Thanks for clarifying that, I have changed Brock's family to have 16 brothers and sisters.
Chapter 3: Class
"Rise and shine, Privates!" a female voice called throughout the halls, don't think you will be sleeping in this morning."
Ash slowly sat up, rubbing his half opened eyes with one arm. "What time is it?" he asked while letting out a yawn.
Max slowly moved to the edge of the railing. Putting on his glasses as he looked at the clock. "It's five in the morning," he replied half awake.
"You have to be kidding, why do we have to get up so early?" Ash asked, falling back on his bed.
"You all have thirty minutes to get showered, changed, and to have your beds ready for inspection," the female voice boomed once again through the halls.
"Well, you heard her guys," Brock said, strangely full of energy at this time of day, "we better get ready."
"How can you be so awake at this time?" Ash asked, pulling the sheets over his head, just as Brock pulled it away from the bed, causing Ash to curl up from the cold.
"Are you kidding, this has to be the best sleep I have had in a while," Brock replied, stretching his arms. "I usually have to get up much earlier than this to get everything ready for my 16 brothers and sisters. Now get up you two and get into the showers. I don't want to have to get the ice water."
"Ok, we're up," the two replied suddenly, slowly getting up and walking as if they were zombies to the bathroom.
15 minutes later, the two walked back into the room with their Team Rocket suits all messed up and their eyes still half awake to see their beds already made and Brock tiding the room. "What are you doing, Brock?" Ash asked with a big yawn.
"Old habits are hard to break, so while you guys where in the only two showers in this room I just couldn't help but clean the place up. But now that you guys are done with your showers, I probably should take one," Brock answered as he walked into the bathroom, but shouted. "And fix up your uniforms."
"I didn't know we would get a mom while in here," Max half joked.
The half-an-hour was almost up as the three were all suited up and waiting by there beds. Then door flew open to reveal a thin green haired woman with light brown eyes in her late 20's standing in the opening, wearing a higher rank Team Rocket uniform. The look in her eyes was just as fierce as her voice. "My name is, Dorm Officer Jenny, and I am your Supervisor while you are in the dorm. You will always wake up at 5:00 and be ready to leave by 5:30, then until noon the dorm will be closed. After that you are free to come and go until 10 at night. Then I expect you to be in your rooms and at 10:30, lights out. Do you have any questions?"
Brock rush to her side. "To one that is more beautiful than all the stars in the sky, will you go out with me?"
Jenny's eyes twitched while small flames were forming within them, until Max grabbed Brock by the ear and pulled him off. "Come on, lover boy. I don't want to have a chance of dying until after I get out on the field."
Officer Jenny calmed down to her normal attitude. "Your room looks all right, now head to breakfast."
In the line with the three guys waiting, Misty and May joined them. "How was your sleep, boys?" Misty asked.
To reply, Ash and Max let out a big yawn.
"It was great," Brock replied, with his face going into a daze, "and Dorm Officer Jenny was beautiful."
The two girls became confused. "You can't have a Dorm Officer Jenny; it's the girl's dorm that has Jenny."
"That is a bit of a mystery," Max said, rubbing his hand on his chin.
"I just hope the food is good," May yawned.
"Hello, I don't think I have seen you five here before," a woman in her mid twenties with light blue eyes and pink hair crushed by the hairnet said from behind the counter, "but I bet you are all hungry, what do you want?"
"Are you on the menu as take out, on a date?" Brock asked with hearts coming out of his eyes just as Max pulled him back.
"Sorry, but no, my name is Lunch Maiden Joy. Now what do you all want to eat?" she asked with a smile.
They all sat down at an open table with their plates filled with food, Ash's containing at least twice as much as the next person. "Are you really going to eat all of that?" Max asked.
"Like Brock said, this is going to be a big day. So I better get all the energy I can," Ash replied.
"Well, let's dig in," May announced as they all took a bite of their food. But then, they all cringed."
"I heard military food was bad, but I didn't think it was this bad," Misty commented.
"This food is completely out of balance!" Brock announced, standing up with the food, "the seasoning is completely wrong for it as well as the combination of ingredients!"
The four looked up at him from their table. "He's weird," Max said, the rest nodded and Brock collapsed to the floor. Yet from this, they didn't notice a teen with muddy-brown hair glaring at them from the across the room with his stormy-blue eyes.
After breakfast at 7, the agents of Team Rocket were outside, Officer Jenny stood in front of them with a megaphone. "To the new recruits, my name is, Sergeant Office Jenny. I will be observing the morning workouts. But for you new recruits, after you are finished here you will report to Room 101 for the next week."
"Isn't that, our Dorm Officer? Ash asked.
"No, that's our Dorm Officer," Misty replied.
"Are you all blind?" Brock asked. "That is obviously not our Dorm Officer, more like a cousin or sister of hers.
"How can you tell, she looks the exact same?" May asked.
"It is easy for a well trained eye to see," Brock boosted. "As you can see, this Jenny has a shorter hair cut and her skirt goes down by half and inch."
"Nope, I can't see it," Ash replied.
"As you can already tell, I look a lot like your Dorm Officers. But those are my cousins," Jenny announced. "There are another 17 members of my family that work as the police of this city, make sure you can tell us apart. Which reminds me, three of our new members have families here too. And by our rules we will show them the same respect as we would show their families. So will Ash Ketchum, May and Max come up here."
The three looked at each other then walked up to the front. "May and Max, are both children of, Lieutenant General Norman, and Ash Ketchum is the son to, Akio Ketchum," But right after she said that, all of the agents started to whisper amongst themselves, sounding really excited. "Silence!" Jenny yelled through the megaphone, causing all of them to shut up. "Now salute," she ordered, the troops saluted, "Now, time for our 5 mile run before our real morning exercise begin. Let's move it."
"Five miles," the three complained as everyone started to run behind Officer Jenny.
They ran down the streets of the city, the people in the homes would come out and salute them along the way, even the children would get up and with their sleepy eyes gain enough strength to salute the passing troops.
Ash, May and Max finally was able to meet back up with Brock and Misty in the crowd. "That right there is the other reason why I joined, Team Rocket," Ash said, looking over at the people saluting from their lawns."
"I believe that's why we all join, Team Rocket," Misty added.
"To protect our families and the people living within the dome," Brock added as well.
"Well we all have a reason," a heartless tone replied behind them as they look to see the older brown hair teen and Ash's eyes grow wide. "Don't we, Ash?"
"Gary, Gary Oak?"
"It's good to see you remember me, it has been two years after all."
"Wait, you can't be related to, Professor Oak," Misty said, just as a fearsome glare formed in Gary's eyes.
"Don't, ever, say that again. I never want to be compared to that Poke'mon loving freak!"
"What's going on, Max?" May whispered to her little brother.
"Don't you watch the news," Max whispered back in shock, "Professor Oak, Elm, Birch and Ivy are the biggest traitors to the Team Rocket Organization in its history. They used to be the top researchers to Poke'mon information until out of no where 12 years ago they turned their backs on the Organization and went underground with the rest of the Poke'mon lovers. They haven't been seen since."
"I won't have some kid that I know get more respect here than me just for walking in here compared for the years I had to rebuild my family's honor. So watch your step and don't get left behind," Gary threatened, running off ahead of them.
"Ash, why is he so angry towards you?" Misty asked.
"I didn't even know that my father went here, so I never knew why he hated me."
"It's because," Brock replied, "it was rumored that it was Akio Ketchum who reported Professor Oak."
"But I still don't see why he would be mad at, Ash," May wondered.
"Remember how we are given the same respect as our family before us?" Max asked.
"Yeah I do, what about it?"
"Let's just say, that door opens both ways."
After they troops got back an hour later, the group was completely exhausted. Officer Jenny walked up to them. "You are all exhausted just after the five mile run, you still have an hour of training. Then after that you have to get to class until noon. Now since you are already down there, give me 50 push-ups," she ordered as they all groaned. "And no groaning or that will be another 50 more!"
An hour later, the 12 new agents struggled to Room 101 where they were greeted by another pink haired woman in her mid twenties. "Welcome new agents, please find a seat at let's get started."
"So the cook is also a teacher?" May asked.
"You guys have to be blind, that is not the same person," Brock replied. "Her eyes are a softer blue as her hair is a darker shade of pink."
"Only you could tell," Max added.
They all sat down in the chairs as the woman in the front smiled at them. She grabbed the marker and wrote her name on the board. "Hello, my name is, Miss. Joy. You all probably met my second cousin in the lunchroom. Sorry about her cooking. The rest of my family work in the medical bay of this Organization, so if you ever end up there after a Poke'mon attack, say hi for me."
She coughed. Her tone became a bit more serous. "Now the reason why you are here, this class is to make sure that none of you agents cheated your way into this Organization. You will be tested on Poke'mon trivia and basic ways of eliminating them. You will only need to attend this class for one week, and after that week you will be given one of these," Joy said as she held up a red hand held device. "No, this isn't a Gameboy, this is a Rocketdex. This not only holds all your information from a diary to your rank, but this lens here, if you see a Poke'mon you use the lens, it will tell you all the information that has been recorded on it all the way to the best way to eliminate it. Also this device will tell how many you have eliminated as well as a dictionary of all the Poke'mon so far discovered, where they are most commonly found and which ones have already been labeled as extinct. Now, let's get started with a question. Even if you hit a Golem with a water attack, why is it still considered a threat if it is not eliminated quickly?"
Only Brock raised his hand, so she picked on him. "The reason is because, Golems have an eternal heat system within their rock shell, which if they are able to get dried can regenerate and attack."
Joy smiled. "Excellent, you have been studying," she looked at the screen in front of her, "Brock. I rarely get a student that can answer that question."
His eyes turn into hearts, then approached her. "Thank you Miss. Joy. Your words of appreciation fill me with happiness. Please let me take you out on a date to show you how much I appreciate it."
Joy replied with a nervous smile just as Misty grabbed him by the ear. "Idiot, how can you have so much energy after the morning workout?" she asked, pulling him back to his chair.
"Now that's over, let's see what else you all know," Joy said with a smile.
Later that day at 5, the group, missing one Brock, stumbled over to the cafeteria after a long day. "I wonder where Brock went, I haven't seen him since class ended at noon," Ash said.
"I have no idea, after class I just went into my room and collapsed on my bed," May replied. "That bed never felt so comfortable."
"Same here, I can barely remember leaving the classroom," Misty added.
"If I had a guess, he just went to ask out more girls around here," Max said, they all nodded in agreement.
But just as they arrived in the cafeteria, they were shocked to see Brock wearing a hairnet and apron serving the food. As they got up to the counter, Brock only smiled and said. "Hey guys, what will it be?"
"Brock, what are you doing?" Misty asked.
"He was just helping me," Lunch Maiden Joy replied. "He has been teaching me better methods of preparing the food. I hope this batch tastes better than this morning."
"Brock, besides being able to get a date, what can't you do?" Max asked.
"Well," May said nervously, taking a bowl of rice, "it can't be as bad as this morning."
Just then, Misty elbowed her in the side and pointed to Joy who was curled up n the corner. "Well, I didn't mean it like that."
"It's ok," Joy replied while sobbing, "I know, I'm not that good."
"Give it a try, May," Brock encouraged, "Lunch Maiden Joy made that after some help from me."
May then look at the bowl, swallowed hard, then used the chopsticks to grab a piece and put it in her mouth. "So, how is it?" Ash asked.
A large smile came over the young teen's face as her cheeks turned rose red. "This is delicious."
The joy in Lunch Maiden Joy returned. "If you like that, please have as much as you want."
"Thanks."
"Well, come on guys," Brock said. "This food is here for eating, so take as much as you want."
The four sat at an open table. "Brock might be a weird one, but he is a good guy," Max said as he took a bite of the food, "and one heck of a chief as well. This food really is great."
Misty took a bite. "You're right, this is really good. I might take him up on seconds."
"This guy is a good cook," Ash said, devouring the food, "I just don't get why he has such a hard time getting a date."
Then they looked over to see Brock flirting with one of the female Team Rocket Agents inline with no success. "I could think of a few reasons," May commented.
"Your friend is a jack-of-all-trades," Gary said with four other girls by his side. Then they looked over to see Brock get slapped by another female agent. "Well, almost all of them."
"What do you want, Gary?" Ash asked.
Gary smirked. "I just wanted to give you a few tips of advice while you are here, and still not killed by a stray Poke'mon."
The four could only grind their teeth from his attitude as the girls around him cheered him on. That only increased the smugness on Gary's face. "I am the top member of the Alpha Unit of Team Rocket, we take on the highest levels of Poke'mon and that means when no authority is around I'm in charge. So you better know who to be nice to. And I'm not going to let some runt that had a celebrity father get more respect than one who had to earn it. So watch your back."
"Gary, Gary, he's our man!" the girls cheered once again while they walked off.
The three couldn't help but glare just to notice Ash continuing to eat his food. "How could you just sit there and take that?" Max asked.
But Ash didn't answer, just continued to eat his food. "Hey, Ash! You should answer that question!" Misty yelled. "We would like to know why you didn't stand up for yourself!"
"No point," was the only words he could fit through his grinding teeth, the chopsticks in his hands on the brink of snapping in half while the look on Misty's face softened.
"A-Ash?" Misty asked with concern while gently placing her hand on his back. But then he shrugged it off and stood up with his tray.
"I'm going back to my room," he said in a ticked off tone while he walked out of the lunchroom.
To Be Continued
What's wrong with Ash, could Gary be up to something, and why can't Brock get a date? Read and Review to find out. Also I know this isn't as good as my previous chapters, but I'm just getting this out of the way so I can start having some real fun.