Disclaimer: Hmm...no I don't own Power Rangers. They're owned by Saban and Disney. Sigh...it would be nice to own Power Rangers though. Also, any songs I use in this story don't belong to me either.
AN: Here's chapter 12! Hope you enjoy it! And thank you for all the wonderful reviews and the birthday wishes from everyone too! They gave me warm fuzzily feelings! Also, I'm not sure if Tanya's parents were originally from the U.S. or not, but for the purpose of this story they were. Tanya just never lived here since her parents were explorers.
Chapter 12: I Miss You Like Crazy
A couple weeks had passed since Valentine's Day. Adam and Heather had gotten along very well, but they had mutually decided that they weren't right for each other. With Heather's hectic schedule as an athlete and Adam's "busy life", seeing each other was nearly impossible. They had parted being good friends, and Adam Park was still single.
~*~*~*
Kat Hillard waited anxiously for the bell to ring. She, her friends, and her parents had to be to the airport soon. The Hillard family was hosting an exchange student from Africa. But this wasn't just any exchange student. This girl had lived with Aisha's great aunt Ashala ever since her parents were lost in a mysterious plane crash. Now she was coming to experience America, the country both her parents were from. Kat was excited, since she had always wanted a sister, but was an only child. The bell rang and the students filed out to their lockers.
"Ready to head to the airport?" Billy asked, as he came behind Kat and put his arms around her.
"Yeah," Kat replied, as she closed her locker and joined hands with him.
~*~*~*
The rangers arrived at the airport and patiently waited for the plane to unload.
"So what's her name again?" Rocky asked.
"Tanya Sloan," Kat replied.
Soon, they saw an African American teen come off the plane. She was dressed in an orange sarong-type dress.
"That has to be her," Kim said. Kat nodded.
"Tanya Sloan?" Kat called. The girl turned to her and smiled. She approached them.
"Katherine Hillard?" she asked.
"Yes, it's so nice to finally meet you Tanya," Kat said, giving the girl a welcoming hug.
"I'm so excited to finally meet you too," Tanya replied.
"Tanya, these are my parents; Mike and Karen Hillard.
"It's nice to meet you Tanya," Mr. Hillard said.
"It's going to be wonderful having you live with us sweetie," Mrs. Hillard said.
"Thank you," Tanya said.
"And these are my friends: Tommy Oliver, Kimberly Hart, Rocky DeSantos, Aisha Campbell, and Adam Park. And this is my boyfriend, Billy Cranston," Kat introduced. The rangers greeted her and immediately accepted her into their close circle of friends.
After they put Tanya's luggage into the Hillard car, the other rangers parted with Kat and Tanya, leaving for their respective homes. Billy was about to also, but Mrs. Hillard knew Billy's father was often out of town, and she wasn't about to let him go home without a good meal. She was also quite fond of Billy and glad that her daughter had found such a nice boyfriend.
"Billy, why don't you come over for dinner. The girls can ride home with you," Mrs. Hillard suggested. He could see that Kat definitely liked the idea and accepted.
"Sure, thank you Mrs. Hillard," Billy replied.
"Now Billy, I told you to call me mom. You make me feel old when you call me Mrs. Hillard," Karen said. Billy chuckled and nodded. Tanya and Kat got into Billy's car and they followed Kat's parents to the Hillard residence.
"After school tomorrow, we can go hang out at the youth center. Then Saturday we can go shopping and then the beach!" Kat said, as she began planning their whole weekend.
"Sounds great," Tanya said.
"Hope you like the mall Tanya, Kat lives there," Billy joked. Kat playfully smacked his arm.
"We're going to have bring some bag carriers along, and I've elected you to be one," Kat said. Billy audibly groaned.
"I'm sparring Adam on Saturday afternoon," Billy replied, trying to get out of it.
"That's perfect, once you and Adam are done, you can come to the mall with us.
I think you'll really like Adam," Kat said to Tanya. She had not been the only
one to notice the shy teen's awe-struck look when he laid eyes on the African
beauty.
"He is quite a cutie," Tanya mentioned. They arrived at the Hillard residence
and enjoyed the evening meal together. About nine, Billy kissed Kat goodnight
and left for his house, since they had school the next day. Tanya was settling in
and both girls went to bed early.
~*~*~*
The next morning, Kat gave Tanya a tour before school and then they
convened at her locker. Tanya's schedule matched Kat's, so they would have
every class together. After school, the group met at the youth center and Tanya
got to try one of Ernie's famous smoothies. Tanya was adjusting well and was
feeling at home in no time.
~*~*~*
Adam and Billy dabbed their foreheads with their towels as they finished
their spar.
"Great work out," Adam said.
"Yea, but now comes the real work out," Billy said, as he saw Kim, Kat, Tanya,
Aisha enter the youth center.
"Uh oh, we're doomed," Adam said.
"Yea, but at least we get to drag Tommy and Rocky down with us," Billy
replied. The boys showered in the locker room and met the girls at their usual
afterwards.
"Geez, you guys look like we're taking you to your execution," Aisha said, as
she looked at their faces.
"Come on, we need to take Tanya shopping for some new clothes. It's not
going to kill you guys," Kim said. The guys knew that it was in their best
interest not to argue with the girls.
After two hours of shopping, the girls finished and they headed to the
beach. The boys realized that the shopping venture had been worth it, since
their girlfriends and Tanya changed into bathing suits.
"Okay, now this is why we put up with them dragging us all over the mall,"
Rocky said, as he stared at Aisha in her yellow tankini. Adam chuckled.
"Earth to Billy," Adam said to his best friend. But Billy was gone, as he could
focus on nothing other than the beautiful blonde in a bright blue bikini making
her way toward him. Kim had also caught Tommy's eye with her pink bikini.
Now it was Adam's turn to gawk at Tanya in a one-piece orange bathing suit.
"Billy, I need your help putting sunscreen on my back," Kat said, as she
beckoned her wolf toward her. Billy was sure he was several shades of red, but
he gladly followed. Kat carefully hid her blush as she gazed at Billy exposed
chest. She was very glad she had talked him into removing his tank top.
The other six decided to play volleyball, while Billy and Kat became occupied
in the lake. Kat was perfectly nestled in Billy's arms as they waded through the
lake. They kissed deeply and the intensity increased, as they began fighting for
control. But their kiss was broken abruptly when they heard something land
hard on the beach. Everyone but the rangers ran scared, leaving the beach
deserted. Billy and Kat quickly swam in and gingerly approached the object.
Tanya looked absolutely terrified, but Adam put his hand on her shoulder to
calm her. The hatch on the object began to open. It hissed and the rangers
jumped back. Billy instinctively wrapped his arm around Kat's waist, expecting
this to be one of Vile's attempts to take her from him. But it was Cestro that
emerged from what they could now see was a space ship.
"Cestro?" Billy asked.
"Billy, it is good to see you and the other rangers," Cestro greeted. Suddenly,
they were all greeted with a helping of Tengus and a weird looking shell
monster.
"Just what we wanted today," Kim growled.
"Tommy..." Adam said, as he gestured to Tanya.
"Tanya, what you are about is something that you can't tell anyone. Take care
of her Adam," Tommy said. A confused Tanya only nodded.
"It's Morphin Time!" Tommy called.
"White Falcon!" Tommy called.
"Black Frog!" Adam called.
"Pink Crane!" Kim called.
"Yellow Bear!" Aisha called.
"Red Ape!" Rocky called.
"Blue Wolf!" Kat and Billy called.
"Blue Aquitar Ranger Power!" Cestro called. Tanya gasped as she witnessed
their secret. She backed away and watched the rangers fight. The rangers
disposed of the Tengus and of the shell monster using the Power Canon. The
rangers were guessing that it had been one of Rita's attempts at a monster
without Zedd's okay and without his power. The rangers demorphed and
turned to Cestro.
"Why have you come Cestro?" Billy asked.
"Let us go to the command center and I will tell you," Cestro said.
"Tanya, I hope you're not totally freaked out," Kim said.
"No way! This is very cool. I can't believe I'm friends with the power rangers,"
Tanya said. The rangers chuckled, as they teleported to the power chamber.
~*~*~*
Once the rangers were settled, Cestro spoke.
"I have come for your assistance Billy. A vile race of creatures called the
Cyrians from the planet Cyrius have come to harvest our planet. They have
unleashed the hydro contaminators to infect our waters. We need your help to
build a weapon to defeat them," Cestro explained. Billy knew that Cestro was
asking him to come to Aquitar, as he and the other Aquitians had come to
Earth. And Billy knew that he couldn't refuse. Kat sensed his decision and
gave him a long, hard kiss.
"You take care of yourself," Kat said, as she fought back the tears. Billy
caressed her cheek.
"You don't have to worry about me. I probably won't even be gone a whole
month," Billy replied, as he continued to hold her close to him.
I miss you like crazy
He decided to take a month's leave from school. He knew Mr. Kaplan would not
have a problem with it since Billy was such a good student.
"I love you wolf boy," Kat said.
"I love you too angel girl," Billy replied, as they leaned in for a final kiss. With
that, Billy picked up the bag that Alpha had packed and teleported into the
zord hangar where Cestro's ship was waiting. Once they were secured inside,
the Aquitian vessel left for Aquitar with Billy inside. Kat watched from outside
the power chamber with pride showing in her eyes for what her love was
doing. Later, she went to the youth center with the others. She knew that Billy
would be okay and be back to her soon. Nothing, not even light years could
keep them apart.
~*~*~*
Since u've been away
Things aint been the same
I miss you more and more each day
Sumthin 'bout your love
I just can't get enough
I wish it wouldn't hurt so much
You don't know what you done to me
I can't sleep at night baby
Wishin you were here with me
There's sumthin 'bout the love you give
No one else can give it to me
Almost two weeks had passed already, but they hadn't been the easiest weeks. Kat missed Billy terribly, but tried to keep focused on school, hoping the time would pass quickly and Billy would be back soon. She had secretly hoped to see him in the dream void, but she guessed that with the extreme time differences on Aquitar, they were both asleep at different times. Mondo had also been taking advantage of Billy's absence. Last week, Rocky had created a interesting plant that grew very rapidly and like to eat metal. And of course Rocky couldn't remember what he had crossed to create the metal eating plant. The thing seriously reminded her of the plants in the little shop of horrors movie. Rocky was doused by the creature's pollen and began sprouting leaves and vines from his head.
'Green is definitely not Rocky's color,' she thought to herself. They had managed to find a cure for Rocky and defeat the Pollenator. It had been the first time she had ever piloted the blue Shogun zord by herself.
'And Billy makes it look so easy,' she thought. Her thoughts came back to him and she wondered how he was doing on Aquitar.
I miss you like crazy I miss you like crazy
I miss you being my baby
Tell me when you're comin back home
I miss you like crazy I miss you being my baby
Tell me when you're comin back home
No matter what I do I can't stop thinkin of you
You're always on my mind
My heart is not a home
Since you've been gone
I wish you would come back to me
You don't know what you've done to me
I can't sleep at night baby
Wishin you were here with me
There's sumthin' bout the love you give
No one else can give it to me
Her thoughts drifted back to the monster they had just faced earlier. Mondo had tried to capture a mysterious piano player at the high school. The rangers had stopped him and his latest monster, but they were surprised to find out that Skull was the mysterious piano player. He had just finished his recital and they were now talking with him and Skull. She glanced over to Tanya, who had been adjusting very well. She and Adam were becoming quite close and she smiled at that."Hey Kat! Earth to Kat! You might want to come back from Aquitar," Aisha whispered.
"Hmm...oh sorry Isha," Kat said.
"It's okay, I know that you miss him. You've been so quiet and off in space lately," Aisha said.
"I know, and I'm sorry," Kat replied.
"Don't be, but I'm sure that he's just fine," Aisha replied. Kat nodded.
"I know he's okay, I'd feel it if he wasn't," Kat replied. Aisha decided not to ask how she felt it, knowing that it was just the bond that Billy and Kat shared.
"It's good to see Adam so happy with Tanya. Who would have thought he would fall for her?" Aisha asked. Kat smiled, knowing that Aisha had no idea that Adam used to have a crush on her. Later, the teens went home for the night.
~*~*~*
Kat snuggled into her bed on the top bunk. Tanya was already fast asleep, but Kat found herself laying on her stomach and staring out the window at the moon and stars. Watching the stars was something she and Billy did often together.
I miss you like crazy
I miss you like crazy
I miss you bein my baby
tell me when you're comin back home
I miss you like crazy
I miss you bein my baby
Tell me when you're comin back home
Now I realized how much you mean to me
You are my everythin
I miss you baby
I miss you like crazy
I miss you bein my baby
Tell me when you're comin back home
I miss you like crazy
I miss you being my baby
Tell me when you're comin back home
Kat smiled with pride as she thought of Billy. He was up there fighting evil and for the freedom of their Aquitian friends. She actually felt kind of sorry for whoever was trying to invade Aquitar, because they would surely meet their match in Billy. With that thought, Kat drifted off into a dreamless sleep.AN: Hope you liked it! Thanks for reading and please leave a review! Later!
Tell me when you're comin back home
I miss you like crazy
Tell me when you're comin back home
