Welcome to Power Rangers 2: Dragon Rising! I envision this as what a sequel could be for the movie released back in March. Each chapter is from the POV of a different ranger. I hope you like!
Chapter One: Kimberly
It's been a long night. We drove up to Lake Tahoe for the weekend, it was Billy's idea, he used to come here with his parents when he was little. Now I'm standing outside a gas station at 3AM, waiting for the bathroom that Zack has been in for the last five minutes.
"Hey Zack, could you hurry up in there?" I call.
"Kim, uh, you probably don't wanna come in here after me." he replies.
"Great." I sigh, walking back towards the van where Trini is waiting for us.
"Have you got a cup?"
"For what?" Trini asks, I blush.
"I need to pee, Zack's dropping an atomic bomb in the bathroom and even if I morphed I wouldn't be able to handle that." I reply, Trini smirks.
"I don't have a cup, but if my Mom was here she would."
"I understand that reference, and love it, but right now all I can think about is finding a bathroom." I reply, shutting van door and heading into the gas station.
"You okay? You look weird" Billy says, as he walks out with Jason. They're armed with a ridiculous amount of snacks. We're a few hours out of Angel Grove still.
"I'm fine. Just wanted to hurry you guys up that's all." I reply, I'll wait till the next gas station comes along. They're a dime a dozen.
"Where's Zack?" Jason asks.
"No comment." I reply, getting back in the van and sitting in the middle. Trini shifts uncomfortably, expressing her annoyance she no longer has the back seat to herself.
"Hey guys, sorry about that." Zack says, getting in the Van and strapping his belt on.
"You disgust me." I reply, nudging him jokingly.
"Sorry Kim, but when you gotta go you gotta go."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna try and take a nap." I reply, leaning my head back and shutting my eyes, I slip away quickly.
A couple hours later…
"Kim… Kim… Kim wake up!" Trini says, pulling me out of my sleep. Zack's drooling on my shoulder.
"Ew, get off Zack" I say, pushing him off me. His head makes a loud thump on the window, he grumbles, and continues sleeping. "What is it Trini?" I ask.
"You were snoring." Trini replies.
"Are you serious?" I ask.
"Yes, you snore really loud." she says.
"No, I mean, why did you wake me up for that?"
"It was so annoying. I had headphones in, playing on full blast, and I could still hear you." Trini laughs, I look forwards and catch Jason looking at me in the rear view mirror. He smiles. I don't return the favour but I hold his gaze anyway. He breaks first. I recognise the skyline, we must nearly be home.
"Home crap home." Jason says, as we pull into town. It's not as messed up as it was when the attack first happened, but it still isn't the same as it used to be. It's weird, after we saved Angel Grove I had this new found affection for it. A far cry from where I was a couple weeks before. We drop Trini off first, her Mom was waiting on her porch. She's insane. Zack was next, then Billy. Me and Jason sit in silence for a moment, until one of us breaks it.
"That was fun." Jason says.
"Yeah, definitely worth the long drive." I reply. Jason laughs.
"We broke the record for longest five hour drive that turned into an all-nighter ever."
"Probably. Between Zack's toilet breaks, Billy's snack hoarding and the GPS being the worst we definitely deserve that title." I say. Jason laughs again. The sound makes me smile.
"Here we are." he says as we pull in to my driveway.
"Thanks Jason." I reply, "I'll see you tomorrow at school."
"Night Kim." he says, he watches me as I head up to my door, taking off once he sees I get in okay. I think he forgets I'm a superhero, just like him. To be honest, I forget sometimes.
The next morning…
Angel Grove High. Ugh. I may like the town more than I used to, but this place, one of the few buildings not destroyed by Rita, can burn for all I care.
"Hey Kim, halloween was a few months back, you can take off your slut costume now." Amanda calls, from somewhere behind me. I ignore her.
"Fuck off." Zack says, I didn't even realise he was there.
"Oh, hey. Thanks for that." I reply, Zack puts his arm round me.
"Well you know me Kim, just your regular every day super hero."
"Something like that." I reply, smirking at him. "I'm surprised you're here."
"I'm turning over a new leaf. Again." he says, typical Zack.
"Glad to hear it." I reply, "I'll see you at lunch." I say, waving as I head towards home room.
"Seeya" Zack says, as he zips off in the other direction. I walk in, sitting down at the back of the class to avoid being prime bait for Amanda and her cohorts. What I did to her still haunts me every day of my life, but I've tried to say sorry. I've tried to make up for what I did and nothing seems to work. Of course Ty gets away with everything. He was the one that sent the picture to everybody at school, but people forget that…
"Hey." Jason says, sitting down next to me, Billy following behind him.
"Hey Jason, Hi Billy." I reply. Our teacher, Mr Caplan, walks in. That halts our conversation from going any further.
"Good morning students. I hope you all enjoyed a relaxing weekend, the Summer formal is coming up and our class president Amanda needs to tell you all about it, so before I take the register I'll give her the floor." he says, sitting down in chair and opening his laptop. Amanda rises from her seat gracefully, stepping to the front of the class.
"Hi everybody. As you know, the most exciting day of the year is coming up and I'm gonna tell you all about it…" she trails off, staring out of the classroom window.
"Amanda? What is it?" Mr Caplan asks. She just points, her eyes wide and terrified. The three of us turn simultaneously, and sure enough, behind the school building there is an incredible, bright green beam of light shooting up into the sky.
"What the hell?" Jason asks.
"It looks like a blast of pure energy, not unlike the morphing gri-" Billy puts his hand over his lips, mouthing sorry to Jason. He always had these slip ups.
"We need to go check that out." I say, Jason nods.
"Let's go." he says. We stand up, but Mr Caplan stops us in our tracks.
"Where are you going?" he asks, "it's not safe until we know what that was."
"I need to go to the ladies room." I reply.
"Have you still not gone to the bathroom?" Billy asks.
"Billy…" Jason hisses, as the three of us heave past Mr Caplan and out of the classroom.
"That'll be detention for the three of you, again!" he shouts as we run down the hall and out into the Angel Grove sunshine.
"It's that time again, finally." Jason says.
"What? The town and possibly the world is going to hell and we're the only people that can stop it?" Billy asks.
"Yep." Jason replies, smiling widely at us both. "It's Morphin' Time."
