A.N.: I wasn't really sure where this story was going for a while, so I'm sorry for the lack of updates. Also, I know this chapter is a little short and may seem pointless, but I promise, it's not! Pointless, that is... it's definitely short.
"Let's go, Devin!" Cassidy barked as they raced against the crowds through the streets of Reefside. That was easy for her to say, of course, carrying nothing but her dinky little microphone. Devin, weighed down by his camera equipment, both of their backpacks, and Cassidy's surprisingly heavy makeup kit, struggled to keep up. He told himself that he should be used to it by now. Since the day he'd met Cassidy, Devin had been struggling to keep up, and why should that change now? "We don't have all day, you know."
"Remind me again why we're doing this?" Devin panted, before slowing to a stop. Cassidy only pressed on. Heaving a heavy sigh, he took off again. Sometimes, Devin had to wonder why it was that he did whatever she asked. Ever since grammar school, they'd always been together, and he'd never been able to say no. He knew that she was less of a friend than she should have been, but that was okay, because he was determined to make up for it on his own. Eventually, Cassidy would realize how important their friendship was and when that day came, he knew it would be worth it.
Besides, he already knew why they were racing through the busy Reefside streets: Power Rangers. Cassidy was desperate to get an interview with one of them, and after Conner McKnight had so rudely refused her one at Hayley's, she'd been in one of her moods. When Cass got like this, Devin knew better than to get in her way. She had the fire in her eyes and nothing was going to stop her short of a giant monster. Luckily for Devin's lungs, fate had one in store.
She hit her breaks suddenly, causing him to accidentally run into her, the momentum of their baggage forcing him too far forward. "Look!" She exclaimed, pointing ahead of them to the perfect view of the major mechanical battle that had escalading, in a matter of speaking, before their eyes. "Are you getting this? Devin!"
"Oh, right," He smiled, apologetically, pulling his camera from the bag and aiming it at the battle above. The Megazord dodged and weaved as the giant Dinosaur-thing sent punch after punch soaring through the air, before tripping and landing on its face. It got back to its feet, seemingly confused. It was clear that the Dino Rangers had this one under control.
"Devin!" Cassidy hissed, fixing her hair. "Close up!" He pointed the camera to her as she smiled sweetly. "This is Cassidy Cornell of the Reefside High News Station, reporting live from downtown Reefside where the Power Rangers are busy kicking evil dinosaur butt. However, the real question on everyone's minds is clear: who are these Velociraptor Vigilantes? These Paleozoic Protectors? These… These…" Cassidy struggled momentarily. Her eyebrows grew closer together in her frustration.
"Dino Defenders?" Devin tried.
"Right! These Dino Defenders? Well, Reefside High: I, Cassidy Cornell, am on a mission to discover the identities and purpose of the Power Rangers: Reefside's Prehistoric Heroes!" Her declaration was punctuated by the final explosion of the large scale fight, and the Ranger's Megazord was still standing. Devin followed the Rangers as they flipped out of the cockpit with his lens, before returning the camera to Cassidy for a final statement. "The Power Rangers have done it again!" She declared proudly, before giving him the cut signal and he turned the camera off.
"Good work, Cass," He smiled, packing the camera away. "Best segment yet. We should definitely use it to round off the announcements tomorrow."
"Tell me you're kidding," She huffed, crossing her arms. "There wasn't anything good in that take at all."
"So, what? It was all for nothing?"
"Whatever. Let's just go. Maybe next time there will be something usable in the footage."
Devin shook his head. This was the problem he'd found most troubling in his friendship with Cassidy. They simply didn't see the world in the same way. He'd thought that shot was brilliant, but they were a team and if they couldn't agree on something, they wouldn't put it in the announcements. That was the rule, and unless Cassidy insisted against his judgment, it was the rule they lived by.