The Field Trip

Professor Banner was teaching the class today. He was teaching everyone the differences between a regular duel and a speed duel.

The bell finally rang signaling the end of class.

"Everyone please don't forget your homework." Banner said before anyone could leave. Everyone walked up to Banner's desk and received a folder from the professor.

Later that day Ryan was in his room preparing to start his homework. He opened the folder and found that one of the papers seemed different than the others.

He read the letter in his head, "Congratulations, you have been chosen to partake in a special field trip to a hidden part of the island. Please report to the back of the main building tomorrow at 9am. Remember to bring a packed lunch with you. All who attend this trip will receive extra credit on their next test, signed Professor Lyman Banner."

'A special field trip huh. Well, at least I don't have to worry about class for most of the day tomorrow.' Ryan thought as he put the letter to one side while he started his homework.

The next day he walked to the back of the main building to start the field trip when he ran into Alexis.

"Hi Ryan, ready for the field trip." She said.

"Sure, I hope Banner takes us someplace exciting." He replied.

The two arrived at the back of the main building and found Banner and Bastion waiting for them.

"Weird. I was expecting more than just the four of us." Ryan said.

"Don't worry. The others will be here soon." Banner said.

Everyone sat down and waited for the others to arrive. After about five minutes Chazz arrived. Then ten minutes later Jaden finally arrived.

"Okay, now that everyone's here shall we begin." Banner said happily. Everyone seemed confused.

"Professor not everyone is here. What about the rest of the class?" Alexis asked.

"They're not coming, I decided to only invite you five." Banner said.

The group was even more confused now.

"Why?" Ryan asked.

"Because you five are my best students and I thought that you deserved a treat." Banner answered. Jaden seemed to be satisfied with the answer.

"Okay everyone, let's go." Banner said as he began to lead the group away from the main building. Everyone followed Banner. However, Ryan and Alexis stayed at the back of the group so they could talk to each other without anyone hearing them.

"Does seem a little strange to you." Alexis whispered.

"Yeah, why would Banner invite just the five of us and not the whole class." Ryan whispered back.

"Should we do something?" Alexis asked. He shook his head.

"For now, we play along. After all, it might be nothing." Ryan whispered.

The group followed Banner for over an hour until they reached a clearing that none of them had seen before.

"Okay children I think this would be a good place to have our lunch." Banner said.

Within a few minutes everyone had sat down and pulled their lunches out of their backpacks. Ryan had a club sandwich, Alexis had a egg salad, Bastion had some fish cakes, Chazz had a roast beef sandwich and Jaden had brought some rice balls filled with beans.

"So what have you brought teach?" Jaden asked.

"I packed myself a pepperoni pizza. I can't wait to eat it." Banner said as he opened his backpack. To everyone's surprise Pharaoh jumped out of the backpack covered in tomato sauce.

"Pharaoh what are you doing here?" Banner asked. He looked inside his backpack.

"My...my pizza. You ate my pizza." Banner said, annoyance and anger clear in his voice.

Pharaoh curled up in Banner's lap and fell asleep.

"I could never stay mad at you." Banner said as his face returned to it's usual happy expression.

'Maybe one of the children will share their lunch with me.' Banner thought. However when Banner looked around he saw that all of the children had already eaten their lunches.

'Or maybe not.' He thought.

Banner stood up and placed his now sleeping cat back into his backpack.

"Come along everyone, it's not much further now. We should reach our destination soon." He said.

"Professor, where exactly are we going?" Bastion asked.

"If I told you, it would spoil the surprise." Banner said.

Everyone followed Banner deeper into the forest. After about twenty minutes they finally reached their destination.

"Children I would like to welcome you to the ancient ruins." Banner said. The area was filled with old stone ruins that were barely standing. The ruins looked to be thousands of years old.

Bastion was amazed by the ruins. However, the others were less impressed.

"Why did you bring us here?" Jaden asked.

"Why Jaden haven't you heard? They say that ancient Egyptian pharaohs used to play a very similar game as duel monsters, so I thought it would be interesting if we came to some ancient ruins." Banner explained.

"But we live in Japan, not Egypt." Ryan pointed out.

"Yes, well we can just pretend that we're in Egypt." Banner said. Jaden seemed to like this idea.

"Alright, I'm going to find some ancient duel monster cards." He said as he ran up to the ruins.

The others walked around the ruins.

"Well this isn't what I was expecting when I came on this trip." Ryan said as he leaned against one of the ruins.

"Oh really, what were you expecting?" Chazz asked.

"Well, I was-" He stopped abruptly when he heard something nearby move. Ryan turned his head and saw a black and orange snake sitting on the ruins looking at him.

He stared back at the snake with some curiosity.

'What kind of snake is this.' He thought deciding to take it over to the others.

"Ah, that is a Akamata snake. They are not venomous." Bastion explained.

Some time passed...

"Hey, has anyone seen Professor Banner?" Chazz asked.

The others looked around and realized that Banner was gone.

"Maybe he's examining the ruins." Bastion said. Before anyone could start looking for Banner, the ground suddenly began to shake.

"What, earthquake?" Ryan said, confused.

Suddenly green beams of light shot out of the ruins and hit each member of the group. As everyone was hit by the light they suddenly fell unconscious and disappeared, leaving no trace of them behind.