Sarah: Digi-port open!"
(Nothing happens.)
Sarah: Darn it, Digi-port open!"
(Nothing happens. Sam and Jake come in through the double doors.)
Sam: No luck with the Digi-port, huh?
Sarah: Nothing. Must be a one-way Digi-port. So, what did you guys find out?
Jake: This place is very nice, whoever this Cassy character is, they have lots of money to burn.
Sam: Yeah, so far, we found a fully-stocked pantry, a kitchen with a bar counter, a living room with a television.
Sarah: Guys, this is important. Does the television have cable?
Sam: Yes.
Jake: And the premium channel.
Sarah: Sweet!
Sam: And a VCR AND a Playstation II.
Sarah: Wicked. What about Neal?
Jake: He went to check out the upstairs.
(Neal comes in. He's no longer wearing his armor. He's wearing a blue muscle shirt with the UCONN logo tucked into blue jeans with a brown leather belt and cowboy boots. His sword is strapped to his back.)
Sarah (giving a cat call): Looking buff there, Dravenheart.
Neal: Thanks, sitting down in the armor was uncomfortable so I found this.
Jake: Where did you find it?
Neal: In my room. There are five of them.
Sam: Five?
Neal: Yeah, five.
Sam: Huh, interesting.
Sarah: Don't get too comfortable here, boys. The moment the story is over, we're outta here.
(The view screen comes on and the SF is seen.)
SF: Greetings, my puppets.
Neal: What do you want, Casanova?
SF: That's Castiron! Anywho, break time's over, back to watching.
Jake (sighing): Fine.
(All resume their seats. Neal take off his sword and places it on the side.)
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> Not far from the city in an unexplored forest,
Jake: In China?
> a secret and beautiful facility was sitting in silence. Inside in the facility?s center room, > highly advanced computers hummed as a little robot
Sarah: I.Q. 9?
Neal: R2-D2?
Jake: Gilliam?
Sam: Larry 5000?
> was making repairs. Alpha 7,
All: Booo, hiss, get off TV!
> the robot was working under the supervision of a beautiful woman in > a dazzling white gown,
Sam, Neal, Jake: 0_0
Sarah (huffing): Men.
> sitting on a throne-like chair upon a floating platform in the front of > the room.
Jake: Someone must be really high on themselves.
> "Repairs are almost done, Venusiline." Alpha 7 reported. "Our system will be updated in no > time."
> Venusiline, the beautiful woman smiled. "Very good Alpha 7. But let me lend you a hand."
(All start clapping)
> She raised her right hand that started emitting white energy. The energy floated towards the > remaining computers, repairing them instantly.
> Alpha 7 was in awe.
Sam: I thought he was in a beautiful facility in a forest.
> Although he is a robot, he had human emotions. "You never cease to amaze me > Venusiline."
Neal (Alpha 7): Then again, I get amazed at watching a spider crawl up a wall.
> Venusiline smiled again at her dear robotic friend in response. But then her eyes widen in > suspicion.
Sarah (Venusiline): All right, Alpha, what do you want and how much is it going to cost?
> "Venusiline, what is the matter?" Alpha 7 asked.
Sam: I want to say something, but I think I'm boardering on trademark invasion.
> "Something is wrong, Alpha" she replied, "I can feel it."
All: Ya think?
> Meanwhile in Outer Space, all was quiet. The planets were orbiting the sun, as they should be.
Neal: It would be kind of stupid if they were orbiting a pair of Boxers.
Sarah: So that's who that black and white checkered pair belong to.
(Neal blushes)
> But instantly, dark shadows
Sarah: I used to love that show.
Jake: Why don't you now?
Sarah: It went to color.
> began to appear just over Earth. The shadows joined together to form > an extremely large energy mass.
Neal: Rosie O'Donnell?
> The energy then flew itself towards Earth. Sliding through the atmosphere, it entered the > skies over Hong Kong. But before it was detected, the energy vanished.
Sam: The government is trying to keep it under wraps.
Jake (Barbrady): Move along, nothing to see here.
> The energy had teleported itself hundreds of feet under the city, within Earth?s crust.
Neal (Dr. Evil): Welcome to my underground lair.
> Instantly the energy changed to a physical form and became a forbidding palace.
Sarah: I wouldn't exactly call Sesame Street forbidding. Scary maybe but not forbidding.
> Inside a throne room, hundreds of hideous monsters gathered behind four beings who were each > wearing a medallion. They were all facing a large throne and bowing low to the man sitting > upon it.
> The man wore very dark garments, set in a most gloomy fashion. He looked up at the creatures > in front of him.
> "All hail, King Plutonius!" a voice called out.
(All give him the bird.)
> King Plutonius smiled wickedly and rose from his throne. "Minions of my Death Empire," he > spoke in a deep and proud voice, "we are finally here in the Solar System.
Jake: Hey, pal, this Solar System has a name.
Neal: What is the name?
Jake: Um...
> We shall witness the dawning of a new age,
Sam: The stupid age.
> as we shall take this galaxy under our control!"
> "Yes, Your Highness." the creatures replied.
> Plutonius continued. "And we shall begin our conquest with this planet, Earth. Home to the > human race."
Neal: Hey guys, did any of you realize that whenever an evil empire comes to this solar system, they always head straight for Earth, they don't try to conquere one of the other planets.
Jake: Hey, that's right, I wonder why.
> He stared towards the four beings wearing the medallions. "Rise, my four > generals!"
Neal: General Mayhem
Sarah: General Disaster.
Jake: General Chaos.
Sam: General Hawk.
(All look at Sam oddly.)
Sam: What?
> The four officials stood up, as commanded.
> "You each of you shall in turn prove your loyalty to me by leading our forces to conquer this > planet." Plutonius explained, "But should any of you fail, death shall be the penalty.
Sarah: Hence the name "Death Empire."So > Night-Slash, step forward."
> One of the generals came forward. He wore back garments that made him resemble a ninja > warrior. He carried many weapons on his attire and his face was completely covered, except for > his glowing red eyes.
Neal: The part of Night-Slash wil be played by one of the Shadow Kahn from The Jackie Chan Adventures.
> The other three generals grunted and snarled with jealously.
> "Night-Slash, take a monster and a group of Evilates with you and prepare the attack at once."
> A few strange creatures appeared behind Night-Slash as he bowed to Plutonius. "At once my > lord!"
Sam (Inferno): As you command, my Queen!
Jake (Megatron): I do wish he would stop calling me that.
> Meanwhile, Ryan had just arrived at Mandarin High School, one of the well-known schools in > Hong Kong. He arrived in time of the welcoming ceremony for the Grade 9 students.
Sarah: Although why the seniors all had paddles and were standing in a row was beyond him.
> The crowd of teenagers was greeted by Ray Woo, principal of the school. As he spoke, Ryan > could tell Principal Woo wasn?t a very pleasant man.
Neal: Being a grownup in a Power Rangers series would do that to you.
> The ceremony ended and he looked at his timetable that he received in the mail. As he head for > his first class, Ryan bumped into someone. He looked at the person and was pleased with who he > saw. Very pleased.
Jake: Lisa Ling.
Neal: And if anybody knows who she is, I would be very surprised.
> "Sabrina." he exclaimed. Sabrina Wong was Ryan?s best friend. They had known each other for a long time. Sabrina was a very attractive girl and Ryan had developed a crush on her.
Sam (with a stupid French accent): I am crushing your head. Crush, crush!
> She had long black hair and was dressed in a grey top, blue jeans and white shoes.
Sarah (writing down on a notepad): Grey top, blue jeans, white shoes. Got it.
> "Ryan." she smiled and gave him a hug,
Neal: BOING!
> "How was your summer?"
> "Terrific." he replied, "Yours?"
> "Great." she said, "I love your new haircut."
Jake: INTENSE SMALL TALK ACTION!
> He smiled. Ryan?s hair used to be longer and was parted in the middle. Now it was very short, > gelled down and spiked up at the front.
Sarah: So basically he looked like Jason from the original Power Rangers.
Neal: You watched that show?
Sarah (shrugging): It was when it first aired, I didn't know how stupid it was going to be.
> "What class have you got now?" he asked.
Sam: First class.
Neal: Nah, he has no class at all.
> Sabrina stared at his timetable. "The same as you. C?mon!" They walked down the hall. Ryan had > asked Sabrina out before summer came, but she said she wanted to stay friends.
Jake: Oh for crying out loud, he's just asking you out, he doesn't want to marry you... yet.
> Ryan was sad, but respected what she wanted. He tried to let he feelings for her go, but they > just wouldn?t drift. He still wanted her to be more than a friend deep down inside.
Sarah: How much you want to bet she gets captured by the bad guys more than five times before this series is over?
Sam: Can't be a bet if we all agree.
> They talked about their summer as they step into their first class. They were greeted by a > beautiful woman who looked like a teenager.
Jake: Quistis Trepe in a very rare cameo role.
> They took their seats.
Neal: Where? (rimshot)
Neal: Huh, what was that?
> Soon the seats were full. Ryan put his stuff down as the woman introduced herself.
> "Hello, students." she replied in a soft voice, "My name is Miss Lindsay Chu
All: Ghesuntite
> and this is my History class. I?ll also be your home form teacher for the year. Welcome to > Mandarin High."
Sam: And anybody who enjoys this is definitely high on Mandarin.
> Ryan first two classes ended two and half-hours later. It was finally lunchtime. He tried to find Sabrina, but
Sarah: Found Waldo instead.
> had lost track of her. He decided to try looking for her outside the school outside, > since it was a beautiful day and he knew Sabrina liked nice weather. But instead, he heard > screams in the distance.
Jake: Kiss must be practicing near by.
> Ryan trailed the screams to the soccer field and saw strange creatures attacking the students. > There was a man in dark ninja-like clothes surveying the scene with a hideous monster beside > him. > The monster was covered in blades and claws and had jagged fangs dipping with saliva. Ryan > didn?t known what to do, but stayed put and out of sight until an idea would hit him.
Neal: Or the monsters, whichever comes first.
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