Chapter 5- New Recruits, New Lessons:

Third Person:

Danny couldn't be more thrilled. He was Sam and Tucker's superior, which meant that he was (to an extent) their mentor/boss. The fact that he could get away with ordering them around was a thought he didn't want to abuse. So instead of doing some evil, he decided to do the right thing- properly train them instead of giving them wacky orders. They were currently in uniform. The Zone's uniforms were black, though because Danny was a higher rank, he had a bit of white on his (such as the white buckles). Sam looked like she loved the uniforms; Tucker looked uncomfortable.

All three of them were currently in an empty room. Sam and Tucker sat at two desks while Danny stood at the front of the room in front of a projector.

"Before you start physically training, you have to have the mental training- the school part."

Danny smiled a bit when he saw Tucker groan.

"It's not much," Danny said, trying to calm Tucker down, "Just the basics- like who we're fighting, codenames, things like that. I won't be giving you full lessons because the sooner we start the physical stuff with you guys, the better… And I just honestly love the physical training. As you know, you're both under my care, making me your mentor, boss, and teacher."

He shrugged sheepishly.

"Anyway, most of the things are in code- like even we as agents have codenames and masks we wear cause even as a government agency, the public cannot know. But we'll get to your codenames later. Before we begin, there's a code we have for threat levels. Threat level is how dangerous they are, ten being the highest. Along with it, they're giving a priority color. Priority red puts someone at the top of our list, or at least in the top ten. You cannot engage a level 10, priority red without being cleared first. Priority blue being the next fifteen on the list and it's usually worth it to go after them even if they are not your mission. Priority white being… Well, if you run into them, catch them, but if it is going to screw up a mission it's not worth it."

He pressed a button on a remote. A picture came up on the projector showing an intimidating slightly older man with a scar on his face. He was posed for the picture professionally and no hints of a smile were seen.

"This is Pariah Dark. He's the main guy we're after- well not us personally, but the Zone. Consider him the… King of the Underworld, criminal underworld that is. He runs everything- including a few in the government."

"Which government," Tucker questioned.

"Most of them. Threat level 10, priority red and that's just with him, cause if someone goes after him, odds are they're gonna go against his goons too," Danny said, pressing another button.

The picture changed to a man about as old as Danny's parents. He had white hair pulled back into a ponytail. Danny scowled,

"Meet Vlad- I fought him once and now he has a sick idea of wanting to make me his apprentice. Anyway, he used to be an agent for the Zone, except he betrayed everyone- including Mom- to fight for Pariah instead. Now he's some multimillionaire living off the money that he makes illegally as a pawn of Pariah's."

Sam and Tucker shared a disgusted look. They had seen Vlad before- Danny never liked him and personally neither did they. He was a creep. At least now they had a reason to not like him. Danny pressed the button again. This time a picture of a large, muscular man came up. He had green hair in a Mohawk, multiple piercing and his middle fingers were up as he held the sign that had his prisoner number on it.

"Victor Skulker- mercenary for hire and one of Vlad's most trusted minions. He's a weapon experts and bomb expert- responsible for the multiple bombings in Italy and Washington that killed over thirty people each. He assassinated over thirteen people, making him level 8, priority blue."

Another picture came up. It showed a man who would be best described as a mad man- his crazy grin, the sadistic look in his eyes. Despite the face of a young man, his hair was pure white and messy.

"Technus," Danny stated, "Pariah's top scientist, because of his high position his priority red. The man alone is a level seven on the danger scale- being more brains than brawns… With his inventions, however, he's a level nine. Plus he's pretty good at escaping so you have to look out for that."

Sam and Tucker exchanged a look and whispered to each other,

"Should we be taking notes or something?"

"Commit to memory," Danny declared loudly, "Memory."

Tucker winced and Sam just nodded. Danny pressed another button. The next picture showed a man with heavy armor, weapons, and dark eyes that looked like someone's worst nightmare.

"Frank Knight. Priority red, level nine, and that's without the weapons. With them, he's easily as dangerous as Pariah. He's Pariah's right hand man and strictly loyal. We're unclear on details, but word is he has no problems doing anything Pariah orders him to. Suspicions suggest brainwashing, but when fighting, he doesn't show any signs of it."

"And that's the main ones that you have the clearance for anyway," Danny shrugged and then smiled, "So time to show you my favorite part of this place… The training room."

Tucker let out a low whistle. To say the room was huge was an understatement. All around them were agents training, sparing, and fighting- whether it was with their hands, weapons, or gadgets. There was even a boxing ring where two agents were currently in a match. All of them, however, wore either black or white clothing. Tucker wondered if it was the agency's colors. Danny laughed and gestured towards a room in the back,

"Everyone starts out with a black outfit," Danny explained, "You get more white added as you level up. Outfits are in there to change first. You cannot train in those- though on missions, you may not have time to change and you may have to fight in a dress."

"Have you ever fought in a dress, Danny?"

Danny turned red.

"It's an event I'd rather not discuss."