Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers.
A/N: This is another installment of
Panache's 'Five Things' challenge...because everyone looked like they
were having way too much fun with it, and I wanted in. I think I'm doing this thing right.
If you want to play, you (and I quote Panache) "Chose a theme (death, love, AUs etc.) and write a series of five vignettes on the theme (i.e. Five Ways Tommy Never Died, Five Conversations Zordon and Alpha Never Had, whatever)." There's a whole C2 for these things by now, so check it out. This one's focused on Jason and some secrets he shares with each Ranger.
Reviews
are greatly appreciated, especially since I'm definitely stepping out
of my normal style with this one.
-Tommy-
Eleven o'clock on a Tuesday night. Jason and Tommy were sitting in the Scotts' basement, working on their homework. Tommy's parents were out of town, so he was spending the night at his best friend's house. It made the most sense to everyone, and maybe with Jason around he would actually get up and not be late for school. The Red and Green Rangers had a big history test tomorrow, and were going to do some cramming before they went to bed. Jason groaned in annoyance when he looked in his backpack...his book wasn't there.
"Hey, bro," Jason said. "Mind if I look on with you? I forgot my book."
"Well, well," Tommy said, with a small grin forming on his face that made the leader of the Power Rangers roll his eyes. "What a twist of fate."
"Whatever," Jason mumbled. Forgetting things was something Tommy specialized in. So, naturally, whenever someone else made that mistake, he took advantage of it.
Tommy snickered just a little bit, reaching into his backpack...only...
"Oh crap!"
"What?" Jason asked, but he already knew the answer. So much for Tommy being the smart one for once.
"I don't have it!" Tommy said, looking through his books again, hoping maybe it would magically appear. Hey, he'd seen crazier things happen.
"You had it at the youth center today!" Jason said, going into a small panic. He hadn't looked over any of this stuff at all, and he couldn't afford to do bad on this test.
"I know...I know..." Tommy said, retracing his steps for the day. "School...youth center...Kim's house...Kim's house! I must have left it over there!"
Jason let out a sigh of relief. That wasn't so bad. Kimberly lived just next door to him, like she had all his life.
"Well, let's go get it." Jason suggested, grabbing his keys, and Tommy just nodded. The two Rangers quickly put their shoes on, and went upstairs.
The two of them went out the back door, stepping off the deck and quickly climbed the fence. While walking to the house, Jason searched his key ring, and found the spare key to the Harts' house. Jason unlocked the back door, quietly entering with Tommy right behind him. The two of them glanced into the garage as they passed to see that Kim's mom wasn't home. He also figured Kim was asleep by now, so it would be best just to get the book quietly and not disturb her.
"Where is it?" Jason whispered, and Tommy took the lead.
"Upstairs, game room," Tommy whispered back, and they silently climbed the creaking stairs.
The two Rangers reached the top and walked down the hallway, quietly entering the nicely furnished game room. They turned on the lights and proceeded to look around.
"See it?" Tommy asked when his search was proving futile.
"No..." Jason said, ignoring the strange, yet horrible feeling that something was terribly wrong. Just a book, right?
"Maybe I left it in Kim's room," Tommy said, looking over to Jason. The Red Ranger just nodded, and they quietly left the game room, turning the lights off and closing the door quietly behind them.
The two of them walked down the hallway, and turned the corner that led to Kim's room. The noticed that the lights were still on, and the door was wide open. Thinking nothing of it, they kept going.
Suddenly, Kimberly stepped up to her mirror, with her side to them and wearing nothing but a bath towel. They froze dead in their tracks. All she had to do was turn her head a little bit, and she'd be able to see them. Well...whatever. It's her boyfriend and her big brother. Jason opened his mouth to call out to her, but then it got worse.
Kimberly unwrapped the towel and dropped it to the floor.
Instinctively, both Rangers' jaws dropped.
Holy. Shit.
Well...obviously she didn't see them. Jason knew just what that bad feeling had been about now. He knew what he had to do.
He turned and ran back down the hall.
After about five steps, Jason realized he was alone. He spun on his heel, all the while being as quiet as possible, and went back for the Green Ranger, who was still standing there and gawking. Jason grabbed Tommy by the shoulders and practically ripped him from where he was standing. The two Rangers fled the scene, running out the back door after a mostly silent descent of the stairs. Jason fumbled with the keys for a second, and finally locked it. Meanwhile, Tommy had already jumped over the fence into the safety of the Scott backyard. Jason climbed and jumped it with little effort as well. The two of them stumbled onto the deck, breathing pretty hard.
"Did...we just...?" Tommy asked in between breaths.
"Man, what are the odds?" Jason answered with a question of his own, pacing back and forth.
A silence fell over them for a few minutes, while they both processed what had just happened again. Jason couldn't believe it. Kimberly was like a sister for crying out loud. He didn't want to see his sister like that. Although, he had to admit...she looked...NO! Jason shook his head furiously, trying to remove that image. On the other hand, Tommy was unable to suppress a smile.
"Wow," the Green Ranger finally said.
"We can't ever talk about this again," Jason said, and Tommy let out a laugh. "This isn't funny."
"You know how Zedd tends to make monsters based on problems in our lives? What if..." Tommy wondered out loud.
"NO!" Jason yelled. "SHUT UP!"
Tommy couldn't help it. He just busted out laughing right there, causing Jason to pace faster.
"Just think about what that monster would look like," Tommy continued. "Well...is that really a 'monster'?"
"You have a girlfriend," Jason reminded him.
"Who we just got a pretty good view of," Tommy said, although the humor was leaving him now that the whole situation was starting to sink in. He was just a little bit mad that Jason had seen his girlfriend like that as well, despite his leader having the insight to get him the hell out of there before everything went horribly wrong. Still, if it had to be someone...Tommy figured it was a good thing it was Jason.
"Look. This never happened. Got it?" Jason said, going back to what he had been saying earlier. Tommy just gave an understanding nod, and that was the end of that.
"Tommy? Jason?"
Or not.
The two Rangers' heads snapped upwards to look at Kimberly, whose head was sticking out her window and whose body was now covered by pink flannel pajamas. Jason instantly felt his face heat up when he locked eyes with her.
"What's up?" she asked.
Oh. Great. Late night window conversation. Like Romeo and Juliet. Expect Romeo didn't have his best friend -who happens to be practically Juliet's brother- along and see her naked a few minutes earlier...well, did he? Jason thought to himself, before quickly snapping back to the situation.
"Nothing!" both of them replied in unison.
"Well, are you guys ready for that test? By the way, Tommy, I have your book up here!" Kim said, suddenly remembering it, unaware of the chaos it had already caused.
"That's fine, I don't need it!" Tommy replied, his voice cracking horribly in mid-sentence.
"Alright..." Kimberly said, a bit slowly.
"Well, we're going to bed, now! Goodnight, Kim!" Jason yelled, and without waiting for a reply, he grabbed Tommy's arm and dragged him inside.
Kimberly just stood there, staring down from her window as Tommy practically slammed the door behind them. She shrugged it off and closed her window, heading for her bed.
Boys could be so weird.
