Assemble the Kingsman

My eyes were locked on Eggsy before I regained my composure. "This is Guinevere. She will be your fitness trainer. You're gonna wish you all were back with the training I assigned once you're with her." Merlin said with a warning. I stepped forward towards the group.

"And let me make this perfectly clear. This won't be like track at school or lifting a few weights. This physical training will determine whether or not you can handle the physical strength you need in order to be a Kingsman. If you cannot handle what will be required from you, don't whine like a bitch and just go home. You have the floor Merlin." I stepped back slightly while Merlin cleared his throat and focused his attention back on the recruits. "As I was saying, you are about to embark on what is probably the most dangerous job interview in the world. One of you and only one of you will become the next Lancelot."

I could feel Eggsy's eyes on me even though my attention was on Merlin. Merlin held up a small bag and asked what it was. All the recruits but Eggsy raised their hands. The tall one in the middle said body bag. His name was Charlie. I think this was the one my granddad recommended. This guy looked like new money and looked like he could be a real prick. Charlie looked at me and sent me a wink. I turned my head with a disgusted look.

"In a moment, you will each collect a body bag and write your name on that bag. Then write the details of your next of kin. This represents your acknowledgement for the risks you are about to face as well as your agreement to strict confidentially. If you incidentally break, will result in you and your next of kin being…in that bag. Is that understood?" All the recruits nodded their heads. "Excellent. Fall out." Merlin said exiting the room. I followed him out while the recruits were settling themselves in their bunks.

Merlin and I walked back to the main computer with the big screen and we could see the recruits introducing each other. Charlie and his little prat group decided to introduce themselves and were being pricks to Eggsy. I wondered what Eggsy thought of seeing me here? I hope he wasn't too hurt that I couldn't tell him. This will be very interesting.

"Is the first task ready Merlin?" I asked.

"Just about. We've never done this. I'm surprised Arthur agreed to do it. Now we just wait for nightfall."

Later that night, everyone was about to head to sleep. I walked out of the lab and into the other room with the two way mirror. I saw them all about to sleep. My stomach turned as I look as Eggsy. Even though our tests don't result in actual deaths, there have been a few mishaps before and I hope that Eggsy wouldn't be one of those mishaps. The water started to rise as a fast pace. Eggsy was the first one to notice and sat up quickly.

Everyone was up and Charlie was telling everyone not to panic. Eggsy had the idea of making for the door while everyone else had decided to use the shower heads and the toilets as a plan. Eggsy looked confused while everyone else dived into the water. The whole room was submerged in water. Eggsy was swimming towards the door.

"No Eggsy…what the fuck are you doing?" I whispered. He tried with all his strength to open it but it wouldn't budge. He gave up and looked back at the mirror. I felt like he could see me. The others had taken the heads off and stuck the tube down the toilet which led to unlimited air supply. Eggsy swam towards the mirror and I looked up at him curiously. I jumped suddenly when he started punching the glass. There was no way he would be able to punch through it. I covered my mouth to stop a sob from coming out of my mouth. He was going to drown if he kept on like this! Eggsy kept punching the glass and soon a crack was forming.

Merlin grabbed my sleeve and pulled me over to the side when the crack on the glass got bigger. With one final punch, Eggsy managed to break the glass and soon water was coming out along with everyone else, coughing as they all were able to get air back into their lungs.

"Congratulations on completing your first task." Merlin said. "Charlie, Roxy well done. For those of you who are still confused, if you can get a breathing tube around the u-bend of a toilet you have an unlimited air supply. Simple physics and worth remembering. Eggsy, well done for spotting that. It was a two way mirror."

"Probably seen enough of him." Charlie said laughing, with his friends joining.

"Oh please Charlie wipe that fucking smirk off your face." Charlie shut his mouth instantly. I stepped forward. "Even though you all may have made it out, you all have failed. What is really important in Kingsman is teamwork. Seems you lot missed that part." I pointed my pen towards the bunks. The group stood up to look and see what I was talking about. There was the recruit named Amelia who had looked like she had drowned. The room was filed with only the sounds of silence and water dripping from the ceiling. "So much for classic army technique." Eggsy said. Merlin had led the recruits out to get some dry clothes and bed sheets while Eggsy stood up slowly and looked at me. I felt tears prick at my eyes and I ran to him and hugged his dripping wet body close to me while his arms wrapped around me tightly.

"I'm so glad you're okay." I cried into his shoulder. "I thought you were gonna die right there in front of me." Eggsy shushed me and rocked me back and forth. I looked up at him and wiped my eyes. "Do you hate me?" I asked.

"Why would I ever hate you Soph?"

"For not telling you about all this and that I'm a spy." Eggsy smiled slightly and held my hand. "I knew after Harry came. But I understand though. I'm not mad or hurt at all. Being a secret spy means keeping it a secret. And you and I might be working together." Eggsy said wiggling his eyebrows at me. I laughed slightly and punched his shoulder and grabbed his hand. "Let's get you dried off." I grabbed a towel out of one of the closets and threw it to him. He started drying himself off and I couldn't help but stare at his chest and arm muscles. This boy was fit.

"Like something you see Soph?" Eggsy asked smirking. I jumped slightly and rolled my eyes.

"You wish Unwin." I smiled at him and grabbed new sheets and pillows for him. I tossed them to him and spoke again.

"So," I started. "You never did tell me what happened after you went home. Was Dean pissed?" Eggsy scoffed.

"You better believe was. Kept smackin' me in the face, yelling at me to tell him who was at the pub." I looked down, feeling awful I even asked him that question. I hate that Dean lands his hands on Eggsy. I know Eggsy wants to fight back but he can't do it because of his mum.

"Hey...Soph…" Eggsy said gently. He walked towards me and tilted my chin up so I had direct eye contact with him.

"Everything's alright now. Harry put a chip on my back when he left the pub. He said he had enough evidence to get Dean locked away if he wanted to. I left the house and now I'm here. We're here together Soph." Eggsy sent me a gentle smile. I couldn't help but smile back. We walked back together to the bunks. Eggsy hugged me tightly goodnight before I walked off to the elevator and up to my room. I undid my long hair out of my braid and threw off my leather pants and got into sweats and curled into bed with Milo.

I had woke up early at 6 am, starting stretches and squats before I changed into a black tank top, red capris yoga pants, and my black nikes with white laces. I looked at myself in my vanity mirror when I pulled my hair into a high ponytail. I looked down at Milo and smiled when I saw him sitting down and looking up at me.

"Time to show these recruits who the real top dog is around here huh Milo?" He wagged his tail at me. I walked out of my room with Milo at my feet, and I went down the elevator to see if Eggsy was up yet. I walked down the hall to the barracks when I see Eggsy come out in this one piece suit outfit. I snorted as I walked up to him.

"What you laughing about?" Eggsy asked as he fixed the collar of the suit.

"You look like you stepped out of Winston Churchill's closet Eggsy."

"Oh shut it. Didn't you have wear something like this?"

I shook my head no while smiling. "Nope. Must be a new uniform idea my grandad had."

Eggsy rolled his eyes. "Remind me to thank him then." I smiled and then started checking him out in it.

"I'll admit though Unwin; it does make your muscles pop out and makes your arse look great." Eggsy raised his eyebrows, smiling devilishly. "And those red spandex of yours make your arse look perfect." I winked at him then heard his stomach growl. I smiled and grabbed his hand and led him to the elevator. We came back into the main room. Eggsy started looking around nervously for Merlin or my granddad.

"S'alright if I'm up here Soph? Merlin or Arthur won't care?" Eggsy asked as I opened the door to our grand kitchen.

"Why would they care? We need food and you especially since your real training starts today." I said to Eggsy as I fed Milo and looked in the fridge for food. I found a bowl of fruit and croissants. "Perfect." I mumbled. I took the food out, shutting the fridge and putting the food on the counter.

"I would cook Eggsy but it's too fuckin' early so hope this'll do." I said as I grabbed a strawberry. Eggsy smiled and sunk his teeth into an apple.

"You'd make the perfect housewife Soph." Eggsy said with a mouthful. I giggled at him as we ate our food.

"So how'd you get into Kingsman Soph? You thought it was your calling in life?" Eggsy asked as he grabbed an orange. I sat up on the counter with Milo in my lap and petted his head.

"My mum was in Kingsman before I was. It's how she met my dad actually. My grandad wasn't too happy about them seeing each other because he was worried it would interfere with work. My mum didn't listen though and did what made her happy. Her and my dad ended up eloping and moving out. Then they had me and that's when my mum decided to quit being a spy because I was born. She still wanted my dad to keep being a Kingsman. My mum went to university to become a nurse and then when I was about 10, my dad died. He was supposed to skydive down into a small village in South America but his parachute didn't open." I held Milo close to me.

Eggsy held my hand that was on the counter.

"I'm sorry Soph. It must've been hard. At least your dad was around to where you could at least remember him a bit better." I interlocked my fingers with Eggsy and sat Milo down. I leaned towards Eggsy and inspected the necklace that was around his neck.

"This from Harry?" I asked as I played around with the small object in my hand. I flipped it over to see a number on the back. "Oxfords not brogues."

"What's that even mean?" Eggsy asked confused.

"You'll find out eventually." I said as I stopped playing with the necklace and realized how close I was to his face. I noticed he had a little bit of juice from the fruit on his lip. I got the courage to swipe it off and stick my thumb in my mouth. Eggsy looked a little surprised by my boldness but the look in his eyes told me he loved it. We both knew what we wanted. We're both gonna fucking go for it. Eggsy started to lean in before I did the same. Right when our lips were about to touch, Merlin's loud voice came in on the intercom.

"Attention recruits, please report to the back of the manor for your next task." Eggsy looked back at me and smirked.

"Guess this'll have to wait yeah?" I shot him an equal smirk. I slowly leaned in to where our lips almost touched and they barely brushed as I talked again.

"I guess so." I got up from the counter, leaving Eggsy in a shocked dazed before I patted my thigh for Milo to follow me. I went out to the back to see Merlin standing at the top of the stairs, looking down at the recruits as they were falling in. I picked up Milo and kissed his head as I saw Eggsy line up with the rest of the group.
"As some of you will have learned last night. Teamwork. We're here to enhance your skills, test you to the limit. Which is why…you're gonna pick a puppy. Wherever you go, your dog goes. You will care for it, you will teach it and by the time it is fully trained so will you be. For those of you still here that is. Do you understand?"

The recruits nodded their heads. Merlin said to choose their puppy. They all went up deciding which dog would be the best for them. When I first picked Milo, he was a little bugger. He didn't want to listen and just go dig holes in the yard. I was able to break that of him and for being a corgi with such short legs, he was a pretty fast runner and could probably outrun some of the smaller dogs. I walked down the stairs with Milo still in my arms to see what everyone had picked. I walked passed the line, looking down at what each recruit had chosen for their furry companion. I stopped at the end where Roxy and Eggsy were. Roxy had picked a poodle as her pet and Eggsy had picked a sweet little pug. It had surprised me though. I thought he would've wanted a much larger dog.

"A pug Eggsy. Didn't think you'd go for a smaller sized dog." Eggsy looked at me confused.

"It's a bulldog in'it?" I looked at Roxy before looking down at Eggsy's pug. "It'll get bigger though will it?" I smiled slightly, trying to hold in a laugh before I shook my head no. Eggsy sighed irritably before muttering "shit" under his breath. I smiled before explaining that we were all going to take the dogs for a small walk on the large trail in the back of the manor.

"And remember, you are not allowed to hold your dog if it does not want to move. You need to be patient with it and also make sure you, the master, lead your dog and not let it lead you. If you let it lead you, then the dog is you basically." I hooked on Milo's leash before take a gentle but pacing jog to the trail. Everyone was able to keep up along with their dogs before we had gotten down to the middle of the trail. Behind me, I started hearing panting and wheezing from some of the recruits. I turned my back slightly before yelling to them.

"Get a move on you lot! Be grateful this is all I'm making you do for now! Kick off those fucking high heels and move it!" Once when we got back to where we were before, everyone was relieved it was over. I decided to let them all take a break and give the dogs some water before going around the trail again. I patted Milo on the head.

"Good boy Milo. You deserve a break." I gave him a little dish of water of his own before I sat down next to him. I noticed Eggsy wasn't around. He must've gone to go see how Harry was doing. Charlie started walking towards me while I stood up and brushed myself off.

"You need something Charlie?" I asked with my arms crossed as I looked up at him.

"I think I do love, what say after this you and I go for some dinner. Little candlelight, wine, music." This guy was completely mental! Did he really think he had a shot with me?

"Did Arthur propose you Charlie?"

"Yeah?"

"I could tell. You have that rich boy attitude that I despise. You'll be going home soon enough. Eggsy and Roxy will be the only ones left after you fuck up your chance. You may know how to do all the techniques in Kingsman but one day you'll end up cracking and fucking yourself over. What you lack is passion Charlie. So go back to your little prat group and don't come back to me thinking you have a chance." Charlie looked slightly embarrassed that he just tried to hit on one of his instructors. He walked back to his group without uttering another word to me.

"Did he just try and hit on you?" Roxy asked quietly as she walked over to me.

"Yes he did. He's going to be going home soon enough. He doesn't have that passion that you and Eggsy have." I said to Roxy as I put a hand on her shoulder. She smiled as she felt accomplished as I had said that. I saw Eggsy come back down the steps and I walked over to him.

"How's Harry?"

Eggsy shrugged. "Dunno really. Merlin said there's hope and that he'll live but right now he's in a coma. They don't know when he'll wake up." Eggsy looked kind of sad and down that his mentor was in a coma. I cupped his cheek in my hand.

"Hey. He's gonna be fine. Just worry about completing these tasks and make him proud Eggsy. Become the next Lancelot." Eggsy cracked a small smile and I gave the group their next assignment. We would all be going around the trail again but this time with heavy equipment with them such as a large backpack with supplies, a bulletproof vest, and a loaded assault rifle. This will challenge them and give them an idea of how it would be with heavier equipment. Everyone seemed to be moving fine this time but by the time I reached the end before anyone else, Eggsy was stopped in the back behind everyone else. His dog didn't want to move. Maybe I shouldn't have made them go around again. Pugs have a hard time breathing sometimes. I saw Eggsy point his assault rifle at the dog and I thought he was going to shoot it but instead took his dog and put it in his vest. Technically he wasn't holding it and he started to catch up with the rest of the group. Once when everyone was back, they had removed the equipment from themselves.

"Well done Eggsy. You weren't holding the dog and you took charge." For the rest of the day, I wanted the recruits to train their dogs some commands. Merlin had a task for target practice for the group a few days and it went extremely well. Then today I was working out the recruits to the bone. No guns or knife or hand grenades, just simple cardio and martial arts and boxing. Blocking was the first thing I had them train in while wearing protective gear and I had them boxing until their knuckles were almost bleeding. Today was only the first day so once when I looked at the time and saw it was getting late; I decided to end the training for tonight. Everyone walked out groaning from the pain they felt while I wiped my face with my towel.

"Not tired yet are ya?" I turned around to see Eggsy shirtless, sweat coming down his muscles.

I smirked and threw my towel onto the ground. I tightened my combat gloves on me while stepping towards Eggsy.

"Not even close Unwin." Eggsy decided to surprise me by running right into me and picking me up right over his shoulder. I quickly tangled my legs around his left leg before he lost his balance. We both fell onto the blue mat with a loud thud before I straddled his waist.

"Looks like I win." I said, sticking my tongue out. Eggsy smirked.

"You just got lucky."