Episode 9: Connections Pt.1
Trevor Collins lazily sat on his sister's couch while watching TV, on the other side of the flat Katie was sitting at her desk working on some papers.
"Trevor! Could you please turn down the volume, I can`t concentrate."
"Sorry, sis what? I can`t hear you." He jokingly replied.
Katie grabbed one of her hard covered books from the desk and threw it at him. Hitting him on the head, "Can you hear me now?"
Trevor quickly stood up and rubbed his head furiously, "What the hell Katie? That was not cool."
She smiled at him, "Well if you would do what I say, then I wouldn't have to smack you all the time."
"Alright, sorry geez." He huffed as he turned off the television, "What are you doing anyways?"
Katie sighed, "I`m working on an assignment for class and some papers Mr. Byrd wants me to do for the museum." Suddenly her phone buzzed, and she looked at the text she received, "Oh crap! I almost lost track of time."
"What is it?"
"Jocelyn`s tennis game is going to start in like thirty minutes." Katie explained while grabbing her things, "She invited me to go and watch."
"She plays tennis? Can I come?" Trevor asked.
"Yeah of course, but we better hurry before we miss the bus." Katie said running out the door.
He sighed, "Why do you always do that?" Trevor once again ran after his sister closing the door behind him.
In his personal quarters within the cave, Lord Gremdon sat on his throne while listening to Abanor speak about his recent mission, "My Lord, the last two virtue stones have been difficult to locate. If they are not giving off any energy, then we might not find them at all." Abanor explained.
Lord Gremdon scratched his chin, "Is that all? I gave you a mission to find those stone you fool! So it would be best for you to find some way to locate them!" He growled. "Do not give me any more excuses!"
Abanor bowed and left his masters quarters without saying another word. As he left, Erebeth and her newest warrior appeared before Lord Gremdon.
"My Lord, I bring you the next foe to fight against the Paladins. This is Garghoul."
The newest monster she referred to was a muscular gargoyle, with huge wings and carried a solid stone sword, "Lord Gremdon, it is an honor."
"We will see if you prove more worthy against the Paladins than the last two." Lord Gremdon stated.
The gargoyle bowed, "I will not fail my lord." Garghoul then stood up and made his way out to fight the Paladins.
After a short bus ride the two siblings found themselves at the University of London and rushed as they made their way to the tennis courts before the game began.
"Whew, looks like we made it just in time." Katie said.
"Yeah, have you seen Jocelyn play before?" Trevor asked.
"Plenty of times, she`s pretty good. You`ll see, she`s coming out now." Katie pointed out.
The crowd gave a round of applause as Jocelyn and her competitor came out onto the court. Although, for Trevor he was star struck at the sight of his fellow Paladin. The beautiful brunette was wearing her tennis attire a black & white tank top matched by an all-black skirt, and also wore her hair in a ponytail.
Trevor`s mouth was agape, "Wow…"
His sister took notice of this and nudged him in the ribs with her elbow, "Don't drool all over yourself now Trevor."
He flushed in embarrassment, "What are you talking about? I was just admiring her… her tennis racket, you know it looks pretty durable." He said nervously.
Katie chuckled, "Uh-huh, now be quiet the game is about to start."
After a few minutes, the tennis match proceed to begin. While the match was being played Trevor didn't know if he was paying attention to the game or Jocelyn, rather than focusing on the match he kept focusing on Jocelyn. He always knew how attractive Jocelyn was from the first time he met her, but today he couldn't help but admire how beautiful she looked
Trevor then mentally slapped himself, "Whoa, whoa, get a hold of yourself Trevor! She`s your sister`s best friend and a fellow comrade. This is no time to start developing a crush." He was brought out of his thoughts by the calm applause the audience gave, "Hey who`s winning?" Asking his sister.
Katie whispered, "Currently the other girl is."
For the rest of the game Trevor focused on the matches being played and after a few hours the tennis game had come to a close.
"Uh… who won?" Trevor asked.
She frowned, "The other girl did. Come on let`s go down there and talk to Jocelyn." Katie said as she and her brother made their way to greet her.
Katie walked up and hugged her friend, "Hey girl… I`m sorry you lost."
Jocelyn shrugged, "Eh, it`s no big deal." She said using her towel to wipe off her sweat, "It`s my first loss, so I`m still in the game. Hey Trevor!"
"Hey! You looked really good out there today!"
Jocelyn smiled and gave a flirtatious pose, "Really? You think I look good?" She winked.
Trevor immediately turned red at the question, "W-what? No, no… what I meant was….that you played really well." He explained waving his hands nervously in front of him.
Jocelyn laughed, "I`m only teasing Trevor."
He gave a small sigh of relief as Katie interjected, "Hey, how about we give Trevor a tour of the University? Then we can get something to eat."
"Sure sounds good. Let me just get my bag from the locker room." Jocelyn then ran off to get her things.
"So…do you think Jocelyn is cute?" Katie asked her brother.
Once again Trevor became flushed, "What!? W-why would you ask that?"
"Because you haven't stopped staring at her since the game started."
"T-that doesn't mean anything!" He stated.
"Oh, so you think she`s ugly?"
Trevor was about to pull his hair off, "I-I didn't say that!"
His sister gave an infectious laugh, "Calm down little bro, I`m just messing with you." Patting him on the back, "She is single by the way."
Before Trevor could say anything else, Jocelyn had returned from the locker room, "Okay, let`s go."
The three of them headed off into the main center of the University, so that Katie and Jocelyn could give the Grand tour to Trevor.
Walking down the streets of the University, Katie and Jocelyn pointed out all the main buildings to Trevor. They also explained to him the kinds of things they did for fun around the campus all-in-all in didn't seem that different from an American University, well at least not to him.
"This place is pretty huge." Trevor said.
"I always thought it was a lot nicer than the Universities back home." Katie explained.
Before they could walk any further, they noticed many students running away from something.
"What`s going on?" Jocelyn asked.
She found the answer when the three of them noticed the Gargoyle beast followed by a horde of sprawling`s attacking the streets of the University.
"Go Sprawling`s! Show these humans Lord Gremdon`s power!" The gargoyle yelled.
Katie looked on wide-eyed, "What the hell is that?"
Trevor and Jocelyn looked at each other, they both knew they couldn't morph in front of Katie. They were going to have to think of a way to ditch her in order to fight off the monster.
"Come guys, we better make a run for it before they get any closer." Trevor said.
The three of them ran off in the opposite direction before Jocelyn pointed to one of the nearby buildings, "Hey lets hide in there and wait it out."
"Good idea." Trevor replied.
Katie clutched her brothers sleeve, "Are you sure they won`t find us in here?"
"Yeah I`m sure, but I`m going to take a look and make sure."
"Are you crazy? One of those things will get you!" His sister argued.
He put a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, I`m just going to peek around the corner." Trevor then explained as he opened the door, "I`ll be right back."
Trevor stepped outside and made sure he was out of view from his sister. He then began to contact Mason through his bracelet, "Mason come in."
He waited a few seconds before Mason`s voice emitted from the bracelet, "Trevor! Where are you and Jocelyn? The others have already engaged the monster."
"I know, we ran into the monster but we had to get away."
"Why?"
"Jocelyn and I are with my sister. We can't let her know about our secret, so at the moment we`re stuck with her."
"Well you`re going to have to find some way to get away from her. The others are going to need your help." Mason said with a hint of frustration.
Trevor sighed, "Just tell them to hold on a bit longer. We`ll be right there."
"Very well." Mason then cut off the connection.
Trevor then thought to himself for a moment, he didn't know what he was going to do. There was no way he was going to risk letting his sister find out he is a Power Ranger, he had to come up with a plan to get away from her so Jocelyn and him can help the others. Trevor clenched his teeth as he headed back inside.
