Chapter 18: Endurance, Pt 1

When the sergeants roused the cadets on the ninth cycle of the week, they had especially merciless looks in their eyes.

This was a special cycle.

"Everyone up! Now, now, now!" yelled Sergeant Elyn.

This startled everyone onto their feet. The sergeants' energetic cries were far more forceful than before.

"Get into your flightsuits on the double!" yelled Sergeant Akim.

Eva was taken aback, but quickly slipped out of her uniform and into her flightsuit. She then grabbed her flight helmet and held it to the side before she stood at attention. She didn't realize it, but she also wore a slight grin on her face.

It had become a part of the flightsuit at some point, when she wasn't looking.

When everyone was at attention, the two sergeants quickly went over everyone's suits and yelled at anyone who messed up their bindings. Elyn had one utter screwup of a cadet completely disrobe and start over from scratch.