"Bumblebee! Wait up!" Wasp cried, panting.
"I've always been faster than you bro," Bumblebee replied.
"But I've always been stronger!" Wasp growled as he tackled Bumblebee. The two Eevees play fought for a while, until they collapsed, panting, on their backs, lying next to each other. The sun was out, warming their fur, and clouds floated by over their heads.
"Wasp, you're the best brother a kid could ask for."
"Same to you 'Bee."
"Wasp?"
"Yeah Bee?"
"No matter what happens, we'll always be friends right?"
"Of course!" Wasp rolled onto his stomach to face him, "What would make you think differently?"
"I don't know. Just hearing it makes me feel better."
"Well, come on," Wasp said, standing up, "Dinner's probably ready, and we start training tomorrow."
"Alright. Race you home!" Bumblebee cried, racing ahead.
"Bumblebee!" Wasp yelled, running after.
"Recruits, line up!" Their Drill Instructor, Sentinel Minor, called. Wasp and Bumblebee stood next to each other, in a line totaling five Pokemon. "State your names!"
As Sentinel, a Samurott, walked down the line, each recruit called out his name.
"Ironhide, sir!" the Lairon shouted.
"Longarm, sir!" the Elekid shouted.
"Wasp, sir!" the Shiny Eevee shouted.
"Bumblebee, sir!" the Eevee shouted.
"Bulkhead, sir!" the Makuhita shouted.
Sentinel whistled, "Largest group they've let me handle so far. Congratulations recruits, training starts… Now. Now drop and give me twenty."
Ironhide finished first, Wasp and Bumblebee soon after. Sentinel sent them to run laps around their track, while Bulkhead and Longarm finished. The average laps they completed would add up to how long they could sleep in tomorrow. It ended at more than Sentinel had expected, at five minutes. Ironhide had managed three, Wasp five, and Bumblebee seven. Bulkhead and Longarm were not so lucky, however, as they now had to get up five minutes early to run laps.
"Now, we are going to practice Mock Battling, so partner up. There will be one group of three, and I will assign the extra person," Sentinel announced.
Wasp paired with Ironhide, and Bumblebee picked Longarm, silently begging to not end up with Bulkhead.
Sentinel thought for a moment, before announcing, "Bulkhead will go with Bumblebee and Longarm."
Bumblebee groaned. He could see Wasp snickering with Ironhide, but, catching his eye, gave him an encouraging smile. Then the battles began. Bumblebee concentrated on his own fight, although he wished he could cheer his brother on. He dodged Longarm's first attack, following up with a square hit on Bulkhead. He then dodged Bulkheads counter-attack, and Bulkhead stumbled, hitting Longarm knocking him out.
"I don't wanna hurt you little buddy," Bulkhead said.
"Come on Bro!" they heard Wasp call, "Get him good!"
"I'm not your buddy," Bumblebee said. He then tackled Bulkhead, winning the battle.
Sentinel looked the brothers over, as Wasp had won his battle, and then nodded to himself. He left for a moment before coming back out with a pouch, laying two sets of basic evolution stones in front of them. "There is a set for each of you. Pick a stone to evolve," Sentinel told them.
Bumblebee and Wasp came forward, and examined the stones. They both settled on a Thunderstone, and picked it up. They glanced at each other, and laughed.
"I believe this one's yours Bee."
"And this one's yours," Bumblebee replied as they traded stones.
Then the stones activated, and they both evolved into Jolteon. Bumblebee was yellow with a black collar, and Wasp was his Shiny green with a black collar as well. The two felt stronger now, and at the short break Sentinel offered, Wasp introduced Ironhide to Bumblebee.
"Well, so you're the one that got us some extra shut-eye eh? Keep it up, I could use it," Ironhide said, yawning.
"Recruits, fall in!" Sentinel yelled, ending the break.
"Sir!" They replied in unison, when they were in the line.
"Now, in order to be an effective fighter, you need to get to know your team. What are you going to be when you make it past training? Ironhide! You first!"
"I want to be an Elite Guard Warrior, Sir!"
Sentinel looked disappointed, but continued, "What makes you think you can do that?"
"Hit me with everything you've got, Sir!"
Sentinel obliged, taking a few steps back, before drawing his ashigatana, sword, and charging. As he leapt into the air, Ironhide braced himself. Sentinel's sword came down, and shattered over Ironhide's back.
Ironhide pounded his chest, "Even harder'n ma Pa's. You gonna need a new one?" He asked, pointing to the shards.
"It'll grow back," Sentinel replied, shaking out his hand. The impact had stung. "Wasp, now you."
"I want to be an Elite Guard Frontliner, Sir!"
"What makes you think you can do that?"
Instead of replying, Wasp rushed forward, and body slammed Sentinel with all his might. Sentinel staggered a bit at the unexpected attack, but didn't fall.
"With some training, you could make it," Sentinel said. "Now, Bumblebee, what are you aiming for?"
"I wanna be an Elite Guard Scout, Sir!"
"A scout!" Sentinel replied, taken aback. Scouts were the ones most commonly caught and killed by the Decepticons, and wasn't usually a choice Pokemon picked. This time, he truly meant, "What makes you think you can do that?"
"Time me," Bumblebee said, before racing off. Sentinel counted the seconds until he came back.
"Thirty seconds," He told Bumblebee.
"Darn it, too slow," Bumblebee moaned in reply.
"Where did you run to anyway?" Sentinel asked out of curiosity.
"The fency thingy, on the other side of camp. Why?"
Sentinel was stunned, "But that's over a hundred yards away!"
"Your point?"
Sentinel moved on.
"Longarm, your turn."
"I wish to be Head of Automon Intelligence."
"What makes you think you can do that?"
Longarm concentrated for a few seconds, before letting out a weak electric pulse, replying, "Wasp and Bumblebee are brothers, Bulkhead and Ironhide came from the farms, and you, sir, are still grieving for someone, correct?"
Sentinel nodded, mute. It was the first time in a long time he had been struck speechless, and he didn't want to think about that incident. "Completely correct," he said quietly. Then he moved on, "Bulkhead, what are you going to do?"
"I wanna be an Elite Guard Mural Artist!" Bulkhead announced happily.
Everyone burst out in mocking laughter.
Wasp said, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
"At least one of you rookies knows his place," Sentinel said, trying to stifle his laughter, then failed as he told them, "I don't even think that's a real position!" Sentinel finished laughing, and commanded, "Now recruits! Next Drill!"
Bumblebee moved into the next drill watching Bulkhead. The laughter hadn't phased him in the slightest. Bumblebee moved on. So far, this has been a pretty good day, Bumblebee thought.