Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers. So don't try to buy them from me. Please don't get all offended because I mocked your favorite Ranger. I try to mock them all. Besides, it's just for fun. I really do enjoy the show :). 'Hi" to all from AFPR…especially my fellow Psychos. Please let me know if I make any errors. I have no difficulty with receiving constructive criticism. Thanks to Joe Rovang and SirStack for their Writer's Guide to the Power Rangers Universe, which I rely on a lot. Also thanks to the makers of the Power Rangers Central Database.

If you haven't done so, please read the first hundred stories in "When Rangers Meet" and "More of When Rangers Meet."

This is story number 36.

Cassie and Xander

By

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

"Please be here. Please be here," chanted Cassie anxiously as she entered the RockPorium. She began running from shelf to shelf and from bin to bin, tossing cds all over the place as she went. "Why isn't it here?!" she screamed. The other customers stared at her, then dismissed her as some kind of freakish punk rocker and went back to what they were doing.

Xander tossed his broom down with a sigh. He was already having a stressful morning. Toby completely freaked out when he saw the shattered store window and now sat in his office rocking back and forth mumbling about aliens wanting his brain. Chip, Nick, and Madison had quickly dashed away to "find a new store window," leaving Xander behind to clean up the mess. Well, Vida was there, also, but she was too busy grumbling about "hard to find vampire queens" to be of any use. So, the last thing he needed was a customer causing even more chaos.

Xander walked over to Cassie who was now destroying the Country section. "May I help you?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"I can't find it!" whined Cassie. "Everywhere I go I find their cds. Why? I'm just as good as them. And I even went to Space. Did they go there? No. So why isn't anyone selling my cd?"

Xander blinked slowly at this. "Yeah…okay, uh I think you're definitely spacey. Now, I suggest you get out of here before I call the cops."

Cassie narrowed her eyes. "What? Don't you even know who I am?"

"The next citizen of the Briarwood prison system?" asked Xander as he pulled out his cell phone.

"Hey!" exclaimed Cassie. "Does the name Cassie Chan ring a bell?"

Xander turned on his phone.

"What about Angel Grove in 1998? Astronema? Power Rangers? Earth almost destroyed?"

Xander paused as he tried to remember the phone number for 911. "Why would I know anything about what happened in some place called Angel Grove? I was in Australia in 1998."

"Let me guess, you don't watch the news at all."

"Why would I waste my time with such stuff?" Xander's face lit up. "Ah, yes, now I remember…"

Cassie's face brightened. "You remember who I am?"

"No, I remember the number for the police." Xander began to type in the number…only to have his phone kicked out of his hand. He looked up and did a double take at the Pink Ranger standing in front of him.

"You're a Ranger?" He asked. "Why didn't you just say so?"

"Because…everyone already knows…oh forget it," replied Cassie as she demorphed. The other customers noticed it, but then dismissed it as some kind of promotional stunt. "Now, don't get too excited about knowing a former Ranger. I may be able to swing an autograph, but…hey!" she called at the now yawning Green Mystic Force Ranger. "Why aren't you freaking out?"

"Over what?" questioned Xander. "Now, if there's nothing I can help you with, I still have some cleaning to do."

"Oh, wait!" cried Cassie, grabbing Xander's left arm. "Can you find 'Love Songs for the Phantom' by Cassie Chan? You know, the best album ever recorded by a Power Ranger?"

Xander yanked his arm free. "Hmmm…well, that sounds familiar…now where did I see that? Wait, there are cds out by Power Rangers?" He paused in thought. He could set out a table and advertise. People would snap up anything done by a Power Ranger. He could… "Noooooo!" Xander cried. "I'm thinking like Toby! That does it! I'm tearing up that application to Manager's School as soon as I get home."

"Yeah, there's stuff out by other Power Rangers." Cassie growled. "And every damn store in California is selling them!" She began grabbing cds and tossing them to Xander."

"'Songs for my Frog?' Oh…. My…. God!" exclaimed Xander. "The Tanya was a Ranger?" He looked at the next cd. "'I'm Not Avril.'" Xander looked up excitedly. "Kira Ford, too? I've been to all her concerts. And I spent all last summer stal…uh…following her closely."

"You're creepy, fine, whatever," said Cassie dismissively as she tossed another cd to him.

"'Songs to Dance the Hip Hop Kiddo to'? They played this at my sister's wedding reception last year."

"Let me guess, the groom ran off on her before it ended?"

Xander blinked at this. "How'd you know? Oh, look, 'Anthems for Every High School in California' by KatAisha." Xander studied it for a few seconds. "Hmmmm…doesn't seem to be a real attention grabber, does it?"

"And yet, you guys have it under Patriotic Music. George M. Cohen must be turning over in his grave."

"Who?" Xander picked up another cd. "'Shane Sucks, but Tori is Sexy Rap' by B and H?"

"And here's the companion cd," said Cassie. "'You suck more, Hunter,' by AirShane."

But Xander wasn't listening anymore; instead he was drooling over the photo on the next disc. "'I Like Want You Back, Tommy,'" read Xander. "You mean this hot chick was a Ranger?"

"Do your Neanderthal knuckles drag on the ground when you walk?" retorted Cassie.

"Only when nags like you stomp on them. And speaking of nags, why are you bugging me about all this for anyway?"

"My cd? I can't find it, remember?"

Xander looked blankly at Cassie.

Cassie sighed in exasperation. "'Love Songs for the Phantom?'"

Xander's face brightened. "Ah! Now I remember!" He went to the computer and tapped it in. "Just as I thought. Its distribution has been cancelled."

"WHAT!?" screeched Cassie. "By who?!"

"Let me see." Xander tapped at the keyboard for another minute. "Ah, it seems that someone calling himself "Theodore Jarvis" threatened to sue your record company for 'alienation of affection' if they distributed it."

"Really?" asked Cassie in a deep threatening voice as she morphed once more and headed towards the door. "Then I guess I'll have to use my Satellite Stunner to convince him otherwise. Galaxy Glider Hang Ten!" Two seconds later, the customers were screaming and ducking as the Pink Space Ranger surfed through another closed window.

Xander groaned as he resumed sweeping up broken glass. Then something occurred to him and he broke out in a grin. Maybe now he could convince Toby to let him install that stained glass window depicting himself as the Green Mystic Ranger.

AN: Ok, here's an update on the list of pairings in the order I have to write them….

Katie/Cole- Joan

Maya/Cam

Blake/Trini-Here's a Challenge ()

Cassie/Ethan

Chip/Kat- lkwREADer

Mike/Kai

Vida/Justin- splitsonik

Alex/Kat M

Kim/Conner-PrettyDiva

Kira/Daggeron

Trent/Tommy-JasonTKD

Sydney/Cole

Cole/Alyssa-cole-alyssa-forverentwined

Sky/Clare

Nick/Trent-Dragon's Ark

Cam/Daggeron

Lucas/Ronny- cmar

So, as you can tell, the Operation Overdrive Rangers are also on my list. So, now instead of me setting time periods for requests, I'll just take them as they come on a few conditions: 1. Please give me one request at a time. 2. I only do Ranger pairings (I'll put the list of the Rangers that I'm willing to use in my stories in my profile.). 3. If someone makes frequent requests, I'm going to put at least ten stories between them.

Thank you.