A/N: if anyone had confusion for the ages of the rangers and stuff, here's a brief summary.
when SPD begins, the rangers are all around twenty/twenty one. Z was thirteen when she had Ruth, that makes the date, around six or seven years before SPD. sam was ten in the series, so, it would make him about three years older to Ruth. in the story, twenty years after SPD series, the rangers are forty/forty one Sam would be thirty, and Ruth would be twenty seven. so, it's not all that complex. also, Sky and Z's son is seventeen years old. PS. there are 2 squads, A and B. A has Omega, Cyro, Nova, Epsilon etc, B has Red blue Green etc. Ruth and Sam are in A, and Sky and Z's son is in B.
Ch-7: Information
Whatever had happened, sky and Z were still stuck in the future, and they had to capture two aliens, Count Time o' clock, and DeeZee Vaughn, the guy they had promised their medic guy, who had told them to call him Vyrox, and so, they decided to get into work.
They went to a feline alien people called 'La Lady Noire' to find info about DeeZee Vaughn. They say, lady noire knows EVERYTHING that goes on in the under world. They were led into the deep chambers of lady noire, after paying an exorbitant amount, for half an hour.
"Welcome kiddies." Noire welcomed sky and Z, "what brings you here?"
"Well, first of all, don't call me a kid." Z began,
"tune down the sass kid." She said, rather rudely.
"well, okay, just tell us where to find this guy, and we'll be on our way" Sky replied, showing her the picture of DeeZee that they had managed to acquire the previous day.
"oh, is this Vaughn?" she squealed, "yeah, I remember my fling avec lui. Oui, oui, oui, not a very nice chap, last I heard, he was with Carson." she said, in a very exaggerated French accent, which was identifiably fake.
"did you say Carson?" Z ears stood up, hearing the name,
"how much did you already pay?" noire asked, laying back in her chair,
sky said the number, and the lady said, "maybe a little bit more," and told them what she thought was a little, but the rangers paid nevertheless, as the trip was financed by SPD.
"well, how about you tell us where to find and take down Vaughn, and we'll take your leave?" Z asked, now annoyed.
"sure." She replied, took a cigarette from a case, and lit it. After blowing several rings of smoke, she began, "DeeZee Vaughn, one of the most notorious drug lords of the NewTech City. He is known for spoiling the youth of many people. The old red ranger of SPD, ya might remember, Carson, he got in lieu of him, and now, they're partners, and the best ones in the business. Hard to believe the garçon once used to belong to SPD. You should see him now. He's the ringleader of drug links, gangs, and pretty much anything illegal that ever goes on in NTC. He's even taken over Vaughn, indirectly of course. Of course, when that enfoiré of a commander, Schuyler, disabled him for a little while. Took him real time to get back on his feet, but now he's good, and back in business. Carson is a real hottie. They say, some girl at SPD broke his heart, and he started drugs. What I think is that it is in one's blood that leads them into these rings. I mean, if this was the case, every next man in NewTech would be a gang leader. Non, non, non, it is in the blood, and that boy has it." She kept ranting about stuff, about bridge and vaughn's partnership, and sky and Z took notes, she used the word, 'enfoiré' a lot of times, and Z was forced to ask Sky, "what the hell does enfoire mean?"
"it has a lot of meanings, none of them are particularly nice." Sky replied. Hearing this, Z searched Google, and grinned at what it showed her.
"she calls you, Schuyler Marcus Tate, an enfoiré" she whispered and burst into laughter.
Lady noire was completely undisturbed by the conversation the two young people were having.
Half an hour of continuous ranting later, sky and Z emerged from the chambers, with a terrible headache.
"okay, we know where DeeZee Vaughn can be found." Sky began,
"Let's take off for today, I don't think I can even make it back to the base." Z replied, putting her hand over his mouth.
"well, we can take off, but I wanna see the future NTC!" sky protested.
"well, why don't I go back, and you can explore the city as much as you want." Z replied, drowsily walking back to the jeep.
"jeez Z, you're in a mood," sky said, sarcastically.
"great then, I'm gonna go back to SPD, my head is aching, my whole body is shaking, and I can't focus. We haven't eaten anything since last night, and that also I threw up this morning, so technically we haven't eaten anything since the snacks we had last evening."
"there's a way to retain your dinner, don't drink after eating." Sky replied nonchalantly.
"Sure, you're a teetotaler." Z mocked.
"oh come on, I don't drink that much that I have to throw up every morning."
"it's not every morning, just Saturdays." She replied, got into the jeep, and drove off, leaving him stranded, not knowing where to go.
"And I wonder what's wrong with me!" he muttered out loudly to himself.
X-X-X
Sky grinned as he leisurely walked over to Z and the Jeep, alongside a very grinning Ruth, half an hour after Z had left him stranded on the roads of the new NTC.
"you know, driving with an expired license is illegal." Ruth grinned.
"what are you two doing here?" younger Z asked, really pissed off.
"you left me stranded, so, I called Ruth to pick me up." Sky smirked.
"yep, and then we got your call, and here we are to bail you out of prison." Ruth completed.
"okay, Miss Delgado, you have the charges of driving with a license that expired in 2029. But seeing your age, I doubt you were more than four years of age at that time." The inspector said, giving Z a stink eye.
"It's a long story." Z said, while the two SPD rangers bailed her out.
"well, viola. Daughter saves mother!" Ruth said, and she and sky burst into laughter.
"you two get along really well don't you?" Z asked, still sour, "ganging up on me?"
As the three of them walked around SPD, going to Vyrox, and the commander(s) to tell them the news about Bridge Carson, and DeeZee Vaughn, they saw that cadet, they had seen sky grill on the simulator, talking to Z,
he was saying, "please commander, Mr. Tate is being very… jerky I know he's kinda disabled, but him on the simulator isn't helping. I think I deserve a chance to be a power ranger. Ma'am, I think commander Tate is leveling up the simulator, so that I can't be there. I think I can defeat him in a normal battle, but seeing his 'condition' I won't ask to do so. I just want to level up, so, ma'am, can you please take a test and level me up?" he said, older Z just crossed her arms and listened.
"here we go again…" Ruth said.
"what happened to him?" sky asked, younger Z was to fuming to say anything.
"well, it has been more than three months since Fred Smith has been asking for a promotion, and Dad, I mean, sky hasn't given him one yet." Ruth explained.
"well, he I mean I must have a reason, no?" sky asked.
"let's find out," Z said, breaking the conversation, as she saw older Sky coming out of the shadows.
"cadet Smith, if you can put up a fight with me, even for one whole minute, I will promote you to B-Squad." He said, Smith looked embarrassed.
"Sir, how did you get well?" he asked, quite shaken.
"that isn't important. What is, is that we have a little 'showdown' pending."
"Well, okay sir." Smith said, but his thoughts said, what will this old geyser do? I mean, it has been more than four years since he has fought with even a fly. I'm into B-Squad, that's for sure. And let out a smirk
Younger Sky and Z were a little skeptical, "don't you think one minute is a little too less?" she asked him; he just shrugged.
"Trust me, this will be fun." Ruth said, as older Z joined their side.
"I know." She said, grinning.
Both of them took fighting stances, and on three Fred lunged onto Sky, and then the audience had no idea what happened, as in less than ten seconds, Fred Smith was pinned onto the floor, unable to move.
There was applause.
"How long?" older sky asked.
"Seven seconds. Impressive." Ruth said, looking into her watch.
"Seven? I think I have lost my touch." He said, and they all had a laugh.
"You see Cadet Smith, there WAS a reason why I wasn't promoting you." Sky said, and walked out, victorious, and triumphant.
A/N: i know, loooooonnnnnngggg chapter;) and for those who don't know what the french word 'enfoiré' means, be sure to google it, i'm not revealing the suspense.
