A/N: I'm not sure where this is going, beyond an amusing reunion story, and I've got some ideas for that. My posting is gonna be really infrequent due to my job, but my editor promised she'd put them up as they came in. I'm over seas, and for a bit I'll be fairly steady with my writing because I broke my foot and sprained my ankle jumping out of a jeep wearing ten pounds of stuff. I'm thinking that whomever winds up at the Peace Confrence will become Rangers, part of a Global Force. Oh, and Andy Brooks is made up, he's supposed to be Dustin's cousin.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers, I do not own the CIA / FBI / NSA or any other government alphabet company. Nor am I affiliated with the Intelegence Departments. No, my life revolves around, well, things that go bang.
Washington, D.C. 3:15 pm August 23, 2007
Aisha took her seat at the CIA meeting, "All right," Mr. Cummings said, "tell me what we got?"
"They're going to hold another Youth Peace Conference," Jamie said, "we have a suspicion that some of the delegates are going to be agents for their governments."
"Do we want to do the same?" Mr. Cummings asked.
"It could be useful." Jamie replied with a shrug.
"You'll need what, three teens who can keep their mouths shut?" Deke asked, "That'll never happen."
"Just three," Aisha asked, "how old are we talking?"
"Between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one," Jamie said, "they want a group that's old enough to speak and be heard, yet young enough to be idealistic."
"What if I can recommend four teens who meet that qualification?" Aisha said, "Last time, the Conference took twelve from America, for a greater diversification."
"Really?" Jamie said.
"I know three of the teens they chose," Aisha replied with a shrug. "Well, they're adults now, but I met them before they left. Jason came back to Angel Grove after three years, but Zack and Trini stayed on in Europe to study. Trini died in 2001 on a visit home, but Zack still lives over there." Aisha frowned, "I think Tommy said he was getting involved with this, joining the committee that runs it. There's an e-mail in my Gmail account about it."
"Are you and, Zack, close?" Mr. Cummings asked.
Aisha shrugged, "Not as close as I was to some of the others, I mean, we moved to Angel Grove just before they left, and we weren't close to the others until after they left. Even before, I got on more with Trini and Kim than with Zack and Jason."
"If we approached him, and he's on the selection committee would he push for Americans that we want?" Jamie asked.
Aisha frowned, "Maybe, thing is, Zack won't pick anyone who wouldn't do well. So, we'd have to be careful about who we pushed. Like I said, I can recommend four teens, just out of high school, who can keep their mouths shut, and if approached right, will be glad to help out."
"Can we get names?" Mr. Cummings asked.
"Trent Fernandez, adopted son of Anton Mercer," Aisha said, "Kira Ford, Conner McKnight and Ethan James. They met up in my friend Tommy's science lab, and became friends when he made them study together. Tommy also knew Anton because he used to work for him and between the two of them; they gave those kids some amazing opportunities."
"Does it have anything to do with the Power Rangers in Reefside?" Deke asked, curiously. Deke had been studying the Power Rangers since 1993, a fact that Aisha found secretly amusing.
Aisha shook her head, "No, more along the lines of seeing dig sites that they normally wouldn't have, visiting places like Egypt and India to see archeological finds. I won't say the four of them are total science geeks, but they're smart, and they didn't brag about their trips or even hint at them during school."
"What are they like?" Mr. Cummings asked.
Aisha shrugged, "I don't know, I haven't met them. If Tommy's right, then Conner's a soccer player who's good enough to be arrogant, but smart enough that his scholarships were academic and athletic. Ethan's a genius, especially with computers, who doesn't have many friends outside the group. Kira is a musician and Trent is an artist who wants to draw comics with strong female superheroes, According to Tommy, Trent's female characters tend to bare some resemblance to Kira, which is understandable, they're dating."
Mr. Cummings nodded, "We'll do some checking into them, and we'll send an agent to find your Zack."
Aisha laughed, "He's hardly mine, and I wouldn't want him if he offered. Besides, I can talk to Zack next week during my vacation. Rocky and Jason are hosting a little reunion for us and even Zack cleared his schedule to come. I can feel out Zack, and chat up Tommy on his students, see what they're doing now and all. Tommy keeps close contact with them because of his friendship with Anton Mercer." Which I still can't believe, Mercer only tried to kill him what, five or six hundred times?
"Then that'll be you working on your vacation," Mr. Cummings objected.
Aisha flashed him a saucy grin, "You could pay me and I'll take a long holiday later."
Mr. Cummings sighed, "Fine, we'll set you up as a temporary field agent, Ms. Campbell."
Aisha clicked her pen, "When are you going to make that permanent? I'm probably the most skilled paper pusher here. Trust me, there's nothing out there that's going to shock me."
"Even mutant space ninjas?" Deke asked.
Aisha smiled at him and said in a throaty voice, "Honey, mutant space ninjas are a piece of cake. Now if anyone resurrects Ivan Ooze, I'm gonna worry." She looked at Mr. Cummings, "Anything else for today, sir?"
Mr. Cummings sighed, "No, Ms. Campbell, you've intimidated your co-workers enough for now. I'll have your field id sent around to your office."
Aisha stood up and gathered her things, "I could just hang onto that, since you keep temporarily promoting me."
"I'll see you tomorrow, Ms. Campbell," Mr. Cummings said.
Aisha smiled and strolled out of the room with a slight sway to her hips, she loved it when Mr. Cummings let her do that, she had a lot of fun coming from Angel Grove, she'd told them that she'd seen a lot of strange things in her time, and talked openly about the attempt by Lord Zedd to turn her and her friends into evil ninjas, with permission from the others of course. Unfortunately, that made her info fodder for Deke and a paper pusher, because nobody believed her. At least no one teased her about it after she put Garret in the hospital for getting on her nerves. As she gathered her things, it was five o'clock and quitting time, she heard the new kid starting again. "You know, I was kidnapped by an evil space Ninja named Lothor."
Aisha huffed, slipped off her heels and stalked over to him, "Look, kid. Put up or shut up." She lifted her hands into a classic karate position.
The kid, a sandy haired boy from California, smirked, "Sure thing, Zena," he took a slightly different stance, "thing is, Lady, I'm not funning."
"Neither am I," Aisha replied and threw a punch.
The kid blocked and spin kicked, "I lost a year of my life to that bastard." He dodged Aisha's kick, "And, I lost my family too. They didn't believe the truth. Do you know how it feels to get stuffed in a bubble for a year? Forced to watch as the Rangers tried repeatedly to rescue you and fail?"
Aisha flipped the kid and followed him down, setting her fist to punch, in a very lone tone she hissed, "Who was the yellow ranger?"
"Dustin." The kid hissed back.
Aisha sat back, "Well, it's nice to have a fellow victim around. Maybe they'll make us partners or something."
The boy sat up and grinned, "I'm Andy, Andy Brooks."
"Cousin?" Aisha asked.
"Yeah," Andy shrugged. The two stood up, "Aisha, right?"
"Aisha Campbell, Angel Grove." Aisha held out her hand.
"I'm from Northern California, half way between Reefside and Briarwood. I stayed at the Academy on holidays because my parents live in Brazil and aren't on the best relations with my American relatives." Andy said, shaking Aisha's hand.
"Ms. Campbell, Mr. Brooks," Mr. Cummings said, stalking over, "Are we done with the kung fu display?"
"Yes sir," Aisha said with a grin. "He's so cute, though. Can I keep him when I get permanent field duty?"
Mr. Cummings looked at her, and then at him, "Take him with you on your trip. See if he can handle an alias. If you both can pull it off, we might be able to use you both on this Peace Conference project."
Aisha's grin broadened, "Yes sir," she said, turning to Andy she said, "Let's go grab burgers and take a walk. I can figure out what you know and how much you'll need to know. We'll drop by tomorrow with that alias, Mr. Cummings. I think feeling out Andy is going to take a few days."
"This will be a simple assignment, Ms. Campbell," Mr. Cummings said, looking slightly worried.
"That's what I said last time," Aisha said, "and we staged a hostil take over of the Youth Center using uncooked noodles and pudding cups, and then stormed the hotel when they ran out of Jolt and Red Bull. I need to make sure Andy can keep up."
"Now I'm worried," Deke said, "just what kind of friends are these?"
Aisha shrugged, "Every couple of years we get together and relieve our childhood. Just without the putties and monsters. I'm sure that some of this is stuff we'd have done if Rita, Zedd and Rito weren't running around. The rest of it is stuff we would have thought about but never done." She slipped her shoes back on, slung her purse over her shoulder and put her folders in her briefcase. "If that's all, I'm starving." She gave Andy a teasing look, "Coming Andy."
"Oh the double entendres," Andy muttered as he grabbed a dark red backpack and a leather coat. "I guess I'll be back tomorrow."
"Hey Andy!" Ian shouted, "Watch out for her teeth!" Laughter from the room provided them with an exit cue.