Part III: Smith and Jones

It was another boring day in History Class. Mr. Smith was lecturing his 4th Period class on the importance of WWII. Then, all of a sudden, there was a great flash of white light. Yet again, Mary-Beth stood in the doorway of the classroom. Mr. Smith closed his eyes and exhaled deeply. After a minute he said, "Please tell me you didn't just appear again? I do have to teach." "Sorry Steve" she said "But I'm afraid that I can't say I didn't." Then, the now famous red light sent them back into time travel. "Where is the light taking us this time?" the couple thought. Meanwhile, back in the classroom, a student named Laura exclaimed 'He's gone! Free time!" Within a few seconds, the class became chaotic.

Mr. Smith and Mary-Beth appeared what they believed to be back in Egypt near what they assumed to be the legendary lost ark. This surprised them because they never expected to go to another part of the world by their new kind of time travel because they had gotten used to going back in time, most recently to the French Revolution, instead of around the globe. Off in the distance they could see a man with a cowboy-like hat and equipped with a whip. He was patrolling and it appeared as if he was looking for something. The travelers both had a pretty good idea on who he was, but weren't going to get too excited because the other people that they had interacted with either had very strange habits, or weren't anything like they had been described in History books. They finally approached him. Mary-Beth said, "Good morning sir. Looking for something?" "Good morning to you too young travelers" he said "No, I'm just patrolling making sure no enemies show up. So, who might you two be?" Mr. Smith said, "I'm Steve Smith and this is Mary-Beth." "How do you do?" the stranger said, "I'm Indiana Jones."

The travelers were not all that surprised because they had expected this to be the famous archeologist and treasure hunter, Indiana Jones. "You don't have any bad or unusual forms of entertainment or facts that no one knows about do you?" asked Mr. Smith. "Well, I go looking for treasure, I run from bad guys, hunt gold, and I hate snakes. Why?" "It's a long story," replied Mary-Beth" "So, what's the story?" asked Indiana. And so, Mr. Smith and Mary-Beth told Indy their story starting from going to Egypt before (TWICE), India, Greece, the Middle East, and the French Revolution with a flash or red light, and how Mary-Beth appeared in the doorway of Mr. Smith's classroom when he was in the middle of a lecture with a flash of white light, and their journey from when they were turned back to 14 years of age. Indy was very amazed by this. Mary-Beth, seeing how amazed he was, replied, "I told you it was a long story." Indy replied, "You were right. It was long, but also quite confusing. I'm still trying to make some sense out of the Buddha and Napoleon incidences. You've had odd behavior from well-known people on both experiences and you would most likely expect for that to happen this time as well, no?" "Yes we were. We were worried that that would be you," Mr. Smith said. "Well, if I have any say in it, it won't be"

The three travelers wandered around Egypt and showed Indy where they were captured by the Egyptians, where they met with King Tut and Barney, and where they saw the choir of lunatics from children's TV following around Howard Carter singing "Fish Heads". That memory got "Fish Heads" stuck in both of their heads though. Indy showed them the entrance to the ark, where he had the truck chase, and where he had the fight with the big guy right next to the airplane. The travelers were very surprised with the fact that Indy knew almost as much about Egypt as they did, if not more. But, that was expected. They had only taught about Egypt, and had appeared and were only there for about 5-10 minutes, 15 minutes tops. Indy was amazed that they knew so much about Egypt when they had only been there for a number of minutes and then vanished again.

Soon, Indy got news from his sidekick, Sannah, that their enemy, Heinous, was approaching their headquarters and that he needed his help now. Indy set off, but not without bringing his newfound friends. The two travelers were very confused about their enemy's name. Mr. Smith asked Indy, " Does Heinous mean something like…" "…Evil? Yeah it does. I've been pondering on the literal meaning of his name for weeks. I hope I don't have to deal with snakes again." So, the three of them set out on their journey. They didn't know what it had in store for them.

Meanwhile, at Indy and Sannah's hideout Sannah was trying to find a way to keep Heinous from reaching there. He was wondering what was taking Indy so long. "Maybe the snakes from the Ark found him or something like that," he thought. But, 10-15 minutes later Heinous arrived. He was dragging an amazingly large, and probably heavy because he was dragging it, wooden box that was making noise. Heinous turned to Sannah, set the box down flat and leaned on it, and said, "Now, where is Jones? I have a present for him." "I don't know" replied Sannah, "He's always busy so I never see him." This wasn't all making it up right on the spot. Indy was always busy, but Heinous knew that Indy wouldn't be out of contact with Sannah.

Five more minutes passes and Indy and his friends arrived. "I've been waiting for you Jones," Heinous replied. "Why?" Indy asked. "I have a present for you" he replied, "Come. Closer." Indy wasn't THAT stupid! He was in no mood to be in any sort of alliance with his enemy. But, approaching him would probably be the only way to save Sannah and keep his friends safe. Mr. Smith and Mary-Beth went and hid behind Sannah so no one would know they were there. In the meantime, Heinous opened the wooden box he had been leaning on, and out came the biggest cobra Sannah, Mr. Smith, Mary-Beth, or Indy had ever seen in their whole lives. Indy was terrified. He said quietly to himself, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" Heinous was grinning big and replied, "I knew you'd love him."

No sooner had he said that the cobra began to advance on Sannah. Mr. Smith and Mary-Beth picked up a huge boulder nearby and threw it at the cobra right in the jaw. He was of course very angry about this. Then, Indy did something unexpected. He took his whip, and lashed it in the cobra's eyes. Mary-Beth then discovered that the lance she had at the March on Versailles on their last adventure was all of a sudden right next to her. She took it, and threw it right for the cobra's heart. It was deadly accurate. The snake fell over and died. And, with him went Heinous because the amazingly large cobra had fallen right on top of him. Indy went to Sannah and his friends to make sure they were alright. He and Sannah thanked then for their help. Indy then asked them to try and visit again. But, there was no knowing where and when the light would take over. Ironically, just them a great flash of red light returned them to the US.

Mr. Smith's class was still very chaotic. But, the classroom fortunately wasn't a mess. He shouted to his class, "WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING OUT OF YOUR SEATS! I EXPECTED BETTER BEHAVIOR FROM ALL OF YOU!" "Sorry Mr. Smith" the student named Laura replied, "We needed to stretch." Then a white flash took Mary-Beth from the classroom. And the class was disappointed to return to their lecture about World War II. Then the class returned to normal until the red light would take over their lives once more.