~Little Tokyo High~ : The Math Homework of DOOM!

[Mechadon]

Panzer to Sheena: Glad to meet you, Sheena. I take it you've meet Romero before? We can talk about it at lunch with him.

*hears Eyah turning from Romero and cackling to herself*

Say, what's so funny? *Panzer sends her a stern stare, silently reminding her of their own encounter at the beginning of Summer*

[DashStPierre]

Dash sees Eyah and Panzer eyeing each other and quickly steps in.

Dash: Alright you two, lets not have any MORE wackiness on the first day. Oh and Eyah, if you think this fellow right here is the one who caused you so much heck and craziness the LAST tiem we saw you, youre mistaken...oh and dont get any ideas about taking your revenge out on him...if you touch one hair on him I will make sure youre life is an absolute living nightmare the REST of the school year...and that is a promise.

Dash's fists caught fire as he glared menacingly at Eyah. She slowly backed away from Dash and Romero...

Eyah: Whoa whoa whoa...ok ok I'll stay away from him. No need to get THAT mad about it...

When the fire around Dash's fists subsided there were a bunch of students staring at him, as well as Mrs Efields.

Dash looked aroudn and very matter of factly said, "hey...nothing more to see here..." and everyone went back to their business.

[KyoZaber]

After a few moments... they arrive in front of a large steel-bolted door.

Ms. Efields : *Cracks her knuckles.* Ok.. let's see here... *Her hands begin flying over a keypad located near the door...*

After a few chirps... The sound of a buzzer could be heard. A light overhead began flashing & spinning.
Soon... The sound of large locks could be heard un-buckling. In front of the door... Pressurized air was released from locking cartridges, allowing large locking bolts to release.
A center device in the large square door began rotating... Then stopped. With that... the door opened up from the center.
One side slid upwards... the other side slid downwards...
What appeared to be fog emanated from the room ahead...

Ms. Efields : *Rolls her eyes.* Really kids... this is all more dramatic than it really needs to be. *Waves everyone forward.* Welcome to the U.N.I.D.C. This is what used to be a major project from back in the late 70's. *Points towards a central, rectangular object.* That... is... well... It was the U.N.I.D.C's mainframe. It's now Little Tokyo High's mainframe... And it was supposed to be decommissioned over the summer... *Sighs.*

The "mainframe" as Ms. Efields called it, stood about 9-Feet tall, was the length of a small bus, and about as wide as a car.
On the center was what appeared to be the system's main console. "AUDUI-495" is labeled along the top of the mainframe, and on the upper-side of the main console.

Ms. Efields : *Sits down in front of the console.* Now... let's see... *She presses a few keys... then flips a switch a few times.* ... Ugg... Come on Audrey... Start up! *She smacks the side of the console.* ...

Camma : Ms. Efields? I could be wrong... but if a normal startup procedure for this particular model doesn't work...

Ms. Efields : *Nods* Yes Ms. Camma... It means we have to... *Pulls a lever that is next to the console... A panel open up... What looks like a small pull-start awn-mower engine attached directly to the innards of the mainframe is exposed.* ... Pull start this blasted mainframe. *She looks at her students.* Any volunteers?

[Romero Anchovy]

As soon as the word "volunteer," passed by Ms. Efields lips everyone execpt Romero took a step back.

Ms. Efields: Ah! yes Mr. Anchovy would you lend me a hand?

Romero: Uh...sure.

Romero wasn't sure why everyone backed up but decided to just try and get it over with. He walked up to Ms. Efields who showed him the lawn mower engine which was on a 3ft high platform.

Romero begins pulling on the string... And pulling... And pulling some more, he pulled for 5 mins. straight but to no avail.

Romero frustrated: I'm Not Going To Give Up!!!

Romero gathers all of his strength pulls the string as hard as he could one final time... hell-bent on starting the system. There's a loud SNAP! The string breaks off from the motor, and Romero goes falling back, and lands on his head... The motor blasts a loud crack into the air... And within moments, the engine whirs to life. A few lights on the mainframe begin to slowly light up... A round-dial near the console illuminates & reads "Temperature". Slowly it's needle begins to rise from "Cool" to "Warm".

Ms. Efields : Well done Mr. Anchovy! Very well done indeed! Now we've just got to wait a few minutes for the tubes to warm up, boot the system, and then we can go back upstairs to begin work on our projects! Yay!

[KyoZaber]

After about 5 minutes of waiting... The needle on the dial finally pointed to "Warm"...
The main console dimly lit up for a moment... then glowed brightly. The mainframe buzzed and clicked... Finally, the words "Login: " appeared on the screen.

Ms. Efields : *Gazes upon the login screen... slightly in awe...* And thus... Audrey is back online. *She sits down, and begins typing away on the keyboard. The old keyboard makes loud KER-CHUNK sounds with each key pressed. Within a few moments, the mainframe makes more clicking & whrring sounds.* There we go... *She enters a few more commands in... then presses a button at the top of the console. Immediately, the screen flashes "Locked in Online Mode..." followed by the screen going dark.* Ok everyone... enough show and tell. Time to get back upstairs & get to work. ^_^

As everyone files out of the room... Eyah is the last one to leave. She casts one look back at the large mainframe computer... A thin smile splays across her lips.

Eyah : ... Kee kee kee kee~ ...

Ms. Efields : Eyah, come along dear.

Sheena : *Yawning.* Yeah, less looking at stupid box. More going to... errr....

Camma : *Smerks, and finishes Sheena's sentence.* Look at other "stupid boxes"?

As the girls began to argue, and Eyah exited, the door began it's lengthy process of closing. Eyah cast one final glance back... just in time to see the Mainframe's console flicker back on... as the door slammed shut.

*** Later that day at lunch... ***

Kyo : *Resting his head in his arms at a lunch table... grumbling.* Everyone gets to see a data center that has a computer the size of a small bus in it... and I got stuck on Anari duity. ... *Sits up, and flails his arms up and down in frustration.* What evil sick joke is this!?

Eyah : *Munching on her food... watching his arms go up and down.* I couldn't tell you honestly... I prefer sick jokes with a more intricate plot myself. What was done to you was way too simple for my tastes.

Kyo : *Stops flailing his arms, and just sighs... a slight tone of sarcasm leaks from his voice.* Thank you for reminding me that I don't want you... the great and powerful Eyah... plotting my downfall.

Eyah : *Grins, pointing her chop-sticks at Kyo.* Your very welcome class representative Kyo.

[DashStPierre]

Meanwhile Dash and Romero were sitting at another table munching on their lunches.

Dash: Man...I dont think Ive ever had that happen before.
Romero: Whaddaya mean?
Dash: Back in the data center...when my fists caught fire...that's never happened before
Romero: Well I dont much know your story so I really cant say.
Dash: Well I'll tell you about it at some point. Anyway, I dont like Eyah...I think she might try to plan something
Romero: You mean...with the computer?
Dash: Yeah. As we were filing out, I saw her looking at it and chuckling to herself. She may not be a crazy clown anymore...but I still think she could be a threat to the school...
Romero: You think so?
Dash: I got a hunch.

Dash looked over and saw Eyah. The two briefly made eye contact and a lick of fire appeared in Dash's eyes as he scowled at her as if to say, "I know what youre thinking and Im NOT gonna let it happen." Eyah's eyes widened and she quickly went back to her food.

Eyah (thinking): I dont like that Dash...he tried to ruin my plans before. I need to keep away from him

Dash: I just hope we dont have another full on battle because theyre still repairing the east wing of the school from the LAST time a battle took place here.
Romero: So this isnt a NORMAL high school is it?
Dash: Normal...HA! What's normal?

*Meanwhile, in the teacher's lounge*

Mrs. Efields: Principal Tio, I was down with the class getting the old mainframe online and one of the students was looking at it and looked like she was chuckling to herself. Should I have reason to be concerned?
Tio: Well, considering that the school is already on a high state of alert of late Id say go ahead and be concerned. She cant get into the data center without an access badge so keep a close watch on her and make sure her other teachers do as well.
Efields: Thank you Principal Tio.

[Romero Anchovy]

Eyah glaced back over her shoulder to see that Romero was looking at her also, but it wasn't the same look that Dash was giving her. she could almost see the hearts in his eyes

Eyah thinking to herself: I won't let that tiger scare me, his idiot friend might work into my plans.

Eyah grabbed the rest of her lunch and Kyo's hand and started walking over to where Dash and Romero where sitting.

Kyo: What are you doing now Eyah?

Eyah: Do I have to explain everything to you?

Eyah sat herself down next to Romero, and sat Kyo in between her and Dash.

Eyah looked at Romero: Hi

Romero Dumbfounded: Uh....Hi?

Shortly after Panzer and Jack came and joined them at the table.

[DashStPierre]

Dash's fists flared up again when Eyah sat Kyo between her and himself.

Dash: "You can do what you want Eyah, but I  AM watching you..." He whispered just loud enough for her to hear. a slight tingle went up Eyah's spine as she looked back over at Romero.

Panzer sat on Dash's other side and whispered to him, "Dash, what is your problem man? your hands are on fire..."

Dash looked back at Panzer and said, "Meet me by my locker after last period and I'll explain.

[KyoZaber]

Kyo : *Mouth full of food.* Fi-wa? *Looks down at Dash's hands... noticing the flames... his eyes grow wide as he spits his food out.* FIRE!!! *He stands up, and beigns shouting.* DASH'S HANDS ARE ON FIRE! QUICK! GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER! SOMEONE! A STUDENT'S HANDS ARE ON FIRE!!!

Quickly the lunch room when deathly quiet... except for Kyo's shouting.
Kyo got out of his seat, pulled Dash from his seat, tossing him on the floor.
He grabbed his jug of milk-tea, and began pouring it onto Dash's hands.
Just then, the lunch-room door burst open as Coach Miniac came rushing in with a fire extinguisher in hand.

Miniac : *Aiming at Dash and Kyo.* STAND BACK KID!!!

Kyo dove out of the way just in time as Coach Miniac began dousing Dash with a person-friendly fire extinguisher that had been stored back in the kitchen in case one of the cooks caught on fire. It was very cold to the touch, not to mention felt like getting hit with a spray from a garden hose. After the coach stopped dousing Dash in a white non-toxic foamy-stuff. Mrs. Berry rushed in with a fire blanket, in which they rolled Dash up, and quickly took him off to the schools Nurse office.

(Not "the doctor"-s office. An actual School Nurse with actual credentials that helps & not experiments with students.)

Kyo : *Breathing quick... his heart pounding fast...* ... What the heck was he eating!?

Eyah shrugs, offering one of her egg rolls to Romero.

Sheena & Camma walk into the Lunch room... surveying the scene...

Sheena : Wow... This place sure is quiet...

Camma : *Looks at the mess on the floor... then at Kyo... her eye-brow raises up quizzically.* And quite unruly as well.

*** Later that day... After a trip to the nurses office... and a trip to the showers... ***

Dash walks out of the showers with a clean set of cloths... and bandages wrapped around his hands.

Coach Miniac : There... Come on Dash. Let's get you to your next-to-last class. *Begins walking Dash to his next class.* I swear you kids these days... If you keep eating food that spicy you're going to get ulcers eating out your stomach in no time...

*** Meanwhile... Inside Little Tokyo High's Garage... ***

Principal Tio : Ugg... *Finishes putting on the last piece of his motorcycle's engine.* There! ... Let's see... *Slowly begins turning the gears... watching it move.* That'll do it... *Connects a fuel line to it, and attempts to try starting it... to no avail.* Come on!

Mrs. Berry : *Walking in.* Any luck?

Principal Tio : None. ... *Wipeing his hands.* How's Mr. StPierre?

Mrs. Berry : Doing fine. The nurse says there's no physical signs of damage... but his hands have been bandaged up just in case.

Principal Tio : Good. *Sips some coffee from a near-by mug.* Has his grandmother been contacted?

Mrs. Berry : Yes sir. She rushed right over with a change of cloths & met with him in the nurse's office. She's currently in your office waiting until school is out to take him home herself.

Principal Tio : Very good. Make sure she's given the amenities needed. Also we'll need to start getting the insurance and other components taken care of. I'll personally head down to the mainframe room and begin copying our surveillance recordings. I want you to begin talking with his friends later on this evening after 7:00 pm. Be sure they all know to be back on campus by then.

Mrs. Berry : Yes sir...

Principal Tio : Ugg.... *Stretches out.* This is going to be a long night....

(It may look like we're cruising along too fast... but believe me folks. We're just getting started.  )

[DashStPierre]

So as the final bell rang signaling the end of the day Dash and his grandmother were walking to her minivan.

Grams: Dash honey, explain to me why I had to bring a change of clothes to you today and Coach Miniac (who is very nice I might add)...and why they were telling me about your hands...
Dash: Grams, you know about my powers right?
Grams: Yes I do...remember when that alien friend of yours came by and told me all about you and your two sisters...how is he by the way?
Dash: Oh he's great. Things are getting better on Solaar...anyway, well while I was at lunch today, there is this girl and she and I dont exactly see eye to eye. Well the new supercomputer at school wasnt working so we had to start the old one, and while we were down there she was eyeing it and giggling in a wy that got my dander up. So I got so mad my hands caught on fire. Well they went out before anything happened. Anyway, she knows I know she is plotting something and it may involve my new friend Romero. Well at lunch she sat somebody between me and her so she wouldnt have to look at me (because she is kinda intimidated of me), and my hands lit up again...that;s when COach MIniac and the other teachers went all ballistic.
Grams: Hmm...well, this could be interesting indeed...Well maybe that alien friend of yours can explain this...
Dash: yeah...I think I still have that holo-communicator he gave us in my room. I'll give him a buzz tonight
Grams: well make sure you finish your homework first
Dash: Right Grams...

*While this was going on...*

Panzer and ROmero were talking on the bus as they were headed home for the day

Panzer: Man, lunch was crazy wasnt it?
Romero: yeah...Ive only known Dash since this summer but what happened to his hands...you havent seen that have you?
Panzer: Nope...in the year plus Ive known him and his abilities Ive a) never seen him that angry at anything or anyone or b) His hands catch fire when he didnt have his armor on.
Romero: yeah...well he was really lookin at Eyah pretty funny...and he keeps saying he knows what she is thinking...
Panzer: yeah...Hey Leon...
Leon: Yeah?
Panzer: you think you could check out Eyah's computer tomorrow? I am curious if Dash is just blowing smoke tryin to scare her or if she really may be up to something.
Leon: sure...find a way to get me inside first period tomorrow and I'll see what I can find.

[Mechadon]

(OOC: Wow, looks like all my work is being done for me on this one. Let me know if you need any crucial character info.    On a more serious note, Leon does have his limitations on what he can do as an A.I.and a computer. I'd prefer it if you left those operations to me.  I've decided to link his abilities to Panzer's well-being. He can do close-proximity Wireless hacking, He generally needs to be inside or just outside the building to do that. Anything more [like hacking into a government mainframe at the other side of town] would require him to drain energy from Panzer, making him very weak. Leon does his fastest and safest work when there is a physical connection. His portable chip can be inserted into the computer. Futhermore,  he can do fast top-notch hacking when he is still inside Panzer's arm connected via wire. It's practically instantaneous. [unless the plot calls for something hard to get through])

[KyoZaber]

(Oh now I wouldn't say that. I'd still like to see some Panzer & Leon in your words. However, if you'd rather have Dash & Romero perform your actions, you can do as you feel.

However... Now's a perfect time to bring this up.
You dudes will see me posting with multiple people. I do this because I have a good profile of what my characters will do. While I don't mind if you use my teachers, and in a very limited instance my principal, let's try to limit using other user's characters. No sense putting words in a mouth that's not yours, am I right?

Now... If you PM the user & get his or her permission, I don't mind. Please do so, and CC me in on the whole string. If I hear complaints, I will side on the character's owner, and not on the borrower unless I have the CC to show that a prior agreement was reached. All this will be effective immediately.

This isn't a "Kyo's upset" moment, this is just a "Let's protect things from getting too out of hand just in case" moment. 
Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with how things are going thus-far. )

[Mechadon]

(Oh now I wouldn't say that. I'd still like to see some Panzer & Leon in your words. However, if you'd rather have Dash & Romero perform your actions, you can do as you feel.)

(I was being sarcastic. Of course I would like to write stuff for him. But he didn't get to do or say much during the entire school day.  I thought of something funny to write when everyone was staring each other down at lunch. Would have went something like this:

*Panzer stared at the piece of lasagna, thinking to himself* You are the most delicious lasagna I've ever laid eyes on; don't think you won't be eaten.

*The lasagna of course didn't look back and didn't think anything, cause it's just a piece of lasagna*

) *sigh, but it wasn't meant to be*

[KyoZaber]

(My bad.  I agree, that I made the day progress way too fast. We've still got the evening meeting scene going on, so that'll help make up for it a little. I promise to slow down the next few scenes by a lot. I got too excited for my own good, and rushed through some very good scenes just to make a gag. )

[DashStPierre]

(OOC: Its partially my fault fo rthe day progressing so fast Kyo...I'll try to dial down on what I post storywise. To Mechadon...sorry for taking over your character...I'll make sure to ask permission next time)

[Romero Anchovy]

(OOC: So i guess Romero is just chopped liver then, Dash? LOL just playing with ya I liked how it turned out, I thought that it seemed like a fast day, maybe it was a half a day lol, but I have to say sorry to Kyo, Mech, Dash and BC for using your characters without permission, I'm really excited to see where this is all going, and I'm trying not to post a lot to keep it open.)

[DashStPierre]

Dash wrapped up his math homework, but just before he got out his holo-communicator Grams shouted from downstairs...

Grams: Hey Dash: while I was at school your principal said something about a meeting tonight you had to be at...
Dash: Oh yeah I forgot about that...yeah Grams it starts at 7. I think parents are supposed to be there too.
Grams: alright. That isnt long from now. Get yourself freshened up and I'll change your bandages
Dash: (groans) yes Grams...

Dash hopped in and out of the shower, then put on one of his nice shirts and pairs of khaki pants. When he came downstairs, Grams was waiting for him and so were his sisters.

Grams: I couldnt find a sitter for them so they are coming along to this meeting of yours.
Dash (groans again): Seriously?
Grams: you DO want to go to that hobby convention this weekend...RIGHT?!?
Dash: Oh yes ma'am...
Grams: Ok its settled. Kia and Amy, go upstairs and put on a nice dress.
Kia and Amy (in whiny tone): Oh Grams...
Grams: Dont "Oh Grams" me...I already cut your allowance once this month...

Kia and Amy trudged up the stairs to get dressed while Grams put fresh bandages on Dash's hands.

[Blackcat]

*For some unknown reason Jack is really, really tired, the teachers dont mind, because that has keep him being quiet and out of trouble.

Jack: So... what we were suposed to do today?

Near him, there is the "All girls club", or AGC, five of those bunny girls that became students of the school some time ago. There were rumors about them being those Ninja bunny girls that used to cause trouble long ago, but those where an army, not just five girls. The truth is that those five girls is all what remains of those ninja bunny girls, or "Dusk Hare" clan. They aren't after Dash or Jack anymore, they had become regular students, with decent grades, and despite the principal suspecting something, is not easy to keep students in a place where so many weirds things tend to happen. So it just let them be students, because with such low numbers, they aren't a trouble anymore.

*The “Dusk Hare”, a team mostly formed by ninja bunny girls, they used to be the recurrent villains, until the “Banchou”, whipped most of them. The most recurrent characters of the Dusk hare are: number 434 Hikari, the most lucky bunny ninja girl ever(She hardly suffers any damage in battle, because she usually gets lost and arrives late), the “Boss”,  know as bunny girl 34(Her real name is Rine); and the “Agent”, a mysterious Male hare that is dressed like a lawyer and uses glasses, he seems to be the real boss, or at least he is above Bunny girl 34 in leadership. Nowadays five of those bunny girls remain, including Hikari and Rine, they formed the "All girls club" and have becomed regular students.

PS: Ok... move on...

[Romero Anchovy]

Then Dash's front door opened up and Romero came walking in

Romero (making a pose like Fonzy from Happy Days): Hey!!!

Then clapping from nowhere was herd.

Dash: Don't you knock?

Romero: Sometimes...

Romero looked at Dash's bandaged hand's.

Romero: So...have your hands spontaneously combusted recently?

[DashStPierre]

Dash glared at Romero

Dash: Very funny Romero...My hands really are fine though...
Romero: So whats up with these powers of yours?
Dash: Come by my house tomorrow afternoon after school and I'll tell you the story. Right now isnt the best time.
Romero: Gotcha man.


Just about this time Kia and Amy had come back downstairs, both not to happy to be in a dress.

Grams: alrighty then. everybody to the car....and Dash you can bring your friend along as well.
Dash: Ok

So all of them jumped into the minivan, and headed over to Little Tokyo High, and made their way into the auditorium where a number of parents and students had already gathered.