Alright all back with the next chapter of Power Protect You, being typed up on my brand new laptop computer. Sorry for the delay hope you all like it.
Chapter 7
"Xan duck!" Xander heard Jason call out and without hesitation dropped to the ground just as Goldar's sword sliced through the air where his neck was half a second before. Quickly rolling away so as to put some distance between himself and the giant gold monkey he sprung to his feet and launched a kick at a Putty that was sneaking up behind him and knocking it to the ground, also hurting his foot in the process.
"Give it up Goldar!" Kim shouted as she kicked Goldar in the chest and followed it up with a spinning kick to his head, causing the monster to stagger backwards, right into Tommy who kicked him in the back, sending Goldar to the ground.
"This isn't over rangers," Goldar grunted as he climbed to his feet before vanishing in a flash of light, leaving behind the Putties that were quickly disposed of by the rangers.
"You guys okay?" Jason asked as the Putties disappeared in flashes of light.
"I'm good," Kim said as she dusted off her pants.
"Me too," Tommy chimed in.
"Xan?" Jason asked as he retrieved his fallen bag.
"Foots a little sore but I'm good," Xander replied, bending over to grab his and Kim's bags. "You know, I get the feeling that the Crazy Space Bitch wants to do me harm," he stated, handing Kim her bag and slinging his over his shoulders.
"I think your right man, how many attacks has that been now?" Tommy asked as the group continued on towards the Youth Center.
"Hmm, bout six," Xander replied as Kim grabbed his hand and interlaced her fingers and his. Concern for her boyfriend evident. Xander quickly picked up on the way she was feeling, and wrapped his arm around her. "It's gonna be okay Kim," he said softly so that only she could hear.
"How do you know? Rita almost killed you a few weeks ago," Kim pointed out as leaned in closer to Xander as memories flooded back to both of them.
'Kim is gonna kill me for being late,' Xander thought as he ran down the streets of Angel Grove toward the Youth Center. As he rounded a corner and saw his destination in the distance when a beeping from his wrist stopped him short.
Looking at the source of the beeping he saw that the panic button Billy had given to him was making the beeping. Raising closer to his face he hit the button on the side and spoke into. "Uh, hello?" he asked.
"Xander, thank god," Kim's relieved voice came through.
"Hey Kim, why didn't you guys tell me this thing could make two way calls?" Xander asked in a joking tone as he moved into a nearby stand of trees for more privacy.
"Not now Xan, get home now!" Kim's frantic voice came through the communicator.
"Whats wrong?" he asked, all humor gone from his voice leaving only a deadly calm
"Rita took our parents hostage and made us give up our Power Coins, we're working on a way to get them back but," Kimberly began to explain.
"But until you get them back if Rita's goons attack me I don't have my super powered bodyguards," Xander finished for her.
"Right, we would teleport you but Billy and Alpha have pretty much all the power here tied up in trying to make something that should hopefully help us get our coins back."
Xander sighed and let out a string of curses. "Alright you guys be careful and call me if you need help," he said before cutting off the communicator and running back towards his apartment.
He was halfway back to his apartment when his 'Sunnydale senses' started tingling. Turning around he saw an Asian woman standing about twenty feet away. She was clad in in yellow and red with one of her legs and one of her arms covered in golden armor. On her head was a helmet with a scorpion tail on it and a large boomerang shaped blade in her hand. "Hmm, let me guess. You're Scorpina right?" Xander asked as he eyed the woman.
"That I am human, prepare to die!" she responded, raising her weapon and throwing it at him.
Quickly diving to the side as the weapon shot by Xander was thankful for reflexes born of many fights against super powered beings. Climbing to his feet he let out a yelp and dropped back to the ground again as the blade came spinning back, returning to Scorpina's hand.
"So uh, I don't suppose we could talk about his could we?" Xander asked as climbed to his feet again. Scorpina only smirked as she threw her blade again. "Thought not," he sighed, jumping to the side again. Feeling around for something that he could use to get out of the situation alive, his fingers closed around a large rock. Picking up and quickly climbing to his feet while Scorpina prepared to hurl her weapon at him again, he cocked his hand back and threw the rock as hard as he could at the alien.
Not expecting the human to survive her first attack, let alone fight back. Scorpina was taken by surprise and had to quickly duck to the side to avoid the rock flying at her head. Looking back to where Xander was a second ago she cursed at seeing the spot empty. Scanning the area in the hope to spot her prey she saw a form running through some trees a little ways off. With a grin, Scorpina gripped her weapon and took off after the retreating form.
"Hurry Billy!" Kimberly yelled at her friend as she watched Scoprina chase down Xander through the viewing globe.
From his position in front of one of the many computers in the Command Center, Billy's fingers were flying over the keyboard. "Almost done, the teleporter will be back online in three minutes," Billy replied, his concentration never wavering from the task at hand.
"Make it faster man," Jason said as we watched Xander narrowly avoid Scorpina's blade. "Xander may not have that long."
"God I hate my life!" Xander screamed as the blade shot over his shoulder, missing him by inches, while he frantically pressed the panic button. "Please guys, need help," he said as he saw the blade swinging back around towards him. Dropping to the ground he watched as the blade sailed over him. Leaping back to his feet he started running again, weaving in and out of trees to try and lose his pursuer.
Xander was so focused in trying to lose Scorpina that he didn't notice the large root sticking out of the ground until his foot was caught on it. In a failed attempt to regain his balance, Xander hit a tree hard enough to expel the air from his lungs. Falling to the ground he let out a groan as a pair of gold boots stepped up to him. Looking up he saw Scorpina standing above him with a triumphant grin on her face.
"You've given me a good chase human, but this ends now," she said as she raised her blade.
Xander watched as the blade descended towards his head moving so fast it was almost a blur as he desperately fought to get air back into his lungs. When the point was only inches from his face he was able to draw in a lungful of air and quickly rolled to the side. He gasped in pain as a edge of the blade cut into his cheek before it sank deep into the trunk of the tree.
With a grunt Scorpina tried to pull her blade free but found that it was firmly lodged into the wood. Quickly looking from the blade and then to the dumbfounded look on Scorpina's face, Xander grinned as his leg shot forward and swiped the woman's out from under her, making her land with a hard thump. Rolling to his feet quickly Xander brought his leg back and with all his strength kicked Scorpina in the stomach causing her to gasp in pain. Not wanting to give up his advantage Xander brought his leg back again and started to repeatedly kick Scorpina in the stomach.
"This!" kick. "Is what," kick. "You get," kick. "For fucking with me!" he screamed as this time his foot connected with her head.
As he brought his leg back again he was blinded by a flash of light and when his vision returned he was standing in the Command Center surrounded by his friends. Before he had a chance to lower his foot Kimberly jumped at him and wrapped her arms around him, causing them both to fall to the ground.
"Are you okay?" Kimberly asked from her position on top of Xander as she quickly looked him over.
"I'd be better if you moved your knee out of my gut," Xander replied with a pain filled groan
"Oh god, I'm sorry," Kimberly said as she quickly climbed off him.
"Thank you," Xander groaned as Jason and Tommy each grabbed a shoulder and helped him up. "And to answer your first question. Tired but I'll live," Xander continued as he regained his footing.
"Thank god, I was so worried," Kim said and this time pulled Xander into a gentle hug, that he happily returned.
End Flashback
"Hey everything worked out fine, I survived, got a stylish new scar to add to the collection and you guys got your coins back, everything is good," Xander stated as he motioned to the thin scar stretching across his cheek while the group walked into the Youth Center
"Doesn't mean that I don't worry," Kim replied "I mean we both know that if we had taken any longer in teleporting you out Scorpina would have killed you."
As she was about to continue into the main room, a gently tug from Xander stopped her and she turned to face her boyfriend as Jason and Tommy continued on. Without a word Xander wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. "It's okay Kim," Xander whispered in her ear as she wrapped her arms around him. "I'm not going anywhere," he continued before gently kissing her. "Rita can try and kill me all she likes, no one is taking me away from you," Xander finished as he pulled her into another soft kiss.
"You promise?" she asked quietly as they broke apart.
"I promise, no way in hell is the Crazy Space Bitch taking me out," he replied, giving her one more quick kiss before they broke apart and headed after their friends.
Entering the main room Xander saw that Tommy and Jason were already on one of the workout mats and going through some simple warm up exercises. Walking over to their usual table Xander and Kim dropped their bags next to Tommy and Jason's. Xander went down and joined the two guys in their warm ups, mentally getting ready for the ass kicking that was about to befall him while Kimberly walked over to the balance beam and started a basic routine.
A few minutes later the three teens were ready to begin. Tommy and Xander faced off as Jason stood off the side to study Xander's technique so he could see how well his training was paying off. "You ready man?" Tommy asked.
"As I'll ever be," Xander replied as they both took different positions and began to slowly circle each other.
Deciding to start off easy on his friend Tommy moved in and attacked with a simple punch combination, glad that Xander was able to easily block the hits. Taking things up a bit Tommy moved into a faster combination of punches and kicks, that Xander was also able to either block of dodge, although with a bit more difficulty. Dropping back a bit to let Xander catch his breath, the teen was caught off guard when instead of that Xander launched his own attack.
Jason watched the two friends exchange blows and was pleased to see the progress the Xander was making, although he wasn't that surprised, Xander had taken to martial arts like a duck to water, claiming that it was because of his left over soldier memories. The sound of a body hitting the mat drew him out of his thoughts and he saw that Tommy had slammed Xander down.
"You okay man?" Tommy asked as he held out his hand for Xander.
With a grunt the young man was pulled to his feet and dusted himself off. "I'll be fine. Lets go again," he replied, taking up a defensive stance.
Jason and Tommy nodded at each other and the two switched places. This time Xander started on the offensive attacked with a combination of punches and kicks, pleased with himself when a few hits were able to get through his friend's defense. Before Xander had a chance to continue his attack, Jason landed a blow on his shoulder, causing Xander to stagger back. Jason pressed his advantage and drove his friend back onto the defensive.
Twenty minutes later Xander was once again slammed onto the mat. "You know, I think I may just stay down here, saves time," Xander stated as he stared at the ceiling while Tommy snickered from the side.
With a grin Jason walked over and helped Xander to his feet. "Don't feel bad man, Tommy and I have been doing this a whole lot longer then you," Jason told him as the trio walked off the mats and headed for their table.
Shortly after that Kimberly finished her practice and perched herself on Xander's lap. "So, you guys excited about tomorrow?" she asked as she sipped from her water bottle.
"Oh yeah, it's gonna be a blast," Jason replied, a large grin on his face that matched his mood.
"Uhh, whats happening tomorrow?" Xander asked as he looked back and forth between the pink and red ranger. Jason and Tommy both stared at him in shock while Kim suddenly looked away. "Okay someone start talking," Xander said, starting to get annoyed.
"Dude, tomorrow is the ATV race for charity, how don't you know about this your signed up for it," Jason stated with a shocked look on his face.
Xander was silent for a moment before realization hit him and he turned to face Kimberly. "Kim, did you sign me up for this race without telling me?" he asked in a calm voice.
"Maybe," Kim replied meekly, not making eye contact with Xander.
While Xander was looking over at a Kimberly, that refused to meet his eyes, Tommy leaned over to Jason. "Uh you think we should leave?" Tommy asked as he watched the couple.
"Probably," Jason replied before a large grin split his face. "But I want to see how this turns out," he finished, his attention turned back to Xander and Kim, a grin on his face.
"Kim," Xander said in a stern voice.
Kimberly began to squirm under her boyfriends gaze and began to fidget in her seat. "Alright alright, yes I signed you up," Kimberly finally cracked and faced Xander.
With a sigh Xander's head dropped into his hands and he slowly rubbed his temples. "How many times have I stated that I don't like being signed up for stuff against my will," Xander asked, raising his head.
Kimberly chose to remain silent and put on her best 'sad puppy dog face' and looked straight back at Xander. "I thought it would be more fun if we all did it together," she said in a small voice as she watched her boyfriend slowly begin to cave in.
Rolling his eyes Xander stood up from the table and grabbed his bag. "What time and where?" he asked, a loud sigh escaping him.
"I knew you would see it my way," Kim said with a smile as she wrote down the information for Xander and handed it to him.
Taken the paper Xander folded it up and stuck it into his pocket. "Alright, I got to go feed Cthulhu, I'll see you tomorrow," he said and gave Kim a quick kiss before heading out.
The next day Xander arrived at the place Kimberly had said and went about trying to spot his friends in all the hustle and bustle that was happening around him. Ten minutes later he spotted six familiar multicolored figures and made his way over to them.
"Morning guys," Xander called as he got close.
"Hey man, glad you made it," Jason said as tossed a helmet to Xander, who caught it easily. "You ready to go, the race starts soon?" Jason asked as started checking over his ATV.
Xander just shrugged as he moved to stand beside Kim and give her a quick kiss. "So how does this thing work?" he asked as he looked down at the vehicle he would be riding for the race.
Billy then quickly explained the basic controls for Xander, who had no trouble learning them, before the group moved up to the starting line and got ready for the race to start. After all the racers had lined up Mr. Kaplan went over the rules of the race and then started them off with a wave of his flag.
Despite his complaints about being signed up against his will he was having a fun time. As he rounded a corner just behind Zack and Billy he saw Jason raise his hand and signal them to pull over. Confused by this turn of events Xander followed his friends to the side of the trail where he saw Jason with his wrist to his face. 'This can't be good,' Xander thought as he pulled off his helmet and joined his friends.
"We're on the way Zordon," Jason said, cutting off his communication with the Command Center and turning to Xander. "We got to go man," Jason stated.
Xander nodded in reply. "Be careful guys," he said just before they teleported away in a rainbow of colors.
Knowing that it would be a bad idea to just leave the ATV's unattended Xander sat down, got comfortable, and waited for his friends to return.
"Alright so let me get this straight, in the hour that you were gone today, Rita was overthrown, you got a bad guy that is even worse, Tommy's robot Godzilla lost almost all it's power, and you guys have shiny new zords?' Xander asked Kimberly as the two walked down the hall leading to his apartment.
"Bingo," Kimberly replied as they arrived at the door to his apartment and her boyfriend fished out his keys and unlocked the door. "And you know Tommy hates it when you call the Dragonzord a robot Godzilla," she continued with a grin
"Meh," Xander replied as the two walked into the apartment and sat down on the couch, Kim instantly curling up next to Xander as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "So, I guess this means that things will be a bit more peaceful for me then," Xander stated as he grabbed the TV remote.
"Yup, and it is a great relief to know that there isn't a space witch out to kill my boyfriend," she stated, resting her head on his chest as she watched Xander flick through channels.
Eventually Xander landed on a channel that they both enjoyed and got comfortable. While Kim watched TV with a small smile on her face Xander's mind was racing, the concept of an even greater foe out there then Rita, and one that was gunning for his friends filled him with concern. Without realizing it he pulled Kimberly closer to him while praying to whatever higher being that there was that the people he cared about wouldn't come to harm. Unknown to him the same thoughts were running through Kimberly's mind.
End Chapter 7
there it is, sorry it took so long. Sadly i have no excuse save for laziness. I will try to get the next chapter out faster, luckily i am starting to get into the part of the fic where most of my idea's can come into play. (and his little sister is gonna make sure he updates more cuzz i'm not waiting another 6 months for an update)
