Chapter seven
Getting out of the car in front of Bulkmiers Annie looked around at everything, "I don't get it, where are we, I thought you said this was a family party."
At the door she was stopped by two big guys who she recognized as Jason and Rocky, Jason had been big in her life however she had only met Rocky a few times in passing and most of those were from before she knew the significance of her family life.
"Sorry to do this to you Annie but you can't have any cell phones, cameras or iPods inside." Jason said stopping Annie at the door and indicated at a large basket between him and Rocky.
Kim and Tommy dumped all offending items in the bucket and Annie reluctantly dropped hers as well before passing through the doors with her parents. Once in the doors she stared in awe as the entire building was decorated in honor of her.
She recognized most of the people in the room from a distance and saw a few new faces but was in awe so she stayed near her mother and let her parents' introduce her to the different people.
She remembered she had been eight when she had first found out about her parents' secret.
Her Mom had been home and she had woken up looking for her. She had come into the kitchen and saw what looked like a broken floorboard next to the kitchen table. She had noticed for some time that Uncle Connor somehow appeared and disappeared from the kitchen but no one had ever told her how. She now realized that this trap door must have been how he had been doing it.
Going over to the door she curiously decided to see where the door headed she lifted it up and stared in awe at the stairs spiraling down to a secret room under the house. The room wasn't part of the basement because she knew every inch of the basement like the back of her hand. Climbing down she saw all the computers and strange equipment.
Looking around at the room she nodded liking what she saw and wondered why she had never known of this place before. Just when she was about to make herself comfortable she heard three matched ahem's and she turned to see her Dad sitting behind her with her mother and Aunt Haley sitting on the floor looking at pictures.
"Young lady what do you think you are doing down here?" Her father had looked at her sternly.
"I was looking for Mommy. I wanted to make sure she hadn't left already." Annie had replied
"Come here sweetheart, maybe it is time to let you in on the family secret." Kim smiled as she held out her arms. "Heaven knows I must keep a lot of secrets that a mother should never have to keep. I think you are old enough to know the truth about the family secret."
"Kim, she is still too young, we agreed she was to live a normal life. Knowing this will seal the fact that she will never be normal." Tommy sighed
"I can keep a secret, you can trust me, and I have been keeping a secret for Debbie Longsford all year!" Annie announced.
"Annie this is a very big secret. This secret you definitely can't tell your friends." Haley announced
"I can keep a very big secret because Debbie's is a very, very, very big secret!" Annie exclaimed as she demonstrated with her hands how big it was.
Kim held out a picture, "Annie before I was in the Olympics, I was the original pink ranger."
Tommy held out another, "Annie sweetie, I was the original Green ranger, white ranger, red Zeo ranger, the first red Turbo ranger and I am also the black Dino thunder ranger."
"Daddy that was a lot of rangers! What is this place and Aunt Haley were you a ranger?"
Haley smiled and laughed, "No sweetie, I was not a ranger; I just helped around here with the Dino Thunder team and I helped create the morphers."
"This Annie was the Dino Thunder base. Now I use it in my spare time to research things that are important to rangers." Tommy explained.
Kim stood Annie up, "It is time to get ready for school sweetheart, and I will be here when you get home but then I will be leaving."
"I want to know more!" Annie exclaimed, "I can miss school this once to learn more."
"No, you cannot miss school, what kind of teacher would I be if I let my own daughter skip school?" Tommy shook his head, "I will tell you more as you get older, just be patient."
Annie looked at the people she knew and identified each person. Kira the yellow Pterodactyl, she shared a dinosaur with her mom. Connor and Ethan the red and blue dino thunder rangers. Aunt Trini the Yellow Sabre Toothed tiger. Andros and Ashley the red and yellow astro rangers were there with their children, Annie didn't like their daughter; she always tried to rub it in that she knew more about the ranger programs.
"Tommy, who is this little creature with you and Kim?" A voice asked
Annie turned to face down an overweight man and a skinny man.
Tommy placed his hands on Annie's shoulders, "This is Annie, the guest of honor at this party. Annie I have mentioned to you Bulk and Skull to you right?"
"Yes, it is nice to meet you and thank you for letting my parents have my party here." Annie said gracefully.
Bulk and skull nodded and walked away not too sure on how to answer such a polite young lady having been used to dealing with the delinquents of Angel Grove.
