A/N: Yay! People like my story, very few people at the moment it seems, but who am I to be choosy! Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoy this next chapter!

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Previously

"Jesse Bannon?" whispered Sarah. 'But she's just a character on TV! What in the world is going on here!'

Chapter 2: A Strange Intruder

By: Ks-Starshine

Sarah was rooted to the floor as she stared dumbstruck at the redhead across the hall. Needless to say, Jesse Bannon was equally surprised to find a strange girl emerge from her fathers weight room.

"Hey, who are you? What do you think you're doing in there?" Jesse shouted as she advanced forward.

Quickly snapping out of her shock, Sarah quickly slammed the door shut and locked it. Leaning against the door, she could feel Jesse shaking the knob and pounding on the door. 'What just happened?' Sarah thought as she tried to tune out Jesse hollering through the door. 'I must be dreaming. There is no way that is Jesse. I know! I must have fallen asleep watching Johnny Quest. That's why I'm having this weird dream. That must be it. Although I don't remember falling asleep.' Deep in thought trying to rationalize her current predicament, Sarah hadn't even noticed how quiet it had suddenly gotten on the other side of the door.

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Jonny had just about decided to go upstairs and investigate what Jesse could possibly be doing to make so much noise when it came to an abrupt halt. Shrugging, he turned back to his algebra homework. Before he was able to get through one problem, though, he heard frantic footsteps approaching. It wasn't long before Jesse burst into the room.

"Jesse, are you alright?"

"Where's Dad?" she asked, ignoring his question.

"He's working with my dad on something. What's wrong?" he asked again, more urgently this time. Jess wasn't easily shaken, it was clear something was not right.

"Some girl locked herself in Dad's exercise room. I tried to get in, but . . ."

"Is she still in there?" interrupted Jonny. He was now on his feet and heading back in the direction from which Jesse had just come.

"I think so," replied Jesse.

"I'm heading up there so she doesn't give us the slip. You go get Dad and Race," ordered Jonny.

"Gee, now why didn't I think of that master plan," smirked Jesse, rolling her eyes as she ran off.

Jonny hadn't heard her sarcastic remark. He was already halfway to the small room he assumed still housed the intruder. 'The door is still locked. At least I know she's still in there.' A wry grin grew on his face. Of all rooms for her to end up in…the exercise room had no windows anyone could possibly fit through and only one door. 'She has nowhere to run,' he thought as he saw everyone running toward him, Race jangling a set of master keys.

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Meanwhile, Sarah had almost completely convinced herself this was a dream, a boring one at the moment. Once she was sure it was a dream, she kept waiting for something to happen. When it didn't, she sat down on some equipment and picked up her book again. "Even in my dreams nothing exciting happens," she sighed to herself.

Caught up in her book, she hadn't heard the footsteps approach the door, but even she couldn't miss the door swinging open. "Of course," she mused. "Just when the book gets good, I start dreaming up a little action." Without moving, she watched as Race led the pack into the room. They all stood ready as if they thought she might attack any given minute. Sarah placed her book in her bag and then just leaned back.

Silence filled the room as both parties expected the other to make the first move. Finally, beginning to lose interest, Sarah let out a loud sigh, "Well if you're all just going to stand there, I might as well get back to my book!" She made a reach for her backpack.

"I think we'd all feel a little better if you kept your hands off the bag," said Race.

Giving him a quizzical look, she returned to her previous position. "This has got to be the most boring dream I've ever had," she mumbled.

The Quests and Bannons relaxed a little, showing confusion in their faces. "What?" Jonny blurted out.

"I mean come on," Sarah said, exasperated. "You're Jonny Quest for crying out loud! When am I going to see some adventure?"

Jonny blushed slightly, not knowing how to take that. Now it was his turn to be the center of attention. "Do you know this girl, son?" asked Dr. Quest. Unable to place her face, Johnny just shook his head.

Shifting attention back to Sarah, Race asked, "What's in your bag?"

"Only some books I picked up earlier." Sarah responded with a shrug.

"You won't mind if I check it out then," he stated as he came towards her and seized her book bag.

"She's telling the truth," he said, looking slightly puzzled.

"Well, perhaps now that we have ruled out any immediate danger, we can all go to more comfortable surroundings to continue this conversation," suggested Dr. Quest.

"Is anything exciting ever going to happen here?" Sarah whined.

Giving her an incredulous glance, Race grabbed her wrist and pulled her to a standing position. "You should be glad we haven't called the police yet."

"Ow! You're hurting me!" Sarah yelped, trying to twist her wrist from his grasp. Suddenly she froze. 'I thought nothing hurt you in dreams.' Her eyes became wide with renewed shock as she looked at the people surrounding her in the room. "This…This isn't a dream, is it?" she stuttered as she allowed herself to be dragged down the hallway.

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"So who are you?"

Sarah blinked at the bluntness of Johnny's question. "I . . . um . . . my name is Sarah. Sarah Wilkins." She immediately clammed up again, not knowing what else to say.

"Well, Sarah," Hadji calmly began, "what are you doing here? You obviously pose no threat to any of us. Why did you break in?"

"I didn't break in!" asserted Sarah quickly. "At least I don't think I did. To be quite honest, I don't remember how I even got here."

"What is the last thing you do remember?" Dr. Quest asked gently.

Brows furrowed as Sarah tried to think. "I was at the park. I went on a walk with this strange old woman. She left and then I pulled out a book to read and next thing I knew, I was in that weight room."

"That's it? Nothing else happened?" Dr. Quest encouragingly asked.

"No, at least not that I can remember. I might have zoned out for a bit while I was reading, but I think I would have noticed if . . . ," suddenly her eye's widened.

Flashback

As she finished one chapter, she thought again, as she had so many times, how wonderful it would be to meet her all her favorite characters from her books and TV, she wished it were possible.

As she turned the page, a flash of bright light nearly blinded her.

"I almost forgot! She gave me this necklace. Just before I popped up here, there was this bright light. I thought it was the glare from something, but now that I think of it, it seemed to come from this necklace." Sarah quickly removed the article of jewelry as though it had been contaminated.

Jonny gave her a blank stare. "You're kidding, right?"

'I liked you a lot better on TV' Sarah smugly thought.

"It looks ordinary enough," commented Dr. Quest as he held up the necklace. "Can you remember anything else that happened before the flash of light?"

Sarah blushed a bit. "Well, I had just been wishing it was possible to meet my favorite characters from TV and books." Sarah gave an embarrassed smile. 'Nice job! Now they're only going to think you're ¾ total freak.'

"That's it?" replied the scientist.

Sarah mentally slapped her forehead. 'Of course they don't get it. How would they know this is a TV show.' After collecting her thoughts and figuring out how to phrase it, she began to explain. "Well, the thing is, where I'm from, this is a TV show. It's actually pretty good, one of my favorites." Receiving only confused looks, she continued. "You see, that's what I meant in the other room when I was talking about action. This is an action/adventure show. All of you are the stars. I know this is hard to believe and you probably all think I'm insane, but I swear it's true!" Sarah looked at each of them trying to sense a hint of acceptance.

"I believe you."

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Well, that's it for now! Who believes her? Can you guess? You might be surprised. Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter! Please R&R! I can't improve if you don't tell me how! Until the next chapter!