Okay so the more I thought about it and the more I asked my friends (who's only knowledge of the power rangers is a vague recollection that once, way back when, there was that show with the people in it and the spandex and oh yeah Tommy! The dude with the long hair!) The more I thought hey wouldn't it be fun if…well I'm sure you'll figure it out! Just remember that anything I do or say is in no way done out of contempt or malice for the gang at SPD. It was done simply because I could! Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Disclaimer: Still don't own nuthin!

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The early evening had gone mostly as planned. Together the B squad had gone down to the local shelter, setting aside whatever disagreements they might have had before arriving and putting on a happy façade for the children. Dividing into groups each ranger led a merry band of children dressed as ghosts in torn sheets or even some who had scrounged around for random bits and pieces and using their imaginations declared themselves to be rangers as well. Running around local neighborhoods the kids bounced from house to house gathering enough candy to keep them on a sugar high for at least the next few weeks. Occasionally the teammates would pass each other on their predetermined plans of candy attack and offer a courteous nod of acknowledgement but not much more. Towards the end of the evening Z's group of children came upon a house just as Bridges hyperactive brood were leaving. As the kids exchanged greetings and did quick comparisons of candy collections, the Green Ranger, dressed in the guise of a Biker, complete with aviator style sunglasses, leather vest, fake mustache and mullet, and a tattoo drawn on his arm (by himself from the look of it) that said MOM over a shakily drawn heart, approached the Yellow Ranger masquerading as a sorceress in long robes and a cloak.

"So…Z …How's it going?" he asked trying to sound casual.

"Alright." She answered shortly.

"Good…that's good…because I saw Syd earlier and she said that you seemed really upset by something but she didn't know what, and that you stormed out of the room but she didn't know why, and that…" He fiddled nervously with the Velcro on his gloves.

"Bridge."

"Yeah?"

"It's nothing don't worry about it. Jack had just said some things and for some reason I just didn't take it really well…Just a sibling thing I guess…"

"Well that's good, I mean you and Jack fighting's not good, that's bad, but it's good that you're okay, because I don't like to see you upset." He stumbled over his words nervously.

"Thank you Bridge." She looked over at the ridiculously dressed Green Ranger and smiled.

"So…are you going to that costume party tonight?" he asked tentatively

"Probably." She answered.

A few moments of silence between them passed.

"Well it looks like my kids are done marauding this house. We need to keep moving if we're going to get them back before dark." Z called the children over to her reminding them to thank the homeowners for the treats. Over a chorus of thank you's Z just barley heard Bridges proposition.

"Hey Z! If uh you're not going with someone else to the party tonight do you think maybe you'd want to go with me?" The Yellow Ranger turned and stared at him inquisitively for a moment.

"You want to go with me? To the party?" The Green Ranger blushed.

"Well yeah." She considered the offer and everything that Jack had said earlier.

"Okay."

"Really?" His spirits soared.

"Yeah, meet me in the common room at 7:00." And with that she turned and caught up with her kids at the next house her long cape flowing behind her.

"Hey mister?" Bridge felt a tug on his pant leg and looked down at one of the children from his group dressed as a cowboy.

"Yes?"

"She's pretty. Is she your girlfriend?"

"Well she's my friend and she's a girl but I don't think that qualifies her as my girlfriend really more like just a friend who's a girl and well maybe one of these days she'll be my girlfriend which is really more than a friend but I guess girlmorethanafriend just doesn't roll off the tongue quiet as…"

"Hey mister?" The kid gave his pant leg another tug.

"Yes?"

"You're weird. Can we go get more candy now?"

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Meanwhile a few blocks away…

"Hey mister?"

"What?"

Sky looked annoyingly down at the miniature version of himself. More correctly a young boy who had painted the number 2 on a blue leotard and had made his helmet out of a paper plate. It's not that Sky didn't like kids, on the contrary he loved them and hoped to have lots of them someday (and by lots of them he meant 3. two boys and one girl. Christopher and Schuyler Jr. who would both go on to be rangers like their father and his father before him, and Alicia who would grow up to win the Nobel peace prize for ending word hunger.) However right now Schuyler Tate's rope was seriously frayed and was approaching its snapping point.

"Are you really a Power Ranger?"

"Yes."

"Because you don't look like a Power Ranger."

"That's because I'm in costume."

"You are?" the child eyed his attire skeptically.

"Yes."

Sky, who had never really gotten in to the whole dressing up for Halloween thing (except when he was a child and then he was…well a Power Ranger.), had half assedly come up with a costume for the evening because the shelter had asked them to. He was dressed in his formal tuxedo and going around calling himself Bond, a reference that was flying right over the heads of the children and getting him laughed at from his teammates for actually owning a formal tuxedo.

"Well you don't act like a Power Ranger either."

"I don't?" Sky was genuinely perplexed. He felt as though he was the perfect model for ranger behavior.

"Nope. The Power Rangers are a lot cooler." The kid stated matter of factly.

"You know what kid?" Sky Tate was now annoyed beyond reason.

"What?" the mini blue ranger looked up at him challengingly

"Just because…" Sky realized he was about to pick an argument with a 7 year old and backed off. "Forget it."

"So are you supposed to be like that one guy from that game show…?"

"Yeah something like that kid."

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About two rows away and 5 houses down

Syd and Jack had met up and decided to combine their efforts for maximum candy outcome. While the kids ran from house to house the adults (well almost adults) walked casually down the sidewalk exchanging cleverly masked sexual innuendos.

"So what's it gonna be for me tonight Syd? A trick or a treat?"

"That depends Jack I know a lot of tricks."

"I would love to be treated." The Red Ranger licked his lips while devouring the site of the pink princesses walking beside him.

"I'm sure you would. But what makes you think you're going to get either?" she giggled. Jack adjusted his sunglasses and gave a turn causing his leather trench coat to go flaring out behind him.

"Because I'm Shaft! Haven't you heard? I'm one bad mother fu…"

"Hey mister?"

"Yeah?" Jack bent down until he was eye height with the pint-sized goblin.

"Do you think you could stop staring at your girlfriend long enough to pay attention to us?"

Jack suppressed a laugh at the audacious child.

"Sure kid what's up?"

"That lady over there gave us apples instead of candy."

"And? What's wrong with that? Apples are good for you."

"But its Halloween!" the kid whined "You're supposed to get candy on Halloween!"

Jack looked up at Syd who was grinning broadly at his interaction, and gave her a mischievous wink.

"Candy is good." Jack conceded, "But you'll never get to be a Power Ranger if you don't eat your fruits and vegetables too."

"Are you a ranger? Because Matt said that you guys aren't really rangers your just the people they send out to pretend that they are the Power Rangers, kinda like that guy in the mall who dresses up as Santa."

"Oh really? What's your name?"

"Brandon."

"So what do you think Brandon?"

The child took a good hard long look at the pair.

"I think maybe he's right."

Jack couldn't hold in the laughter this time. Was he this rude when he was a kid? Probably.

"I'll tell you what Brandon I want you to go make a bet with your friend Matt. Bet him 10 pieces of candy that I am the Red Ranger and I'll take that apple off your hands for you. Whadda ya say?"

"But how am I gonna win that?"

"Just trust me." The kid ran off and grabbed what was apparently his friend Matt. Jack laughed even more when it turned out to be the one dressed up as the Red Ranger.

"Jack you know what Sky would say, you shouldn't be using your power to show off." Syd chided.

"Well then I guess it's a good thing you're not Mr. Permanent stick up his butt huh? Because I'm sure that I wouldn't be nearly as attracted to you if you were, no matter how pretty all the girls think he is." Syd couldn't help but laugh. When the kids got back the one known as Matt looked up at him and opened his mouth, turned out that he was just as impudent as his friend.

"Brandon says you're the Red Ranger but I think he's full of shi-"

"Hey! We don't talk like that with a lady present." Jack reprimanded him, trying his best to suppress the laughter. It all reminded him why he liked kids so much; you could always trust them to give it to you straight.

"Sorry." The kid looked down at the ground and blushed.

"Okay now why don't you believe that I'm really a Power Ranger?" The kid looked back at Jack his confidence returned.

"Because why would the Power Rangers want to take a bunch of kids trick or treating? Plus you're too short." Matt told him knowingly.

"Really, well than maybe I'll just have to prove to you that I am the Red Ranger, and by the way the Blue Ranger is the tall one." Jack smiled at the kids and stood to his full height (which he actually hated to be reminded was shorter than Sky.) Pushing his coat aside like a gunslinger reaching for his revolver Jack reached underneath and pulled out his morpher and with a grand flourish called out.

"SPD EMERGANCY!"

And nothing….

"Ha…ha ha… uh let me try that again."

Jack called out again pressing the button on his morpher as hard as he could, but still nothing.

"See I told you he wasn't the Red Ranger!" Matt gloated

"Dude you suck! I just lost 10 pieces of candy!" Brandon threw the apple at Jacks head and turned to run before he could see it phase through.

"Um Syd, I think some things wrong with my morpher." Jack turned to Syd who was rubbing her shoulder that had been hit when the apple passed through Jacks head.

"What was your first clue?" She snapped.

"No really Syd, try yours see if it works."

Reluctantly she reached into her pink evening bag and pulled out her morpher, feeling silly but under Jacks intense gaze she called out

"SPD EMERGANCY!"

And still nothing.

"Okay Jack I'm officially creeped out." Syd glanced nervously at her morpher.

"I…uh …I'm sure it's nothing." He tried to reassure her as much as himself. "I bet Kat is just putting in an upgrade or something and Boom forgot to tell us that our morphers would be out of commission for a little while."

"I hope your right." Syd started to anxiously search the distance knowing that the one time you didn't need evil to show up is the every time that it did. Jack saw her agitation and swung his arm over her shoulder pulling her in closer to him.

"Don't worry princess, I didn't survive on the streets for as long as I did by not being able to take care of myself with or without being a ranger." He flashed her a winning smile that seemed to help ease some of the tension.

"Are you trying to tell me that I need protecting?" She asked with a grin.

"Oh no! I'm sure you could take me anytime!" He confessed.

"Is that a promise?"

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Why aren't the morphers working? Why are all the kids only bugging the guys with "hey mister?" Why is Bridge dressed up as a biker? And what did I mean when I said don't be mad at me for the things I'm about to do? None of these answers and more! All in the next chapter! (hopefully.)