Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4567 | Page 184

From that point on , Skyler ’ s life was completely changed . It took her months to restore calm and hopeful . Although Skyler was adamant , she still couldn ’ t quite adapt to her new role in this killer training camp .
" Just move your finger with a little bit more strength and strategy . How hard could it be ! What a complete rubbish you are !" Coach Lucifer shouted to Skyler frenetically . This was already the 17th time Lucifer got furious at Skyler today . Eventually Skyler could not stand it anymore , so she cried out loud and hit Lucifer ' head mercilessly .
" S .. T !" Lucifer ouched painfully . He looks surprised at Skyler .
“ Who do you think you are ! Do not think any tricks anymore ! Or I will pull the trigger over your head !” Lucifer shouted in a huff and walked away .
After Lucifer went away , Skyler cried more heavy . A boy walks towards us . He comes along , sit besides Skyler , and just sit there without one word . I can see he is trying to comfort Skyler , but don ’ t know how to make her stop crying , lost his head .
“ Hey , are you okay ?” Edward asked timidly when Skyler starts sob instead of wail . “ Eh ...... Do not care about what Lucifer said , he will not do that to you , I promise !” “ I stay here for one and half years , he never killed any kids like you . Nothing is easy , you just start , as long as we do more practice , you will handle it ! Trust me ." He seems like used all words that he can recognize , and it is just for her .
But Skyler is no appreciate , she cannot stop crying still .
So Edward chooses to stay along with her without any other choices , because Skyler is holding his arm and wipe the tears using his sleeve . I really got a shock , because Skyler is the that never stay together comfortably with boys . But now , it all looks so natural , and it just happened .
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After that day , Edward helped Skyler swam out of the tear pool , Edward became the first friend she make at this cruelty training camp .
Edward is actually the favorite pupil of Lucifer . Once he becomes friends with Skyler , Lucifer was angry but he cannot say no to her anymore , thus Skyler gets a few years of time to stay here peacefully .
Time as fleeting , ten years passed .
As usual , the boys and girls start their daily training , Edward and Skyler stayed together still , but as many people forecasted , their relationship has been improved a lot , become Jake and Jill . And now Skyler is no longer that poor , weak girl that will just get reproached and punished by COACH Lucifer . She is the most excellent girl among all the training camp . Lucifer can really not point out anything that is incorrect or disobey him . Like before , Edward is still that excellent far away beyond the other people . Also , they start to help the elder " professionals " to attempt some easy missions .
I can see that Skyler turns to be more happy and comfortable to stay here even wants to spend her rest life like this , a real killer . That really surprised me , she was a girl that looking forward living freely , without controling and inner-directed . But now she just accept the reality . Sometimes she dose think if there is a chance to choose , she wants to just be a usual girl , like the other girls in the same age with her . The thing held in her hands can be flowers , not guns and knives ; the clothes she wear can be floral skirts , not the killer suits ; the dreams in the night are about the boy that she loved , not the man she killed . Although now there is Edward ’ s companionship , she is still regret that she does not have a life just that pure and peace , everything was too late .
It is closer to Skyler ' s birthday . Edward prepared a colossal surprise for her . And this absolutely changed Skyler in the rest of her life .
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The party for Skyler is in the evening of her birthday . Lucifer wants to use this chance to for a rewarding to all the people in the training camp . Everyone thought he must be crazy , or how could he reward them ? But anyway they are all involved deeply with happiness .
At 21:00 , the party start , seems like everybody is enjoy , nothing happened .
At 22:30 , people are almost run out of energy , someone just fall down on the tables and sleep . Skyler is holding a bottle of beer , lazily standing against the wall . I looked around , want to find if there are more cakes or something . Suddenly , I saw Edward is furtively looked around like is waiting for something .