My first ever Power Ranger fic!
Ok... I have to admit that Power Rangers was my show when I was a kid! Jason Scott (Original Red Power Ranger) was my first love! I had posters of him up in my bedroom and I had Power Rangers of VHS Tapes... yes I am that old... I was obsessed and I was sure that when I grew up I would become the Pink Power Ranger and I would be able to have Jason forever.
This story however doesn't involve Jason; this story is about one of my favourite couples from the series. Kira and Conner. Yes I am aware they were never an actual item on the show but I loved their dynamic and their chemistry. They were the couple I was always hoping were going to end up together but sadly that never happened so instead I'm going to write Fanfic about them getting together instead!
So just a heads up for this chapter; I'm going to be changing POV a lot just to show where everyone is in their lives. It is just for this chapter, the rest of the story will either be in Kira or Conner's POV. Also, there is some serious Trent bashing in this story so sorry if you like him.
Disclaimer: Power Rangers and its original characters do not belong to me
I See Red: Chapter 1: Separate Lives
Kira
"I hate you!" I screamed and threw a vase at him but he dodged it and it smashed on the wall behind him instead. Trent looked between the broken glass on the floor and me with a look of shock and fear on his face... good... I hope he is scared. He should be after what he did to me "You're a piece of shit!" I shouted and stormed towards the bedroom and slammed the door closed behind me.
I noticed the offending item that had caused this whole fight just sitting on the bed where I had left it, well threw it, I couldn't help but look at it. It was just a bra; it didn't seem that awful it would cause a fight would it? Well the problem is that the bra is not mine and I found it down the back of the bed... the bed that I share with Trent.
Throwing the vase at him was reaction to what he had just confessed; a two month affair.
For the last few months I thought I was going crazy! It all started when I went to California to meet with a producer for my new album and when I had left New York to go to this meeting, Trent and I had got into this stupid fight and he said that I wasn't a good girlfriend and said I was putting my career first and he was sick of it. I yelled back and told him that I was going to carry on with my career because it was what I wanted and he could do whatever the hell it was that he wanted. I didn't realise the thing he had wanted to do was one of the girls he worked with, Anna.
Turns out that when I was in California Trent began his affair with Anna and after changing the bedding this morning, something I do weekly, I found her bra down the back of the bed and when I asked him about it he confessed to the affair. Knowing I had changed the bedding just a week ago means that the affair is still going on and what made it worse was that I knew Anna... I have met her quite a few times, she knows that Trent and I are together and yet she still slept with him.
It actually made me feel physically sick, the thought of Trent and Anna in our bed whilst I'm... I don't even know what I was doing at the time but clearly it wasn't Trent.
When I got back from California I knew there was something off. Trent was distant and he was doing a lot of pretty late hours at his office, he was constantly on the phone but always in different rooms so I couldn't over hear the conversation. We haven't had sex for nearly 3 months and he doesn't tell me he loves me anymore or put 'X' at the end of text messages. I thought it might have just been in my head but hearing him confirm it today just made me realise that I should listen to my gut instinct more.
The door knocked lightly but I didn't respond. The door slowly opened and Trent poked his head around the corner of the door looking very sheepish and sad. I don't care how sad he is, he isn't the one who is getting cheated on.
"Kira, I am so sorry for everything. None of this was supposed to happen," He told me.
"You need to get out of my face," I warned and threw the bra at him again.
He caught it easily and put it behind his back so it was out of sight "I think you need to find somewhere else to sleep tonight," I stated.
"Don't do this," He pleaded.
"I mean it Trent, you better get out of here or so help me God I might just smother you in your sleep!" I shouted.
Ok, I wouldn't actually hurt him or kill him because if I'm going to prison for life, it's not for him but I wanted him to understand how angry I was and I think he is beginning to get the message.
"I'm sorry Kira." He stated as he retreated backwards out of the room and he closed the bedroom door softly.
Out of the corner of my eye I noticed the shimmer coming from the 10 year school reunion invitation. The last thing I wanted to do right now was go to the high school reunion with Trent but on the other hand I didn't want anyone to know how bad things had gotten between us. Everyone thought that Trent and I would go the distance and end up married with a family but obviously that isn't going to happen.
Its times like this I miss my boys; Ethan, Dr O and of course Conner.
Ethan
I can't believe it has been 10 year since I left high school, I suddenly feel really old. It doesn't feel like it has been 10 years, in fact it feels like it was just a week ago I said my goodbyes to Conner, Kira, Trent, Dr O and Hayley as I left for college. So much has happened in the past 10 years; I graduated college, I developed my own software company, I met a girl and just last year I got married... me... Ethan James... got married!
My wife Sarah and I met at my first job at a software company. She is not just intelligent but she is beautiful too. We hit it off right away and when I left the company to start my own I asked her to come and work for me, she agreed and she quickly rose through the ranks until she was a project manager. We didn't start dating until four years ago after working closely on a project together and it took me weeks but I plucked up the courage to ask her own and after a year of dating I proposed to her. If someone would have told me how my life would have ended up, I would have said they were lying!
My wedding day was the best day of my life! I got everyone back together for the weekend; Kira, Conner, Dr O, Trent and Hayley. All of them flew in for the wedding and I got to spend some time with them, it's not often we get to do that anymore because we have all moved on with our lives.
Kira is a superstar, like we all knew she would be.
Conner is living in London working as a coach at the Arsenal soccer club for the under 16s team.
Trent is a huge comic book artist working with DC Comics.
Dr O is still working at Reefside High as a science teacher but he is now head of the department.
Hayley still owns the Cybercafé and is still helping everyone out.
I looked at the envelope again and I suddenly felt myself become excited... I was going to get to see everyone again!
"Sarah!" I called as I walked into her office.
"What's up?" She asked without looking away from her computer, she was in the middle of working on a very big project so she was very busy and distracted right now. I spun her chair around so she would face me, she looked at me confused for a moment and then I handed her the invitation "What's this?" She asked.
"Ten year reunion at Reefside," I answered.
"That's great! Is everyone else going?" She asked.
"I think so. I'll fire off an email and ask them but I can't see why not," I told her.
"It will be great to see them all again." She commented happily.
"This is going to be great!" I exclaimed excitedly.
Conner
"Well done guys, great session today!"
The guys high fived each other as they made their way towards the showers to get washed up.
Today was my last training session for a couple of weeks because in 2 days I am flying back to the states to attend my 10 year school reunion. I'm not actually sure how I feel about going; obviously I wanna see everyone again. It's been 2 years since I last the team; it was Ethan's wedding... who would have thought that Ethan would be the first of us to get married? We all flew in and watched Ethan get married to this woman he met through work, she was a good woman, good for Ethan and they clearly loved each other a lot.
Since moving to London a few years ago I haven't really kept in contact with the team like I should have. I stayed in contact with Kira and Ethan for the first year or so but then everyone got so busy with their own lives, including me, Kira was doing tours and recording. Ethan was working hard with his own software business and we all just lost contact. We really only speak now on special occasions; Birthdays, Christmas, New Years and Ethan's Wedding Anniversary.
I feel bad that I haven't kept in contact; I was the Red Ranger after all, they were my team.
Being in London things are difficult for me as I am in a different time zone and I'm busy working. Kira is never in the same time zone for too long as she's touring and recording and doing press. Ethan is also busy and is working nonstop and he has his life with Sarah, they're always doing something or going on little trips here and there. I want to see them and have a good catch up with them and as I'm going to be stateside for 2 weeks I am hoping to get plenty of opportunity to really spend some time with them and find out how they all are.
The one person I am looking forward to spending some time with is Kira! I haven't seen her since Ethan's wedding, the same as the others but I haven't spoken to her in the longest. It has been nearly 10 months since I last spoke to her. I know she has been insanely busy but I am so proud of her and I knew she would do great, she has an amazing voice and she is passionate. I'm looking forward to seeing her and seeing finding out how she's been and how things are going with Trent. The last I heard they were living together in New York and I've seen articles of them out and about together and they look happy but I guess I will find out when I see her.
I can't actually believe that it has been 10 years since I left high school, time flies by when you're having fun I guess. I have to admit moving to London was one of the best decisions I've ever had, I've had so much fun here the past few years and I've met people I wouldn't have otherwise met. I've experienced some crazy things but stuff I never would have done otherwise. I love living here... but I have been feeling homesick the past year and I have been thinking about moving back to the states and opening some soccer camps in the states.
Working here are Arsenal and coaching the kids team has been an amazing experience but I think I want to do my own thing now. Moving back home and opening my own soccer camp there and helping other kids with their skills and help them into the soccer world. There is nothing I can think of that would be more rewarding for me. I want other kids to grow up and get the same experiences that I've had. I've started looking into it already and I want my first soccer camp to be in Reefside so I'm going to look at a couple of spaces during my 2 week trip there and see what happens from there.
Tommy
"Orange juice please Hayley,"
Hayley put a fresh glass of orange juice in front of me.
"Have you heard from them?" She asked.
I knew she was talking about the team. All the invites had been sent out for their 10 year reunion and I'm hoping that they are all going to be able to make it.
"No, I haven't heard anything," I answered.
"Maybe send out an email to them all or something," She suggested.
"Yeah I might do that," I replied and took a sip of my orange juice "I just can't believe they've been gone ten years! It's crazy," I commented and shook my head in disbelief.
"I can't believe they're all grown up now," Hayley said.
"I know but I am so proud of all of them. They had dreams and they chased those dreams. Conner's in England coaching soccer for Arsenal. Ethan has his own software company. Kira is a superstar and Trent is making comic books... I couldn't be prouder of all of them," I told her.
"I was thinking about asking Kira if she would perform here one night, do you think she'll do it?" Hayley asked.
"Of course she will," I replied instantly.
"Hayley!"
"I better go." Hayley wandered down to the other end to serve.
I can't believe Hayley was unsure if Kira would do a set here, I knew she would. Kira would do anything Hayley asks and without question. She is really good to both me and Hayley, she always sends us her albums before they are released and she's mentioned us before in interviews and been very kind about us, she said we helped her reach her dream, although I'm sure she would have gotten there without us. She also sends us free tickets to any show we wanna go to and of course we get VIP treatment and access.
My teenage Power Rangers are no longer teenagers, they're all grown up and will be 30 in a couple of years... it's insane! I remember the first time they morphed and I remember them growing from these teenagers with separate lives to this team that were willing to die for one another. The bond between them is something I remember having when I first became a Ranger with Jason, Zack, Trini, Billy and of course Kim.
I'm looking forward to this reunion.
Trent
What I did was stupid, yes I know, I shouldn't have done it and I regret ever starting the affair with Anna but it just sort of happened. Kira and I were fighting right before she left for a work trip to California, we had to cancel a weekend away we had been planning for three months to Montauk. We have both been working really hard without any breaks and we wanted to get away to the beach for a couple of days and unwind. Everything was set and the day before we go she tells she has to get on a plane and go to California for 10 days. We argued and I told her she was always putting her career before her relationship with me, she told me she was going to do whatever she wanted to do and I should do the same.
I ended up going into work the next day and I was working with Anna and I just found myself confiding in her everything that had happened and how I was feeling. She asked me if I wanted to go for a drink instead of going home to an empty apartment so we went to a bar. We got a little drunk and we went back to her place and things just escalated from there. I felt awful the next day and then I tried I call Kira so I could confess and make things right with her but she ignored my calls and I got angry, I found myself back at Anna's apartment and the affair started.
I really did think that Kira was going to break up with me when she got back to California but when she came back she apologised and she promised to put more effort into our relationship. She even booked us a 5 day trip to New Orleans, somewhere we both loved going and she booked the hotel we went to the first time we went there. I was so surprised and by then I was already in deep with Anna, we had been spending so much time together and I know that 10 days isn't really a long time but I had fallen for Anna, she was different to Kira. Not good or bad different, just different and I liked being with her... she gave me the time and attention that Kira didn't.
When Kira was changing the bedding today I never thought Anna's bra was going to be there. I really thought we had been careful with that kind of thing but when Kira threw it at me I knew it was obviously Anna's. I knew there was no point in lying to Kira, not when I had been caught red handed so I confessed to everything and it didn't go well.
I was tempted to go and see Anna and maybe stay with her for a little bit but then I thought about Kira and how much I loved Kira. I wanted to be with her, now that I was faced with the choice to choose I wanted to choose Kira and be with her. I have been in love with her since we were 17 years old, she was the first woman for everything for me and I know I was her first everything. We've been through so much together and I didn't want it all to end. That's why I'm staying at this stupid hotel for a few days to give Kira some time to cool and let her decide what she wants to do. At this point I will do anything to keep her as my girlfriend... I was even thinking about proposing this Christmas but it doesn't look like that is going to be happening now.
I am such an idiot!
Logging onto my emails I spotted an email from Ethan at the top of my inbox. It was an email that had been sent as a group to myself, Kira, Conner and Dr O.
Hey guys!
Hope you're all doing good.
I know we haven't spoken much lately but just wanted to let you know that my invitation for the 10 year school reunion came this morning! Sarah and I are excited to come and see you and she is booking our hotel for us as we speak. We're only going to be there for three days so we have to cram as much time in as possible to have a real catch up. I wanna know what you have all been up to!
Ethan
There was a response from Dr O underneath;
Hi.
I'm good thanks Ethan... hope you and Sarah are well.
I was just talking to Hayley about the reunion. I hope you can all make it. It has been too long since we've all been in the same room as each other but I understand that you are all grown up now and you've all got your own lives.
Just want to say that I am so proud of you all and I can't wait to see you.
Dr O
I forgot about the reunion! The invitation came a couple days ago; Kira was really excited about it and couldn't wait to get back to Reefside for a visit. She hasn't seen her folks since Christmas last year and they are always going on at her for being too busy to see them. I was looking forward to seeing my dad, I also haven't seen him since Christmas but we video chat a lot and speak on the phone a couple times a week.
I wonder what Kira will want to do with the reunion coming up.
OK! This was just an introduction to our beloved characters and what they could be up to 10 years after they left Reefside to start their lives. I think it is clear to say that Ethan is definitely living his best life! He's got a gorgeous wife who he works with and trusts, Conner was right, who would have thought that Ethan would have been the first one of them to get married?
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. I know it is a lot but the rest of the story is going to be in mainly Kira or Conner's POV. I am excited to know what you all thought about this chapter so please can you;
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