Disclaimer: I don't own SPD. I own Michaela Harper and her father, Senator Harper. Any other characters that come along that you don't recognize, MOST LIKELY, belongs to me too.
A/N: For those of you who are wondering, YES, I am still going to do the Hunter/Leila prequel from the Dino Storm Series as well as Dino Storm 2: Reign of the Next Generation. I want to try and get Storm Callers up and finished under my StormCaller2003 account, but this idea has been eating away at me, so I wanted to go ahead and post it. Hope you guys like it! –Storm2003
CHAPTER 1
Matchmaking
Dr. Katherine "Kat" Minx and Commander Anubis Cruger watched the SPD B Squad rangers on the training field from a distance. They took in how the distinct personalities of the team came out even on the fighting field.
"Sydney is definitely one of the more graceful rangers. Z and Jack share a similar style but with Z…," Commander Cruger said.
"It's almost like she's dancing," Kat finished for him, mesmerized by the rangers intense sparring session. Cruger nodded in agreement.
"Exactly. With Jack it just seems like fighting. Bridge is an amazing fighter, but it seems less focused then the others, more out there. Now Sky is the best one out of all of them," Commander Cruger said, referring to the strong blue ranger who took out Jack in one swift spinning heel kick.
"Forgive me sir, then why didn't you make him the red ranger?" Kat asked. It had been a question that lingered on everyone's mind since the entire team of B Squad rangers had been appointed. No one had really stepped up to directly ask why however. Cruger sighed, knowing that he needed to speak of his decision.
"Sky is an excellent fighter, possibly the best to come out of the academy since his father was here. However, he lacks in other areas that make a good leader. While his battle tactics far exceed excellence, he is still in the learning process of other life skills that once learned, will make him a better than even his father was," Commander Cruger explained to his friend.
"Sir, the other rangers consider themselves his friend and do their best to reach him, but he's so unpredictable with his moods. Isn't there some way to get him to relax enough so that he may learn some of these skills you are speaking of?" Dr. Kat asked. Cruger just looked out at the rangers once more.
"The friendship the other four have with Sky will be important, but I have a feeling that it will take something far greater to break Sky of this distancing habit he has," the Commander replied. Dr. Kat frowned in curiosity.
"Like what?" she asked. Cruger chuckled softly.
"What do we all wish for out of life, Doctor? Love," Cruger explained. Kat would have questioned Cruger further, for she immediately suspected him of being up to something, or knowing that something would happen soon to effect the rangers, specifically Sky. She never got the chance to ask though and her suspicions died down for the time being when Boom came running up to them.
"Commander Cruger, sir, you have an important message from a Senator Harper on the line for you," Boom said while wheezing. He was out of breath from running to find Cruger.
"Thank you Boom," Cruger said before walking back to the building, Kat and Boom following close behind. Meanwhile, the rangers were just finishing their training session. All of them were sore, but Sky was standing as if he had just one. He had, as usual, done a little too well at training.
"Aw, man, Sky, are you ever going to ease up?" Bridge asked, grabbing his sore back as he tried to stand up. Sky looked down at the green ranger as he adjusted his workout glove.
"If I ease up on you guys, then I'll end up easing up on the Krybots. You wouldn't want that, would you Bridge?" Sky asked.
"No, but he wouldn't want to be in the infirmary either when you're fighting said Krybots," Z retorted sarcastically as she managed to stand straight up, hands on her hips, mostly to support her sore body but also to sport her usual attitude. Sky just sneered at the yellow ranger.
"I'm going to grab something to eat, I'll see you guys later," he said, grabbing his things from the sidelines and walking off. The four remaining rangers stayed behind, leaning on each other to support their sore bodies.
"He needs a girlfriend," Jack said flatly. Syd nodded her head.
"He's NEEDED a girlfriend for some time now. Nothing personal to Sky, he is my friend. He has the looks down but what girl is going to date that personality?" the usual perky pink ranger asked in an exhausted manner. The other rangers didn't say anything, but grunted and moaned in agreement. They gathered up their things and went inside to get something in their stomachs.
"Kat, may I speak with you a moment?" Commander Cruger asked as he entered the Doctor's lab.
"Of course, Commander," she replied, turning away from her computer. Cruger paced in front of the door, glancing from Kat to his feet.
"I just got off the communicator with Senator Daniel Harper. As you know, not only is he an old friend, but he and his wife were rangers back when Sky's father led the team. His wife Sarah passed away many years ago. She was involved in the experimentation we were conducting for the SPD white ranger powers. In fact, she was the test subject for the powers. Well, since then, many unusual things have come up involving the white ranger tests. Daniel fears that because of this, his daughter Michaela may be in danger. He has asked that I allow Michaela to stay here for some time and I have agreed. They will be arriving tomorrow morning," Commander Cruger explained.
"I'll have the spare room near the ranger's quarters prepped for her, but sir what happened in the white ranger experiments?" Kat asked, as she had not been with SPD at the time of these experiments. Cruger sighed deeply.
"While she was still able to maintain control in battle, the white ranger powers never really bonded with Sarah's DNA. We would have to take her morpher away after each battle so run tests on it. Shortly after her marriage to Daniel, her morpher along with all of her artillery disappeared along with Sarah's position on the ranger team, as she had no powers to battle alongside the other rangers. There was no sense in her arguing because she became pregnant with Michaela shortly after this all happened. The white ranger morpher and artillery has never been recovered and nobody knows what happened to it. I fear Sarah may have taken any clues she had to the grave," Cruger said sorrowfully.
"Doesn't Senator Harper know anything?" Kat questioned.
"I have asked him many times before and he has denied knowing anything. He is my friend, and I do not think he would go to these lengths to protect Michaela if he knew the entire truth," Cruger replied. Kat gave the Commander a small smile then posed another question.
"Sir, wasn't Sarah best friends with Sky's mother, who was also a ranger at the time?" Kat asked. Cruger chuckled at the memories.
"Yes, they were. I remember both weddings. Andrea Tate was the maid of honor at Sarah's wedding, as Sarah was at Andrea's. Daniel was best friend with Sky's father as well. They served as each other's best men. It amazes me that Sky and Michaela have never met before," Cruger said, getting a slyful grin on his face. Kat picked up on it.
"Sir, you don't plan to interfere in the personal lives of the rangers, do you?" she asked playfully.
"Only if it interferes with their work as rangers and cadets," Cruger replied honorably, getting a small laugh out of Dr. Kat.
WHAT IS THIS MATCHMAKER GAME THEY ARE PLAYING? HOW WILL MICHAELA AND SKY REACT TO EACH OTHER? HOW WILL THEY REACT TO THE PAST? WHAT IS THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE WHITE RANGER POWERS? IS MICHAELA AND HER DAD REALLY IN DANGER? FIND OUT IN CHAPTER 2.
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