THE SOUND OF DISCHORD

AUTHOR'S NOTE/DISCLAIMER

Power Rangers belongs to Haim Saban and Nickelodeon. Plot is slightly tweaked and I only own characters you don't recognize as well as the subplots. The school song is the same as in the original ep. And I just realized that I may have messed up with continuity. In "Fourth Down And Long" I have Jason referring to Tyler as if he didn't know him and then in later eps, I have him attending Angel Grove High. The best I can explain it is that they have different classes and before joining the junior police patrol, didn't run in the same circles. Sorry about that.

In a classroom at Angel Grove High, Kimberly and Katherine were practicing a song while Jason and Tommy watched them. Jason was in his junior police patrol uniform while the other Rangers were in regular clothes.

"Angel Grove Hi-i-i-i-i-" they sang.

"Wait. Hold on. Can we try that again?" Katherine requested.

"Yeah, sure," Kimberly agreed. They sang the same verse and then Katherine slipped off her headphones.

"What's wrong?" Kimberly asked doing the same as Jason came up to stand behind Katherine and Tommy came up to stand by Kimberly.

"I just can't get the harmony," Katherine replied, rubbing her head in slight frustration.

"You sounded good to me," Jason stated, putting his hands on her shoulders.

"I don't know. Maybe you should just ask Trini or Aisha to be your partner," Katherine suggested.

"Absolutely not. Even if I hadn't already entered our names into the contest, I wouldn't want another partner," Kimberly told her.

"Yeah, and Kim doesn't ask just anybody to write music with her," Tommy added.

"This is true," Jason agreed. "Besides you can both sing," he reminded.

"Together you'll have no problem winning the competition for the school song," Tommy interjected.

"I don't know," Katherine sighed a bit dejectedly. I'm not that great of a singer. There are a lot others who would be a better partner, she thought to herself. As if sensing her thoughts, Jason rubbed her shoulders.

"Come on. You're not losing confidence in yourself, are you?" he asked gently. Before Katherine could reply, they heard indistinct singing that grew louder as it approached them. The door opened. To their surprise, Bulk and Skull were singing loudly, and Bulk was slightly off-key.

"Let me guess. You guys are entering the competition," Jason commented, removing his hands from Katherine's shoulders.

"But of course. Who better to represent Angel Grove High than members of the junior police patrol?" Bulk pointed out as Skull started singing a scale.

"Speaking of which, where's Tyler?" Jason wondered. Because of the increased interest from the students and their parents in the competition, Mr. Caplan had asked the boys to attend the function in an official capacity.

"I saw him get stopped by Veronica in the halls," Bulk answered and everyone groaned.

"Maybe someone should go save him," Jason said.

"Hey, you sound really good, Skull," Kimberly noted, changing the subject.

"Thank you. It's because of my piano lessons," Skull told them.

"You play the piano?" Katherine asked.

"I didn't know that," Jason commented.

"Yeah, my mom signed me up when I was three and I fell in love with it. My teacher believed that it was easier to learn how to play the notes if you they were also sung, so…" Skull shrugged. Before anyone could say anything, quick footsteps were heard and Tyler came in and closed the door.

"That girl is nuts," he declared. Then, he turned his attention to Katherine. "Kat, you're looking nice today," he said.

"Thank you," Katherine responded politely.

"Yes, she is," Jason agreed, placing his hands on Katherine's shoulders and then kissing the top of her head. Kimberly bit back a laugh when she saw the actions. They were all unaware that Rita was watching them.

"So, the Pink and Brown Rangers have teamed up for a school song have they?" she asked. "Well, I'll put a stop to that. I'll turn them into enemies. That should upset the balance of the team," she continued.

"Excellent idea, Empress. The Rangers will be too concerned with the Brown and Pink Rangers fighting to even worry about your new monster," Goldar approved.

"That's the whole idea," Rita cackled. "When I'm through, the world will belong to me!" The palace rang out with her laughter.