Power Rangers Music Force Next Generation

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Chapter 48: The Pre Trial Christmas Party

As the days are counting down to the trial, Christmas is coming as well. Noelle is setting up decorations for a Christmas party at the Cyberspace Cafe along with her family for a three team Christmas party. "This is perfect. What a way to celebrate the holidays. Plus this will bring everyone together before the trial". Noelle said to her family as a gift table for Secret Santa set up.

Kira nods as she has some holiday music set up. She notices her husband setting up something. "I know, and Conner what are you doing". Kira said to Conner.

Conner looks at Kira as he is setting up the mistletoe. "What I am setting up the mistletoe". Conner said to Kira.

Noelle looks at her parents Kira smirks to him. "I know it's just needs something". Kira said to Conner as she kisses him on the lips.

Conner looks at Kira as he kisses her back. "You really worked hard to get the secret Santa just right. Plus it is a good idea that us mentors drew out other mentors names and not a ranger". Conner said to Kira.

Kira looks at Conner as she gives him that look. "I am not going to tell you who I drew out Conner. Although I have a feeling that there will be a few gag gifts out there tonight. Plus I made sure that no one draw out a name from their own team". Kira said to Conner.

Conner looks at Kira as he nods to her. "Yeah it is too bad that Edward couldn't make it. He said something going on a trip with his family. Although he did say that he will be there at the trial". Conner said to Kira.

Kira nods as she notice that everything is in perfect order. "Yep all is missing is the guests and a little bit of snow". Kira said to Conner.

Conner nods as he looks at Kira. "Well, the weather was not forecasting snow tonight, but it definitely is cold outside". Conner said to Kira.

As the other teens and their mentors are arriving, they place the present on the gift table. "Hey everyone", Noelle said to them.

RJ and Sora notice the happy expression on Noelle's face. "Wow Noelle, you look better these days". RJ said to Noelle.

Sora nods in agreement as she looks at her. "Yeah you definitely feel and look better. I do not know what you did, but you nailed it". Sora said to Noelle.

Noelle nods as she notices the gift table ever growing with presents. Some of them are wrapped in paper, some of them are placed in gift bags, and a small few are horribly wrapped. "Yeah plus either some of us went all out for their Secret Santa gift or they are that legitimately bad at wrapping a present". Noelle said to them.

RJ is trying to keep his poker face on. "You may never know guys". RJ said to them.

As the teens are partying, Jason and some of the guys are standing by the food. "How are you holding up Jamie? I know what it is like to be living in a different home". Kali asks Jamie.

Jamie looks at Kali as he shrugs to him. "It's ok the Scotts are really kind to me. Although I wish my dad would see it from my perspective on my life dreams that making me fulfill his life long dreams". Jamie said to Kali.

Kali nods as he looks at him. "My grandfather always says that you can share the same bed but you can't share the same dream". Kali said to Jamie.

Jamie looks at Kali as he shrugs to him. "Try to tell that to my dad". Jamie said to Kali.

Jason gives Kali a look as he shakes his head. "That might be a proverb but it could get to an uncomfortable place". Jason said to Kali.

Kali shrugs as he notices a girl by the mistletoe. "Yeah isn't that Jazz standing underneath the mistletoe though"? Kali said to them.

The guys look at Jason as the Lore Keeper ranger is blushing to the same red as Sora's ranger suit. "Yeah so what, it is not like your love interests are standing underneath it as well". Jason said to them.

Wendell notice a couple other girls underneath it standing underneath the mistletoe. It has gotten Kali and RJ stiffen up. "Umm maybe you look who is underneath it now". Wendell said to Jason.

The guys notice Kayori and Jasmine underneath it. Jason hits hand on his head. "I should have watched my big mouth". Jason said to them. The guys grin at them.

Kali sighs as he looks at Kayori. "Come on plus if it didn't mean anything to you after the kiss, you can always tell her later much later after the party". Kali said to Jason. Jason sighs as he, Kali, and RJ walk over to the mistletoe.

Jasmine, Jazz, and Kayori are talking among themselves as they spot the guys. "I was wondering what is keeping you guys at the food table". Jazz said to Jason.

Jason looks at Jasmine as he is being nudged by Kali and RJ. "Actually you, Jasmine, and Kayori are standing underneath the mistletoe". Jason said to them.

The girls look at each as they look up. The girls are caught off guard by it. "It is definitely well placed and it is in front of everyone here". Jasmine said to them.

Kayori looks at Kali as she shrugs to them. "Yeah plus we can't ditch them here". Kayori said to them.

As Kayori kisses Kali and Jasmine kisses RJ, Jason and Jazz look at each other. "We might as well". Jazz said to Jason. She kisses him right on the lips. As the two pulls apart, they look at each other as they are blushing and went back to their respective places.

"Why are you blushing like a giddy school girl"? Scarlet asks Jazz.

Jazz looks at Scarlet as she tries to shake it off. "It is nothing Scarlet". Jazz said to Scarlet.

Scarlet looks at Jazz as she does not buy it. "I don't have AV's ability, but you are lying and the blushing is so obvious". Scarlet said to Jazz.

Jack nods as she looks at them. "Yeah you cannot lie to us". Jack said to Jazz. She has that knowing look on her face.

Jazz sighs as she notices that Jason is out of earshot range. "I actually liked it ok". Jazz said to them.

The girls look at each other as they turn to Jazz. "You got tell him that". Scarlet said to Jazz. The girls nod in agreement.

Jazz looks at them as she is unsure about it. "I do not know". Jazz said to them.

All the sudden, a man in a Santa suit shows up at the party. "Ho, Ho, Ho Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everybody", the man said to them.

Everyone looks at Santa as things are getting underway. "Merry Christmas", everyone said to Santa. Things are getting cheery and bright.

Santa looks at the gifts as he receives the nod from Conner and Kira as it is time. "I see that you brought gifts, and now it is time who it is for. Plus it is time to reveal who was your secret Santa". Santa said to them.

Everyone is getting excited as the anticipation is filling the air. "Which team will go first"? Dakota asks them. "Maybe we should let the mentors go first after all they put so much with us". Sara said to them. "I have to agree with Sara. The mentors go first". Jasmine said to them.

The mentors look at their rangers as they are letting them go first. Santa went to the gift table. He notices a small box. "This is for Abby". Santa said to the crowd.

Abby is surprised as she looks at them. She is being nudged by the mentors as she went first. "Wow I never got to go first in anything". Abby said to them. She went up to Santa. She receives the small box. As she opened the box, it reveals to be a picture frame with a picture of her and Jasmine as a newborn baby. She smiles as it is pretty. The frame is silver as it has my mommy and me on the top. "This is so beautiful. How did the picture got in here"? Abby said to them as she has tears falling down her face.

Brooke looks at Abby as she went up to her. "I was your secret Santa, I noticed that you don't have a frame for it, so I had someone to send the photo to me to get it repaired and restored". Brooke said to Abby.

Abby smiles as she went to hug her. "Thank you Brooke", Abby said to Brooke. Brooke nods as she looks at Abby. "Your welcome", Brooke said to Abby.

Santa nods as he grabs the next wrapped present. "This is for Conner". Santa said to the crowd.

Conner looks at them as he went towards Santa. The wrapped present is in a medium sized box. "I don't know if I should open it or not. It is beautifully gift wrapped. It has to be one from the female mentors, but I can rule out Kira because she wraps presents horribly". Conner said to them.

Kira gives Conner a look as she is not proud of that comment. "That might be true but if you are not careful you will be doing the dishes after the party is over and at home". Kira said to Conner. The teens look at each other as they watch.

Conner opens the present carefully. As he opens the box, it reveals to be a tee shirt with the rules for dating my teenage daughter. Conner laughs out loud as he looks at it. "I will definitely wear this when a boy wants to date Noelle. I have to guess it was from Jenny". Conner said to them.

Jenny shakes her head to Conner. "Not me Conner, I wouldn't doom Noelle on it. Someone else has the sense of humor". Jenny said to them.

Conner looks at them as he tries again. "Umm it has to be you Abby", Conner said to Abby.

Abby nods as she looks at Conner. "Yes it was me because I have one too". Abby said to them.

Jazz sighs as she looks defeated. "Your dad and my mom just ruined us". Jazz said to Noelle. Noelle nods as she looks at her. "Yep", Noelle said to Jazz.

Santa went to grab another present as it is badly wrapped. "This one is for Jenny", Santa said to them.

Jenny is surprised as she is called next. As she looked at the badly wrapped present, she looks at Kira. "You know you could have wrapped it in a gift bag right". Jenny said to Kira.

Kira shakes her head to Jenny. "I know that but that is not my handy work". Kira said to Jenny.

Conner has a sheepish look on his face. "It is actually from me, and yeah I know that as well. How am I supposed keep the wrapping paper in place long enough to put the tape down". Conner said to them. Everyone laughs at Conner as Jenny opens up her gift.

Jenny opens it to reveal it be a picture frame of her and Hunter on the day that adopted their children. "It is beautiful thanks Conner". Jenny said to Conner.

Santa grabs the next wrapped present. "This is for Maya". Santa said the crowd. Maya looks at them as she went towards them. The box is small as it is badly wrapped. "Well I am going to guess Kira on this wrapped present". Maya said to them.

Kira nods as she looks at Maya. "Yeah I am your secret Santa". Kira said to Maya. As Maya unwraps the present, it is revealed to be her bracelet as it is fixed. "My bracelet, it got fixed but how"? Maya asks them.

Kira has a sheepish look on her face. "Well Abby told me that you were always losing it and she sneakily got it to me. I took it to a jewelry store and got it fixed". Kira said to Maya.

Maya looks at the bracelet as she looks at Kira. "Thanks Kira", Maya said to Kira. She puts the bracelet back on as she has some memories of it and when she first got it.

Santa grabs another wrapped present. "This is for Brooke", Santa said to the crowd.

Brooke went up as she looks at the small box. "Oh wow, it is too delicate to unwrap. Plus there is hardly anyone left to think of that it could be from, so I am going to guess it is from you Maya". Brooke said to Maya.

Maya nods as she looks at Brooke. "Yes it is from me Brooke". Maya said to Brooke. She has a light smile on her face.

Brooke unwraps her present as she sees the item. "Is this what I think it is"? Brooke asks Maya as she picks the device up. It is a special mentor morphor.

"Yeah it is your very own mentor morphor. Ever since I was attacked the library at school and again at the Grand Library, you wouldn't have a special line of defense just in case some psychotic monster or being attacks in Clover Hill". Maya said to Brooke.

Brooke looks at the device as she puts on her wrist. "Thank you Maya", Brooke said to Maya.

Santa nods as he picks one more box as he looks at it. "Finally the last one for the mentors is Kira". Santa said to the crowd.

Kira looks at them as she went up to Santa. As she looks at the wrapped present, she looks at them. "Like Brooke said that there couldn't be anyone else left who draw my name. It would have to be Jenny". Kira said to Jenny.

Jenny nods as she looks at Kira. "Yep I am the one that drew your name". Jenny said to Kira.

Kira nods as she opens her gift. The gift revealed to be a picture frame that has a family photo of the McKnight family. It has Corey, Levi, Julianne, Noelle, Hermione, Roderick, and Bradley in it with Conner and Kira. "This photo was taken after the triplets were born". Kira said to them. The frame has the world Family at the top in an elaborate design and on the bottom, it has the birth stone color of each child on the bottom of it.

Santa nods as he looks at the crowd as it is the Rangers turn. "Now for the teens, since there is a lot of you, I will be doing this by team in reverse alphabetical order. Remember, each team drawn a member from one of the two other teams". Santa said to them.

The teens shrug as it did not bother them as much. The Music Force teens went up first. As they unwrapped their presents, Noelle laughs as it is a leash and a kit filled with safety supplies in case of an attempted kidnapping. Dakota smiles as it pendant necklace with a bow and arrow on it. James nod as it is some books. Kali nods as it is a set of books on African weapons. Kayori smiles as she got some bracelets. Paige is happy that she got a floral white purse. Michie nods as she got a helmet for her skateboard. Abu smiles as he got a camera bag for his camera. Scarlet smiles as it is a picture frame of her parents before it happened. Wendell gotten excited for sheet music paper and a baseball glove.

As they try to figure out who their Secret Santa, some of them are easier to figure out than others. The surprise was that Noelle's Secret Santa is Marcus from Lore Keepers. He said that he want it be practical and a little bit of laughter at the same time. Scarlet cries in RJ's arms when she learned that it was him that gotten the photo and frame. Kali got surprised that it was Jazz that draw his name. Jazz admits to him that he was hard to shop for. Dakota thanks Jack for the necklace as she will wear it always. James had a difficult time trying to figure out his Secret Santa. When Mel comes forward to him to reveal that she was his Secret Santa, he thanks her for the gift. Michie got it right on the first try as her Secret Santa is Sora. Wendell asked his Secret Santa AV about his baseball glove size as he gives her a big bear hug. Abu took two tries to figure it out that it was Eva that gotten the camera bag. Paige and Kayori also had a hard time figuring out their secret Santa. However Chris and Sara catches up to them that it was them.

Santa smiles as the teens from Reefside opens their presents. "Ok the next team is Jurassic Surge", Santa said to them.

As the Jurassic Surge teens opens their presents, Jamie is happy that he got some of cookbooks on Arabian, Japanese, Indian, and Chinese cuisine. RJ got a new gym bag. Brad got a gym bag. Jack got her own safety kit as well to much of relief to Brad. Jasmine got a book on Bollywood Dancing and Movies. Mel got a couple of bracelets. Barry got some book on sports figures. As they are trying to figure it out, Jamie got it right away with Abu. Jasmine laughs as her Secret Santa is Jazz. As RJ and Brad figured that Paige and Wendell are their secret Santa. In truth, Wendell and were standing in line with the same thing and hoped to put their best poker face on. Poor Mel and Barry had a hard time figuring it out that their Secret Santa were Scarlet and Logan.

Santa nods as the second ranger team is finished. "Now finally and certainly not least the Lore Keeper Team". Santa said to them. As the Lore Keepers teens went up to get their presents, they notice that some of them were pretty badly wrapped. AV gotten some books along a leash with a safety kit. Eva got very happy as she got an art bag filled with a personalized sketch pad and art/drawing supplies. Logan smirks as he gotten boxing gloves. Chris gotten giddy with old school comics and magna. Sora got some soccer gear. Jazz laugh out loud as her gift is a basketball gym bag wrapped in a prankish style. Sara got a computer bag organizer. Marcus got a gym bag while Jason got a picture frame with a picture of him and his dad.

As they are trying to figure out their secret Santa, some of them got easier than others. AV figured out right away that it was Jamie. He said that he wanted to make sure that the Noelle, Jack, and AV gotten items to keep them safe and preventing future kidnappings. Eva is surprised that it is actually Kali that draw her name. Chris took three guesses to finally figure out that it is Noelle that draw his name. Logan thanks Barry as he got it right on the first time. Plus he can actually bring his gloves to the Great Library for training. Marcus and Jason couldn't figure it out that it was James and Kayori that draw their names. Jason thanks Kayori deeply as it touched his heart deeply. Sora managed to guess that it is Brad that draw her name. Sara and Jazz also got it right on the first time on Dakota and Jasmine.

Santa looks at the teens as they are having a good time. "My work here is done my friends. I have to get going. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays". Santa said to them as he leaves the party.

Everyone waves goodbye to Santa as the party is getting close to being over.

As the party is drawn to a close, Noelle looks at the teens as she nods to them. "You know guys ever since we all became rangers, things gotten really crazy. As this year is about to become a close, we have been through a lot of things. Some of them were great and others were not so great. However when the new year comes, there is a lot of things to look forward to. Plus we will need each other very soon because the trial will start soon. I am not afraid of them. They should be be afraid of all of us". Noelle said to them.

The teens nod in agreement as they look at Noelle. "I have to agree with Noelle. I am done with being targeted by psycho cheerleaders and ex teachers with pathetic vendettas against us. We all gotten help and guided not just by therapist, we got guided by our teammates and friends". Jack said to them.

AV nods as she has support from Jazz. "I also have to agree with Noelle and Jack. I know what it is like be held captive against my will by twisted alien beings. However being kidnapped by a human being was new to me. I learned an awful truth about one of the women that she planned to kidnap me when I was a kid. When I do face her in court room, she will know that I am not afraid of her. She will know that she will never put me in pain again". AV said to them.

The teens nod as they gather around them. "We will always have your backs no matter what". The teens said in unison as the mentors nod in agreement.

Meanwhile at the prison, Sonya and Heather are in their jail cells as they are separated. "Soon I will see them again. Once that this whole thing is misconstrued and a misunderstanding, I will be a free woman". Sonya said to herself. "Once they see that I should have been in the position, I shall be a free woman". Heather said to herself as both women has an evil almost twisted expressions on their faces.

End Chapter

Yep this is the filler chapter. I never done a Christmas Party chapter before in my other stories, so I decided to do it. The next arc will be the Trial. Plus a subplot will be introduced in the next arc that will play a role at the end of the arc.

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