Chapter Three: Shaking things up
Chris took a moment to take a drink and think about what to say before she continued. Everyone waited patiently for her to continue setting the glass back down she found the words she was looking for.
High on the moon Rita was preparing her fortress that had abandoned a great many years ago.
"HA! HA! Yes I like it." Rita said.
"Good!" Goldar replied. Rita screamed at Finster who is one of her goons.
"Finster start making Putty Patrollers." Rita ordered in her screening voice.
"Yes my Queen." Finster answered obediently.
"I'll lead them down and make the earth yours, Empress." Goldar boasted to his mistress.
"He was always full of himself" Tommy noted.
"Another understatement" Jason said.
"Yeah Goldar was a big pain in the ass." Rocky said.
"Tell you guys what, we'll compare notes later right now I'm telling a story, now hush" Chris said with a warning glare the three men shut their mouths quickly.
Now back down on Earth we, as in Zack, Kimberly, Trini, and I, watch as Jason and his students go through the first lesson. It is always the most interesting.
"And one, and two, block three, punch four and continue." Jason said. Billy was having a little trouble with the moves. Jason noticed this intermediary going to help his student. He would be friends later for now he was the Sensei.
"Pa-dor" Jason commanded to his class, "Billy try this." Jason began to go through the moves Billy had most trouble with. Billy began to try but stopped and said with a sigh, "I'm just not good at this."
"Don't worry Billy even I was a beginner once." Jason said that had a huge effect on Billy who had seen Jason practice for years.
"Those words stayed with me" Billy mention slightly casting his eyes down in embarrassment.
"Words like that often do." Observed Carlos from the corner.
"And are important for everyone here. Remember Rookie and Everyone. EVERYONE is a beginner, once we all must learn to crawl before we can walk or even run. It begins slowly and builds over time. Good true lasting skills are earned that way, it's just now natural talent that is important it is also what you put into it. Right Billy?" Chris's words got a nod from Billy. "Now After talking to Billy Jason addressed the class."
"Cim-be, All right class what is it that martial arts helps us to developed?" a few students raised their hands "Billy."
"Courage, kindness, integrity, fitness, loyalty and discipline." Billy said in one rushed breath of course he should know it we've been quoting it for years.
"Very good you memorized that very quickly." Jason said was a small smile as if there was any doubt he would. You give him a book one night and he'll have it read and memorized by the next morning (Billy hid behind Trini his face scarlet red). Just then Bulk and Skull walk up pushing people out of their way getting close to Jason.
"Hey geek! Teach us how to beat people up." Bulk demanded.
"Yea CAWH! CAWH! CAWH! CAWH!" Skull said as he kept hitting Bulk in the chest until Bulk grabbed him and threw him into Billy.
"Marshal arts was not developed to hurt others." Jason said firmly, okay that is not exactly true. Marshal Arts were developed to keep the shoguns from killing farmers, it was a self defense action meant to be used to drop someone in one strike. It was to hurt someone only as a last resort. The Golden rules was you are never to start the fight just ended it quickly.
"We didn't sign up for a geeky karate class." Bulk said in truth they didn't sign up at all.
"Ok Bulk maybe your ready for more advanced training techniques." Jason said with a sly smile, this kind of stuff had been going on for years so Jason had gotten quite good at getting Bulk and Skull off his back and quickly.
"Oh ok." Bulk said a little nervousness in his voice.
"Probably remember previous occasions" Zack commented.
"Probably, So Jason decided to start with some kicks."
"Try this Side kick" Jason said and demonstrated.
"Anything you can do I can do better baby." Bulk said then he did a side kick poorly there wasn't really any power to it which is why Skull was the only one who clapped.
"Ok tornado kick." Jason said and demonstrated I rolled my eyes 'spin kick' was just as good a name but Jason had always liked Tornado kick. When Bulk tried the kick he fell flat on his face and every laughed I chuckled a bit myself. Skull started to clap but then realized that Bulk needed help because he couldn't get up so he ran over and helped him up.
"Class dismissed." Jason said bowing as he walked away.
Later the six of us sat and talked about how Billy did for his fist lesson."Billy I'm telling you for your first lesson you did really well." Jason said for like the millionth time.
"I didn't say it a million times." Jason said defensively
"You said it a lot." Kim retorted.
"I lost count after six any way it seemed like you said it a million times." Chris said and continued the story.
"I did?" Billy asked.
"Yeah we were watching you." Kim said I had to smirk at her comment back then Kim was a bit patrinzing of Billy, not to mention sounding a little valley.
"HEY!"
"Sorry Kim it's true, you were stereotypical at times."
"Well you know-"
"I know" Chris said.
"We know" Trini said.
"Well we don't know." Blake piped in.
"Nor will you." Chris said quickly, "Back to the story."
"I don't know if I have what it takes." Billy said looking down.
"It's all a state of mind you don't need to be strong for Marshal Arts." Trini said like always it had a serious effect on Billy.
"Yea it's all up here." Zack said pointing at his head.
"It just takes commitment and dedication both of which we know you are cable of otherwise you wouldn't spend so much time I your garage." I said causing him to roll his eyes.
"Hey guys." Erie called as he walked over with a tray in hand
"Hey Erie" we said at once. We had known each other so well we had that habit.
"Who order the spinach juice?" He asked we just shrugged none of us would ever touch the stuff to beginning with. Just then the whole room started to shake it was the moment that started to rock our world.
"Oh on! it's an earthquake every one stay clam." Erie shouted as he turned around he dumped the drinks he was carrying on Bulk. Yeah that was real calm there Ernie real calm indeed.
"Sorry Bulk!" Erie said as teens began to run out of the Youth Center trying to get away from falling debris that ceiling never did look trusty.
"Yeah remember when Bulk tried to climb the rope on it?" Zack said giggling.
"Fortunatly he was only about two feet up when it did that. That wasn't properly installed; it could have gone when Jason was at the top or even when Trini was."
"Don't you remember how big Bulk is?" Rocky asked.
"It should have supported twice his weight. NOW I'm going to continue on."
"Something tells me this no earthquake." Billy said true we lived in California but Earthquakes were minimal around town.
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