After they finished eating, Ethan excused himself to the restroom. He got up and went to find the public men's room in the park. Naomi got up and went to throw out their trash while she waited for him to return. She was inches from the trashcan when one of the empty cans of soda slipped out of her grasp. She rolled her eyes and bent down to pick it up. When she got back up, two guys were standing between her and the trashcan. They both wore jeans and had on lettermen's jackets. One was African American, the other Caucasian. Naomi recognized them from school but couldn't remember their names. Naomi gave them a courteous smile and tried to get past.
"Hey, there, gorgeous." One of the guys said. "What you doing here all by your lonesome?" She didn't respond as she tossed the garbage in the trashcan and went to return to her table. The two guys blocked her way.
"Excuse me." Naomi said as she tried to get past them, one of them sidestepped and blocked her again.
"My friend asked you a question." He said. Naomi didn't want to respond to these guys but she knew if she didn't they'd keep bugging her.
"I'm just hanging with some friends." She said. She went to leave again. The Caucasian guy went and put an arm around her shoulders. Naomi's body stiffened.
"Hey, you're in my English class, right?" He asked. "Naomi, right?"
"Uh, yeah." Naomi said, trying to shrug his arm off, but he wouldn't move it. He looked down at her.
"You look different." He said. "Tyrone, doesn't Naomi look different?" He asked his friend. Tyrone laughed, looking at her up and down. His eyes stopped on her chest. Naomi felt extremely uncomfortable and crossed her arms over her chest. She looked around, hoping Ethan would be back right that second.
"Yeah, real different." He said. Kira and Conner were at their table when they saw the two bothering Naomi. At first they thought Naomi was just chatting with them, but then they saw one of them put his arm around her and Naomi cross her arms, looking uncomfortable and scared.
"I'm going to go see if everything's all right." Conner said. Kira nodded. Conner got up and walked over to them. Naomi caught sight of him and looked slightly relived. Conner got up to them.
"Hey Rob, Tyrone." He said to the guys. Both guys looked at him.
"Hey, Conner." Rob said. "What's up man? We're just chatting here with Naomi." He said, pulling her closer to him.
"Well, it looks like she's not interested in chatting with you guys." Conner said.
"Of course she's interested." Tyrone said. Ethan was coming back from the rest room when he saw Conner, Naomi and two guys from school. He didn't particularly like the way Rob was holding Naomi. He walked up to them.
"Hey guys, what seems to be the problem?" He asked coolly.
"No problem, man." Rob said. "Just getting to know Miss Naomi a little bit." He said.
"Come on, guys, just leave her alone." Conner said. He was trying his best to get the situation over with seeing as Ethan looked like he was inches from punching Rob in the face.
"We're not doing anything wrong." Tyrone said. "Just chillin'."
"Yeah, isn't that right, Naomi?" Rob asked.
"Well, would you mind 'chillin' with your paws off my girlfriend?" Ethan asked, his tone not all that friendly. Rob looked at Ethan, then back at Naomi.
"Sorry, bro." He said. He took his hand off of Naomi. Naomi quickly stepped aside and stood by Ethan. They walked over to Conner and went to head back to the tables. "Didn't know the bitch was already paid for." Rob said. Tyrone laughed. Conner and Ethan spun around and looked like they wanted to take turns ripping Rob and Tyrone to shreds. Naomi winced and took both of their hands.
"Hey, guys, let's just go." She said.
"Oh…..I see." Rob said. "You two split the cost and share her?" He said, laughing. Kira saw Naomi trying her best to pull Conner and Ethan away from the other two, but they weren't budging. Kira sighed and stood up. She jogged over.
"You've got five seconds to apologize." Ethan said lowly.
"Ohhh. And what's going to happen after those five seconds?" Rob asked.
"We'll beat the shit out of you." Conner said.
"Guys, come on, let's just drop it." Naomi said. She looked over and saw Kira come up to them. Naomi sighed with relief at the fact that she now had some help holding the guys back.
"What's going on?" Kira asked.
"Hey, Kira." Tyrone said, smirking. He looked at how she was dressed in her normal attire. He looked at Conner. "I'm guessing she was ½ price." He said.
"You son of a bit-" Conner growled. He and Ethan broke free of Naomi and went to run at Rob and Tyrone. Naomi and Kira both ran and got in front of the guys, pushing them back.
"Conner, don't pay attention to him, just relax." Kira pleaded, pushing him back.
"Come on Ethan, just forget about them." Naomi said. Conner and Ethan stopped moving forward, but still fixed Rob and Tyrone with death glares.
"Naomi, Kira, I suggest you two move out of the way so we can kick the shit out of these guys." Conner said. Ethan grunted his agreement to Conner's statement.
"Guys, let's just walk away." Kira pleaded. Conner looked down at Kira and groaned.
"Fine." He spat out, looking back towards Rob and Tyrone. Ethan wasn't as quick to stand down.
"Come on, Ethan, let's just enjoy the rest of our date and forget about these losers." Naomi begged. Ethan sighed.
"All right." He looked at Rob. "But if you ever touch my girlfriend again, you won't live to regret it." Conner and Kira began to walk away hand in hand as Naomi and Ethan followed. Ethan put his arm around her shoulders and she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Hey, girls, when you're done with them, how about we talk about getting a discount?" Tyrone asked. Rob laughed. Naomi and Kira both stopped in their tracks. They looked at each other, as if reading one another's thoughts. They smiled and looked back at them. Kira slowly walked up to Tyrone while Naomi walked up to Rob. Kira put her hands on Tyrone's shoulders.
"You want a discount, baby?" She asked. Tyrone smirked.
"Yeah." He said. Kira gave a sultry laugh. She leaned in, as if to kiss him. Rob looked at Naomi. She gave him a seductive smile. Kira's knee slammed into Tyrone's groin with incredible force. At the same time, Naomi grunted as she swung her right fist out, punching Rob in the jaw. Both guys grunted and groaned as they fell to the ground. Ethan and Conner watched them with shocked expressions.
"Here's a little tip, boneheads." Kira said to the injured boys. "Try respecting females for once."
"And keep your grubby little paws to yourselves." Naomi said. The two girls spun around and slowly walked back to their boyfriends.
"Let's go." Kira said. She and Naomi walked together with their arms linked, making Conner and Ethan follow. They walked past the tables and came to a field in the park.
"Uh, is anyone going to talk about what just happened?" Conner asked. Kira looked at him.
"Shh. We're still reveling in the total woman empowerment moment we just hand." She said. Conner and Ethan looked at them. After a few seconds, both Kira and Naomi broke out into laughter.
"Oh my god, that was so great!" Naomi said.
"We so rule!" Kira said. The two gave each other high five. Naomi winced and doubled over slightly, holding her right hand in her left hand. "What's wrong?" Kira asked.
"I think I broke my hand when I punched Rob." Naomi said with a laugh. She shook her hand a bit. "It's not broken, just hurts like hell." She said. "But, it was worth it." Naomi added with a smirk.
"So, let me get this straight, we couldn't beat the crap out of those guys, but you could?" Ethan asked.
"In a nutshell." Naomi said.
"See, you guys wanted to beat them up because you wanted to do that whole 'defending our honor' thing," Kira said.
"Which, by the way, is so like 19th century." Naomi chimed in.
"But what we did was us standing up for ourselves and being strong independent women." Kira concluded.
"Exactly." Naomi said
"What is it with you and suddenly becoming Xena on guys' asses?" Ethan asked Naomi. "First Trent, and now Rob?" Naomi grinned.
"I'm just a modern woman, baby." She said. Ethan rolled his eyes and shook his head. He took off his blue over shirt. He walked over to her and put the shirt over her shoulders.
"Here, so no one else tries to stare at your 'modern woman'-ness." Ethan joked. Naomi laughed.
"Thanks." She said. She slid her arms into the short sleeves.
"I wonder if Rob and Tyrone are still withering on the ground in pain." Kira said out loud. Conner sighed and put his arm around her.
"I wouldn't be surprised. I think you've made Tyrone sterile." Conner said.
"Woohoo." Naomi and Kira said at the same time. They looked at each other and laughed. The four of them ended up walking to the middle of the field and sitting down, each couple at their own spot.
"How's your hand?" Ethan asked Naomi once they sat down.
"It's ok." She said. The four teens stayed in the field for a while longer, talking and cuddling. Naomi looked over at Kira and Conner and saw they two of them were in the middle of a major make out session. Naomi chuckled softly. Ethan looked over to see what was so funny and rolled his eyes.
"They sure don't waste any time, do they?" Ethan asked. Naomi laughed softly. She looked at Ethan. Ethan looked at her.
"So, why are we wasting time?" She asked with a smirk. Ethan smiled softly. He pulled her a little closer to him and leaned his head down. Naomi's eyes drifted shut as there lips were about to make contact. Unfortunately, it was interrupted by Ethan's communicator going off.
"Damn." Ethan muttered. Naomi sighed and looked over, seeing Kira's and Conner's had gone off too. They got up and walked over to Naomi and Ethan. Ethan brought his communicator up to his mouth.
"What's up?" He asked.
"Guys, there's a monster attacking downtown." Came Tommy's voice.
"All right, we'll be right there." Kira said.
"Conner-" Tommy began to say.
"I know, I know, I'm still warming the bench, got it." Conner groaned, feeling utterly useless. Kira gave her boyfriend a sympathetic look. The four teens got up.
"Duty calls." Ethan said, looking at Naomi.
"Go kick some monster butt." Naomi said. Ethan leaned in and kissed her softly. Kira gave Conner a kiss. Naomi walked over to Conner as Kira and Ethan left. Conner sighed. Naomi looked at him. She put a friendly hand on his shoulder and smiled at him. "Hey, how about we go see what Haley's up to?" She asked.
"Sure." Conner said, giving a forced smile. They left the park. They walked to Cyberspace. It was getting close to closing time so the place was virtually empty. There were a few people here and there, but not a lot. Naomi saw Kimberly sitting at a table with Trini. She walked over to the table with Conner close behind her.
"Hey guys." Naomi said as she and Conner sat down.
"Hi." Trini said. Kimberly smiled at them. She looked at Naomi.
"You look nice today……Oh, don't tell me, you guys were in the middle of the double date thing?" She asked. Naomi and Conner nodded. Kimberly gave them a sympathetic look.
"Yeah, unfortunately that tends to happen. I remember this one time Tommy and I had a date and not only did it get interrupted by putties, but Rita turned my purse and my lipstick into monsters." She said. Naomi and Conner looked at her.
"Okay, you win." Naomi said. After a while, the few remaining other customers left, leaving only Conner, Kimberly, Trini, Naomi and Haley. Haley flipped the closed/open sign on the door to closed and sat with the others. She left the door unlocked, since she figured the others would come to cyberspace after they dealt with the monster situation. They all talked for a little longer before they all decided to help Haley clean up for the night. Conner began stacking the chairs on the tables while Haley wiped down the counter and Kimberly and Naomi swept the floor. Trini sat on one of the stools and watched them go about. Suddenly, the door opened. Haley looked up.
"Sorry, we're clo….." She stopped. "Trent?" She said. Everyone turned to look at the door, and sure enough, there stood Trent. He looked different. His face seemed dark, yet blank at the same time. His eyes were glazed over. His hair was disheveled. He looked at them all and snarled lowly, his upper lip twitching like a dog ready to attack. Kimberly grabbed Naomi and stood in front of her and Trini. Conner looked at Trent.
"Hey, man, we don't want any trouble, so how about you just get out of here?" He said.
"Well, there comes the problem, red ranger, because we do want trouble." Said a voice. Everyone spun around and saw Anton standing by the backdoor.
"Anton?" Kimberly asked, her voice shaking. "What are you doing here?"
"And who are you calling red ranger?" Conner asked, trying to act as if he had no idea what this man was getting at. Anton scoffed gently.
"Please, I'm in no mood for games, boy." Anton said. He walked over to where Kimberly, Naomi and Trini stood. Kimberly glared at him straight in the eye, determined in protecting Trini and Naomi from him.
"What do you want?" She asked lowly.
"Well, it's funny that you ask," Anton said. "The three of you." He said.
"Leave them alone." Conner ordered. Anton looked at him. He took a step back. He closed his eyes. Haley, Trini, Naomi, Conner and Kimberly watched in horror as his body slowly began to transform. His face, his hands, everything got larger, until finally where Anton stood before, stood a large half man/half dinosaur creature. Conner's breath caught in his throat.
"Mesogog." He whispered.
"Correct." Mesogog hissed out. Trini started to cry. Mesogog looked in her direction.
"Oh, don't be scared of your dear old father, darling." He said.
"Get away from us!" Kimberly yelled. Suddenly, a large group of tyranadrones appeared right behind him. "Get them." He said. The tyranadrones ran to attack. Conner ran at them and began to fight them.
"Guys, get out of here!" Conner cried out. He tried his best to hold them off, but there were too many tyranadrones. Haley came out from behind the counter and went over to the other three. Kimberly took Naomi and Trini's hands and slowly the four of them backed away. They were almost at the front door, when they almost ran into Trent. He stood there like some sort of sentry.
"Trent, Trent, listen to me, I'm sure there's still some good left in you, so just let us out and, agh!" Haley was cut off by Trent grabbing her by the neck and lifting her off the ground.
"Let her go!" Naomi screamed. Trent tossed Haley against a far wall. Haley hit the wall and slumped to the floor, unconscious. He turned his attention to the remaining three. Kimberly, Naomi and Trini turned around and ran, hoping to get to the backdoor. Kimberly then felt Trini being ripped from her grasp.
"Mommy!" The small girl wailed.
Kimberly and Naomi stopped, and so did the fighting in the room. They looked over to Conner. His nose was bleeding and he was being held up by some Tyranadrones. He looked like he was inches from unconsciousness. Another tyranadrone held Trini, its arm pressed against her neck. Mesogog gave what looked like a smirk. He gave a quick look around the room before looking at Kimberly.
"It looks like you've run out of protectors." He said, referring to Haley's unconscious state and Conner's barely conscious state.
"Tell your goon to let go of my daughter." Kimberly said lowly.
"Ah, ah, ah, our daughter." He corrected. "And the only thing I will tell him to do is break her little neck…"
"No!" Kimberly screamed.
"…If you and the girl do not cooperate." Mesogog said, finishing his sentence.
"Leave her out of this." Kimberly said.
"Cooperate, or the child dies." Mesogog said, firmly. Kimberly looked at Naomi. In an instant, the tyranadrones that were holding Conner dropped him on the floor and ran at Kimberly and Naomi, grabbing their arms and forcing them behind their backs.
"All right, you got what you wanted, now let Trini go." Naomi said.
"Who said anything about letting her go?" Mesogog asked. "I just won't kill her….Yet." He said. Kimberly and Naomi's eyes widened. Before either could struggle, they all disappeared via invisportal. Conner watched them leave right before slowly sinking into unconsciousness.