Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Ninja Steel.

Levi was in his school office, busy writing music. He had taken a break from touring, and in that time, to stay close to the Rangers, he had taken a job at their school teaching music. Even though he rarely got to play, it felt great to be in his field once more.

However, teaching was a lot harder than he anticipated. He thought since he was used to entertaining a crowd of thousands every night on stage, that a group of twenty kids would be easy to manage. However, on his first day, he was barely able to do any of the teaching he had planned. All his students were too busy getting his autograph, asking for pictures, tweeting about him or uploading their pictures to Instagram, asking him about his tours, about who his songs were about, if he had a girlfriend, if he was interested in dating any of his students, if he would write a song about them… the list went on! Levi had no idea the teenagers could be so… distractable.

The second day wasn't much better. Levi did get some teaching in, but there were still requests for autographs, still more pictures and still some questions. Eventually, the novelty of a super star teaching did begin to fade, but it was replaced with even more distractions. Levi had to ask a couple of students to stop making out in the middle of his lesson. He had to wake one student up from a nap. He had to break up a verbal fight between two students, and he had to tell one boy to stop licking his armpit.

He found himself muttering the question "Why?" or "How?" and "How on earth could you think that was a good idea?" on a regular basis. He thought, since high school students were getting ready for adult life, they would be more mature, but often, he caught them acting like eight-year-olds.

However, no matter how tough it was, Levi did like his job. He liked that he did get to share what he knew (between all the disruptions). His students, when they were behaving and listening to his lessons, were all good kids.

Most of them, at least. Something about Kelly left a bad taste in his mouth. It wasn't just something though. Levi knew exactly what it was. Kelly had what he wanted.

He had spoken about Sarah with Brody once already. Brody had been wise enough to consider the option that Levi potentially didn't like Sarah as Sarah, but he liked the idea of dating someone who treated him like a regular Joe. Someone who didn't allow him any excuses or privileges just because he was famous, and since she had been the only girl on the team not in a relationship, she was his only option. Brody had warned Levi that maybe he liked his options, rather than the option herself.

So he tried to move on. He wanted friends and she needed friends. He told himself that dating wasn't right for either of them and that, when the moment was right, it would happen. He tried not to let himself think that it would happen with Sarah specifically, but in his heart, that was how he imagined it.

Then Kelly showed up, and suddenly, she was all Sarah wanted. They would hang out after training, help each other with homework, and according to the other teachers in the school, they would sit next to each other in class. Apparently, they were a cute couple that everyone was rooting for.

Kelly had also been given some passes that Levi felt he never received. Sarah had been furious with him when he invaded her privacy by writing and then performing a song about her, without her knowledge or permission. She had given him hell for it. However, when Kelly committed the more serious offense of outing Sarah to the whole school, it seemed like Sarah was quick to not only forgive and forget, but then start dating Kelly as well.

Kelly also didn't have the same roadblocks as Levi did. She was a sixteen-year-old student, just like Sarah. Their relationship wouldn't be questioned. Levi was a twenty-year-old teacher. He couldn't date Sarah without raising a few flags from people. He'd never hurt her. He'd never do anything to make her uncomfortable.

So Kelly left a bitter taste in his mouth.

"Knock, knock," he heard and turned around to find Kelly. It was as if his thoughts had summoned her, though that really hadn't been his intentioned. She was standing just outside his office at school, holding up her most recent test. Sarah and Kelly were in mostly the same classes, the only difference in their schedules was that Sarah had shop class with the Rangers and Mick, and Kelly had music with Levi. She showed her test to Levi. The big, red C he had given her made him feel a little happy.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

"Can you explain my test?" Kelly said and took a seat in his empty chair.

"I can't favour you because you're a friend," he told her with a shake of his head. "I gave you the mark I think you deserve."

"I don't expect you to favour me," Kelly said. "I'm glad to see you don't, it's just… I really don't understand how I got some of the questions wrong. I played piano, you know, before my parents kicked me out and stuff, so I know I understand music theory. I'm a bit disappointed."

"You probably know more than you think," Levi said with a shrug. "But maybe the stress of everything going on got to you a little bit on the day of the test and…"

"I thought that might be it," Kelly glanced down at her paper and shook her head, "But I read over my answers again and… I really don't get where I went wrong. Can you help?"

"There are no retests, but there will be more tests. Just study harder for the next one."

"I will, but I was just hoping, I guess…

"Kelly, I'm really busy," he said. "I don't have time to help."

"Alright," Kelly answered and then left the test with him, "Um, Mrs. Foster signed it. I know it's supposed to be a parent or guardian, and they aren't officially my guardians yet but Principal Hastings said…"

"It's fine," Levi said.

"Okay," Kelly was about to leave his office when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It turned her around and she found herself looking up as Principal Hastings, who then pushed her back inside Levi's office.

"What's this I hear? One of my teachers, too busy to teach? My, my, Mr. Weston, this just won't do!"

"Principal Hastings," Levi turned around in his chair and somewhat covered up his music sheet. When Principal Hastings had hired him to work as the music teacher, it had been under the agreement that he could bring his music career into the school with him by writing songs and planning concerts with the school to keep students engaged in music. However, she had always been clear that his first job anytime he was in the school was to be a teacher. This meant his students needed to come first. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I'm the principal," she said. "And as principal, I do feel I need to remind you that at Summer Cove High, teachers teach!"

"Yes, I know, but…"

"Mr. Weston, I understand you're a very busy man but you promised me you were committed to this school; to the musical education of these… teenagers."

She gave Kelly a slight look, then shifted her attention back to Levi, "So, understand that I'm a little surprised to hear you turning away an eager student. If she wants to learn from her mistakes, you need to help her."

"One of the rules in my class is there are no retests…"

"Well, it's a stupid rule," Principal Hastings said bluntly. "What does that prepare the students for?"

"You don't get do overs in real life."

"Well, I'm very sorry that's the life you led, but in my experience, life is all about second chances. We humans, especially the teenagers, are riddled with mistakes. Some of our most promising minds and athletes never would have made it very far without second chances. You, Mr. Weston, never would have had a music career had you never received second chances."

"You're right, Principal Hastings."

"So if a student is willing to learn, you must be willing to teach," Principal Hastings told him. "I expect Kelly to receive at least a B on her next test, Mr. Weston. I expect you to help her reach that goal."

"Yes, Principal Hastings," Levi sighed as she left. Kelly looked to Levi apologetically.

"Sorry. I… I didn't know she was there. You don't have to help, if you're too busy. I'll just study harder, like you said."

As Kelly turned to leave, Levi let out a sigh. While he didn't appreciate that Principal Hastings had gotten involved, he knew it wasn't Kelly's fault. And though a part of him did feel mad with her, he knew that also wasn't her fault. She had only done what made her happy. She hadn't stolen Sarah from him. Sarah had chosen her.

And now, all she wanted was help on a test that, if Levi was honest with himself, he had marked a little harsh. So he waved her into his office, picked up her test and promised he would look it over again with her. She made her way to the chair but just as she was about to sit down, the ground shook. Kelly put her hand on the wall to steady herself while Levi gripped the arms on his chair and looked around at the papers and books on the shelves around him. He hoped nothing would com crashing down. Moments later, when the trembling stopped, he looked to Kelly.

"Lots of earthquakes in California, huh?"

"This is a lot even for us," she said. The ground had been trembling now for a few days off and on, with each shake feeling a little worse than the last. It had made the news, with some experts claiming the earthquakes seemed unnatural. "You don't think there might be something going on, do you?"

"I couldn't tell you," Levi said and then as he picked up Kelly's test, the ground trembled again. This time, it started out as a small shake, but it started to grow faster and harder by the second. The books and papers fell off Levi's shelf, and then the shelf itself fell. Levi covered his head and saw Kelly doing the same. When cracks started to appear in the walls, Levi knew he was in trouble. He reached for his Power Star but before he could use it to morph, the trembling ground caused him to fall over.

Suddenly, the ceiling came in. Levi covered his head as he was pelted with falling debris.

-Ninja-Steel-

The Rangers were all on the floor by the time the shaking stopped. Since it was lunch time, they had all been in the Ranger base, which Mick and RedBot had reinforced, just in case of an attack. This meant that while there was some structural damage, very little had threatened to fall on the Rangers and crush them.

"Is everyone okay?" Brody called out as he crawled out from under a table. Preston came out behind him, nodding. Sarah, Calvin and Hayley crawled out from under the computer desk while Mick transformed back into his human form from a rock and RedBot checked his systems.

"I think we're all okay," Calvin nodded. "Are we all here?"

"Levi's in his office," Hayley reminded her boyfriend. "He was working on the concert."

Brody brought his data comm to his mouth, "Levi? You there?"

"I think we were right to assume there is something up with these earthquakes," Mick announced and he checked the city map. "It seems they're originating from different points in the city, all following a straight line."

"A straight line?" Sarah asked and went to check. She noticed too that the source of the earthquakes seemed a bit odd. While she had never studied them before, the fact that they were all following a predictable line had to be suspicious. "Wait a minute, these last two occurred in the same spot."

"Right here?" Preston asked her and Sarah nodded her head.

"Do you think someone's targeting the school?"

"Guys, Levi isn't answering," Brody announced to his team. Just a couple seconds later, the ground shook a third time.