C'MON RIDE THE TRAIN It's been a long time since Zordon pulled a stunt on us (and since I wrote a story), but this time, He targets the subway system, somthing used everyday by thousands of people, to bring us, Me and Billy that is, and a bunch of innocent people to His power chamber by means of New York's subway system. Let's see if we can get out and back on track to derail Zordon's plans.... SUBWAY TERROR It was a Friday morning. Me and Billy were off that day, so we decided to make plans. Hector, another friend of ours, asked us to bring My SimCity game so He could try it on His Super NES. At about 11:30 A.M, Billy walked over and we were ready to go. We walked to the nearest Subat Station, payed our fare, and hopped aboard the Q train. This train was faster and would get us to Fort Greene much faster then the local train. But we never made it to Fort Greene. After the Prospect Park stop, somthing went terribly wrong! Meanwhile in Zordon's Power Chamber, Jason was observing the train. "So Eddie and Billy are on the train, bring it here." said Zordon "Consider it done," Said Jason. Back on the train, we all grabbed hold of a bar as the lights went out and the train picked up speed. It went faster and faster. "Hey, Eddie, what's wrong with this train?" Asked Billy. "I don't know. But I do know it's not supposed to go this fast. This has to be Zordon at work, I can feel it in My bones." I said. We were in total darkness. We felt the train going at about 100 miles an hour. That would be great for a thrill ride. But this was the subway and nobody was expecting this! We could soon see that we were zipping by stop after stop without stopping. People could not believe seeing a train go by so fast! After a while, we were in in Zordon's Power Chamber! Zordon asked us to step out of the train as the doors oped. It did seem like He had control of the train. "Did You miss Me, Eddie, Billy." Said Zordon "Well, for the past two months, My Zeorangers have worked on the subway system and built a track leading here to My power chamber. And now You will never leave!" "Don't bet on it, Zordon!" I said with confidence. Billy whispered to Me, "How will we get out of here?" "The same way we will get out," I whispered so Zordon could not hear. Meanwhile, Zordon ordered Jason to move the train so it would get in the way. I kept My fingers crossed and hoped He wouldn't movie it away too far. "Jason, move the train out of this room, this is My power chamber, not a subway station." Said Zordon. Jason then ordered the zeorangers to move the train. They did, but luckily we were able to see it, once we had an escape plan, we could board the train and get out of the power chamber. Meanwhile, Hector was at home, He was expecting us to come, but after waiting an hour, He knew we wouldn't make it. "C'mon Eddie, where are You?" He whipered to Himself impatiently. He finally asked Ghostwriter to find us. He took His Ghostwriter pen and wrote, "GHOSTWRITER, PLEASE READ THING NEAR EDDIE AND BILLY" Ghostwriter wrote back to Hector "WHY, IS THEIR SOMTHING WRONG WITH THEM?" Hector wrote back "YEAH, I'VE BEEN EXPECTING THEM TO COME FOR AN HOUR" Ghostwriter wrote back "OKAY, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK" Ghostwriter looked for word near us. He found a few: SimCity, MetroCard, Super Nintendo, and Nintendo 64". He showed these words to Hector. Hector knew these words were on things we carried. This was becoming a Mystery. He knew we were missing, but He didn't know we were locked up with innocent people who were on the train with us. Meanwhile, in Zordon's Power Chamber, we were trying to figure out how we were going to escape. Other people were scared. One man asked, "What are You going to do with us?" "You will work for Me on improving this power chamber and will help Me take over the world," Zordon said firmly. "But we're not slaves!" Said the man. "Oh yes You are now. Silence!" Said Zordon. The conductor of the train was also locked up with us. She was one who told us about each stop and which trains we could transfer to. She told us about the New York RailRoad and this train. "Don't worry people," She said softly. "The New York RailRoad will soon know their is a train missing." "How will they know this train is missing?" Billy asked the conductor. "The Subway System has a control center that monitors and records all the happenings of the trains. If somthing goes wrong, they will know and look for the train." Said told Billy. "Billy, I have a better idea. LEt's contact the Ghostwriter Team and Planeteers for help." I told Him softly. "That's a good idea, Eddie. Write to Ghostwriter on the double." Said Billy. "Billy, don't speak too loud. Zordon might be able to see Ghostwriter." I said. "Okay.. Here is a pen." Said Billy lowering His voice. I took the pen from Billy and wrote to Ghostwriter for Help. "GHOSTWRITER, WE NEED YOUR HELP. WE'RE STUCK IN ZORDON'S ROOM WITH A TRAIN" Ghostwriter read our words and He wrote back, "HEY EDDIE AND BILLY. HECTOR IS LOOKING FOR YOU GUYS." I wrote back, "I KNOW, I WAS GOING TO VISIT HIM TODAY." Ghostwriter put new words on the page, "WELL, I WILL TELL HECTOR YOU A HERE. HE WILL CONTACT THE REST OF THE TEAM. YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE PLANETEERS IF YOU CAN." "I WILL TRY GHOSTWRITER" I wrote. Ghostwriter immediatly went back to Hector to tell Him the news - we were stuck in the Power Chamber with Zordon and Jason David Frank! Ghostwriter entered Hector's house. He rearranged letters on a page telling Him, "HECTOR, I KNOW WHERE EDDIE AND BILLY ARE. YOU NEED TO CALL A RALLY TO GET HELP FROM THE REST OF THE TEAM" Hector saw the words, and He decided to called a rally by writing RALLY H. A rally is when one of the Team Members write RALLY and His initial to call the rest of the team to His or Her house. For example, if I wrote RALLY E, then that would mean the team would come over to My house to meet. Ghostwriter sent RALLY H to the rest of the team. Gaby and Alex were working at the bodega with their father. Suddenly, Ghostwriter appeared and rearranged the letter on a box of cookies. RALLY H it said. "Somthing's up." Said Alex. "Yeah, Hector needs us." Said Gaby. "Let's ask PaPa if we can go and help Him." Alex asked His father and He said, "Okay, You two may go, but be back by 5:30 PM. I need You to work." "We'll be home at 5:30 PM." Said Alex. Lenni was also home, practicing music. Ghostwriter entered Her room and rearranged the letter on Her refrigerator. They spelled out RALLY H. "Hector needs Me," She said softly. Lenni theirfore wrote a note to Her father telling Him She had to go out and will be back by 6:00 PM. Tina was home helping Her mother. Suddenly, Ghostwriter displayed RALLY H on a page of a book. "Mom, can I go to Hector's house? He really needs Me." Said Tina. "Go ahead, Tina. But I want You back home by 5:00 PM so You can help Me." Said Tina's Mom. Jamal was in His room playing a game on His computer. Suddenly the screen went blue and RALLY H appeared. Jamal know Hector needed help. He saved His game, turned off the Computer, and told Grandma CeCe He was going to Hector's house. Everyone was at Hector's House. "What's the problem, Hector?" Asked Alex. "Hi Alex. I was expecting Eddie and Billy to come over to show Me a game. I've been waiting for an hour and they never came so I wrote to Ghostwriter to look for them. I got the following words from Ghostwriter. A few minutes later, He told Me they we're trapped in this Power Chamber." Said Hector. "Let Me see the words, Hector." Said Alex. "Okay, Here." Said Hector, giving the page to Alex. Alex read the page: "SimCity, MetroCard, Super Nintendo, and Nintendo 64." "Well, I know what a MetroCard is. We use it everyday on the Subway. This is what it looks like." Said Jamal talking out a MetroCard. "What does it do in the subway?" Asked Gaby. "We swipe it at the turnstyle and it deducts our fare from the card. This eliminates the need of tokens." Said Lenni. "Okay, so let's find out where Eddie and Billy are." Said Jamal. Meanwhile, in the Power Chamber, I tried to contact Professor Hart, and I was able to get to Him, but the signal was static. I whispered to Him on the wrist communicator, "Professor Hart, I need Your help." "What's wrong? Eddie?" Has asked. "Zordon has captured us while we were riding a subway train. Can You contact the Planeteers?" I asked. "I will. Be patient and one of them will call You back." Said Professor Hart "Okay," I said. I then hung up My wrist communicator. Billy got curious. He wanted to know was was going to happen to the train. He asked JDF, "Hey, Jason, what is going to happen to the train You have here?" "I'll think of somthing. I'll use it for somthing I need in the future. It's going to be here for a while." Said Jason. The other people were sitting calmly and waiting. My wrist communicator beeped. It was Kwame. "Hi, Eddie. I see You're stuck in Zordon's Power chamber. We are at the lab working on a way to get the train to move out of the power chamber and back into the subway system." He said. "I hope it happens soon. Their are innocent people here who need to get home." I said. "Don't worry, Eddie. We're working on it." Said Kwame. "Wait, maybe Captain Planet can get the train out." I said. "That's a good idea. I'll tell the others. Bye." Said Kwame. I hung up My writst communicator again. We were very patient. Back at the Rally, the Ghostwriter team was trying to find out where we were. Jamal wrote down "GHOSTWRITER, WHERE ARE EDDIE AND BILLY?" "THEY TELL ME THEY ARE IN A POWER CHAMBER." replied Ghostwriter. Alex didn't know of the Power Chamber very much, so He thought of contacting our other friends the Planeteers to ask. Using His Wrist Communicator, He called Kwame. "Kwame, Hi. It's Me Alex. Do You know what the Power Chamber is?" He asked. "Yes I do, and I know Eddie and Billy are trapped their. We're going to get them out." Said Kwame. "How?" Asked Alex. "With someone special." Said Kwame. "Okay, we hope to see them soon." Said Alex. Alex hung up His communicator. Hector hoped we would be over His house soon. "I hope Eddie and Billy come over soon. They were going to show Me somthing." Said Hector. "What was it?" Asked Jamal. "It was a Super Nintendo Game called SimCity." Said Hector. Alex reassured Hector, "Don't worry, Hector. They'll be home soon." In Professor Harts lab, the Planeteers we're working on a way of getting the train back on track. "I lived in New York when I was young and knew about the subway systems, but I never heard of this happening." Said Wheeler. "How are we going to get the train out of the power chamber?" Asked Mate. Professor Hart was working on a way of locking on the train so He would be able to manipulate it out. "I will be able to get control of the train, but I need some force to push it out." Said Professor Hart. "I know someone who can get that train running again!" Said Wheeler. "Yeah, Captain Planet!" Said Mate. "Let our powers combine - Earth." Said Kwame. "Fire." Said Wheeler. The Planeteers put their powers together and summon Captain Planet. "By Your powers combined, I am Captain Planet." He said as He appeared. "Two of our friends are stuck in the Power Chamber again." Said Linka. "And a train is their also. Help them, and the train, get out." Said Wheeler. "Okay, I'll get that train back on track where it belongs." Said Captain planet. Professor Hart took control of the train and now He could drive it out with the help of Captain Planet. Back in the Power Chamber, we were waiting patiently when suddeny we heard a sound from the tunnels. "W-what is that?" Jason david frank wondered. "Someone is coming and trying to take the train back!" Said Zordon. "Yeah, and that someone is Captain Planet." I said happily. The train started to move out the way it come in. The bars were open so we can get back on the train. "Hey, Eddie and Billy, I thought You need a way out of here, step on the train, I'll push it out." Said Captain Planet. "Thank's Captain Planet," said Billy as He walked on the train. "Zeorangers! Stop the train, Hurry!" Zordon Commanded. The Zeorangers tried to hold the train back, but Captain Planet's force was too strong. The Zeorangers jumped out of the way. "Sorry, Zordon. We can't hold it back." Said one of the zeorangers. "Do I have to everything? I'll get Captain Planet Myself!" Said Zordon. Zordon controlled laser beams in His power chamber. He tried to zap Captain Planet, but the lazers didn't phase the good captain. The train was let free with enough speed to ride back on to the subway. Professor Hart was now guiding the train back to the subway. Captain Planet left the Power Chamber throught another tunnel and went back to the Planeteers. "Zordon, we lost the train." Said Jason. "And our Slaves! You know, Jason, we have to think of a better plan to get those Planeteers, and Eddie and Billy! They're too smart for us!" Zordon said in a very mad voice. "What are going to do, Zordon?" Asked Jason. "I'm going to work on another plan, maybe we'll fix the teleporting device, and I will be able to teleport any person I want, like I used to in My Command Center." Said Zordon. "That's a great idea, Zordon." Said Jason. "First, I have to give the Planeteers a message." Zordon said as He accessed a signal used by Professor Hart. He appeared on the left screen. "Here Me Planeteers. You've ruined this plan, but I'm not finished. I'll get You and Your Captain Planet. Just wait and see." Said Zordon. He then disappeared. "And we'll make sure Your plan doesn't work, Zordon!" Said Wheeler. After Zordon disappeared, Captain Planet returned. "Well, Planeteers, I got the train out of there." He said. "Thanks, Captain Planet." Said Mate, smiling. "I need to recharge, the Power is Yours." Said Captain planet, disappearing. "Professor Hart, is the train back on track?" Asked Wheeler. "Yes it is, and it's running back on track." Said Professor Hart. The Planeteers helped get things right. Kwame contected the Ghostwriter team to tell them that we were on our way to Hector's house. "Thanks, Kwame." Said Jamal. "No problem, Jamal. If You and the team need us, just contact us and we will help You when You need us." Said Kwame. "Okay, bye." Said Jamal. Meanwhile, we were on the Q Train and it was running normally now. Atlantic Avenue was coming up. That was our stop. We got off, walked up to the street, and walked a few blocks to Hector's house. "Hi, Eddie and Billy! I'm so happy to see You." Said Hector. "We're glad to see You." Said Jamal. "Well, we never thought that this would happen." I said. "I'm glad everything is back to normal on the subway." "Did You bring SimCity?" Asked Hector. "Yes I did, Hector. Show Me where Your Super NES is and I'll plug it in." I said. "I'll go with Hector to start the game, Eddie." Said Billy. "Okay, Billy. You go ahead." I said. The rest of the team had to say somthing to Me. "Well Eddie, You're out of this power chamber again." Said Alex. "Yes I am. Zordon always think of tricks to get us. We all have to be careful." I said. "I know, we don't want to lose You." Said Jamal. "Don't worry, if we get captured by Zordon again, we'll get the Planeteers' help." I said. "Okay, Eddie. I have another question." Said Jamal. "Yes, Jamal?" I asked. "Are You doing to try to fund us a Nintendo 64?" Asked Jamal. "I am trying, but it's not easy to find. Everybody wants one and the high demand make it hard to find." I said. "Okay, let Me know when You find one. It's a cool system." Said Jamal. "Yes it is. Believe Me, I want one as much as You." I said. "Eddie, we have to go now. We'll see You another time." Said Alex. "See You, Ghostwriter Team." I said, and everyone left Hector's house. I then went over to Billy and Hector. They were playing SimCity on the Super NES. "Eddie, did You ever get half a million people?" Asked Billy. "No. That's a megalopolis." I said. "What's a megalopolis?" Asked Hector. "A megalopolis is a city with 500,000 people, and it's hard to get. In SimCity, You have to deal with problems such as pollution, crime, and taxes to keep Your SimCitizens happy." I said. "You can make any city You want?" Asked Hector. "Yep. It's not like Donkey Kong Country." I said. "Well, we hope to do it soon." Said Billy. "We will do it. Other players reached that level." I said. So I played SimCity with Billy and Hector that afternoon, trying to get to a megalopolis. Everything was back to normal again...for now, until Zordon does somthing else to take over the world... THE END MORE SUBWAY TERROR Did You ever get stuck on a train? Well, I have a true story for You. It happened in the subway in the afternoon. Me and Billy were going to change over the the 6 train. We saw the train ready to leave and we knew we weren't going to make it. We walked up to platform and saw the 6 train moved only a little bit when it stopped. I wondered why it wouldn't go. I waited a while and the train didn't move. I then asked one of the workers why the train stopped and He said that the train went over some object and couldn't move. Another worker stepped onto the train and pulled the emergency brake. We then saw another 6 train come in. It wasn't going anywhere, and the passengers on that train were stuck too. Billy couldn't believe seeing two trains so close together. It looked like we had to take another train back home. We chose the N Train. As we were walking to the N Train, I talked to Billy about this strange event. "Billy, we are lucky we were not on that train or we would have been stuck for an hour." I said. "Yeah. But what about those passengers?" Asked Billy. "I don't know how long they will have to wait. Billy do You think Zordon could have caused this?" I asked. "Maybe. Let's get on the N Train home." Said Billy. "You got it." I said. And were we're on our way home, using a different route.