It was a warm afternoon in Greendale, so Lionel and his friends were spending it inside, watching cartoons.
"I feel hungry, but I don't wanna move." Cherry said.
"That is the most relatable feeling EVER." Lionel stated before poofing up a tray of lasagna and a giant fork.
"Hey, kids, I-" Michelle smiled as she came in before gasping, seeing a bit of a mess in the house and the kids were being lazy. "Cherry! I thought your friends were gonna help you with your chores?!"
"Whoops." Cherry said.
Lionel made a spatula and peeled himself off the couch. "I got it, Cherry's Mom." he replied before snapping his fingers and cleaning everything.
Michelle soon looked all around before looking back to Cherry. "Dear, are you feeling okay?" she then asked. "You're usually not this lazy."
"Meh." Cherry muttered.
"Must be a slump." Mo suggested.
"A slump?" Michelle frowned. "Cherry... I'm sorry... Are you not feeling yourself?"
"Not really, Mom," Cherry said. "I kinda cried myself to sleep last night with a crippling headache."
"Oh..." Michelle replied. "What happened?"
"I don't know..." Cherry sighed. "I was fine before the sun went down... I kinda... Just had an aching feeling in my head... Something... Broke inside of me."
"Cherry...I am SO sorry." Michelle replied as she hugged her daughter.
Cherry sighed as she didn't really react from the hug. "It's okay, Mom."
"I suppose you won't be wanting this letter from a Mr. Tommy Oliver, then." Atticus replied.
"Hm?" Cherry looked over.
"Oh, Cherry, maybe you should check it out," Michelle smiled. "It might cheer you up."
"All right... Let's see." Cherry said before taking a look at the letter.
"Says he's inviting us to this karate tournament in Angel Grove," Lionel read. "And that you can bring your friends."
"Hm... I haven't seen Tommy in a while..." Cherry said.
"Neither have we." Atticus and Mo added.
"Oh, that'll be fun, Cherry," Michelle smiled. "Get out there! Experience life! Go have fun with your friends!"
"Angel Grove?" Lionel asked curiously.
"That's where some friends of ours live," Atticus told Lionel. "You might know them better as... Go! Go! Power Rangers!~"
"Ah, I remember you mentioned them once." Lionel replied.
"They're pretty good friends of ours," Cherry said. "Maybe you'd like to meet them?"
Lionel nodded. "Sure would!" he replied.
"That's the spirit!" Michelle smiled. "Maybe you'll get a mission."
"Mother, please don't ruin my improving mood." Cherry muttered slightly.
"Sorry." Michelle smiled sheepishly.
Cherry hid a slight eye roll.
"Oh, I love you so much, dear." Michelle beamed, hugging her daughter tightly.
"Oof!" Cherry grunted.
Lionel shrugged. "Either way, it could be fun!" he replied.
"Yeah!" Cherry grunted, trying to get out of her mother's grip. "Plus you can meet the gang in Angel Grove! ...We helped them against that Ivan Ooze guy... Mom, I know you love me and you gave me life, but I can see a bright light!"
"Oh! Sorry!" Michelle said and soon let go of her daughter.
"Deep breaths." Lionel told her.
Cherry soon took some deep breaths in and slowly exhaled, relaxing herself.
"There..." Lionel smiled. "To Angel Grove we go!"
"All right..." Cherry said. "Sounds good. Maybe you'll get your own Zord like we did?"
"Kickass!" Lionel gushed.
Michelle gave a small look.
"He's sorry." Atticus smiled sheepishly.
"Right...I meant epic," Lionel replied. "Sorry, Mrs. Butler."
"That's better." Michelle then beamed.
"I'm gonna keep that in mind." Lionel replied.
"Don't worry," Cherry said. "She's usually pretty cool, but don't break her rules."
"Got it. I don't wanna burn any bridges." Lionel replied.
"Oh, Lionel, you shouldn't burn down a bridge," Michelle frowned. "That wouldn't be safe."
"That's a metaphor," Lionel replied. "Means I don't want to ruin my reputation with you."
"Oh... Right... Right..." Michelle smiled simply. "I knew that."
"Well, let's go." Lionel shrugged.
"You kids have fun now," Michelle smiled. "I love you, Cherry."
"Love you too, Mom." Cherry replied.
"We'll do our best." Atticus replied.
Michelle soon let them get going.
Atticus brought them back to his place so that they could go in his car. Everyone buckled up before they left.
"When's it my turn to drive?" Patch asked.
"I already told you," Atticus chuckled. "After the first rest stop."
Everyone chuckled at that.
'You are now leaving Greendale.' A sign informed as Atticus drove right by it.
"Ah, Lionel, I think you'll love the Power Rangers," Atticus smiled. "You could say they're some of our best allies."
"Really?" Lionel asked.
"Oh, yes," Atticus replied. "We had quite the adventures with them. You see, we first met them in Lazy Town when Robbie Rotten had teamed up with Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd. Of course, we had to stop them, but we needed help, and in came the Power Rangers, and we all became friends after that. Then we came to Angel Grove to sky-dive with them, and we had to go up against Ivan Ooze."
"Oh, I remember both of those." Lionel replied.
"And now you can meet them too!" Patch smiled to Lionel.
"This is gonna be AWESOME!" Lionel exclaimed.
"I knew you'd like it." Atticus smiled.
"That is true." Lionel nodded as they continued driving.
Atticus smiled and soon went back to driving until they would make it to Angel Grove.
Lionel glanced out the window in the distance. "How far until we get there?" he asked.
"Won't be too long now, might take another half hour," Cherry said. "Atticus, can we stop for a minute though?"
"Yeah, I'm kinda hungry." Mo added.
"Sure, guys." Atticus replied as they pulled over.
They soon came out of the car, taking a quick stretch once they came out, and soon went into the diner that was on their way into Angel Grove.
"Mm..." Patch smiled hungrily. "I like it here already."
"We'll see what they got," Lionel replied. "We can decide then."
"Mm-hmm." Patch nodded.
They came inside as other patrons were just eating their own food, and a waitress soon looked to them. They eventually came into a booth and sat down together once they were given menus.
A young waitress gave them some iced water to start them out with, but she looked a bit familiar. "Can I start you off with some water?" she then asked them.
"Nicole?" Cherry and Atticus asked.
"Cherry? Atticus?" Nicole asked.
"Who's this?" asked Lionel.
"I don't believe it." Atticus smiled.
"Lionel, this is Nicole Candler from when we went to Witch Academy with Sabrina." Cherry said to Lionel.
"Oh...!" Lionel realized. "Nice to meet you!"
"Um, hello," Nicole smiled. "What're you guys doing here?"
"We could ask you the same question." Mo replied.
"Oh, my dad thinks it would be good for me if I had a summer job," Nicole explained. "This was the best I could do since... Well... I couldn't really qualify for jobs back home."
"Oh...well, we're going to this town called Angel Grove," explained Lionel. "If you wanna come with, that's fine."
"Angel Grove?" Nicole replied. "I'm actually from around there."
"Really?!" The others asked in surprise.
"Yeah," Nicole smiled. "I live there with my dad while my mom lives in the Supernatural Realm."
"Ooh, convenient!" Lionel remarked. "After we finish here, we'll be going there!"
Nicole smiled. "Would you guys like anything special to eat?"
"I could really go for a bacon cheeseburger." Cherry said.
"I'll have a cheeseburger with onion rings." Lionel stated.
"Hmm... A salad for me." Mo smiled.
"Steak," Atticus said before looking to Patch. "Uh, better make that two."
"Yup!" Patch nodded.
"Oh! Hi, Patch!" Nicole smiled and pet the Dalmatian. "I've missed you."
"I missed you too," Patch smiled back. "I thought you and Sabrina were gonna be friends forever."
Lionel chuckled. "Title drop."
Patch smiled sheepishly from that. Nicole soon went to carry out their orders after she took them while taking their menus back. Lionel began watching YouTube reviews on his phone while they waited. Cherry watched a bit with him. Mo smiled to Atticus as she scooted closer to him. And Patch drummed his paws on the table. Cherry began to look sleepy.
"So, Angel Grove..." Atticus smiled to Lionel. "Excited?"
"As I'll ever be!" Lionel replied.
"Plus we have someone to come with us," Cherry added, softly and tiredly before yawning. "Mm... 'Scuse me... Travel always makes me tired."
"I can relate." Lionel nodded.
"Want me to wake you up, Cherry?" Patch asked.
"No, I don't want you to wake me up, Spot." Cherry said in a high voice in teasing as she took out her journal to write something down.
"What'cha writing?" Lionel asked.
Cherry looked sheepish a bit. "Uh... Some dreams I had..." she then said.
"Oh, cool!" Lionel replied.
"I'd let you read them, but you probably shouldn't go inside my head," Cherry said. "It might end up like Beast Boy and Cyborg going into Raven's room."
"Why not?" Lionel replied. "Might be a good way to kill time."
"I don't think my head is safe for anyone to go into." Cherry smiled nervously.
"Can I at least read it?" Lionel asked. "Can't be worse than the movie 'I Spit on your Grave'."
"Well... Uh... I guess... If you want...?" Cherry replied before she finished the sentence she was on, and soon closed the book and slid it towards him so that he could check it out.
Lionel picked it up and looked through it while waiting. Cherry covered her eyes a bit as Lionel read her dream journal which she almost never let anybody else read.
"Ooh, interesting..." he muttered.
"I know they seem wacky and strange, but remember, they're dreams." Cherry said sheepishly.
"I know." Lionel nodded.
"I'm just surprised that Nicole is here." Patch commented.
"Feels like destiny." Lionel replied.
"Yeah, I suppose so." Atticus replied.
Eventually, their orders were carried out.
"Sorry that took so long, but I was trying to talk my boss into hanging out with you guys." Nicole said to them.
"Hm, okay," Lionel replied. "Better late than never."
"Enjoy," Nicole smiled. "I'll see you after you're done eating."
The others smiled back to the black-haired girl before they soon began to eat their food.
"She's a good egg, she is," Lionel replied as he tucked into his onion rings. "I just wish some customers wouldn't harass her."
"Poor Nicole." Patch frowned.
Nicole looked nervous around some customers who seemed interested in her body which made her feel quite uncomfortable.
"I say we do something to make them leave her alone," Lionel suggested. "All in favor, say aye!"
The others looked to each other and soon came into a strong agreement. "Aye."
Lionel glanced over. "Then let's go teach those jerks to keep their hands to themselves!" he replied as he got out of his seat.
"Yeah." Atticus added with a glare.
Patch stole some of Cherry's fries and soon went to join the others.
"Okay, boys, here are your root beers." Nicole said to a group.
"Thanks, lady," One of the group smirked, pinching her tush. "Now I'm thinking I could get a little extra with that, hehehehe."
"Eek!" Nicole yelped from that.
"Hey." Atticus glared.
The group soon turned to Atticus with their own glares, surrounding him, but he showed no fear.
"I believe the saying is tip your waitresses, not make them feel uncomfortable," Lionel stated. "Either leave her alone, or we MAKE you."
One of the guys soon stood up, towering over him. "Ya gonna stop me, punk?"
"Yeah, I AM," Lionel replied. "With a little help from my friends."
The guy just laughed out loud.
"Wow, that's an annoying laugh." Cherry muttered.
"Yeah, somebody oughta shut this jerk up," Lionel replied. "And I'm just the guy for the job."
The guy soon laughed, reaching out for Lionel.
"L-Look, leave them alone," Nicole frowned to the thugs. "They haven't done anything to you."
"Maybe, but we can't have folks talking back to us, sweetheart." The thug replied.
"Keep your grubby mitt outta my face before I crush it." Lionel growled calmly.
The thug just laughed at Lionel before he soon grabbed a hold of him.
"I wouldn't do that~" Cherry said in an eerie tone.
Lionel then glanced at his hand, then back at the thug. "I see you've picked the hard way? Your funeral." he replied before gripping the thug's hand and throwing him aside with ease.
The other people in the thug's group watched that and soon glared as they came towards Lionel. Atticus soon tackled the one nearest to him, lifting him up before throwing him out the window.
Patch bit another and tossed him into the restroom. "Drinks are on YOU!" he laughed.
Cherry let out a yawn until one soon grabbed her.
"All right, little guy, let's go." The guy glared.
"...Did he just call me a boy?" Cherry asked, unimpressed.
"I think he did," Mo nodded. "How about we correct him?"
"All right... Let's give him some girl power." Cherry replied.
Cherry and Mo soon began to beat up the dumb thug along with some others. The thug eventually collapsed on top of his fellow group.
"Guess we just took out the trash." Lionel smirked.
Nicole cupped her mouth.
"You okay?" Atticus asked the girl.
"Y-Yeah... Thanks... You didn't have to do that." Nicole said.
"We had to," Lionel replied. "Those creeps were harassing you, and that was NO GOOD."
Nicole gave a small smile.
"So, uh, Angel Grove?" Mo asked.
"Let's go." Nicole smiled to them as she punched out.
"Woo-hoo!" Lionel whooped. "Adventure awaits!"
Nicole smiled as she went to join them and they were eventually, soon enough, in Angel Grove at last.