Sam flipped over a sword that had just been thrown at her and landed behind the shooter. She pulled Saba out and grabbed her attacker from behind. She put the sword to his throat and whispered, "Gotcha," into his ear. Sam heard her dad laugh as she let go of him. He turned around and smiled at her. For the last hour and a half Sam and her dad, Tommy Oliver, had been at battle practice in their back yard. Sam grabbed the towel on the deck railing and began to wipe the sweat off of her face. It was a hot summer day in Reefside, CA and Sam wouldn't have it any other way. Sam sat down on one of the steps and her dad soon followed.
"Good Practice Sam."
"Thanks, I actually think that I'm improving."
"You are, so what are your plans for tonight, the last day of freedom?"
"Oh me and Conner are going to go to dinner and a movie."
"What movie?"
"I think it's called She's The Man, I'm not totally sure though."
"Just as long as your back by midnight."
"Is that when I turn into a pumpkin?"
"Don't be a smartass Sam and Yes."
"What do you say about another round?"
"I say your on."
Sam sprang from her sitting position as she and her dad entered another battle. He threw two combo punches, which Sam evaded easily. As he tried a palm thrust Sam dropped to the ground and tried to take his legs out. Her dad jumped up just in the nick of time. To avoid his kick Sam flipped back twice and stood up in fighting stance. As she raised her head she didn't see her dad. Sam's hands dropped to her side as she looked behind her and said, "Dad?" All of a sudden Sam was flat on her back. "You can't catch what you can't see." Sam heard her invisible dad say. Sam stood up, "You're using invisibility; not fair." Somewhere from her left Sam heard, "You didn't say no powers." Sam smiled and replied, "Okay buster lets see what ya got." Sam centered herself, lifted her hands up, and flew into the air. On her 18th birthday Sam's powers had expanded tremendously. Now Sam wasn't only telekinetic, but she was also telepathic. Once in the air Sam zoned her mind into her dad's moves and once she saw his mind, she also saw him. Sam smiled and dropped right next to him and sent a telekinetic blast through the ground knocking him on his butt. Before she could finish her dad flipped up and countered with a combo punch and a tornado kick. Sam barley dodged this by doing a cart-wheel. As she came up she heard someone say, "Uh, who ya fighting Sam?" Sam turned and looked at the porch, standing there was her boyfriend of a year, Conner McKnight. In Sam distraction her dad hit her in the stomach and sent her flying backwards. Conner saw this and rushed down to join the fight. He helped Sam up, entered fighting stance, and asked, "How many of them are there?" Sam laughed and said, "You can chill, it's just my dad being a cheater." Her dad reappeared and replied, "You're the one who didn't specify the rules okay." Sam scoffed at her dad and turned to Conner.
"So what's up?"
"Well I came to pick you up."
"What, you mean now?"
"Yeah."
"I thought that was at like 4:30."
"Um, Sam it's 5:00."
Sam looked down at her watch and realized that it had stopped. She then looked at what she was wearing; a red jog bra and a pair of black gym shorts. Sam laughed and said, "I think that I might need to change." Both Conner and her dad laughed as she head towards the porch. As Sam was going up the steps something pink caught her eye. She turned her head and headed towards it. Both boys curiously followed her towards a rock formation.
"Sam, honey, what are you doing?"
"I saw something pink."
Sam looked down on the ground for the thing that had caught her eye. Once Sam realized what it was she dropped to the ground and carefully extracted it. Nestled in a thicket Sam pulled out a Pink Dino Gem. As she showed her find to her dad and Conner both of their mouths' dropped. Her dad gently picked it up from her hand and said, "Another Gem!" Sam smiled and replied, "Yeah, but what are we going to do with it? Does this mean we are going to get another girl?" Conner looked at her and replied, "Why would we get another member?" "Because everyone already has a gem," Sam replied as she took the gem back into her hands. All of a sudden the gem began to glow and Sam felt power serge through her. Her dad looked at her as she had a pink aura around her.
"Looks like the gem has chosen who it wants."
"But I have a coin."
"Well it looks like your coin has bonded with the gem."
"So what does this mean?"
"I'm looking at the new Pink Ranger."
"But I'm already a Pink Ranger."
"Well lets get you to the lab to run some tests to see exactly what's going on."
Sam and Conner followed her dad as they went up to the house to run the tests.
"Sorry about our date."
"No problem, actually this might be more fun."
Sam laughed as she entered the house. Before her dad ran tests, though, Sam went upstairs to change. She opened her bedroom door and looked at the mess on floor. It was a pile of school books, old papers, and college applications. Since this was her senior year Sam had just about every college application possible. She had also been approached by just about every college you could think of. During her junior year they had finally gotten a gymnastics team at Reefside High and Sam had taken the state champion title. Since then she was being hounded by almost every school with a gymnastics team. Sam didn't mind it, though. She loved gymnastics, but she didn't want to be gymnast. Instead she wanted to major in paleontology just like her dad. Next summer Sam's dad was taking her on an archeological dig, as a graduation present and Sam couldn't wait. As she rummaged through her closet she finally decided on a pair of blue jean shorts and a pink spaghetti strap shirt. Once she was dressed she washed her face and then went downstairs to face the tests.
Okay so this is the last part of the Tommy/Sam trilogy. I hope that you will stick around to see it unfold, catch ya on the flip side :)
