Disclaimer: I have the disclaimer in the first part of the story, like I'm supposed to have. . .duh!
Author's Notes: Yay! Arigatou for the reviews, minna =) They
really help me.
A Tommy/Kim hook-up? Hmm. . .I actually wasn't planning on that.
. .but you never know. It could happen ;) I won't that little
spoiler out yet. I guess you Tommy/Kim shippers won't be
sympathizing with Kat soon (Whoops. Did I just say that?)
I love reading all of your reviews. Always keep reviewing. It
gives me some ideas, and also lets me know everyone's alive =)
I'll just keep the format I've kept for the first episode. I
think it's less impersonal that way, and it's better to read too,
than reading a playwright. There'll be more author's notes at the
end. Okay, now onto the fic.
Power Rangers Extreme Challenge
Episode Two: Obstacles
By: stargazer_1017
[Taylor: A beautiful day on an island. . .and a perfect day to kick some people's butts." She grins]
"What do you think the mission is going to be like?" Karone asked Taylor. Both she and Taylor shared a room in the villa.
"I don't know," Taylor replied, putting her hair up in a quick ponytail. "Why, are you nervous?"
[Karone: "Taylor asked me if I was nervous. Of course I am! I don't know what the expect out there."]
"Kinda. I just don't know what to expect, you know?" Karone replied, tying her shoelaces. "Maybe our partners can help us out when we're doing the mission? I mean, it's a team thing after all."
Taylor shrugged. "Maybe," she said. She placed her brush down and nodded at Karone and they walked out the door.
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~In Group 1's Villa~
"Hey, this mission's gonna be a breeze for you, isn't it?" Damon asked her partner, Katie. They were walking down the hall in their villa. "I mean, I heard you've got superhuman strength. These missions gotta have something to do with strength."
Katie shrugged modestly, smiling. "I'm okay at some stuff." She patted her partner on the shoulder. "You better be good at it too," she said.
Just then, a loud voice spoke up behind them. "Why are you treating me this way?"
[Lucas: "Out of all the rangers to get paired up with, they had to pair me with her." He shakes his head.]
"Nadira, for one minute, will you please shut your mouth," Lucas said, rubbing his temples. "If we're to pass this mission, I need to have some sort of inspiration out there." He looked Nadira up and down. "And you're not it."
Damon's mouth dropped open and Katie unsuccessfully tried to stiffle a giggle.
[Nadira: "I used to be evil, but I've learned my lesson. I'm good now.]
Lucas glared at Katie and Damon's back as they walked out.
[Nadira: "I guess my attitude needs to change too."]
[Lucas: "Her annoying voice and laughing has got to
go."]
"Hmmph," Nadira huffed, crossing her arms and clamping her mouth shut. "Thank goodness," Lucas muttered. He pulled a pair of shades down over his eyes as they stepped into the bright sun.
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"Where are they?" Joel's voice was heard among the group of rangers gathered on the beach that morning. Angela rolled her eyes and nudged her husband's arm.
[Carter: "A mission on the beach? I wonder what you producers have in mind."]
Max also craned his neck to look around.
[Max: "I'm ready. I'm ready to hit this. My partner?"]
Max turned to look at Kat, who was standing next to him.
[Max: "She's busy looking at her boyfriend."]
"Hey, you up to this?" Max asked. Kat turned to her partner. "Huh?" she asked, sounding distracted. Max rolled his eyes, turning to look at where Kat was glancing--at Tommy and Kim, who were on the other side of the group. They seemed busy discussing something.
[Kat: "I know they're partners. . .and they're probably discussing the mission."]
"Hey, you up to this?" Mike asked Taylor. He was stretching his arms over his head.
"I like challenges," Taylor replied, squinting as she looked at Mike. "What about you? I hope you'll be able to handle it out there."
"Hey, don't forget, I'm a soldier."
Taylor laughed and rolled her eyes, a slight smile on her face. "Yeah, you're a soldier from space. Gravity's probably not as strong out there, huh?" she joked. Mike shook his head, smiling back at her. "You're lucky you're my partner," he said. Taylor laughed and then turned, along with the others, as the sounds of engines approached.
"Good morning, everyone," Kai yelled, as he and T.J. rode their four-wheelers closer to the group.
"Oh man, that's awesome!" Trip said, looking at the vehicles. Next to him, Tanya nodded.
Kai slowed down his vehicle and awkwardly reached for buttons--and almost ran over Adam. "Whoa!" Adam yelled as he jumped out of the way. T.J. shook his head, and stopped his vehicle. After he got off, he helped Kai stop his.
[Cassie: "Someone's been out in space too long." She rolls her eyes and grins.]
Kai dusted the non-existant sand off his clothes, which was a blue muscle tee and surfshorts. "Anyone mention that, and I'll kill you," he warned.
"Hey! Remember, the kids are watching!" Damon yelled.
T.J. shook his head again and put his hand on Kai's shoulder. "Morning guys," he greeted them. "I hope everyone's wide awake and ready to do this mission. Are you guys ready?"
The group chorused with a positive response and T.J. grinned. "Good! Well, your first mission is an obstacle course."
[Nadira: "A what?"]
[Aisha: "An obstacle course?"]
"Yes, an obstacle course," Kai finally spoke up beside him.
"Where is it?" Carlos asked.
T.J. pointed to his left, where a wall of bricks was. "It's enclosed in that space," he replied. "Let's head on over and the rules will be explained there." He and Kai started walking forward and the group followed behind.
"You sure you can handle this?" Mike asked Taylor again.
[Taylor: "An obstacle course?" She laughed. "A piece of cake. I completed the confidence course in Air Force basic training."]
"Of course I can. You forget--I'm an earth soldier," Taylor said. "I've dealt with this kind of stuff."
[Kendall: "Things are still awkward with Danny and I. But I really want to win this. I'm going to have to rely on Danny's strength to get me through this. I'm not a ranger--I don't do this physical stuff."]
"Don't worry, Kendall, I'll help you get through this," Danny said.
Kendall nodded and kept walking, her eyes focused on the wall before them.
[Cassie: "Crap. If I'd thought we would be doing what's behind the wall, we should've gone and taken a look! I mean, I want to not be surprised."]
"Man, I wished we did some sort of regular work out back at Switzerland," Jason told Trini. Trini laughed. "And to think, we probably could've been better at doing this when we were still rangers, right?" she asked him.
The group walked around the wall and everyone gasped. "Oh my gosh," Angela whispered. The course had several aspects of it and it extended well into the length of the beach. T.J. grinned at everyone. "Glad to see everyone likes the course," he joked with them.
[Dana: "Boy, I wish I was Ryan right now. Big brother finally decided to go ahead with being a firefighter, and he's at training."]
"As you can see, there are many parts of the obstacle course," Kai started. He gestured towards the course. "First, you'll start off with the usual tire run, then climb up the ten foot vertical wall, cross the rope bridge to the other side, climb down the rope wall, dive under the rope net and low crawl until the end of the net, sprint to the pool and climb along the rope to the end of the pool, climb over two more vertical walls, and then finally sprint to the finish line."
"You and your partner will run through the course at the same time, so you can help each other out to finish the course. The top three teams from each group with the fastest times will be deciding who goes home. Any questions?" T.J. asked.
[Aisha: "Who came up with the course?"]
[Rocky: "Low crawl?"]
[Leo: Shakes his head. "I hope we get points just for
showing up."]
[Max: Pulls at his hair. "Auughhh!"]
T.J. smiled. "Great. You've got five minutes to do stretches and warm-ups, or discuss with your partner on how you'd like to do the course. Good luck, guys."
Lucas' jaw was wide open. "We didn't even have this kind of course doing training for Time Force!" he said in disbelief. Jen nodded and smiled. She was on the sand, doing stretches. "Don't tell me you're afraid, Lucas," she joked with him. Lucas shook his head quickly. "Of course not. I can't believe that thought even came to mind." Jen rolled her eyes and looked at Katie and Damon, who were standing with them, along with Carter and Nadira.
Katie turned to Damon. "Guess my strength won't come in handy this time around," she told him. Damon gave a laugh. "Are you kidding me? I hope you're ready to pull me up the wall!" he told her.
Nearby, Maya and Zack were discussing their strategy. "I'm good with the ropes," Maya told him. Zack nodded. "Well, I can climb the walls, I guess. Man, being out of commission isn't too good," he admitted.
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"Okay! The first group to go up is Kelsey and Chad," T.J. announced five minutes later. Chad and Kelsey stepped forward to the rope on the sand, which marked the start of the course.
Everyone applauded. "All right Kelse! Chad! Go for it!" Dana yelled at them.
Kelsey turned to the group of rangers and gave them a thumbs-up sign. She and Chad gave each other a high five and then turned to face the course. "Ready?" Kai asked. He held up a gun and pointed it to the air. Then he fired and Kelsey and Chad went off. They finished the tire run at the same time and started the wall climb. Kelsey had an easy time, but Chad was lagging slightly behind.
"Come on Chad, you can do it!" Kelsey cheered him on as she neared the top of the wall. She got onto the small platform and turned around to help Chad. As soon as he neared the top, she extended her hand to help him up. With both safely on the platform, they crossed the one rope bridge.
[Leo: "The rope bridge looked nasty. There are actually two ropes. One is right above the other, parallel, so that you can hold onto the top rope with your hands and cross the distance with your feet using the bottom rope."]
"Hold it steady, hold it steady," Chad chanted as they started to cross the bridge. They started wobbling uncontrollably as they crossed.
"Whoa!" Kelsey yelled when her left hand slipped. Chad immediately reached for her hand and held on. "You okay?" he asked when Kelsey was able to direct her hand back to the rope. Kelsey nodded and they slowly made their way to the end of the bridge and to another platform. They climbed down the rope wall, and then dropped under the rope net a few feet away.
"It's so long!" Kelsey yelled at Chad, who was low-crawling next to her. Chad nodded but didn't say anything.
[Dana: "I give Kelsey and Chad a lot of credit doing this. They're the first to try out the obstacle course and they look so determined."]
Kelsey and Chad looked a bit worn out after the low-crawl, but they sprinted to the small man-made pool in the sand and jumped onto the rope and slowly made their way to the end of the pool. They sprinted again to the two vertical walls. Chad helped Kelsey climb the first one and then got up. Then they reached over the top of the second one, which was about three feet higher than the first one, and jumped over. They made the final sprint to the finish line and dropped on the sand. The group cheered for them as they made it over the line. Kelsey rolled over onto her back and said, "Kill me, kill me now."
[Angela: "If someone as athletic as Kelsey gets that beaten up over the course, I'm going to be--dying on the course."]
"Okay, next is Maya and Zack," Kai announced.
[Maya: "I did pretty well on the climbing, but the low
crawl was death."]
[Zack: "Maya and I did our best. I helped to cheer her on
during the competition and we got through."]
"We didn't beat Kelsey and Chad, but we're going to make the top three, right Maya?" Zack said, panting. They just finished the course and he had his arm around Maya's shoulders. "Right!" Maya agreed, smiling.
Pair after pair went after each other. Jen's face was flushed after she and Carter finished their run. "I hope we don't have a mission tomorrow," she told Carter, who was nodding furiously, trying to catch his breath.
[Katie: "Even Lucas and Nadira had a surprisingly team-centered run."]
Lucas cupped his hands together. "Here, climb onto my hands and I'll help you up," he told Nadira as they reached the final two vertical walls.
Trip's eyes widened at how Lucas was helping Nadira. "Guess he does want to win after all," he told Karone, who was standing next to him.
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"We've come up with a strategy, and we're going to win this one," Kim said to the camera, with Tommy by her side, giving the camera a thumbs-up.
[Kim: "Tommy and I have always worked great as a team. That won't ever change."]
"Ready, go!" Kai yelled as he fired the gun into the air.
Kim and Tommy ran off like a bullet. They climbed the wall steadily, making sure the other was all right. "Come on Tommy, we can do this!" Kim cheered as they reached the rope bridge. Kim went first, making her way quickly across the bridge. Then Tommy went onto the rope and went across.
[Jason: "Kim and Tommy are quite the team. They've even figured out a better way to get across the rope bridge than we all did."]
[Kim: "Tommy and I worked out a plan while everyone was watching the course. I think it worked pretty good."]
"We're almost there!" Tommy yelled as they both climbed the last two vertical walls. Afterjumping off, they quickly sprinted to the end.
T.J. clicked the stopwatch. He looked up and smiled at the two. "If I'm not mistaken, Kim, you and Tommy have the quickest time in your group."
Kim's eyes widened with surprise and happiness. She jumped towards Tommy and hugged him excitedly. "All right! We did it! We did it Tommy!" Tommy grinned back at her and twirled her into the air as they rejoiced.
[Kat: "I'm trying to tell myself not to be jealous of Kim and Tommy being partnered together. But everytime I see them, it reminds me of the time they were together."]
Kat watched the exchange between her boyfriend and friend and then turned away. "I can't watch this," she told Tanya, who was sitting next to her on the sand.
[Tanya: "I feel really sorry for Kat right now. I know she's not the jealous type. . .and I think she might be over reacting on Tommy and Kim's partnership."]
"Last but not least, the two soldiers, Taylor and Mike!" Kai announced. Everyone clapped as they approached the starting line.
[Taylor: "First mission always sets the tone for how the game's gonna be played."]
When the gun fired, both ran to the wall and jumped on and climbed quickly to the top. Then they got the platform and started the rope bridge. Both leaned back, so that their feet and the rope was forward and so that they weren't wobbling the rope.
[Adam: "That was a good strategy." He paused. "Wish we'd thought of that."]
They got past the bridge in just seconds and then quickly climbed down the rope wall. Then they dived into the low-crawl, both of them sporting a look of concentration.
Chad and Leo watched on the sidelines as Taylor and Mike ran through the obstacle course. "Man, she's just easing past that thing!" Chad said, surprised. Leo shook his head, giving a low whistle.
[Rocky: "It looked like they were competing each other
out there!"]
[Alyssa: "All right, Taylor! She was doing awesome on the
course."]
[Leo: "What a perfect match for Mike."]
"Let's do it!" Taylor yelled as they climbed the last two vertical walls. "You got it!" Mike yelled back as they jumped over the last wall. They sprinted to the end and the whole group of rangers burst into applause. Taylor and Mike grinned. They turned to each other and gave a high-five. "That was awesome, partner!" Mike told Taylor.
[Taylor: "We actually did it! Not that I had any doubts, of course."]
"Whew!" Kai said. "That was an awesome race you guys, well done." Everyone applauded at this, with a few loud cheers from some others. "Okay! We still have to get the official results of the mission, and then we'll announce the top three pairs of each group at almost dinnertime. These three teams, you'll have an hour to discuss who you'll send back home. Until then, everyone's got free time. Enjoy the island!"
Mike put his arm around Taylor's shoulders. "What do you say, partner? Let's go out and celebrate!" he asked cheerfully. When Taylor smiled and nodded, they walked off. They walked past Wes, who ran to meet up with Jen, who was standing with Trip, Rocky, and Karone. "Hey, what are you going to be doing?" he asked Jen.
"Why? You got something in mind?" Jen asked.
Wes shrugged slyly. "I've never been to this island yet. Why don't we do some touring?" he suggested.
[Trip: "As if Jen would refuse an offer from Wes to be alone with him."]
Jen nodded. "All right," she said. Wes offered his arm to her and Jen took it with a smile. After they walked off, Rocky turned to Trip and Karone. "What about you guys? Are you guys up for taking a trip around the island?" he asked.
Trip immediately frowned. "No, that's all right," he said quickly. Rocky shrugged. "What about you, Karone?"
Karone smiled. "Yeah, sounds like a great idea."
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[Cassie: "Is it just me? Or is Group Two kinda
tense?"]
[Kendrix: "After seeing that run by Mike and Taylor, some of
us are kinda wondering if anyone's going to be able to touch
them. I know it's only the first competition, but still!"]
"Cole here," Cole answered his growl phone at almost 4:00 in the afternoon that day.
"Cole? We've got the results of the mission. Call everyone in the villa down to the dining hall," Kai's voice came over. Cole turned to Alyssa, who was sitting next to him reading a magazine. She nodded and got up.
"I hope we make the top three," Cassie told Adam, as they walked to the dining hall.
Kai and T.J. were already at the stage watching everyone pile in. "Everyone have a seat, and when we're all here, we'll make the announcement," T.J. said. When everyone was seated and quieted down, T.J. spoke up again. "All right, we've received the results of the mission! Now, the top pair overall received the highest points, which is 19. Every team after that has one point less, so the pair that came in second overall received 18 points, the third 17, and so-forth."
[Andros: "Everyone finished the course in pretty much the same time, probably a few minutes off or seconds or so."]
"For Group 2, the top pair in the group and overall are Mike and Taylor. Then the next two top pairs in Group 2 are Karone and Rocky, and Kendrix and Wes," T.J. reported.
"For Group 1, the top groups are Kim and Tommy, Jen and Carter, and Trini and Jason," Kai continued. "Both groups, you have an hour to deliberate. It doesn't have to a unanimous decision--it can be a majority. When you're done, both groups will announce who's leaving right before dinner and the pairs leaving, you'll be packing and leaving tonight."
Aisha and Katie gave each other a glance. "I'd hate leave now," Aisha said. Katie nodded. "Me too."
[Katie: "I'd hate to leave when I'm just getting to know everyone. We're supposed to have pillow fights, and midnight snacks, and pranks. . .the stuff I'd expect people do in the year 2002."]
"You guys have. . .starting now," T.J. said, glancing at his watch. "And Trip? No mind reading on any of these deliberations." Both hosts walked off stage.
[Trip: "I wasn't going to read their minds! The thought didn't even come up until he brought it up." He smiles mischiviously.]
A few feet away, Cassie turned to Adam. "I thought we came pretty close in making the top three. Maybe next mission."
"If we make it that far," Adam replied. Cassie's eyes widened. "You think they're voting us off?" she asked.
**********Group 2's top three*****************
"So who do you want to get out of here?" Mike asked the group.
[Rocky: "I really want the money. With fifty-thousand dollars, that could bring me a long way." His face takes on a look of deep thought. "I wonder if I'd be able to take an early retirement?"]
"I think we should get rid of the biggest threat," Rocky said suddenly. Everyone turned to him with a look of surprise. "I mean, I want to win the money, so that's my strategy," he explained. "But whatever you guys go with would be fine with me too.
"Who do you think the biggest threat is?" Wes asked.
Rocky shrugged. "I don't know. Uh, maybe Alyssa and Cole?"
Taylor immediately shook her head. "No way, I am not voting them off. They deserve this chance as much as all of us do."
"But we need to vote off someone, Taylor."
[Taylor: "Of course we've gotta vote someone off, but I refuse to vote Alyssa and Cole off just because they're the biggest threat. No way. If you're as good as you think you are, face your toughest apponent in the end. Don't be a wuss and end up with the weakest team."]
"I know that," Taylor said. "Shouldn't we make this more competitive? I mean, voting off a threat's going to make the competition boring. We should vote off a weak team."
"And that would be. . ." Mike trailed off.
"I think it would be Chad and Kelsey."
[Karone: "Chad and Kelsey would've been my pick too. I mean, they did great on the course, but they did score the lowest in the group. I guess it's because they went first, so they didn't have a strategy going."
"I vote for them too," Karone agreed. Rocky glanced at her. Then he nodded and said, "I'll vote them too."
"I'd hate to vote off my buddy, but I'm voting Tanya and Trip," Wes said.
"I'm going with Chad and Kelsey too," Kendrix agreed. Everyone turned to Mike. He nodded. "I guess I'll vote Chad and Kelsey too."
**************Group 1 top three***************
"I don't know who to vote off," Kim confessed.
[Kim: "We have pretty strong teams in Group 1. I'm thinking, take off the biggest threat, or take off the weakest link."]
"I have to go with Aisha and Carlos," Carter started. "I think they didn't do so hot on the obstacle course."
[Trini: "I think Carter's going with the weakest link, but I was thinking of voting the biggest threat to us, which would be Katie and Damon."]
"Okay, I've got to ask, how are we voting? I mean, are we trying to get rid of the largest threat, or the weaker pair?" Trini asked the group.
"Well, we're not exactly playing as a group here," Tommy confessed. "Are we? I mean, we don't know all the missions for the challenge. Maybe we might need the stronger teams to help us get through some missions."
"Is that even possible?" Jen asked.
Tommy shrugged. "It could be, though with this kind of stuff, you can never be so sure."
[Carter: "If what Tommy said was true, I'd think going with the weakest pair would be best. Besides, as long as you can manage to stay in the top three, you have nothing to worry about."]
"What about Maya and Zack?" Jason questioned.
"They did better than Aisha and Carlos," Jen stated. She sighed. "I'll go with Carter on this one, and say we take off Aisha and Carlos."
Tommy glanced around the circle of people and saw everyone nod their heads. He shrugged. "All right then, our decision is made."
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"I think they've decided," Trip said, to Alyssa, Cole, Max, Ashley, and Andros.
"How do you know?" Ashley asked. Trip shrugged. "Because they look pretty relaxed," he said, pointing to Group 2's members, who were laying back in their chairs.
Max shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Man, Kat couldn't keep her mind on the competition. She kept glancing at Tommy and Kim."
Alyssa gave him a look of sympathy. "Kat has a lot on her mind right now, Max," she said.
"I know, but still. I'm her partner during this challenge, and she's supposed to have my back."
[Alyssa: "I know Max is a bit frustrated. He definitely wants to win the money."]
Alyssa shook her head and turned to look at Cole. When Cole turned and smiled at her, Alyssa smiled back.
[Alyssa: "I have personal reasons for winning the money too."]
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"All right, the hour is up!" T.J. said into the microphone about thirty minutes later. "We'll have Group 1 come up first with their decision."
Kim, Tommy, Jason, Trini, Jen, and Carter went onstage and faced everyone. Carter went to the microphone. "Group 1 has decided, and after a long and hard discussion, we've decided to go with Aisha and Carlos."
Aisha and Carlos turned to each other and then turned back to the stage. "I'm sorry guys," Carter said, his face showing regret.
[Carlos: "Was I surprised to be taken off? A little. I
mean, if I was in the top three and I wanted to win this money, I
would've gone with the group closest to the top three."]
[Aisha: "I'm not surprised we got voted off. I mean, Carlos
and I could've done a lot better."]
Kai nodded at the group. "Thank you, Group number 1. And next, can we have Kendrix, Wes, Mike, Taylor, Karone, and Rocky come up for the decision your group has made?" The three pairs went onstage and Kendrix took the mic. "We've also had a long and hard discussion, and we're going to go with Kelsey and Chad," Kendrix said.
[Kelsey: "Chad and I got voted off? I thought we did
pretty good on the course."]
[Chad: "I want to know why we got voted off, but I don't
think I'll be asking."]
[Max: "I almost thought they were voting off Kat and I. I'm
surprised, but thankful, they didn't vote us off."]
Kendrix turned to Kai, who was coming up to her. She handed him the mic and Kai said, "Well, those are the decisions, so Aisha, Carlos, Kelsey, and Chad, sorry guys but you are packing after dinner and you've gotta leave before the night is over."
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"Disappointed in leaving?" Dana asked Kelsey. Kelsey shrugged as she put away some clothes from the drawer into her suitcase. "I'm sad that I only got to stay here for almost two days and I miss the chance to get to know the really cute guy rangers I never knew existed, but the decision? I'm not really disappointed in," Kelsey confided.
[Dana: "I'm sad Kelse is leaving. She's always been my best bud, behind Carter of course, and so much fun to be around."]
"Any predictions on who's going to win?" Dana asked.
Kelsey stopped packing long enough to reply, "Well, my big guess is Taylor and Mike."
"Taylor and Mike?"
[Kelsey: "Taylor and Mike are definitely one of the pairs to beat in group 2. They're both soldiers, confident, and they work great as a team."]
"They were unbeatable on that obstacle course today. I mean, just a little over ten minutes for that?" Kelsey exlaimed, again resuming to put away her clothes.
Cassie walked into the room with a small plate of cake in her hand. "Kelsey, I'm sorry you're going," she said sympathetically. Kelsey grinned at her. "So am I," she said.
[Cassie: "I really want to make the top three. There's gotta be a way to do it, and be able to stay in. Right now, Adam and I are in the fifth place in our group. If we're to make the top three, we have to beat Taylor and Mike."]
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"Was it hard to make the decision?" Kat asked Tommy after dinner. They were in his room, with Lucas, whom Tommy shared the room with.
Tommy shrugged. "It kinda was. I wasn't even sure who I wanted to vote off," he admitted.
"I almost thought you guys were going to vote off Nadira and I," Lucas said, looking up from his magazine.
"Why?" Kat asked.
Lucas shrugged. "Because I thought we sucked."
[Lucas: "I guess I'm being too hard on Nadira, but we'll probably do better next time."]
Someone knocked on the door and Kim poked her head in. "Hey Tommy--whoops!" She looked around the room. "I'll just come back later."
"No, it's okay," Tommy said hastily. "Did you need something?"
"I just needed to talk to you for a moment," Kim said.
[Kim: "Kat just glared at me. She just glared. I wanted to tell her that there was nothing to worry about. Tommy and I were just friends now."]
"But it's not really important, so I'll come back later," Kim said and quickly shut the door.
Tommy looked at the door in puzzlement. Then he shrugged and sat back on the bed with Kat. Lucas' communicator rung out and an image of Katie appeared. "Lucas."
"What is it, Katie?"
"Wes and Jen are going out tonight, and Trip and I thought we'd go spy on them. Wanna join us?"
Lucas got up immediately. "I'll meet you guys at the door," he said and left the room.
Tommy turned to Kat and smiled. "Guess they've got a date going on," he told Kat. Kat smiled back--almost. Tommy frowned. "Kat, is there something wrong?"
[Kat: "I want to tell him what I feel. Tommy, the truth is, I feel uncertain."]
Kat shook her head quickly. "Nothing. I guess, I'm just tired from the day's events." Tommy nodded sympathetically at her. "Why don't you get some rest, huh? Tomorrow looks like a day off, and we can take a look around the island." Kat nodded back and smiled slightly. She gave her boyfriend a kiss goodnight and walked out of the room.
[Kat: "I know Tommy would never cheat on me. I know he loves me. Kim was his ex-girlfriend, and now she's his friend. But Kim's my friend too. . .and I know her. She wouldn't do that to me. She wouldn't."]
******************Next time on Power Rangers Extreme Challenge*******************
[Ashley: "The locals have been acting weird towards Andros, Karone, and Trip ever since we've gotten here."]
Andros and Ashley walk to a restaurant during the night and are met with protesters, following them with signs, one of them saying, "Go home you freak!"
[Ashley: "How can these people be so mean to them? I love Andros with all my heart. . .and they treat a human being like us with such disrepsect."]
"Trip? What happened to Trip?" Cassie asked. Katie had her communicator open, with Lucas on the other side. "He's been brought to the hospital. When we went out last night, someone threw something at his head," Lucas said worriedly.
[Cole: "Things are getting way too dangerous."]
"Andros, look out!" Cassie yelled. Andros was in the water when all of a sudden, locals above him in the cliffs start throwing rocks down at him.
Author's Notes: Hope you liked this ep. It came out longer than I thought it would. Uh, I know I was saying that I would update the story every week, but I'm so excited to post the stories, I think I'll just post it when it's completed. I'm just as excited as you all when I put up the stories =) So enjoy them, and also please review.
