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House of Power Rangers

Chapter 15: House of Arrivals (vol.2)

The rangers had been training much more vigorously than they had before. Not only because they needed to defeat the Nighlok, who were only getting stronger, but also because they usually used the outdoor dojo to train as December was only a few days away it was getting colder and moving helped to keep them warm. So, it was normal that almost all the rangers were out training already. The only people missing were Nina and Antonio - they'd been working on the Black Box together for weeks now and they were making progress, it was just taking long, and it was frustrating the two. What wasn't normal though, was the knock at the door. Not many people knew where the rangers lived so it must have been someone who was lost. However, since the majority of the rangers were outside and the ones who weren't were in the inside dojo, only Ji heard the door. He was prepared to send the person away or give them directions. What he wasn't ready for was a familiar brunette with a suitcase.

"Mentor Ji!" she exclaimed.

"How are you here?" He asked, shocked.

"A plane," she smiles as he regains his composure.

"It's good to see you," he smiles, giving her a hug which she returns.

"Aww, you too!" She replies as pulls away. He grabs her suitcase, inviting her into the Shiba house. As he shuts the door behind her, she reaches into her bag, pulling out an envelope. "My mum asked me to give this to you. It should explain everything," she tells him.

"Thank you. Though, I'm sure you didn't come here just to talk to me. The rangers are out in the back." She leaves her suitcase by the door, not quite knowing where she'll be staying just yet. However, since it's not her first time at this house, she doesn't even have to think as she makes her way to the outdoor dojo. Stepping out the door she sees, five rangers training but she it takes her a moment before she can focus on the one she recognises. None of them seem to have spotted her yet though, the blue and green rangers sparring just like the pink and yellow. The red ranger was practicing sword technique and was facing away from her as she started walking out towards them.

"Jayden Shiba, your technique has improved so much since I last saw you," she says, causing the red ranger to turn quickly, holding his wooden sword in an offensive position. It also grabs the attention of the other rangers. "Hey, I'm unarmed." Jayden drops his down to his side, seeing her face.

"Shaylee?" he says disbelievingly.

"Of course," she grins walking towards him as he moves towards her before he engulfs her in a hug.

"The only reason I'll allowing this sweaty hug is because I haven't seen you in ages," she says, hugging him back before he pulls away laughing.

"Sorry," he smiles. "But Shay, what are you doing here?" He asks as the door opens, Nina coming through in her purple lined training gear, tying up her hair into a ponytail.

"Sorry, I'm late guys, we had to… who are you?" She asks, noticing the girl standing by Jayden but just as she opens her mouth to reply Nina's eyes widen in recognition, "No way…"

"Oh my gosh, Nina!" Shaylee says rushing forwards to Nina.

"I haven't seen you in years!" Nina laughs, meeting the girl in a hug, holding her tight.

"Sorry to interrupt but who is this?" Kevin asks the question on everyone else's minds. Shaylee pulls away from Nina turning to the unfamiliar faces.

"I'm sorry! I'm-" she begins but is interrupted by the opening door and Antonio walking out.

"What's going on?" He asks, seeing everyone not training just as he sees Shaylee. "Hold on," he says moving closer to her. "Shaylee Tokuda, is that you?"

"Antonio Garcia, it's good to see you," she smiles, giving him a hug, baffling the other rangers even more.

"Wait, Antonio, you know her too?" Mike asks, leaning on his staff.

"Of course, I know her! Shaylee's Jayden's cousin. We used to see her all the time."

"I just haven't seen her since she decided to move back to Australia," Jayden adds to which Shaylee scoffs.

"You say it like I had a choice."

"That explains why you know about us," Kevin says.

"How do you know Nina?" Mia asks Shaylee who glances at Nina and smiles softly.

"We were friends when we were younger. Really close," she says.

"Yeah, until she decided to move to Australia," Nina says, copying Jayden's previous statement.

"Hey, you moved too! And besides, I'm here now, okay," she says, rolling her eyes good naturedly.


The rangers finished training early so they could spend a bit of time talking and getting to know Shaylee since Ji had let them know that Shaylee was here to stay (she was going to be staying in Nina's room). She wasn't a ranger so she wouldn't be going out on the field with them, but she would be helping them from back here at the Shiba house. Some of the ranger teams that had come before them had had help from robots such as the Space Rangers (and many others) with Alpha so Shaylee in a way their human Alpha. She may not have been a ranger herself but coming from a ranger family she knew a lot about the ranger history, not just samurai rangers. She had also had access to books and journals that the other rangers were unlikely to have read before. It was great having Shaylee there. She fit in so naturally, as though she was always meant to be a part of the team; a part they didn't even know was missing until she was there. She was also great for boosting morale. Since their battle with Arachnitor and the discovery of the Black Box, Jayden, Antonio and Nina had been there but their heads have just been all over the place. No one really knew what had happened with Jayden when he spoke with Deker but it seemed to have got to him somehow so he hadn't really been himself since then; Nina and Antonio were just trying to get the Black Box working but it was a lot harder and a lot more draining than any of them could have anticipated. Also Nina still had to do school work on top of training and unlocking the Black Box so her day started much earlier than it usually did (she was currently waking up at 5am each morning)! Having someone the three of them had conveniently known during their childhood had boosted their moods tremendously and they were acting more like themselves.

Later that night, Nina, Emily and Kevin were cleaning up in the kitchen. Ji had ordered some take out due to Shaylee's arrival and the three of them had offered to clear up.

"You know, it's crazy that all three of you knew Shaylee when you were younger," Kevin told her, wiping down the table tops.

"Yeah. Imagine if you had met Jayden or Antonio way back then," Emily added, drying the dishes Nina had just finished washing.

"That would've been amazing," Nina smiles. She'd become pretty close with both of them so it would've been interesting to have grown up around them.

"It's a shame, you had to move away," Kevin says.

"But you're here now, so I guess fate brought you together," Emily smiles, causing Nina to laugh a bit.

"Sure. Fate. Definitely not our family legacies."

"Call it what you want," Emily tells her as Shaylee enters the room.

"Hey, would it be alright if I stole Nina?" she asks.

"Yeah, it's alright. I'm just drying the last few dishes now," Emily nods. "See you guys tomorrow."

Taking Nina's arm, Shaylee marched them back to their room. It was kind of weird for Nina to be sharing her room with someone now, especially since she had just gotten used to it just being her but she did not mind at all. It turned out Shaylee needed two things; first she needed to know how everything in the house worked; if she was going to do her job properly and actually be useful knowing where things were and how things such as the gap sensor worked. Second,

"So have you and Jayden-"

"No." Nina replies immediately, knowing where Shaylee was going with her sentence.

"Seriously? I thought by now…"

"Shay, stop," she laughs. "No, we don't think we can and it's annoying yes but it's alright. We've talked and we know this is the best thing. Besides, we've both pretty much accepted it this is how it is now and we're good so can we talk about anything else?"

"Sure, I was talking with him earlier actually so, tell me about England. Was there a replacement Jayden?" Nina rolls her eyes, but she's actually kind of glad. There's not much she can tell her about what exactly happened while she was at Anubis house so she was glad the topic Shaylee started with was her friends.

"I wouldn't call him a replacement but yes," Nina begins before telling her about her friends. Making her smile. She loved talking about them, surprisingly, it didn't make her sad to talk about them. Sure she missed them but now talking about them just made her smile, she'd made good memories there but she was quite happy where she was now too. Besides, even though she wasn't there, she still sort of got the gist of what was happening back in England. She had sent Eddie an incredibly long email for his 18th birthday just over a week ago and he'd sent her an incredibly long one back, thanking her and telling her the key points of what's going on.


Unfortunately, while they were still glad to have Shaylee around the morale boost was only short lived because the next day the red, purple and gold rangers were back to being distant and frustrated as they got back to work. As they were spread out through the house, Mia had already left to buy ingredients for her welcome meal to Shaylee/cheer up meal and Antonio had gone fishing to take a break. The gap sensor began ringing, calling all the rangers to the living room.

"It's in city hall," Shaylee told them. "Mia's already there."

"Thanks," Jayden replied as they ran out to meet the pink ranger. Mike smiled at her impressed at how quickly she got the hang of things. The Nighlok they were facing was Rhinosnorus, Shaylee informed them and it could place people into a deep sleep before devouring them in their perfect dream world so they never wake up in the real world. She figured that one of them could transport some of the others into the dream world but warned that it would take a whole lot of symbol power and may be difficult to keep open for long. Jayden ended up being the one to do it, only being able to keep it open long enough for Kevin, Mike and Nina to jump in, through Antonio (it was less weird than it sounded). Mia and Antonio had both been transported into the dream world and Emily had gone to find Mia's body, since last she saw her, she was fighting Dayu. It didn't take too long for the conscious rangers in the dream world to find the troublesome Nighlok, using its ability to conjure up whatever they dream to their advantage. Luckily, they had been able to knock the Nighlok out of his world but the three of them were on their own, having ended up, far from the others in a field. Luckily, they were able to send him away.

Back in the city hall, however, Antonio had woken up with a weak Jayden besides him. Helping the red ranger up, Antonio planned on taking him back to the house so he could rest up but the Nighlok had other plans, releasing giant monster in the town. The red and gold rangers morphed and entered their separate megazords, fighting alongside each other just like old time and actually managed to defeat them all and win. However, coming down, both rangers were much more exhausted than before and decided to take a breather on a crate, however not long after they sat down Jayden's samuraizer rang simultaneously with the rising of a large garage door. Jayden answered the call while looking at the suspicious opening.

"Hello?"

"Jayden, it's me," Shaylee said. "You see that Nighlok you were telling me about? The half human one that kidnapped and wants to fight you?"
"Deker? Yeah." Black boots begin walking across the bottom to the rising door.

"I did facial recognition scan across the city cameras just so I could put a face to the name but he's near you guys. Last I saw he was entering an old warehouse by the city hall," she says as the door rises high enough to see a face. Deker.

"Yeah, you're right," Jayden sighs, standing up shakily but determined, and ending the call.

"Jayden?" Antonio says, seeing Deker too, with his sword. "Why do you want to fight him now? Why?"

Chapter fifteen is done (I'm pretty sure I've used this one before)! Ooh Jayden's cousin has come to town! For her face and voice, I'm thinking Maia Mitchell but with her long hair and when she arrives it's curled (the specific picture I'm thinking of search 'Maia Mitchell Neo2 Magazine Shoot 2013' – she's wearing a black top). It's so cute to think that Jayden and Nina both knew her – imagine kid Shaylee name dropping them to each other. Also, ooh, cliff-hanger! Read the next chapter on Friday to find out what happens next! Until then, thanks for reading!