This is like a shot in the beginning and I know that this should have been a part of the first two chapters, but I had a good feeling about this one, so I inserted it here.
Now Slade was a patient man, and he knew it was a good time to act. His time to take over the government was near, and the plan was simple - Destroy all of the important people - so that he was the only one left to rule. He destroyed everyone above his stature, including the current president. No one suspected a thing, and when someone did, Slade made sure his alibis were in place should someone came snooping. When he took his place as acting - leader, he placed most of his men that were the most loyal to him, and stationed them in all of the Military branches. Those soldiers were placed into positions of power were they followed the rules set by the Acting - Leader, and made the restrictions of Military Recruitment for females really hard. For those who were already in and are placed in boot camp, they were told of the updates concerning their advancement in the Military. If the recruitment was hard, then living through boot camp would be Hell incarnate.
Out of 400 females per branch, only about 250 survived the cut, and those who passed were given a promotion with a warning about their dropped comrades who didn't make it, a.k.a. The Useless. The warning was just a reminder that if or when you were dropped from the program, you would have two choices concerning what to do next. 1.) Try again in six months time, or 2.) Go home and never try again. Many of the Useless females thought this to be unfair, but Slade wasn't hearing any of this, and told them that if they wanted to complain, then they should raise up in the ranks, and then complain to him then. The females did try to become Useful again, and many of them passed, but also a majority would fall behind, and would choose the second option. Those who chose the second option were tattooed with an UL (Useless), and were dropped off in their hometown to live their days in their household.
Slade, eventually, became the ruler of the United States of America in about two years time, and he was quite proud of the achievements that have happened in that time. The females were suppressed, the males were still-in-charge, and the laws were re-written to help the males and to chain the females to their males. Divorce was abolished unless the males wished for it, and abortion was only cleared if the females were given the okay by the given donor, unless those males were missing, then the females could abort it if they wished.
School was optional for males who wanted to continue being educated, but the females had to choose a field of expertise that were limited to just females such as Medical, Entertainment, Teaching, Cooking, Home Economics, Agriculture, and Animal Care/ Training. The males were not as limited as the females were, and as such were not as angry as their counterparts. A coalition had been formed to overthrow the ruler, but no one wanted to move yet. This movement was controlled by males who showed weakness in caring for the well-being of females everywhere, but didn't have the intelligence to do anything other than complain about unfairness toward the fairer sex. Slade knew about the coalition, because he sent some of his men as recruits to the cause, but he didn't do anything to them as they have not attacked nor provoked him in anyway, shape, or form.
Years went by, and Slade's regime was integrated into the system of every school and Military in the United States, and most of the surrounding countries such as Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, South America, parts of Japan, and parts of Europe. Russia, Asia, Africa, the other parts of Japan, and Australia were putting up a bigger than he originally thought, but eventually they will all follow this command and bow.
To occupy his time between the resisting countries and running his own, he split his duties into positions under his direct command, and placed some Men, who feared the ruler, but held power in their own right, into those chairs. The ages ranged from 25 - 50, but they were all males and no females. These Men took care of the minor duties such as policing, court, education, etc.
Slade was a man of strict regime, and as such made sure to have others follow the same schedule. Of course, for those who couldn't keep up with using the schedule with the daily exercises, they were treated as partial-useless, where as the P.U. could either beecome a Useful again or fall to become a Useless. Many tried their hardest to survive and many adapted quickly enough, but some could not, so they were shipped back home. Although there were special cases, such as if one of the Captain's were "assisting" one of the other cadets who had pleaded to their superiors for help. If that was the case, then they, the Captain's, or those helping, were given a time limit of 30-60 days to assimilate into the Military and it's daily exercises. The Captains' must keep a daily report of who they were helping and how much progress they've accumalated. Slade can see the progress being made, and decide whether to accept the returnee or to reject them. Although most of the rejects could say that he was being harsh and unfair, by both the males and females, but he was not being unjust. He uses a distinct method of elimination, or of acceptance, to those cadets who need "assistance", and the method is really simple. He puts the name of the cadets and their information on cards, and put them in hidden places around the camp. He tells the P.U.'s to go find their cards plus two different ones, and the one's found by the end of the day are accepted, and those left behind are dropped.
A simple game, but Slade, himself, is the one who hides them, and he hides them really, really well. Slade was a mercenary and a spy before he became the Ruler, or Dictator, of the United States. This man loves these games, and he uses this method often, especially when he's bored and in need of entertainment.
There was one instance where two very promising young females had dropped to P.U. status, but quickly played the game and gained everyone of those hidden cards in a matter of minutes, as if this were a child's game. Slade was impressed with these two females that he raised them up in rank, regardless of their female status. Although he did wonder how those two had dropped in the first place, and he questioned them on the matter, for which they both said, "We just wanted to play the game, but our Captain said only those who have fallen to P.U. could play the game, so we made a deal with the Captain. Our deal was that if we won the game as the fastest, then he would treat the females in our camp a little nicer, so we accepted. Plus the game was fun and in this camp fun was limited, so we do challenges to make the work more fun." Slade was awe-struck at these two females who aced his game, but also because they weren't scared of him like most of the others. These two females were thrill seekers and they live for the challenge, and Slade liked that about them, but he wasn't going to play favouritism, he was just going to keep an eye on them. So, after he congratulated them on passing the game, and sent them back to their barracks as Privates instead of Cadets. He sent them with a letter of acceptance back to Useful status, and a letter of recognition to the next level which means a rank up. Those two females saluted, then left for the barracks; as they were just starting out they didn't know the full decorum for being dismissed by the King, but he let them go anyways. (You're supposed to salute, bow, and say "Sir!")
The King's Military can be started as early as twelve years old to as late as thirty-five years old. Although most of the time, people who are ages 21-35 are already joining the military as a true soldier, so going to school wouldn't matter as much, but some believed that going to school was still just a better option. There were different buildings, holding different age groups for both genders, with the exception that females are graded harsher than males. The King's Military wasn't like a school, but more of a camp with barracks included, so that the prospects would have the same feeling of being in the King's Guard, which is the dream of every Cadet and Soldier.
