Disclaimer: We do not own the rangers, their Zords or anything connected to the TV series. Hika Tyma , Juile  Anderson and Danny Crane are our creations. Please don't use them without our permission. Sit back and enjoy.

Secrets of the Grid

By Silver Rider and Andrece

It was a nice sunny day in the city of Angel Grove, California, but the heat inside the city's longest running newspaper, The Examiner, was unbearable. The air conditioners were down. It would be days before they was fixed. The weather was supposed to be pleasant, but the heat wasn't mentioned.

"I can't believe this!" Hika said, as she pushed open the door to the main office area. She was a strong woman with an attractive face, a little short in height. She wore a deep green business suit with a black blouse underneath. 

"Can't believe what?" her partner in crime asked. She was taller by only by few inches. Like her partner she was also attractive. Her blonde hair, long and silky, was almost waist length. She wore white pants with a sleeveless blue shirt.

"The heat!" she hissed.

"Oh."

Before the two reporters could make themselves comfortable….

"Tyma! Anderson! Get in here now!" bellowed their editor.

Both winced as they made their way to Danny's office.

No, make that Danny Crane, one tough editor, someone no one in their right mind wanted to mess with. If one didn't know, they would have said the guy was once in the army, due to his demands and orders to his reporters. He was in his early forties and still looked like a thirty-five-year-old. As handsome as he was, he was still not a man to be played with, even when in a good humor. There was a reason he had the nickname of 'the Tempest'.

When they arrived, his face was steaming red, if he had been a cartoon character steam would be blasting out from his ears.

"Would either of you care to explain how on Earth the Angel's Report got the interview with the senator on the newest developments with the study of monster attacks? I thought you two had it covered?" he asked, very calmly.

Hika Tyma looked to her partner Julie Anderson, knowing his claim was a very bad sign. They were the top investigative reporting team that The Examiner had, and they had been outdone by a pair of wet nosed pups from the Report.

 "We did have that covered, sir, but as far as we can tell the reporters sent by the Angel's Report faked their way in. By the time we arrived they were already inside," Hika said, her eyes glued to the floor beneath her feet, hoping to be shot rather than listen to his lecture.

"Are you telling me that you two vastly experienced investigative reporters were outmaneuvered by two new kids on the block?" He smirked but mentally he was shocked.

"Yes sir, that's what happened," Julie said, coming to her partner's rescue. She continued pleadingly. "Sir, I know we messed up the big break, but please give us one more chance."

Standing up to his full height of 6'5", the chief editor was an intimidating man. He had played pro football back when he was young and even now, twenty years later, still had the build of any active blocker. "You ladies are going to make this up to me, to this paper, are we clear on that?"

Both women nodded.

 "Good, now since you seem unable to handle the more important assignments, how about a simpler one?"

The women remained silent and slightly embarrassed.

Danny Crane grabbed a file folder off of his desk and opened it for them to see. "I was going to give this to Josh Bailey." He was the newest reporter for the Examiner, and it was a low blow to the two veterans to know that they were getting a story subject from his level. "Here, I want you two to dig deep in the archives and find out what happened to these….things."

"What things?" Julie asked, confused.

"FIND OUT!" he shouted at them.

Nodding, the two women left.

"Double whammy," shrugged Julie.

"Uh-huh," Hika agreed "I thought we were going to get fried for his lunch," she said as she opened the folder.

In the file was a series of pictures familiar to all citizens of Angel Grove.

"The Power Rangers?" Julie raised an eyebrow.

"Just be thankful that he didn't sent us to a remote island to investigate disappearances."

Julie and Hika let out a pent-up sigh of relief. This was a topic that they could work wonders with if they followed their gut instincts.

Smiling at each other, both women made a beeline for the bank of elevators and headed down to the archives to begin their search for the story of the century.

"Last one to the library buys lunch!" Julie shouted. Hika could only agree.

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OK so this is our first attempt in writing a joint fic…we know this is not much; more will come in few chapters.

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