Don't own Power Rangers in any form.
Two Way Mirror
Eric struggled with his bow tie for the tenth time, nerves making him mess up. "Wes . . . what am I doing?"
"Having trouble with your tie." His friend smiled as he took over. "Relax, it'll be alright."
"Wes . . . I'm getting married." Eric's mind was blanking out.
"Yep." Wes kept his reassuring smile on, though real amusement was starting to seep through. "And I just came from the bridal room. She's going through the same thing." He straightened the tie and clapped his friend's shoulder. "Don't worry, I've got your back."
"I can't believe it's finally happening." Eric's mind was slowing restarting.
"I think Dad's just happy it is happening to one of us." Wes smiled. Eric glanced as his friends' smile wavered. Jen had promised she would return to him, but time had passed and there had been no response from the future. Briefly, he wondered if Wes was jealous. Then dismissed the thought. Wes didn't get jealous, surprisingly. "C'mon, showtime."
Somehow he got to the altar, His eyes scanning the crowd as the best man and matron of honor entered. He could see several former red rangers doting the crowd, Jason, the original, looking like someone had forced him into the suit he was wearing. Next to him was a man in a red shirt and blue tie, who had a silly grin on his face. Tommy was in the back, wearing a green shirt and a red black and white striped tie, and he could see Carter and Ryan with their respective others. His eyes moved back to Wes who was still pretty far back, and had his patent smile on.
Eric felt a small smile cross his face as he remembered everything they had been through together. Well, not exactly together, as Eric admitted that his pride and general being a jerk had definetly caused a rift. But Wes had been willing, time and time again, to push aside the differences to work together. It had taken awhile, but Eric found himself able to do the same, and then there was the final fight.
If he had a bad dream, it was generally about the clock tower, or just after he'd gotten shot protecting Wes. Which was ridiculous how many times Wes had died in his dreams, and back then it didn't seem at all possible that he would actually have ever cared. Wes was someone hard to not like. Though sometimes he had to wonder if Wes did wake up with nightmares, he was always so perky in the mornings. And scheming. Eric was pretty sure the first few times of his running into Taylor had somehow been orchestrated by the red rangers of both teams. But Eric admitted Wes was right about a few things. One was that they were similar, fighting for their own dreams and lives, and winning. Two, they were both dressed in Red. Though he found it ironic that his ranger uniform had black, while Wes had white. The music started to play and all thoughts of the past slipped to the back of his mind as the Bride entered. A distant corner of his mind wondered how Taylor had managed to get Merrick to be the one to walk her down the aisle, but even that disappeared.
The actual ceremony was a blur. When his mind started to really function, he was kissing Taylor to cheers and applause.
"I now present Mr. and Mrs. Meyers." The two turned to the group assembled, and Eric glanced at Wes. Wes had a grin that could rival the chesire cat's. The two started to walk down the aisle, and Eric once again found his attention to the group of people next to Jason. A Korean man wore green and black, An African American wore all black except for a white tie, A petite brunette in Pink, and a blonde in pink right next to her, smiling. There were two African American women in yellow, and a Caucasian in blue, with a younger man also in blue. The last was a asian woman in yellow with a cane, who dipped her head to Taylor since she couldn't stand. Taylor noticed, and gave a fleeting smile.
Wes faded to the background as much as he could, trying not to be the center of attention. Usually he and Eric had a system if his dad forced them to attend some gala, he did the talking and being nice, covering Eric who usually blended into the woodwork. He really envied Eric right now. He hadn't heard from any of them in a while, and honestly, he wasn't sure if he'd see any of them again.
"Looks like Eric finally stopped being your shadow." Wes jerked and glanced at Jason.
"Yeah . . . they're perfect together." He nodded. Then paused. "Shadow?"
"I'm referring to the way he wears black and red and you generally wear white and red." Jason smiled. "Or how you generally do public relation work and he stands in the back ground."
"Do you keep tabs on all the ranger groups or something?"
"Close. Each of us has a color we keep in contact with, or keep an eye on."
"While you watch over all of them."
"No. Just Reds and their counterparts." Jason then slipped away.
Finally it came time for Wes to give his speech. Alyssa was looking at him warily, the two had joshed each other about their speeches.
"I've been Eric's best Friend for a while. We've been through a lot together, co-leading the silver guardians. I was there when he met Taylor, and I can clearly remember telling him she was his type, of course, he didn't believe me," Some people laughed. "I just wish you two every blessing, and hope I don't get calls at midnight from both of you complaining about what the other did." That got a laugh from most of the present rangers, and everyone else. Wes had kept a neutral stance in any conflict, before he stepped in and spun it to his needs. As a result, he became the diplomat, and the only person who willingly listened to the two rant about nothing in particular before calming them down, reminding them of the time, and giving a suggestion for how to deal.
As Alyssa gave her speech, Jason gave a wry smile as he watched Wes sit next to Eric. Time Force was unique in some ways, as both the Red and Other ranger had a power up, both had similar uniforms, and both were equally capable fighters. It was a bit of a two way mirror, since what they were looking at in each other they already had.
Eric may not have been evil, but he was still a world class jerk to Wes. I mean, he let Wes fall to the ground after they got back from prehistoric times, fought with Wes more often than not . . . was a bit of an ambitious jerk . . . I'm amazed Wes actually forgave him for everything, but then again, that's Wes. And I think I've said this in one of my other stories, but for some reason, I cannot write a selfless hero character. Seriously, that's why Eric dominated the one shot. It's great to read about the characters, but I can't write them very well. (I can do villains much better than heroes)
Next will either be Jungle fury or Ninja Storm. SPD, Turbo, Zeo and Space didn't really have evil rangers, just rangers that got turned briefly because of some spell (which doesn't count as that generally lasted one episode). Overdrive (Tyzonn, I guess, Mack interacted with him and got him away from Moltor) and Mystic Force (Lianbow, but he wasn't really a ranger, more of a mentor) are a bit up in the air. As for Wild Force, I haven't gotten too much of the group dynamic (I've only watched the team up with Time Force and Forever Red.) so don't hold your breath on that one. I know I'm missing one more show . . . already did Dino Thunder, Lightspeed, MMPR . . . I'll think of it later.
Please Review!! (And if you know which one I'm missing, let me know)
