Chapter 3: Training Ground (1)
After cutting the cake and celebrating, both of them went to bed. After Jonathan and Martha went to sleep, Marcus and Winston got up.
-So, have you felt anything Marc? (Winston)
-Not that I noticed, have you, Win? (Marcus)
-Na uh... Maybe we have to will it to activate. (Winston)
-Maybe, can't say anything for sure until we try. Okay, let us will together.
When they willed together, something unexpected happens. Two white portals appeared but they didn't stay that way. They attracted each other, coming closer and then finally merging and creating a red portal. While the white portals didn't have any suction power, the new red portal sucked them in it.
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[New life form detected, initiate scanning]
[Scanning complete.]
[Race: Kryptonian]
[Age: 6]
[Physical condition: Slightly over-energized due to absorbing radiation of yellow dwarf star ]
[Adjusting difficulty....]
[Difficulty set.]
[Welcome to the Training ground. ]
[Sub type: Survival]
[Objective: Survive for 10 days in the system set condition with given equipment. (1 tactical knife, adamantium made ) ]
[Failure penalty: Death]
[Clearance reward: Depends on clearance rank]
[Do note, time outside world is frozen. So don't worry about the outside world.]
[Good luck...]
Such messages popped up in front of them in a giant holograph. After a minute they vanished and only a huge count down timer remained in the sky. Right now they were at a place which is 'not' earth. A giant red sun hung above their head. Their lung started to burn by inhaling air. They felt weak. At a word, they thought of the Kryptonian atmosphere. They were required to survive here for 10 days. Worse, in this training ground, they are not guaranteed to survive, they can die. The silver lining is surviving will wield them rewards. But right now they can only think of breathing properly as each breath is burning their lung badly. Both of them, barely being able to be conscious, started to adapt to the air.
After 2 hours or so, enduring all the suffering, they started to be able to somewhat breathe. It was still uncomfortable, but their highly adapting gene at work, they manage to make do for now.
-Winston, you alright brother?
-Barely, alive I guess.
-That will have to make do for now. Let us scout out the area. Who knows what lurks..... what the hell is that?
Eying them was an animal, which reminded them of puma but smaller. But the muscle, teeth, claw and the sheer aura that thing were emitting left them gobsmacked. They never left anything like this before. They hunted ferocious animal in their previous life or fought with dangerous people as training or occasionally cleaned up scums, none of them comes near close to this thing.
They were hungry, weak, barely able to breathe and with only a single knife as a weapon. So, did any sane person would do to survive, run...
After running for 5 hours straight around the jungle juking it using trees bumps and whatnot, they jumped off a cliff in a fountain not so high. All that running gave them severe muscle ache, they are now out of breath, heavily panting, barely able to move their bodies. Good thing is that further forced them to adapt to this condition, after a rest, they would back to their peak, not in strength as they are under a red sun, but in health.
They swam up to shore, checked their parameter, took off their ragged pyjama and washed themselves and the pyjamas, and lastly found some fruits to fill up their belly. They left that place then afraid that the puma like creature would come back to hunt them.
They searched the mountainous jungle for a cave as night was upon them. They cut off some branches of the tree and lit some fire using their knife and some stone to keep themselves warm for the night.
Next morning they woke up, rested, refreshed, accustomed to the environment and fully able to put their training to use. They made some makeshift fishing rod from branches and vines and fished some weird looking fish from a nearby pond. Fry them with fire they made their breakfast. After putting something in the belly, they went out looking for the damnable creature that gave them so much pain yesterday. It was time to pay back.
They didn't have to search too much, as the creature was nearby as if searching for them. This time though, they spotted the creature first, as they were using their tracking skills to the fullest. The creature was sniffing around nearby as if it can smell its prey from yesterday but cannot see them. As sniffing around it really started to come closer to the twins. At this moment they separated and started to preparations.
15 minutes later...
The creature was confused, suddenly its prey's scent is all over the place as if they have multiplied and all around him. Confused it decided to go for the strongest scent and against the wind, that way the prey won't realize it was coming. But that proved out to be a mistake, as after some time it felt a tug on its leg, and next moment it was inside a net of vines. And the next thing it knew that something sharp has penetrated its neck. Letting out a painful cry it drew its last breath.
-Next time you be the bait, that was risky as hell. (Marcus)
-Ya, that was indeed for you, to make up for it, I would give you my share of apple pie Ma makes next time, okay Marc?
Winston said while drawing the knife from the creature's neck.
-You are not gonna talk your way out this time, Win.
- Okay, okay, help me process this thing. Two-person having one knife doesn't help. Let's see we can scavenge a knife or two out of this thing and probably some meat too if possible.
So they made two makeshift knives out of femur of the creature which was unusually hard. After that, they started to encounter more of those and different type of ferocious creatures. On that day they hunted 5 puma-like creatures, 4 tiger-like creature, 7 Rhino like creature. By the time they were back to their cave, they had their full-body covered with puma and tiger hides, their pyjamas long gone. They extracted two makeshift short swords, two bows of their ribs with cartilage. but the arrowheads were a problem, they were still experimenting with sharp stone and tree parts.
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