By Karl Sargent
Chapter III
The Resistance base was not what Thomas had expected. The room they had landed in was a long hallway, completely made out of what looked to be steel. Overhead lights went throughout the long hallway, leading to three doors. “What are we gonna do here?” Thomas asked.
“I want you to meet the leader of this group, and then you need to get trained up.” Bridget said.
“Who’s the leader?”
“His name is Edward Bates, he was the original founder of The Resistance when the Eon Empire started to take control of historical locations throughout time. For Instance, I was brought into the Time War after the Empire took over my hometown of Belfast.”
“The Time War?”
“That’s what this conflict is being called.” She opened a door, which led to a lobby, full of chairs and a small sofa. Thomas took a seat on the sofa. “What are you doing?”
“Oh.” Thomas got up from the comfortable brown seat, and walked into the room marked BATES.
In the room, there was a spruce wood desk, and a man with a World War II american general’s jacket was looking out a window adjacent to the desk, at a large chain of mountains towering over the base.
Bridget introduced them. “General Bates.”
Bates turned around. “Ah, Bridget. Who is this?” He had an accent from New York City.
“This is Thomas Reed, I recruited him after the battle, General.”
“Hello, sir.” Thomas said. “Where exactly was that battle?”
“It was around 30 kilometers east of the Norwegian city of Bergen. You’re lucky, Thomas, or you would’ve turned into a Wolf,” Bridget said
“What is…” Thomas put the question off.
“That’s a shame about Whitley. He was a good guy,” Bates stated.
Bridget nodded, solemnly. “Well the good news is that we won. It’s one of the only victories we’ve had recently. I should get Thomas down to training now.”
“Okay. Nice to meet you, kid.”
“Same, sir.” Thomas and Bridget exited the office of The General, and headed to the training area.
Chapter IV
The training area had the appearance of a warehouse, but with a phase-weapon range, space to drive vehicles, and many other things.
Bridget broke the silence. “Well, this is where you go. I’ll see you around.” Thomas nodded, and she walked out of the warehouse. Thomas jogged over to what appeared to be a sign up sheet to begin training. There were no other names on the sheet. Thomas signed his name.
About an hour later, a woman in a green hoodie and jeans walked through the door on the opposite side of the warehouse. There was a patch on the sweatshirt, labeled Abersmith. She ran over to Thomas. “Hello. I’m Maisie Abersmith.” She was Scottish. “And you must be?” Maisie looked at the sheet. “Thomas Reed. You are here to be trained?”
“Yes.”
“Good. The Resistance hasn't been doing great, as of recent. Let’s begin your training.” Over the next eight weeks, Thomas learned close combat skills, agility, driving vehicles, and how to shoot accurately with phase-weapons.
At the end of the eight weeks, Thomas was given a Time-Jumper. After that he was taught how to use his Time-Jumper correctly. “Well, that is officially the end of your training.” Maisie said. “Congrats, Agent Reed.”
“Thank you.”
Maisie also handed him a handheld radio. “You can use this to communicate with people on missions.” Thomas nodded, and began to walk towards the door.
In the hallway, Thomas walked into the cafeteria. He went to the side of the room with
the kitchen, looked at the menu, and he decided on the Chicken Noodle Soup. “May I please have some Chicken Noodle Soup?”
“Yes,” one of the chefs responded. The chef took a ladle, and he poured some soup into a bowl. “Have a nice day.”
Thomas smiled, and moved towards a table. He sat down at the table, and began to eat his soup. As he finished his lunch, he heard a voice over the intercom. “Could Thomas Reed please report to The Assignment Room?”
Thomas sat up, and threw his empty container into the recycling. He then continued into the hallway, and walked into the room labeled OFFICES. He walked by Bates’ office and into The Assignment Room. He stood by the receptionist desk, and grabbed a manila folder labeled “Thomas Reed” that sat on the desk. He grabbed the folder and flipped through it. In the folder lied the details of his assignment. The assignment was to assassinate Sean Harvey, who was labeled as the head of exporting resources out of the Great Lakes Region, particularly iron, to the whole Eon Empire. There was no certain location of his headquarters, but it was rumored that the base was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in 1930. Thomas programmed the location into his Time-Jumper, and walked into the Peninsula, to stand up to the Empire.
