[AlexFili]

Chapter 18: Meeting of Minds

Alon held out his hand, "My name is Alon". Rook stood up and shook his hand, "I'm Rook". Alon smiled, "You remind me of me, when I first applied for hunter's job. It's a piece of cake. Come on, I'll show you the equipment". Alon showed Rook a variety of different pieces of equipment including; A repeating auto-load crossbow, night-vision goggles, thermal imaging devices, a versatile shotgun, grenades and nightsticks. He'd just finished telling Rook about the weapons when the supper bell sounded.

Alon stood up, "Alright, time for supper. When you're done, come meet me on the balcony of 2-B. Bring all your stuff and don't be late". Rook saluted, "Yes sir". Alon laughed, "Come on, let's go eat!". A few minutes later, Rook and Alon finished their food and headed to the supply depot with the rest of the hunters. There were three other pairs of hunters. There was a few red cappers who were the veteran hunters, but there were also a couple of blue cappers that Rook saw in the dormitory. One of the hunter novices waved at Rook. "Hiya, It's me... Ewen. You don't know me that well but I'm in a bunk close to yours. Good luck!". Rook nodded, "Thanks, same to you".

Alon was just about ready to start his briefing. "Okay folks, we have some Dark Wings flying around and draining people of their vital fluids. There may be more. We'll split into groups of two and search for it. Let's go". Rook was ready, finally he would get to prove that he was good in combat situations.