Zombie Resistance: The Eagle Team

The Experience of Fear 9-3

“Do not force yourself, even for us, it took us half an hour to stabilize our body and mental state after being exposed to the technique”, Red said, helping to take Captain Rin to the bench they used to rest on. Blue, who had been waiting for the two of them, immediately helped Captain Rin to walk and let him sit down to rest.

“Is this what all COLORED enemies feel first?” ask Captain Rin.

Blue and Red look at each other before answering Captain Rin's question and Blue decides to answer it.

“Actually, this is one of the exercises that the Leader gave us, but each of us has our own way of doing it, for Red, he said, he uses his martial skills to make the enemy more depressed, but if you try to fight the Leader when he is serious or angry, then, even his gaze alone could make a Captain like you instantly limp helpless” replied Blue explaining.

Hearing that, Captain Rin immediately limp and felt stupid because he had the desire to meet and compete against the leader of COLORED after losing a landslide against one member of COLORED.

“But Leader doesn't like to use this Technique, he says he can't take any information from his enemy when he uses this Technique” Blue tries to calm Captain Rin down, but the opposite happens, since Captain Rin knew the meaning of the remark, if the COLORED leader used the Technique, then his enemies would instantly be unable to do anything and could even die from mental attacks.

“It turns out to be true, there are still people much taller than me out there” said Captain Rin in a slightly moody tone “But I don't regret it, at least I can see a little bit of the ability of COLORED” Captain Rin feels a little proud to be able to see one of the COLORED members fighting, even more so with him.

“Ma’af disappointed you, but I still hold back earlier” said Red casually while drinking the drink. Hearing Red's words, Captain Rin was immediately shocked to not believe what he heard “Such forgiveness and still holding back?” such thoughts continued to flood Captain Rin's head.

“Well, if you're serious, you can kill Captain later” Blue replied to Red's words in a tone like they were both joking.

“Yes that's why I restrained myself” reply Red replied to Blue's words.

Seeing those two COLORED members who could joke about the terrible thing made Captain Rin wake up and throw all the questions in his head.

“Well, the point is, today I am happy to have decided to see you guys practice and also, since I lost, how about I help you guys train Dani, maybe my training method can help you” said Captain Rin who had calmed down a little.

After that game, the atmosphere calmed down again and everyone was able to talk and joke normally, but Dani, who has seen such a senseless match, makes him feel that his ability is nothing compared to the other three people in the training area, negative thoughts filled his head and agitated him, until he was not strong and decided to return early.

“Ma’af, can I come back first?” dani said while facing the ground. Dani's words leave Red, Blue, and Captain Rin shocked, but Blue realizes what Dani is feeling and allows her to return to her room.

“Yes of course, today is a tiring day, rest” replied Blue. After hearing Blue's reply, Dani packed up her things and walked away from the training area. By the time Dani had left the training area Red asked what had happened.

“So, what's with him?” ask Red to Blue.

“Well, you won't understand, but she probably felt what I felt when I still couldn't control my abilities” Blue replied calmly.

“You mean your eyes? But isn't that because you don't understand the condition of your eyes?” ask red again. Hearing Red's question made Blue let out a big sigh.

“It's good to be a person who doesn't think about other people's feelings” said Blue quipped Red “Already, we better be back, Captain Rin, too, we beg your permission said Blue who stood up then lowered his body a little.

“Please, I still need a break to restore the state of my still trembling legs” Captain Rin replied casually.

“If you don't mind, I can help you to walk back to headquarters” said Red offers help.

“No need, I also want to see how long it will take for my body to return to its original state” said Captain Rin “But if you want to help, please, how about you teach me that technique you use?”

“Well, as long as it's outside of Dani's practice time, I can explain the basics” replied Red.

“Alright then, I look forward to it” Captain Rin said with an impatient expression.

The training finished earlier than usual, the day was still late in the afternoon and Dani was already in her room with negative thoughts filling her head. As Dani was lying on her bed thinking about what she should do, the sound of the door opening rang out to her and instantly made her wake up and see who opened the door of the eagle team room, someone entered the room and immediately looked towards Dani and it turned out that the one who entered the room was Revelation.

“Oh, Dan, you're back, not usually when it's late?” the Revelation asked cheerfully as usual, but after a few seconds passed and Dani did not answer the question, the smile of Revelation turned serious. Revelation then takes a chair and takes it beside Dani's Mattress, then occupies it.

“So, what happened?” ask Revelation again, trying to figure out what happened to Dani.

“Hey, are you really from COLORED like Red and Blue said?”  answer Dani with another question.

“Ah, they told you yes” Revelation thought for a moment to find the right answer to Dani's question “Well, I didn't cover it or anything, I just don't want to be treated differently, but to answer your question, I just don't want to be treated differently, yes, I am a member of COLORED”

Hearing the answer from the Revelation made Dani pause for a moment.

“Captain Rin came to the training area earlier, he originally came to take a look, he said, but finally he challenged Red to train match” said Dani with a slightly moody tone and his posture sitting while embracing both knees that further explained his feelings at that time.

“Let me guess, Red shows something that is beyond your expectations and makes you think that you are nothing compared to him”, said Revelation guessing what Dani experienced.

“Ya . .” Dani was silent for a moment before continuing her sentence “Seeing the two of them fighting made me feel that my training had been useless at all”

“Is it true like that?” say a brief revelation. Hearing the revelation made Dani immediately raise her head and look towards the Revelation.

“Have you forgotten your own abilities?” ask Revelation “Remember, how you've been fighting, the one thing you're so proud of, the one thing you've always used to help our team on missions, have you forgotten it?”

“You mean, my vision?” Dani confirmed the answer by asking Revelation.

“Yes, you are a Sniper, you always fight from a distance, you defeat your enemies without approaching them” said Revelation with a smile on his face.

“Then what does this have to do with my problem?” ask Dani.

“You still don't understand also ya” Revelation sighed big and complained because Dani who still doesn't understand “I mean that, you don't need melee skills, you don't need me, you just need to realize and use the maximum capacity of your ability to defeat your enemies”

“But the match is a one-on-one fight, which means I have to use melee martial arts” said Dani who was still confused .

“But no one said you can't carry weapons” one sentence from Revelation immediately made Dani aware of what from earlier Revelation wanted to tell him.

“So I can use Sniper Rifle during the fight later” Dani began to understand the purpose of Revelation and his posture that looks very moody now changed to sitting cross-legged facing Revelation.

“That's right, that's why I told Red and Blue to train you CQGC” said Wahyu happily because Dani finally understood.

“But, all this time I only trained melee fights usual” said Dani.

“Of course, because Red wants you to be able to avoid attacks from a martial arts expert, at least to a certain level”, said Wahyu who began to be excited about the topic of their conversation “But it seems, like, there are some things that are out of my estimation, so if you can, how about you tell me what happened earlier in more detail”

After that Dani told all the events that happened in the training area earlier.

“So like that yes, well, Red will certainly be so directly when it comes to its Leader” said Wahyu.

“Oh yes, Red ate something like a pill, do you have one too? maybe it makes it stronger” asked Dani inquisitive.

“Pil? Oh you mean this” Revelation took out a pill from her waist bag. Seeing the same Pill Dani Langung was excited.

“Iya, that's it, can I try it?” pinta Dani's.

“Of course, but before that-“ before Revelation finished her sentence, Dani directly took the pill and ate it, after which Dani was immediately shocked by what she felt in her mouth.

“This is not . . . candy?” said Dani confused.

“Mean, wait for people to finish talking first” said Wahyu while hitting Dani “Pil's head was just plain candy, the pill was distributed to all COLORED members as Switch”

“Switch?” asked Dani who was still confused and held his head which was hit by Revelation.

“We were given suggestion exercise as our ability limitation, but when we ate that pill or candy, that barrier would come off and let us use our entire ability, well, then, although it does not affect me anyway” said Wahyu explained.

“So, it's like you guys were hypnotized to limit your abilities? But isn't that detrimental?” ask Dani again.

“Well, for Special Forces like COLORED, we must continue to hide our full capabilities so that the enemy cannot find a way to fight against us, therefore, we must continue to hide our full capabilities, several levels of suggestion were given to us” Revelation tried to explain to Dani in the easiest way to understand Dani “So the point, the point is, the pill was just an ordinary candy and it could not be used to improve your abilities”

Hearing that, Dani felt a bit of a laugh.

“But, there are other ways to ensure your victory” said Wahyu smiling. Hearing that made Dani immediately interested and wanted to know.

“What is it?” dani asked impatiently.

“But before that, show me how far you have progressed” said Wahyu who then cleaned the room and made enough space to use as a practice. Revelation gives gesture telling Dani to come.

“We will do sparing for a while, after that I will tell you, a plan that can defeat even a Captain though” Revelation immediately takes a ready position and tells Dani to attack him as hard as possible.

Dani begins to attack Revelation with a fairly rapid succession of blows, but Revelation can avoid all of them easily. After Dani stops attacking Revelation due to exhaustion, Revelation begins to analyze Dani's ability in his head.

“Let's change the method, can you bring the Sniper Rifle in every hand?” ask Revelation.

“I think I can, but I only have one Sniper Rifle” Dani replied.

“Alright, then tomorrow after your regular practice, find me and we will continue making the plan after that” said Revelation who thought of the plan while holding her chin “For now, how about you come with me, said Wahyu, I found a place to eat and some interesting things while working as Zombie Resistance here”

Without waiting for Dani's answer, Revelation immediately pulled Dani out of her bed and took her for a walk in the Survivor sector for fun. They both talked a lot and also reminisced in their training and in the heart of Revelation, he was relieved that Dani was no longer moody.

“It's good you can be that serious, but if you can't realize what's around you, you can fall into a deep abyss and can't rise again” muttered Revelation slowly.