A/N: Hey guys, it's Chero. Now, this is my first ever PR fic, so please be gentle, but constructive criticism and ideas about my writing are welcome! Now, I have alot to live up to with Teal's chapter preceding this one, but I promise to give it my best shot!

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Bouncing Back from Reality

Chapter 2

Tori frowned at the note for a moment, and with her heart speeding up in fear, she jogged to the van, stuffing it in her pocket as she went. She tied her now barely damp hair in a blue rubber band and drew her shaking hands over her face.

'Should I tell Sensei? If it had only been that dream then probably not, but with this note.... God, what do I do?' she thought, nearly panicking. Shaking her head again, she took several deep breaths.

"Okay," she breathed out. "I need to tell Sensei and the team about this for my benefit, and for theirs. Who knows what Lothor may do if I keep my mouth shut."

Starting the van, she made her way to the base. Stopping at the woods, and making her way to the lake on foot, she replayed the dream in her head. 'What could he be planning that he thinks we'll find out, besides the usual take-over-the-world thing?' she wondered. She walked into the portal, and made her way down the hallway.

Taking one more deep breath she entered the main room. "Sensei?" she called out. He made his way out of the little temple on the desk. "Yes?"

Tori fidgeted with the piece of paper in her pocket and finally drew it out as Sensei gazed at her calmly. "Well, earlier today I fell asleep on the beach, and I had this really weird nightmare of Lothor killing me. I woke up out of it, and even though it freaked me out I though it was just a dream. Then I picked up my surfboard, and, well, there was this note..." she unfolded the note and placed it on the table next to him.

Sensei frowned, as well as his little guinea pig mouth could frown, and read the note. "I'm glad you brought me this. It shows that Lothor is planning something more serious than we know. If you'll wait here.... Cam! Come in here please!" he called out.

"Yes, Father. What's wrong?" he asked, his gaze on Tori's pale one. Sensei gestured towards the note, and Cam's eyes darkened in anger as he read it.

"When was this?" he aimed the question at Tori. 'She doesn't look so good.... although this note is enough reason for that.'

Tori sat down hard on the chair, and asked, "Can you get the others here, so I don't have to go through this six times?"

Cam nodded, and went to the console. "Hey, guys, get down here, now. It's an emergency."

Blake, who's face had popped up on the screen replied, "Alright, we're on our way. Yo, Dustin, c'mon! Be there soon." The screen blanked.

Tori let her head fall back, and groaned, "Man, why me?"

About 10 minutes passed before Dustin and Shane ran into the room. Panting, Dustin said, "Dude, what the heck is going on? We, like, broke records getting here."

Cam shook his head, and replied, "We got a message from Lothor. Seems he delivered it personally to Tori."

"What?!" Shane's head whipped to Tori, who by now was sitting up again, rubbing her hands over her face.

Sighing, she looked at them and told them about the dream. "And when I woke up, I didn't see the note at first. I was gonna come here in the first place, but then I picked up my board and... well, here, you read it."

Shane grabbed the note, and after they read it, Dustin gave a typical responce of his own. "Dude, this isn't good."

Tori snorted. "Yeah, question is, what did I do besides kick some monter ass?"

"I think I might know," came a voice from behind them. Tori turned around, and she tried to check the smile that wanted to spread across her face.

"Hey Blake," she said. Catching the smirk crossing Dustin's face, she rolled her eyes. "What do you guys think got Lothor on my case?"

"Well, when we thought that the Sensei killed our parents, Lothor was a means to an end. That didn't mean we trusted him. So, we spied on him. And we overheard him talking to Zurgane one day. I forgot about it until now."

Sensei nodded sagely. "Well, then, go ahead and tell us what you heard."

I think I will leave that there. I trust Teal to continue on with the 3rd chapter. Please don't forget to review!!!!