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Chapter Twenty-Six: End of the Day Battle
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"The difference between school and life? In school you're taught a lesson then given a test, in life you're given a test that teaches a lesson." -Tom Bodett
Mike laughed as Roger drew a cartoon character.
"Which one is that?"
"Timmy's dog from the Fairly Odd Parents. Haven't you been watching it?"
"No. I take it you have though."
"Ok, forget cartoons. Have you seen the latest episodes of Criminal Minds?"
"No," Mike said.
"CSI?"
"No."
"Numb3rs?"
"No."
"Do you never watch tv?"
"We don't have a tv."
"What?! How do you not have a tv?"
"Our foster dad is...old fashioned."
"And yet you have video games."
"Handehelds. And I brought them with me."
"How long have you been there?"
"Over a year."
"Nice."
-Samurai Ranger High-
So far Earth Science was Emily's favorite class of the day. As a part of the natural resources unit they were watching the Lorax.
"I am the Lorax I speak for the trees," she quoted after the movie was over.
"What if the trees don't want you as their representative?" Ethan challenged.
"The trees don't talk, so they don't get a choice."
"Harsh. Want my advice, don't go into politics."
"And why would that be?"
"First, you're to nice to get messed up in politics. Second of all, you speak for the trees. No cares about the trees."
"That's not true. Lots of people care about the trees."
"True, but not enough. More people need to start caring about the environment."
"Think so?"
"Oh yeah. When I graduate I'm going to be an environmentalist. I'm gonna make sure that someone protects the Earth."
"You seem really passionate about this."
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get better. It not."
"And you really seem to care a lot."
"I really do."
-Samurai Ranger High-
"Now," Kevin's history teacher was saying. "Ephors were people in Sparta who-"
"What do you call the mom of an ephor?" a girl asked raising her hand.
"What?"
"Its a legitimate question. What is the mom of an ephor called?"
"I don't know, a mother ephor? Now, moving on-"
The entire class burst out laughing. Even Kevin stopped listening and just laughed.
"Ok, ok, what's so funny?"
This made everyone laugh harder. Kevin felt bad for the confused looking teacher.
He stood there for a moment, think about what had just happened. Realization dawned on his face an d he started laughing. "Ok, ok I have to admit. That was funny. You got me. Very clever. Now let's get back to business."
Kevin smiled at what had just happened. It seems like something Mike would do, or possibly Antonio.
-Samurai Ranger High-
Jayden looked at the clock again. Still ten minutes left? Why is it ten minutes feels like five during training, but it feels like thirty here?
"Ok, class," Mrs. Kane said. "This next project will take you more than one day to complete. Hint, hint, hint. For your assignment, your going to write a non-fiction story."
"Aren't we supposed to write fiction stories?" someone asked.
"Yes, but the school board has informed me that they want me to also cover non-fiction, and lengthier pieces of writing, so I'm going to combine them into one, so we can go back to writing fiction."
"You don't like this do you?" a boy asked amused.
"No I don't, but I don't have a choice, so as a new assignment that we will work on over the ext few weeks, you're going to write an autobiography."
There was a mixed reaction. Some kids looked disgruntled at the thought of the work load, while others looked excited to write about their lives, and Jayden was just plain terrified.
"Seriously?" someone asked.
"Yes. Tonight I want you to start thinking over the things on this lost and write down ideas for each main point." Mrs. Kane started passing out papers. Jayden just shoved his in his bag.
The bell rang and he made a mad dash out of the room.
"Supid assignment," he muttered. He found Lauren and Antonio already waiting at the gate.
"Ahola amigo," Antonio said. "How'd it go?"
"Tell you later," Jayden muttered.
Kevin and Mia walks up.
"Everyone have a good day?" Mia asked.
"Some what," Antonio said, thinking of all the homework they'd gotten for math.
Mike ran up with Emily.
"Guess what were doing in gym class!" the green ranger exclaimed.
At that moment moogers appears out of gaps.
"That'll have to wait," Jayden said.
"We can't morph here!" Lauren said.
"Woods," Kevin suggested.
"Excellent idea. Let's go!"
They ran into the woods where no one would see them.
"SAMURAIZERS, GO, GO, SAMURAI!"
"SAMURAI MORPHER, GOLD POWER!"
They ran out to the monsters. Jayden saw people running around trying to get to safety. "Go, get out of here!" he said. Students started running back into the school yard. He swung his sword, defeating more moogers.
Antonio saw Andre, and Lily on the ground, cowering. He ran over and defeated the moogers. "Run!" he told them. They didn't waste any time getting to their feet and running.
Emily and Mike fought back-to-back. Emily stabbed her sword through another mooger. She heard someone scream. She turned and saw Quiet Girl on the ground with mongers advancing on her. Emily ran over and destroyed them. She helped Quiet Girl to her feet and helped her get to the safety of the yard.
Lauren, Kevin, and Mia guarded the entrance, trying to keep people safe. Lauren saw Tiara backing up towards the woods as moogers came at her.
"Stay here and keep the moogers out!" she told Kevin and Mia.
She ran to Tiara's aid, and destroyed the moogers. Tiara made a mad dash for the yard. Lauren caught a glimpse of Deker disappearing into the woods. More moogers attacked her and she averted her attention back to the fight.
Kevin stepped aside as Brooke ran into the school yard. He destroyed a mooger that tried to get past him. He saw the others defeating the last few. Lauren gave them a nod and they ran into the woods. Lauren and Jayden looked back. Some kids had gathered on the edge of the yard. Tiara waved to the two red rangers.
Jayden smiled and the two of them followed their friends. Once they were out of sight they de-morphed.
"Ok," Mike said. "There is definitely something there."
"Or someone," Emily argued as they grabbed their bags and headed for the Shiba House.
"If it so someone, then what do they have that's so important?" Kevin asked looking at Jayden and Lauren.
The Shiba siblings shrugged. "Who knows?" Jayden said. "But we need to figure it out before someone gets hurt."
"I have an idea," Lauren said. "Everyone will probably be talking about the attack tomorrow. Try to casually get people talking about it. Maybe we'll get lucky and someone will say something important."
"I hope so, because the nighlocks might keep attacking the school until they get what they want," Antonio said, his muscles tensing as he saw the terrified looks on the students' faces in his mind.
Lauren gave his hand a squeeze. "We'll figure this out," she assured him.
-Samurai Ranger High-
"Did it work?" Serrator asked.
Deker shook his head. "No." The nighlock growled in frustration. "Maybe we're wrong ," Deker said.
"What?" Serrator asked dangerously.
"What if our information is wrong?" Deker continued unwavered.
"It is not!" Serrator hissed. "My source-"
"Is a traitor who betrayed the samurai. He could have been lying."
"He isn't. The samurai have started appearing at the school, as you've told me. They know."
Deker didn't feel like pointing out that the samurai were probably only there because they spotted him spying. "How can you be so sure?"
"Becasue my new plan depends on what we were told being true. Trust me. This will work."
"I suggest a new plan then."
"Hmm... if moogers didn't work, we'll need to rethink our strategy."