The Adventure Continues

Freaky Fright Day

Riley tensed and turned to Ivan as he cleared his throat. "Oh, sorry," he apologised, realising his mistake. "I should've made more eye holes."

"You think?" Shelby asked, waving her flashlight at him. "And here I thought you were supposed to be a genius?"

Adelaide giggled. "A genius with no common sense," she teased, poking Riley in the side.

"Is this graffiti artist even going to show up?" Chase asked.

"Well, he's struck the museum during the day for the past three Fridays, so odds are, he'll do it again," Shelby said.

Koda suddenly stiffened and then let out a loud squeak as he farted.

"Koda!" Adelaide shrieked, covering her nose and mouth.

"Gross!" Shelby cried, doing the same.

"Smells so ghastly!" Ivan heaved, trying to suck in as much clean oxygen from the cracks above him.

"My eyes are burning!" Tyler said, his voice muffled as he covered his mouth with his shirt.

Chase, merely laughed along with Koda, earning them hits from the other Rangers.

"Shh! Guys! I think he's here!" said Riley, uncovering his face and looking through his eyeholes.

Unable to take the stench any longer, Tyler ran at the side of the crate and rammed it open. "I need air!" he yelled, landing on his stomach as the crate gave way.

The others followed him, thankful for the escape.

"Stop! The graffiti ends here, buddy!" Shelby shouted, pointing at the graffiti artist.

"Woah! Chill!" the artist said, holding up his hands in defence.

"Show thy face, vandal!" Ivan demanded, stomping forward and pulling down the artist's hood. He revealed them to be merely a kid. A kid that was a younger replica of himself.

The kid's eyes widened as he looked up.

"What?" Ivan gasped, taking a step back. "You're me. It's uncanny."

"Yeah, you mean creepy," the kid said. He stood still as Ivan walked around him, examining every inch before returning to stand before him. "It's like we're related or something, you know?"

Ivan chuckled, nervously. "Related? To you?" he cleared his throat."I-I think not. I have noble lineage."

"Are you from Zandar, by chance?" Riley asked.

"Not only am I from Zandar, by great, great, blah blah, blah blah, granddaddy was like, a knight of Zandar."

Adelaide giggled as she exchanged a look with Chase.

"Oh, my! Good heavens, that means you're my -"

"What in the world is going on over here?" Sasha asked, walking over with Jessie. "I thought you guys were supposed to be cleaning this mess up, not giving - oh..." she stopped short as she spotted the similarities between Ivan and the new kid. "Hi."

The kid smiled.

"Sasha, meet the kid that's ruined the museum for the last three Fridays in a row," Adelaide said. "Doesn't he look familiar? Like, family familiar?"

"Real subtle, squirrel," Jessie chuckled.

Adelaide grinned.

"What's your name?" Sasha asked.

The kid grinned at her, almost flirtingly. "I'm Zach," he answered.

"Well, Zach, this is Ivan, you're long lost cousin," said Sasha, stressing the word as she turned to Ivan. The last thing they needed was for Zach to really realise who Ivan was.