"Blake Firefeld, my cursed power is basically the manipulation of fire. I can also create a handful of flames, but it isn't much." The red eyes guy replied to the old man.
He has the most interesting power of the four in my opinion.
"Good, next," the old man said while pointing at me.
"Ethan Bollado, I deteriorate everything I touch," I replied firmly.
This time the old man looked to be a little intrigued.
"That's interesting, can you demonstrate?" the old man said while looking at me.
"I'm afraid there is not something in my possession that would be fine to deteriorate," I answered with a hopeless face.
I believe he would not care and order me to demonstrate anyway.
"Here, use it." the old man said while throwing a truncheon at me.
After grabbing it, I slowly take out one of my gloves and hold the truncheon.
After a few seconds, the truncheon turned to ashes.
I then put my glove back.
Not only the old man, everyone in the room was perplexed.
"Good, ok now I will pass to you guys your uniforms and the first mission," the old man broke the silence.
But what did he mean by 'first mission'?
Are they just throwing us at the danger from the beginning?
Another man, holding five uniforms generic green uniforms got in the room.
He gave one uniform to each one of us and got out.
The old man then started his explanation.
"Here will be your dormitories, if you guys survive the first mission you will receive beds to sleep.
The first mission will be a simple mission.
You cursed blood just have to infiltrate yourself into the enemy's base and destroy their supplies.
The way you get in and get out is totally up to you guys.
Always remember, depends on how you guys conclude this mission, the next battle will almost be a certain win for us. That will bring peace not only to your friends and family but also to the whole population of Bumbergue.
After changing up, meet me at the aircraft shed," the old man said and went out of the room.
We all five remaining looked at each other in embarrassment.
We are boys and girls in their puberty having to change clothes in front of one another.
The first to make a move was the girl with sharp bones.
"Men look at the left side, girls at the right side. If any of you look at me or Sasha while we are changing, I will reap your eyes out." Mallory announced.
"I say the same thing for you two," Jin replied to her while turning to look at the left side.
Everyone followed the agreement and changed looking to their respective sides.
After changing we all moved to the the place the old man ordered us. Although we didn't really know where it was, it was easy to find by following some guide plate around the base.
In the path, the two girls befriended each other, while the boys were to tense to talk. Even when anyone tried to talk with any of them, they just replied coldly.
I decided to keep only observing from the side since I don't know the origins and background of any of them.
Soon, we arrived at the aircraft shed. The old man was already waiting for us in front of a small pane.
"This plane will take you around ten kilometers from the mission area. After arriving you will have to follow this map to get to the enemy's camp." the old man then handed a tablet with a map on it.
"The map will guide you. If you guys don't come back to the point we take you to in 24 hours, we will consider that all of you are dead and leave.
In summary, get to the point the plan will take you to, follow the map to the enemy's camp, destroy their supplement of ammunition and food, and also weapons if possible, then follow the path back to where the plane took you to and come back to the base.
Understood?" the old man asked after giving the explanation of our first mission.
The crazy part is that we are all fifteen years old with no experience.
Do they really think that our lives are just trash to throw away?
Anyway, we don't really have a choice.
The five of us got inside the small plane.
The pilot of the plane was already inside with the engine on.
After we got in and put on our seatbelts, the plane went to the runway and took off.
During the flight, there was a tense silence between all of us.
"Hey, everyone. I know we don't know or trust each other, but if we want to survive this, we get to get along and plan beforehand." Blake was the one who broke the silence.
"I agree," I answered without thinking too much.
Actually, he just pointed out the obvious. No one really was against it, it is just that no one dared to take the lead.
But no one answered after me.
"Ok, I will take it as everyone agreed. First of all, we need recognition. So, I would suggest dividing us into two teams that will search in the base." Blake continued.
"How would the team division be?" Mallory questioned.
"I believe that it would be safer to put Sasha and Jin in different teams since they have the best-cursed power to move stealthily, and me and Ethan in two different teams because we have the best-cursed power to destroy the enemy's supply.
Moreover, you Mallory, may come with me because Ethan's power can destroy the supplies more stealthy than mine. I guess I will need more support to get out than him.
So the teams would be Jin, Mallory, and Me, while the other would be Ethan and Sasha.
What do all of you think about it?" Blake said his ideas and asked for others' opinions about it.
I kind of didn't like it because I got to be in a due while the other will be in a trio. They would be much safer than use.
Moreover, Sasha's wing calls too much attention. But I guess that's the best way.
I could see that Sasha was also discomfort with this suggestion, but couldn't think of an argument to reject this idea.
After a minute of silence, Blake confirmed the plan.
"So, it is settled."