Domino Effect chapter 1: Come along with me…

Zack Martin gazed out all around him. They had come with one purpose. Their gross figures told the 16 year old twins of their desire. Even though they were horribly outnumbered, the dimensionals showed no fear.

"Here they come Zack," his twin brother said from beside him. The horrifying monsters closed in, their claws ready to feel the flesh of the twins. Zack however, would not allow them to win.

"They don't stand a chance." The older twin let the power of the dimensionals course through his veins. Effortlessly, everything around him seemed to slow. One of the beasts jumped at him, but Zack easily dodged the attack, and elbowed it in back, sending it into the ground. The older twin then jumped in the air, kicking one of the gargoyles, sending it flying.

A skeleton warrior charged at him, its axe high ready to strike. Zack wasn't afraid though. He grabbed the handle of the weapon, and yanked it from the zombie. The fiend's severed hand was still attached to the weapon, but that didn't face the teen in the least. He quickly slashed the monster in half with the blade.

He plunged the axe into the ground and saw the creatures continue to fight his brother despite their dwindling numbers. "Is that the best you got?" he taunted, provoking several of them to charge at him, just as he hoped.

Zack pulled the axe out of the ground and sliced across the bodies of a couple of them, causing them to disintegrate into nothing. He leapt into the air, bashing another gargoyle with the axe before diving back down, crushing the unfortunate fiend below him.

"Zack" The older twin looked around for his brother after hearing his soft voice. A number of monsters surrounded Cody, but the younger dimensional was still holding them off. Zack knew that his brother was stronger than him but it seemed like the fiends were getting the advantage. He wouldn't let his best friend down.

"I'm coming for you buddy!" Zack charged through the monsters, driving the axe through any of them that dared to get in the way. The monsters were no match for Zack's peerless skill with his weapon. He tossed the axe, obliterating more of the monsters, before running beside his brother where the two of them dispatched the remaining fiends.

"Zachary Martin!" He knew that wasn't his brother's voice, instead it sounded feminine. He felt like he should know who it was, but as he gazed around looking for the source, he couldn't find it.

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"I'm awake," the older twin said, brining his head up from the desk.

"Good, now could you please tell the class what the most common isotope of carbon is?"

"Um, give me a sec," he said racking his head for the information, but he couldn't think of the answer. He turned to his side, flashing Cody his classic puppy dog eyes. The younger twin sighed and held up one finger in one hand and two in the other. "Ah, it's 21 Miss T."

"Not even close Zack," she paused turning to the other twin, "and Cody."

"Yes ma'am?"

"Stop trying to bail out your brother."

The lesson continued, while Cody listened attentively. Zack on the other hand, just struggled to stay away. It wasn't his fault that Miss T had a voice that instantly made him sleepy.

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"This really is a fancy place, isn't it," Zack said walking up to his brother who was standing over the rails overlooking the vast ocean. Class had ended a few hours ago, leaving the students to do whatever they wanted for the rest of the day.

"Yea, I can't believe we get to travel the world while we learn."

"And I can't believe we get to meet all these hot foreign babes."

Cody rolled his eyes at his brothers care free nature. "Just remember to focus on school too; after all, you have to have good grades to avoid being expelled."

"Yes mom," Zack said sarcastically. "Don't worry; I actually did my homework already. Being able to torment Moseby again is too much fun to lose."

"Wow, actually doing your homework, you're becoming just like me."

"Don't remind me," Zack said thinking about the many ways he had changed in the past couple years. Durnig the time the twins were separated, Zack had slowly improved his grades. Even though he doubted his brother would ever find out about it, he wanted to make him proud. He wasn't a perfect student, but he knew education was important. Just sometimes, sleep seemed more important.

"Anyway, I'm going back to my room to finish the email to Victoria and Bruce," Cody said as he headed back to his room.

"Sweet, I'll go see if Bailey wants to play some Halo 3. He really seems to be into video games."

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Dear Victoria and Bruce,

Sorry it's taken me so long to write this, but I've been really busy with school and all my new friends here. It seems like we're always getting into some strange adventure. The manager at the hotel where we used to live just happened to be the ship's manager, and our old friend London Tipton is a student aboard the ship. Tell Ash I'll see if I can get her an autograph. It's nice to see some familiar faces, but the new people are great too.

My roommate Woody seems to be my complete opposite, but he's not too bad. He's a big comic book fan and reminds me a lot of Zack, but I think Woody's even strange . He has 11 toes, but instead of 6 and 5 like you might think, he has 8 on one foot and three on the other. I didn't think it was possible either, but he constantly defies what I would expect. I kept having to fight him for the computer to type this, but I figured you'd like to know what trouble I've been getting Zack out of.

First some good news. They let us keep the helicopter in the ship's storage. Moseby and Zack teamed up to give some of the passenger a tour of Paris through the sky at night. The passengers said it was like nothing they had experienced before. Mr. Tipton, the owner of the ship, was impressed with the idea, and it's rumored Moseby got a big bonus for that. Zack was just happy to get his commission for it. My brother has finally learned how to land it with out crashing too. I never told you the full story about why we brought it, did I?

It was about 8AM the morning we were supposed to leave. Unfortunately, Zack got the date wrong, and when he was getting dressed, he saw the correct date on the flyer. With both of you at work, we had no choice, but to take the helicopter to get there. I was reluctant at first, but eventually I conceded to his plan.

"Hey Cody, you know how we can get to the coast in less than two hours?"

"Why…"

"I kind of got the date wrong. The SS Tipton is leaving today, not tomorrow."

"I guess we should call our parents and see if they can get us there," I replied calmly.

"I have a better idea," Zack said holding up what looked to be a set of car keys. I knew what he was thinking, and that it was a bad idea, but sadly, we didn't have much choice. Luckily the gps got us there right before the ship left. I can't believe how many times Hele has saved us. Needless to say though, the people on the ship were a bit surprised.

Miss Tutwiler had just finished signing in all the students and went to give the results to Moseby. "It seems we have two students not here yet. You think we should wait for them?"

"If they haven't learned the simple art of being arriving on time, then I don't want those hooligans attending my school. We are leaving without them."

"I understand."

What they didn't know is that our helicopter was right overhead and beginning to land as the ship set out for the sea.

"You hear that?" Miss Tutwiler asked.

"Yea, it sounds like a helicopter overhead," he said looking above him, "Because it is!" The two dove ran out of the way of our landing. Various towels flew across the deck as we landed, and Moseby uttered a few words I'm not going to repeat.

"Sorry we're late," Zack said as we climbed out of the vehicle.

"Zack," Moseby growled, apparently shocked.

"Mr. Moseby, what are you doing here?"

"I'm the new manager of this ship. Might I ask what you two hooligans are doing here?"

"We are new students on the ship," I said, hoping to stop an argument between the two.

"Zack and Cody Martin?" Miss Tutwiler asked.

"That's us," Zack said, wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

"Miss Tutwiler, see to it that they are taken care of and stay out of trouble. I'm going to get some aspirin for the headaches I know are coming," Moseby said as he left.

He walked off, and I knew that we would have an interesting semester ahead of us. I don't have much time now, but I'll tell you more about our crazy adventures soon.

Love,

Cody'

"So you up for the all you can eat Mexican buffet tonight?" Woody asked as he walked into the room, right after Cody sent the email.

"This won't end well," Cody said softly as he followed his roommate to their impending doom.

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"Come Along With Me
Lets Head Out To Sea
What This World Has For You And For Me Now
Whichever Way The Wind Blows
We Say Hay Ho Lets Go
This Boat's Rockin'
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Cause We're Livin' The Suite Life..."

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A/N: So, what do you think of me brining this back together with the show? The first two seasons of TSLOZAC occurred normally with their parents' murder taking place at the end of season two. They were separated in October off their 8th grade year, right before their 14th birthday. They are starting school on the ship in January instead of September. I'm going to include a couple of the on deck shows to this, but with some modifications to them. Any of them you want me to do?