Mallory Terell sighed on her bed. "Just because of one damn fender-bender, and suddenly you're the worst driver ever..."
It wasn't even her fault, and that made it all the worse. The idiot Honda had parked his ricer-self like a moron, leaving his rear sticking out into the lot. His little "pimped" out Civic now had a ding in the ridiculously huge rear bumper. But he was a jock, and they ruled the gossip mill.
She did the honorable thing, and delayed herself for an appointment to admit it to the school and the administration. Was that, and the promise of reimbursement to the involved parties enough? Noooo, of course not...
Her 2000 Firehawk Pontiac Trans Am suffered nothing that a spot of touch-up paint couldn't fix. But they mocked her drag strip prowess, and made her to be a complete buffoon. Everyone commented on how she could only go in a straight line.
"Funny how they never knew or gave a shit about me when I didn't tap his shitty car."
Mallory just couldn't contain her rage, no matter how hard she tried. She kept beating her pillow, and then sobbing for no reason. Her parents had heard about the accident, and they, being the best kind of parents, i.e not caring at all; decided to take her car and sell it on the internet. They were definitely not the most observant parents ever.
They assumed that she had totally wrecked the young man's car, and no amount of her telling them otherwise would do. The school board had heard of their infamous temper, and tried to relay the true story, but they would have none of it. She was as guilty as Brian Nichols to them.
"They're not gonna get away with this!"
Mallory knew it was 7:30; and her parents were always passed out drunk at that time. Fortunately, she had the title and all the paperwork put in her name early on without their knowing. She decided to leave while the going wasn't so good. Sure she would graduate from Satellite High in a couple months, but that was just another paper to pick up. She knew of several places she could run to and still graduate.
"Dammit! Where the hell are my keys?!"
"Looking for these, young lady?", asked Captain Samuel Jobs; twirling around her custom Trans Am keyring.
"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU!? AND WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE?!?! I'VE GOT A GUN, YOU HEAR ME?", Mallory spat at the intruder.
"Easy now, young lady. I've got a solution that might help us both out. You see, I need your driving prowess, and you need a way out. Are you interested?"
"Sure, why not. I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't apparently."
"I thought you might agree. Welcome to the Special Police Dash Force. You are now the Green Dash Force Power Ranger."
"Ahh, see I thought you were a sane intruder with benevolent offers... I see now, you're clearly out of your damn mind. So, please give me my keys and run along before some lead makes it into your system accidentally!", Mallory disdainfully warned the intruder.
"Tell you what. If I can prove it, will you join me?", Captain Jobs inquired with a smug look.
"I'll not only join, I'll even wear a skirt for you!" Mallory hated skirts so much. Nothing wrong with dresses, or other girly things, but skirts just irked her.
"Good, because the Green uniform has a skirt anyway."
And with that last pithy comment, he activated his watch for the second time in less than the span of a day.
"Initiate Time Tachometer, Authorization Captain Samuel G. Jobs. Voice Pass: "Protect and Serve through Speed"
The small wristwatch chimed and then spoke, "Identity Confirmed as Captain Samuel Jobs, founder of Dash Force, and new recruit Mallory Terell. Prepare for Transport."
"Shit, I guess that skirt things non-negotiable?" Mallory replied with a stunned look.
"Oh, how do you people now put it? Hell no, man."
And with that both were drawn into the portal and to the speed-filled world of the future.
To Be Continued as always.
AUTHORS NOTE: This used to be called Power Rangers Overdrive, back in the days of S.P.D. And a lot of things I wrote in my ideas log and in some chapters were very similar to what came out during PR:OO. Needless to say, I was pissed. But out of respect for the new show, I changed a lot around. Hope that makes sense.
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