A/N: What up Ranger fans now I know what you're thinking no this is not season three. Nope this is simply a spin off mini series based around or two favorite cigarette smoking bad girl rangers Credence "Creed" Jericho, and her lovely girlfriend Selena O'Campo aka Selena Payne. This chapter also features a cameo by a friend of mine Koriander "Kori" Ake. Look her up on the internet she is a talented cartoonist and blogger check her out.
Disclaimer: I do not own power rangers only my OC's
Creed and Selena meet Kori
To say life had been interesting for Creed and Selena since leaving Angel Grove would be an understatement. The couple had spent almost an entire year traveling North America to the non ranger cites including parts of Mexico and Canada. In Creed's pick up with old beat up motorcycle trailer used to store clothes and whatever else they may need hooked to the tailgate. Together the girls stopped small organized crime rings and various minor supernatural and other worldly threats with the aid of their ranger powers . Thanks to tips from the Ranger Special Forces unit commanded by Kimberly Hart the original pink ranger.
As for finances and covering hotel rooms food gas and clothing among other things. The girls took odd jobs mostly at pet shops , which were a natural fit given Selena's ability understand animals. They also made money from hustling pool our playing in poker games. It also helped that thinks to some cleaver hacking by Billy Cranston Selena had been able to cash in on her mother's life insurance. Who they convinced the bank was her grandmother. The policy had gained interest up to just under a million dollars. Leaving them with a sizable bank account to draw on when they could not find work, a good pool game or get a loan from Billy.
Billy the surrogate uncle to four the members of their now defunct ranger team. As well as the original blue ranger and one of the first to hold the mantle of Phantom ranger, had called the girls to meet with one of his assistants. Which was why the two girls were in the desert of Arizona on their way to a dinner.
"Umm are we their yet babe," Selena said putting her Chuck Taylor booted feet on the dash board of the truck as she woke from her nap.
"Nope like five more minutes, and take your feet off my dash," said the wife beater clad Creed as she stirred her truck down the desert highway.
Selena took her feet down and scooted closer to her girlfriend. "You didn't mind the other night," she said licking the outer ridge of her girlfriend's ear.
"Well yeah but we're not having sex so feet off ok," Creed chuckled patting her girlfriend's thigh.
"Anyway what's this job Billy has for us?," Selena said resting her head on Creed's shoulder. "Hope its better than the last one," she sighed lamenting over their last mission to Canada.
"Those Sasquatches weren't that bad. They were really cool to us, and gave us that boar bacon," Creed said with a smirk.
"Yeah some were trying to be a bit too cool if asked me," Creed said with a sour look on her face.
"Can you blame them for trying to get a little handsy I mean you're hot and it was like mating season for them," Creed chuckled getting a punch in the shoulder from Selena , "and it was cool of them to make us honorary members of their tribe."
" Yeah, yeah I just hope this place sales cigarettes we're on our last pack," Selena said adjusting the black and white trucker's cap on her head. Making sure the cobra logo that was air brushed on the front could be seen clearly.
"Really I hadn't noticed," Creed said actually surprised by the lack of cigarettes.
"Well I guess that's one good thing about traveling this past year. We've cut back on smoking," Selena said honestly.
"Yeah I guess that's a plus," Creed said as she wheeled her truck into the partially paved parking lot of the dinner on the outskirts of the small rule city of Dreer Masa Arizona.
The girls stepped out of the cool air conditioned pick up into the harsh dry heat of the Arizona sun. Selena pulled her sunglasses and smoothed out her distressed denim mini skirt and Deaf Leopard t-shirt. While Creed simply put on her gold framed aviators and tightened the belt on her black plaid shorts.
"Damn its hot out here," Creed said feeling herself already start to sweat. "What's our contacts name again babe?," she asked.
"Koriander Ake," Selena said walking towards the diner her girlfriend close behind her.
"What the hell kind of name is Koriander Ake?," Creed said throwing her arm around Selena's waist.
"I don't know Viking ," Selena said, "I just wish we knew what she looked like."
"Well she's a lab assistant and she works for Billy so just picture someone very book worm like," Creed said opening the door for she and Selena.
Selena and Creed walked into the diner to find the place surprisingly more modern than they thought it would be. Taking a quick scan of the restaurant the duo saw the attention of the locals in the place had slightly turned to them mostly the male patrons. Making the two rangers feel a bit uncomfortable. Quickly finding the booth where they were supposed to meet their contact. The two settled themselves in sitting across from each other.
"Why do I get the feeling a lot of these men are staring at me like I'm not wearing panties," Selena said.
"Well baby you're, not," Creed said spreading her arms across the back of the booth smiling.
"Only cause you didn't stop at the laundry mat three towns back," Selena said a bit agitated at her golden haired girlfriend.
"Yeah,yeah whatever you hardly ever wear underwear anyway," Creed said just as two of the male locals appeared
"How do ladies," said the young tan man in plaid short sleeved shirt and jeans and a John Deer trucker cap. He an his friend inviting them selves to sit next to Creed and Selena. "Name's Rusty that's my boy Clay," he said introducing themselves. "Me and Clay her were thinking that two fine things such as yourselves should not be alone. Right Clay," Rusty said putting his arm around Selena.
"Yep," Clay said invading Creed's personal space
Creed and Selena looked at the two young men and then looked at each other with an "are they serious look". Before rebuffing the boys advances.
"Look you guys seem nice enough. But we're not alone we're together like together, together," Selena said moving Rusty's hand from her shoulder. "You know a couple."
"Yeah so why don't you two get lost," Creed said giving Clay a small annoyed shove.
"Oh Clay looks like we got ourselves couple of lesbos," Rusty said placing a hand on Selena's thigh "What's the matter can't handle a real man."
"Yeah maybe we outta straighten them out Rust," Clay said getting Closer to Creed.
"Look assholes I'm going to give you one more chance to get your hands off my girl and leave us alone," Creed said anger in her voice.
"Oh yours is feisty Clay," Rusty said getting a bit more touchy feely with Selena.
"Yeah but I can handle her," Clay said rubbing Creed's cheek.
Selena looked across at her girlfriend and said "You ready?,"
"Yep," Creed said giving her a devilish smirk.
Before the two young men could say anything else Creed threw her fist back instantly breaking Clay's nose making him fall to the floor. Selena in turn grabbed Rusty's hand and easily broke four of his fingers. Then kicked him on to the floor.
"Ahh that fucking dyke broke my nose!," Clay said getting up to his knees. "Ugh!," he groaned feeling the air kicked out of him by Creed.
"Why you little …. Ahh!," Rusty screamed as his arm was pulled back almost out of the socket as he got up and attempted to hit Creed.
"Move an inch and I break it," Selena said applying pressure to the arm.
"I hope you boys learned some fucking manners. Now beat it!," Creed said as Selena released Rusty's arm.
As the two rude young men ran from the dinner Creed and Selena herd the sound of a single person clapping. To girls turned to see a light bage skinned young woman with curly hair stopping somewhere around the top of her shoulders. She wore a black Sailor Moon t-shirt and dark blue boot cut jeans and a pair of black low top Chuck Taylors. The girl was also carrying a back pack.
"Bravo ladies Bravo," said the obviously mixed race young lady. "What happens if those boys call the cops?"
"Hey they had it coming anyway what's it to you," Selena asked glaring at the girl.
"Its direct no concern to me but my boss wouldn't like it if I let two rangers get arrested," the young lady said walking up to the duo and whispering the last part.
"So you're Billy's lab assistant?" Creed half asked already knowing the answer.
"Koriander Ake at your service," Koriander said extending her hand to the girls, "but please call me Kori everyone else does," she continued. "Now lets sit down I'm very thirsty," she said sitting in the booth the two girls were standing at.
"So Kori how come Billy didn't meet us here himself," Selena said as she and Creed sat down on the same side of the booth
"Well the boss has some business on Aquatar, but he sent a video message," Kori said taking out her lap top., "Anymore questions?"
"Just one," Creed said putting an arm around Selena. "Why do you sound like a Power Puff Girl?" she asked in refrence to Kori's high pitched voice.
Kori simply glared back at the phantom ranger and said, "Why do you look like the blonde chick from iCarly ."
Creed raised an eyebrow at Kori. It was rare that the blonde ranger got impressed by someone's retort to her bashing them. But she was truly impressed with Kori's instant attack. "You're a mouthy one aren't you."
"Huh lil ol me mouthy? No," Kori said sarcasm flooding her voice as she finished setting up her lap top, turning it so the screen faced the other girls. "Now lets get down to business," she said reaching over the screen and opening the video file.
Creed and Selena watched as the screen loaded and became filled with the image of the original blue ranger. "Hello Selena Creed I trust Kori has met you and I hope that you three can work together as you will have to for the mission," the image of Billy said. Intriguing and somewhat annoying the girls as Kori could possibly bud heads with the two and their methods. Not to mention having a third "Don't worry Creed Kori will be working from my lab at the NASADA base in Angel Grove," Billy said making a sigh of relief escape Selena's lips. "Now onto your mission," he continued.
The frame that Billy's image was in strunk to show a map of the western United States and a part of Canada. "In this region of North America. I have detected several riff like anomalies. It is my hypothesis that these riffs are in fact portals to some new unkown dimension as well a new potential threat. I want you two to investigate these riffs, and put a stop to any danger there maybe. To help with expenses I've instructed Kori to give you an unlimited credit card. I've also given her the coordinates to your first mission. Good bye and may the power protect you," Billy said as the video ended.
Creed and Selena looked at each other not saying a word. They had taken quite a few missions from Billy over the past half year. But this one seemed a bit different. They couldn't put their fingers on it but they could tell it was different.
"Um yeah are you two love birds gonna have a staring contest or are we gonna talk," Kori said snapping the two out of their minor trance.
"Sorry bout that," Selena said "So Kori just were exactly is this first stop on our little mission?"
"Your first stop is Delta Nevada just outside of Reno ," Kori said as she motioned to the waitress. "But since I figure you two want to sleep in a bed I think we should order something to eat and get to know each other. Since we'll be working together."
"Sounds like a plan," Creed said as the waitress came to the table.
A Hotel Room:
Somewhere in the night of Arizona Selena found herself in a hotel bed in a room lit only by the TV. In deep thought clad in only a red sleep tank and black cotton boy shorts her head draped across Creed's stomach as the blonde played with her hair. Her mind as always at night wondered about her life and the odd evolution it had taken. At age Forty something she appeared to be only nineteen or twenty . And had a mixed maturity about her. At one end she had the confidence of woman her actual age but on the other she was still very much an abused and traumatized young woman. Who still struggled with the nightmares of her past evil deeds as Sala and years of abuse as a young Selena. The only thing that seem to ease the pain of the nightmares was the comfort of knowing that every morning she woke up in the arms of her love Creed. It was funny to her that such a short time ago she believed that her only true love was David. But now she found herself more in love with Creed then she ever was with David. The golden haired ranger touched something deep in her heart . But she didn't think about that now. Her thoughts were focused on she and Creed were about to go on. Something about it made her instincts for danger spark. So much so that she barley registered anything Creed was saying.
"Sel what are thinking a bout?" Creed asked picking up that her girlfriend was lost in her head.
"Its just this mission," Selena said looking up into Creed's eyes. " I keep thinking about what the elders in the spirit realm warned us about," she said.
Creed had almost completely forgot about the elders warning of the coming of The Dark Titan. She may have even thought the elders were off, and that this force of evil wasn't coming. But with Selena bringing it up her mind began to wonder.
"You really think the riffs and that could be connected?," Creed asked her mind racing. David Tracie and Selena as well as the other members of the team had told her of the battle with the other Dark Titan. How David and Tracie barely escaped alive. The prospect of facing the original Dark Titan made her more than a bit concerned for her and Selena's well being.
"Maybe. I mean it seems perfectly possible ," Selena said with a shallow sigh. "If it is I sure wish David and the guys weren't in school," she said truthfully.
"Yeah but we handle it," Creed said confidently as she drew on Selena's belly button with her finger
"Think so?," Selena said starring up at the blue eyed girl.
"Yeah," Creed said leaning down to Selena. "But right now I feel like handling some thing else," she said with a lust filled grin.
"Oh really?," Selena asked with raised eyebrow "and just what might that be," she continued propping herself up a bit on her elbows.
"Oh you'll see," Creed said closing the gap between them with a deep open mouth kiss.
A/N: Well folks that's that for chapter one. I hope you enjoyed it and how do you like Kori. Now on a serious note as many of you know my last update I asked you to pray for my best friend my little sister. But unfortunately two days after that update she passed away. And I almost let this tragedy stop me from writing but I remembered that my sister wouldn't want me to quit. And I also remembered the people that say my stories help and inspire them. And I realized I can't quit. Now I am still grieving and I am still heartbroken. And if my fans wish to do something for me to help me through this. All I ask is that you continue to read my work and review. And that if you has a brother or sister you hug them and tell them how much you love them each and every chance you get cause you may not get to later. As always Peace Love & Blessings and may the power protect you SDR out!