Demonstration PartI

by Sonya Blade

Prologue

Cobra Commander sat on his throne thinking, "I have to think of a new scheme to get rid of those wretched Joes. Every time I try to take over the world with one of my brilliant plans, they jump in and ruin everything!!"

He snapped out of it when Destro came in. "I see you are pondering over our predicament with the Joes," he pointed to a blinking dot in the huge World Map in front of them, "A group of Joes are somewhere in the Asian continent. I suggest we send Zartan and the Dreadnoks to find out what they are up to."

Cobra Commander thought for a moment, "Well, since we aren't doing anything at the moment, DO IT!"

Duke, Scarlett, Flint and Lady Jaye arrived at the Philippine Taekwondo Association building.

They were greeted by a tall thin man, "Kamusta. You must be the group from G.I. Joe to give a taekwondo demonstration to a group of students." Duke shook his hand, "Yeah, I understand these students are selected students from each degree who have great potentials, right?" The man nodded. "By the way, my name is Mr. Ian Ampongan, I teach most of the students who will be here." "And," he added, "The belts range only from yellow to red. No black or brown belts."

Scarlett asked, "So, where do we change?" Ian pointed to a small building to his right, "Those are the changing room. I'll meet you in that main stadium in 15 minutes, okay?" He motioned to a dome shaped arena straight ahead. Then he walked off.

The four Joes, walked into the changing rooms. They came out dresses in gis, martial art uniform.

High up a tree, Zartan watched them through a pair of binoculars and grinned. He spoke into a transmitter.

CRAAACK!! A board snapped in half as Lady Jaye delivered an axe kick to it. She faced the class and bowed. The students clapped. Next, Flint asked the students, "Can I please have about five students for this demonstration?. " Almost all the students raised their hands and shouted, "Me! Me! Pick Me!"

Flint chose 5 and told them to crouch down in a straight line. Duke and Scarlett held a board across the five students. Flint ran a short way off, ran back, picking up speed, leapt over the students and shattered the board with a flying sidekick. He landed in a crouched position. The students clapped, as the Joes lined up and bowed. The taekwondo demonstration was over.

As the students filed out of the room. Ian walked over to them, "Congratulations on a good job. The students were really impressed." "Thanks," Duke said, "You know the saying, 'Children are our future.'"

Scarlett looked outside and saw the students on the front lawn. "I think I'd like to talk to some of the kids. Want to come, LJ?" Lady Jaye looked outside, "Sure, those kids look like a nice lot."

As soon as the kids saw them, they ran up to them, "Wow, you guys are the greatest. Can you teach us some of those cool moves?" A girl named Pearl asked.

Scarlett nodded, "Sure. Why not?"

Ian came up behind them. He took them to one side and said in a low voice, "I think you'll notice that each kid has a different personality." Lady Jaye nodded, Not really. Can you give us a little background?"

Ian started:

The red belts, Angelo, 16 - Oldest in the class, he may be what you call a class clown, but he gets serious when it comes to sparring.

Kristyl, 13 The short-haired girl was big for her age, she was usually friendly but get on her nerves and you might as well lie down on the freeway at rush hour.

Pearl, 11 Friendly and very talkative kid, Pearl is very outgoing. She loves doing advanced kicks and sparring without gear.

The blue belts, Jayme, 13 This girl are usually very quiet but once you get to know her, she is as friendly as Kristyl. Jayme takes taekwondo very seriously and also takes Judo and Artistic Gymnastics.

Jax, 9 At first glance, Jax may seem overweight, but this girl is no softy! She loves sparring and her technique is to keep on kicking you until you fall down. She is Jayme's sister.

GJ, 6 Jayme and Jax's little bro. This kid is the youngest to ever get to blue belt. Size can be deceiving, cuz this kid is strong for his age.

The yellow belts, Brent, 12 Don't ever underestimate this quiet, shy yellow belt. Brent's kicks can make your leg bleed and he sometimes sparrs with Angelo, and wins.

RJ, 5 Youngest in the group, RJ can kick almost as hard as a blue belt, winning him medals in tournaments.

Of all the kids, Scarlett noticed that Brent was the quietest. He was a good-looking kid, and big for his age. Once, she saw him glance at Jayme. 'Could that mean something?' she thought.

Lady Jaye looked around at the kids, and heard a weird noise. She looked up and saw a chopper.

With the Cobra insignia.

"Scarlett! Duke! Flint!" She shouted, "Cobra Dragonfly at 12:00! Get the kids inside!" The students looked up and immediately ran inside the Sports Arena. Duke and Flint ran carrying weapons. "What are they doing here?" Flint shouted.

They began shooting at the chopper as a door opened and Cobra Vipers jumped out with parachutes.

Jayme crouched under the window, listening at the gunshots outside. Kristyl, her best friend, joined her. "How long is this gonna keep up?" Jayme just shrugged.

Pearl joined them, "You know, we should help out there."

Suddenly, something came in at the window. RJ went to investigate, "Hey guys, what's this thing?"

It was small, oval and looked exactly like a....

"BOMB!!" Everyone cried at once. The bomb opened and started emitting a kind of green gas.

"Guys, I'm feeling a little dizzy here." Jax muttered. Angelo shook his head, "I think its some kind of knock-out gas. Everybody, get out, NOW!!"

Brent coughed, "Don't breathe the gas! Cover your nose and mouths with your shirt!"

Too late.

One by one, they dropped on the floor unconscious. As the smoke cleared, except for Ian, the whole Arena was empty.

To Be Continued