Abby Holloway Series
Mystic Force: Return of the Snow Ranger
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Author's Note: Wrote this up last night because it was partly written. I hope you enjoy it. Oh, if anyone is confused by anything last chapter, then let me know, and I will send you a PM with an explanation.
Disclaimer: No Copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I own Abby and any other OCs that make an appearance. Everything else belongs to its respective seasons, and all that belongs to Disney.
Dedications: Chapter dedicated to the following: DJScales, Chaoshime, Grapejuice101, Miyu101, Taeniaea, Kamen Rider Lynx, Razmend, Dean Winchesters Baby Girl and BlazingXDarkness. Can't thank-you guys enough. You make writing that much more enjoyable. You're amazing! :)
Big shout out to Chaoshime who was the 200th reviewer of this story. You guys are truly amazing!
A New Dawn
Abby frowned as she hurried into Rootcore the next afternoon, as per usual she wasn't alone, her trusted companion Buddy bounded along in her wake as the White ranger tossed his lead onto the table and rounded it so that she was standing next to Nick "I got your call V," she nodded in the Pink ranger's direction "What's going on?"
"We were actually hoping that you would know," Vida frowned "Or at least Takara would know"
"Know?" Abby asked "Know what?"
"Udonna's called a meeting," Chip answered "No one knows why"
Abby looked confused "Daggeron?" she asked
"Nope, I'm in the dark as much as you are about this meeting," the Knight answered, as he carried a large sack over his shoulder "Come on Fireheart," he called into the room where they kept the dragon "Come and get your oats!" he tossed the bag he had been carrying through the passage, and stepped back as a huge flame appeared in the spot he had currently been standing
The rangers backed up in surprise
"He likes his oats toasted," Daggeron joked
The rangers laughed, as Abby released the breath she had been holding, and lowered her hand from her chest.
"I'm glad you could all make it," Udonna said, as she appeared from the upper levels of Rootcore
"Is everything all right?" Nick asked, immediately
Udonna nodded "Yes," she answered "and no"
Abby frowned "I don't like the sound of that," she admitted
"Claire," Udonna smiled, as she surveyed her niece "You have been a wonderful apprentice. You'll make an amazing sorceress"
Claire smiled gratefully, and looked almost close to tears at Udonna's words.
"Daggeron," Udonna continued, turning to her old friend "I am so happy that you have come back into my life"
Daggeron bowed his head, as the rangers smiled. Each still feeling a little lost and confused on what was going on.
"Vida, Chip, Xander, Madison" Udonna went on, smiling in each of the rangers direction "You have far exceeded any expectations I had of you when we began this journey"
The four teens smiled, as Madison -like Claire- looked close to tears.
"Abigail," Udonna turned on the White ranger; she was one of the few who could get away with calling Abby by her full name. If it had been anyone else, they would have known in an instant what it was like to be in the deep freeze "You have grown into a beautiful and powerful young woman, your mother should be very proud of you..."
Abby smiled as she remembered back to the beginning of this adventure when she was determined that this would not change her mind on who she was supposed to be.
"Bowen." Udonna turned to her son "Nick. My son. You have grown into the man, I had always hoped you would be" she approached him, and placed her hand on his shoulder
Nick sighed "What's going on?" he questioned "You're leaving"
"I am," Udonna nodded "Somewhere out there is my Husband, Leanbow. I am going to find him, and bring him home"
"We'll go with you!" Abby told her
"No," Udonna shot her down "You are needed here. This is something I must do alone"
Abby was hesitant, she couldn't find it within herself to allow Udonna to make this dangerous journey alone.
Udonna smiled at her son, before turning and walking away.
Glancing towards Nick who stood beside her, Abby took his hand and laced her fingers through his; as she quickly formulated a plan that would help Udonna, and allow her to not disobey a direct order.
xXx
"She can't go alone!" Abby protested, as she paced in front of her mother.
The spirit had just been called in from...well, Abby never knew where she resided anymore...but wherever she had been, couldn't have been that important or she wouldn't have turned the instant Abby had called.
"Udonna is a strong witch, Abigail" Takara assured
"Was" Abby corrected "Udonna was a strong witch. But she has no magic now, not since she cast a spell from that book." she stopped her pacing and turned to her mother "I have been given a direct order! I am not to follow her, neither of us Rangers are permitted to go with her, but that order does not extend to you!" she explained "Please, Takara, please tell me you will go with Udonna...please keep her safe. For me."
Takara was hesitant, but agreed as Abby scrunched her face into her infamous puppy-dog-pout. With a groan the spirit sighed "Ok," she agreed "Fine. I will go with Udonna..." she nodded "But are you sure this is solely for your purposes, or do I detect other reasons?"
"I hate when you read me like that!" Abby grumbled "Fine. Yes, there are other reasons. Nick's just found his real parents; he can't afford to lose them again. Promise me you will keep her safe. I don't want to see him get hurt" she answered
Takara smiled, and reached out taking a strand of her daughter's hair and twirled it between her fingers "You care deeply about this boy,"
"Man," Abby corrected "and yes, I do" she nodded
There was a jingle from inside her pocket, and Abby reached instantly for her morpher. Dark magic had been detected downtown.
Glancing up at her mother; Abby parted her lips to speak, but Takara cut her off "Go," she urged "I will full fill your wishes. You just be careful"
"Thank you," Abby smiled, before she disappeared with a pop
xXx
Appearing downtown, Abby turned in a full 360 circle, in search of the dark energy reading. There was nothing to be seen.
Upon hearing her name, the White ranger looked up and smiled as the rest of the team surrounded her "Nothing here," she answered
"Well, that's just weird," Xander responded "The reading on the morphers said the dark energy reading here was off the charts"
The moment the words had left his lips, a curtain of darkness blanketed the whole city "You were saying?" Nick asked, as the darkness split in two and opened as several brightly coloured purple lights shot into the air.
"Now, this is a wild guess" Chip spoke "But could it be referring to that?"
Behind the curtain of darkness stone steps started to rise into the air, as ten beings blurred into view upon them
"Now this..." Chip continued "This could really be the end of the world!"
Abby glared in his direction "Chip, you are not helping!" she told him
"In all my years of Magic," Daggeron spoke, appearing behind the others "I have never seen anything like this"
Maddie and Vida turned slowly in his direction.
"I didn't want to hear that," Xander shook his head
Abby turned back to the problem at hand "I take it back," she murmured, grabbing Nick's arm "Daggeron, you are not helping!"
"Who are they?" Maddie asked
As if to answer her question, a booming voice echoed across the city. It came from the center of the stone steps, where a fish like creature was standing "People of the surface world, let me introduce the destroyers of your world...Black Lance. Megahorn. I am Sculpin. Itassis. Serpentina. Hekatoid. Oculous. Magma. Matoombo. Gekko."
"Does that answer your question?" Abby asked over her shoulder
"We are the Ten Terrors of the Underworld," the one who had addressed himself as Sculpin, continued "We have come to punish you. Give us what you hold most scared. Give us...The Light."
The Light? Abby questioned herself, as her hand slipped from Nick's arm and he stepped forward.
"We got to stop them," the red ranger commanded his team. And after morphing, 5 out of 6 rangers took to the Manticore Megazord, leaving Abby on the ground with Daggeron.
"We're going to give you a one way ticket back to the Underworld!" Xander told the terrors, as the Megazord grew closer to the steps
"Legend Striker! Spin attack!" the five inside the Megazord commanded, as they slashed downwards and threw the burst of flames towards Black Lance, who deflected the blow with his shield.
Black Lance laughed at their pathetic attempt "That was nothing," he told them "Try this!" he slashed at them with his lance, which not only knocked them out of Megazord mode, but also demorphed them and sent them back to Earth.
"Guys!" Abby yelped, racing forward with Daggeron to help the others
"We will have the Light," Sculpin promised
"The Light?" Nick asked "What was he talking about?"
He turned to Abby who had appeared at his shoulder, the question written across his features.
The White ranger shook her head "I don't know," she answered, looking back to where the curtain of darkness had disappeared, and daylight had returned.
xXx
Once back at Rootcore, Abby groaned in frustration as she tossed aside another book. She had come back here while the others had returned to Briarwood to finish their shifts at the Rock Porium; sometimes she loved being senior staff, it meant she had less shifts to work unlike the others, but sometimes it sucked because it meant she was left doing research all by herself.
"Nope," she complained for the umpteenth time "Nothing in there either. This is going to take all night!" she grumbled reaching for another book on the large round table in front of her "Maybe I should call the others, and ask for a little help..." she reached for her morpher, before realizing that she didn't need the other rangers, when Claire was around...somewhere. "Claire?" the White ranger called, realizing that she hadn't seen the young apprentice since that morning.
Spinning around in her seat, the young witch frowned as she noticed that Daggeron had disappeared too, and so had Jenji. She pouted "Yeah. Don't worry about me guys, just leave me here alone, don't bother telling me your leaving either..." she muttered, turning back to the pile of books in front of her "I'll just sit here and talk to myself about this stupid case; I'll answer my own unanswerable questions about the stupid Light...yeah, everything will be just fine. Just get up and leave!"
She sighed and dropped her head into her arms, before looking down as Buddy nudged at her leg "What?" she asked
The Golden retriever jumped up, padded across the room and grabbed his chew toy in his mouth.
"You want to play," Abby sighed "Course you do. You always want to play when I'm busy..." she looked down at the dog once more, groaned at the adorable pout on his face, before rolling her eyes "Fine. Okay. We'll go play," she caved, grabbing his leash from the corner and snapping it onto his collar and leaving Rootcore. Just beyond the dragon's mouth, the White ranger collided with Nick who had come back for reasons unknown.
xXx
Kneeling in front of her loveable and fluffy companion, Abby shook the chew toy in front of his face "Ready?" she asked
The dog barked
Abby smiled, jumped up and threw the toy with all her might as far as she could "Go get it," she told the dog, who took off the moment the toy had left Abby's hand.
Beside her, was Nick and Fireheart, the dragon whining as Buddy run off.
"I think he's jealous," Abby pointed out, looking around for something she could throw for the dragon. Finding nothing, she frowned and conjured up an elongated chew toy. "Ready?" she asked, beaming as the dragon prepared himself for the chase. Spinning around Abby threw her new chew toy in a completely different direction to the one she had thrown Buddy's, the last thing she wanted was for her dog to get trampled on.
Fireheart attempted to take off, but Nick held him back. The dragon whined, nudging Abby with his snout.
"I think he likes you," Nick teased
"Of course he likes me," Abby responded, patting the dragon's nose "I don't tease him..." pressing a kiss to the dragon's metallic skin, Abby smiled "Get it, baby!" she encouraged him.
The dragon nipped at Abby's hair, as he blew it out of her face with his breath, before stomping after the chew toy. With the dragon gone, Abby turned back to Nick "See!" she grinned "That is why he likes me!"
"Yeah, and it has nothing to do with the fact that you're an animal magnet?" Nick asked, grabbing her around the waist
Abby laughed, as he lifted her off the ground, she wrapped her arms around his neck and glanced up once he had set her back down on her feet "It might have," she nodded "But I can't really help that animals like me. I just give them what they want" she shrugged
"Yeah?" Nick asked. Abby nodded. "Well, how about giving me what I want?" he asked
"And what's that?" Abby asked
Nick smiled as he leaned down, as Abby met him halfway. Since a few weeks ago both rangers had been silent about the growing relationship between them, one because Abby already had a boyfriend -someone even she would still admit that while not having romantic feelings for anymore, she still cared about him on some level deep inside- and two because they weren't sure how the rest of the team would react to their secret.
But now the secret was out, Abby had talked with Hunter about their relationship status, and both had agreed to be friends. It would have seemed that Hunter had also noticed the growing chemistry between his girlfriend and her house-mate, and while he wished he could ignore it, he found that the more time Abby spent around Nick, the more closer he was too losing her; and also while he wanted to hold on and keep her for himself, he knew she would never be truly happy and he had agreed to let her go.
"Not interrupting, am I?" came a gruff familiar voice, which pulled Abby and Nick apart; biting back a grin Abby turned her attention in the direction of the voice, and surprisingly enough there stood Phineas.
"You know? When someone asks that question, they usually are interrupting something" she nodded
"Oh," Phineas frowned
Nick chuckled from behind Abby, before looking down as Buddy returned "Uh Abs, your baby is back" he pointed at the Golden retriever
"Oh, there's a good boy!" Abby cooed, squatting down in front of her baby, and taking the chew toy from him. Buddy yapped at the attention he was getting, and jumped up at his owner to lick her face, only to push her back onto her butt with a thump.
Phineas smiled at the interaction between White ranger and her companion, before turning to Nick "Something on your mind?" he asked, as he knew quite well that Nick could only be found in the woods unless something was on his mind.
"No, there is not" Nick answered him
"Uh, yes there," Phineas responded, plucking a flea from Nick's hairline "Flea" he told him
Abby paused in her play with Buddy and turned to the Troblin "Dude, stay away from me" she warned him "and Buddy" she added, grabbing the dog around the middle and holding him close "Neither of us have fleas!"
"Did you know; that two fleas if left alone could devour and elephant" the Troblin told them "In 200-300 years" he added
"Is there anything other than a flea story that you want to tell me about?" Nick asked, as Abby grimaced at the sight of Phineas eating the flea.
"Gee, I don't know," Phineas shrugged "Is there anything other than 'I'm-not-thinking-about-anything' that you want to tell me?"
Nick sighed, as Abby turned away and resumed play with Buddy "It's not about my father," he told the Troblin "Ok?"
"Right. Not about...Dad" Phineas nodded "Yeah, the dad that you never knew. The dad that saved the entire magical world, not once, but twice; you don't want to talk about him because you're not thinking about him"
"Well, if he wasn't thinking about him before," Abby piped up "We're all thinking about him now..." she turned back to Buddy, who was whining at the lack of attention he was receiving.
Phineas paused "Better go," he nodded getting up "I think I hear the lake dwarf calling" and he turned to walk away
Glancing up Abby frowned; Phineas was usually good with information. Maybe what she couldn't find in a book, she could find out from him. Didn't they find pretty much everything out from him? "Wait, Phineas," she called out to the Troblin, as she got back to her feet "The Terrors said they were looking for the Light. What's the Light?" she asked
"Uh, the Light..." Phineas repeated, looking thoughtful "That would be...uh...him" he pointed over Abby's shoulder at Nick
Abby frowned and turned to Nick, who had gotten to his own feet and was stood right behind her
"Me?" Nick asked, in disbelief
"Yeah." Phineas nodded "Your...uh...I'd hate to mention his name again, father was the greatest of all warriors; and Udonna was once a very powerful sorceress. They...uh...um..."
He made a gesture with his hands, causing Abby rolled her eyes "Had a baby?" she prompted
"Yeah," Phineas nodded "Had a baby. You. You have the potential to be the most powerful wizard that ever existed. That is why the Darkness fears you. You are the light, which will destroy the Darkness."
"Udonna mentioned a Chosen One..." Nick added in "What did she mean?"
Again Phineas looked thoughtful "The Chosen One. A powerful witch with the control over two elements. Combine your magic with that of the Chosen One, and you have the most powerful witch and wizard that has ever existed, together you'll have the power to destroy the Darkness"
"And we can really do that?" Nick asked, as Abby had fallen silent
"Oh, gee, I hope so" Phineas told him, he then patted Nick's shoulder "Have a nice day, Mr. Light. Good luck finding your Chosen One" and he turned to walk away, before pulling Nick into a hug.
Abby -who had moved around, so that she was standing behind Nick instead- laughed at the unexpected look on Nick's face. "Whoa..." she yelped, as the ground beneath her feet shook and a log as thick as a tree trunk landed in front of the two rangers, separating them from Phineas.
"Playing fetch with Fireheart," Phineas said, turning around and looking up as the Dragon took off into the sky "I'd wear a helmet"
"No kidding," Abby mumbled "that is not a chew toy!"
Nick rolled his eyes, as he watched the Dragon disappear into the clear blue sky.
xXx
After getting the call that one of the Terrors had been spotted in the downtown area, Nick and Abby quickly returned Buddy to Rootcore before taking off to find their friends.
"Yo, Lava boy!" Nick called, as he and the others arrived on scene just after Daggeron had been attacked "Try and take us all on!"
The team skidded to separate halts and removed their chosen weapons, before running into battle with the creature, they remembered as Magma.
As Nick, Chip and Xander raced ahead of the girls they were the first into battle, but also one of the firsts to be taken down. Jumping completely over Magma, Nick landed behind him while Chip and Xander were thrown backwards after taking separate blows to the stomach.
"Magi Staff!" Maddie, Vida and Abby yelled, appearing for their chance at the terror. Weaving their wands through the air, the three girls cried out as their spells were reflected back on them, and the ground beneath their feet exploded.
With the girls down, Daggeron run into battle. He grabbed Magma's club as the terror brandished it "Now, Nick!" he commanded, as the red ranger appeared behind the creature and slashed at his armor with his sword. Nothing happened. Pulling up on his club Magma knocked Daggeron away, before jabbing it into Nick's stomach and knocking him away also; before rounding on Daggeron who had returned for round two.
Once again Daggeron attempted to hold the club down as Vida and Chip grabbed a hold of the terror; but was thrown backwards through the air.
Throwing out the giant ball at Xander, Magma pulled the Green ranger forward before tossing him into Maddie who stood a few feet away.
"Xander!" Daggeron yelled
Magma chortled at the fallen rangers, before turning to the sound of a female voice.
"Hey!" Abby yelled, flipping over Magma's head and landing in front of Maddie and Xander "Try this on for size!" she snapped, transforming her staff into a sword; she spun it around her hands before racing forward at the terror
"Catch this!" Magma growled, kicking the ball up and watching as it collided with Abby's chest knocking her flying through the air
Abby groaned as she rolled over the roof of a car and hit the ground on the opposite side "and they say Soccer isn't dangerous..." she grumbled
With the rest of the rangers down, Daggeron attempted to hold his own before meeting the same end as his team-mates.
Pushing themselves to their feet; the rest of the team hurried towards their mentor and re-grouped around the Knight as he made it back to his feet.
"Alright, he seems to be a little tougher than the others we've battled," Nick pointed out
"Oh, you haven't seen anything yet" Magma growled, his chest plates firing up with molten lava and he fired a burst of flame at the rangers, sending them flying backwards.
Abby rolled onto her back and patted down her suit "Ow! Hot! Hot! Hot!" she complained, as smoke billowed from her
"You have lost your will to fight," Magma growled, as he stomped forward "so I no longer have business with you. I will go and plan for the destruction" and he burst into flames, when the flames cleared, he was gone.
xXx
"I can't believe we got blasted like that!" Nick complained loudly, once he and the other rangers had returned to Rootcore
Maddie sighed "Maybe there was something I could have done, or I should have done, but I -"
"Give it a rest, sis!" Vida snapped, agitatedly "We had our butts handed to us plain and simple!"
"Hey, you don't have to be so hard on Maddie!" Chip defended "You could try -"
Vida glared angrily "You could try staying out of it!" she spat
"Has anyone seen Claire?" Xander asked, returning to the room
"No!" the others snapped
Xander paused, and turned to Nick "Asked a simple question," he retorted "You don't have to bite my head off for it!"
"Well go look for her yourself!" Vida retorted
Growling, Abby lifted the front of the Xenotome and slammed it shut "ENOUGH!" she yelled "You sound like a bunch of spoilt brats!"
The others fell silent, as they turned to face Abby who stood above them.
"Yes, we lost!" Abby nodded "We got our butts kicked! But we are up against an enemy the likes we have never faced before! If we cannot be a unified force then they are going to pick us off one-by-one!" she looked around at them "If I have said this once to you guys, I've said a thousand times, fighting amongst ourselves is getting us nowhere, by arguing with each other you are just playing right into their hands!" the others were silent, as Abby continued "They want to break us apart, get under our skin, and you know why?" the younger Mystic's shook their heads "Because individually we are not a threat!"
Daggeron -who had just re-entered Rootcore-, paused as he listened to Abby scold the Rangers.
"We do not take the blame out on each other!" Abby continued "We do not take it out on each other! We wait for our next opportunity -"
The dull gong from the Crystal ball silenced anymore of the speech, as the rangers turned to witness the return of Magma, as the service tower disintegrated and crumbled to the ground.
"- and we deal with the threat at hand!" Abby finished, as she moved off towards the exit of Rootcore.
The others followed behind her.
xXx
"Your time in this Kingdom is over," Magma growled, as he returned more ferocious than ever "I have been chosen to deliver the punishment" he pooled his magic together, to create a giant glowing ball of fire "Volcanic force! The hills will soon erupt with Lava!" he cried darkly
"We'll see about that!" the rangers shouted as they arrived on scene, blasting the unsuspecting terror and causing the giant ball of fire to disappear.
Growling at the intrusion Magma looked around for the culprit "Who dares?" he demanded
"We do!" Daggeron yelled, jumping into view, followed by the rangers in their legend warrior mode "It's your turn to feel the heat!"
"All right, we'll fight," Magma agreed "but to make this interesting what's say we play a little game?"
"Game?" Abby asked, stepping forward
Magma's club ignited furiously "Here are the rules," as he blasted the flame at a near-by radio tower "If I defeat all of you before the flame goes out on that radio tower I win, but if even if one of you is left standing when the flames goes out, you win!"
"Ha! How do we know we can trust you?" Chip asked
"You don't," Magma answered "But that's what makes this game fun! Should we begin? Or maybe you don't feel like playing now"
Abby's grasp tightened around her Lion staff "There is one thing you should know about me," she spat "I never back down when challenged! Game on!" she spun her Lion staff to face her "Code Two!" she turned the dial and twirled the staff in a circle "Avalanche!" she yelled, thrusting her staff at the terror as rocks and snow surged through the air towards the terror.
Magma's eyes glowed as the rocks disintegrated under the heat, and the snow turned to water.
"No way!" Abby exclaimed
"Way!" Magma retorted, blasting them once more with a surge of flame; knocking them once again onto the floor "This game is a little one-sided, wouldn't you say?" he laughed
Maddie, groaned as she lay on her stomach beside Abby "I have to do something," the blue ranger said, looking up through her visor and steadily she got back to her feet "I am not giving up!" she yelled, facing off against Magma.
"Maddie?" Nick said, looking up
"This game we're playing isn't just about us losing," Maddie told them "If we lose. Everyone loses. The world loses, and I am not going to let that happen!" she twirled her Lion staff to face her "Code One! Tidal wave!" and she threw out a huge wave of water, which washed over Magma.
"Argh! It burns!" the terror cried, as his armor smoked
Abby grinned as she made it back to her feet "Nice one, Maddie!" she nodded, patting her friend's shoulder
"No big deal," Maddie smiled
"Yes, it was," Nick told her "You saved everyone"
"Good job sis!" Vida agreed
Maddie shied away from the attention and turned to Daggeron "Well done," he complimented her
"Don't think you've won!" Magma growled, making it back to his feet "All you've done is turn me back to my giant form!" and he disappeared into a puddle of molten lava, before returning at 30 feet high.
Abby turned to her friends, despite having a Legend Warrior mode, she was not a part of the Manticore Megazord configuration "Go for it!" she nodded, and watched as they transformed into the Mystic Firebird and Mystic Lion before creating the Manticore Megazord.
"Now I can finish you all!" Magma howled
"Spin attack," the other rangers commanded "Full power!"
Their staff spun wildly, and the rangers thrust the whirlwind of flames at the terror. But they didn't do much damage.
"Check it out!" Abby pointed, from her place beside Daggeron
"You should know by now that your attacks don't work on me!" Magma growled, pointing his club at them
Glancing towards the radio tower to see how much time they had left, Abby grinned as she started bouncing on her feet "Daggeron! Look!" she pointed, the flame on the station had disappeared, and the rangers were still standing "We won! We won!"
"What? No!" Magma cried in despair, before howling in pain as he sparked dangerously
"Hey, what's going on?" the others asked in confusion
Magma struggled to face them "I made the rules of the game," he answered "and I lost -"
"Man! I can't believe it!" Nick exclaimed "They destroyed one of their own!"
"The rules of darkness show no mercy!" Magma continued "But you have nine other Terrors to defeat, this is just the beginning!" and right before the rangers eyes, he turned to stone before blasting apart
Abby squeaked, as she ducked behind Daggeron as the rocks flew in all directions
xXx
After the battle, the rangers re-grouped and headed back to work, taking a short cut through the park.
"Well, I wasn't just going to stand there and watch him destroy the city without putting up fight," Maddie elaborated on the reason behind her one-on-one battle with Magma
"I've never seen such a big wall of water," Xander responded "I'd love to try and surf that"
Abby grinned "Me too" she nodded
"You were great Maddie," Chip grinned "I hope you feel like you've made a contribution to the team"
Maddie smiled "Contribution?" she asked, looking thoughtful "actually, I felt like the whole team" she nodded
Stopping short the rest of the rangers turned to face their blue ranger, who grinned smugly and took off up the path away from them.
"Come here you!" Chip cried, chasing after her, closely followed by Abby and the others.
Running ahead of the others, Chip and Abby caught Maddie first. The White ranger launched herself through the air and landed on Maddie's back, as Chip caught her around the waist. The three stumbled, tripping over themselves and rolled down the grass away from the others, leaving go of Maddie; Abby laughed as she rolled to a stop on her back as Chip and Maddie rolled a few feet further.
All of which were laughing at their tumble.
They may have been Power Rangers, but they knew how to have fun.
xXx
Finally, making it back to work the rangers slid in next to Toby at the cash register and took over what he was doing, as if they had been there all along. Xander smiled at the woman who was being served, took the record from her and passed it to Maddie who bagged, it before turning to Chip who placed the receipt in the bag, and passed it back to the woman.
"So nice of you to show up," Toby smiled sarcastically, as Vida popped up on his other side, leaving Abby and Nick near the door alongside Chip "are you sure you wouldn't rather be out doing what it is you do do when you're out doing what it is you do"
Abby frowned "What?" she asked, looking confused
Nick chuckled, as he tucked her under his arm and pulled her close
"Sorry boss," Xander apologized
"Well, apology not accepted," Toby responded, walking around the new ranger couple and facing his team from the front "that is why I have decided to hire a new employee"
The door to the back off opened, and the last person the rangers expected walked out
"LeeLee?" the six rangers exclaimed
"Yup," Toby nodded "and she promised to not go running off all the time, like some other people whose names I - Nick, Vida, Xander, Chip, Madison, Abby - I'm not going to mention"
Nick sighed, his arm slipping from Abby's shoulders "Toby, you can't hire her!" he protested "her mom is -"
He cut off as the others shook their heads quickly, as Abby clamped her hand over his mouth, Toby looked confused.
"Welcome onboard, LeeLee" Nick said, quickly changing his words
LeeLee grinned "Thanks," she smiled at Toby, before turning back to the rangers "Would love to stay and chat, but I got work to do" she leaned forwards and dropped her voice to a low whisper "You keep my secret. I keep yours" she winked, and walked away.
The rangers sighed and exchanged looks, as Abby glowered after the blonde "Talk about working with evil!" she commented, as the others nodded in agreement.
A/N: That's another chapter done and dusted.
Thoughts? Oh, this chapter is set a month or two after the last one, so I hope you're not surprised that Nick and Abby are already a couple.
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Chapter updated 13 July 2011 at 13 July 2011 at 1:29pm