Title: Summer Blues
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mild violence. It's Power Rangers after all
Summary: Summer vacation can be a relaxing time as long as Zedd doesn't interfere.
Time frame: Starts out a couple weeks after Destiny's Child series wise. Canon wise: Between Song of Guitardo and Green No More.
Author's note: This is the second fic in my Starfire Dilemma series. This series actually has other fics in it that will include another new Ranger (next fic in the series) and even dab into Jungle Fury with the last fic in the series.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone you recognize from TV. They all belong to Haim Saban.
Ellie Jacobson stood staring at the mirror. She smoothed her skirt down and looked again. She just wasn't sure about this. She had a date tomorrow night with Jason Scott and she wanted to look nice. Her new friends Trini Kwan and Kimberly Hart had volunteered to go with her shopping.
There was a knock on the dressing room door.
"Ellie?" Kimberly asked, "let me see."
Ellie opened the dressing room door and stepped out.
"I like it," Kim said with a big grin on her face. "Trini come see," she called to the Yellow Ranger who was standing off to the side. Trini came over and to look.
"It looks good," she said nodding her approval.
"Do you really think so?" Ellie asked as she pulled down on the shirt once more.
"Jason's going to love it," Kim said with a wink.
"But it's so…" she wasn't sure how to end that sentence. She was more of a jeans and a t-shirt kind of girl even when she lived in Palm Springs. She remembered how her parents would try to get her to dress up but she said no. Now she was living in Angel Grove with her two sisters and she had to get used to a lot of things.
She sighed. "Are you sure?" She asked.
"Yes!" Kimberly said enthusiastically. "If it wasn't orange I'd buy it." She gently pushed Ellie back into the dressing room.
Ellie laughed as she changed back into her real clothes. She gave the outfit one more glance and sighed. Things in Angel Grove were finally starting to feel normal. Well as normal as they could be if you are a Power Ranger.
As if on cue, her communicator started to beep.
Ellie opened the door and looked at Trini and Kim in confusion. "What do you do when you are shopping?"
Kim grabbed the outfits and went up to one of the cashiers. "Can you hold this for us?" She asked. "My friend has to talk it over with her sister before she buys the outfit."
"But Corinne will totally say yes," Ellie said joining in on the lie. "I'll come back tomorrow."
"I guess so," the saleswoman said as she took the outfit. "Your name?"
"Ellie Jacobson."
She wrote it down and put it behind the desk.
"I'll be back tomorrow!" Ellie said before she hurried after Trini and Kim. No off time for Power Rangers.
"We read you Zordon," Kim said as soon as they were in a quiet place.
"PUTTIES AND GOLDAR ARE ATTACKING THE PARK. YOU MUST TELEPORT THERE IMMEDIATELY."
After making sure no one was present, Kim said, "it's Morphin Time! Pterodactyl."
"Sabretooth Tiger!" Trini called.
"Star Fire Power!" Ellie called.
They teleported to the park and found Billy, Jason, and Zack already there.
"Where's Tommy?" Kim asked as the girls joined the fight by attacking the putties. Jason was taking on Goldar.
"Don't know," Zack said, "we were at the Youth Center when Zordon called," he hit a putty in the Z on its chest and it disappeared.
Goldar kicked Jason in the chest before chuckling. "I wouldn't be worried about the Green Weakling," he said as he tried to take a swipe at Jason who just ducked. "You should be worrying about me."
"Does he ever shut up," Ellie asked as she gave the putty she had been fighting a quick kick. It went down and exploded. Soon the four teens had dispatched of the putties and soon Goldar was enlarged.
Ellie teleported up to the Command Center as she had yet to be given a zord. Zordon had said they didn't have any other ones at the moment. She found Tommy sitting on the console watching the fight.
"You okay," she asked.
"Yeah," Tommy said, "Zordon won't send me down unless I'm needed. The guys can handle Goldar," he said sounding crestfallen.
"TOMMY," Zordon said, "YOU NEED TO CONSERVE YOUR POWERS. YOUR POWERS ARE VERY LOW. ELLIE I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR FIGHTING ABILITY. IT HAS GREATLY IMPROVED SINCE YOU JOINED THE TEAM."
"Thanks Zordon," Ellie said blushing a little. She sometimes felt like she didn't deserve her spot on the team after she was under the spell but she really wanted to be of help as much as possible.
The fight with Goldar didn't last long and soon the other Rangers teleported back up to the Command Center.
"GOOD JOB RANGERS," Zordon said.
"The fight seemed illogical," Billy said.
"What do you mean?" Kim asked. "I mean we beat them without any problem right," Kim asked turning to Zordon.
"WHAT I THINK BILLY MEANS IS THAT USUALLY ZEDD'S PLAN IS MORE APPARENT. THE FIGHT TODAY DID SEEM RANDOM," Zordon agreed with Billy. "I WILL MONITOR ZEDD'S ACTIVITY AS MUCH AS I CAN. I WILL NOTIFY YOU IF THERE ARE MORE ATTACKS. YOU SHOULD ALL GO HOME AND REST."
Ellie looked at the item on her communicator. "I'm late! Gotta go." She said and teleported away without another word.
When she arrived home she found her sister Mary setting the table and Corinne heating up leftovers from the night before. "Sorry I'm late. I was shopping with Kim and Trini and lost track of time."
"Dinner isn't even finished yet," Corinne said. "Anything happen today?"
"Today? No just a boring day shopping. You know how it is." Ellie tried to hide the smile on her face. Her life hadn't been boring since she moved to Angel Grove. She didn't think she'd want it to ever change.
Notes: Action picks up next chapter. Just getting the readers reacquainted with the Jacobson's.
