Author's Note

Like I said before thanks for all the support and also this is my first time writing Pharynx so its probably going to be very bad so again sorry about that but I still hope you all enjoy and remember bash the hell out of me ok see ya..

Starting

A few days passed by after we had picked our roles in the hive, sadly as Thorax wanted to be a Learner he had to get a headstart at learning everything the hive has learned and invented on their own not leaving much time for us to chat with eachother.

'Well he has his role now and so do I, so might as well get started on it' as I looked over my bed I went to go pick up my new set of 'clothes' which consisted of a suspiciously looking skirt in all black with a set of metal bands that had some rock looking shard forged into it.

Still surprised that changelings had any kind of clothes I had asked Chrysalis about it. She told us that apparently clothes were only given to those that had a role in the hive so of you were a drone or a worker you'd be naked for the rest of your life which thankfully I didn't have to deal with, I mean still missing proper clothes, but the fact I could cover up at all gave me a sort of relief.

I shook my head "alright no more stalling today's the day." I grabbed everything I had put it on and went to go the changeling that was supposed to be training me.

After wandering around for a bit I had finally managed to find the changeling that was going to train me as he seemed to be wandering around looking for something "Uh..hello? Are you the one thats supposed to be training me?"

Said changeling turned and faced me looked me up and down before responding "I am, and I'm gonna take a guess that your the ling that I'm looking for and the one that im stuck with huh.. well no time like the present let's get a move on."

He turned back the way he came and gestured me to follow. As I was following him I noticed that he was definitely one of the more buffer looking changelings here, while he wasn't shredded he was still packing quite a bit of muscle. 'Definitely enough to snap me in half like a fortune cookie.'

As I was busy not being intimidated by his muscular build he opened the door to the training room as he entered telling me to close it behind him, he then told me that their was gonna be an extra ling since and I quote "Chrysalis seemed interested enough in him that even though he failed the trial she gave him another chance at a role in the hive."

'That was, uncharacteristically nice of her but I mean I guess thats good for the changeling and who knows maybe will even be able to be good friends.'

As we reached the training room I looked at the changeling in the middle waiting for us. I was going to wave and greet them but any attempt at being nice died on my lips as I saw who my training buddy was.

As the changeling guiding me turned around he introduced me to the other changeling in the room "alright youngling this is the extra I was talking about Joseph meet Pharynx." This will be your training partner until I deem both of you fit to guard this hive with your life for our Queen Chrysalis understand?"

"SIR YES SIR!"
"SIR YES SIR!"

He nodded his head "Good now you will refer to me as Sir and only Sir when we are training together. Behind these closed doors you will treat eachother and me with respect. If you have any problems with eachother I advise setting them aside and dealing with them outside this room and if you can't then you can put that effort into focusing on your training am I clear?"

We both nodded "Good, now before we start anything I want you two to spar against me one at a time so I can't get a feel for what you need to improve and what I have to work with."
He clapped his hands together loudly."SO, whose first?"

Without any hesitation Pharnyx stepped forward "Me Sir."

He nodded his head " Alright, Joseph you wait somewhere over there on the side, you can watch if you want i won't force you."

As those two went to spar I spent the time I had to explore the area. Looking around i notice that as soon as you come in on the right side it looks like what to be a sort of firing range except there are no separators and instead of an armless and legless silhouette of a person on a sheet for you to shoot instead there was a piece of rock that was implanted into the middle of the floor that was black, almost 6ft tall.

The in the left side if the room was where Pharnyx and the buff changeling was sparring- 'You know its gonna get real annoying just calling him the buff changeling forever so im just gonna call him Buffy.'

Though it seems like from the looks of it Pharnyx was keeping up with Buffy but only barely as it looked like every punch and kick that Buffy threw Pharnyx barely dodged it before another came and everyone Pharnyx tried to attack Buffy would either block it or just counter-attack everyone Pharnyx tried to hit him. It was honestly kinda nerve-wracking, I mean if I was barely able to beat Pharnyx and he himself was having a hard time then I was definitely going to get my ass kicked.

As I resigned myself to the ass-kicking I was fated to get Buffy went to throw a punch at Pharnyx only to stop midway and instead sweeped him off his feet causing Pharynx to fall on his back thus ending the spar.

Buffy went to offer a hand which Pharnyx took. "Well to give you some advice, while you can fight good you keep trying to go for direct shots even though you had no opportunity to you. Next time try doing something unexpected to catch me off guard, your not always going to be able to land concise blows on an experienced fighter, especially if their willing to do anything to win a fight."

Buffy then turned to me "Alright Joseph, your turn show me what you got."

I sighed as I made my way towards Buffy as Pharynx passed by me with a condescending grin on his face 'OK jackass.'

As I made my way across of Buffy I raised my hand to ask him something.

Confused Buffy decided to answer me "Yes?"

'Alright bullshit powers activate' "Well, I was just wondering if it would be ok if I was to try to attempt to hit you without you moving at first if thats ok with you."

Interested in seeing where this was going Buffy agreed to my proposal "Ok but just to make it clear I will still defend myself is that clear?"

Satisfied I nodded "Yes Sir."

Buffy nodded "OK, show me what you got youngling."

'OK only got one shot at this let's hope this works.'

As I ran up to him I went to go throw a punch 'pleasefallforitpleasefallforitpleasefallforit' As I was busy hoping this stupid idea would work I saw that Buffy went to go block my punch 'Holy shit thi-this might actually work now just don't fuck it up.

Determined, I faked my punch to go for a jab at the side of his head landing a punch I then went to go for an uppercut but Buffy noticed as he went to block it but then I managed to find an open spot between his arms as I gave him another jab to the face between the open spot.

Not wasting anytime I then punched him in the stomach and while he was still disoriented I aimed a punch to the side of his head aiming for his ear, then to finish it off I went to go kick him at his leg noticing this Buffy tried to block my leg from hitting only for me to fake it again and aim for his head kicking as hard as I could.

'OK, I managed to do it, question is did that do anything to him?'

As I stood catching my breath Buffy started to laugh as he snorted out some green blood "well you definitely know how to trip someone up" he paused as he cracked his knuckles and gave me grin displaying his fangs "now the question is, now that I'm allowed to move, do you think you'll be able to trip me now?"

As he said those words i could think of one thing.
'Haha, I'm in danger'

1 minute later I'm on the floor as I have bruises all over me. Buffy said that tomorrow we would actually start training and that we were free to do whatever till then.

I tried, really I did but everytime I went to try and hit him he was already blocking that area before I thought of hitting it, I even tried to him him with the same thing I did when he was standing still only this time when I went to fake my punch he blocked the actual one I was going for and punched me In the gut almost causing to fall over.

But as I was laying their on the cold hard floor Pharnyx, who i thought had left already, walked up to me.

"That was surprisingly impressive."

I looked up at him "What was?"

"The fact that you were able to land a hit on him"

"Well I was only able to do that when he wasn't moving so its not that impressive."

"Well even so, I want to ask you something."

'Pharynx, asking Me, for something, interesting.' Intrigued I got up as I brushed off my legs "Well that depends, what exactly do you need?"

Pharnyx's gaze gaze hardened "Since the changeling that is training us told me I need to be able to 'catch my opponents off guard' I came to the conclusion that you were the best option unfortunately."

Eyebrow raised i asked "And that is because?"

Pharynx frowned "As much as I hate to admit you catched me by surprise during the test when I, Lost." Pharnyx spat out

"I dont waste time talking much to other changelings and my sorry excuse of a brother barely pays attention to anything fighting related so, with my options limited I need you to train with me."

"Hmm... sure under one condition."

Pharynx looked at me suspiciously "And that is?"

"Be nicer to Thorax."

"Why?"

I looked at him like he was an idiot. "Wh-what do you mean why?"

"Being 'nicer' to him doesn't get help me with anything except wasting my time that could have been spent on training. He should be thankful that I put up with him at all, the fact that I have to step in every 'fight', if you can even call it that, every time I see him is annoying as is."

"If he stopped being stupid and actually learnt how to fight instead of wasting his time trying to be a Learner he wouldn't have to rely on me saving him everytime to begin with."

"And how do you think he feels? Should Thorax learn how to defend himself, yes, but maybe if you showed him that you actually care about him, that is if you actually care about him, instead of acting like an asshole and talking shit everytime you meet eachother."

"Of course i care about him."

"Bullshit, if that test was anything to go by you slinging insults at him and making him feel like shit every time seems like its a regular Tuesday."

"I Have To, if anyling else saw i was being nice to a weakling like him then both of us would be targeted and I can't help Thorax if thats the case."

'Right I forgot that Pharynx does actually care about Thorax'

My eyes softening a bit I nodded "I guess thats understandable but even so Thorax looks up to you he wants you to acknowledge him instead of treating him like he's a waste of you time."

"And what do you think would happen if I did, if all of a sudden I started acting nice to Thorax, let's say I did would he even accept it? 'Oh hey Thorax I'm sorry fo all the years I tormented you lets be brothers forever,' not to mention that like I said if word gets out that I'm being buddy-buddy with what everyling considers the weakest one how do you think thats gonna go? You wanna know what I think?

The way I see it is before when their was only a target on Thorax's back i could watch out for him and take step in if needed but of theres a target on both of our backs then I can't be there to help him if I'm too busy trying to protect myself too."

"You know you could always be his brother in private, instead of showing affection for him in private you could always just show to him when noling else is looking and for the denial thing I could be there for Thorax while you explain it to him and if he still doesn't want anything to do with you then thats all you can do.

You cant intimidate him, you can't force him, you can only only explain yourself to him and hope that he is willing to start over with you. If he does then great you can start treating him with the respect he deserves and if he doesn't then there's nothing you can do except say that you tried."

Pharynx stood there with a thoughtful look on his face "I need to think about it" as he turned and walked over to exit the room I called out to him when he reached the handle "Pharynx." He paused "I'm pretty sure that if you care enough Thorax will want to try."

He stood there for a second before opening and closing the door behind him.