair like what they do to male recruits."
Keira’s facial features were all perfect and it was the type that you would never get tired of staring at.
That day, they were going to do the Physical Endurance Course and wear their tactical uniform.
Keira’s jaw dropped as she looked at the four-story ascent to the top of the rappel tower. It was like a roller coaster, slowly inching its way to its inevitable, thunderous descent.
"Do we need to climb it?" Lana asked in her weary voice.
Torin heard Lana so he said, "Soldiers, we will warm up first. Stop looking at that tower! You will first navigate a series of obstacles, where teamwork, motivation, encouragement, and leadership will determine the future officers’ success."
"Listen up! Sergeant Park will explain to you the course. You should watch carefully how other cadets are doing the demo of how you must surpass each course," said Torin as he signaled Sergeant Park to begin.
Sergeant Park began to explain the obstacles they would have to complete and Keira paid attention carefully.
"Soldiers! We will test your endurance and platoon teamwork! In this course, we will build the framework for ’WE’ versus ’I’ mentality. If one of you is weak in a certain aspect or skill, the team have to help through the obstacles and provide the encouragement needed. Understand?" Shouted Sergeant Cole.
"Aye, Sergeant!" Answered the soldiers in chorus.