Don't be afraid 1
Author Note: Hey, hey, hey! This is Pooffoop1 here, ready to write yet another story! This is not healthy for everything I need to finish/update, I do not care in all honesty. :D Well, this three shot story will not be all mine. notanormalpie decided she is helping me, and she DID inspire the idea. So, I guess it's ours! Enjoy!
Lighting lite up the dark gray sky, a bolt sparking down the belly of the clouds. Thunder yelled out, clouds moving with wind howling. Rain pelted down on the Shiba House roof, hail the size of quarters following it. Inside, the Rangers were pretty relaxed. The room was warm and cozy, and Mike was playing race cars with Kevin. And that was quite a show. Mia was watching them, chewing on popcorn with Wesley. Jayden was watching a movie with Emily curled beside him in her fuzzy socks, and Mentor was doing calligraphy.
"This is nice," Emily smiled, head on Jayden's chest.
"Very," the lightning struck near the grass, "hey…where's Antonio?"
"I don't know," Mia overheard, "guys, have you seen him anywhere?"
"Nope," Mike and Kevin were too absorbed in the game to doubt that.
"Me, either," Wesley sat the bowl of popcorn on her lap, "don't eat all the popped corn. I will go find him."
The Silver Ranger walked down the dimly lite hallway, peering into Antonio's room. "Antonio? You in here?"
He padded in, socks not making a noise. Thunder screamed, making the Ranger jump. Suddenly, he heard something that sounded like a whimper. Raising an eyebrow, he got on his knees and lifted up the bed sheets that reached to the floor. There was the unmistakable form of the Golden Ranger was there, huddled in a ball.
When the lightning flashed against the pitch blackness, the oldest Samurai caught a glimse of the terror in his friend's face.
"Antonio?" the brown haired boy blinked, "what's wrong?"
"Let's just say the Light Samurai," the Light Samurai spoke, shivering, "prefers the light. Of, like, the sun."
"Are you scared or something?"
"Of course not!" his friend denied it quick, "Antonio Garcia is never scared!"
But when the thunder rang out, lightning lighting up the room yellow, Wesley saw his BFF yelp and cower, gripping his knees to his chest. His body trembled with emotion.
"I don't blame you," Wesley decided to save the teasing for later, "I mean, I used to be terrified of storms."
"Really?" the Mexican peered over his blue jeans.
"Yeah," the Darkness Ranger spoke the truth, "when a storm hit, I'd run under the bed and not come out. I didn't even dare look out until the storm was almost gone. But one day Jayden come under there with me and sat with me. We just talked until the storm was gentle. Then he took me into the rain, and I realized there was nothing to be afraid of."
"My dad tried to teach me it's okay," the terrified Ranger sighed, "but I just get so freaked out. Things will never change."
"Well, I'll stay with you," the Silver Ranger assured him.
"You'd do that for me?"
"Sure," he nodded, "let me just go get a lantern. It is dark in here!"
He rose and grabbed up a lantern.
"What's wrong with Antonio?" Jayden asked his friend in the hallway.
"He's scared of storms," Wesley replied, "reminds me a lot of myself when I was younger, you know."
"I remember that well," the Red Ranger chuckled.
"I promised to stay with him,"
"You need some help?"
"Nah, Em gets a little frisky in the storms, too. You go cuddle with her, and I will stay with Toni in there,"
"Sure. But I'll just check up on him,"
"Whatever."
When they walked in the room, they discovered Antonio was with Emily under the bed. They were holding each other, trembling in fear. Shrugging, the Silver and Red Rangers got under there.
When the thunder screamed, lighting cracking loudly, wind yelling, Emily yelped and clung to Jayden. The Fire Samurai grinned, holding his girlfriend.
"There, there," he patted her curls.
Sadly, Antonio clung to Wesley's arm. Feeling pretty silly, he patted his friend's shaking back.
"There, there," he muttered.
It was going to be a long night.