Girls Aren't Allowed In War - Chapter 4

I heard a siren ring and then a man speak through the speakers, "Soldiers! Time to get up! Training starts in twenty minutes."

I groaned and rubbed my eyes. I sat up and pulled my hair back. I put on my tenni shoes and grabbed my map. I started to walk to the cafetiear. I grabbed a plate of soup and ate quickly. I ran to my tent and grabbed a toothbrush. I quickly went to the washroom and brushed my teeth. I splashed water on my face and then I sprinted back to the tent to put it up.

"Training will end at seven tonight. You then get the rest of the day off!" The speakers blasted and I cursed under my breath.

I was late! I looked at the map and found the ' training area' before running hard to get there. I arrived and found Jared quickly. The other men were lined up and I dashed to get in line with them too.

"Dirkings! Your late!" Jared yelled as he came up to face me.

"Sorry sir," I hung my head.

"Don't let it happen again," he said harshly and started to tell us what we were doing today.

"You will run the course first. We want to see how much you know and how good you do," he said and handed maps to everyone.

"Now go! This will take you a while. So we don't have any other plans for the day," He ordered and walked away.

I looked at the map and my mouth dropped. There were sixty things to get past. I ran to first things, and grabbed a rope. You had to climb over a wooden structure with nothing other than a rope. I threw the rope so it hooked over a hook on the top and tried to climb it. I made it a few feet before I fell on my butt. I watched as the other guys quickly climbed over it, leaving me in there dust.

"Dirkings. What are you doing! Get off your butt.... and climb that wall," Jared yelled.

I looked at him and thought he was about to burst a vein. I grabbed the rope and hauled myself up a few feet.

"Keep your feet wider!" Jared yelled again, and I did what he told me too.

I made it over the wall easier and started to crawl under the barbed wire. Within minutes my clothes were stuck with barbed wire. I sighed in frustration and started to work the barbed wire out of my clothes.

"Dirkings!" Jared shouted and I bit my tongue not to yell back at him.

I managed to get myself unstuck and finished with the second things.

"GO! GO! GO!" Jared yelled and I started to run faster.

Today, will be a very hard day, I thought to myself as I put weights on my shoes for the next course.