It was early in the morning inside the Shiba house. The sun began to peek through the windows as Kevin, ever determined, walked into the living room to find innocent Emily, prankster Mike and homeless fisherman Antonio playing video games on an unfamiliar television set in the middle of the room. All three of their eyes fixated to the screen, glazed over. Mike and Antonio's fingers were moving frantically over the control pads as Emily sat, transfixed by the pretty colors. Kevin sternly stood behind them, arms crossed, and cleared his throat. This caused no reaction to the trio. He did it again, but louder. Nothing. He kept clearing his throat until it reached an absurdly loud level. Emily grasped her hands over her ears and rolling on the floor.
"Loud noises!" she cried as tears began to fill her eyes.
"Shut up, Emily!" Mike yelled without moving his eyes from the screen. "I'm trying to play here."
Kevin walked behind the television set and abruptly pulled the cord.
"Hey, what's the big idea, jerk!" Mike yelled.
"We were playing that!" Antonio added.
"Shouldn't you be training? What if there's a nighlock attack? We need to be at our best at all times!" Kevin stated emphatically, yet woodenly.
"Yeah...were not going to do that anymore," Mike replied with a straight face.
We figured what were gonna do is the next time there's an attack, we're gonna get in the zords first and squish them, then when they come back make the bigger zord and squish 'em again. I dunno, you guys really don't need me..." Antonio explained.
''That...is not... the way of the samurai!" Kevin stated, trying to stay calm.
"Since when did Samurai have giant robots and magic cellphones?" Mike shot back.
"Dude, I'm not even a samurai. Just a homeless genius who built a morpher out of a phone. I didn't even really build it. Just found it," Antonio explained as he got up to plug the TV back in.
"You're homeless?" Kevin asked, surprised.
"Yeah, that's why I carry all my stuff with me everywhere I go."
Kevin stood shocked for a moment, but then realized it was a lost cause. Kevin began to walk away.
Antonio and Kevin sat down again and started playing again. Both their eyes became fixated on the screen once again.
"Do you even like that guy?" Antonio asked Mike.