A/N: This story is a little different than what I've tried in the past, merging TRAJQ and the original series. Hopefully I'm striking a good balance between the two sets of elements. Please R&R.

Chapter 1

It was a pleasant winter afternoon in the Florida Keys, as Dr. Quest toiled away in his lab on various projects. He had finally made a breakthrough on one which had been particularly difficult when he received a notification from IRIS. "Dr. Quest: you have a call from Lt. Zháo Long of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force"

"Thank you, IRIS. I'll take it in here," the scientist acknowledged. Wanting to continue his work, he added, "Put it on speaker."

"Hello, Lt. Zháo. How may I help you?"

With some hesitation, the man began to speak, "Hello, Dr. Quest. I have been ordered by my superiors to request your assistance in a sensitive matter. Is this line secure?"

"Very much so, Lieutenant. You may speak freely." Benton reassured him.

"Thank you. I'm sure you remember the missile incident in Quetong, which you assisted us with some years ago," Lt. Zháo began.

"Of course."

"Yesterday morning, the Central Military Commission received a message claiming to be from General Fong."

Dr. Quest couldn't believe what he'd just heard. "He's been dead for seven years. Are you certain?"

"Completely," came the response. "In the message, he claims that he is once again in possession of the means to either take over China, or else to destroy much of it. We believe he has obtained one or more nuclear devices. Because you have faced him in the past, we are requesting your assistance."

"Certainly," Dr. Quest agreed, "I'll prepare to leave as soon as possible."

After the men said their goodbyes, Dr. Quest turned to walk back to the main house, both to pack and to retrieve everyone. Jonny and Hadji were in the Questworld lab, while Jessie and Race were scuba diving, but were due to be back soon.

During this time, Jonny and Hadji, the latter being home from college on break, were competing in a game on Questworld, this time fighting something a little different than usual: a series of beings from Greek mythology. Jonny had the idea based on Surd's version of Medusa, which had turned everyone but him into stone within Questworld, and the pair worked with IRIS to prepare everything. Now, it was Jonny's turn first to test it as Hadji monitored him and, given his adopted brother's sense of humor, Medusa was his first opponent.

"C'mon, Hadj," he complained as he ducked behind a pillar with his sword and shield. Just like in the legend, Jonny crept around avoiding making direct eye contact and, in a slight variation, caused her to see her own reflection in the mirror-polished shield, transforming herself into stone.

"Slammin'!" Jonny exclaimed. "IRIS, can't you give me more of a challenge?" he then asked the AI.

"Affirmative," the synthesized voice responded.

Just then, the ground within Questworld began to shake. "Hadj...what's that?" Jonny asked.

"I believe that is your bigger challenge,," Hadji replied with a laugh.

Just as something behind him appeared to be blocking all light, Jonny turned around to find himself face to foot with a massive Greek titan.

"Oh, man," he moaned.

Just as the creature lifted it's foot in preparation to step on Jonny, he was logged out of Questworld. He took off the earpiece headset and asked, "What's up?"

Hadji answered, "Dr. Quest called and said to meet him at the house."

"Then let's go."

Everyone, Race and Jessie included, arrived in the living room at about the same time, anticipating that they were about to be going somewhere.

"What's going on, Dr. Quest?" Race asked.

"I just received a call from an officer with the Chinese People's Armed Police Force. It seems they have received a threat of a potential attack against their government," Dr. Quest explained.

"But why did they call you?" Hadji asked.

"Because the person threatening them is General Fong."

"General Fong?!" everyone but Jessie exclaimed in surprise.

Jessie, however, was confused, "I think I'm missing something. Who's General Fong?"

Jonny was the one to explain, "He was a nutjob who tried to take over China by threatening to launch a missile at Beijing, a couple years before you came. We were there because the government wanted Dad to find out why people were getting sick off fish caught nearby and found out the cause was some chemical from rocket fuel getting into the water. We thought he was dead."

Jessie nodded now that she understood the backstory, as her father added, "There's no way he could've survived that mine blast."

Dr. Quest nodded. "I agree, but it seems he did and now they believe he has one or more nuclear devices. I told them we would leave as soon as possible. I'm ready and will meet the rest of you at the Dragonfly when you're finished."

Everyone went their separate ways and to pack and were soon airborne enroute to Beijing. Hadji told Jessie more about their previous encounter with Fong, while Jonny listened to music with Bandit asleep on his lap. Dr. Quest and Race discussed the situation and made additional plans, including what additional contacts and other resources they may have in the area.

At last, the large aircraft touched down at Beijing Nanyuan Airport and everyone disembarked with their luggage and Dr. Quest's equipment. Two officers from the People's Armed Police were there to meet the group and escort them to a meeting at a local office, where they would finally learn more information.

However, as everyone was piling into the two cars that had been brought for them, a car with several men casually pulled to a halt a short distance away. Both Race and the officers heard firearms being cocked. "Down!" Race shouted as everyone ducked behind the cars to avoid the erupting gunfire.

The men then yelled something in Mandarin and sped off, with Race and the officers raising quickly, sidearms drawn, to make sure it was safe. Everyone examined the vehicles, with Race commenting, "Looks like, other than the windows being shot out, the cars are okay." Then, he added, "My Mandarin is a little rusty. What did the guys that shot at us yell before they drove away?"

"Roughly translated, they said, 'This a warning. Leave now or suffer at the hands of Fong,'" one of the officers explained.

After each group put their luggage into the trunk of the respective car in which they'd be traveling, they were finally on the way to the meeting.

A/N: Even though I mention my preferred JQ timeline in my profile, actually working with it from the perspective of Real Adventures required a minor retcon. In the original series, Jonny would've been 10 and, by this point in the timeline ( a little over a year after TRAJQ season 2, sometime in 1999), would be 17. Interestingly, this would put the time I mentioned Jessie coming to live with them being the same year as Jonny's Golden Quest came out, which was an unplanned coincidence.

Anyway, please R&R.