Jason headed to his room on the fifth floor of the dorm building. He just had another three rounds with Jessica cause one round is never enough to satisfy her. He made it to his room and used his key card to open the door. His roommate was reading a book when the door opened.
The room was very well furnished with two separate beds at opposite ends of the room. A table was in the center and two chairs were placed on opposite sides all of which were on top of a rug. Each bed had a wardrobe, a nightstand and a dressing screen. 'So the academy planned this room for both desire and privacy.' Jason thought to himself. He then looked at his new roommate.
She looked up and stared at Jason and he stared back. He checked the number on the door just to make sure it was his room and looked back at her. It was the same redhead he saw in the arena earlier. She was five feet eight inches and wore the same outfit from earlier.
She put the book down on the table and marched over to him. She grabbed his shirt and pulled him into the room and pinned him to the wall. She then grabbed his throat and lifted him up. "Nice to meet you too." Jason said. She was very close to him. Close enough to know that she smelled like fresh pinewood. .
"What is your bonded creature?" She asked him.
"Weird way to start a conversation but ok." Jason said looking at her. "The academy registered me as a salamander."
"That's not an answer" she said while putting force on his throat.
'Fuck she is strong' Jason thought with a grin. She saw him smile and her expression darkened. She applied more pressure on his neck cutting off the blood circulation. "You better answer me or you'll die."
'System if she kills me I'll be fine right?"
YES. HOST HAS THE BOND OF THE PHOENIX. THE RACE TRAIT OF THE PHOENIX IS RESURRECTION. AS LONG AS THE BLOW IS PHYSICAL OR MAGICAL, THE HOST WILL BE REBORN.
Jason smile widened. The girl clearly thinks that Jason is calling her bluff. She closes her eyes and opens them again. She then crushed Jason's neck in her hands. Her hands were covered in blood, bone fragments and the remains of his vocal chords. She wiped the blood on Jason's clothes as his body fell and went back to the table to continue her book.
A strange smell filled the room. She smelled a fire. She turned slowly as Jason's body began to burn. She looked in astonishment as the fire then turned to ash. The ash formed a body, and Jason started to move again. He stood up as the girl just stared at him. 'He shouldn't be alive. There is no way he bonded with one of them.' She thought in disbelief.
"My bond is with a phoenix." Her crimson eyes widened. "I lied to the academy so they wouldn't draw attention my way. Was that really necessary?"
The girl blushed and quickly turned her head away. "Your naked. Put some clothes on." He moved behind the screen divider and started changing clothes.
"I saw you at the arena with that girl" she said as he changed. "When I saw you then, I felt a small amount of fear. Enough to recognize that you were a threat to me. I needed to know why. I wasn't expecting you to be my roommate here. Truthfully I was going to just kill the unlucky fool that was going stay here but it was you." She narrowed her eyes once more. "Who else knows about this?"
"Just you." Jason said. "I was going to explain it to Jessica. The girl you saw with me earlier but I never did."
The girl nodded. "Good the fewer that knew, the better. Also, aren't you kind of weak for a blessed? Your strength is closer to that of a fledgling."
"I am a fledgling. I only found out I was bonded when I first died. The phoenix was dormant before that."
She nodded in understanding believing his lie. "Well I'm not going to have a weak roommate. So you and I are going to the training facility and we're not gonna leave until I am tired of watching you struggle."
Jason's eyes widened in fear. If this girl was hellbent on making him suffer, who will stop her? "Don't we have orientation tomorrow?" Jason asked.
She simply responded with "That will be our break period."
She grabbed him and they started making their way to the training building passing all the students that were in the hall staring at them. Whether they were staring at why a beautiful girl was pulling a guy down the hallway or why there was blood on the girls face didn't matter. All they knew was, she is a dragon and that guy is about to die.
"By the way," Jason began as his forearm was feeling like it was about to be ripped in half. "What's your name?"
"Sophia."
"That's a nice name. My name is Jason. Can you let go of my arm now?" Jason asked this question as they made it to the stair well.
"No" she replied. She pulled Jason in front of her and tossed him over the railing and all the way down the stairwell. Jason released a small gasp of surprise and tried to catch the railing.
His gripped slipped due to the momentum, and he slammed against the sides of the concrete stairs multiple times before landing on the floor. He had seventeen broken bones, two of which were sticking out, three fractures and a dislocated jaw.
Sophia took her time getting down to the first floor. In doing so, she forced Jason to lay there in an awkward position as other students watched with widened eyes before hurrying out of the way. Eventually she made it to him and grabbed a bone that was sticking out and pulled him to the building across the street. Jason was screaming the whole way.
NEW QUEST AVAILABLE. GROWING STRONGER. HOST MUST GAIN TEN STAT POINTS WITHOUT SYSTEM HELP. REWARDS ARE 5 EXP AND TEN STAT POINTS. DOES HOST WISH TO ACCEPT? YES/NO
'Yes' Jason thought grimacing as he was dragged through the street.
They entered the training building and Sophia looked around. The building was a bit bare for there were no furnitures around except a table. There was some one that resembled a gym coach behind the table and Sophia dragged Jason forward. His cries for her to end his torture fell on deaf ears. Sophia looked at the gym coach and said "Can we have a private room? And a table with a teapot with a matching cup?"
The gym coach nodded and said "Sure. First room on the left." Sophia nodded and dragged Jason along with her. The gym coach breathed a sigh of relief as she winced in pity for the boy. "I hope he'll live." She said to herself.
Sophia threw Jason into the room and closed the door. "The door was made up of high density alloy ceramic" she said to him. "There is no breaking in once sealed. This place is the best defensive position in the entire academy." She moved closer to him. She removed his shirt and pants then raised a foot. She slammed the foot down on his chest, breaking through his ribs and piercing his heart.
HOST HAS DIED. BEGINNING BODY RECONSTRUCTION.
Jason got up after being resurrected. Sophia had her back to him and told him "Put your clothes back on."
Jason grabbed his clothes and quickly got dressed. He stood up and looked at the room. The room was vast. Thirty square yards in size and empty except for a single podium in the middle."What's that?"Jason asked.
Sophia looked at the podium and said "this is what we will use to help train you" she said coldly. "But first we must do something about your strength. Get in the push-up position."
Jason immediately dropped down to his hands and feet. Sophia said "Begin."
Jason started and asked "How many am I doing?" Sophia just looked at him. Jason already did twenty before responding with "None by my count. I can't hear you."
Jason groaned in complaint. "Did you just groan at me?" She said with narrowed eyes. She calmly walked over to him and sat on his back. The gym coach chose that moment to walk in. She saw Jason had recovered and breathed a sigh of relief. She walked in with a table and Sophia told her to put it right next to them. The gym coach walked back out of the room to grab the tea.
Sophia said "You better be at thirty by the time she gets back. And make sure I can hear you. Recently I've been having hearing problems, so if its not loud enough, I won't hear you." She smiled at his misfortune.
'This bitch is fucking enjoying this' Jason thought to himself. She smacked his back. "I felt something rude coming from you but I'll let that slide this time." He started his pushups again counting loudly each time he gets up while cursing her inside his head. When he made it to twenty eight, the gym coach walked in to the room with a teapot and a teacup. She set both down on the table and walked away. Sophia started to pour the tea into the cup. She lifts the cup to her mouth and drinks deeply. When she was finished with the cup of tea she poured another cup. "Because you didn't get to thirty by the time she arrived, your not stopping until I'm done with all this delicious tea." Sophia said with a wide grin. "And I better not spill a single drop."
'Fuck!'