Eternally Yellow—by Patrick Fury.
Scrambling through sand, the woman in yellow dodged a laser blast that rocked the earth around her.
"Got to…get…ship…" she panted, seeing the bronze ship in the distance.
Upon entering, she barely had the strength to close the door. Inputting her coordinates, she relaxed as the ship hummed to life, shooting into outer space in a matter of seconds.
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"Awesome," the young man grinned as a student planted a firm fist into his opponents chest, winning the match.
"Here, hold you're arm at a stronger stance," he demonstrated, "like this."
He tilted the boys curved arm into a stick like motion, "There."
Smiling, the kid bowed.
"Okay, class dismissed. Eric, Sean, what did you two learn from this match?"
"Sensei, I learned that multiplication takes serious concentration…or you end up with a second head," a blond boy, seemingly Sean, responded.
His classmates laughed at his response as the second head scowled.
"And you Eric?"
"Well, I learned to punch better…" he said loudly.
Sensei laughed, "Alright dudes! Nice class, see you tomorrow, DON'T BE LATE!" he yelled after their retreating figures.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his blond present approaching with a smile, "Well done Sensei Dustin," she grinned.
"Why thank you Sensei Tori," he replied sarcastically, taking her into a small hug.
"So I was thinking…we should do something tonight with the guys, Blake's in town and I wanted to meet his fiancé," Tori spoke softly.
"Oh, definitely," Dustin said as they walked toward the towering school.
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"Hype, hype, hyah!" the Vietnamese girl shouted as she instructed her class.
The many women in the gym followed her fluid but sharp movement, copying her sounds, "Hype, hype, hyah!"
"Very nice Susan, keep those fingers pointed Josie," Trini instructed nicely.
The girls took her advice, keeping their activity going and their fingers pointed.
"Wonderful," Trini smiled as her class finished.
"Okay, take a water break and we'll catch up to schedule our next meeting," the beautiful woman said.
Departing in a chatter, the class obeyed and found their separate water bottles while Trini found her own. When she stood, she was faced by a beautiful young African American woman, no more than 25.
"Hi, are you here to sign up?" Trini asked as she set her water bottle down.
"Well, that would be nice, but don't you remember me Trini?" she asked.
Trini furrowed her
thin eye brows before they shot up "AISHA?"
The young
girl smiled widely and nodded in hysterics.
"Oh my!" Trini gasped, wrapping firm arms around her.
"How are you?" Aisha said when they freed grasps.
"I'm great, I'm a judge now, Jason and I have finally tied the knot, and I teach these classes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday."
"Wow, sounds like you've been busy," Aisha said.
"Yeah, but it's been really fun. How about you?"
"Well, I recently started attending USC (University of Southern California) and I figured I'd come see the crew in Angel Grove. I was looking in the phone books and came across one of your ads and decided to come down here," Aisha summed up.
"How was Africa?"
"Oh it was beautifully fun. We finally opened a Vet for the larger animals and we've got more zoologists taking care of animals that get injured. We've also cracked down on the poachers there too."
"That's amazing," Trini said, too caught up to notice her class waiting.
Quickly, she realized and scheduled their next meeting. She and Aisha met for coffee and went their separate ways, not knowing they'd be meeting again all too soon.
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"And you never know," the girl sang, "How much you love them till they go."
She stopped in frustration, "Can I get a five minute break?"
"Sure Tanya—five," The producer said through the glass.
Tanya smiled and took a deep breath, walking outside.
She opened the water bottle she was carrying and drank thirstily. She was incredibly happy she'd gotten signed, but she never knew how stressful it'd be for her and Adam…until he left. It wasn't something she could prevent, and it's not like she could blame him. She loved Adam with more than just her heart, but her soul too, but he'd contributed to her success more than he'd known. She'd changed from bubblegum pop, to pop-rock, to alternative rock which she was content with. She still vividly remembered when Glenn Ballard quickly signed her after seeing her perform at a local club.
With another deep breath she pulled out her cell phone, "Hey Kira, it's me again…I was just wondering if you still wanted to hang Saturday, I'm almost done recording 'Almost Out' but I still haven't gotten in touch with you yet. Anyway, later."
She flipped the phone shut in dismay as she received Kira's voicemail once more. The two became instant friends when Tanya showed up at the Cyber Café. Since then, she'd been casually dating Kira's attractive young friend Ethan…though he was a full five years younger than her…being only 19.
"You ready Tanya?" her agent asked.
Tanya nodded and ran a hand through her layered black and red hair as she reentered the studio.
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"I got him Jen, he's not getting away," Katie said hurriedly over her communicator as she slammed the gas in her car. Trip instantly glued back into the seat.
"Ka—atie can't you—slow down?" Trip asked, his neck tense.
"No!" Katie snapped, swinging the car around the last bend. She almost had him.
"Trip, take the wheel," she said.
"What!" he half yelled.
"The wheel!"
Trip gulped, taking the wheel like she said as she unbuckled her seatbelt.
"Be careful," he said as she leaned out the window.
She lifted her Time Force Blaster, firing several times at the felon's tires.
"Damn!" she cursed as the blasts bounced off, "He's got titanium wheels!"
Trip glanced up at her as he nervously steered the car.
"Faster Trip!"
Trip pushed his foot down slowly on the gas, gaining a few yards on their criminal.
"That's it," she said angrily.
She got good leverage and pushed out the window of the car, flying in the air. She quickly yelled, "Time for—Time Force!" recalling the motions quickly.
No more than four feet of the ground, a blur of yellow streaked her flying past Trip and the car.
Trip looked again as Katie and her vector cycle closed and pulled up to the driver side of the car.
Trip saw a violent red blast skim past her face, then he saw Katie roughly grab the driver, toss him in the small pool to her left, and then grab the fin on the back of the car.
"All in a days work," she laughed.
"Trip, come in, this is Jen…we've secured his partner," Jen spoke.
"Yeah…and Katie just gave that guy a really bad case of whiplash," Trip reported as he looked at the spluttering criminal.
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"Kira Ford," the professor called out.
Kira jerked up instantly.
He asked her a random question, something pertaining to Galileo, which she answered to her full knowledge.
Seemingly satisfied, he turned away and continued his lecture.
Kira looked down at her paper. She'd done it again. She'd been writing notes, but eventually, she'd gotten a song idea and began scribbling lyrics on the sides of her paper.
"Pssst," she heard a voice.
She looked around, bewildered.
No one looking at her, she assumed it was meant for someone else.
"Pst!" came the sound again.
Kira ignored it, rolling her eyes.
"Pssssssssssssssssss—"
"Ms. Winslow! Would you like to explain the discovery of Brunelleschi's Dome?" the Professor puffed.
"Uh…n-no sir," Kelsey stuttered.
"Then be quiet or get out of my class!"
Kelsey blinked a few times. She still didn't know why she was in Fine Arts Appreciation if she wanted to become head of SRT in the GSA. SRT (Special Resource Team) had been Kelsey's dream after departing Mariner Bay to take her second try at College. She'd already been planning on attending before being chosen for Operation Lightspeed, but that put things on hold. After starting to date Ryan, she never got back around to College. Now she'd already had a baby girl that she needed to take care of, calling for a better job than working in the Verizon Call Center…though it paid quite well.
Kelsey lowered her head at the snickers emerging from around her, then mentioned to rouse Kira's attention.
"Kira" she whispered.
Kira turned subtly to see her eager friend.
"The Cave, tonight, you've got a gig, 7:30, don't be late," Kelsey informed her.
Kira smiled and gave her a thumbs up, mouthing "thanks."
Her good deed done, Kelsey turned back to the puffy professor, continuing to think of how much he looked like a fat gerbil…
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"This is Lieutenant Earnheart, I've got you cleared for vortex opening," Taylor responded.
"This is B-Squad Cadet Elizabeth Delgado, we are arriving in a model DELTA-32, is that clear?"
"The airway is open Cadet Delgado, you're cleared."
The bluish vortex swirled as a large, clear white ship came to a halt nearly 50 feet from its source.
"Commander Gomez, keep an eye on that energy reading, it's heading for earth's atmosphere too fast to be safe. Keep me updated, I've got to go and inform SPD of this event."
Commander Gomez gave a quick salute to the SPD lieutenant and walked to the monitor she'd been at.
Taylor flipped back her long blond hair, slightly parted, and straight as a board. She regained her composure and began the dissension of the stairs. She'd met with SPD officials from the future before, she could handle another yellow ranger…couldn't she?
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Elizabeth "Z" Delgado removed the large black pilot helmet and shook her shoulder length brown hair free. She'd come alone for some odd reason, mostly afraid of Kruger's previous offer of letting A-Squad Yellow accommodate her. She realized that it was not truly Officer Brian O'Neal fighting her, but Omni controlling him, she still would rather work alone if not with Syd, who was currently assisting Sky on a misson.
Sky…now that was a mystery to the young Latina girl. She'd been head over heels for him since she first met him. She was everything he wasn't, and he was so balancing to her. Her hot temper, his calm and in control attitude, and her laid back persona with his uptight one were perfect yin and yang.
"Cadet Delgado," a voice shook her.
Z looked up to a blond woman walking her way, all the stature of a former fighter pilot and high ranking officer, which she was.
"Ah, Lieutenant Earhart, how are you?" Z asked formally.
"Oh please, call me Taylor, we're both rangers here," Taylor responded, accepting the handshake Z offered.
Z gave a warm smile as she shook hands with Taylor, "Well, Taylor, I take it you've noticed our problem?"
"Yes, it's become a very big deal here at SPDF and GSA has been looking into it as well. We're thinking it could be Dark Specter's forces, though the majority was destroyed by Andros. I'm almost positive they've taken all of Terra Nova," Taylor replied as they began to walk, the pit crew taking to Z's time ship.
"What happened to your correspondent?" Z asked.
"Well, we were originally in touch with Ashley Hammond and Karone Helix, both of Earth and KO-35. We were recently contacted yesterday by Karone. Apparently it was an ambush. Our allies in that area are faint, but the Aquitar Rangers were dispersed at the first sight of trouble. Only four of five returned."
"Who went missing," Z asked, continuing to write on her digital notebook she'd opened when she first began talking to Taylor.
"Tideus, Yellow Aquitar Ranger," Taylor said sadly.
"You knew him?" Z wondered.
"Briefly. We met in an official meeting, uniting SPD, GSA, and Lightspeed, also linking to Time Force. He was essential in rewriting the law on mind wipes," Taylor said.
Z nodded and then she turned to Taylor, "I think we've got a big problem here…and I think I know just who to call to solve it," Z said, opening her Patrol Morpher and entering some information….
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TBC: So, how did everyone like the beginning of Eternally Yellow. I was greatly inspired by Mr. Quinn to write this, though he may not realize it. THANKS RICK! Um, I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow or tonight, depends. Later : )
----------------------- Patrick
