“C’mon, hurry!” Ivo yelled.
“I’m running as fast as I caaaan!” Lyle shouted back.
The training camp was over, and it was the day they would be returning to the capital.
Ivo, Lyle, and Finney were running like no one was watching through the Bahal train station. Lagging behind them was Clois, who was panting while carrying a bunch of packages, and Yui, who had Sully on her shoulder. It was the final day, so Yui and Clois had gone around to a bunch of stores to buy local sweets to take home. But they had pushed their last-minute shopping all the way up to their train’s departure time, and they were now having to make a mad dash through the station.
“It’s because you guys took so long to decide!” Ivo shouted.
“That’s easier said than dooone!” Yui replied.
“Ivo, Yui, stop moving your mouths and start moving your legs!” Lyle chided before they could start arguing. Meanwhile, as they ran, their train came into view. But then the whistle for departure echoed throughout the station, and their panic reached its highest point.
“Whoa, that’s not good!” Lyle said.
“Are we even going to make it?” Finney said.
“Finney, don’t say that! We can still make it, we just have to have guts!” Ivo shouted.
“Pwee pweeee!” Sully squeaked, cheering them on.
Wringing out their last bits of energy, they leaped onto the train at full speed. The instant they all somehow managed to get aboard, the doors closed and the train began to move.
“We made it by an inch...” Clois said. They were so winded that it was hard to take a breath, and they all plopped down on the spot. However, their brief moment of relief quickly ended when Berg found them and started scolding them.
“You idiooots! Don’t ever do something dangerous like that again! You aren’t small children, so get your act together. Next time, keep track of the clock!”
They were not in the right place to be able to properly listen to Berg’s lecture, but they were forced to hear his angry yelling in the middle of the aisle until the conductor came to stop him.
And so, having made both good memories and bad, their training camp came to an end.