Third Period

Rylan sat in third period global studies with the weight of the world on his mind as he pondered Maya’s warning.

This can’t be happening to me. There’s no way a transdimensional outlaw and two bounty hunters have come to New Mexico to bother with me and my sister-

"Rylan!” shouted the teacher above the heads of all the half-sleep students.

"Yes ma’am!”

"Take that overhead projector down to gym storage and make sure you place it in the corner-”

"Yes ma’am, I know where it goes!” said Rylan, happy to take a break from class and do manual labor.

Lab Coat

Rylan hauled the overhead projector downstairs and through the empty gym. He whistled a happy tune as he stopped in front of the storage room door.

"Whistle whistle, gettin outta class, whistle whistle, let’s forget all the craziness!”

He fumbled with the doorknob but opened it still holding the projector, but he couldn’t reach the light switch. He stepped inside as the door closed behind him, leaving him in total darkness. But as he walked to the corner of the dark room and put the projector down, the door re-opened behind him.

Eh, coach Watts?-

The light switched on, and before Rylan could turn around...

"Hello! Maybe I should lock us in here, lover!” said a familiar voice behind him.

"No!” cried Rylan as he turned in terror, “It’s you again!”

Breathtaking, black hair, glasses and a white lab coat. Rylan stood frozen in fear at the drop dead beautiful Anya, who blocked the door.

"Rylan, how rude~” she said with an evil smile, gliding toward him.

"Eeeeep!” Rylan stumbled backward to get away from her, “What are you doing in this school? Why do you have me trapped in here?” squeaked Rylan, searching for an exit.

Anya chuckled again.

"Hee hee, oh silly! Why would I trap one of my precious students?” she said closing in, caressing his face.

"Hey I..What?” Rylan frowned. “What do you mean ‘student’?”

Anya reached in her lab coat pocket and produced her school faculty ID.

"I’m your new science teacher baby face,” she said rubbing her nose on his cheek.

"Wait!..T-That can’t be right! You’re lying!” he accused.

"I’m not lying silly, I’m certified and everything. In fact, if I’m not mistaken I have you and the twins for next period chemistry, hee hee!”

Rylan gave up. He collapsed back against the storage room wall while Anya post her arm up, not letting him escape.

"Lady...Anya..This is all coming at me too fast..just tell me.. what do you want with me?” he muttered, defeated.

"Hmm?” she pushed her glasses up, “Rylan, you sweet boy. I’m sure you know by now that I’m trapped here for two weeks, and even a girl like me has to earn a living-”

"Earn a living? On a teacher’s salary? Bullshit, you’re here to kidnap me and my sister so you can, I don’t know, do evil stuff!”

Anya covered her mouth with melodrama, “Rylan, how could you say these cruel things about me? Oh boo-hoo!” she hid her face to cry.

"Lady, are you serious? You stole my motorcycle and you shot at me!”

"Lies! I didn’t steal-eh?” she remembered, “Oh yeah, I did borrow your bike, but I told you I’d get you anot-”

In a blink of a fraction of a millisecond, before she finished her sentence, Anya drew her sword and blocked three strikes.

Pong-Pong-Pang!

"Yaaa! Too slow you fucking brat!”

Anya fought her attacker out of the storage room and into the large empty gym. Rylan chased close behind and ran into the attacker.

"M-Maya?” whispered Rylan.

Maya stood between him and Anya, scowling at the raven haired villain. Anya shot an evil smile back at her.

"Well, well, if it isn’t little Maya. What’s the matter baby girl, are you in need of guidance?”

"Don’t say anything to me you dead woman,” growled Maya, her hair clipped back in a wavy ponytail, “Rylan, did she hurt you?”

"N-No, not at a-”

"Why would you ask him something like that you fucking brat!” shouted Anya, leaping at Maya with her sword swinging forward.

"Bring it bitch!”

Maya charged at Anya and their blades clashed at lightning speed.

"No, No!” cried Rylan, to no avail.

Before his eyes, the two warriors parried blows as Maya spun three sixty, striking and kicking in her plaid school skirt and black thigh high socks.

"Getting slow in your old age Anya!” growled Maya as Anya fell back to blocking her strike, but Anya swung back and smacked Maya sideways.

"Ooof!” cried Maya hitting the ground.

"Aww, what happened little girl? This old lady too fast for you?” laughed Anya, twirling her black handled blade behind her back in a mock sword demonstration.

"Grrr! I’ll show you fast, yaaah!” yelled Maya, charging for her next attack.

Rylan clenched his fist.

Dammit, they’ll kill each other here..

At that moment the surge returned to his body and an energy coursed through him.

Eh? Is this happening again?

He raised his hands and saw the flickers of light in his palm as his doubts waned and he became..

Unafraid..

Rylan turned and faced Maya and Anya. In an instant, he charged between them and knocked them to the gym floor while snatching the swords out of their hands.

"Oww!” “Ugg!” cried each girl landing on their rear, disarmed.

Holding both swords, and glowing amber, Rylan yelled at both of them.

"You two will not fight in my school! Do you hear me?”

He glared at the ladies, who gaped back at him. He then dropped to his knees and released both swords.

"Rylan!” shouted both ladies running toward him as he collapsed.

Maya slid on her socks and caught Rylan before he hit the ground while Anya grabbed his collar and lifted his face.

"Rylan, sweetie, I’m here!” cried Anya holding his head up and checking his readings on her wrist device, “Well hello~ you have enough ampsediun flowing through you to open three rift gates you stud of a boy!”

Rylan regained consciousness while Maya and Anya helped him to a bleacher seat in the gym.

"Take it easy Rylan,” whispered Maya.

Anya checked Rylan’s pulse while reading her scanner.

"Hmm, a surge like that would have killed any average grounder, but it seems my Rylan here can control ampsediun,” said Anya turning to Maya, “And I suspect you knew this already, didn’t you Maya?”

Maya glared at Anya and slapped her hands off Rylan.

"Don’t touch him you witch!”

Anya smirked.

"Why you little titmouse? Do I make you jealous?”

"Stop it, you two!” snapped Rylan, now awake with angry eyes fixed on both of them, “No more fighting...and let’s get to class before the bell rings.”

"Hmph!” pouted both ladies, but they behaved.

Chemistry

Rylan and Maya helped Anya carry a bunsen burner and other chemistry supplies from the gym storage room to the science classroom.

"So was that why you were in that storage room, to get these supplies for class?” Rylan asked Anya as they set up in the class.

"But of course!” she pushed her glasses up and pulled him toward her, “Sweety, don’t listen to Maya’s lies about me. The truth is she’s really the evil one, and I’m just a-”

"Ahem! I can hear you!” growled Maya, setting up the burner.

"I know you can, and the truth hurts doesn’t it?” snapped Anya.

"Ladies, please!” begged Rylan.

The bell rang and the chemistry class filled with students. Leif entered the room and instantly drew his sword before Maya grabbed him and settled him down.

"Sis, you’re kidding right?” asked Leif, wide eyed as Anya blew a kiss at him.

"I missed you too, Leif!” cooed Anya.

Maya dismissed Anya.

"Tch! Just go with it Leif. We can’t attack her in public, and besides,” Maya glanced at Anya and whispered, “She’s stronger than ever.”

As Anya wrote notes on the whiteboard, every student awed at her beauty.

"Now class, my goal is to make you the best chemists in all of New Mexico, isn’t that wonderful?” cheered Anya, smiling and clapping.

Rylan turned and gazed at all the slack jawed drooling boys.

Oh good grief, what a bunch of simpletons!

He raised his hand and Anya quickly called him.

"Yes Rylan? Do you have a question?”

"Yeah, do you have a name, Ms. science teacher?”

Anya blushed, “Oh my, I’m so sorry!” she hustled in her black knee high skirt and low heeled pumps to the whiteboard and quickly wrote her name.

"My name,” she faced the class and pushed her glasses up, “..Is Ms. Cesar...It’s a pleasure to meet you all, my precious students!”

"Pleasure to meet you too, Ms. Cesar,” chorused all the zombified boys, slobbering with lust.

"Hee hee, what a lovely class,” giggled Anya.

*Ms. Anya Cesar

Dismissal Bell

The last bell of school rang and the noisy students hit the various exits heading for home. Rylan and Maya strolled to the parking lot to wait for Leif.

"Hey Maya, how and why is that crazy lady Anya now a teacher at this school?” asked Rylan.

“Easy, because me, Anya and Leif can hack into any system on this planet. So she gave herself a job here so she can stalk you until that gate’s ready to open,” growled Maya.

"Rylan shook his head, “Wait..so she’s going to teach science for two weeks and then try to kidnap me and my sister?”

"Yup!”

"...So..what are you going to do to stop her?” asked Rylan.

Maya turned to him, “Eh? Just play along for a little while Rylan. I’ll have something for her when the time is right,” answered Maya.

Rylan frowned.

"When the time is right? Yeah, that’s not really comforting. I mean you say she’s a dangerous woman-”

"Rylan think fast, bro!” a shout from behind.

Rylan turned and in the sky a perfectly spiraled football bulleted toward him.

"Shit! Oof!” yelled Rylan as he jumped and caught the football in his gut.

"Great catch!” yelled Leif who threw the pass.

Rylan waved at Leif who stood with Carlos. Maya shook her head in disapproval.

"So I see my brother has discovered the school's sports team.”

"Oh..yeah, we have a good football team here at Leadership High,” said Rylan with pride as he threw the football back to Leif.

"So you play this silly game too?” she asked.

"Heh heh, you kidding? All New Mexico boys play football, soccer and baseball!” laughed Rylan.

"Wait, there are more sports? Ugh, please do not tell my brother!” she said walking off.

Rylan chuckled and followed Maya as she pulled a set of car keys out of her bag and clicked the alarm button.

Hunh? I don’t have an alarm on my station wagon and- OMG!

Maya’s chirping car alarm didn’t belong to an 86 Mercury Grand Marquis, station wagon, no. The car alarm unlocked a brand new…

"2015 Dodge Challenger? When-Where-What the fuck Maya? How did you get this car in one night? And where’s my station wagon?” shouted Rylan, gaping at the brand new car.

"Hunh? Oh, the junkyard answers all of your questions. Leif and I went there last night tracking Anya. While we were there we gave the junkyard owner two solid gold bars, and in turn he gave us this car and twenty thousand of your paper currency.”

"Gold?..Twenty thousand? Maya, what are you talking about?” asked Rylan.

Maya rolled her eyes and opened the car trunk, “Do I need to spell it out for you? Man, you’re as dense as my brother!”

Rylan peeked in the trunk and inside sat a leather bag with twenty thousand dollars in cash and ten…

Gold Bars?

"Maya...did you bring this gold from your world?”

"Yes, it’s currency there, but worth a whole lot more here. That Junkyard owner priced one bar at one hundred thousand of your dollars. So I gave him two, and he gave me the car and that cash. No questions asked.”

"R-Really?..You know he ripped you off right?” said Rylan.

"No he didn’t, it was a fair price considering our circumstances.Technically my brother and I are illegal aliens on this planet. Now get in the car, I’ll drive!”

Cruise

Rylan sat in the back with a disbelieving smirk as Maya raced the new car toward Homestead Elementary school to pick up Chloe. Leif blasted pop music through the stereo and yelled.

"Wuuuuuuu! Yeah, I love this car, why didn’t you let me drive sis?”

Maya shot a glare at him.

"Is that a rhetorical question or do you really want an answer?” she snarked.

The trio pulled into the elementary school parking lot as the Homestead students lined up for dismissal outside. But the rumbling engine and candy paint job caused every student to focus on the vehicle.

When Rylan exited the back he noticed all of the lined up elementary students staring. But not at him. All the little boys stared at Maya, and all the little girls stared at Leif. The only stares Rylan received were from the teachers and staff outside.

Oh boy, I hope we don’t make a sce-

"Chloe who are those people with your brother?” “Is that his girlfriend?” “She’s so pretty” “Is your brother’s friend in a boy band, he’s beautiful!?”

Tch! Dopey kids whispering...that’s how rumors start.

Rylan walked alongside Maya as Leif bee lined in front of them, having spotted Chloe.

Chloe’s Soldier

Leif felt uneasy all day. When Maya and him decided to stay and protect Rylan and Chloe they didn’t consider Chloe would be in a different school. Leif worried about Chloe, but now she spotted him and froze in place.

"Leeeeif!” she cried, stars in her eyes.

Three of Chloe’s little third grade girlfriends watched her and watched him.

"Chloe! Is he your boyfriend?” they chorused.

"Ehh? No, he’s a transdimensional bounty hunter from space!” said Chloe.

Leif nodded in approval.

"Ha! That’s almost correct” he said striking a pose with mysterious eyes, “And Ladies, my relationship with Chloe is professional, for I…” He locked eyes with the three little girls, holding them in suspense.

"Am Chloe’s bodyguard!” he said glancing away.

"Eeeeeehhhh?” screamed the little girls.

"That’s right ladies, I’m sworn to protect Chloe.”

Leif bent down, cleared his hair from his light green eyes, and pulled an amber colored flower from out of nowhere, presenting it to Chloe.

"Yaaaaaa!” cried the three little girls, who all fainted on the spot.

Chloe glanced down at her unconscious friends, then back at Leif accepting his flower.

"Leif it’s so pretty, but why did you say you’re sworn to protect me? Am I in danger?”

"Not as long as I live little one!” he winked.

"Ha ha, you’re funny, but you aren’t gonna die, right?” she asked sincerely.

Leif opened his palm and displayed a marble sized circular object.

"Chloe, my sister and I will be around for a little while. But I want you take this and keep it on you at all times.”

She gazed at the glowing lights on the surface of the object before taking it.

"Wow...is it a space marble?” she asked.

"Yes, a very special space marble. I made it myself,” said Leif.

"Oh, you're very talented!” said Chloe, admiring the pretty object.

"Ha ha, thank you, but Chloe, if my sister and I are not around, and you find yourself in danger, you throw this marble at whatever person or thing scares you, and it’ll protect you, ok?”

"Ok, I promise I’ll keep it on me at all times,” she vowed.

Leif smiled.

"Good! Thank you Chloe, and um..maybe you should wake your friends up!”

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Proofed and edited by Chiisutofupuru, writer of Sasha

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