Author's Note: Well, would you look at that, I've reached chapter 100. I know it says 49 but add the 51 chapters from part one and what do you get? (For those of you going 'there's a part one?' message me now for help).
I can't believe RPM's made it this far, as well as the Kaylee series, and I'm still coming up with ideas that you guys are liking (I'll admit, giving the chapters original titles is becoming a real bitch). Thanks for all your support and your reviews. It's always great to hear what you guys think.
Thanks everyone.
Lily
-----100-----
Greg had an uneasy feeling for quite a while now. He didn't know what it was. One minute he was feeling great (as great as he could given the circumstances), the next, he was feeling depressed, anxious, scared and unless.
The funny thing was, as much as he was feeling all those emotions... Greg didn't feel like they belonged to him.
Rose walked over to her son, touching his arm gently, snapping him back to reality as she placed his dinner in front of him.
"You're zoning out again," she whispered, "Are you sure everything's okay?"
"I told you, mom, I'm fine," Greg nodded, taking the fork and poking at his food. "I know Aunt Leah's family to you, but I grew up elsewhere. Your family isn't really mine."
"I know that," Rose chuckled, "If we had the same family, you definitely wouldn't be going out with Dani."
Greg's eyes widened, "Dani! Mom, its Dani!"
Rose looked down at the plate of food in front of her son, "Actually, it's chicken..."
"No, not the meat!" Greg hopped out of his seat, taking off for the front door, "I was zoning out because I felt uncomfortable, but I wasn't! It's because it wasn't me feeling down, it was Dani!"
"Whoa, what?" Rose asked, but Greg was in too much of a hurry.
"I can't explain yet, I've got to find Dani!"
Rose rolled her eyes, "Gregory, eat your dinner first!"
Greg ran back to the table, shoving the chicken in his mouth to finish it off. He kissed Rose on the cheek then left the house.
Rose sighed, "What the hell is up with him?"
-----RPM-----
"Girls..." Tori breathed, walking into the lab to find Kaylee and Kira passed out in front of the computer. She tiptoed to their side and gently placed her hand on their shoulder, "C'mon, brats, wake up."
"Not sleeping," Kaylee yawned as her head rose and she went back to working on the computer, "Thinking... must figure out... where Vanessa is..."
Kaylee trailed off as another yawn took over. As it ended, her head fell back down on the keyboard. Tori winced, shaking her sister again to wake her.
"Kaylee, go to bed," she whispered, "It's great you're looking out for Mike but..."
"Linked," Kaylee muttered, "Vanessa and Leanne."
"Oh not another family thing..." Tori groaned.
"Shooting... responsible..." Kaylee explained through the sleep, "We think the city's..."
"Brainwashed? I know. Mike told me," Tori nodded. She knelt down in front of her sister and gave the sleepy woman a smile, "Look, go to bed. You're not going to help anyone by sleeping here. If anything you'll just be typing in gibberish with your forehead."
Kaylee looked up as her hand moved to her head, feeling the mark the keys left.
"Dammit," she sighed, "Now my forehead says 'sxderctfvygbhumjiok'."
Kaylee rubbed her head and turned back to the computer, "Don't worry, Tor... after that little power nap I'm feeling..."
Again, Kaylee yawned.
"Energized... how the hell did that bunny do it all the time?"
"If I give you a piggy-back, will you go to bed?" Tori offered. Suddenly, Kira started to stir.
"Piggy-back?" her tired voice said, "To my bed? I don't have to move? I'll take it."
Tori looked over her shoulder, "I was offering it to Kaylee but..."
Before Tori could say anything more, Kira flopped down on her, wrapping her arms around Tori. The blonde surfer rolled her eyes as she stood up straight.
"I'll be right back, Kayl-Whale."
"That nickname wasn't funny when I was five, and it never was funny... especially when I was pregnant!" Kaylee called.
"I love you, too!"
Now that Kaylee was awake, and alone, she had nothing to distract her from finding Vanessa. She knew that once she found her nephew's girlfriend and got information out of her, they could figure out the motive behind the shooting that sent Leanne to the hospital.
-----RPM-----
Out in the city, the people were growing anxious, waiting for the right moment. They had all heard the 6 o'clock news and they had all learned that the Rangers had used them, manipulated them and lied to them.
Of course they were only out to protect the new doctor, the one who was trying to change the entire city. She was their Aunt, their friend, their family. The fact that her ideas could put lives at stake by crowding up doctor's offices or emergency rooms disgusted every last citizen of Corinth city.
H-07 was back in the city, along with Vanessa. He hadn't run far, knowing his plan was working perfectly. The whole city wanted the Rangers to fall. Soon, that was going to happen.
He stepped up on a park bench as he hushed the crowd. Everyone turned to him, with looks of power of their faces. H-07 smirked.
"Who wants to take over this city?"
-----RPM-----
Summer sat in her chair, watching as her aunt slept as she kept her eye on the door. Every time she thought it moved she would jump up and grab her morpher. After seeing the report, she knew disaster was coming.
Suddenly, the doorknob did move, and it wasn't just Summer imagining it. It turned very slowly as Summer got to her feet, standing in front of her injured Aunt as she reached for her morpher. The door creaked as it opened and a figure walked in.
"Get away," Summer hissed until the person turned on the lights.
"Why is it so dark in here?" he asked. The lights shone on his face and Summer let out her breath.
"Dillon... what the hell? You scared me!" Summer put her morpher back in her pocket and turned to Leanne, who had been woken up by the lights. Summer touched her hand gently as she looked to Dillon, "What are you doing here?"
"Sorry about that," Dillon laughed, "I didn't want to knock because I didn't want to wake up Leanne."
"How did that work out for you?" Leanne asked.
"Are you asleep?"
"I'm dreaming of little bunnies and ponies."
"Cool," Dillon shrugged. Leanne chuckled slightly but Summer didn't look happy.
"Dillon, did you see the news?" she asked. Dillon shook his head.
"I was a little busy back at the garage with the whole shooting mystery thing," Dillon answered, "Why?"
"The stupid news anchor is lying," Summer grumbled, "She got her facts all wrong..."
"What else is new?" Dillon frowned, "They always get their information wrong at first. Then, on the next update, they correct everyone. Hell, sometimes it takes a week before they realise, whoops, there's no such things as flying unicorns and talking rainclouds! Our bad!"
"Summer, sweetheart, what did you hear on the news?" Leanne asked, sitting up in her bed and making room for Summer to sit on the end. The blonde sat and turned to her Aunt and Dillon.
"She's making comments about us, as Rangers," Summer said, "Just because Aunt Kaylee went a little... protective of you and was a little hostile, the news claims we're only out to save ourselves. To sum up their thoughts, they think we're using Corinth as a cover and the only reason we're protecting the city is because we live on it. If T15 were to attack a citizen right now, they claim that we're not going to help them."
"That's not right," Leanne frowned, "They're supposed to deliver the news and the facts, not give their opinions to the public!"
"After everything that went down tonight, with the spinning eyes and the shooting... I'm scared we're in for hell."
"What are a bunch of angry shopkeepers and businessmen going to do to us?" Dillon asked, taking a seat beside Summer, "We're the Power Rangers..."
"Dillon, you set the park on fire," Summer frowned, "That's not going to help our case."
"They were supposed to freeze!"
"You set the park on fire?" Leanne asked, "When the... how long was I out?"
Summer fell back on the bed, "I just... after seeing that report... I don't know who I can trust," Summer breathed, "When Corinth wants war, they go for it! I heard what happened during the famine. It sounded like it was a bloodbath!"
"Meh," Dillon shrugged, taking his girlfriend's hand, "On the bright side, if we ran out of food we could have snacked on the dead bodies."
"This isn't funny!" Summer yelled, "Whoever's got this city under their spell could come after all of it! Aunt Leah was barely even promoted and she's already got haters!"
Dillon sighed as he wrapped his arms around Summer protectively. He kissed the top of her head and whispered, "Nothing's going to happen. It was just some kid trying to let out some steam."
"Some kid?" Leanne frowned, "Steam? I was shot four..."
"Shh!" Dillon hushed, "Why don't you both get some rest? I'll watch the door. If anything happens I promise I'll wake you up and we'll get out of here."
Summer nodded, pulling away from Dillon and walking over to her chair. It wasn't comfortable but there was no place else to sleep. Dillon helped Leanne lie back down on the bed before turning off the lights. He pulled a chair away from the wall and brought it beside Summer. As she began to doze off, he took her hand in his as he watched the door.
-----RPM-----
Daniela carefully walked down the hall to the bathroom, trying not to alert her parents that she was awake.
She had screwed up, big time. She had gone to the future so she could change things, make them better. Her mission was to keep the family together and save her father. Now, the family was still together, and her father was alive, but Leanne had still been shot, and she would have died had Dani not known about the fifth shot. The future wasn't the same as it was before, but it was still looking grim. Surely if Leanne was still shot there was a chance everything else was going to happen. What if her father still ended up in an accident? Maybe not while in an ambulance, but it could still happen? What if the family still broke up?
If Leanne could still be shot, even with a different present, everything else was still possible.
Dani locked the door behind her and walked to the medicine cabinet. She grabbed the first bottle she could find, not caring what it was. She just knew that for the future to work out, she needed to be dead. At least then she would know what would happen to her family. It wasn't ideal and everyone would be living in depression, but it was better than whatever future she was creating.
The silver Ranger unscrewed the cap and looked inside at the pills in the bottle. Suddenly there was a loud bang at the door.
"Dani, are you in there?" she heard Greg call. Her body froze. Maybe, if she didn't answer he would go away. "Dani, I know you're in there!"
"Dammit," Dani mumbled, keeping her voice low so Greg didn't hear. She had forgotten about their link.
On the other side of the door Greg was struggling with the lock. He knew Dani was about to do something stupid and he needed to stop her.
"Daniela, whatever you're doing I want you to stop!" he yelled. Ronny and David heard the commotion from their bedroom and walked into hall to find Greg, pounding on their bedroom door.
"What is going on?" David asked, walking to the gold Ranger, "Who are you talking too?"
Greg turned to his girlfriend's parents, "Dani's in there! I don't know what she's doing but you might want to help me out here!"
Ronny rushed over to the door and knocked on it, "Daniela, sweetheart, what's going on? Are you okay?"
Daniela clutched the bottle of medicine, keeping quiet. If her parents and Greg saw her now she would be in so much trouble. She dumped some of the pills in her hand and stared at them.
Ronny heard the medication as it fell from the bottle and her heart dropped, "Daniela! What are you doing?"
Dani took a deep breath as she put the handful of pills in her mouth and chewed. The taste was anything but pleasant, but Dani had to get it over with.
She leaned over the sink as her parents and boyfriend banged on the door, trying to get her to come out. All she had to do was wait.
She grabbed the bottle once more, reading the label.
"Acetaminophen?" she groaned, "Great, I'm taking my own life with pain killers."
She read further down the label, "Don't take more than eight tablets a day... whoops."
Suddenly the bottle fell from her hand and the pills and bottle scattered all over the floor. Dani clutched the sink with both hands as the world began to spin.
Ronny heard the medicine hit the floor and she panicked. She rammed her shoulder into the door, causing the lock to break. The door flew open and the scared mother found her daughter by the sink.
Greg turned to David, "Okay, so if I ever do something wrong... I know to fear the mother."
"Yeah, I was never the parent you had to worry about," David shrugged. The two boys joined Ronny, with David grabbing his daughter's arms, holding her upright.
"Dani, what did you do?" he asked her. Dani struggled, trying to pull away but David held her tight.
"I had to!" she screamed, "Life's better off without me!"
"Dani..." Ronny breathed, wrapping her arms around her daughter, "Why would you say that?"
"It's just... everything's getting worst... I wasn't supposed to kill that man... and Aunt Leah getting shot wasn't supposed to happen because I changed the present!"
"What?" David asked before Dani began to sway. Even with her mother's support she still stumbled to the ground. Ronny dropped with her daughter and tapped her cheek gently to try and wake her.
-----RPM-----
"I can't believe I'm asking you to flirt with my girlfriend," Mike sighed as he sat on the couch beside Scott. Everyone present at the base had been informed about the plan to get Vanessa into the Garage. They were just waiting for Kaylee and Kira to locate her before commencing the plan.
"I can't believe I'm flirting with another woman just after getting engaged," Scott frowned, "This family is insane."
Tori walked through the room, carrying a very tired Kira on her back as she walked up the stairs and into the girls' room.
Samantha easily ignored this, "I can't believe I'm okay with this," she said, "This is officially weird."
"At least if this plan works everything will go back to normal," Ziggy smiled, "And no one will have to flirt with anyone else's girlfriend."
Kaylee stepped out of the lab with a smile on her face, "I found her."
Mike jumped up, "Where is she?"
"She's back at the park," Kaylee said, "The entire city is there. I'm also picking up T15 hardware. Something tells me she's behind all this."
Mike clenched his fist, "That ugly bitch is going to pay."
"Hey!" Dawn called, glaring at the Bradley boy, "She's my clone, watch what you say about her looks."
"Sorry..." Mike frowned. He glanced over at Scott, "Are you ready for this?"
Scott stood up, letting go of Samantha's hand, "As ready as I'll ever be. Please don't hurt me for flirting with your girl."
"Let me take this all out on that busboy and you'll be fine."
Scott and Mike bumped fists before Scott used his powers. He pictured the busboy in his head and morphed into him. Samantha scooted over on the couch and leaned into her sister.
"Why do I have the feeling I'm going to hate those powers twenty years from now?" she asked.
"Because while you grow old and wrinkly, Scott will forever be able to look like he's a hot twenty-year old Power Ranger."
Samantha glared at her sister, "Thanks, Hay."
"What... you asked."
Kaylee approached Scott but still kept a fair distance. Shape shifting still crept her out.
"Okay, here's what you're going to do," she said, "The city will be there watching your every move. You've gotta find Vanessa when she's not with busboy and you've got to lure her back here."
Kaylee turned away from the red Ranger and looked to the rest of the Ranger team (minus Summer, Dillon, Greg and Dani), As soon as Vanessa walks in here we grab her. I've got the chair set up to keep her in place while we try to reverse the effects of hypnotism. Hopefully once we're done with that Vanessa will remember what happened."
"We can only hope," Flynn nodded.
-----RPM-----
"Dani? Daniela, wake up!" she called. David and Greg dropped to their knees as well to try and help.
"Wake her up," David told his wife and Greg, "Don't let her pass out."
"Dani," Greg called gently, taking her head, "Dani, listen to me, stay awake."
David grabbed his daughter gently, holding her in his arms as he reached his hand in her mouth. Greg squeezed her hand, keeping his eyes fixed on her to keep her awake.
Suddenly Dani began to gag. David pulled his fingers out of her mouth to clear room, but nothing happened.
"C'mon, Dani," he said, "I don't care of you throw up on the floor this time."
He tried again, touching the back of Dani's throat with his fingers. He felt his daughter gag and pulled his hand out.
This time he succeeded as Dani threw up. He laid her down, on her side, leaving her to Ronny and Greg as he went to the medicine cabinet to grab his first aid kit.
