Mentor Ji slowly stirred from his slumber. He heard a faint sound coming from the living room, and turned to look at the clock on his bedside cabinet. When his eyes adjusted to the light, and he made out the large digital numbers spelling out, '3:04' he sighed.
He knew had heard Mike mention something about a movie night to celebrate Antonio joining the team, but he hadn't said anything, wasn't planning to do so as long as they were ready for training in the morning.
He pulled himself out of bed, and put on his gown, before going to tell the rangers that it was far too late to still be awake. He knew that Kevin had most likely gone to bed; with the dedication he put into his training, he preferred to live his life on a schedule. He had also heard someone else go to bed, but he didn't know who it was. That still left four rangers for him to reprimand.
He walked down the corridor, and heard the same piece of music repeating over and over. When the TV came into view, he saw that the title screen of the DVD was looping constantly. He looked to the sofa, to see the four rangers all sound asleep.
Jayden and Antonio were at each end of the sofa and had made use of the reclining feature. Emily was between the two of them, with her legs curled up, and her head seemed to have fallen onto Jayden's shoulder at some point. Mike was sat on the floor, in front of Emily, with a bowl of popcorn in his lap, his head on the edge of the sofa, and he was snoring lightly.
Ji had to struggle to suppress a chuckle. This was definitely the first time that this had happened, as far as he was aware. Knowing how Mike could be when he was sleepy, he decided it best just to leave them there for the rest of the night. He picked up the remote, and turned off the TV, deciding to let Mike put the DVD away in the morning.
He went back to bed, and let out a chuckle as he thought of the perfect way to get back at the young ones for waking him.
Kevin walked into the kitchen the following morning, having gotten up at his usual time, and when he saw Mia trying to suppress a fit of giggles, he looked over to where the other four rangers were asleep on, or in Mike's case, in front of, the sofa. Mentor was stood near them, a finger on his lips to indicate that he wanted the two rangers to stay quiet. Having worked out what Mentor was going to do, a smirk crossed the blue rangers face.
Ji clapped his hands loudly, as he declared, "It looks like you're all going to be late for training!"
The four rangers jolted awake, Mike knocking the bowl of popcorn into the air, causing it to cover Jayden and Emily, the latter of whom looked a little guilty at having used the red ranger as a pillow. Antonio, who had seen the scene out of the corner of his eye, had a ghost of a smile on his lips, but also looked guilty at the thought of being late for his first official training session as part of the team.
Jayden meanwhile, saw past the serious look on Mentor Ji's face that had Mike and Emily worried, and saw the humour in his eyes. The next words only confirmed his theory.
"So I take it you enjoyed your movie night?"