Ryder is portrayed by Tyler Posey (Yes he is the guy I said would be in my next season)
October is portrayed by Emma Stone (Yes, she is also a character I said would be in my next season)
Also I'd like to point out that only characters that are important or recurring get an actor for their looks otherwise I wont put them in. Important also means a character that may only a appear a few times but helps main character development by their own attitude/personality and/or by their actions or a character that will appear later on either in this season or the next.
One last thing before Review Responses and the story, Happy Friday guys! I'm going to attempt to update every Friday starting now, and hopefully I'll keep up with this schedule (though I'm a MAJOR procrastinator).
Review Responses!
Liberty the Great: You always review and I just wanna say thank you SO much! And trust me, if you think things are bad between Nick and Darry now, just wait!
Guest: Thanks!
PerryTheBrave: Thanks for your review! I can't wait for the next chapter of Power Rangers Skyward Force!
ICrzy: Thank you! I'm glad you like it! I love your story Power Rangers: Awaken The Beast and I can't wait to read the next chapter!
Ranger Red 2.0: Thank you! I'm glad you liked the new zord!
"Alright men, practice is over!" Coach Tran told them with a smile. "I have high hopes for Friday night. I'll see you then, guys. Remember to build up your strength and practice in the meantime."
The guys nodded and broke apart, going to the locker rooms to change back into their street clothes. When Nick came out of the locker room he saw Renee waiting for him still with her uniform on and with her duffel bag hung across her body. She was talking to Sam and Austin.
He turned back and didn't Darry so he walked towards them quickly. "Hey guys."
"Hey Nick." They greeted.
"What's up?" Renee asked.
"Nothing, just getting ready to leave." He turned and heard Darry conversing with someone. He was close. "Are you ready?"
"Oh, yeah." Renee nodded with a smile. She turned back to the two. "Bye guys, see you on game night."
"I'll probably see you tomorrow at lunch, actually." Sam said. "Brione wants all of us to meet at lunch for 'bonding' but I'm pretty sure she just wants to expand her group."
"Same with Ryder, except he actually wants to hang out with us to be our friend." Austin chuckled. "You gonna be there Nick?"
"Yeah, Nick, are you?" Darry asked from behind him. It had only been a few days ago that Nick had punched him and Darry's bruise was getting a bit better, but not much.
"I don't know, yet." Nick said nervously. "Are you?"
"Yeah." Darry nodded with a provoking smirk. Austin nudged him in the ribs and his smirk dropped. "You should join us, you kind of have to."
Nick nodded with a small smile. "I'll be there."
Darry turned to Sam. "Come on Sam, let's go."
Sam gave him a look but turned to Nick and Renee. "I'll see you guys later."
As the three walked off, they stayed in silence. Sam was still angry with her brother for using his powers, and Darry was angry that she confronted him about it and not Nick.
~Flashback~
"Why would you yell at me and not him?! He punched me!" Darry screamed as Sam sat at the table, not looking up from the homework she was doing for her AP classes as she listened on in boredom.
"Okay." Sam said in a tone that implied that she wasn't paying attention, which she wasn't. Darry sensed her tone and snatched her mechanical pencil right out of her hand. "Hey!" She cried, hold out her hand. "Give it back!"
"If I'm talking to you Samantha, listen." Darry growled, putting her pencil on the counter away from her.
"It's Sam." She growled back, putting her hand out and willing the pencil to return to her, which it would have if Darry didn't grab it in time. He took it and put it in the freezer and shut the door. "The freezer, really?"
"Yes, now why did you yell at me and not him?" Darry asked angrily, putting disgust into the word 'him.'
"He's not my responsibility." Sam reminded him. "It's not my job to yell at him."
Darry scoffed. "I'm not your responsibility. Sam, you're the youngest, you're my responsibility, I'm not yours."
"Okay, well, Nick isn't my brother."
"Exactly!" Darry cried. "That is exactly why you should've done something! He punched me and you should've defended me!"
At that moment, the back door opened and Austin walked in, dropping his backpack ungracefully on the floor and plopping down onto the couch without a word. Not only had he had a bad day because he felt weak from using his powers the day before and then had to practice football, he had heard the two arguing from outside, and he hated it when they argued. He didn't feel like playing peacekeeper that night, and decided to just let them argue.
"You're a big boy, you can defend yourself!" Sam hissed. "You're nineteen years old, Darry! You don't need me to defend you!"
"Yeah, but it would be nice once and a while! After everything I've done for you - no, everything I do for you - you don't think it would be appropriate to defend me?!"
"Maybe I'll defend you when you deserve it!" Sam stood up from the table and screamed and the room went silent for a moment.
Darry had a hurt look on his face before masking it with anger. "What do you mean? You think I don't deserve to be defended, but he does?!"
"You were provoking him and threatening him and insulting him! What was he supposed to do? I would've done the same thing, and you would've too. With the way you acted you deserved to get hit, and now that it happened, Nick feels guilty and you're being an even bigger asshole than before!"
Darry looked down and let the mask on his face fall for a few moments and Sam cringed. She saw raw hurt in his eyes and his expression. She wilted. She had wanted to be angry and wanted to let Nick get away with what he did because Darry did provoke him, but she had never really seen him let his emotions go with her. He had always seemed strong and stoic, hiding usually hiding any emotion besides anger and joy from her, however, it wasn't the same for Austin, and she knew that from when she heard them talking through the walls late at night when they thought she was asleep.
Darry looked up at her, his expression pinched. He looked up at the ceiling before turning back to her one more time. "I'm gonna go in the other room."
And he left, leaving Sam to stand in the kitchen, feeling a bit guilty, especially because she thought she was right.
~End of Flashback~
"So," Austin spoke up, wanting to break the silence. "I was wondering what you guys were thinking for dinner tonight."
Darry shrugged. "What's in the fridge?"
"That's a great question." Austin smiled running in front of them and turning around so he could look at them while walking backwards.
Sam droned him out, however. She still couldn't get rid of the guilt over what she had said, though every time she saw that nervous look on Nick's face, her guilt disappeared just a little more. Her guilt was kept down enough that she didn't want to say sorry to her brother, but deep down she really did. She felt bad for what she had said and didn't know who she wanted to please: her brother or Nick.
Before she had met Nick, it would've been such an easy choice, obviously she would've defended Darry no matter what he had done, simply because he was her brother and he would be around with her for longer than anyone else would, though considering the way she had lived most of her life, that didn't really mean much.
Now that she knows Nick, though, things have changed. Darry has become more agitated and easily angered while also becoming more distant from her, Austin has become a bit more introverted, not really wanting to even try to break up their arguments anymore, and on top of it all, hasn't been as cheerful, and Sam herself had began alienating herself from Darry and becoming more frivolous and rebellious.
Sam sighed inwardly as she kept noticing Darry avoiding her gaze, no matter if she looked or talked to him, though talking wasn't happening very often between the two. I'll just have to keep living life and let Darry come to me when he feels ready, Sam thought.
~PRDS~
Nick and Renee arrived home a bit late, having walked a bit slower to enjoy the late September air in silence. When they came in through the door, Renee smiled.
"It smells good in here." She commented, sniffing at the air.
"It's just dinner." Jordyn rolled her eyes from the couch.
"It's not just dinner," Nick smirked. "It is dinner."
"Nice to know you two had a good day," Jordyn muttered, noting their smiles. "I, on the other hand, sat here and stared at the wall while Liela made food - all day. Did you know she has a schedule at which she makes food?"
"You need to get a life." Renee laughed, nudging her.
Jordyn opened her mouth to retort when the alarm went off. Nick and Renee stood up quickly and ran out of the Command Center while Jordyn huffed, crossed her arms, and leaned back angrily against the couch cushions.
~PRDS~
Nick and Renee ran through the streets, trying to get to the location of the battle as fast as possible. People were running away, some of them with blood gushing out of a strange place - their ears. Some people were lying on the ground unconscious and others were falling ahead of them at a rapid pace. The two stopped and wondered what was going on.
Then, it hit them. Renee cried out first, being the first to hear it followed closely by Nick who fell to his knees with his hands covering his ears.
An attackbot approached them, the Boom Bot. It had speakers all over its body and a large microphone staff with three spikes on the end of it. The attackbot stopped playing the screeching, painful sound and the rangers looked up at it angrily. Their super hearing was sensitive, and the Boom Bot knew that.
Nick looked to Renee and nodded, and he jumped up and flip kicked the bot back before landing next to Renee, who had swiftly climbed to her feet.
"Ready?"
"Ready." She nodded.
"Data Surge, Charge!"
"Data Surge Red Ranger!"
"Data Surge Yellow Ranger!"
The Boom Bot began to make horrible noises again, and Nick, using his super speed to run faster than the speed of sound, was not phased in the least, however Renee crumpled to the ground with a cry.
Nick kicked the microphone staff out of the Boom Bot's hand and jumped up in the air to catch it. The Boom bot laughed when Nick stopped, practically panting for air and holding his staff.
"What are you laughing at?" Nick growled and the Boom Bot laughed even louder.
"You think that has anything to do with my power?" Boom Bot asked with a sadistic smirk plastered on his face. "You are the stupidest ranger I've ever seen!"
Then, an even worse sound came out of the Boom Bot's body and Renee, who was just coming in for a hit on the Boom Bot was swatted away like a fly. Boom Bot stalked over and took his staff back from Nick and jabbed him in the side with his staff. Nick cried out in pain and fell to the side and didn't move. Renee also was not moving and the Boom Bot smiled in success and stopped making the sound.
Suddenly, Nick jumped to his feet and drew his weapon before the Boom bot could do anything and brought his sword down it's back. The Boom Bot howled in pain and Nick grasped the sides of his helmet in an effort to block out the noise.
The Boom Bot stopped making noise and turned around slowly and menacingly.
Nick gasped as he was pulled closer to the Boom Bot and struggled to get free of his grasp, however, the Boom Bot would not let up. The attackbot blared the loud noise right into Nick's ears - a loud, screeching noise.
Nick's suit sparked as he listened to the sound, and he was pretty sure his ears were bleeding, literally.
Then, it stopped out of nowhere. "Don't mess with my friends." Jordyn's voice growled low in the Boom Bot's ear as she thrust her sword further into it's back, making it drop Nick and stumble away before exploding.
Nick got shakily to his feet. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it." Jordyn nodded, leaning more on her uninjured leg.
Then, the Boom Bot grew back larger than a skyscraper. Renee joined the two and the feet of the attackbot just as it began emitting the sound again. The sound was louder and more powerful and the three fell to their knees, however, since they were on the ground, the sound didn't affect them as much as the buildings at the height of the Boom Bot's speakers.
"Data Racers!" They called weakly as they forced themselves up and into their zords. "Surge Megazord!"
The Boom Bot stopped and turned to them as the Megazord formed and the three braced themselves as the Boom Bot smiled menacingly and blared the sound. However, the rangers turned back to the Boom Bot with confused frowns.
"Can you guys hear him?" Renee asked, and the two shook their heads. "Yeah, me neither."
"I think we should just finish it," Jordyn said, feeling a bit tired. "Just destroy him already."
"Agreed." Nick nodded.
"Data Saber!" The three called, and the Data Saber launched into the hand of the Megazord.
"What?!" The Boom Bot cried. "You can't hear my music?!"
"Unfortunately for you," Nick smirked as the Megazord ran the Boom Bot through with the Data Saber, "No."
~PRDS~
Shifter landed on Jerico Island with Grinders while the rangers were distracted with the Boom Bot. He had the Grinders sift around the sand until one Grinder came up to him with the device he needed.
He smiled evilly. "This place is marvelous! Grinders, grab everything you can, these are all the remains from the zords of the Dino Squad rangers!" He laughed with joy as the Grinders nodded once and went to grab anything they could get their hands on. "Red Code will be happy to hear of this place."
~PRDS~
Friday came quickly for the rangers, but not all three of them were very excited. Renee had bonded with some of the cheerleaders, Sam being one of them, and Jordyn was excited to see her friends in action, however, Nick was nervous.
He sat on the sidelines, watching until he was called in for a play, and fiddled with his hands. He had been very quiet sitting with the football players, avoiding Darry's gaze and only speaking when he was spoken to. He felt like an outcast.
Suddenly, the coach called a time out and pulled out a player, John Adas, and put Nick in. Nick stood up a bit hesitantly, as Darry was also in the play with him. He would've felt a bit better if Austin was in the same play as them, but the coach was trying to get everyone involved and benched him after a few plays.
Nick felt dazed as they got into position on the turf. He did the play as he was told, however, in his nervous state of mind, he tripped and knocked into the quarterback, causing him to fall just before he was about to make a touchdown.
He closed his eyes in a state of panic, though, he was forced to reopen his eyes when the coach called him in and put him back on the sidelines with a disappointed look on his face.
The game felt like hours for Nick and when it was finally over, he stood quickly and waited for instructions to leave the field.
Suddenly, he was pushed back harshly from behind. It was Darry.
"What the hell was that?!" Darry growled. "We lost the game cause you bumped into Ryder."
"Sorry." Nick said quietly, but Darry pushed him again.
"Sorry doesn't cut it." Darry sneered. "Coach Tran is gonna cut you from the team, cause you can't handle it."
"Handle what?" Nick frowned. He knew he had made a mistake, but Darry was getting on his last nerve.
"Everything!" Darry exclaimed. "The sport, the attitude, or the team."
"I can handle a team just fine." Nick's eyes narrowed.
Darry scoffed. "Please. You handle being on a team as well as the red ranger can fight monsters."
Nick snapped. He grabbed Darry as he was walking away and punched him hard in the jaw. Other players behind them made noise about the fight and people leaving sat back down to watch. Coach Tran had yet to notice.
Darry stood up and wiped a bit of blood from his mouth. He was extremely angry. He grabbed Nick and threw him to the ground behind him and pinned him down before punching him in the face a few times. Nick spit in his face and kicked him off and pinned him down in return. He began punching and didn't stop. At this point, Coach Tran had gotten Austin and the quarterback, Rhydian 'Ryder' Adams, involved to try and pull them apart. Ryder was a tall boy, about 5'10 with lightly tanned skin, brown hair, and brown eyes.
Renee and Sam ran over from where they were with the other cheerleaders to try and help. Jordyn ran down the steps in the bleachers with another girl hot on her heals to help.
Ryder tried to grabbed Nick but was elbowed in the nose by Nick. He groaned, holding a hand to his nose that was gushing blood, and then growled, hitting Nick off of Darry with a right hook to his cheek. The girl who had been behind Renee ran up to him and hit his shoulder. "What was that for?" He frowned, rubbing his shoulder.
"For getting involved in a fight." She growled. The girl was October Adams, Ryder's younger sister. She was about 5'6 with pale skin, dyed dark red hair, and blue eyes. "Do you want the state on our ass?"
Ryder rolled his eyes. "I hardly think they'd care that I punched a guy off of another guy cause they were in a fight."
October crossed her arms and looked up at him stubbornly. "Are you okay?" She asked, a bit grudgingly.
Ryder nodded. "I'm fine."
While Coach Tran told Ryder to go wash up, Renee and Jordyn pulled Nick to his feet. "Are you alright?" Renee asked, cringing. He had bruises already forming on his face and he had a small trickle of blood coming out of a cut on his cheek.
He nodded. "Good." Jordyn sneered, then punched him hard in the chest, making him stumble back and nearly fall. "What in the hell were you thinking?!" She exclaimed. "First of all, you're not only gonna get cut from the team but you're get suspended, and second of all, you don't just go around picking fights with random people."
"He's not a random person!" Nick cried defensively. "He has been rude to me since he met me."
"That doesn't give you the right to fight him." Jordyn growled.
Meanwhile, Austin and Sam helped Darry stand shakily. His face was bruised and bleeding in various places, including a split lip. His vision swam for a moment and his head was pounding fiercely.
"Are you alright? Can you make it home?" Austin asked worriedly, inspecting Darry's wounds.
"I'll be fine." Darry nodded tiredly.
"Alright, but we're still gonna check you out when we get back." Austin told him.
"You guys go ahead, you obviously need to get home quick." Sam said, looking over to Nick.
"Don't tell me," Darry rolled his eyes. "You're gonna go check on him?"
Sam shook her head, for once not irritated by her brother's words. "No." She shook her head. "Trust me, I'm not."
Darry could see by the look on her face that she was telling the truth and nodded. Coach Tran had finished talking to Nick and called Darry and Austin over while Sam went over to Nick.
"Hey Sam." Renee greeted as Nick looked down at the ground to avoid her angry gaze.
"Hey Renee." Sam responded, her eyes not leaving Nick. "Can I talk to Nick, alone?"
Renee nodded and pushed Jordyn with her as they began to walk away. "See you at home, Nick."
"Okay." Nick nodded.
Sam waited until everyone was gone from the field and bleachers before speaking. "Coach Tran kicked you off the team?"
Nick nodded sheepishly. "Yeah, I deserved it." He said softly.
"Damn right you did." Sam growled. She saw Nick look at the ground and glared daggers at him. "Look at me Nick." Nick finally raised his eyes to look at her and almost cringed at the way she was looking at him. She looked angry, betrayed, and guarded, nothing like Sam had ever been like to him. "You know, just the other day I was yelling at Darry for the way he treated you. I defended you. I basically told my brother that he deserved being punched by you because he was being a jerk, and the minute he heard that he looked like a deflated balloon because one rule in our house is never get physically violent, and in a way I told him that I wanted to punch him, which I regret because I love Darry and everything he's done for me and Austin.
At the time, however, I didn't regret defending your actions, but now - after that stunt you just pulled - I want to personally tell you that you have no right to touch my brother in a violent manner. I don't care what he said, but unless he throws the first punch, you don't touch him or you won't only have Darry to deal with; you'll have me." She sighed and looked at him. He looked guilty, but she had a feeling it was more for her sake than Darry's. "Nick," She said, a bit calmer. "What exactly did he say to you?"
Nick contemplated what he should say and decided to tell her the truth, just leaving out the part about him being the red ranger. Sam's expression changed a bit after hearing this and she had to think for a moment whether she should defend Darry or not. Neither of them were right, however, Nick acted on his anger first.
"I'm sorry for what he said, 'cause I know he wont tell you that himself. I don't take back anything I said, though, Nick. I know, trust me, I do, that he's irritating and that he pushes your buttons, but please don't let yourself be pushed like that." Sam told him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "You need to learn how to control your anger, just like Darry needs to learn how to control his." She let go of his shoulder and looked him in the eye. "I know how guys are, and I'll give you a warning, but if you do anything like this again... I don't know if there would be another chance for you." She looked a bit sad. "I also don't know when I'll get to talk to you again, so goodbye for now. I'll see you around, Nick Scott." She got up on her toes and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
Nick watched her leave and reached up a hand to touch his cheek. "I'll miss you too, Sam Taylor."
Aww, that was sad, huh? Sorry the battle scene was so short, I was really trying to focus on the characters in this chapter. I hope you guys understand.
Next time on Power Rangers Data Surge: When the Camera Bot traps Renee and Jordyn in photos, Nick has to race against time to save them before anyone in the Code Red army finds out that they're rangers.
