LONE: The Journey Beyond

Author's Note:

>> Arc 2: Beginning of the Doom.

Begins!

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"So you are directly enrolling in the Special Forces, huh?" The official looked at Reven, surprised by his choice.

"Here is your timetable. It is already verified according to the form you have filled out." He continued.

"Thank you," Reven politely said.

The admission procedures were finished soon. Aarav and Aimee also left as soon as the procedure was done.

Reven checked the timetable and saw that the classes would start on April 1. So he had one day to familiarise himself with the academy.

He first went to his dorm to check on his room. His dorm building was just beside the main building and the cafeteria.

He entered his room. It was a small room with a kitchen and bathroom attached. He could see that his luggage was already there too. It was at this moment that he heard a voice from outside his room.

He opened the door and checked.

"Hey, Reven. It has sure been a while." It was Dave Jarret, the son of Major General Jarret and Reven's senior by a year.

Reven had gotten to know him a year before when he went to the birthday party of the President's daughter.

"Hey, Dave. You sure look more packed than before." Reven said with a smirk.

"Oh, please, if it weren't for Emma, I wouldn't have done all this."

Emma Flanck was the president's daughter, and Dave was her boyfriend, so he needed to be the best to prove it to his girl's father.

"I pity you, dude. This year's Special Forces batch only consists of a single guy, and that my friend is you."

The normal age to join the Special Forces was 12 years old, and only a few students who specifically wanted to and had the ability could join it early.

Well, joining it early had its perks too, as they would get the right to leave after doing seven missions for the country. This was the main reason Reven decided to join it.

He didn't want to stay in the army for longer than he needed to.

He just wanted to have a small family and have the ability to protect it.

"Well, I can at least join the theory classes with the regular kids. Plus, I have a few friends there too."

"That's good then... C'mon, let's go and meet the others as well." Dave said.

"Okay."

They went to the cafeteria, where all the new and old students usually gathered.

The commoners had a different cafeteria for them too, but on the opposite side of the main building.

It was done like this to give the commoners and low-ranking cadets some space and to create an environment of competition, as everyone with a capable enough rank could get in here.

Here, it was not like those old Chinese novelkisss where the high-ranking cadets were only there to be a stepping stone for the main character and were here as some side characters...

It was because commoners knew that each and every student had to work like dogs to get here.

The army didn't show mercy to anyone, and every year, many commoners will get out of here with officer ranks too.

Overall, it was a highly competitive academy.

Reven and Dave went to a nearby table where a group of students in academy uniforms were sitting.

"Hey, Emma. Look whom I have got." Dave said to a girl sitting at the front.

"Reven, it's you!" Emma exclaimed as she jumped up from her chair and hugged Reven.

Emma was a cheerful girl who seemed to make everyone her friend, but inside she was one of the most terrifying girls Reven met. Well, she was the daughter of the President for nothing...

"Sup, guys… How are your days going here?"

Reven asked the others present around the table as he pushed Emma.

Around the table, starting from the left, were...

Riyu Mikasaki, the son of the Marine Commander;

Gaurav Hasra, the son of the Army Chief;

Lucia Keanu, the daughter of the Air Marshal;

Rachel Romanov, the daughter of Foreign Minister

and Ankan Sashtri, the son of the Economics Minister.

They were some of the ones with whom Reven had made good connections during his trips with Aarav.

"All good." Stated Riyu.

Of them, Lucia, Gaurav, Ankan, Dave, and Emma were seniors of Reven, while the rest had just joined the academy like him.

"So, Reven, tell us how you stuck to your decision to join the Special Forces. I mean, with your old man being the 'War Hero', who even turned down his medals only to have a normal life, you sure are different. " Rachel questioned.

"Well… Firstly, I am adopted, and secondly, I also want it free, but without serving the subcontinent for at least a minimum period, I wouldn't be free from the services.

So, I took the fastest way out of it." Reven stated the truth, as he knew that these guys, with their intelligence, would already know everything about him anyway.

"It's also the fastest way to heaven, pal." Lucia said with a smirk on her face.

"Well, if death comes, then death it is. At least I won't have to see another World War then."

The atmosphere turned heavy as the strange energy, aka 'World Energy' that enveloped Earth after 'The Lunar Doom' has increased its concentration heavily.

Though it didn't affect anything yet, one wrong move from some idiotic country, and the 5th will start just like how the 4th started because of that North Korean idiot, Kim Dik Un.

"Well, guys, let's exchange the contacts if we ever need them." Emma said.

Agreeing with her, everyone used their AI Wrist-Bands to exchange contacts.

"Let's check the perimeters of the academy, shall we? You seniors can show us around." Reven spoke to the group, lightening up the heavy mood.

Thus, the group started to look around the campus. They checked different facilities and important places around the academy.

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The next day.

Reven woke up early in the morning and then went out for the PT drills, which were conducted together with the commoners.

After that, a Yoga and Meditation session was conducted. By the time it ended, it was 6:30 am.

Everyone then went to their rooms, where the breakfast was usually delivered. The students could make their own breakfast too.

After that, Reven took a shower and got ready for the theory classes.

By 7:30 am, the first class had started.

The period was modern history, which was very important to know to get a grasp of the current geopolitics.

As the teacher started his lecture, Reven started to think back to what he had learned about the current world.

Year 2058.

The conflict between the United States and China over trade supremacy reached its peak. As the value of the American dollar began to drop because of the rapid rise of the Chinese yuan.

It led to the beginning of the next Cold War between China and America. And the world started to pay the price for it.

Surprising to all, Russia went totally sidelined for the first time in history.

Fast forward to 2080, when the United States started to close its hand to China by adding more countries to NATO, which included Taiwan and South Korea too.

At this point, only Pakistan and a few Central Asian countries were left with China, but America didn't do anything because of Russia's threat.

Many countries suffered a lot in this process, like a few Latin American countries, Afghanistan, etc.

The year 2082 was the final nail in the coffin, as America cut-off its entire trade with China.

This caused a chain reaction as China started to use the puppet strategy in Pakistan and North Korea and even forced Russia to join because of Russia's dependence on China.

Though this had decreased much after the 2060s as Russia shifted its dependency to India, which led to even closer ties between them now. But 30 years was not enough to completely shift its needs.

In 2090, the whole world was shocked. Why, you ask? Some Pakistani terrorists ended up shooting the Army Chief of the United States during his visit to Afghanistan to make Afghanistan a part of NATO, and apparently the bullet was made in China.

Hell finally broke out. And the 3rd World War started...

The result was that India had to force itself to step up with Israel and Australia to support the US.

The Chinese also started to show their true colours as they launched attacks on multiple fronts:

One in India, one in Taiwan, one in South Korea, even in Poland through Belarus, and it even placed Nukes in Cuba...

In 2098, the 3rd World War ended.

It was not a defeat for China, but rather a tie.

It was because suddenly the Opioid Epidemic of the 2000s started in America again on a large scale.

Apparently, this was what China had planned all along. Though China lost much in the war, America had to deal with its youth now.

India, Israel, and a few sub-continental countries were forced to fight the war as they had either China or some terrorist countries located near them.

India also took back all the areas that were under Chinese occupation, including Tibbet.

Pakistan was no more as almost everyone there was killed. Indian spies took all the nukes from Pakistan in the middle of this as they feared that Pakistan would go insane and end up bombing India.

Taiwan ate a nuke from China, while Cuba ate one from America in response.

Russia was silently watching everything.

Just as the World thought everything was coming to an end, another problem started to brew up, and this was even more devastating than the previous one.

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Author's Note:

>> What do you think about world history? Give some feedback so I can improve.

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