winter rose

chapter nine:pork chopped and helpinh at the dojo

Chapter 9: Pork Chopped and Helping at the Dojo

Ninja Ops

"This is so brutal," said Dustin. He was crawling under a table with a handful of cables with Shane. Tori and Blake were sparring, jac telling the boys where to put each wire.

"I hear that," Shane agreed, looking over his shoulder to look at the Yellow Ranger.

Sensei sat inside his habitat, a small TV that Cam had found in front of him. "Problem, gentlemen?" the Guinea Pig asked, looking at his two students. "Those who fail to install cable in time for the Science Fiction marathon shall feel the un-holy wrath of an unhappy Guinea Pig." He said.

Shane plugged in a few wires while Dustin turned to face his mentor. "Sensei, no disrespect, but I'm pretty sure that there was nothing in the contract about cable TV when I signed up for this," he said.

"And, action!" jac exclaimed, coming out from under the table after Shane put in the last wire.

Shane chuckled and turned again to face the Yellow Ranger. "I'm sure he was kidding, dude."

"Isn't this a little low-tech? I mean, Cam's got like, a thousand channels on this thing." Dustin said, unaware that Cam had walked into the base.

"How many times do I have to tell you? The satellite surveillance system isn't a home theater." Cam said, startling Dustin, who yelped in surprise and whirled around to look at him.

"Are you sure?" jac asked, tipping her head to the side. "Because the Viewing Globe made a pretty awesome Home Theater if the alarms didn't go off during the movie," she said. "I'm pretty sure that a large computer screen would make a pretty good Home Theater."

Cam sighed and turned to look at the White Ranger. "You were seven, jac, of course your mentor would let you watch movies on the surveillance system; but Dustin over there is seventeen, he's not getting off as easily as you did," he said, turning to face Dustin when he finished.

Meanwhile, Tori and Blake had brought their spar a little closer. "I'll take it easy on you, this time," Blake teased with a grin on his face.

Tori rolled her eyes and smiled. "Don't let the blonde hair fool ya," she taunted before sending him flying. He hit the ground and accidently got his arm tangled up in the cable cords. Trying to stand up, he accidently pulled them out, turning off the TV. Nervously, everyone turned towards Sensei, gauging for a reaction.

"Well, that worked out well," jac sarcastically said with a roll of her eyes.

"Sorry, bro. I'll fix it," Blake said, starting to go over to where the cables had been plugged in.

Widening her eyes a little bit, jac rushed over, blocking the Navy Ranger from reaching the cords. "No, you won't, I will," she said, turning so that she could plug in the cords.

Shane rolled his eyes and turned to Tori. "You wanna head to the park? I gotta practice for my demo," he asked her.

"Actually, I was about to give Blake and jac a ride to meet Hunter," Tori answered, an apologetic look on her face.

"Well, you're still coming tomorrow, right? At three?" he asked.

"Yeah, I wouldn't miss it," Tori promised.

"Done!" jac's voice shouted from under the table. "Sensei, you should be able to get your SyFy marathon, now." She crawled out from the under the table and dusted her clothes off, smiling in victory.

"Thank you, Jacqueline," Sensei said, his TV turned on to a SyFy movie channel.

"Okay, Tori, let's go!" jac said, going over to stand next to her friend. Tori nodded, and the two girls, as well as Blake, left.