Hey guys, sorry it took so long for this to get out! This is the point where battle scenes get a bit more serious, where as the other two were just introductions. There is a time skip of about two weeks from Mission 2 until now.
Ashley is portrayed by Emily Peachy
Jordyn growled as she kicked the soccer ball angrily at the goal. Renee and Ashley chattered away off in the corner, not at all interested in the sport. In fact, they were discussing how much they hated the game.
Renee looked over at her and Jordyn gave her a slightly forced smiled, which was not returned when Ashley noticed. Ashley shook her head and turned her away from the blue ranger. Jordyn clenched her fists. Why did Ms. Baylor have to put Ashley on her team? And why did Ashley have to steal Renee from her? Renee was her friend first.
Jordyn saw another team coming onto their field after Ms. Baylor had chastised them for goofing off in class. Jordyn's team lined up, except for Renee and Ashley. She sighed and tapped Ashley on the shoulder, and the other girl rolled her eyes as she turned around. Ashley was a beautiful girl with naturally ombre hair that went from brown to blonde, freckles all over her face, and hazel eyes. She was about an inch shorter than Jordyn, and despite her attempts to be intimidating, it didn't faze Jordyn.
"Do you need something?" She asked, then popped her gum.
"I do, actually. First, spit out your gum, and second, play the game." Jordyn told her, her facial expression remaining stoic.
"Excuse me?" Ashley put her hands on her hips and looked her over before rolling her eyes once again. "Since when could the likes of you speak to me like that?" She sneered.
"Since I'm the team captain." Jordyn mimicked Ashley's pose.
"Well I don't wanna be on your team." Ashley said, matter-of-factly.
Jordyn chuckled. "You think I care?" She scoffed. "Go tell Ms. Baylor you want a new team."
She walked away to join her team as they started playing. Ashley walked her with a scowl. "She's such a bitch. Come on, let's change teams."
"But, I..."
"Renee, do you like her? Gross." Ashley made a face.
"No." Renee shook her head hurriedly. "I'll go tell her I'm going too, alright?"
"I guess." Ashley said, crossing her arms over her chest and walking over to Ms. Baylor. Renee caught up with her quickly. "That was fast." Ashley commented.
"Yeah, I didn't want to chat with her for too long. I don't want people to think I hang out with her or anything." Renee said, and to her delight, Ashley agreed with her.
As they approached Ms. Baylor, a soccer ball came flying at the teacher's head, and knocked her down. Ashley squealed in fright for a moment, then Ms. Baylor got up and growled, "Smith, get over here!" Jordyn, smirking, came over to her. Her pupils were dilated.
"Yes, Ms. Baylor?" She asked, a playfully rude grin on her face.
"Do you want to explain this?" She asked, holding up the ball.
"Simple, I don't like you." Jordyn said, and as soon as those words came out of her mouth, not only was Ms. Baylor calling security, but Jordyn's pupils went back down in size."Wait, I didn't mean that!"
"Too little too late, Smith. The security's already here."
"But..."
"No buts! Go!" Ms. Baylor yelled, and Jordyn ran off of the field and got into the security golf cart. As they security officer was driving her to the office, Jordyn glared at Renee, who avoided her gaze.
~PRDS~
"You compelled me?!" Jordyn yelled as Renee and Nick walked through the front door of the Command Center.
"Whoa, what's going on?" Nick asked, looking between the two.
"She," Jordyn pointed furiously at Renee, "Compelled me to hit Ms. Baylor in the back of the head with a soccer ball and then tell her I didn't like her! I got suspended and Kyro's mad at me!"
"Why?" Nick asked, giving Renee a look. "Doesn't he believe you?"
"No." Jordyn glared at Renee.
"I'll go talk to him." Nick offered, and then left the room.
"Why would he leave me alone in the room with you?" Renee asked, a frightened look on her face.
"Why would you compel me?" Jordyn countered. Renee tried to walk past her, but Jordyn pushed her back in front of her.
"I had to, okay?!" Renee exclaimed. "Ashley was gonna dump me as a friend if I didn't."
"She said that?" Jordyn asked, a stoic expression on her face.
"Well, no, but..."
"So you just decided to have some fun to impress your 'friend' who doesn't even know you did it?" Jordyn raised her eyebrows. She shook her head, a hurt expression on her face. "I can't believe you would do that to me."
Renee opened her mouth to speak, but the alarm interrupted her. Nick came rushing into the room. "Loma Avenue!"
The two nodded and they all ran out of the Command Center until they got to the battle scene. "Hey uglies!" Nick yelled as the Grinders ran around, wreaking havoc.
"Just Grinders?" Jordyn asked, raising en eyebrow. She cracked her knuckles. "This should be easy."
"Ready?"
"Ready."
"Data Surge, Charge!"
They quickly summoned their weapons and ran forward.
Nick flipped over a Grinder and slashed one down with his Data Saber. He grabbed one by the arm and spun it around, crashing it into others before slamming it hard on the ground, causing the others around him to fall, and the Grinder he was holding smash into pieces.
Renee blasted one with her Data Shot, and it flew back, crashing into Jordyn as she was shooting another Grinder with her Data Crossbow, causing the blue ranger to fall and her shot to go up in to air. The Grinder advanced on her, and nearly clobbered her with his screwdriver shaped weapon, but Nick interfered and slashed the Grinder away, before going back to his own fight.
Jordyn, angry, turned her weapon on Renee and shot at her. It hit a Grinder near her purposely, and just grazed the yellow ranger, however, it was enough to make her fall back into a group of Grinders.
Renee growled and shot a Grinder at her again, but this time on purpose, and it his Jordyn with a lot more power. Fortunately, the blue ranger didn't demorph and it destroyed multiple others, however, it severely disoriented her.
Jordyn quickly regained her bearings and ran over to Renee, flipping over a group of Grinders to get to her, and knocking her down. "What was that for?" Jordyn yelled, extremely angry with her friend.
"You shot me with your crossbow!" Renee argued, shooting a Grinder that got close without even looking.
"Yeah, because you shot a Grinder into me!" Jordyn growled.
Renee frowned. "That was on accident." She said, a bit more calmly.
"Oh yeah, just like this morning was an accident." Jordyn said sarcastically, rolling her eyes under her helmet.
"You want to see a compulsion that's not an accident?" She sneered. "I want you to leave this battle, and don't come back until its over."
Jordyn stiffened when Renee said this, and under her helmet, her pupils dilated. She walked away from the battle, avoiding Grinders but not fighting them, and demorphed once she was a safe distance away. She continued to walk off until Renee couldn't see her anymore.
Nick slashed down the last of the Grinders and came over to her. "Where's Jordyn?" Nick asked.
It was then that Renee really realized what she had done. She laughed nervously.
~PRDS~
"That's it." Kyro said to Jordyn as Renee and Nick walked in through the front door. "Give me your morpher. You're suspended from the team until you can clean up your act." She then looked over to Renee and Nick and fixed Renee with a hard stare. "You're next, you'd better be careful."
Kyro stormed off and Jordyn scowled. She was fuming and was trying to keep it in, but it was hardly working. She looked very angry.
Renee gave her a nervous smile, but Jordyn looked away. She refused to look at Renee, let alone interact with her. She had got her suspended from school for a day and suspended from the team for who knows how long.
"Jordyn, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have compelled you to leave the battle." Renee pleaded with her.
Jordyn didn't respond, and she was glad she didn't. She didn't want to get in even more trouble than she was already in.
"Please talk to me." Jordyn still did nothing. "Do anything, please." Jordyn turned to her and flipped her off. Renee looked down in shame. "Okay, I deserved that."
"Deserved that? You deserve so much more." Jordyn growled, finally speaking up. "It should be you that's suspended, not me."
"Well, there's nothing we can do now." Renee said, averting her eyes from Jordyn's form.
"Nothing we can do?!" Renee looked up at Jordyn, and immediately regretted it. Betrayal was written all over her face. "You can tell Kyro that it was your fault!"
"No! He'll get mad!" Renee's eyes went wide, not wanting the consequences.
Jordyn scoffed and clenched her jaw. "You know what, it's fine. I'll take the punishment, and the blame, and you just do what you have to do." She said stoically. She stood up and walked up the spiral staircase to the second floor, and went in her room.
From her place on the couch, Renee sighed.
~PRDS~
"So, I see Jordyn's not back to school yet." Ashley laughed as they stood on the field in P.E. "Thank god. She's such bitch, like I can't even."
"She's a bitch? How is she a bitch?" Renee asked, frowning. She had known Ashley had horrible opinions about Jordyn, but the girl had never voiced them before now.
"How isn't she? Did you hear the way she talked to me yesterday?" Ashley asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, but that's just how Jordyn is. She's loud and angry and rude and stubborn, but that's just who she is." Renee defended.
"Are you defending her? After you saw how she treated me?" Ashley asked, her voice becoming angry.
"Like I said, Jordyn..."
"No." Ashley said, putting up a hand to stop her. "No more, Jordyn this and Jordyn that, either you're my friend or her friend. What's it gonna be?"
The ball was kicked over to them. Ashley stepped out of the way, but Renee stepped in and kicked it hard, and it flew past everyone and into the goal. She turned back to a shocked Ashley and smirked. "What do you think?"
~PRDS~
"Do you hear that?" Nick asked as he and Renee walked through the forest in their ranger suits. They had been alerted to seismic activity, but it was shown to not be an earthquake, and the rangers were checking it out.
"What is it?" Renee asked as Nick knelt down and put his helmet to the ground to hear better.
"I don't know," Nick frowned, jumping back to his feet. "But whatever it is, it doesn't sound good." He looked at her. "Follow my lead."
"Weapons!" They called.
"Data Saber!"
"Data Shot!"
Nick slashed the ground while Renee shot at it. Suddenly, the Gopher Bot came flying up through the ground.
"End of the line for you, monster!" Nick announced, but the two were slashed back by the drill arms of the Gopher Bot.
They cried out as their suits sparked and they flew back onto the ground, their weapons disappearing. Gopher Bot ran at them and Nick got to his knee with a burst of super speed and put his arm up to defend himself against the attack. Gopher Bot slashed under his arm with his other hand and the red ranger flew back, hitting a tree.
Renee jumped down from the tree she had perched herself in and shot him with her Data Shot. She ran over to Nick. "Are you alright?" She asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, thanks." She helped him up. "Let's finish this!" He called back his weapon and the two ran at him.
"Data Saber, Strike!"
"Data Shot, Fire!"
However, while the combined attacks knocked the monster back and disoriented it, it was not enough to stop the Gopher Bot. He began to burrow into the ground, and while Renee jumped out of the way of the dirt, Nick got buried under it and the Gopher bot was gone.
"No!" Renee cried, trying to dig Nick out.
"I'll get myself out!" Nick called to her, his voice muffled. "Call Kyro and make him send Jordyn to help you follow him!"
Renee bit her lip but nodded ran over to the hole. She pressed on her communicator and jumped in. "Yes?" Liela's voice came through.
"I need Jordyn. Nick's buried under a massive pile of dirt and I can't fight the Gopher Bot alone." Renee sighed.
"Jordyn is suspended, Renee." Kyro's voice echoed through the tunnel instead of Liela's. "She can't fight, I'm sorry."
"But it was my fault." Renee finally decided to do what was right. "Kyro, I compelled her to do those things, she didn't do them on her own."
"That was all I needed to hear." The blue ranger landed in the hole behind her. "I took my morpher and snuck out, and I've been listening to you guys the whole time." She held up her communicator with a smirk under her helmet.
Kyro sighed from the other line. "We'll talk about this later for sure, but right now, you two need to follow the Gopher Bot and destroy it before it wreaks too much havoc."
The two nodded and turned off their communicators and began running through the tunnel. "I'm so sorry, Jordyn. I should have never..."
"Save it." Jordyn smiled. "You did the right thing, and I'm happy you did. I forgive you."
They stopped where the tunnel ended and hugged each other tightly. "Thank you." Renee whispered.
"No problem." Jordyn nodded, and then looked up. "Are you ready for this?"
"Oh yeah." Renee smiled and nodded.
The two jumped out of the hole, "Weapons!"
"Data Crossbow!"
"Data Shot!"
They shot blasts at the Gopher Bot, making his spark and stumble back. He growled and swung his arms at them, shooting out blasts of energy everytime he did.
"Look out!" Renee pulled Jordyn out of the way and ducked down as a blast of energy came their way.
They ran forward, ducking and avoiding the continuous shots of energy that blasted out at them. Renee whacked the Gopher bot over the head with her blaster and Jordyn shot it. Jordyn was slashed in the chest and flew back into a car and got her crossbow stuck.
"Damn it!" Jordyn growled, pulling on it as Renee was getting beaten by the Gopher bot. "Why did we both have to have shooting weapons?!"
"Rangers," Liela's voice came through their morphers. "Call for the Data Swords."
"Thanks, Liela." Jordyn smirked. "Data Sword!" Jordyn's crossbow disappeared and a sword appeared in her hand instead.
Renee got thrown back and Jordyn jumped up and came down, slashing the monster left and right, throwing him back. Renee jumped it and shot him as he stood back up, however, this didn't faze him much. Renee ducked down with her blaster above her as the Gopher Bot swung down with his arm. It hit the blaster, but did not harm the yellow ranger.
Jordyn ran over and jumped on top of the Data Shot and swung up, flipping backwards as the sword connected with the Gopher Bot and sent him falling back to the ground.
Jordyn and Renee regrouped in front of him and Jordyn threw her sword up in the air and called her crossbow back as Nick arrived.
"Are you ready for the Data Blaster?" The two girls nodded.
They formed the blaster and locked it on target as the Gopher Bot stumbled to his feet like a severely drunk man.
"Ready,"
"Set,"
"FIRE!" They yelled and the attackbot flew back and exploded.
Within seconds, however, the Gopher Bot grew back 20 times larger and towered over them menacingly.
"Data Racers!" They called and they jumped up into their Zords. "Surge Megazord!"
The three towered over the city and got into a fighting position against the Gopher Bot. "Data Saber!" They called, and the sword unfolded itself from its storage place and landed in the Megazord's hands.
They walked forward as the monster charged. They clashed their sword against the Gopher Bot's arms a few times before landing a hit on him. "We got him now!" Renee cried excitedly.
However, the Gopher Bot wasn't finished. He began digging quickly into the ground, trying to bury the Megazord under the city.
"Defensive maneuvers!" Nick called and the three pulled their levers back to make the Megazord jump high into the air. They brought the Data Saber high into the air when the Gopher Bot stopped. "Final Strike!" They yelled, and came down hard against the Gopher Bot, slamming the sword down and through it completely. The Gopher Bot sparked wildly before exploding.
"That's a job well done!" The rangers cheered.
~PRDS~
"So you snuck out and you lied to me?" Kyro asked as Jordyn and Renee sat on the loveseat in the living room. Nick sat a little ways away on a beanbag chair, watching a movie, and also watching them.
"Well, technically I didn't lie," Renee chuckled nervously.
"Yeah, but you didn't tell me the truth until you needed help." He sighed. "Look, girls, next time just tell the truth and we can avoid the trouble." He looked to Jordyn. "You're punishment is now invalid, and though you snuck out, it was for a good cause and I commend you for that Jordyn." He turned to Renee and fixed her with a stern glare. "You're punishment is you have to compel Ms. Baylor that nothing ever happened and do the same to the office staff that knows, but I think once you do that you're free to enjoy your life. That sound fair?"
The two nodded and Kyro gave them a small smile before leaving the room. They stood up and walked over to Nick to see what he was watching. As they approached, the first thing they saw was a girl running into a wire and getting her throat slit.
Renee shrieked. "What are you watching?" She covered her eyes with her hands.
"You're Next." He told her, and saw Jordyn watching intently.
Soon, a scream was heard from the TV and Renee looked in time to see an older woman get hacked in the face with a machete. Renee screamed and ran out of the room, leaving Jordyn and Nick to laugh after her.
Next time on Power Rangers Data Surge: Nick is forced to get a tutor when his teacher confronts him about his grades. Meanwhile, Jordyn has trouble controlling her power just when a new attackbot comes to terrorize the city.