Chapter 4:
A/N:
Sadly against to my wishes, I don't own CHERUB. The only people I own are: Claire, Holly, Emiko, Pauline, her family and all the kids in Holly and Pauline's cottages.
In the medical centre Pauline was greeted by an assistant doctor called Gabrielle O'Brien, who took her to an examination room. Pauline left about three hours later. The exam had been the entrance exam, not the agent exam, so it had been a blood and a urine test, running for an hour and the tests that came with it, a normal check-up, a seeing and hearing test and a few shots. In the next few months there would be more shots and an allergy test, if she passed. Then she met a psychologist, who talked to her for a bit. After having an hour break, during which she ate lunch in the teachers' cafeteria, Pauline took the exam. There were four pages: Maths, Language, General Knowledge and Situations. She had ninty minutes. Just after she had finished, the time rang. Then he gave her an IQ test. She had 45 minutes time for it. She was then allowed to return to the room she had woken up in, which was located in the mission preparation building, because they couldn't let her into the CHERUB village. She was allowed to watch TV and got some books to read. After waiting for a bit more than an hour, Ewart finally called her. Pauline made her way to him. In his office he showed her the results. She was healthy and reasonably fit. She had passed her exam. Her IQ was measured to be about 135, the average IQ for a CHERUB agent, though more tests were needed. She was then offered a place at CHERUB, which she took gladly. After she had signed a contract, Ewart showed Pauline to her handler, Emiko Yamagashi. Emiko was surprised when, after Ewart had left, Pauline started speaking Japanese. Immediately she started talking in her mother tongue. After a very interesting conversation in which they talked in a mix of Japanese and French, Emiko looked at Pauline's results. The doctors had also measured different parts of Pauline's body, so Emiko knew what clothing size Pauline needed. She took Pauline to the technical department. On the way there they came by a big construction site. They entered the technical department building and went down to the cellar. There Emiko picked out multiple pieces of clothing: two red T-shirts, a football shirt, a short-sleeved and a long-sleeved elastane sports shirt, a red polo shirt, a red sweatshirt, a red hoodie, a red fleece pullover, a red hooded woolen jacket, a soft shell jacket, a belay jacket, multiple pairs of olive trousers with lots of pockets, both loose and tight ones, a pair of olive green cargo shorts, a track suit, football shorts, gym shorts, a judogi, a karategi, a bunch of underwear, a bunch of socks and two pairs of pyjamas. She got out two bags for the clothes: a duffle bag and a gym bag and packed the clothes and a pair of trainers into them. Emiko then told Pauline about the T-shirt system:
"So: Orange is for visitors. Red is for kids that are unable to do basic training at the moment, either because they are too young or aren't qualified for doing it yet. Light blue is for kids doing basic training or kids who have just joined CHERUB, are qualified to take part in the next basic training. Grey is awarded at the end of basic training. It means you're qualified to go on missions. Navy is for incredible performance on a mission. Most kids get it when they are 14. Black is for incredible performance on more than one mission. It has only been awarded for incredible performance on one mission once(Dante Welsh). About half of the agents get one. White is for retired agents and staff members, although not all staff members wear the shirt."
Then they headed over to the education building. Here they went to a room where Pauline was given a bag full of school supplies.
They exited a building and took a golf buggie to the school building, where they headed to a big room full of school supplies. Here she was given a backpack, which Emiko filled.
They returned to Emiko's office, where they talked about Pauline's money. She would be getting twenty pounds a month, fifty on her birthday and on christmas. She would also be getting fifty pounds to buy things for moving in.
At the end Pauline left with a training plan, a rule book, a booklet with some of her information and a timetable. She was supposed to run a minimum of 50 laps (20km/12.5 miles) a week. She was allowed to eat anything she wanted too. Emiko showed her to her cottage, number 43, which she shared with Christian,16; Reuben,7; August,13; Evie,14 and Isabella,10. She went to her room, which was lovely, and started unpacking. Then she looked at her timetable. She had Maths 2, English Language Arts 2, Physics 2, Chemistry 2, Biology 2, Social Science 2, History 2, Geography 2, Politics 2, Arts Level 1, IT Level 1, Martial Arts Level 1, German Level 3, Dutch Level 2, Japanese Level 2 and Training Level 1. Emiko had explained the meaning of the 2 to her. It meant that she would be taking part in classes that worked with the 2nd grade curriculum. If teachers in more than one subject said she belonged in a different class, her timetable would change so that she could do that. She thought about her new name for some time too, but soon, tired out from the day, she fell asleep.