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Chapter 7: Veteran Rangers
Kira felt a hand shake her, "Kira, we're here. And if you don't get up I'm just going to leave you here."
Kira feebly waved her hand at who ever it was that was disturbing her sleep, "5 minutes more dad." She mumbled sleepily.
Tommy chuckled. He was glad that Ethan had warned her about Kira's waking disabilities. He reached to the back off the jeep and grabbed a water bottle. He unscrewed it and dumped the entire contents on Kira's face.
Kira gasped and jumped. "What the hell!!" Her face was wet and her shirt was soaking. She turned and saw Tommy laughing like a hyena holding an empty water bottle. She glared at him, "Why did you do that?! What the hell is wrong with you?!!" She forcefully opened the door and jumped out of the jeep. Tommy did the same and went over to her side. Tommy raised his hands as though surrendering, "It wasn't my idea! Ethan told me that was the only way to wake you up! Besides, you called me you're dad!"
Kira was wringing the water out of her shirt as he told her this and when she heard the last part she looked up at him weirdly. Just them Trent's car pulled up into the parking lot. As Ethan stepped out of the car, Kira stomped over to him shouting, "Ethan James! You are DEAD MEAT!!"
Ethan, seeing Kira's deadly expression, ran and hid behind Connor.
"You really think I can't take down Connor?"
"I'm Sorry! I'm Sorry! When I told him to dump water on you to wake you up I meant it as a joke! I didn't think he was really going to do it!" Ethan cried. Tommy, Connor and Trent were now laughing hysterically.
Ethan turned to Tommy, "Dr. O! This is all you're fault!"
"Hey! You told me that dumping water on Kira would be a great way to wake her up. In fact you're exact words were, that I should do it because it would be a great laugh."
Hearing this Kira turned back to Tommy, glaring at him she said "Oh! So you soaked me because you thought you needed to laugh! That makes me feel so much better."
She walked back to Tommy, hands ready to beat the crap out of him when somebody grabbed her shoulder and said, "Hey! No beating up ex-rangers!"
Kira whirled around ready to beat the crap out of the person who interrupted her wanting to beat the crap out of Tommy, when she realized what he had said. Her hands fell limply to her side and all she could say was "Oh…"
"Jase! What did I tell you about interrupting people who want to kick Tommy's butt!" came a second voice from behind what appeared to be a bizarrely painted red and yellow SUV. Everyone turned towards the SUV. A pretty lady, with long black hair came out. She was wearing a yellow skirt together with a white tank top.
Tommy grinned, "Trini!" he went over to her and hugged her. Next to Kira Jason said "Hey! That's my wife! Get you're hands off her!" and then as an after thought he added indignantly, "And why don't I get a hug as well?"
Tommy laughed and went over to his best bro and gave him a one-armed, manly sorta hug. "It's good to see you to Jase."
Trini walked over to them grinning, "So Tommy these must be the new rangers."
Jason looked shocked, "You're a ranger?! AGAIN?!"
Tommy scowled at Trini, "They are the Rangers, I am, sorry was, their science teacher and mentor. This Connor, red, Ethan, Blue, Trent, White and the soaking wet one is Kira, Yellow." Kira glared at him.
Trini glanced at the wet girl, "I'm guessing that you dumped water on her, which is why she's wet and that's probably why she wants to tear you limb by limb."
"You know what, beating him up can come later. Right now I just want to get into some dry clothes. Please?" Kira said visibly shivering.
Tommy looked at the shivering girl and instantly felt sorry for getting her wet. "Yeah Kira, we'll go get our rooms. Ethan grab Kira's bags from my jeep and bring them up for her."
Ethan grumbled under his breath, "Girls have it easy. All you gotta do is look and sound sad and we guys will be given orders to do stuff for them." Unfortunately, Trini heard him and whacked him on the head.
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As Kira settled into her seat she looked around and took in her surroundings. After collecting the keys to their rooms, she had rushed up and quickly changed out of her wet clothes and into a pair of jeans and a bright yellow tank top. Then she met up with the others in the lobby before heading to a little café in a quite corner of the hotel. The café was a simple place, kind of like a toned down star bucks. Her train of thought was interrupted by someone sitting next to her and asking her something.
She looked to her right; Tommy had sat down next to her and was looking at her as though he was expecting a response for what ever it was he had said. "Sorry, I didn't catch that."
Tommy looked at her again with that half amused, half irritated expression. "I asked you if you have forgiven me for the whole pouring water on you thing."
"Oh, right, definitely not. But I will forget about." She said with an evil gleam in her eye, "For now…"
Kira was saved from Tommy's retort when Jason and Trini came back to their table with a tray full of steaming mugs of coffee. Each of them grabbed a cup and settled themselves back comfortably into their chairs.
"So Tommy, or should I be calling you Dr. Oliver now?" Jason asked Tommy playfully. Tommy glared at him. "Fine, Tommy. How exactly did you manage to get a whole new ranger team?"
Connor, Ethan and Kira laughed. Tommy turned his glare towards them. "It's not like he actually chose us specifically to be rangers. It was a total accident!" Connor said between laughs. Trini and Jason were now looking extremely confused. Tommy shook his head at the teens. "You guys just continue laughing. I'll tell them." He turned to Jason and Trini and began his story of how the three high schoolers had been assigned to him for detention and how they had come across the dino gems in his underground lair and the gems being attached to them. At the end of it both Jason and Trini were laughing together with the teens.
"Only you Tommy can create a whole team of rangers accidentally." Trini said after they all collapsed in exhaustion.
"You have an underground lair? Exactly how much do you earn as a high school teacher?" Jason added.
"Very funny guys. I used to be a researcher before I became a teacher. That's where most of my money is from."
Kira snorted, "Yeah, it's that research that provided us the need to be rangers."
"What do you mean?" Trini asked.
Tommy turned towards Kira with a pleading look in his eyes. Kira however just looked back and grinned evilly. "Well, while T-Dr. O was busy researchinghe also found the time to experiment. And while experimenting he created all the monsters that we faced. And not to mention the tyranodrones."
Jason and Trini looked at Tommy in amazement, "You know after I destroyed the sword of darkness I was damn sure you were 100 good. But this sheds a new light on everything."
The other ex-rangers laughed while Tommy looked both sheepish and annoyed. "It was a accident ok! How was I supposed to know that Mesagog would be recruiting them later?!" He exclaimed. "Mesagog's like our Rita and Zedd and Divatox combines into one." He added when he saw Trini and Jason's question looks.
While the guys were exchanging more stories of their ranger days, Kira and Trini were having a discussion about female rangers. Trini told her that her situation must have been horrible, being the only female among all the guys. Kira agreed. Then something Jason was asking Tommy caught her attention.
"So bro, you dating anybody?"
Trini who was more perceptive then the others noticed an immediate change in the Dino Thunder rangers. Connor and Trent looked like they were torn between amusement and repulsion at the thought of their science teacher dating. However, it was Kira, Ethan and Tommy's reactions that surprised her the most. The two guys were wearing similar looks of panic while Kira looked like she was hopefully yet slightly panicky.
Tommy managed to keep the panic out of his voice as he answered, "Jason, my love life is not up for discussion. Especially in front of my students."
"Aw, come one dude. They are legal adults now. I'm sure they know all about the birds and the bees and all that."
"Look, Jase. I don't want to talk about it!"
"Avoiding the subject! So you are seeing somebody!" Jason exclaimed.
"Jason! No! I am not seeing anybody! And neither am I interested in seeing anybody now!"
Kira jumped from her seat and muttered something about the bathroom and ran off. Trini narrowed her eyes. She was sure she had seen tears in Kira's eyes before she ran off. Just as Tommy stood up to go after her she cut him off, "Look, I'll go check on Kira. You guys meet us back at the pool ok."
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Thankfully the bathroom was empty so it was easy for Trini to find Kira. She went over to the stall's door and knocked. "Kira! I know you're in there! If you don't come out I will break down this door!" She yelled. Immediately she heard the turning of the door lock as Kira stepped out.
"Can't a girl use the bathroom in peace?" she asked as she headed over to the sink.
"Not if she's coming in here to cry." Trini replied looking at the girl in the eye.
Kira raised her eyebrow at the veteran ranger, "What makes you think I was crying?"
"Well, for one thing your eyes are tinted red and I can definitely see tear stains on your face. Now spill." Trini commanded.
"Spill what? I really don't know what you're talking about!" Kira said keeping up her innocent act.
Trini sighed, teenagers. "Look, there is something going on between you and Tommy. And I'm pretty sure Ethan knows about it but not the other two. And for some reason Tommy's doesn't want you to tell us or them."
Kira looked at the girl, a mixture of awe and surprise on her face. "That's about it. I think you basically covered everything." She sighed.
Trini looked at the younger girl in surprise. She hadn't expected to be right. Not this time anyway. "So you and Tommy are…"
Kira sighed in frustration, "I don't know what we are or what we're doing! He says he thinks of me as more than a friend and an ex-ranger and an ex-student but he won't…classify us as anything. And he won't tell anyone. Don't get me wrong. I am not looking forward to telling Connor and Trent, but it's hard to hear that someone doesn't want to tell their friends about you."
Trini shook her head, trying to wrap her mind around the fact that Tommy was dating one of his students, ex-students.
"I'm sorry, but I really can't think of anything to say. I have never been in your situation. But if you want, I won't tell anyone even Tommy what you just told me."
Kira mumbled a thanks to her.
Trini grinned, "Good! Now get you're act together missy. We're going to change and head to the pool!"
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OOOOO….Trouble in paradise!
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