The Forgotten Bradley
Chapter One: Do I Know You?
by: angellwings
Here she was once again lurking behind her brothers. She often wondered why they never sensed she was there. She had followed them to a rock quarry where they stood in their thunder ranger unforms peering down at the wind ninja rangers.
What are they up to? She asked herself as she watched from behind a boulder.
"Let's do it."
"Good bye, Rangers."
She heard them say as an explosion sounded from the quarry below.
They were finally attacking. Damn, She thought, What do I do?
She briefly glanced down at her morpher. Should she use it?
She sighed and found a spot where she could keep an eye on the action.
She kept wincing every five minutes. Tori, Dustin, and Shane were having they're butts handed to them. She growled she had to step in.
"Thunder Storm, Ranger Form!" She called as she morphed.
She jumped the depth of the quarry and landed in between the wind ninjas and the thunder ninjas.
"Oh no, not another one!" She heard Dustin shout from behind her.
She sighed and glanced behind her, "Relax, I'm on your side."
"Thunder Staff!" She yelled as she grabbed the staff that was strapped to her back, "I think it's time that the two of you back off."
"What are you gonna do about it, Pinky?"
Behind her visor she rolled her eyes, "It's magenta, thank you very much."
"Right" Hunter said sarcastically as they made they're way forward.
"I'm warning you." She sneered.
They ignored her and kept coming.
"Fine," She said as she dug her staff into the ground and used it to swing herself forward. She kicked both across the chest and circled back around to land on her feet. She jerked the staff out of the ground and swiped them both across their lower legs. "Now go!"
They scrambled to their feet, "We'll be back, wind ninjas, one extra ranger won't stop us."
They disappeared in a flash of lightning.
"Where did they go?" Shane asked.
"Really far away, if we're lucky." Dustin said as he stepped up to stand beside Shane.
Geenie chuckled, and turned to face the three of them.
"Who are you?" Tori asked curiously.
"Magenta Thunder Ranger. Not pink, NEVER pink." She informed them adamantly.
The three rangers observed her uniform, It resembled the Navy and Crimson rangers uniforms. It had the gold shoulder pads, belt, and emblems. Her beetle antenna rose straight up from the brow of her helmet and had two prongs that branched off the middle. The same antenna symbol covered her chest in gold She had silver spandex on her arms and legs with a magenta spandex top and skirt. She had gold knee pads and magenta leather boots and gloves.
She could tell that underneath Shane's visor he was eying her warily.
"Well, kids, I'm gonna go. You know, to keep up the mystery and all. It seems to be what we Thunder Rangers do, after all." She said as she gave them a salute with her two inside fingers, and disappeared in a flash of lightening.
"Why do they keep doing that?" Shane asked frustratedly.
She sighed as she waxed a surf board. What was she going to do? She couldn't scare Blake and Hunter off forever. They'd figure out that they were way better at hand to hand than she was, and besides she didn't want to fight them any way. They were her brothers. It just wasn't right.
"Jeanie!" Kelly screamed.
Her head snapped up, "Hmm?"
"You've waxed that board for long enough. I think the owner will be able to bowl on it by now." Kelly said with slight irritation.
"Sorry, I've just got a lot on my mind, that's all." She apologized as she placed the board aside, and put up her cloths and the wax.
"Like what?" Dustin asked from across the back room. Shane was laying on the couch while Tori sat herself down on a stool near the counter.
"Oh, you know, family stuff." She said vaguely.
"Gee, don't be so specific." Tori said sarcastically.
"I just don't feel like talking about it right now." She said with a sigh as she jumped up and sat on the counter.
Dustin scanned her outfit as if he suddenly noticed something, "Since when do you wear pink?"
She gritted her teeth and tried to control her frustration, "It's not pink!"
Shane, Tori, and Dustin all turned their heads at that.
"What did you say?" Shane asked cautiously.
"Nothing, I just liked it that's all. I thought it was cute, why? Do I dress horribly or something?" She asked as she frantically changed the subject to hide her slip up.
Dustin eyes went wide and his hands flew to the air defensively, "No way! That's not what I said!"
She gulped, "I'm . . . umm . . . gonna go. I'm through for the day so I'll just see all of you later."
She grabbed her tote bag, and frantically rushed to her Xterra. She needed to get away for a little while. With everything that had been happening lately she needed to think about some things. Like what gave her the sudden urge to wear magenta, and other horrible shades of pink? Was it the morpher?
She rested her forehead on the top of the steering wheel with her hands on either sides. There was no way she was going to pull this off on her own. She couldn't hang out with those guys daily and hide her identity, she couldn't fight her brothers and try to save them at the same time, She couldn't do this by herself. What was she going to do?
A tear ran down her cheek as she sat up and started the car. This was going to be impossible.
Her morpher beeped with another alert in the quarry. The Wind Rangers and the Thunder Rangers were fighting again. Should she go? Did she really want to get involved in this? All she wanted to do was keep her brothers from killing any one, and hopefully help them retreive their memories. She didn't want to constantly have to battle them. Number one the two of them could kick her butt any day, and number two they were family. This shouldn't be happening.
She continued on her way to her apartment. She will not deal with them right now. She can't. As she parallel parked in front of her building the ground shook, and dust could be seen rising in the distance.
The Zords.
Damn. They called out the zords. Now I have to go.
She huffed, and streaked to the source of the dust just in time to see Blake slinging Tori around in a circle.
"Thunder Storm, Ranger Form!" She called as she morphed. She watched the action. She decided not to interfere. She had to see what both teams were capable of. Suddenly the Wind Rangers' Zords were hitting the ground, and the Thunder Rangers were retreating. She streaked from her spot on the hill over looking the scene. She had to get them out.
"Tori! Shane! Dustin! C'mon guys where are you!"
"Here!" She heard a voice cry. She followed the sound to the pile of Shane's section of the wreckage. She dug through until she came across the ripped open cock-pit. He took hold of her gloved hand and she helped pull him out.
"You're a little late, aren't you?" He mumbled bitterly.
"Well, you can't expect me to save your asses all the time, now can you?" She bit back as they made their way to Tori's wreckage.
His visor and mouth piece were still drawn back, and she could see him roll his eyes at her.
"You might want to close your visor before you disregard me like that." She said with a hint of a grin in her voice.
His eyes went wide and he quickly snapped his visor shut, "You . . . you saw my face?"
"Yes, Shane, I did."
"And you know my name? Do I know you? I mean outside of the spandex."
"Possibly." She stated simply.
"Shane! Is that you?" A female voice called.
"Yeah, it's me! Don't forget to shut your visor!" He yelled to her through the wreckage.
"Don't bother!" Geenie yelled after him in an amused tone, "I already know who you are!"
Shane nearly tripped over himself with shock.
"Now let's get Tori out of there, shall we?" She asked him as she hid a smile under her helmet.
That's all for today, kiddies! Enjoy! And Don't forget to review!!
angellwings
P.S. This went along with "Thunder Strangers, Pt. 1"