Avalon Series
All To Blame•Made Of Glass•These Walls•Ready When You Are•New Beginning
Avalon Mitchell has always been a loner; always taking care of herself, and she wasn't afraid of anything. But her past and current mistakes make things hard for her when she transfers to Angel Grove High. Now she has to deal with working on a team along with keeping her secrets from them, knowing that if she is found out, her whole life would fall apart. Being part of the Angel Grove street gang, The Vipers, makes things harder for Avalon as she is constantly pulled in two different directions. The pressures of good vs. evil while battling her own demons has never been so strong and when it starts to affect everyone around her, she needs to figure out what's most important. Tommy/Kim, Billy/Trini, Fred/Bailey, Jason/Avalon, Billy/Avalon, Rocky/Aisha, Adam/Sabrina, Adam/Tanya, Tommy/Kat, Connor/Bailey.
Ready When You Are
Summary – [Sequel to These Walls]-Turbo- -Fourth in Avalon series- -Short Story- After losing someone she really loved, Avalon is trying to figure out what the future holds for her and how to move on. She's used to being on her own, she just didn't think that after everything she and her friends had been through she'd be alone so soon. But when Divatox and her Piranhatrons come to town she's ready to suit up and shift back into the responsibilities she can't leave behind.
Tommy/Kat, Fred/Bailey, Adam/Tanya, some Jason/Kimberly, some Jason/Avalon
Chapter 01
Welcome Back to Angel Grove
Avalon Oliver-Mitchell sighed heavily as she lifted her bag off of the baggage claim conveyer belt. Who knew she, for once, had actually packed too much stuff. The shifting weight of the bag combined with her shortened height—though she stood proudly at an even five feet—threatened to knock her over. OK, it might've been a good idea to listen to her sister, Bailey, when she tried to show her 'proper packing technique'.
Well, the little bugger didn't have to be so right about it. Avalon turned on her heel and walked out of the baggage claim to the entrance to the airport. Now she had to take a taxi…take a taxi to where? The question made her stop in her tracks, eyebrows coming together in annoyance. If she was going to surprise everyone, being back in Angel Grove, she couldn't be seen by anyone or else the surprise would be ruined.
Avalon groaned and lightly slapped herself on the forehead.
She should've thought this through better.
With a heavy sigh, Avalon scratched the back of her neck and cautiously approached a taxi. Maybe she could get dropped off at the Youth Center. She could get Ernie to keep the secret then maybe he could help her find a hotel to stay in or something.
Then again… The orange ranger slowed, chewing her bottom lip. It was probably the first time in her entire life she wasn't confident about something.
Hotels were probably completely booked. Especially considering the amount of attention the martial arts tournament giving money to the Angel Grove Youth Shelter was getting. She heard about nothing but the tournament the last time she called her brother. Tommy always was one that had a one track mind.
"You look like you could use someone to talk to."
Avalon turned at the voice and grinned when she spotted Jason Lee Scott standing next to her, a bag slung over his shoulder. His arms were crossed as if he had been walking along with her without her noticing, and he probably had been, she was so wrapped up in her thoughts.
"Hey!" Avalon reached up, stepping on her tip-toes, and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a hug. Jason hugged her back just as tightly, being careful not to squish her into his bag. "What are you doing here? I thought you were already home."
Jason's smile was infectious. "I stayed a couple extra days," he said. "Trini wouldn't let me go before I saw what the bath houses were like." He rolled his head, his smile widening. "And at the risk of potentially getting punched, it was an experience I'll never forget."
Avalon rolled her eyes "That's what I wanted to hear, Jay, how much y enjoyed the bath houses. How is Trini? I haven't talked to her in a bit. Not since last month, yeah?"
"She's doing great," Jason replied. "Between you and me, I don't think she ever wants to leave Vietnam. She enjoyed it that much." He paused for a moment, and then asked the question anyway. "How's Billy?"
Avalon's smile faded though she tried her best to keep it up. Instead, her dark eyes darkened even further. "I don't know," she said honestly. "I haven't been able to get a hold of him." She shrugged, trying to downplay the situation. "Though I'm sure he's busy with his studies and everything so…" She shrugged again, turning away.
That wasn't the entire story and she was sure he knew it wasn't. But how pathetic was it that after they defeated the Machine Empire, Jason lost his gold powers and Billy left to go to college, she ran away with her tail between her legs? No. That wasn't the only reason; she hadn't seen her mother in a while and knew it was the best time to go back to Australia to visit. She had given up being a ranger. While she still had her Zeo morpher and the ability to summon it (she tested it enough times) she didn't expect it to go off again anytime soon.
The transition back to a regular human was hard enough. She didn't know how Bailey did it.
"Oh." Jason frowned. "I'm sorry."
"It's alright." Avalon waved a hand. "Like I said, I'm sure he's working hard…studying hard. Besides, I have to get into that mindset soon, too, if I'm going to be going to uni."
"Is that why you're here?" He changed the subject.
Avalon's eyes softened, acknowledging she was glad for a different topic to talk about. "No. I came back to surprise everyone at the martial arts tournament, maybe help out with the Youth Shelter…"
"Me too!" Jason's smile was back. "Like I said, if Trini didn't have me stay a bit longer, I would have been back already. But Tommy mentioned the tournament to me and I figured he'd probably kill me if I missed it, you know?" He suddenly thought about what she had said. "Surprise? No one knows you're here."
"Nope." Avalon popped the 'p' on the word, suddenly appearing annoyed. "And stupid me, I didn't think through where I'm going to stay if I want to keep it a secret."
"Well that's easy," Jason said. "Just come and stay with Emily and me until the tournament and then you can go back home. We have plenty of space." The sly smile was back on his face. "Sure, you may need to wear ear plugs—"
"—Ugh!" Avalon slapped her hands over her ears, her nose wrinkling. The last thing she needed to know the details of was how Jason's relationship with Emily was going. Especially since the last time she and Avalon had spoken during the ski trip there had been tension between the two. Since then she aacted as civilly around Emily as she could before she left Angel Grove. "There's this thing called, TMI, boofhead. Warn me about it next time." She lowered her hands from her ears. "You and Emily moved in together? That must've been a pretty big step in the relationship, yeah?"
Jason nodded. He looked like he wanted to say more but downplayed ias well. "We're making it work," he replied. "But really, just stay with us. She won't mind. Honest."
Avalon thought about it. Bailey wasn't going to be back in Angel Grove for a few weeks, she could call her adoptive parents, the Olivers, when she got there, to let them know she got in OK, and she could still keep the surprise if only Jason and Emily knew she was there.
"Fine," she finally said then held up a finger. "But, if I hear anything, even one sound, coming from you two, I'm out of there, Rudolph."
Jason rolled his eyes, laughed, holding up his left hand. "I promise." With a tilt of his head, he motioned for Avalon to follow him out of the airport. The two walked along until they found Jason's corvette and placed their bags in the trunk before getting inside. Avalon shoved a few towels and water bottles into the backseat before climbing into the seat and pulling the door shut behind her. "Yeah, sorry about that, I've been meaning to clear out the car for a while."
"I can see that," Avalon said. She leaned forward and picked up a water bottle. "Though, honestly, I'm not surprised that you have nothing but martial arts gear around here."
"You can't expect me to give it up," Jason said. He glanced over his shoulder before turning on the car and peeling out of the parking spot and out of the parking lot, heading towards Angel Grove. "I've spent too much time training for it."
"You're good at it too," Avalon agreed. "It obviously means a lot to you."
Jason shrugged modestly. "I've been doing it since I was a kid, the only reason I'd stop is if I absolutely couldn't do it anymore."
"What about school?" Avalon crossed her leg at the knee, turning and resting the side of her head against the headrest. "Have you thought about going to college?"
"Have you?"
"That's why I'm back, actually," Avalon admitted. "I'm looking at some colleges to apply to; Mum, Bay and I were studying them while I was out there. There's a couple I'd like to look at, but I might just stay in Angel Grove. I mean, high school's not over yet, not for another few months." She gave him a meaningful smile. "I reckon it's started to turn into home for me since I've been here."
Jason turned and smiled back at her. "Good to hear."
The two continued to talk about school and what they would likely major and minor in and whether they'd live at home or in a dorm. Finally, Jason pulled into the parking lot of the apartment building and cut off the engine to the car. The two former rangers got out and went to the trunk, retrieving their bags and Jason led her up to the apartment.
"Em?" Jason called as he opened the door. He moved aside to let Avalon inside, and then closed the door behind him. "Hey, I'm back!"
Avalon twisted her bag around to her back, looking around at the apartment. There were some instances that Jason did live there—the martial arts tapes, the painted pictures of Japanese kanji, and the trophies lining a bookshelf to her left. Otherwise she could see some flowery throw pillows and other instances that showed that Emily lived there as well. Though the colors were muted grays, blacks, and whites with only a few instances of red and orange thrown about. That did seem to be Emily's favorite color and it worked with red well.
"Hey, Handsome!" Emily came from around the corner, her golden locks moved to one side of her neck in sexy waves; rosy lips were stretched into a bright smile, revealing her white, Chiclet teeth. As she neared him, she lifted her arms, motioning she was going to give him a hug. Jason slid his bag off his shoulder and onto the ground, wrapping his arms around her waist, and lifting her up off the floor, hugging her back.
Emily leaned in and gave Jason a kiss, which he reciprocated before placing her back down on the ground gain. "I missed you," she said.
"I missed you too," Jason replied. He turned and motioned to Avalon. "Look who I bumped into at the airport on the way back."
Avalon smiled and waved at Emily, who surprise her by smiling back before looping her arms around Jason's waist and leaning into him. Maybe the time apart from each other made things even more civil than she expected.
"I hope you don't mind," Avalon said slowly. "I was hoping to be able to surprise my brother and the others back at the martial arts expo for the Youth Shelter. Jay said it would be alright if I stayed here, but I figured I'd run it by you first." She smirked over at Jason before looking back at Emily. "I mean, you wear the pants in the relationship, yeah?"
Emily smiled and laughed.
Jason rolled his eyes.
"You got that right," Emily agreed. She tucked some of her blonde waves behind an ear. "That's alright with me. I'll show you were you can stay." Removing her arms from her boyfriend she headed down the cramped hallway to a guest room. "And then there's the bathroom in the next room."
"Thanks," Avalon said as she looked around.
"Here's your bag." Jason walked into the room, gently placing her bag on the bed. He turned back to her with a gentle smile. "I'm sure the flight must've taken a lot out of you. Emily and I'll give you some time to sleep." He reached out and took his girlfriend's hand, gently leading her out of the room.
Avalon called her thanks once more and waited until the bedroom door closed behind them before reaching into her pocket and pulling out her cell phone.
Still no message from Billy.
How hard could it have been to pick up a phone and call back? Or to send an e-mail? The two of them had been so close when he was still around. She had fallen in love with him and he had fallen in love with her. It was supposed to be so easy. How could it have all come to a stop just because he left?
She just never thought things would turn out this way. Him going way and she having become so invested in him that she couldn't find her normal self anymore. Maybe they did need to spend the time apart. She just wished she knew if she had done something wrong.
With a pained sigh, Avalon curled up into a ball in the middle of the bed. Sleep had claimed her, haunting her with dreams where she constantly ended up alone.
A/N: And the first chapter. Yes, Billy hasn't talked to Avalon since he left and who knows the reason why. Well, I do, but I'm not going to say yet. As you can see this is the beginning of the Turbo movie, woohooo. As much as I preferred the MMPR movie to it, it still has its merits. I'm excited to show you guys what I have in store for this one. So please stick around and review and let me know what you think of the chapter.
~Avalon
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