-SPD office-
Jessi Park walked into the tiny, cluttered basement room also known as the office of the Newly established in 2017 office of SPD . Her lips were drawn into a tight, determined line as she threw a manila folder on top of the mountain of papers and photographs burying what might have been, at one point, a very nice office desk. Wes Collins , had his hands folded behind his head, and was currently using the desk himself-as a footrest.
"No."
Green eyes opened at the uttered syllable and glinted over the toes of polished black shoes. "'Morning, . Plane leaves at ten, did you pack everything?"
"Sir, I said no. I'm not going. This is ridiculous, even by your standards."
"What ?"
"Lupinranger? ."
"Did you read the file before throwing it at me?"
"I wouldn't have thrown it at you if I hadn't read it."
"Good then you know about the Power Rangers and about Shiba. Your cover has been green lit and that the fate of the one your replacing so LT. I suggest you deal with it ".
"Sir cant we send that bootleg power ranger the power rider " she asked " oh come on its not that bad you get to party, have fun, finally get laid " Wes replied "you're more insane than I already thought!"
"Rangers," Collins said with a lazy smirk. "So called rangers Come on, LT. You know Shiba is dangerous we need some on her side so i suggest you get your things ready were off to Silver Hills "
Jessi sighed, tapped her fingers against her folded arms. "You really think shes that dangerous?."
"We need to know what she is planning ," he ignored her snort, "and also after her stint as a power rider we need a person on the inside and your first pick ."
"So theres more to Ruby Shiba and the Lupinrangers then ."
"So you admit, there's something there that makes you curious?"
Jessi threw her hands up—in exasperation, in surrender. "Fine! I'm going home to pack."
And she absolutely did not smile as he called after her, "You have two hours!."
-SPD jail cell-Silver Hills-
Ruby Shiba was sitting in a SPD prison cell, the cops outside taking a look at her.
"When will you ever learn, Shiba ? You can't outrun the law no matter what you do," Eric Myers said.
"But I am not the bad guy here, they are , I saved a dude!" Ruby responded in annoyance.
"Yeah, I ain't buyin' that. You're a criminal, and you'll always be one," Eric scoffed as he left the cell, making Ruby groan in annoyance again.
"Can you believe these jerks?" Ruby groaned
"Shiba . You're lucky I don't mock you like the others; you've got a visitor," Eric said to her before we see the girl step forward.
"Who is she?"
"Excuse me, could you leave us? I would like to talk with her alone," the girl told Eric who nodded and left, leaving the girl with Ruby, "Why are you in jail?"
"If you really want to know… I'm a vigilante."
"You look more like a… a Kamen Rider."
"...That's kinda what I was , im a power ranger now " Ruby admitted as she got up and walked closer to the bars, "The police think I'm a bad girl because i didnt follow in my families footsteps , they have associated me with criminals. I'd tell you more, but I do not wanna repeat myself."
"What're you talking about?"
"You'll understand at one point. But enough about that, what's your name, kid?"
"Oh. My name is Jessi park " the girl said
"Im Ruby Shiba of the Shiba clan and Lupin red"
"Pleased to meet you, Ruby."
"You too, Jessi," Ruby said, shaking her hand through the bars.
"So… is there anyway I can help?"
"Shh, you don't want the cops to hear, do ya?"
"Oh, sorry. *bows before whispering* I mean gotta get you out of here. Tell me anything," Jessi replied, causing Ruby to think and consider something before a light bulb seems to go on above her head and she got an idea.
"If you can bust me out, I'll let you join my crew," Ruby answered.
"How could I help with that?"
"Go back to wherever you live, think of something and then come back later tonight, we'll figure it out when there's no one around."
"Right. In that case, I'll come by later. See you then," Jessi replied before bowing and then leaving. "I hope Jessi is who I think she is."
Later that night, Jessi came back to the prison, in a black jumpsuit with what looked like kamen rider skulls helmet to keep her face concealed before taking a look around. Sticking to the outside, she looked to the right of the building, and without looking, found Ruby's cell before crouching down and beginning to walk. She hummed a very fitting tune to herself quietly as she did so before eventually reaching Ruby's cell.
"Ruby?," Jessi quietly called, getting the riders attention before she looked out her barred window.
"Jessi? Ha ha, what did I tell you? I knew you would come back. Did you think of something clever to get me out?" Ruby smirked and asked.
"Um... do you think you can fit through that window hole after I cut the bars off?"
"Maybe. It could be a tight squeeze, but it's worth a shot. What have you got to cut the bars off?"
"You might wanna back up," Jessi warned as she pulled out a chainsaw.
"Are you mad?! You'll make too much noise," Ruby Whispered in a frantic tone, but Jessi was already cutting at the bars from the top and then the bottom, each one plunking down outside, and with Jessi distracted, Ruby looked from the corner of her eye, "Well what do ya know. It was noisy, but it worked."
Ruby then tried to squeeze through the window, but found it rather difficult as she tried nudging through, slowly pulling herself through.
"Wait, where's your gear? Did they confiscate it or something?" Jessi asked.
"Nope. I kept it safely hidden," Ruby answered, revealing a pocket so well hidden, it looked like part of the jacket interior, "Those idiots didn't think to look in my jacket. *chuckles* Now, uh, lets get out of here ."
"Hey! What're you doing there?!" Eric shouted, walking in on them getting up.
"Uh oh," Jessi groaned as they both decided to run away.
They ran from the cop, the latter blowing his whistle as they continued running away from the prison before Jessi stopped Ruby.
"Wh-What did you stop me for?" Ruby asked Jessi.
"More cops are waiting up ahead. There's about 50 officers, 9 cars, and they're blocking our exit," Jessi panted.
"How can you tell that when the exit's 6 yards away?!"
"I got an enhanced sense of direction. I can tell what's going on where, and after seeing a place once, I have a mental map all pictured out. It's like perfect memory recall."
"Nice, Jessi! Now, which way doesn't have cops surrounding?...kinda wish we had a get away vehicle right now " Ruby said as Jessi just looked around and then…
"Over there," she pointed towards a brick fence, allowing Ruby to smile before running to it and jumping over it no problem.
Jessi managed to follow and jump over, only to fall on her bottom and back.
"Owie, owie, owie," Jessi winced, making Ruby facepalm before she helped her back up and then make their getaway.
The two quickly run through the bushes and over towards the city.
"So what's your plan once we get past the cops?"
"Simple… do you know where I can find a car?." Ruby asked.
"Are you gonna steal one?" Jessi responded.
"No, no. I'm just gonna commandeer it so we can get to my hiding space. And then we can plan," Ruby bluntly answered, "I'm also looking for a crew, and I would like you to be a part of it."
"R-Really?"
"Yes really. With your skills, you'd make an impressive Second in command . What do you say, Jessi ?"
"...Well… I don't know. I don't wanna be in the same kinda trouble that you're so…"
"Tell you what," Ruby started as she pulled out a card with the Shiba clan logo on it, "Why don't you go ahead and think about it, and when you decide,call me ill come pick you up . Then… we will begin.
"...Right. What will you do now?"
"Right now, I think I'll just look for a car " Ruby waved before taking off and leaving Jessi to walk back.
Eric Myers slammed his fist on his desk. He turned to Wes walked in " Assemble the patrorangers Lupin red escaped. "
