“El….Amado….”
Hmmm? Why am I hearing noises…
“Elri…Bohd….Amadov”
Wait, this feels familiar.…
“ELRIK BOHDAN AMADOVICH!”
“GAHHH?!”
I jumped back out of surprise
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOZING OFF RIGHT HERE”
“Huh?”
The confused me , barely regaining my sentience , looked around
“Woah cant believe this guy”
“Yeah, how could he not listen when Sergeant Loudmouth is speaking”
“He must be deaf or something”
These people…. I AM deaf for fuck’s sa…huh?
Looking around me , all I see are people in military attire , and looking at myself, I'm also wearing one.
“WHATTTTTT??!!”
I couldn't contain my confusion and uneasy feeling , and my voice echoed throughout the training grounds. Me trying to recollect and process what is happening , got distracted by the sudden whisperings of the cadets all around me , as that added to my confusion , it wasn't long until i realized why when i turned around and met face to face with an imposing figure .
“ELRIK BOHDAN AMADOVICH, AS PUNISHMENT FOR DISRESPECTING ME , YOU ARE NOW REQUIRED TO GET DOWN AND GIVE ME 200 AND RUN 50 LAPS AROUND THE TRACK RIGHT THIS INSTANT”
All my confusion and uneasiness was immediately squashed , as i was facing what some would say is the end of the world, as cold sweat trickled down my forehead to the edge of my chin , i am met with Sergeant Dedic’s furious face who looks like he’s about to kill me for taking a big fat shit on his front office , although i'm sure that will be the least of my concerns if it does happen . In response to the matter at hand , all I could do was smile awkwardly while quivering in fear and hope to survive the impending doom.
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“Fuck , im exhausted , that fucking loudmouth is crazy for giving this kind of punishment to a first year cadet”
As my body ached, mainly my calves, quads and chest , I walked back to my quarters which were situated on the second floor of Block B.
‘If my memory serves me right, i just have to walked through this path in front of the training ground and it should be past the assembly square’
While walking said path agonizingly in pain , I recollected my calm and analyzed the current situation.While running those 50 laps around the track , I've been looking around my surroundings and even checked the date and my cadet badge number . With all this information , I came to a conclusion.
‘I can’t believe this, but i’m really back at the first day of my military service,sigh’
With this in mind , I tried to come to every possibility I could.
‘Could this be a dream? I doubt it , since everything feels too real. Then what is this, a simulation, but i'm pretty sure i spent my dying moments with my family already , and i know they are not the type of person who will trap me in something like this’
At that point my imagination was already going wild. I even came up with the possibility that my death was faked , and I'm an alien or abducted by one. But in all seriousness, I was just trying to do anything to ease the pain i felt especially in my legs.
‘Holy fuck it hurts so fucking much, whose idea is it to make the running tracks 1 kilometers instead of the standard 400 meters, that almost quadruple of the standard length, i had to run fucking 50 kilometers because of this!’
As I was in my thoughts, I came to the realization that I'm back to being young again , and my physicality was no longer comparable to that frail old dead man I once was , albeit still not in my peak physical prowess. I also came to the realization that it was already late into the night , as I quickly walked to my quarters while enduring the continuous muscular pain just so I could get a good night's rest.
This military grounds contains 4 blocks , Block B is behind the assembly grounds, Block C is to the right , Block A is to the left and Block D is situated behind Block C .Each blocks contains 3 levels and each levels contains 4 rooms and in each rooms there are enough space to contain the sleeping quarters of up to 10 cadets and this doesn't include the female cadets , but we don't talk about those since its prohibited to meet with them anyways , regrettably .
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“Let’s see, B-6, B-6….there it is, home sweet home!”
Unable to wait to be in the embrace of the worn and torn bed provided by the government , I slammed the inward-opening door open , which thankfully did not woke up the other cadets as it was already half past 10 , i jumped into bed only to be met with a somewhat uneven bed surface with no bounce back from the dead springs , but as of now i couldn't care less , i just want to rest . I was so tired that I considered sleeping past assembly hours but after what happened today , I figured it wasn't a wise decision . And so , I closed my eyes and wished that I would have a sweet , sweet dream …
“Well if it isn't ‘Mister I got screwed on the first day’”
‘%!?%!!’
Annoyed that someone interrupted me just when i was entering the
1st stage of the sleeping cycle , i rose from my bed and turned my head to glare at the figure with a balanced and well built body , being at an attractive height of 6’2 , a roman-shaped nose and typical european eyes with hazelnut colored irises , together you get a face that any girl would fawn over. Oh , and can’t forget a fully shaved head which sadly is the only thing we have in common.
“Piotr you fucking bitch”
“Woah what's with the crude language , what did I do?”
“What do you think? Awaking me from my precious sleep cost a great price , how about i get two free punches to that playboy looking face of yours”
“Dude , you literally just layed on your bed for a few seconds, it can't be that serious”
Upon hearing that, i can't help but clench my fist ,gritting my teeth
while barely holding back the urge to punch that stupidly good looking face
“You wanna try 200 pushups and 50 kilometers running?Please ,
my treat”
“Ahaha, i'll pass”
I swear to god , one day i’ll definitely get a good punch in
“Anyways , trivial matters aside”
This motherfucker….
“You sure did a good job leaving a memorable first impression on the Sergeant , bet he’ll keep an eye on you now”
I scratched the back of my head in annoyance
“Tch , i didn't meant that back then , i was startled , a lot of things happened in such a short while, i couldn't help it”
“Yeahh, same for me , it really gets to you when it's your first day enlisting into the military, a lot of the cadets look imposing at first , but I settled into it already , haven't you?”
“Huh, oh ,oh yeah, same for me , haha…”
Piotr Zenlenskyy , my childhood friend who has always been with me since young , has decided to follow me into enlistment …or was it the other way around ? It's been 8 decades since then so I wouldn't remember , and this is our first day in this military grounds . Piotr’s facial expression is as if he feels something fishy about me , and he’s not wrong , right now I'm 81 years younger , back when I was 18 years old . I looked down on the floor , deeply concerned about my current situation .
“Look man, if you need help with anything , just tell me , i’ll see if i can do something”
“Ah yea sure , oh sorry bout just now, i'm just tired”
Piotr responded with a thumbs up as he walked to his bed which is situated on the opposite side of mine , the second bed away from the front door. I lied down again , hands behind my head pressing against the hard pillow ,thinking of the events that have happened to me so far.
‘As far as i remember, i passed away , that i'm certain of , the memories i made with my family definitely has not been fake , and now i'm back to when i'm young again , if this is a dream it has certainly been the realest dream i had so far , but if it isn't…could this be … but i only ever read fiction novels and comics about it , but this is the only logical conclusion i can come to so far, I had -’
“Oh yea , Elrik , not to be rude or anything but you should maybe take a shower, you kinda stink”
Being so deep in thought and exhausted at the same time made me forget about the fact that I forgot to shower , and now that Piotr had reminded me , I definitely smell of blue cheese and pickles that have been dunked in shit , kinda stink is an understatement .
“Your right, my bad”
I took the stuff I needed and went to the shower block which is situated just past Block D , went to one of the shower heads and turned on the tap . While the water was trickling down my shampoo lathered body , I had a thought.
‘This, I definitely regressed. This is a regression!’
