Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5 and Power Rangers Season 3
Chapter 1: The Rangers Meet Glory
Tommy Oliver and his friends were travelling from Angel Grove to Sunnydale, a small town near LA to meet with some old friends of his from summer vacation. "You'll love them," he said excitedly as the group of teens made it to the city limits. "Buffy and her gang are the nicest people a guy could ever meet." The chatter that ensued by Billy, Adam, Rocky and Aisha stopped immediately after he said this. "What?"
"Gang?" the others said in unison. Tommy wondered if they thought he meant a gang that killed people. "What kind of gang?"
"A gang that kills monsters," said Tommy firmly. "Buffy has a sort of 'Scooby gang'." The others exchanged nervous glances and got out of the car as they approached a building with a sign that read 'Magic Box' in huge letters. "Don't worry, they're nice people."
"You say that, but that could change," Rocky said as they entered the shop. He changed his mind as a shout of 'surprise' overwhelmed him. "Or I could be mistaken." Kimberly laughed and cheered as she saw some of the people from pictures Tommy showed them.
"Tommy Oliver, welcome back!" said a leather-clad blonde girl. She looked like a normal perky girl like Kimberly and showed a lot of happiness. "How's life treating you?"
"Not bad, Buffy," said Tommy giving her a hug. Seeing the looks on his friends' faces, he slapped a hand to his face. "Oh, I forgot! Buffy, these are my friends and girlfriend, Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Billy, and Kimberly." The girl named Buffy hugged everyone and a chorus of cracking sounds filled the room followed by numerous apologies. "I forgot to mention that she's stronger than your average girl, didn't I?"
"I'd say you did," groaned Adam rubbing his ribs. "I wouldn't say that she's stronger than the average girl, Tommy. I would use the term 'stronger than the average human being'." Everyone laughed. "I'm serious, guys."
"Yeah, he's right," Buffy admitted with a smile. "I'm stronger than the average human being. I'm what we call the Slayer here." Nobody besides Tommy and the people that stood before the other Rangers knew what she meant. "Well, I better introduce the others, shouldn't I?" Without waiting for an answer, she said, "We have Giles, my Watcher, Xander Harris, Anya Jenkins, Willow Rosenberg, and my sister, Dawn." All mentioned said hello or waved, which got the Rangers waving back nervously.
"May I welcome you to the Magic Box?" Giles asked. "Any questions you have about us or the town will be answered by all of us including Dawn."
"What is a Slayer?" Kimberly asked raising her hand. Giles launched into explanation without hesitation. He explained that a Slayer was a girl chosen above all other girls when another Slayer died and that Buffy had enhanced strength, agility and intellect to fight demons, vampires and forces of darkness. "When you say forces of darkness does that include space sorceresses and ugly emperor of the world wannabes?"
"Yes, those are included under the term 'forces of darkness'," Giles said taking off his glasses and polishing them. "Oh, bloody hell." The Rangers looked at the door to see a man with bleach blonde hair running in with an enflamed blanket. "Spike, what are you doing here?"
"I came here to get out of the sun, you bloody dolt!" the man called Spike said angrily. "I know you hate me, but the least you could do is give me a bloody break!" Seeing the group staring at him blankly, he smiled and went down the line. "Well, what do we have here? Looks to me like we have some late newcomers who…"
"Spike, are you okay?" Buffy asked rather bored. Spike wasn't listening. He was staring straight at Tommy with hatred and hunger in his eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Spike growled. Tommy didn't flinch but stood his ground. "The last time I saw you, you came here to clear your head after leaving your mates a year ago."
"I did clear my head, and I returned to my friends," Tommy said with as much hatred as Spike, "so get out of my face if you know what's good for you." Kimberly grabbed Tommy's arm and pulled him outside. "What?"
"Tommy, what in the world is going on here?" she demanded in a fierce whisper. "Spike took one look at you and looked as if he wanted to kill you."
"Did you hear what Giles said?" Tommy asked her. "'A Slayer has enhanced strength, agility and intellect to fight demons, vampires and the forces of darkness'." He shook her arm lightly. "Think, Kim!"
"Oh my God, he's a vampire!" she whispered urgently. Tommy nodded. She muttered the words again before fainting.
"Damn!" said Tommy. "I thought she might do that." Dawn came up, stared at Kimberly's unconscious form and looked at Tommy with amusement on her face.
"What happened?" she asked curiously. "Did you propose to her? If you did, I'd do the same." Tommy shook his head and she assumed the worst. "You didn't!"
"Tell her that Spike's a vampire, yeah," Tommy admitted. "She wondered why he hates me so much and why he was looking like a steamed lobster when he got in, so I told her to think about what Giles said and she fainted." Dawn's mouth dropped open in horror and ran to Buffy for help who came immediately. "She asked me why Spike hates me so much and why he looked at me like I was food, and I told her to think about what Giles said about you and she figured out that he's a vampire." Tommy supplied at the look of coldness emanating from her.
"Next time, keep your mouth shut," said Buffy angrily as she checked Kimberly out. "Willow, Xander, take Kimberly to my place. Mom will take care of her." The two nodded. "Tommy and the others can come with me really quick. There's something I have to do." She led them into the training room to talk. "Look, there's something you should know about Dawn, but don't tell her. She's a little fragile at the moment."
"What's the secret?" Aisha asked as the others nodded. "We won't tell her or anyone else except for Kimberly when she comes to." Buffy looked at the door to make sure her sister wasn't listening in on the conversation.
"Okay, here goes," she sighed. "Dawn isn't a normal girl. No, she's not another Slayer, but she's something mystical called the Key." Seeing the look of confusion on the Rangers' faces she continued. "The Key is a mystical force molded into human form by some monks. They sent her to me to protect her and planted memories in all of our minds except for yours because you guys weren't here. Tommy, what's wrong?"
"I remember her," he said looking at a wall. "I remember hanging out with you, Dawn and your mom at the park one time." Buffy nodded and said that it was the work of the monks.
"How come we didn't get the memories?" Adam asked. The others nodded. Buffy put a hand up for silence.
"The reason you four didn't get the memories is because you weren't around me as long as Tommy was." She said. "Now, the worst part is that there is a powerful god named Glory trying to find and use her to open the gates of her dimension. The only problem with that is not only will her dimensional gates open, but others will bleed through as well, causing the whole world to erupt in chaos."
The Rangers couldn't believe what they were hearing. After much talking and arguing, they decided that since Buffy trusted them with her secrets of her sister and herself being the Slayer, they ought to trust her with their secret of being the Power Rangers. But the question was how to tell her. Buffy wanted to get the Rangers better and since Kimberly finally came to, she would meet them near the shop and walk with them. "So, what's on your minds?" Buffy asked. Kimberly was wondering the same thing.
"Buffy, there's something we want to tell you," Adam said. "You told us your secret, and it's time we tell you ours." Kimberly clapped a hand to her mouth and gasped.
"No!" she yelled. "We can't tell her!" Rocky gave her a look that said the decision was final. "So, what, you guys are making decisions without me? Is that it?"
"Kim, that's not it," Tommy said. "We just thought that if she could trust us with those secrets, then we could trust her with ours." Kimberly looked murderous. "We're sorry if we made the decision without you but you were out cold. We couldn't wait any longer. So, make up your mind, and if you chose not to tell her, then we won't."
After a lot of thought, Kimberly made her choice. Turning to the others, she said she was ready. "Guys, I made my decision. Why tell her when we can show her?" The others looked confused. "Buffy, get your friends. You're going to see something that will totally blow your minds." Buffy gave a nod and left. She returned fifteen minutes later with the other four, Dawn and Giles.
"Get ready for this, you guys," Aisha said. "Alpha, thirteen to teleport."
Ay-yi-yi! This is so exciting!" said Alpha happily. "Prepare for teleportation."