DISCLAIMER: All incarnations of Power Rangers named here belong to Saban. If they were mine, I'd make Donald Trump sweat for a few weeks. Same holds true for the JLA, and all other related heroes. They're DC's. Adam's family, Tommy's family, Jason's family, & Jamie Zedden belong to Ellen Brand. Kris & Kay Thomas are 2 very real young ladies, and I thank Kris for her permission. Brian Taylor, Karen Peel, Mark Stanton, and Jessica Park are mine. This is a change of pace tale. The song Holiday is by Madonna, and Edge of Seventeen is by Stevie Nicks. OOPS! Almost forgot, Keith, Laurie, Danny, Chris, & Tracy Partridge are the property of Columbia Pictures Television.
Holidayby: Carl Turner
Not long after a recent case, Batman ordered everyone to take some much needed down time. The Morphin Rangers, Jason Lee Scott, Trini Kwan, Zack Taylor, Kimberly Hart, Tommy Oliver & Billy Cranston, along with Purple Zeo Ranger Jamie Zedden and Zack's girlfriend Angela Pierce, went to the beach with Diana Prince(Wonder Woman), Vanessa Kapatelis(the new Wonder Girl), and ThunderCats Keith, Laurie, Danny, Chris, & Tracy Partridge. Andros, the Red Lightstar Ranger, went along for awhile before joining the rest of the Lightstars at the movies to see Jackie Chan's latest. Danny grumbled "I will never understand why everyone wants to see his lame-o flicks."
"Oh, shut up, you Ozzie & Harriet/Roy Rogers fanatic! I honestly can't believe how retro you are sometimes! I swear you should have been in the '50's! I sure wouldn't wanna be back there!" Laurie frowned at her middle brother.
"Laurie's right. Other than our grandparents, the only 6 good things that came from that era were rock & roll, Lucy, the Honeymooners, tv dinners, Charlie Brown, & Donna Reed. Otherwise, I don't care for it. At all." Billy added.
"You wanna talk retro? Laurie's still stuck in the '80's! Musically, anyway!" Danny snapped back.
"So, what's wrong with that? I still love a lot of '80's music, and some '60's & '70's too." Trini smiled.
"Zack chimed in "YEAH! Pretenders, Bryan Adams, Scandal, Vanity 6, Sheila E., Joan Jett, John Cougar, Pat Benatar, man, I could go on!"
"Let's not forget the Go-Go's, the Bangles, Michael Jackson when he was a lot more public, the Stray Cats, and my all-time fave, STEVIE NICKS!" Kimberly added.
"Don't forget Culture Club!" Tommy added. This suprised everyone, Keith & Jason in particular. "I never would have pegged you for a Culture Club fan." Keith told him.
"Me neither. I had you pegged for a Springsteen man myself. It suprises the hell out of me that you like Culture Club." Jason added.
"Why not? I love their stuff. Still do."
As if on cue, the Pretenders 'Message of Love' came on the '80's channel that Laurie had the radio on. "Yeah!" Jamie shouted, and everyone began dancing to the music until everyone promptly got tired and sacked out on the beach.
"Man, we never had music like this on KO-35. We would have loved this." Andros smiled.
Laurie looked at him and asked "You don't have to go now, do you? I mean, we've got plenty of food, especially that we're keeping Danny & Tracy away from the picnic baskets, and the music's great too, and..."
Keith leaned in and quickly said "Eyes back in your head. Cassie's got eyes for him too, and the last thing we need is a pink war."
Andros grinned at the Pink Thundercat and said with a touch of regret "I'd love to, but I'm meeting the others later at the movies. Later."
After 2 hours of Thompson Twins, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Wham!, Heart, Bon Jovi, the Waitresses, & Bananarama, Diana walked over to Zack. "So, how're you doing? I know you're thinking about telling her about...the Black Ranger."
"Great. Even better since I told her. Now, however, she's worried every time we go up against a new monster, or face a new villain. The 2 of us are going out to dinner tonight." Zack told her. At this point, Angela came over and gave him a very passioniate kiss.
"Will we be hearing a 2nd set of wedding bells to go along with Tommy & Kimberly's? If there is, you can count on all of us being there. In fact, if I'm not invited, I'm gonna hunt down the both of you with Hanson, Backstreet Boys, & Britney Spears cds..." Diana joked.
Zack & Angela both held up their hands in mock terror. "NO, NO, DON"T DO THAT!"
"Seriously, all of you will be there when we do decide, but right now, we prefer to just let nature take it's course." Angela smiled.
Meanwhile, Tracy Partridge was talking to Vanessa Kapatelis, who was adjusting to life as the new Wonder Girl. "Feel like your world's been turned inside out?" the Yellow Thundercat asked.
"That's one way of putting it. One minute, I'm studying for finals, the next I've got a teenage version of Diana's body, hair, & face, her powers, including bracelets & lasso, helping Robin, Superboy, the Geo Rangers, Zack's brother, & Impulse as a member of Young Justice. I think we need a better name than that." Vanessa spoke up.
"Actually, as far as names go, it's pretty cool. It could be worse, you could be JLA jr."
"UGH! You're right, that would be much worse!" Both girls stopped talking when they heard Laurie Partridge scream "JASON LEE SCOTT! JAMIE ZEDDEN! DON'T YOU DARE!"
The twosome gave her a rather evil grin, then Jason innocently told her "Laurie, you really need to cool off, so this is for your own good." then the 2 lifted her up and tossed her into the lake. Fuming and sputtering, she came up, only to have a huge grin on her face, which made them both very nervous. Jamie started "Why are you grinning like..." which was as far as she got before she realized that Keith had grabbed both her and Jason and was about to throw them in. "Get ready for a big splash!" he chortled.
"OH, MY GOD!" Jamie squeaked out before they hit the water.
Chris & Zack, along with Angela, had raced up behind him, and started laughing like no tomorrow, when Diana raced up behind the 4, grabbed them all, and soared over the lake before dropping her cargo into the water. Zack, however, had gotten ahold of Diana's lasso, and twirled it over his head, threw it, and caught her, pulling her in as well. Diana screamed "ZACK, YOU TURKEY!"
Nessie, Trini, & Tracy died laughing. "That's the ugliest group of mermaids I've ever seen!" Trini chortled. However, her tone quickly changed when she heard Kimberly squeal "TOMMY! THOMAS KENNETH OLIVER! DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" Tommy had Kim under one arm, and was headed for the lake...and Trini. Kim shouted a quick warning. "TRINI, RUN!!!"
Too late. Tommy had both of them, and in seconds, tossed them both in rather unceremoniously. The 2 screamed "YOU ARE SO MUCH DEAD MEAT!!" Their tunes quickly changed, however, and were soon smiling from ear to ear. Nessie had crept up behind him, and tossed him in right after the girls. However, as she did this, he grabbed her wrist, and she went with him into the drink. SPLASH!
Tracy & Billy were chortling, when they too were tossed in, right behind everyone else. Danny was the only one left, and he was busy laughing to beat the band.
13 pairs of eyes glared at Danny. Diana promptly took her lasso back from Zack, and nailed the redhead. Everyone grabbed it, and started to pull him in, Billy shouting "Any last words?"
"Yeah. We who are about to die salute you, not to mention... I'M GONNA KILL YOU TURKEYS!" With that, he was yanked into the lake, and into a full-blown free-for-all water war.
Later that evening, there was a party at the Youth Center, which was in full swing. Trini was on hand-held keyboards, Jason on synthesisers, Tommy on rhythm guitar, Kimberly on fender bass, Zack on lead electric guitar, Jamie on percussion, & Billy on drums, the music of the '80's was alive again, with the group performing music from Joan Jett, Stevie Nicks, Madonna, Rick Springfield, Bryan Adams, Belinda Carlisle, & others. The JLAers were all out of costume, and enjoying the evening. The Zeo Rangers were there, as well as the Geo Rangers, the Thundercats, & the Lightstar Rangers." We definitely needed a night like this!" Andrea Thomas(Isis) told everyone.
"Where's Impulse?" Kat asked.
"He's being punished for spraypainting the JLA cave HQ. Max Mercury found out and totally freaked out." Justin told her.
Kat looked over and saw Samantha & Skull at a table, totally engrossed in one another. -I see it, and I still can't believe it!- she thought to herself, before the group began to play 'Edge of Seventeen'. Walking over to David Truehart, she smiled "Come on, let's dance." as she dragged him out onto the floor.
HOLIDAY
 MADONNA
 Holiday Celebrate
 Holiday Celebrate
 If we took a holiday, just some time to celebrate
 Just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice
 It's time to tell the world, we're gonna have a celebration
 All across the world, in every nation
 It's time for the good times, forget about the bad times, oh yeah
 One day to come together to make things better, we need a holiday
 If we took a holiday, just some time to celebrate
 Just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice
 We can turn this world around and bring back all of those happy days
 Put your troubles down, it's time to celebrate
 Let love shine, and we will find
 A way to come together and make things better, we need a holiday
 If we took a holiday, just some time to celebrate
 Just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice
 Holiday Celebration
 Come together in every nation
 Holiday Celebration
 Come together in every nation
 We have got to get together
 We've got to get together,
 take some time to celebrate
 Just one day out of life,
 it would be so nice
EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
 STEVIE NICKS
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin,
 Who, who, who
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin,
 who, who, who
 And the days go by...like a strand in the wind,
 In the web that is my own, I begin again,
 Said to my friend, baby...nothing else mattered
 He was no more than a baby then
 Well he, seemed broken hearted...something within him
But the moment...that I first laid...eyes on him
 All alone on the edge of seventeen
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin,
 who, who, who
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin,
 ooo,baby, ooo, said ooo
 I went today, maybe I will go again...tomorrow
 And the music there, it was hauntingly...familiar
 And I see you doing, what I try to do for me
 With the words from a poet, and a voice of a choir,
 and a melody Nothing else mattered
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin
 who, who, who,
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin
 ooo, baby, ooo, said ooo
 The clouds...never expect it...when it rains
But the sea changes colors...but the sea...does not change
 And so...with the slow...graceful flow...of age
 I went forth...with an age old...desire...to please
 On the edge of...seventeen
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin,
 who, who, who
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin
 ooo, baby, ooo, said ooo
 Well then suddenly...there was no one...left standing in the hall
 In a flood of tears that no one ever really heard fall at all
 Oh, I went searchin' for an answer...up the stairs...and down the hall
 Not to find an answer...just to hear the call...Of a nightbird
 Singin' come away (come away, come away)
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin'
 who, who, who
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin'
 ooo, baby, ooo, said ooo
 Well, I hear you(I hear you) in the morning (in the morning)
 And I hear you (I hear you) at nightfall (at nightfall)
 sometimes to be near you...is to be...unable...to give you...my love
 I'm a few years older than you are...my love
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin'
 who, who, who
 Just like the white-winged dove, sings a song, sounds like she's singin'
 ooo, baby, ooo, said ooo...
The End