Disclaimer: IF I owned them, I wouldn't be here writing this story. I only
own the new characters.
AN: Well, it's finally here! If any of you have been wondering what is taking so long for the days to go by in this story, I promise that the time will fly by a lot faster after this chapter. So, if you have any questions for me, you know where to reach me. Also, I don't know if any of you have picked up on a certain secret I have been mentioning off and on but if you have, be patient. It will come out eventually. Now, read, enjoy, and PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!
AN: By the way, anything in () is something I put in, and is not really said.
Chap 25: SURPRISE!!!!
"Tell me something." Billy looked at his sketchbook in doubt. "Do you think Alpha would be able to accommodate a change?"
Cestria was confused. "A change in what? He is a robot so he most likely won't take a change too harshly."
Billy smiled. "Well, I was toying with the idea to streamline a body for him so that he could leave the Command Center once in a while."
"Oh really? How would you do that without changing his programming?" Cestria smiled as she imagined the possibilities.
"Well, I can easily download everything from his old body straight into the new one so he will be the same, only look different." He smiled. "I think we could even make it so he can wear human clothes to blend right in."
Cestria was surprised. "I didn't think that would be possible. If you think he'll like it, then I say go for it. After all, he trusts you whole heartedly."
Billy blushed and nodded. "Well, then, take a look at this." He turned the page of his sketchbook and sat back. "What do you think of it?"
Cestria laughed. "It's nice and all but do you realize who you made him into?" At Billy's confused look, she shook her head. "Well Doctor Frankenstein, take a closer look at your creation."
Billy shook his head. I think I showed her the wrong movies last time I was here. He leaned in for a closer look at his sketch and laughed. "Oh wow, I didn't even realize I did that!"
"Well, why do you think you did it that way?" She pointed to the face on the sketch. "I see three people right there. Do you know who?"
Billy nodded and blushed. "I believe so. The hair and eyes are like mine, the nose and mouth are like Kim's, and the rest is like Zordon's."
"Okay, now do you see anyone else in the sketch?" Cestria looked closer and smiled. "I think you drew it this way for a reason."
Billy looked closer and smiled. "I think you're right. I unconsciously drew the original rangers and Zordon. Even Tommy is in here!"
Cestria then saw something even more surprising but couldn't figure out who it was. "Who else did you place in there? Something seems familiar about the way you have the body drawn."
Billy laughed. "Well you should! You, Cestro, and my mom all carry yourselves with that kind of confidence."
Cestria nodded. "I can see it now." Then she noticed the outfit he had drawn for it. "Now that's interesting!"
Billy frowned. "What? I don't see anyone else's characteristics in there." He looked closer in total confusion.
Cestria watched him and laughed. "It's nothing. I just noticed the clothes. You notice anything odd about them?"
Billy stared at the picture and laughed. "Oh my word! I see it now! The main part of the shirt is red and covers Jason's chest, one sleeve covering Tommy's arms is green and the other is white, the black shorts cover Zack's legs, and the hands and feet (in yellow sandals) are like Trini's."
Cestria smiled as he stared in disbelief at his drawing. "You really outdid yourself this time bb."
Billy sat back and laughed as her earlier statement came back to him. "Gee, I really did make a monster, just like Frankenstein!"
"Yeah, but yours already has programming and is good!" Cestria rubbed her stomach as it growled loudly. She laughed as Billy's stomach copied hers. "I think we better get some lunch before our stomachs turn on us."
Billy smiled. "Yeah, how about we get some lunch and then talk to the Elder, Delphine, and Zordon. I'll take Zordon."
"Okay, but I think the Elder would be more willing if you asked him. I can handle Zordon. And I am sure that whatever the Elder says, Delphine will agree." Cestria smiled, hiding her alternate reason for wanting to talk to Zordon. "After all, she looks up to him like the rangers do to Zordon."
"If that's what you want." Billy went into his kitchen to make their lunch. "I'll go make us some soup. You talk to Zordon."
Cestria smiled. "Okay, but it better be good! I remember the last time you cooked anything. I can still taste that burnt meal."
Billy laughed. "Well, this is an old family recipe that I always helped my mom make. I could make it on my own when I was eight years old." He then went about getting the ingredients he needed for his soup.
Cestria in the meantime contacted Zordon and arranged for Billy's surprise visit to Angel Grove, plus a surprise of her own. She smiled when she heard music suddenly coming from the kitchen. "I hope that soup doesn't take too long Billy. I'm starving." She closed the view screen on his comm. link and headed towards the kitchen.
Billy smiled as she walked up to the pan of boiling water and vegetables and other things she didn't think she'd see. "What did he say?" When she frowned, he sighed and went back to work. "Well, I guess I'm going home the long way."
Cestria laughed. "He said that he would allow it. I knew I'd get ya back for the last time!" As his face turned red, she brought up the question she had been thinking of a few seconds earlier. "What's with the flowers and stalks in the soup?"
Billy smiled and put the remaining ingredients into the pan and got out their bowls and spoons. "It is a family secret. It won my mom first places in the state Fair every time she entered it. She called it Heaven's Secret Delight."
Cestria sniffed the air around the pan and smiled. "Smells delicious. Why don't you go talk to the Elder. I will keep an eye on this." At his nod, she took the ladle and stirred the soup.
Billy talked to the Elder and managed to get him to agree with Zordon. When he came back into the kitchen, Cestria was pouring the soup into their bowls. "Don't taste it yet. I have to add one more thing."
Cestria set the bowls on the table and watched Billy grab a small bottle from the shelf next to the cooking unit. "What's that?"
"It's the family secret. It is made up of spices and flower parts that are edible." He sprinkled some powder into her bowl and then put some in his own. "There, taste it now." He put the bottle back in its place and sat down to eat his soup.
Cestria tasted her soup and moaned. "That is sooo good! It tastes like it came straight from heaven! I can see where your mom got the name." She took a few more spoonfuls. "By the way, what did the Elder say?"
"He agreed with Zordon and will take care of Delphine." He smiled as he finished his soup. "Well, there's my bowl!"
Cestria smiled as she finished hers. "Did you ever win first prize with this like your mom did?"
"No." He looked down as he put his bowl in the sink. "After she died, I stayed away from making it. I didn't want to be picked on for being able to cook something that good since I was already picked on for my brains."
Cestria joined him at the sink and pushed him towards the living room. "I'll take care of these and then we can go get a few things from my apartment. I don't want some things to be destroyed if something were to happen to it." As he started to leave the kitchen, she thought of something else. "If you don't get picked on anymore, why not show them what you can really do with that soup?"
Billy sat down on his sofa and called back to her. "I was thinking of entering it in the fair after I get back from Florida. I figured that I might as well start now while I can still defend myself."
"Well in that case, would you give me the recipe before you go back? I promise I won't tell another soul unless I know they will keep it secret." She walked into the room and looked at him with pleading eyes. "Please?"
Billy smiled. "Okay, I will do that. BUT, only when I am getting ready to leave and if you let me talk to Orean when he comes tonight. Now, how about getting your things?"
Cestria watched him stand up and head towards the door after grabbing his keys from the stand next to him. "Okay Billy. Whatever you say." She followed him out the door and to their hover skids. They then headed towards her apartment.
AN HOUR LATER
"Well, you can set your device in the bedroom. I will keep mine out here on the desk." Billy set her bag on the bed and headed back out to the sofa. "Know what? I feel like watching a movie. You interested in seeing some of my favorites?"
Cestria sat on the couch as he went to retrieve the CD ROMs he had brought. "I don't know Billy. I remember the ones you had the last time. I don't really want to watch any more space or monster movies."
Billy laughed as he pulled out a couple of cases. "Well, I left them at home. I only brought the good ones. Now, what kind do you want to see?"
She thought about it and then smiled. "Well, we could watch your favorite or Trini's. After all, you said we are a lot alike so if she likes it, then I should too."
Billy stared at her. "Um, ok. But I have to warn you, my favorite is also her favorite." He took out one disc and put it into his audio center's holo projector.
As he walked back to join her after dimming the lights, she smiled. "Okay, so what movie is it? You never told me what your favorite movie was."
Billy just smiled and sat back. "Well, I know I've mentioned it a few times the last time I was here, along with many others that I like. If you want to know which one, then hit play."
Cestria leaned back and hit the play button on his small remote device. As soon as the title appeared, she burst out laughing. "OH MY GOD!!! You're kidding me!"
AN: Well, if any of you are wondering what movie it is, review and wait for the next chapter! I know, I know. I'm evil right? Well, I needed something to keep you in suspense and writhing to know what it is. Plus, it also keeps you coming back doesn't it? Well, don't' forget to review, unless you don't want me to put in what the movie is!
AN: Well, it's finally here! If any of you have been wondering what is taking so long for the days to go by in this story, I promise that the time will fly by a lot faster after this chapter. So, if you have any questions for me, you know where to reach me. Also, I don't know if any of you have picked up on a certain secret I have been mentioning off and on but if you have, be patient. It will come out eventually. Now, read, enjoy, and PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!
AN: By the way, anything in () is something I put in, and is not really said.
Chap 25: SURPRISE!!!!
"Tell me something." Billy looked at his sketchbook in doubt. "Do you think Alpha would be able to accommodate a change?"
Cestria was confused. "A change in what? He is a robot so he most likely won't take a change too harshly."
Billy smiled. "Well, I was toying with the idea to streamline a body for him so that he could leave the Command Center once in a while."
"Oh really? How would you do that without changing his programming?" Cestria smiled as she imagined the possibilities.
"Well, I can easily download everything from his old body straight into the new one so he will be the same, only look different." He smiled. "I think we could even make it so he can wear human clothes to blend right in."
Cestria was surprised. "I didn't think that would be possible. If you think he'll like it, then I say go for it. After all, he trusts you whole heartedly."
Billy blushed and nodded. "Well, then, take a look at this." He turned the page of his sketchbook and sat back. "What do you think of it?"
Cestria laughed. "It's nice and all but do you realize who you made him into?" At Billy's confused look, she shook her head. "Well Doctor Frankenstein, take a closer look at your creation."
Billy shook his head. I think I showed her the wrong movies last time I was here. He leaned in for a closer look at his sketch and laughed. "Oh wow, I didn't even realize I did that!"
"Well, why do you think you did it that way?" She pointed to the face on the sketch. "I see three people right there. Do you know who?"
Billy nodded and blushed. "I believe so. The hair and eyes are like mine, the nose and mouth are like Kim's, and the rest is like Zordon's."
"Okay, now do you see anyone else in the sketch?" Cestria looked closer and smiled. "I think you drew it this way for a reason."
Billy looked closer and smiled. "I think you're right. I unconsciously drew the original rangers and Zordon. Even Tommy is in here!"
Cestria then saw something even more surprising but couldn't figure out who it was. "Who else did you place in there? Something seems familiar about the way you have the body drawn."
Billy laughed. "Well you should! You, Cestro, and my mom all carry yourselves with that kind of confidence."
Cestria nodded. "I can see it now." Then she noticed the outfit he had drawn for it. "Now that's interesting!"
Billy frowned. "What? I don't see anyone else's characteristics in there." He looked closer in total confusion.
Cestria watched him and laughed. "It's nothing. I just noticed the clothes. You notice anything odd about them?"
Billy stared at the picture and laughed. "Oh my word! I see it now! The main part of the shirt is red and covers Jason's chest, one sleeve covering Tommy's arms is green and the other is white, the black shorts cover Zack's legs, and the hands and feet (in yellow sandals) are like Trini's."
Cestria smiled as he stared in disbelief at his drawing. "You really outdid yourself this time bb."
Billy sat back and laughed as her earlier statement came back to him. "Gee, I really did make a monster, just like Frankenstein!"
"Yeah, but yours already has programming and is good!" Cestria rubbed her stomach as it growled loudly. She laughed as Billy's stomach copied hers. "I think we better get some lunch before our stomachs turn on us."
Billy smiled. "Yeah, how about we get some lunch and then talk to the Elder, Delphine, and Zordon. I'll take Zordon."
"Okay, but I think the Elder would be more willing if you asked him. I can handle Zordon. And I am sure that whatever the Elder says, Delphine will agree." Cestria smiled, hiding her alternate reason for wanting to talk to Zordon. "After all, she looks up to him like the rangers do to Zordon."
"If that's what you want." Billy went into his kitchen to make their lunch. "I'll go make us some soup. You talk to Zordon."
Cestria smiled. "Okay, but it better be good! I remember the last time you cooked anything. I can still taste that burnt meal."
Billy laughed. "Well, this is an old family recipe that I always helped my mom make. I could make it on my own when I was eight years old." He then went about getting the ingredients he needed for his soup.
Cestria in the meantime contacted Zordon and arranged for Billy's surprise visit to Angel Grove, plus a surprise of her own. She smiled when she heard music suddenly coming from the kitchen. "I hope that soup doesn't take too long Billy. I'm starving." She closed the view screen on his comm. link and headed towards the kitchen.
Billy smiled as she walked up to the pan of boiling water and vegetables and other things she didn't think she'd see. "What did he say?" When she frowned, he sighed and went back to work. "Well, I guess I'm going home the long way."
Cestria laughed. "He said that he would allow it. I knew I'd get ya back for the last time!" As his face turned red, she brought up the question she had been thinking of a few seconds earlier. "What's with the flowers and stalks in the soup?"
Billy smiled and put the remaining ingredients into the pan and got out their bowls and spoons. "It is a family secret. It won my mom first places in the state Fair every time she entered it. She called it Heaven's Secret Delight."
Cestria sniffed the air around the pan and smiled. "Smells delicious. Why don't you go talk to the Elder. I will keep an eye on this." At his nod, she took the ladle and stirred the soup.
Billy talked to the Elder and managed to get him to agree with Zordon. When he came back into the kitchen, Cestria was pouring the soup into their bowls. "Don't taste it yet. I have to add one more thing."
Cestria set the bowls on the table and watched Billy grab a small bottle from the shelf next to the cooking unit. "What's that?"
"It's the family secret. It is made up of spices and flower parts that are edible." He sprinkled some powder into her bowl and then put some in his own. "There, taste it now." He put the bottle back in its place and sat down to eat his soup.
Cestria tasted her soup and moaned. "That is sooo good! It tastes like it came straight from heaven! I can see where your mom got the name." She took a few more spoonfuls. "By the way, what did the Elder say?"
"He agreed with Zordon and will take care of Delphine." He smiled as he finished his soup. "Well, there's my bowl!"
Cestria smiled as she finished hers. "Did you ever win first prize with this like your mom did?"
"No." He looked down as he put his bowl in the sink. "After she died, I stayed away from making it. I didn't want to be picked on for being able to cook something that good since I was already picked on for my brains."
Cestria joined him at the sink and pushed him towards the living room. "I'll take care of these and then we can go get a few things from my apartment. I don't want some things to be destroyed if something were to happen to it." As he started to leave the kitchen, she thought of something else. "If you don't get picked on anymore, why not show them what you can really do with that soup?"
Billy sat down on his sofa and called back to her. "I was thinking of entering it in the fair after I get back from Florida. I figured that I might as well start now while I can still defend myself."
"Well in that case, would you give me the recipe before you go back? I promise I won't tell another soul unless I know they will keep it secret." She walked into the room and looked at him with pleading eyes. "Please?"
Billy smiled. "Okay, I will do that. BUT, only when I am getting ready to leave and if you let me talk to Orean when he comes tonight. Now, how about getting your things?"
Cestria watched him stand up and head towards the door after grabbing his keys from the stand next to him. "Okay Billy. Whatever you say." She followed him out the door and to their hover skids. They then headed towards her apartment.
AN HOUR LATER
"Well, you can set your device in the bedroom. I will keep mine out here on the desk." Billy set her bag on the bed and headed back out to the sofa. "Know what? I feel like watching a movie. You interested in seeing some of my favorites?"
Cestria sat on the couch as he went to retrieve the CD ROMs he had brought. "I don't know Billy. I remember the ones you had the last time. I don't really want to watch any more space or monster movies."
Billy laughed as he pulled out a couple of cases. "Well, I left them at home. I only brought the good ones. Now, what kind do you want to see?"
She thought about it and then smiled. "Well, we could watch your favorite or Trini's. After all, you said we are a lot alike so if she likes it, then I should too."
Billy stared at her. "Um, ok. But I have to warn you, my favorite is also her favorite." He took out one disc and put it into his audio center's holo projector.
As he walked back to join her after dimming the lights, she smiled. "Okay, so what movie is it? You never told me what your favorite movie was."
Billy just smiled and sat back. "Well, I know I've mentioned it a few times the last time I was here, along with many others that I like. If you want to know which one, then hit play."
Cestria leaned back and hit the play button on his small remote device. As soon as the title appeared, she burst out laughing. "OH MY GOD!!! You're kidding me!"
AN: Well, if any of you are wondering what movie it is, review and wait for the next chapter! I know, I know. I'm evil right? Well, I needed something to keep you in suspense and writhing to know what it is. Plus, it also keeps you coming back doesn't it? Well, don't' forget to review, unless you don't want me to put in what the movie is!