My Heart was Never Whole
Chapter IV: Stolen Moments
Set during and/or after 'Brother's Keeper'
Disclaimer: I cannot say that I own Power Rangers, X-Men, or David de Latour. I can, however, say that I would love to. Of course, David would be donated to AnimeJunkieGrrl's foundation immediately.
Set during a scene in 'Brother's Keeper'
Oww...He got the face..., Ziggy moaned to himself, as he got thrown across the floor by a very red-eyed Dillon.
"Scanning commenced...scanning interrupted," he heard Dr. K say, as something that sounded like metal broke, and electricity crackled. Ziggy looked up and saw Dillon push the Doctor aside, and just in time, as well.
He might be my best friend, but no one hurts Dr. K, Ziggy thought, surprising himself, as he felt a deep rush of strength and speed inside him; he had to save her before she slammed against the floor. He got up on his knees and used that rush of adrenaline to jump from that position and grab Dr. K before she hit the floor completely.
For the briefest moment, Doctor and Ranger looked at each other and shared a moment of understanding, of longing. She saw the determination in his eyes, but didn't know what it was for; he saw gratitude in hers. Somewhere, deep in their hearts, they ached to close the distance between them, but knew it can never be. He thought there was no way she could ever reciprocate his feelings for her; she was too stubborn and resolute to admit to the yearning she felt.
Both knew what they want is forbidden; it cannot exist- not now, maybe not ever. For if it does, they will only provoke the danger even more than they already have. Their emotions must never see the light of day. It must stay like so.
She knew that if she loves, it's unconditional. She would do anything and everything in her power to keep him safe.
She's already endangered mankind once, and she resolved never to do so again.
She must not let her personal feelings get the best of her.
Deleted scene from 'Brother's Keeper'
After the whole Dillon-being-evil ordeal, most everyone was prepared to forgive what had happened, and talk of how it occurred in the morning. The Rangers were on their way up the Garage steps leading to their rooms, but one lingered longer than he should have.
"Doc?" Ziggy asked the prodigy, who was clutching her right arm. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Ranger Green," she answered, attempting to ignore the shooting pain in her arm. "You should go back to sleep."
"Not until I know for sure you're okay," he replied, examining her arm.
"I doubt you will, seeing as how you aren't educated in the medical field," she countered, somewhat curtly. Still she allowed him to lead her to Garage, where he took out Flynn's medicine and first aid kit. She sat placed herself on a small green couch and waited patiently for him to come. She was surprised to see that he carried the right tools- a triangular cast alternative and some medium-sized bandages.
"Here we are," he said, getting a hold of her arm and applying the bandages on it- when Dillon broke the scanner, some of the metal bits flew out of control and cut her wrist, not to mention the amount of static electricity that went through her system. He was busy bandaging her arm when she asked, "Why'd you do it? Why did you catch me?"
Hearing this, he stopped for a moment. "Wasn't I supposed to do that? I mean, I couldn't just let you fall like that, could I? Plus, I made a promise to myself that I won't let anything bad happen to my friends...not when I could do anything to stop it."
"Friends?" she asked.
"Yeah," he answered with a smile. "Friends."
Friends are good enough for him- for now. Because, at the moment, that's all they can ever be.
Alternate ending to 'Brother's Keeper'
"Hey, Ziggy, we're watching the new version of X-Men III. Wanna come with?" Summer asked the Shark Ranger as she shouldered her purse.
"Sure," Ziggy answered, getting up off the couch he was sitting in. Suddenly, an idea came to mind. "I'll just be a minute," he added, rushing into Doctor K's lab.
Dillon, who just so happened to be listening in on the conversation between Summer and Ziggy, curiously asked, "Where's he going?"
"To get his girlfriend, I suppose," Summer replied, a mischievous smile on her face. "Shall we?" she asked Dillon, extending her arm out.
"We shall," was his reply, trademark smirk on his lips, as he took her arm and they marched all the way to his car.
"Hey, um, Dr. K?" Ziggy asked as he walked in the Lab. He walked over behind her chair, which he spun around in a 180 degree angle, so that she was facing him.
"Yes, Ranger Green?" she asked, hands on her knees.
"Um, Summer's, well, going to a movie, and, um, I'm going too, and I was...wondering if...you maybewantedtocome?" he asked in one breath.
Silence.
Dr. K opened her mouth to answer, but Ziggy beat her to it.
"You do? Cool. Let's go," he answered himself, a huge smile on his face, as he pulled Dr. K off of her chair and dragged her away with him to the Garage. Dr. K, too stunned to move, let Ziggy lift her up onto the back his newly made black and green motorcycle. She said nothing as he strapped a helmet over her head.
"Ranger Green, may I ask why you have chosen me to go with you to this event?" Dr. K asked, finally over the shock she was in. She had her arms wrapped around his mid-waist, hanging on for dear life as Ziggy sped through the roads of Corinth alongside his fellow team mates.
"Oh," Ziggy replied, thankful for the helmet over his face, for a blush found its way over. "Well, I just thought you needed to get out more, Doc."
Hearing this, Dr. K said nothing back, only tightened her grip around him and put her helmeted head against him. "Thank you," she whispered.
"That was epic!" Scott said, chuckling. "David de Latour was an awesome Wolverine!"
"Up top, lad," Flynn replied, as the Red and Blue Operators fist bumped each other.
"It was cool," Dillon replied nonchalantly, as he stood to get up. He offered his hand out to Summer, who took it and helped herself up.
"I bet I could tell you why Ziggy brought Doctor K," she told the guys, who looked at her as if she'd grown another head. Summer rolled her eyes but gestured over to Ziggy and the Doc, who were slumped against their seats, sleeping, Doc K's head on Ziggy's shoulder.
"Well, isn't that something," Flynn commented, taking a picture. "What?" he asked. "This is a rare moment," he explained, noticing how everybody looked at him. "Plus, it's about time those two noticed each other," he muttered to himself.
The others shrugged in agreement.
Scott made a commitment to himself that he would get on his laptop computer the moment he sets foot in his room.
It was a rare moment, indeed, that the 17-year old Doctor sleeps, and the always bouncing off the walls Green Ranger was still.
It was an even rarer moment when the two of them showed a fraction of what they felt in the presence of others.
As I've said before, this is partly to mostly AU. Forgive me.