Recently after the incident, Ava was adjusting well to being Ranger Purple. Her power that came along with the suit were pretty cool. Including her weapon and Zord.
To start, Ava's Zord is a purple fox. Ava liked foxes. Especially fennec foxes. They were the cutest. Then, she found out her weapon was a Plasma Naginata. The blades were mechanical, not steel or iron or anything like that. Only technology works against technology in this world. Finally, like everyone else, Ava's suit comes with a power. Ava can use something called Plasma Jump. Basically, Ava can jump higher than any person and it sets off a miniature earthquake within five feet of her. It only affects the enemy, which was pretty useful if a civilian or ranger was nearby.
Anyway, the Rangers and Dr. K were currently at the Corinth Control Tower where Colonel Truman works at to answer some questions from a group of kids. The Rangers and Dr. K are on a platform together. Ava stood between Dillon and Dr. K.
Ava was wearing her hair in a low ponytail with a streak out from the left side of her head. Ava was wearing a plain purple shirt, skinny jeans, and slip on shoes. She was also wearing a leather jacket with purple lining similar to the others jackets. On the back of the jacket is a purple face of a fox.
Right now, Dr. K was teaching the children how the Ranger suits are powered with complicated science on a white board. Dr. K finished writing.
"And that is how we power the Ranger Bio-Hardware, using no traditional external energy source." Dr. K looked back at the children who were entirely confused. Even Colonel Truman was confused. Either way, he smiled to be polite.
"Thank you, Dr. K. Now how about some questions from our visiting students?" Colonel Truman asked. Four out of the six children raised their hand.
"Let's see... how about you?" Colonel Truman gave the mic to a boy wearing glasses.
"Ranger Black, you're my favorite power ranger. Your toughness and spirit is an inspiration to all of Corinth City. Do you have any advice for all the kids out there who look up to you?" The boy asked. Ava couldn't help, but smile. She moved a bit to let Dillon go to the mic.
"No." Dillon said. And he moved back to his place. That was ignored and the questions moved on.
"Ranger Blue, how come you talk pretty and everyone else doesn't? A blonde girl asked. Flynn got excited with that question as he moved to the mic. Everyone smiled, trying to hold in the laughter.
"Well, wee lass, it's, uh, it's 'cause I'm Scottish, and everyone else isn't." Flynn said. The mic moved on to another boy with a multi color striped shirt.
"Could you please tell me where do you get your spandex?" The boy asked. Ava's eyes widened, knowing how Dr. K felt when someone called the Ranger suit 'spandex'. The others held Dr. K back and covered her mouth as Dr. K tried to walk forward and yell at the kid. Ava went to the mic and spoke before Dr. K could blow.
"Um, please don't call Dr. K's ranger suits 'spandex'. It bothers her and she might say or do stuff she'll regret." Ava said
"Right, sorry." The boy said
"And about the armor, as I like to call it, may be a bit difficult for you to understand." Ava said
"Ok, thank you." The boy said. The others let Dr. K go when she calmed down. Ava went to her place next to Dillon and Dr. K.
"Thank you, Ranger Purple." Dr. K said. Ava wished Dr. K would call her by her own name, but she let it slide.
"Anytime." Ava said. She turned her head to Dillon.
"Nice save." Ava said
"Same to you. Quick thinking." Dillon said. Ava smiled. They looked back at the children. Dillon held Ava's hand and put it behind their backs. Ava smiled as they held hands. They weren't ready to tell the others they were together. The mic moved on to the boy wearing glasses again.
"Red, you are the leader of the Power Rangers. Is that the reason why your hair is the coolest?" The boy asked. Ava couldn't help, but laugh. Ziggy was shocked, thinking he had the coolest hair. Scott smile as he moved to the mic.
"That would be one of the reasons, yes." Scott said. He moved back. The mic moved on to the same blonde girl.
"Ranger White, as a female representative of the Power Rangers, I have a question for you. Which of the guys look the cutest in the span-" The girl began. She saw Ava rub her hand on her throat and shake her head twice towards Dr. K.
"I mean, in the tights, or armor as you say?" The girl correctly asked. Ava let go of the breath she was holding. That was a close one. Before Ava could go to the mic, Ziggy walked up and grabbed the mic.
"Actually, I..." Ziggy paused as the mic made a piercing noise. Everyone covered their ears. When the noise stopped, everyone uncovered their ears and Ziggy continued.
"Uh, I-I can answer that question. I think it comes down to the angle at which you, uh -" Ziggy got cut off when Scott and Flynn pulled him back to where he was. Ava went to the little girl and whispered something in her ear.
"Does that answer your question?" Ava asked. The girl nodded as she smiled and giggled. Ava went back to her place.
"What'd you say?" Dillon asked. Ava held his hand and put it behind their backs.
"You can take a hint." Ava said. They smiled as the mic moved back to the multi color striped shirt boy. He seemed hesitant. Why?
"Ranger Yellow, will you marry me?" The boy asked. That's why. Ava thought it was cute that he asked that question to Summer. Everyone laughed at that question, except Dr. K. Summer went to the mic.
"I like a man with taste. The answer is yes." Summer said. Everyone clapped for the 'newlyweds'. Dr. K was confused.
"I'm not sure I understand the relevance of the question. It makes the endless queries into Ranger Red's hair and which person Ranger White finds cute seem pertinent and insightful by comparison."
"I'm sorry. It's just... Ranger Yellow seems so nice. Have you always been this nice, Miss Yellow?" The boy asked. Ava looked at Summer, who was in a daze. Ava walked to Summer and waved her hand in front of her face. Nothing.
"Um, Summer? Hello?" Ava tried and failed. Still nothing.
"Maybe she wasn't always nice and she's just remembering that time." Ava thought. It wasn't long before something alarmed the tower. Dr. K searched the monitors.
"Some kind of sonic interference caused a momentary breach in the shield." Dr. K said. Immediately the Rangers were already on it. They left to take care what was interfering with the shield. Well, expect Summer who was still in a daze. She was left there for a second before Dr. K snapped her out of her daze and she took off.
When Ava and the rest of the Rangers got to the scene, they saw an attack bot with big boom boxes connected to the sides of its head with Grinders next to and behind it. There were some soldiers who were getting people to safety away from the threat. The team ran closer to the machine. That's when the Grinders attacked. With all the Grinders attacking the others, Ava found herself a clear path to the attack bot. She ran towards it and began attacking it.
"Ava." Dillon thought. He wanted to get to her and help her, but he was occupied with the Grinders around him.
"Either get destroyed or destroy yourself." Ava said. She noticed that the others were done with the Grinders. She pushed the bot back far enough and got her morpher ready.
"RPM, get in gear." Ava morphed into the Purple Ranger. She went to attack the bot, but she didn't know that it was a mistake to get so close.
"Rangers, beware of sonic bombardment cannons." Dr. K said on the com.
"Of what?" Ava asked. Her question went answered when the attack bot's boom boxes let out a loud noise. The others behind her were caught in the fire so they were blasted back. But since Ava was so close to the bot, it hurt her the most. Ava flew back farther that the others. She fell on her side. She didn't de-morph, but the noise hurt her ears. There was a loud ringing sound for a moment before disappearing. After that, Ava couldn't hear anything. Not the fight or even the common noises of a city. Ava was temporarily deaf.
"No, no, no." Ava thought. She fell on both knees and pressed a button to take off her helmet. Ava grabbed her head to try to get herself to hear again. No luck. She looked up to see Dillon running towards her. He was in his Ranger suit. He pressed a button and his helmet disappeared. His mouth was moving, but no words were heard.
"Dillon, I can't hear you. That bot made me temporarily deaf." Ava said, but she couldn't hear herself. Ava saw Dillon's face turn to anger. He helped Ava stand up. Dillon put on his helmet.
"I might not hear, but I can still fight." Ava said. Dillon shook his head. Ava sighed.
"I guess that mean I go to garage." Ava said. Dillon nodded.
"Ok. Good luck." Ava said. Dillon pulled her into a quick hug before leaving to join the others. Ava de-morphed and left the fight. She ran all the way to the garage. On the way to the garage, Ava could hear muffles of her surroundings. Her hearing was coming back. When she got to the garage, she went to the Ranger lab. She noticed that Dr. K wasn't here. She must still be at the control tower.
"Since Dr. K's not here, I'm gonna go to my room." Ava said. Ava walked out of the Ranger lab and went upstairs to her room. She grabbed her phone and plugged in her earbuds. Ava put her earbuds on and put in the song 'The Wicked Side of Me' by Cold Driven. She may hear it muffled, but Ava thought it could help her get her hearing back. And it was working. Less than five minutes later, Ava's hearing was fully restored.
"Finally." Ava said. She put her phone and earbuds away and went downstairs. When she got downstairs, she saw a man and woman at the pool table. She didn't recognize them.
"Umm, excuse me? Who are you?" Ava asked. The man and woman both looked at Ava. They seemed like rich people.
"Ahh, the help. Would you tell us where the Rangers and our daughter are?" The man said, ignoring her question.
"Daughter? Umm, I'm a Ranger. Whose your daughter?" Ava asked
"Would you tell us where Summer is?" The woman asked. Ava was getting a little annoyed by how rude they're being.
"If you are waiting for Summer, you'll have to wait. She'll be back soon." Ava said. Like on cue, the rangers and Dr. K walked inside the garage, except Summer. Ava started to walk towards them.
"Guys, how was it?" Ava asked
"Ava, you can hear now?" Dillon asked
"Yeah, completely healed." Ava said
"When Dillon told us, we got worried." Ziggy said
"You don't have to worry. I'm fine." Ava said
"Good. And about that Attack Bot, we destroyed it." Scott said
"Good. I'm sorry I was no help." Ava said
"It's alright. We're just glad you're feeling better." Flynn said
"You need to be at your full strength if you want to defeat Venjix and his creations." Dr. K said
"Thanks. And by the way, there's two people here who..." Ava couldn't finish.
"Ah, there you are, finally." The woman said
"...are really getting on my nerves." Ava finished. The team all saw the same man and woman that Ava saw when she got here.
"This must be the help." The woman said
"Again with the help." Ava said
"Here you are, my good man, polish it, buff it, and chalk it in time for my next shot, if you don't mind." The man said as he handed the pool stick to Dillon. Dillon grabbed the stick with both hands and broke it in half, shocking everyone.
"Actually, I do." Dillon said. He handed the broken stick, back to the man.
"Uh, sorry, can I help you two?" Scott asked. The woman brushed her finger on the pool table.
"You can start by explaining why you don't keep this place cleaner for our daughter and the Power Rangers?" The woman said as she held up her finger full of dust.
"Wait a minute. I know these guys." Ziggy said. But he was ignored at the moment.
"Wait a minute. We are the Power Rangers." Flynn said
"You're the Power Rangers?" The man asked
"Aye." Flynn said
"Not their servants? My goodness. How very middle-class." The man said
"Is that very in right now-- the middle class, I mean?" The woman asked. Ziggy leaned in near Scott's ear to whisper something to him. Ava heard what Ziggy said to Scott.
"The Landsdowns-- Martin and Claire Landsdown-- they're rich. They're like, uh, like billionaires." Ziggy said
"I don't care who they are. You two, out. Now." Scott said. He grabbed Claire while Dillon grabbed Martin. The rangers started to push them towards the door just as Summer drove in on her motorcycle.
"Summer, honey." Martin called out
"Would you please tell your servants to unhand us?" Claire asked Summer.
"If you call us servants one more time, I'm gonna seriously wound you." Ava threatened
"Wait, Summer, you know these fools?" Scott asked
"Well, of course she knows us. This is our daughter." Claire said, now known as Summer's mother. And Martin is Summer's father.
"None of you heard their last names? Even I knew it." Ava said
"Mom, dad, what are you doing here?" Summer asked
"Why, we're here for our little girl." Summer's father said
"Just like we always have been." Summer's mother said
"And why don't I believe that?" Ava whispered to Dillon. It seems like Dillon agreed with her. Later, everyone decided to let Summer talk with her parents alone. They went inside the Ranger Lab. Ava saw pieces of machinery on a table.
"What is that?" Ava asked
"Broken pieces of that Attack Bot we fought earlier." Scott said
"And it's here why?" Ava asked
"Defeating that Attack Bot was easy, which made me question why it was easy." Dr. K said
"It wasn't easy." Ziggy said
"Since when is it ever, Ziggy?" Ava asked rhetorically. Even though Ava agreed with Dr. K, she didn't want to be like she was disagreeing with Ziggy. Ava was in the middle. Suddenly, the doors opened. Summer was about to enter. She was facing her parents.
"It's called getting a job!" Summer didn't seem like she was happy to see her parents.
"We even let you pretend to be one of these Power Rangers." Summer's father said
"I am a Power Ranger. It's important." Summer said. She walked away from her parents.
"And we aren't?!" Summer's mother asked in shock. The doors to the lab closed in front of her face. Ava resisted laughing. Summer walked to the machinery. Flynn was scanning it to see what was going on.
"Take a look at what I found in the Boom Bot wreckage." Flynn said. He motioned them to look at a screen with the Boom Bot's info.
"It's a self-destruct switch, but it was activated from inside the shield." Flynn said
"Are you serious?" Ava asked
"What does that mean?" Summer asked
"It means that the Boom Bot was not the ultimate objective of Venjix' attack." Dr. K said
"A decoy?" Ava said
"Correct. That is why the Boom Bot was so easily defeated." Dr. K said
"Easy? Y-You call that easy?" Ziggy asked. Dr. K chose to ignore him and showed everyone a part of the city on a screen.
"This is the point of entry of the Boom Bot, and this is the direction it took into the city." Dr. K said, pointing to different places on the screen.
"I've had Colonel Truman scan for any unusual activity in the opposite direction, and we have a hit--" Dr. K typed something on the keyboard and something else appeared on the screen.
"A break-in at Corinth City Central Bank Vaults." Dr. K said. The Rangers knew they had to check it out. They headed out of the lab. Summer's parents were waiting for her outside the doors. Ava didn't bother listening to her parents whine like babies. She got in the passenger seat of Dillon's car and he drove off towards the bank with the others.
"What would Venjix want in a bank?" Ava asked
"I don't know, but it must be important if he was willing to distract us." Dillon said
Ava and Dillon learned how to be together in a time of crisis. They always focused on the main task, but every now and then, when they were relaxing, they like to sneak secret kisses when no one is looking.
When they got near the bank, they got out of their vehicles and morphed.
"Where's Summer?" Ava thought. Summer was right behind them, wasn't she? Unfortunately, now wasn't the time to wait.
"Rangers, be advised security data indicates intruder is still within the perimeter of the bank." Dr K said. After looking around, they found Tenaya with a black rectangular box in her left hand.
"Venjix, I am returning with the diamond." Tenaya said on her comm-link. The rangers decided to come out of hiding.
"Maybe." Scott said
"But then again. Maybe not." Flynn said. They all surrounded Tenaya.
"I love a good challenge." Tenaya said
"I'll bet." Dillon said. They took out their Nitro Blasters and Nitro Swords. They all went at her at once. They tried to fight her, but Tenaya was too good. She managed to get them trapped in her hands.
"But it looks like I'll have to settle for you guys instead." Tenaya said. She landed some hits and kick on them and they fell. Scott got up and tried to attack, but Tenaya kicked him away and went down. Flynn did the same and ended up the same. Dillon tried, but failed. He managed to jump away, but when Ziggy tried to attack, Tenaya grabbed his Nitro Blaster and shot Dillon. She then proceeded to knock down Ziggy.
"You'll pay." Ava said. She held up her Nitro Sword and charged at Tenaya.
"Weak." Tenaya said. Tenaya and Ava began to fight. Ava tried her best to land hits and kicks on Tenaya, and she was doing it. Ava wasn't weak. After a kick, Tenaya stumbled backwards.
"Now you'll pay for that. You dare oppose me-- Tenaya Generation 7-- Venjix Human Infiltration Attack Bot?" Tenaya asked. Then Ava saw someone arrive. Ava smiled.
"She's gonna get it now." Ava thought. She was so glad that Summer finally arrived.
"Sorry, my parents are visiting. Can we skip all the bad-guy blah-blah-blah?" Summer asked
"Summer!" All the guys were happy to see Summer. Ava was too. Summer began fighting Tenaya, and she was beating her. That proves girls are better. After kicking Tenaya down, Summer morphed and took out her Nitro Blaster.
"Let me get in on the action." Ava said. She changed her Nitro Sword into her blaster and went to help Summer. They both fought Tenaya. Summer found one of the guys' blasters and grabbed it. Unfortunately, Tenaya managed to yank it out of Summer's hands and use it. Summer then found a Nitro Sword and used it to block the laser blasts. Then Tenaya pointed the blaster at Ava.
"Damn it." Ava changed her blaster back into her sword and deflected the blasts. After getting tired of Ava, Tenaya moved on to Summer. But she got knocked down again and Summer held her at gun point.
"Hold it right there. Don't move." Summer said. Tenaya ignored her and stood up.
"Tell your parents not to wait up." Tenaya said
"Her parents?" Ava didn't know why Tenaya would bring up Summer's parents.
"What are you talking about? My parents? Leave my parents out." Summer said. Tenaya was smiling.
"What?" Summer was confused. So was Ava, until she noticed Tenaya's missing hand.
"Summer, her hand!" Ava said. Summer quickly noticed. They saw the reflection on Tenaya's mask. Her hand had a blaster and was about to fire. Summer and Ava moved out of the way and the blast hit Tenaya.
"Thanks, Ava. Shoot it." Summer said
"No problem." Ava said. She aimed at the hand and fired. The hand was destroyed.
"Aw, drat!" Tenaya complained. Summer fired at Tenaya. She fell, but got back up.
"You need some new upgrades." Summer said
"You're too late, Rangers. I already got what I came for. Behold the key to your destruction-- the Black Di--" When Tenaya opened the box, nothing was there.
"Well, I'm waiting." Ava said
"Whoops." Summer said
"Aw, double-drat." Tenaya whined. Tenaya walked away. The boys regrouped with Summer and Ava.
"You guys ok?" Ava asked
"Yeah, we'll live." Dillon said. Everyone de-morphed and were walking back to the garage. Dillon and Ava were at the back of the group.
"Ava?" Dillon whispered. Ava turned around. Instantly, Dillon places his hands on Ava's cheeks and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Ava was a bit surprised, but kissed him back. Dillon let her go and they caught up with the group. Thankfully, no one saw. They looked at each other and smiled. Ava was blushing a bit. When they got to the garage, they both calmed down. Unfortunately, Summer's parents were still here. The guys and Ava sat on a table while Summer's parents talked to her, in front of them.
"Summer, honey." Summer's father said
"All we're asking is that you make good on our agreement." Summer's mother said
"Now, you promised us that if we gave you some space, you'd do the right thing." Summer's father said
"No questions asked. Isn't that what you said?" Summer's mother asked. Ava couldn't take much more of this.
"Would you both please shut up?!" Ava yelled
"Ava! That's Summer's family." Scott said
"I wouldn't care even if they were my family. Only Summer can make her own decisions." Ava said
"Listen, that's between her and them. If she promised them that she'll, I don't know, go to school or get back home..." Scott was interrupted
"Or get married." Summer said
"Right. W-What?" Scott was clearly shocked. Everyone was.
"I promised them I'd get married." Summer said. Everyone had their mouth and eyes wide open.
"Honey, I'm sorry." Summer's mother said
"But it's time you remember who you really are." Summer's father said. He held up the thing Tenaya was after. The Black Landsdown Diamond. Ava couldn't believe this was happening. It didn't seem real. None of it did.
"She promised what?"