But, he didn’t mind it. Skipper closed his eyes slowly… He was very tired. He realized if everything going to be worse than he could imagine
“I’m here and I’m weak…”
South Atlantic Ocean, Earth
04:42 AM: Heavy Rain: 1 January 1998
The Rain drop heard from the outside, the ground was moved rhythm. The black cloud covered the sky as the sign if everything just begins.
“Where am I?” Skipper opened his eyes slowly; he found his self was caged inside the cage. He saw some penguins caged too beside him, whatever it size but most of them taller. Right after that, Skipper realized if he was not on the ground anymore, He was on the ship…A small ship. Perhaps it’s not too big, but the crew quite many.
“….I must have to go out from here!!” Skipper tried to open the padlock that still remain locked. He pushed the padlock to open the cage. Heheh, you need a key, Skipper. He didn’t know how to unlock it. One fisherman looked at Skipper & just chuckled at him. The rain still drop, the clock show the time was 22:16 PM but skipper still pushed the padlock. Second by second, minute by minute, his hand started hurt, stiff and injured caused by his own decision. And suddenly …
“*CCRRAACCK!!”
“GAAHH, DAMN!!”Skipper shouted & holds his left arm. He fumbled his arm. It seems like something wrong with his joint. When he lean his body to the wall, he felt his hand arm was broken. He felt a lot of worried through his back. But, he didn’t mind it. Skipper closed his eyes slowly… He was very tired. He realized if everything going to be worse than he could imagine.
“Manfredi and Johnson…”
Rio Da Janeiro, Brazil
09:02 AM: Light wind: 2 January 1998
“Sshh, wake up, wake up” Someone shake Skipper body. “Wake up, lads”
“Hhmm, wait a minute. He… He will break his head with those durians...” Skipper mumbled
*SSLLAAPP
He slapped Skipper’s cheek. “Wake up lad. It’s not a time for your daily dreaming shows”
Skipper moved his head up and shocked when he saw his hand was “dressed” by bandage. Skipper moved his arm up and down repeatedly.
*SSLLAAPP, The stranger slap skipper forehead
“I won’t treat you once more, Cadet!!” The men said
Skipper stop moved his arm, but worse, He tried to put of the bandage off. The stranger swung his flipper but skipper block it with his right hand.
“WHO ARE YOU? WHERE ARE WE? WHY WE ARE HERE? HOW YOU MAKE THIS CLOTH WRAP MY FLIPPER? WHAT...?” Stranger closed Skipper’s beak with his flipper.
“I can’t tell you my name, but just call me Sergeant, but it’s not my rank now it just my …. Okay, that’s personal think and I don’t want to talk about it. We’re in Brazil, exactly Rio. We’re here to sell as Human pet and the last one, CLASSIFIED” Sergeant explained to him.
“Ooww, but why you treat me? Is it necessary?” Skipper said
“..If I didn’t bandage your flipper, your joint would still remain apart” Sergeant replied
“Ooohh” Skipper said “Thanks…”
“Do you remember me?” Sergeant asked (*At the moment of Skipper birth, do u remember that^^)
“You’re sergeant… You have many personal things that you wo…” Skipper said but Sergeant suddenly closed his beak
“No, I mean before our conversation…” Sergeant said
“I don’t know, but your face is familiar to me...” Skipper looked at his face, it almost like Rico (even he never meet him before) but without Mohawk and with 2 Scar… and thinner too.
“Really, where exactly you found it?” Sergeant asked
“Here ...” Skipper replied simply
SSLLLAAAAPP “That’s not funny, Cadet!!” Sergeant asked “That’s not a good joke”
“Oh, OK but first, I’m not Cadet. Actually, I trained by my father in a half year ago!!” Skipper said
Sergeant then looked at Skipper face “Ooh wait, who’s your teacher? I mean your father...”
“What’s your business?” Skipper said “Are you scientist… or soldier, you want to interrogate me or observe me?”
“JUST TELL ME OR I WILL SHOT…” He wanted to take his handgun but I don’t know, he just aimed banana to Skipper “SPEAK…”
“Flipper! It’s not this (*Move his flipper up and down) But it’s just a name” Skipper said
“Flipper Joseph Fidelis...?” Sergeant raised his eye brow up.
“He just told me if his name was …. Flipper” Skipper replied
Sergeant raised his flipper in salute.
“He was the great commander, and my good friend. You’re my client now… but actually Flipper was a Nick name, not a real one” Sergeant said
“Oohh, Good!! Now bring me some water with ice...” Skipper ordered simply “I’m your cli…”
SSLLAAPP “Even you’re my client. It doesn’t mean I’m your slave, Understand?” Sergeant said “I’m Fidelis and I’m not slaved by anyone…” Hhmm Fidelis, sounds familiar…
“…..” Skipper disappointed it. He mind that Sergeant dressed like a slave and bring him a bowl of fruit and a glass of water before.
……………………………………….
“Let me introduce my team, they’re live and trained in the next clan of yours. I teach them since your father…” Sergeant step to the next cage suddenly stopped.
“What?” said skipper
“Eehh, Uumm, your father….. Your father chooses to serve his self to your clan...” said Sergeant or lied sergeant, and then Flipper opened the padlock with his thin flipper. Skipper surprised by his own vision.
“ROYAL FISH! How you can open it easily? Why you don’t tell me before??” …but Sergeant didn’t answer, just keeps his step to the inner cage. After entering the inner cage, Skipper saw two penguins fought in the training. These penguins were not too old, they was young as Skipper, Just few months older than him.
“Cadet, this is Manfredi. He’s my personal guard. Even he’s young like you. But he’s good at combat”
Suddenly, one fly flied around Manfredi, Manfredi ran and screamed. Skipper started to think if sergeant was lying about him.
“Heheh, you said he’s good at combat. He’s more “chicken hearted” than any baby girl” said Skipper.
“Shut up, learn and see…” said Sergeant. Don’t judge a book with its cover
Manfredi still ran and screamed until the corner of the room. He accelerated his ran until he can climb the wall with his own feet. He pushed his feet to the wall and changed the position. Now he was in the backside of the fly. He started to crush it!! CCRRAACCKK
“…Wow… fantastic, baby…” Skipper eyes became wider after saw all of that “That’s tragic… this man would go to hell!!!”
“Listen to me, Cadet. Manfredi is the most religious penguin that I ever see…” Sergeant said “So if you want to debate about the hell, just debate with the master…” Sergeant continued is walked to his team…
“Nice work team. Manfredi, you better climb faster than you were done….” said Sergeant. Manfredi just nodded his head.
“Boys!!, this is Skipper. Our new teammate” said Sergeant
“Hi…” Skipper looked at Manfredi and Johnson, they was too tall for him. Their blue-sharp eyes made them looked stronger. Manfredi and Johnson set cruel and scary face, especially johnson. Their eyes stared at Skipper’s eyes. Skipper’s eyes became sorest; He wanted to say “AAWW MY EYES!!”
“Hi! Nice to meet you, bro. You know, you’re TOO CUTE!!” Johnson caressed skipper’s flat-head.
*Gasp* for their predator face, they was quite gentle. Their voices mostly like recently Private voice (They haven’t meet him before) but louder and heavier a bit…
*Opened door sound
“HUMAN!!” surprised Sergeant. “You must get out from here immediately, lad!!” said Sergeant.
“How? It’s too far from my cage!!” Skipper complained
“I will assist you...” Sergeant threw Skipper up to the air and Skipper fell right in front of his cage with his right flipper fell first.
“FLYING…BEARS!!….AAWWW, thank you for that…..” Well, he felt he just broke his rest hand.
“The First Training…”
Rio Da Janeiro, Brazil
09:13 AM: Sunny: 3 January 1998
Sergeant walked to the Skipper cage. It was morning but Skipper hasn’t appeared from his room. Now, Sergeant’s flipper was ready to slap him again.
“Time to wake up, Ski…” Sergeant shocked when he didn’t see anyone on Skipper’s bed.
“Where’s he” Sergeant looking for Skipper everywhere, at main cage, Outer cage, everywhere. Unless for bathroom. “Stupid, why I seek him here?”
“Johnson, have you seen Skipper?” Asked Sergeant while Johnson watched the TV
“Yes, yesterday” Johnson said “You showed him to us, wasn’t it?”
“No, Today” Sergeant said
“I don’t know maybe in his cage….” Johnson replied simply
“I have been there….” Sergeant replied “What’s the last thing you know about him?”
“You threw him in last night…”
“And…”
“And Human was entered this room…”
“Uh-huh?” Sergeant nodded his head
“And ….. Think yourself, I’m busy now” Johnson replied simply but…
SSLAAP “Don’t joking now boys, it’s serious”
“There… behind you” Johnson pointed at Sergeant back.
“!!” Sergeant turned around to Skipper.
“You broke my right arm, now it seem like a babies flippers” Skipper said
“That’s right. You’re Flipper’s baby” Sergeant replied
“NO! I mean it’s hurt to use” Skipper said
“Okay…. Come, Follow me, Cadet” Sergeant and Skipper walked to the Headmaster room.
Sergeant took some bandage, cotton, water and medicine to Skipper hand.
“AAGGHH, that’s hurt!!” Yelled Skipper
“Now, who’s the “Chicken hearted” cadet?” replied Sergeant.
Right after that, Sergeant took two wood planks around Skipper’s flipper.
“Okay, now it’s already functioning, baby!!” said Sergeant
“…What was that?” said Skipper
“What?” Sergeant said
“Your method with “white stuff” (Bandage) and other, what’s that?” Skipper asked
“I’ve told you, that’s classify” Sergeant said
“WHAT? Classify? I’m in your side. I’m your team mate’s son. Impossible if I become spy or agent to spying on you!!” Skipper complained
“I know... I know... That’s impossible too if I introduce my team if I think you’re a spy last night” Sergeant replied too
“So, answer me!!” Skipper asked “With rational explanation…”
“……….. Even you’re in my side……. But you’re not in my team now”
“So, be it”
“First, I will teach you how to use (*point at Skipper head) this, then I will teach you how to use (*Raise his flipper) this” Skipper nodded his head as the sign if he was understand.
*After a lot of day trained with Sergeant, Skipper showed his big effort on it. But the big effort doesn’t mean he get the big result. He just get exhausted from do all of that. He was very weak than Sergeant was think before. Skipper was SUCK in this military training.
*And until someday….
“Hierarchy Domination”
Rio Da Janeiro, Brazil
13:12 PM: Light wind: 4 May 1998
“Boys!!” yelled Sergeant
“Yes sir!!” Manfredi & Johnson went to Sergeant to faced him
“I have an important mission for you both!!” Sergeant ordered
“But sir, Skipper hasn’t come to be here. I suggest we’re waiting for a moment” Johnson said
“I said you both. Cadet isn’t counted” Sergeant replied
“But...But” Johnson said
“No butt, Johnson” Sergeant
“Sergeant, but, not butt ...” said Manfredi
“I’m sorry. I’m just a bit rusty in English… Now, this is your objective. I want you both go home before the dinner time” Sergeant gave them a folder with some file inside.
“Roger that...” said Johnson
“Sshh, that’s a paper. Not a Roger” said Manfredi
“Okay, since now, I call this paper roger… Satisfied??” Johnson rolled his eye.
“Am I late?? Sorry, I was in closet. It just spends a lot of my time because the closet got stuck” Skipper came to the HQ suddenly
“So, what do you do then???” said Johnson
“Just closed it, hope no one see it… Oops…” Skipper shocked and started to thought if he was really really idiot “Okay, now I know everyone knows about it…”
“Yyaakkk. In the name of Gods, don’t repeat that words again...” Manfredi closed his beak to prevent heave up.
“So, I heard that Sergeant called us…” Skipper said
“Yes… and be grateful your ears still functioning, Skippy” said Johnson
“What’s the mission??” Skipper asked
“A….” Manfredi wanted to answered it, but Sergeant quickly cut his words
“That’s classify!!” yelled Sergeant
“What….?” Manfredi said
“This boy is unlisted in this mission, and everybody knows that every Military file always classified for everyone who doesn’t take a part on those mission. So don’t confused if I refuse this boy to know the objective” Sergeant explained
“Actually, I don’t confuse with that. I just confused you cut my speak, that’s unusual” Manfredi said
“Manfredi, you must have to know who I am during GWI…” Sergeant said
“Wait... So I’m not in the list of your team…” Skipper said
“No…” Sergeant said “I mean, you’re right if you’re unlisten…”
“And what do you think?? Is that about these about closet?” Skipper asked
“Maybe I clean the same closet 2 times in last week caused by you!! Heheh, actually, not about that, you just haven’t ready yet… Ohh, I just make my quotes about that *prepares a paper* Skipper, you was not born as the protector… but as the protected. Woohhoo, that’s my new quotes... That’s number… 23 for this year”
“So, you said that I’m WEAK?” Skipper shouted
“HAHAHA, now I just think that you’re born as Mind reader... Sorry, is the protected and mind reader were equals?? Come, I’m not good in English!!!” Sergeant said
“FINE!!! If you said I’m weak!!SHOW ME IF YOU’RE STRONG, DUCKIE!!” Johnson and Manfredi shocked when he heard it. “Wow, Fantastic…”said Manfredi
“Do you want some game, Little Child??” Said sergeant, Manfredi and Johnson shocked again…!
“YAP, A DUEL GAME SOUNDS GOOD!!” Said Skipper, Manfredi and Johnson shocked and fainted…”Aaww, my head...”
“OK, NOW PREPARE YOUR FLIPPERS, SKIPPER. I WANT YOU TO SHOUT AS HARD AS WARIOR!!!”
“Last week I was fall from the chair and I only needed 32 Minutes for shouting!!”
“Good….”
Both of Skipper and Sergeant prepared their Flipper one another.
“Listen to me, Cadet. This is the rules, if your thin flipper can touch my belly…. You win. Understood”
“SIMPLE!!”
Skipper set his target to Sergeant. Skipper used both of his flipper while Sergeant only one. Skipper slap Sergeant but Sergeant successfully blocked it.
“!!??” Said Skipper
“Interesting right?”
Skipper anger became higher and higher. His face started to be red. He tried to slap him again, and Sergeant blocked it too, but gentler. Skipper tried to make his slap faster, SLAP, Two slap in one strike. Unfortunately, Sergeant blocked them all. Skipper started to think seriously, He slap sergeant harder but Sergeant blocked and counters it. Sergeant pulled Skipper’s flipper and make him closer to his shoulder, Now Skipper position is in the besides of Sergeant. Sergeant smashed Skipper back with his elbow and hold Skipper’s foot with his foot. So it makes Skipper fell to the ground. He fell with the knees fell first. Even his back, knee and hand still in pain, Skipper still trying to wake up but when he tried to wake up, Sergeant slap his neck.
*SSLAAPP
Skipper felt he can’t move his arms or legs anymore. His vision became darker and darker. After he felt he can’t move his limb anymore, then he felt he doesn’t feel anything but for his neck. The connection between the nerve and the body suddenly has been broken. “I can’t do anything now….. I’ve lose…..” Knowing it’s impossible for him to win, Skipper nestled down his body to the ground without any hope to win in his mind anymore. Skipper just fainted.
“The Original of us”
Rio Da Janeiro, Brazil
15:12 PM: Light wind: 4 May 1998
“Brother, Brother, Wake up brother” said Johnson
“..Uugghh, Fish pasta… What happen?” said Skipper
“Do think twice…. Are you senile now? I mean, you don’t forget the last moment, isn’t it?” Johnson said
“Am I met Mussolini?” Skipper said with his vertigo still filled his head.
“No, He was dead in 1945” Johnson replied
“Oh….” Skipper replied simply “And…”
“OK, you’re senile now… and you’ve been defeated” Johnson said
“By whom?” Skipper didn’t understand what Johnson said before.
“Sergeant…” Johnson set his annoyed face.
“Am I was fighting?” Skipper asked
“Huh……..” Johnson slapped his forehead….
“Johnson, I’m serious!!”
“No, you danced, Satisfy? Of course, you was fight”
“Oohh, OK. Am I won?”
“Forget this conversation…” Johnson said “I got many weird things this day… Enough… I CAN’T HANDLE!!” But Skipper still didn’t care what Johnson said…
“Aaawww, My neck……”
“Your neck slapped, that’s cut your nerves connection…. That’s quite hurt, right? I’ve the same wound… same as you”
“Uumm, where?”
“Few in my neck but most in my butt, do you want to see tha….”
“No…no... Thanks”
“…..”
“Perhaps I must face him now...” said Skipper
“Who?” Johnson said
“Sergeant…”
“Are you mad? He just vanquished you!! How could you think you will win?”
“I… I’m not faced him to fight him for now…”
“For what?” Johnson said
“That’s classified” Skipper continues his walk to Sergeant’s cage. Now he knows the danger of underestimating someone…
• In the Sergeant’s cage
Skipper steps could be heard from distance. Sergeant know who will knock the door (If he had), even he didn’t heard any sounds. Sergeant was written a random document which all of them were classified stuff. Not as usual, Skipper started to make his step by opened the padlock with his flipper.
“Sergeant….” Said Skipper with a low voices
“Cadet… after a long times I waiting… and stayed calm…” Sergeant said “At last you’ve improved…”
“Improved? Is it about our last fight?” Skipper asked “Or is it about I cleaned the closet yesterday morning?”
“No, now you can unlock the padlock. That was great, Congratulation!”Sergeant applause Skipper but not very laud as the real applause…
“…..” Skipper rolled his eyes.
“So, why do you come here? Can you see I’m busy?” Sergeant still wrote a document with his pen and still won’t turn his head to Skipper.
“It’s about…” Skipper said with low voices “Your block…”
“Did you say my blog? www.sergeant .mil. Now leave me alone!” Sergeant turned his head to Skipper for few second and back to his works again.
“No, I mean your flippers block! I mean your flipper ward. How did you do that? Are you do that with your mystic-magical-inscrutable ski…”
“Exactly….” Sergeant cut Skipper’s spoke suddenly. “YES!!”Sergeant smashed the table where he typed some document and since his smashed, the entire document fell to the floor.
“…….” Skipper just stared at the flipped up table with the scattered file and document. Well, with only 2 flippers he could flipped up the table and all of things above it (Well there was any vas too)
“Forget the table.” Sergeant said “And also the document… that’s also un-important files too.
“Who cares?” Skipper said simply
“Connection, lad. Connection is…” Sergeant said just a few words because Skipper felt he know what’s the meaning of Sergeant’s words.
“Oh, I got it…” Skipper ran over the room, he seems like he looking for something “Nah, that’s it. I’ve fix your phone line, sorry I cut some of your wire. I used it to learn how to form a shoe knot!”
“And even you don’t used shoes?” Sergeant replied simply
“Uuummmmm” Skipper didn’t have an idea what will he reply…“Never mind, now back to the point!”
Sergeant sat on the ground and he asked Skipper to do the same “Okay… Now sit to the ground, that would help you to rest your….”
“Mind? I know those words from Chinese cooking show” Skipper cut Sergeant’s words
“Nice guess, lads. But sadly it is feet not mind…” Sergeant and Skipper sat to the ground and continue his words that had been cut twice “Connection is the most powerful thing in this world, lads… Now Imagine and looks around” said Sergeant, Skipper mind Rocket, bombs, fighter-jet, every-weapon in his sights, Skipper were wandering everywhere in his own mind, riding the rocket, jet, tank (like in the Treasure of the golden squirrel), but suddenly his mind change to be blank,
“What happening here?” Skipper said and after that the overlay of grass starts to cover the blank land. The blue sky with its clouds appeared on the blank sky, the trees grew from the grass and voila, the plains were created in front of Skipper.
“.. Huh?? What the…. Hey brain, it’s not my will. Why you don’t do as I will!!” there’s no response of all of he said. He knocked his head repeatedly to assure there’s nothing wrong in his head. Right after that, the winds felt unfamiliar to him. Skipper felt the wind started to swept all of the trees and there was so many tornado. The worst part was, all of them happen suddenly without Skipper’s will. The winds sweeps all over the trees, THE STORM, yes that is what he thinking, The really-really huge storm. The Storm occurred at least 3 or 4 minute and right after that the rain fell down to the grass, the lightning makes everything worse. The grass gone in few second cause by lightning stroke the green ground.
“What’s happening here??” Skipper knocked his head again and the temperature became cooler and cooler, and the Snow rain began to fell down. The empty land covered by the snow, the Snow rain fell down swift and hardly. Skipper can’t see anything, the temperature there were so cool, his body chilled by his own mind.
“I controlled my mind not the opposite!!” Skipper shouted at …. Nothing… he just stress with all of those stuff
The Snow rain began to slow down time by time and Skipper could see clearly by time.
“Hhaahh at least” Skipper took his breath after inhaled a lot of chill air before “Now you know true fear… MIND!” Skipper saw a little black point in his sight. “What the bean is that?”
*PLOP, The vision suddenly disappeared
Skipper sighed “What was that?” Skipper asked although still had a heavy breath
“That was great right?” said Sergeant
“No, that was the worst tour that I ever seen” Skipper replied “And by the way, why my vision suddenly disappears and changes into another one? Are you a wizard?”
“Cause you see … what I see” Skipper shocked but Sergeant still continued his words “That is what I tell you about, that is the connection”
“Okay, I got it” Skipper said “now you may continues your words”
Sergeant looked silent few second but then he started to say something “We’re the part of this world… we have the connections to this…” Sergeant and Skipper both imagine the green trees and the field of grass; their connections were just begun “To the land, Ice, Each other, even to the thin air. That’s the way of us, this isn’t accidentally created and this is clearly different than human logic. This connection only connected to our kind, the human were designed different than us. That’s a similar way of the destiny…” “On the first time, we’re born from one kind so there were a strong connection each other. That was a real fear of the particular human kind, THE CONNECTION” both of the view change to the early of the world when the animal and the grass just created to the earth “And the conquest campaign began and all knowledge that given to them make their kind become clearly different. From the weak primate became the strongest creation that ever created by the time” After that, the vision change became into the ancient human kind hunt the animals and exploit anything in their sight. The builder developed and builds the civilization and soldiers that strike each other in war .But all of the view swept by the hot wind then change into hundred or maybe thousand animal bone, human corpse, and barren of woods. “But after a hundred-thousand years, slavery, massacre and genocide make them forget about who we are“Sergeant took his breath and idle for a minute” Now and so on, we’re knight of Fidelis. Your reality and destination isn’t and never come from outside especially from Human but it’s still trapped inside you” Sergeant explained with his random motion “Lad, Let it flow. Let them know who we are”.
“Wow, that’s a lot things about the world… perhaps I learn something” Skipper impressed “Something… something I don’t understand”
“I can feel it, boy. I can feel it. Your connection to nature, to the grass, to the air, to the water is greater than ordinary Penguin” Sergeant said “You haven’t any friend, parent, good memory, hugs to share what do you feel, you just shared it … to yourself, to nature. You were born without anything to proud about… Do you think that you haven’t excess or anything special isn’t?”
“Yea, that’s really-really suffering…” Skipper said with lowered head.
“Suffer?” Sergeant asked with low voice to Skipper “Don’t ever tried to complain your life line! Sufferings make everyone even stronger. Even your past was really dark, that doesn’t create our reality in future, the only one who create your reality is yourself”
“…” Skipper nodded as the mark if he was understood.
“Now, would you sell your own life in this mission?” Sergeant said “Or you rather fight me?”
“!!!” suddenly Skipper shocked, he never thought that he will say that
*Tomorrow
“The Basic…”
Rio Da Janeiro, Brazil
04:02 PM: Rainy: 5 May 1998
Rooster chicken should crow earlier to awaked Skipper and his new teacher. The sun hadn’t appeared yet but these penguins were already outside. Yesterday, Skipper were learnt about the way of the world, destiny etc. but he still think that how the military commander would know about all of that, he more looks like priest or scholars than a commander especially for a Penguin. And today, he started to learn something real… something that may bring him to the way of his father, the way of… the man.
Sergeant started to teach him from the beginning. “Now, just does exactly what I do” Sergeant set up his fighting position. Skipper make his own position, just a little different than Sergeant, but it’s okay, Sergeant didn’t warn him. “Skipper, now listen…” Sergeant said “Release all of your fear” Sergeant close his eyes as skipper do it too “all of power and all your motion” Start with slow move of his flipper and…*WWHHAAPPSS, the first slap of today, “Do it!”Sergeant said. Skipper close his eyes and start with his fighting stance, he breathe few air but… “!!!” Something disturbed his mind, suddenly he remembers last words of his father, Skipper just thinking one points, Mammals… *WWHHAAAAPPPSSS. Wow, his slap even harder than Sergeant but… “AAWW” He harm his own hand with that slap. “Your vengeance does nothing but harm yourself, can you see that. That doesn’t help you any more” Sergeant said. Skipper back to his first position and try to slap again, now it’s slower than Sergeant did cause by his first slap make his hand hurt “How is that?” Skipper said. “Well done lad, but I’ve seen better” Sergeant walks away leaving Skipper behind him. “What just it?” Skipper complained
“The Power of the Fear”
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
04:02 PM: Heavy Rain: 5 May 1998
This time, Sergeant trained Skipper on the bad weather. Both in the fighting stance, with no words left. Sergeant said “Begin to see the time and…” With eye closed, Sergeant slapped random wood planks repeatedly. “See the choices, just look out the decision before you do it…” Skipper tried to do it too “Okay just make it quick!” Skipper slap random wood planks as fast as Sergeant did and he did better than the first training. “Remember Cadet, use your time wisely” Skipper slapped those planks again, but this time much faster and much better than his first rhythm. Still with the closed eyes, Sergeant changes his stance, but still like a first one. “Believe in one choice” Sergeant faced the wood planks, looks like he wanted to slap it again, but neither *SSLLAAPP WHHAPPSS. He turns around and strikes Skipper. “What the…!” Skipper said. “The answer still hiding inside you…” Sergeant grumbled “In your mind…” Sergeant strike Skipper again but much faster & harder than Skipper ever seen before. “What are you doing? You want to kill me?” Skipper said and set his fighting stance, look out for Sergeant’s strikes again. *SSLLAAPP Sergeant slapped him again, but this time Skipper can blocked it.
“Your decision, create your reality” Those Sergeant words really inspired Skipper mind to make his own move. He imagined what he will do if Sergeant strikes him again. With fast imagination, he has a move to countered Sergeant Back.
Still with eye closed, Sergeant circling Skipper body, Looking for a weak points. Skipper eyes kept look at him, Skipper’s sweat almost filled most of his face. And When the Sergeant was behind Skipper … *SSLLAAPP. Sergeant started to make his attention attack. Skipper blocked it and pulled Sergeant’s flipper closer to him, Skipper’s flipper has already to ruins Sergeant’s face. But Sergeant wasn’t as weak as you considered when Skipper pulled his flipper and make his body closer to Skipper own. Sergeant jump and take his foot on Skipper belly so he may escape from Skipper’s grasp. Skippers breathed heavily and remade his fighting stance, but Sergeant removed his fighting stance. “You learnt quite fast today… Remember what I’ve told you. For Fidelis, lads!”
“Fidelis?...” Skipper said in his mind “Sounds very familiar…”
