==Stanford, California, United States==
Raylan and Tyler woke up to the irritating sound of Gadget-X cleaning out his filters. One of the things that the Rangers had to do was find a home for Gadget-X. Tyler always hid the robot somewhere in his house and his parents always thought it was just something he made. One of the good things about college was that they could finally put Gadget-X somewhere safe; in their dorm room. If a student ever questioned it, all they would have to say was that it was an engineering project.
"Man, could you quiet down?" Raylan asked. "It's six in the morning."
"Really, I'm dead tired." Tyler agreed.
"Sorry, but my carburetors won't clean themselves!" Gadget-X defended himself. "Just live with it for this morning and I'll reschedule my daily routine."
"In what world did you think scheduling it for six in the morning was a good idea?" Raylan asked rhetorically.
"I wasn't expecting to be kept in the company of humans!" Gadget-X replied. "If I had known that then I would have rewired myself a long time ago!"
"Well, you better get started on it because this isn't about to be a daily routine." Tyler said.
"Or what?"
"Or I'll send you to...the landfill!" Tyler exclaimed.
One of the greatest fear of robots was being sent to a trash heap. As a collection of metal parts, Gadget-X always felt like he was disposable and replaceable. By threatening him, Tyler was able to bend his will.
"Fine, I'll start rewiring myself." Gadget-X gave in.
"Good, now please let us sleep." Raylan rolled back over and pulled his blanket over his head.
"Really, little dude, I'm also trying to get some sleep." Tyler rolled over as well.
"Yeesh, everybody's a critic." Gadget-X also went dormant.
"Why are your eyes bloodshot?" Emma asked both Raylan and Tyler went they went to visit her room. Since her roommate still hadn't moved in, they had some time to hang out at her place.
"Because Gadget-X woke us up early with his stupid 'system cleaning' procedure." Raylan groaned. "I wasn't able to go back to sleep afterwards."
"Yeah, neither was I." Tyler agreed. "The sound of his metal pieces clanking everywhere was ringing in my head."
"It's still ringing in my head." Raylan pinched the bridge of his nose.
"What are you guys going to do about it?" Emma asked. "It's not like you can get rid of him."
"We don't plan on getting rid of him." Tyler reassured her. "He said that he'd start to change his routine and such."
"And what if the problem persists?"
"Emma, we're at Stanford, one of the biggest nerd schools in the country." Tyler reminded her. "We can pass him off as an engineering project and all the professors will go crazy over the 'talking robot'. Raylan is a Chemical Engineering major and I'm a Computer Science major, which means that our excuse can work to a certain level."
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
"That reminds me...don't classes start tomorrow?" Raylan asked the two of them.
"Yeah, I start off my day with Intro to Computer Science!" Tyler pumped his fist. "I'm so excited!"
"Meh, I have Biology 101 first." Emma groaned.
"I thought you came here to do Biology?" Tyler asked. "Shouldn't you be excited?"
"No, I am, it's just I was hoping to start off with an easier class."
"At least you're not starting off with Intro to Engineering like I am." Raylan told them. "The entire class is Calculus with words."
==Los Angeles, California, United States==
Ryleigh picked up her phone and went through her contacts to find Johnny. Since this was her first day at college without him, she wanted to let him know how she was feeling.
"Hello?" Johnny answered.
"Hey, it's me." Ryleigh said.
"Oh, hey cutie-pie!" Johnny said. "How are things going with you? I miss you by the way."
"I miss you, too." Ryleigh stated. "But things are going pretty well for me. It kinda sucks that we're not really that close anymore, but I guess it'll help in the long run."
"LA is only a one-hour drive from Smalltown. I can come visit you whenever I'd like!" Johnny reassured her.
"But it's just not the same without you..."
"I know, it kinda sucks without you here."
"By the way, how's your job search going?" Ryleigh asked.
"It's going alright. I haven't applied anywhere yet, but I'm hoping for the best!" Johnny exclaimed.
"Well, that's great to hear!" Ryleigh smiled. "I know you'll make it somewhere!"
"I hope so..." Johnny sighed. "Oh, well, my mom is starting to yell at me. I'll talk to you later, baby. I love you so much."
"I love you too, Johnny. Bye-bye."
"Bye!" he said before he hung up the phone.
Ryleigh wrapped her arms around her legs and sat in the corner of her bed. It was going to be hard without her other half, but she had to bear through if she wanted to go somewhere in life.
==Stanford, California, United States==
After another long and boring day, nighttime fell on the college campus. While most kids went to sleep early in order to wake up on time for classes, Raylan, Tyler, and Emma were persistent on trying to have fun.
Emma's roommate finally moved in, which meant that if they wanted to talk in private, they would have to do it in Raylan's and Tyler's room. While her roommate, May, was a sweet girl, they also needed their space.
Suddenly, all three of their phones started to vibrate. Confused, they pulled them out and read the text message. It was a notification from the University saying that there was a kidnapping on campus and that all students should remain indoors until the campus is deemed safe again.
"Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Raylan asked.
"That we should listen to them and stay indoors?" Emma guessed.
"No, I'm thinking that we go out and be superheroes!" Raylan exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Tyler asked.
"Haven't you guys read any Spiderman comics?" Raylan asked. "He puts his mask on day-in and day-out in order to put order back into his town."
"So you're saying that we all get bitten by spiders..." Tyler stated sarcastically.
"No, I'm saying we put our masks on and be vigilantes."
"And how would be do that?" Emma asked.
"We all have our Morphers on us, right?" Raylan double checked with his team. They all nodded slowly. "How about we morph and go out there and save this kidnapping victim?"
"You know, that actually sounds like fun." Tyler smiled.
"But how are we going to find them?" Emma asked. "We can't just run out at night and expect results."
"Well, that's what we did when we fought the Shadows." Raylan reminded his girlfriend. "Who's to say we can't do it again?"
"I'm with Raylan on this one." Tyler nodded. "Let's go out and do this!"
"Grr...fine..." Emma groaned. "But if we fuck up, it's all your fault."
"Fine by me!" Raylan exclaimed. "Let's move out!"