Summary: Carlos meets the vampires from Twilight. Pre-Breaking Dawn.
Prompt: #46 Twilight
Fandom Crossing: Power Rangers/Twilight
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers. Disney does. I do not own Twilight. It belongs to Stephanie Meyer.
Characters: Carlos/Alice/Jasper/Edward/Rosalie/Emmett
Carlos walked around the rainy town of Forks, Washington and wishing he was back in sunny Angel Grove, California. The only thing he was looking forward to was coaching the soccer team at Forks High School. While he was walking, people would stop and stare. He even heard a few say that he was a ranger, but he hoped no one would stop him to talk about being a ranger. He continued walking and noticed a group of five teenagers walking in his direction. He took a second look when he noticed their pallor and their golden eyes. He scrunched his face in confusion and thought, "There's something familiar about that."
Shortly after he thought that he swore he saw one of them focus on him more intently, but Carlos didn't think anything of it. When he was closer to the group a girl with short hair asked, "You're the new soccer coach at the high school, aren't you?"
"Yes," he answered.
This moment gave Carlos a chance to get a really good look at all of them. A blonde male who looked like he was in pain was holding hands with the pixie-haired girl. A blonde girl who could put all the Ranger girls to shame in the fashion department who was with a big, dark haired guy. He could swear he heard the guy with short brown hair laugh. Carlos for the second time that day gave a confused looked and once again he had felt that there was something weird going on.
"Do you guys plan on joining the soccer team?" he asked after he was done looking them over.
"Uh, no," the short-haired girl answered. "We prefer to play baseball."
"That's cool," Carlos stated. "A friend of mine back home plays baseball."
"Where's home?" the girl asked.
"Angel Grove," Carlos answered.
"That's why you look familiar," she said. "You were the black space ranger."
"Yep, that's me," Carlos said.
"You don't like talking about it?" the girl asked.
"Well," Carlos began. "It's the one thing that everybody wants to talk about if you know what I mean."
"It the only thing that strangers want to talk about," the guy with brown hair said.
"Oh, well," the small girl said. "We can fix that. I'm Alice. This is my brother Edward." She pointed to the guy with brown hair.
"I'm Jasper," the blond guy said.
"I'm Emmett," the big guy said introducing himself.
"And I'm Rosalie," the girl with fashion model looks said.
"I'm Carlos Valartes," Carlos said finally introducing himself to the group.
"Well, Coach Valartes, I hope you will enjoy your stay here," Alice welcomed him. "Nothing strange goes on here."
"I hate to agree with you, but my time as a ranger has taught me one thing especially after I became a ranger: Weirdness follows me wherever I go. I can't escape it," Carlos stated casually.
The boy named Edward jaw seemed to clinch after he said that. Edward kept on fidgeting like he wanted to say or do something. Finally he did. "Could you please follow us for a few minutes?"
"Why?" Carlos asked.
"There is a matter I would like to discuss privately," Edward answered.
"Could you be more specific?" Carlos asked. "I mean I don't want to loose my job before I start it."
"You're a former Power Ranger. Nobody would question your intentions," Edward stated. "But if it would make you feel better, it has to do with being bitten by bats."
Carlos was shocked and he didn't know what to say. He nodded his and followed the group that was leading him away from the civilians. When they finally stopped Carlos started to ask a question but was interrupted by Edward.
"You were once a vampire but how come walking around and smelling like a human?" Edward asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about?" Carlos denied.
"I really doubt that since your face said otherwise when I mention being bitten bay a bat," Edward stated harshly.
"How do you know about that?" Carlos asked.
"Answer mine first," Edward ordered.
Carlos got the feeling at that moment he should answer as if his life depended on it. "The Power Rangers defeated the Lunar Bat that Divatox sent to defeat them and everything went back to normal."
"By rangers you mean, you and your teammates on the Turbo Team?" Edward inquired.
"Maybe," Carlos said being a little daring. "Now answer my question."
"I can read minds," Edward answered. "I know it won't bother you too much, because two of your best friends are telekinetic."
"OK, but what's you hang up with me being a vampire for a couple of days?" Carlos inquired.
"I'm sure you've sensed it in your own way, but couldn't place it," Edward reasoned.
"You mean you guys are vampires, like real vampires," Carlos said, but he wasn't scared.
"Yes, but what I think is hilarious as your time as a vampire you followed the so called vampire canon," Edward said finally relaxing, if even just a little.
"Well, when a ranger goes through something, it's usually in the cheesiest way and I do mean that in every sense of the word," Carlos said seriously but eventually laughed.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Rosalie said.
"You've never been a ranger, so it would be kind of impossible to understand," Carlos stated.
"Try me," Rosalie said.
The green clad man looked at the telepathic vampire and Edward said, "That is one story I will let you tell on your own."
"I got baked into a giant pizza," the former black ranger stated seriously and the group minus Edward gave a "You're not being serious" look. "I'm being serious, guys."
They just stood there frozen in silence until Emmett roared with laughter. "It's going to be fun with you around isn't it, Coach."
"That depends on how you define fun," Carlos said.