A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update. Work and my birthday got in the way. But as promised, thanks to the reviews, here's a filler chapter with Dustin. I hope you all like it!
Tierra: Kaylee is twenty-one during Operation Overdrive, and the other Rangers are close to her age. I figured it was pretty much impossible for Ronny to already be a professional stock car driver at eighteen, Will to to be an international superspy at eighteen and so on. So i threw the Jetix ages out the window to make them more believable. And I did mention their ages compared to Kaylee's in chapter one.
Kaylee turned to Dax, the other man in the room, and laughed slightly. He was the only one who was older than she was. Other than that, the other adults who had been waiting for her were her age - Will and Ronny- or younger - Rose.
Hope that answers your question.
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"I can't believe Andrew gave us the day off!" Will smiled, carrying a picnic basket as he followed Dustin and Kaylee, who was blindfolded.
"I can," Kaylee giggled, tugging on her blindfold while holding onto Dustin's arm. "Even blindfolded I can kick his ass!"
"You've proven that," Ronny laughed. "I don't think you had to actually flip him on his ass though."
"He said this wasn't a paid vacation!" Kaylee frowned, turning her head so she was facing the yellow Ranger, even if she couldn't see her. "I had to show him who was boss."
"And the fact that he's your mentor and employer is lost on you?" Dustin asked. Kaylee nodded, only to confuse herself as she lost her balance.
"Where are we going anyways?" Mack asked. "We lost the road hours ago and this forest is kinda creeping me out."
"Where's your sense of adventure?" Dustin teased. "An old friend of ours offered to kick everyone out of her park for the day so we could enjoy it. I'm planning something special."
"And Kaylee's the only one blindfolded because...?" Dax trailed off, waiting for an answer. Dustin laughed, patting the blue Ranger's shoulder.
"Because she knows where we're going. You don't," Dustin smiled. "If she sees this forest she's going to ruin the surprise."
"I think we hit a dead end," Rose frowned, pointing to a lake. It looked just like the lake in front of the Wind Ninja Academy, but instead of a waterfall on the other side, there stood a huge cave.
"We're going in," Dustin smiled, holding Kaylee tight as he stepped on the water.
"In? You do know Kaylee's clau-"
"Yeah, I know. She'll be fine," Dustin assured the pink Ranger.
"Are we where I think we are?" Kaylee asked. Dustin shook his head.
"You put your uniform on underneath your clothes, right?" he asked, reaching for her sleeve.
"Of course. I always do," Kaylee smiled. "You never know when Dax is going to pants you again."
Dustin shot a glare at the blue Ranger, making Dax back away in fear, but his glare changed into a smile.
"Nice one, dude!" he laughed, high-fiving the aspiring actor.
"Can we get out of the water?" Kaylee asked, reminding her boyfriend she was still there. "My feet are getting wet."
Dustin smiled, ripping off Kaylee's civilian clothes, as well as his own as they both stepped forward, this time, floating on top of the water.
"Weird..." Will frowned, kneeling down and touching the water with his hand. "I'm not religious... but you guys aren't Jesus, are you?"
"Jesus? Why would we be Jesus?" Kaylee asked.
Dustin looked at Will and shook his head. "Nope, you try it."
The Overdrive Rangers exchanged glances before stepping on the water, only to find out they could walk on it as well. Dustin led them into the cave before all seven of the disappeared into a portal.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Instead of walking into a dark cave, the Rangers found themselves staring at an academy. Their jaws dropped in awe, until a group of people dressed as Ninjas attacked them.
"Yo, dudes!" Dustin frowned as he was thrown onto his butt. He looked up and saw her was surrounded. Looking over at the other Rangers, he saw they were overpowered. He remembered Kaylee had a blindfold on and groaned. "Not good, where's Leah when you need her."
Sensing danger, Kaylee brought her hands up in front of her face and smirked. She blocked a few punches and kicks.
"This feels like... Fire... no... Thunder style!" Kaylee said to herself. "Which means we're either at the Thunder Ninja Academy, or... it's Blake!"
Now with a reason to fight, Kaylee put her attacker on the ground in seconds flat before taking off her blindfold. She looked down at the person and frowned when she realised it wasn't Blake.
"Damn it!" She yelled, throwing her blindfold to the ground. "I wasted ass-kicking on that ninja instead of Blake!"
Without the blindfold, all the ninjas attacking the Rangers recognised Kaylee and bowed.
"Sensei Hanson," they all said.
"Ah!" Kaylee raised a hand.
"Sorta Sensei Hanson," the ninjas corrected themselves.
"That's better," Kaylee smiled. "I guess Sensei Leah Omino told you guys about me."
Bowing again, the ninjas nodded before walking away.
"Remind Leanne to tell her security to let me in," Dustin frowned, rubbing his ass as he walked up to Kaylee. "Surprise."
Kaylee's jaw dropped and her eyes widened as she slapped her hands onto her cheeks, pretending to be surprised.
"WOW! Dustin! The Thunder Ninja Academy! You're the best!" Kaylee smiled, jumping into Dustin's arms.
"Thanks for pretending," Dustin laughed. "Even if the attack ruined it."
"So what are we doing here?" Kaylee asked as Dustin laid down a yellow and green blanket on the grass, under a tree. "I'm pretty sure San Angeles Park is good enough for a picnic."
"I thought it would be nice if the others got to know where you learned how to fight... well, Thunder Style at least."
"Thunder style?" Mack frowned. "Is that why we were attacked by those ninjas?"
"Think of them as security guards," Dustin explained.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Is that why you call Miratrix Emo Barbie?" Ronny asked. "You've told me why... but there were more?"
"One more," Kaylee smirked, tossing a baseball into the air only to catch it before it fell on Will's head. "Elsa."
"Your principle?" Rose frowned.
"Can we please not talk about the emoness behind Dino Thunder?" Dustin snatched the ball from his girlfriend before she killed anyone. He looked over at Mack and smiled as he readied himself to throw the ball. Mack caught the look and jumped up from the blanket, running backwards.
"Go long!" Dustin yelled, standing up. Mack ran backwards until he was under a tree, hoping the ball wouldn't get caught. Unfortunately Dustin threw too high, and the ball landed perfectly between two branches.
"Um, too high," Mack laughed, trying to jump to reach the ball, but it was too high. His hand came up inches below the branch. "Rose, get up on my shoulders. You'll be able to reach it."
Rose walked over to Mack, and just as she was about get up, Kaylee yelled.
"NO! I'm smaller! I do it!" she said, jumping on Mack's back and climbing up so she was sitting on his shoulders. Mack looked down at Rose and laughed.
As Kaylee reached up for the ball, she noticed the red and pink Ranger's faces were inches apart. She grabbed the baseball, not wanting to lose it, then pushed off the branch, forcing Mack to fall forward and land on top of Rose. But due to the force of the impact, his face dropped a little further than he liked and his lips landed on Rose's.
"Bonus points!" Kaylee giggled, hanging from the branch with one hand, cradling the baseball in the other.
Mack pulled up, and then rolled over so she was lying beside Rose. "Um, timber?"
Rose looked over at Mack, "Ya think?" she frowned sarcastically.
"Sorry, didn't think Kaylee would push off the branch," Mack laughed. He glanced up at Kaylee and threw her a dirty look.
"What?" Kaylee frowned, looking down at her newest couple. "I have to, my fans demand it!"
"You have fans?" Dustin asked, coming under Kaylee, hoping she would drop from the tree.
"Wait, music wise or me wise?" Kaylee asked. Dustin shrugged as he grabbed her legs and tried pulling his girlfriend down, but Kaylee gently kicked him away and scurried up the tree.
"I dunno, I guess both. People like your music?"
"Kira would kill you if she heard that," Kaylee laughed. She sat down on the branch and fell backwards so she was hanging upside down. "Hey! Seeing Mack and Rose looking awkwardly at each other wondering if they should confess their love is a hell of a lot funnier upside down."
Mack and Rose's faces turned red as his shirt as they looked away. After a few seconds, they both looked back.
"Can we try?" Rose asked nervously. She had never asked anyone out before. Hell, she had never gone on a date before.
"Well, it won't hurt to try," Mack smiled, opening his arms for a hug.
"Well, it could," Kaylee spoke up. "You could be wrong for each other, and break up on a horrible way, breaking up are team and destroying not only us, but the world!"
Dustin elbowed his girlfriend, but because she was upside down, his elbow hit the middle of her stomach. As she went to clutch it, she lost her balance and fell off the tree. "Ow..." she curled up in a ball and glared at her boyfriend. "Or, y'know, it could work out."
"Oh course it could, you set them up, remember Kira and Conner?" Dustin laughed, helping Kaylee up.
"Yeah, but she went through a hell of a time with them," Ronny laughed. Once Kaylee was on her feet, Ronny reached into her pocket, sneaking a little box out and handing it over to Dustin behind her back.
"So are you two going to leave Ron, Will and I as extra wheels?" Dax asked, patting his red friend on the back.
"Well, Will and Ronny could always... OOF!" Mack started, but was cut off when Ronny dug her elbow into his gut. "Oww... okay, Kaylee and I are going to go off on our own, so we can talk without anyone elbowing us!" Mack frowned, wrapping an arm around Kaylee's shoulder and leading her off. He looked back at Rose and blew her a small kiss, then turned to Dustin and winked. With his free hand, he stuck up all five fingers.
Once the two were out of earshot, Dustin turned to the rest of the group. "Okay, I want this to go perfectly. Leanne's hiding under that large tree," Dustin pointed to one of the bigger trees in the area. "I want one of you to run over to her and tell her to set up the... Leanne?"
"I figured this was the fastest way," Ronny smirked, wiping her hands together.
Dustin laughed, high-fiving Ronny as he turned to Leanne. "You know what to do."
He handed Leanne the box Ronny had given him moments ago. She smiled as she opened it.
"Oh! Dustin... I don't know what to say... I mean... it's so sudden. Normally I would like it if you bought me dinner first... but YES!" Leanne laughed, jumping into Dustin's arms and kissing him on the cheek.
Dustin glared at the headmaster as she stood up straight. "I'll set up it up before you can say 'LEANNE'!"
Dustin laughed, watching as a group of ninjas seemingly dropped from the sky, replacing the green and yellow blanket with a green gazebo. Dustin smiled when he saw the Overdrive Rangers watching in awe.
"Yeah, they kinda use their powers to renovate homes!" Dustin joked. "And, you never have to worry about hydro bills. You can power your own home!"
"Really?" Rose laughed.
"Yeah, Blake and Tori have been cut off for a year now," Dustin laughed.
He walked into the gazebo and saw everything was perfect, yellow and green candles were lit, the cake was sitting in the middle of a light blue table, the words Will You Marry Me was written in green, on a yellow banner, hanging on the back wall of the tent.
"Thanks so much Leanne," Dustin smiled.
"Yeah, well, our wedding has to be better than this one," Leanne teased. "Because you proposal sucked."
"I'll keep that in mind," Dustin laughed. "But you have to remember, I asked Kaylee out long before I did you."
"Speak of the devil, Kaylee's on her way back now, and Mack's running behind her!" Will called out. Dustin started to panic as he looked for a place to hide.
"Shit! She can't be running! Where do I hide? HELP!" he turned to the Rangers for help. Ronny, knowing he was an earth ninja because of Kaylee's stories, pushed his head down into the dirt.
"Thank you!" Dustin smiled as a cloud of dirt blew up beside him and he disappeared into the ground.
"Now where do we hide?" Will asked. "If Kaylee comes in here and reads that banner, while we stand here, she's going to get the wrong idea!"
Rose didn't say anything as she grabbed her friend's hands and turned invisible. Just as they disappeared, Kaylee walked in, with Mack right behind her.
"Um... guys?" Kaylee asked, looking around nervously for any of her friends. "Dustin..."
The yellow Ninja appeared behind his girlfriend, causing her to jump as she turned around.
"Surprise," he smiled, taking her hand. Kaylee smiled, jumping into his arms and kissing him.
Keeping Kaylee's eyes away fromt he banner for the time being, Dustin reached over to the table and grabbed a green box. He got down on one knee and opened it.
"Kaylee Ann Hanson... Kaylee Ann... Lee ann... Leanne... okay, odd," Dustin laughed, too nervous to think straight.
"Dustin," Kaylee smiled, choking on her own tears.
"Kaylee, I've never been this happy, and I know it's because of you," Dustin pulled out the ring and present it to Kaylee. "Kaylee, will you marry me?"
He slid the ring onto her finger and smiled as he looked up at her teary blue eyes.
"Um, duh!" Kaylee smiled. Dustin, still on his knees, wrapped his arms around her waist. He couldn't believe she had said yes. She had agreed to be his forever.
"I love you future Mrs. Me," Dustin smiled.
"I love you too current Mr. You," Kaylee laughed, getting down on her knees and kissing him. Rose dropped the invisibility as she and the Overdrive Rangers cheered.
"Hey, he proposed to me first!" Leanne laughed, appearing inside the gazebo to congratulate her friend.
"MINE!" Kaylee laughed, holding her fiancé protectively as she glared at her Sensei.
A/N: YAY! Engaged!