Just as John finished talking, both he and Karyn were surrounded by a very bright light, and instantly they were whisked away.
Before he could realize what was happening, he reappeared with Karyn inside of some high tech facility, with a very strange looking robot walking around screaming "Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi!" and a large center console that was about to light up.
As John felt he could move again he noticed several other people had also appeared bringing the total to five teenagers.
John knew where he was, he had seen this show before, but did the stone make this real, and what was going on...