Chapter 2

Year: 2009 B.C.

Place: Ancient Egypt

An evil cackling is heard in the background as someone is running through a dark empty village. The person hid behind a large rock that was just off of the path he was running on. "Where am I going to go?" he said almost out of breathe. "He has me cornered and I don't know where I am."

Just then from behind him a shadow is cast over him in the shape of a man. The man cackles even louder this time as to show off his power. The person, who was hiding, not wanting to stick around, turned around and started running off to who knows where.

Year: 2009 A.D.

Place: U.S.C. Dorms

Inside the lobby of the dorm room a loud *ding* is heard and elevators are seen opening up. First a group of three girls who looked like they were going on the trip as well stepped out. After another minute or so the *ding* was heard again and Jon and the gang stepped out with bags and all. The girls walked out, followed closely by Ryen and Keith and then Jon and Mike. They were all laughing except for Jon and Michelle, so it was obvious what the joke was about.

Jessica placed a hand on Michelle's shoulder. "Okay, guys, I think they've had enough." She said with a giggle. Mike shrugged still laughing. "Why should we stop? This is to much-" That is all he could get out before he walked straight into a glass window on the right of the door. At that second Jon and Michelle's face went from deep red to regular color because they now started to burst out laughing. Mike picked himself up and brushed himself off. "I-I meant to do that." Jon walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Doors WEREN'T always your strong point after all." He said with a chuckle. "Yeah, yeah." Mike said with a smug frown. "Let's just go before Ms. Watkins leaves without us."

Everyone laughed and picked up their respective luggage and walked out the door. Without saying a word Ryen stood in front of the door directing Mike out like and Air-Traffic-Controller. Mike simply gave him a "humph" and walked out. Ryen then picked up his things and he walked out after him. Everyone was standing out in front of the bus and looked it up and down. "I thought we were going to get one of those buses that we used to take on field trips in, like, the first grade." Keith said. Jon nodded. "So was I, but this looks more like a-" A voice behind them finished the sentence. "-Shuttle bus." They all turned around to see Ms. Watkins walking out of the building. The group together clapped their hands together and bowed saying. "Ohaiyo-gozaimasu, Watkins-Sensei!" (Good morning, Teacher Ms. Watkins) Ms. Watkins bowed back to them in gratitude. She wasn't Japanese but she knew what it meant because the six of them have been saying it since day one.

"Are you ever going to stop doing that?" She pleaded. "Only if you leave us." Jessica said, while picking her things up, as well as everyone else. "If you continue that I might just consider that." Ms. Watkins said with a giggle. "Please! You couldn't leave us! You love us too much!" Jon stated. "Yeah!" Keith yelled out. "Plus you would be gone a day and miss the heck out of us." He finished, as he was the last one on the shuttle.

There had to be about twenty seats on the shuttle but not a lot of people were going, so there were maybe five or six spots left. They were single chairs next together in pairs and everyone managed to sit in one seat and put their bags on the chair next to them whether they were on the outside or vice-versa. Ms. Watkins was, naturally, at the front of the bus. She stood up and looked towards the back. She held up a clipboard and started to read off names. With every name it was received by "Here!" Everyone that is, except for Jon and the others, however. They yelled out "Hai!" or the Japanese word for "Yes". Ms. Watkins sighed as she finished her list and put it on the chair beside her.

"Okay, a few things before we go." She started. "I don't mind if you talk just please try not to annoy everyone around you and no yelling. And why am I telling you this you may ask? Because some of you..." She shot a look and the six and as if in unison through on surprised and offended looks. "...tend to get a little overzealous when in tight quarters for a period of time." Mike stood up and scoffed. "Well I never!" He yelled. Jon grabbed him and pulled him down into his seat. "Of course you have, we tell you all the time." Jon said. Everyone laughed at Mike whose face went red. Ms. Watkins, who was still at the front standing, clapped her hands loud enough that everyone's laughs faded. "Okay, I guess we are all set. Driver, let's go!" Everyone cheered as the driver put the shuttle in gear.

As the bus started to move down the street Jon was shown going into his bag. He pulled out a white iPod that he, himself, had customized. He put his matching white headphones on and raised it in the air and called out, "1". All of a sudden Mike held his customized Gold and Black iPod in the air and called out "2". Right after him, as if this was planned, Ryen held up his Red iPod and called out "3", Keith held his Silver iPod and called out "4". There was a slight pause and everyone looked back at Michelle who was rummaging through her bag. "C'mon, Michelle! You're messing us up!" said Jessica. "I can't find my-" She started to say. Before she could finish the sentence she found her customized light blue iPod and put on her headphones. "Sorry, let's try it again."

Jon started again and when they got to Michelle, she said, "5" Jessica held up her customized pink iPod and called out, "6" Jon called out, "Synchronize on 3! Ichi, Ni, San!" At the same moment everyone pressed play on the IPod and Jon looked back to make sure everyone was going. The six were in their seats rocking it out to what seemed like regular rock music until all six broke out in "Si-i-i-i-ide!" Then it was obvious that all of the talk was for Power Ranger songs. After a while everyone on the bus had thought that the six weren't going to sing anymore. But shortly after they heard Michelle and Jessica singing, "Go Rangers! Go Rangers! Go, Go, Go! Go Rangers! Go Rangers! Go, Go, Go!"After that Jon sang, "Watch five fingers reaching for the sky in five ways, five heroes walking through the sun for five days."Mike continued after him singing, "Dark forces lurking, leaving evil where they roam, five rangers looking for the same five stones!" The girls came in again alternately singing "Go", then everyone paused for a bit. This time Ryen chimed in, "There's treasure to be found, there's lives to be saved, A planet to look after, there's a whole lot of space!" Keith finished up, "Good vs. evil we've got heroes on the scene, Power Rangers Overdrive is the number one team!"

They were all about to go for the last chorus but, Ms. Watkins was all of a sudden standing in front of them with a semi-annoyed look on her face. All six gave her an apologetic look and bowed their heads to say sorry. She smiled victoriously and walked back to the front of the shuttle and sat down. Jon turned to everyone and made the "cut" motion with his finger across his neck as if to say, "Enough." They all nodded and obviously they went on to listen to what ever they wanted. _

The rest of the trip everyone was basically quiet. All but Jon and the gang were talking amongst themselves, including Ms. Watkins. Jon and everyone were quiet as can be listening to their iPod's. It almost felt like they just left when Ms. Watkins stood up again and told everyone that they had arrived at the airport.

All the students got up, stretched and yawned. They picked up their bags and walked to the front of the shuttle so they could disembark. Jon was the first of the six to make it off the shuttle and he jumped off to the ground, closely followed by the others. The class finished filing out and the shuttle left the airport to do what he had to, and Ms. Watkins got them together in a group. "Okay, now that we are here I would like us all to stay in one big group so we don't lose anyone. She grabbed her bag and directed her way through the crowd and they all walked to the main building. Being lead by Ms. Watkins, the class walked through the doors and into the main lobby of the airport. As they walked through a more busy area they heard screaming. "What was that?" Jon asked. "My guess is a woman screaming." Ryen replied.

The very next second they saw a man in a ski cap run into the area where they were, he was holding a gun. He proceeded towards a counter and pointed the gun at the woman behind it. Everyone was standing nervously still against a wall. Around the corner came three security guards, they tried to take out their guns but the gunman pointed his gun at them and they stopped immediately. The gunman was obviously mad and yelled at the women behind the counter. "Give me all the money you have! Now!" He then turned his attention to a group of people. "All of you! Give me your jewelry and cash!" Ms. Watkins looked at her students and whispered to them. "Everyone, stay here and don't make a sound." She walked in front of them as if the gunman was about to shoot them all and blocked them as a human shield.

The women behind the counter put their stuff in the bag the gunman had and then the gunman turned to the other people again They started to put their things in as well. Mike, Jon, Ryen, Keith and the girls looked on as everyone was scared out of their whits. "How do you think he got a gun into an airport?" Jessica asked. "I don't know." Mike replied. "But we can't sit here and do nothing."

Mike and Jon looked at each other then at Ryen, Keith and the girls. Mike and Jon ducked to the right and Ryen and Keith ducked to the left. The girls stayed just in case Ms. Watkins tried to stop them. Jon and Mike walked behind a stone pillar and Ryan and Keith stepped behind a desk. Though they were on either sides of a big pile of people Jon and Ryen could still see each other. Jon nodded to Ryen and he nodded back in response.

Mike jumped out from the pillar and yelled, "RyuGunOu, Raijin!" This distracted the gunman and everyone looked at Mike. Ryen then jumped out and yelled, RyuKenDo, Rajin!" Now everyone was look at Ryen. Finally, Keith Jumped out and yelled, RyuJinOu, Rajin!" Everyone was looking at him now. As the gunman was looking at the trio Ms. Watkins started to have a nervous and quieted fit. She looked around in her group and confirmed her nightmare, that the three guys in the area before her were, in deed, her students. She then looked around and talking to no one in particular she said, "Where is Jon?"

That question was answered no more than a second later. Jon jumped on a box he placed behind the crowd of people and jumped over the crowd. He landed on the ground, did a somersault, performed a leg sweep to the gunman and knocked him off his feet. He landed with a *thud*. Due to the fall the gun fell from his hand. Mike, realizing this, ran over to the gun, jumped on it, capturing it between his feet and did a front handspring throwing it through the air while yelling, "Security dude, catch!" The Security guard looked up and caught the gun in his hands cleanly.

The gunman stood up and went to hit Keith but he dodged it and punched him in the face sending him stumbling backwards. Ryen looked at Jon who was still crouching, "Double whammy?" Jon looked up at him and said, "Your on!" Ms. Watkins stood still in astonishment at what was happening in front of her then bent down to Michelle. "What's a "Double Whammy"?" Michelle, trying not to take her eyes off the action, just pointed. Ms. Watkins looked back at the action.

Ryen jumped into the air and did a side kick that placed his knee in the chest of the gunman and at the same time Jon did another roll forward, since the gunman had stumbled away from him, and did another leg sweep. The gunman fell backwards as Jon and Ryan both struck poses (Jon's was RyuKenDo and Ryen's was RyuGunOu's). The gunman raised his head slightly, Jon and Ryan snapped their fingers while saying, "Embrace the darkness, and rest in peace." The next second was a combination of the gunman's head hitting the floor, hard, applause from the students, including Ms. Watkins and the crowd, and the security guards rushing in to collar the suspect.

Jon and Ryan stood up soon being accompanied by Mike and Keith, they high-fived each other and bumped forearms in congratulations. Michelle, without anyone seeing her, ran to a set of speakers that were sitting on the side and plugged in her iPod. Suddenly the theme song to RyuKenDo began to play. Jon looked at her and then ran over to his guitar and plugged it in. Michelle joined Ryan, Mike and Keith as well as Jessica. They all stood in front of a desk and Jon stood on top with his guitar. Jon called out. "Now, Let's do this! 3, go!" Just as the music started to play Jon played along with the it, and to everyone's surprise, that includes his friends, he started to sing to it, and was pretty good.

He sang (the rest sing what's in parenthesis):

Dare ka ga nani ka wo neratte 'ru

Ijigen no tobira ga hiraku

Yami ni kakurete ugokidasu oroka na negai

GO (GO!) GO (GO!) akirametari shinai

GO (GO!) GO (GO!) yuuki wo furishibore

Kesshite mirai no jama wa sasenai

Atsuku moesakare GAGAGAGA!

Subete wo kakete

Kibou no kagi ga kagayakeba kiseki ga maioriru

Kono mune no kodou DADADADA!

Araburu tamashii

Seigi no tsurugi wo kakagete

Aku wo kirisaku n' da

Madan Madan Madan Senki RyuKenDo

At the end Jon strummed the last note so is hand was in the air, Mike was posed as RyuKenDo, Ryen was RyuGunOu, Keith was RyuJinOu and the girls were doing random "girlish" poses.

They all stopped their poses and started to shake hands with everyone who came up to them to thank them. Jon shook hands with an old man and turned around. When he did he was greeted by Michelle who, unknowingly, kissed Jon right on the lips. In a split second she realized what she did, backed off to see a stunned Jon and gasping friends. Ms. Watkins stepped in to help her out, "Okay, okay, now that the shows over, let's go so we don't miss our flight." Michelle looked up at her and mouthed, "Thank you." Ms. Watkins nodded and started to walk towards their gate, everyone followed. Jon, still in shock, mouth agape got a pat on the back from Mike, Keith and Ryen.

((For reference on what the "dance" might look like, go to this link .com/watch?v=gdMHdxgKWyY. Just, think of it at an airport ^_^))