This one starts after the Friday performance and then jumps to Saturday. Speaking of which, It's Morphin Time!
"I swear the only thing you actually got right was the lyrics," Artemis said as she and Annabeth walked through the halls after the performance.
"Exactly how many times do you need to remind me how badly I botched the performance today?" Annabeth asked as she put on a hoodie so she could hide her face.
"Until I give the news to Percy. Now stop squirming with that thing, he's waiting for us in the library."
After a few minutes of walking, they entered the school library. Annabeth had a confused look on her face as they passed a few shelves.
"What?" Artemis asked, "can't find a book you saw before?"
"No, it's not that. These books are out of order. That kind of thing can be a bit concerning."
"Not as concerning as this." Artemis reached back and grabbed Annabeth's chin to turn her head so she faced forward.
At the back of the library, Percy, Thalia and the librarian were propped up against the wall, unconscious. Light was picking up chairs and books, looking back at Percy every few seconds. The concern on her face told the other two that she had only recently found Percy like this.
"What happened in here?" Annabeth asked.
"Eek!" Light let out in a surprisingly high tone as she jumped in surprise at Annabeth's voice, "Oh, it's you. For a second I thought the student council president had come back."
"Zoe?" Artemis asked, "That explains everything."
"How does that explain anything?" Annabeth asked.
"She clearly ambushed Percy in here, knocking out the librarian in the process," Artemis explained as though it were a normal occurrence, "Thalia then stepped in and the two fought, making the mess that Light is currently cleaning. Zoe knew that the only way she would get Percy is through the barrier that Thalia had become, so she did the one thing Thalia wouldn't anticipate. She pushed the barrier in on itself." Artemis noticed the confused looks she was receiving and rolled her eyes, scoffing as though her explanation had made perfect sense but the others were too stupid to realize it, "She forced her way into the harem by literally pushing Thalia into it." Annabeth blushed at what Artemis was saying, but Light was still confused. Artemis rolled her eyes again, "She got into Percy's pants by forcing Thalia to have sex with him, sort of a two-way rape situation, in order to incapacitate her, as evidenced by the fact that the two of them are drenched in sweat and Thalia's panties are in shreds under that furnace." Artemis pointed to a furnace in the corner without looking.
"Oh," Light finally understood, "why didn't you just say that in the first place?"
Artemis facepalmed as Light put the books and chairs by a nearby table.
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"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?" Artemis asked as she and Percy put on their costumes for the special Saturday performance.
"Yes, I'm sure, now can you please drop it?" Percy said as he dawned a pair of silver bracers, one of which having a futuristic looking accessory on it.
Percy and Artemis had been rehearsing in private since the performances were accepted for the festival. No one knew about their rehearsals since the did them on Apollo's private stage at midnight.
Artemis looked at Percy, who had his back to her as he adjusting the microphone in his helmet. For a brief moment, she allowed herself to show how happy she was to be something like this with the man loved.
"You look good in red," she said softly, restoring her stoic, indifferent attitude the instant she realized she had said that out loud.
"And you look ridiculously cute in pink," Percy said back, glancing at her, "seriously, it's like you jumped right out of an anime."
"Five minutes everyone," Apollo called as he walked among the performers, tuning a guitar.
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Selene sat beside Thalia in the audience. She held her aunt's hand as she looked like she was gonna be sick just thinking about something that her mother said she would explain when she was older. The lights turned off as, for a split second, Selene saw her uncle on the stage with a guitar. Six spotlights, one red, one blue, one yellow, one pink, one white and one green, hovered over the audience as Apollo played a fluid, triumphant riff on his guitar. Those in the audience that recognized it immediately cheered. When Apollo ended the riff, he and some of the band members started playing a rock tune as the curtain lifted and more colourful lights shone on six students in spandex suits with helmets. Selene slumped in her seat as none of the ones on stage matched either her parents figures. The one in red stepped forward as Apollo performed a flourish in the guitar.
"They've got a power and a force that you've never seen before! They've got the ability to morph and to even up the score! No one will ever take them down! The power lies on their si-e-i-e-i-e-i-e-ide!"
"Go Go Power Rangers!" The performers and audience sang, "Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!"
"They know the fate of the world is lying in their hands! They know to only use their weapons for defence! No one will ever take them down! The power lies on their si-e-i-e-i-e-i-e-ide!"
"Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!"
The group brought out a container of little objects that looked like their belt buckles and tossed the object out while Apollo went into a guitar solo. As the solo neared it's conclusion, the student in the green costume tossed the container up and sent it back stage with a tornado kick.
"No one will ever take them down! The power lies on their si-e-i-e-i-e-i-e-ide!"
"Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! You Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers!"
The group struck a team pose that Selene could only guess was iconic for the characters they were dressed as based on the storm of cheers that erupted after the song ended. But Selene figured out how quickly the performances would come up after each other when she didn't even get a chance to clap.
"Zeo! Go Zeo!" The second group burst through the second set of curtains.
"Stronger than before!"
"Go Zeo!"
"Powered up for more!"
"Go Zeo!"
"Rangers at the core!"
"Zeo! Power Rangers! Zeo!"
"Higher they can soar!"
"Go Zeo!"
"Fired up for more!"
"Go Zeo!"
"Even up the score!"
"Zeo! Zeo!"
"Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! Go Go Power Rangers! Zeo! Power Rangers!"
There was another team pose before the next theme started.
"Shift into Turbo! Go-oh!"
"Mighty engines roar! Turbo charged for more! Drive four on the floor! Go! Power Rangers Turbo! Go! Power Rangers Turbo! Go!"
Selene yawned. She couldn't care less about these performances, since the only one she wanted to see was her parents. She sat with her face cupped in her free hand as she waited through Space, Lost Galaxy and Lightspeed Rescue, until finally.
"Time Force!" Percy called, striking a pose in a Time Force Red costume on the right side of the stage.
"Time Force!" Artemis did the same on the left side in a Time Force Pink costume.
"Power!"
"Rangers!"
The others in their group jumped through the back curtains as they dove, flipped and slid to meet each other in center stage. They nodded to each other through their helmets.
"Racing to another time! Chrono Morphers are online!"
"Timeless wonders! Fire and Thunder! All to save the world!
"Go Go Time Force!" Everyone called.
"Time... For Power Rangers Time Force! Time... For Power Rangers Time Force! Time... For Power Rangers Time Force! Time Force!"
"Time Force!"
Percy jumped from seat to seat as the guitar solo began. While for the others tossed toy morphers, Artemis tossed Percy a package, which he caught as he landed on the back of the seat in front of Selene. He handed the package to Selene and she saw that it was her costume for Halloween. Percy backflipped across the seats, back onto the stage.
"Time... For Power Rangers Time Force! Time... For Power Rangers Time Force! Time... For Power Rangers Time Force! Power! Rangers! Go!"
The Time Force team pose was the only pose in the entire performance that Selene actually cheered for. She had to be pushed back down into her chair for the rest of the performance.
Next chapter is the Halloween dance.