Rewriting History
Disclaimer: Don't own powers ranger don't make any money by doing this. No one would pay me for what about to do.
Chapter 3: Yellow Ego
Ashley and TJ sat at the surf spot enlisting the help of a waiter they had befriended before to quiz them on their American Lit exam. Ashley and TJ paced back and forth ask their waiter friend was asked them questions. "Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk?" the waiter asks. TJ looked up from the floor. "That would be W.E.B. Dubois." TJ answered. The waiter nodded his head at the boy's answer. "Name one the white writer is associated with and two the black writer he stood against" the waiter said. Ashley spoke up this time, "His work was associated with Emerson. His opponent was Booker T. Washington." She grabbed her cup off the table taking a sip of her mango melon passion drink.
"What was the main argument Dubois had with Booker T's work?" their friend asked. Ashley and TJ had to think about the question for a few seconds. Ashley spoke up again, "Dubois thought that Booker T work was creating a social veil that would lead to limiting the options blacks would have at that time. Sorry I mean African Americans." Ashley corrected. "Booker T called for African Americans not to be lawyers, not to be doctors but to develop vocational skills."
"By developing those skills the white community would see African Americans as being productive members of society." TJ finished. Ashley flashed dirty look, she agreed with TJ. The waiter flips through the pages of notes the two teens had jotted down in their class. "Babylon Revisited" the teen called out. TJ mind took the title and like a computer searched in all its folders for the information on the story. "Written by Fitzgerald, centers around one main character with his struggle to be accepted into the moral world, which is represented by his sister in law. Instead of the elitist crowd those who are in the stock market and live the high society life. The life he once was involved in. Now he wants to get his daughter Honoria back, who's name strangely can be taken to mean Honor, If he is able to get his daughter back that will be the ultimate validation of his new life." TJ said.
"Ok I think you got that one down. Ashley tell me about Ralph Ellison." the waiter asks. Ashley twirled a few strands of her hair around her left index finger. Her eyes rolled around in her hand searching for the answer. "He wrote Invisible Man?" she said unsure, she looked at the waiter his wave his hand signaling her to continue. "Not invisible like you can't see him but as being socially invisible for being a black man. He speaks of a particular event where a naked white woman is in front of a group of black guys including him. He took the stereotype of black men acting like beast when a white woman is around. Instead of showing the black men acting like an animal it was the white men acting like an animal." Ashley said looking at TJ.
TJ suddenly felt unease with the current topic, "I think I'll get some water." TJ said walking away from the two. Ashley and the waiter continue with the study session. Ashley happen to glance up at the wall, her eyes bugged out when she saw that they only had five minutes to get to class. "Thanks, Paul." Ashley said grabbing her notebook from him. She grabs her book bag in her other hand, her hair flies behind her as runs out of the surf spot. TJ walks up to Paul minutes later. "Where's Ashley?" he asked. Paul explained had the girl looked up at the wall freaked then ran out. TJ looked at the wall seeing what made the girl rush out of the room, made him act in the same fashion. TJ made it into the class before the teacher was about to hand out the exam. Taking his seat next to Ashley, TJ slid his books under his desk taking out his pencil. "Thanks for letting me know that you were heading to the exam." TJ said sarcastically. Ashley looked over at the boy giving him a fake smile. "No problem." she said her smile faded away before his eyes leaving her ugly look.
Meanwhile Astronema had sent her quantrons down to Angel Grove to find the next part of her plan. Although he gave up the chance to joined the former Turbo rangers in space. Justin still had contact with his friends since they had a few classes together. American Lit was not one of them. While TJ and Ashley took their midterm Justin had a free period, he decide to take a walk down in the park. Give him a chance to clear his mind about school and other things. One thing he no longer had to worry about was being protector of the world. He gave that up to live the normal life as a kid turning into a teen. He now rather worries about if a girl was going to call him back than figure out how to defeat a monster. He did enjoy being a Turbo ranger and was glad to reprise his role when Storm Blaster Lighting Cruiser needed his help. He wanted it that way, to be needed only when the world depended on it. Other than that you would find him on the soccer field following in the footsteps of Carlos.
Justin found a tree that he donned his meditation tree. Justin leaned against the tree closing his eyes. He mind went blank his mind empty of all thoughts. Quantrons walked up to the tree carefully hoping to catch the ranger off guard. "You might as well come on with it." Just said behind the tree. The quantrons stopped looked at each other uncertain if the boy was talking to them. Justin grabbed on to a tree limb swung he around to the other side of the tree. In his action he managed to kick one of the quantrons in the chest. "Last time we met tin heads I kicked your butts. Care to see if I can do it again?" Justin said ready to fight. A quantron pulls out a device from behind his back he presses a button. A laser net appears over the former turbo ranger. The quantron presses another button the boy and quantrons teleport out of the park.
Ashley finished her midterm before TJ; she handed in her midterm she went back to her sent, bending down to pick up her book bag and notebook. She stood up she swung her book bag hitting TJ in the back of the head. Such childish behavior the yellow ranger has shown so far TJ thinks as he rubs the back of his head. Ashley opened the door to her locker she placed her books inside. Just before closing the locker he eyes caught a glimpse of her picture on her locker door. The bottom picture was the gang of space rangers at the beach. Above that picture was of her and Cassie. As she looked at the pictures Ashley felt the presence of her other friends with her. She look at the top picture her warm feeling suddenly became cold again. It was a picture of her and TJ just the two of them, he was wearing in the picture. So this was during their turbo days, if she knew what kind of person he was then. Her communicator interrupted her thoughts.
Ashley leaned into her locker answering her communicator. "Go head Alpha" Ashley answered. "Ashley the computers are picking up a gang of quantron near the warehouse district. TJ and you need to check it out." Alpha said. Ashley rubbed her forehead thinking about TJ gave her a headache. "Alright we'll get right on it." she lied. The yellow spacer ranger had not intention of alerting TJ of what was going on. She was going find the quantrons, figure out Astronema's plan and stop it just like the rangers always had done. Only it would be Ashley who would have stopped it.
Seconds later the yellow ranger hovered over the city on her galaxy glider. The yellow ranger flew through the air searching for any signs of the quantrons. Ashley was about to give up when a quadrofighter appeared a few meters ahead of her. "Ok well there is a quadrofighter they is bound to be quantrons," she said looking around the area. The yellow ranger's assumption was correct; a few meters below her five quantrons guarded a small warehouse. "Well well what do we have here?" she asked herself. Ashley dived off her galaxy glider with both parts of her astro blaster in her hands. She fired on four of the quantrons, while still in the air the yellow ranger holstered her blaster. She summoned her blade arm attack she slashed the fifth quantron with her attack.
"That's the last of them let's see what's behind door number one." Ashley said sliding the door open, she entered insider the dark dank warehouse. The door closed with a loud thud sound. She jumped a bit then realizes how silly it was for her to be afraid of the door. "For Pete sakes I'm a ranger." she mumbled. She continues to look around the dark warehouse hoping to catch a glimpse of what the quantrons were guarding. "Times like these I miss being a turbo ranger. I had headlights with that suit." Ashley said. She heard something moving ahead of her, she pulled out her astro blaster. She aimed the weapon in the direction of the sound, and then it occurred to her to fire her weapon to provide her with some kind of light. She aimed her weapon above where the sound came from. The yellow laser did light up the warehouse for a brief moment. The ranger was able to see something in silver plating moving around.
The lights in the warehouse flash on revealing a swarm of quantrons surrounding the rangers. Justin chained up hanging from the roof with Astronema holding her staff at his neck. Below the boy's dangling feet was a silver case. "You rangers are so predictable" Astronema said, "I knew one of you would show up trying to be the hero. And now you lose, I don't think I even have to say attack." Astronema said. All the quantrons attacked the yellow ranger at once. Before the weapon was kicked out of her hand she fired on four quantrons. Tried as might the yellow ranger couldn't fight off the quantrons. She was being overwhelmed by the combine strength of the quantrons.
The yellow ranger elbowed a quantron in the back of the neck. Where one quantron fell two more took his place. She back flipped over two quantrons giving her some room to think. "Come on Ash there's got to be something I can do to get Justin free and get us out of her safely. Well relatively safe." she said. Two quantrons jumped up at the yellow ranger. Ashley flipped to her hands kicking the two quantrons down to the floor. The ranger bends over picking herself up off her hands. Four quantrons with their staff blades charged at the ranger on all sides. "Can't a girl have time to breathe?" she muttered blocking the attack on her two sides. She gives too much force in the blocks hurting her more than if the attack had happen. She front kicked the quantron but was unable to stop the quantron on charging at her from the back. Her chest pokes out she tries to endure the pain. Her arms began to buckle up the quantron's weapons.
The more quantrons slashed at the ranger's chest and back. Sparks rained down at her feet. Ashley dropped to her knees tears streamed down her face from the pain. Of course her visor hid this to her opponents. The last strikes flatten the ranger on to her face. A quantron raised his staff in the air ready to bring the weapon to kill the ranger. The blue galaxy glider with no rider busted through the door. The glider knocked the quantrons off their feet, Ashley looked up from the floor seeing the blue ranger stand in the entranceway. It was the last thing that she saw.
Disclaimer: Don't own powers ranger don't make any money by doing this. No one would pay me for what about to do.
Chapter 3: Yellow Ego
Ashley and TJ sat at the surf spot enlisting the help of a waiter they had befriended before to quiz them on their American Lit exam. Ashley and TJ paced back and forth ask their waiter friend was asked them questions. "Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk?" the waiter asks. TJ looked up from the floor. "That would be W.E.B. Dubois." TJ answered. The waiter nodded his head at the boy's answer. "Name one the white writer is associated with and two the black writer he stood against" the waiter said. Ashley spoke up this time, "His work was associated with Emerson. His opponent was Booker T. Washington." She grabbed her cup off the table taking a sip of her mango melon passion drink.
"What was the main argument Dubois had with Booker T's work?" their friend asked. Ashley and TJ had to think about the question for a few seconds. Ashley spoke up again, "Dubois thought that Booker T work was creating a social veil that would lead to limiting the options blacks would have at that time. Sorry I mean African Americans." Ashley corrected. "Booker T called for African Americans not to be lawyers, not to be doctors but to develop vocational skills."
"By developing those skills the white community would see African Americans as being productive members of society." TJ finished. Ashley flashed dirty look, she agreed with TJ. The waiter flips through the pages of notes the two teens had jotted down in their class. "Babylon Revisited" the teen called out. TJ mind took the title and like a computer searched in all its folders for the information on the story. "Written by Fitzgerald, centers around one main character with his struggle to be accepted into the moral world, which is represented by his sister in law. Instead of the elitist crowd those who are in the stock market and live the high society life. The life he once was involved in. Now he wants to get his daughter Honoria back, who's name strangely can be taken to mean Honor, If he is able to get his daughter back that will be the ultimate validation of his new life." TJ said.
"Ok I think you got that one down. Ashley tell me about Ralph Ellison." the waiter asks. Ashley twirled a few strands of her hair around her left index finger. Her eyes rolled around in her hand searching for the answer. "He wrote Invisible Man?" she said unsure, she looked at the waiter his wave his hand signaling her to continue. "Not invisible like you can't see him but as being socially invisible for being a black man. He speaks of a particular event where a naked white woman is in front of a group of black guys including him. He took the stereotype of black men acting like beast when a white woman is around. Instead of showing the black men acting like an animal it was the white men acting like an animal." Ashley said looking at TJ.
TJ suddenly felt unease with the current topic, "I think I'll get some water." TJ said walking away from the two. Ashley and the waiter continue with the study session. Ashley happen to glance up at the wall, her eyes bugged out when she saw that they only had five minutes to get to class. "Thanks, Paul." Ashley said grabbing her notebook from him. She grabs her book bag in her other hand, her hair flies behind her as runs out of the surf spot. TJ walks up to Paul minutes later. "Where's Ashley?" he asked. Paul explained had the girl looked up at the wall freaked then ran out. TJ looked at the wall seeing what made the girl rush out of the room, made him act in the same fashion. TJ made it into the class before the teacher was about to hand out the exam. Taking his seat next to Ashley, TJ slid his books under his desk taking out his pencil. "Thanks for letting me know that you were heading to the exam." TJ said sarcastically. Ashley looked over at the boy giving him a fake smile. "No problem." she said her smile faded away before his eyes leaving her ugly look.
Meanwhile Astronema had sent her quantrons down to Angel Grove to find the next part of her plan. Although he gave up the chance to joined the former Turbo rangers in space. Justin still had contact with his friends since they had a few classes together. American Lit was not one of them. While TJ and Ashley took their midterm Justin had a free period, he decide to take a walk down in the park. Give him a chance to clear his mind about school and other things. One thing he no longer had to worry about was being protector of the world. He gave that up to live the normal life as a kid turning into a teen. He now rather worries about if a girl was going to call him back than figure out how to defeat a monster. He did enjoy being a Turbo ranger and was glad to reprise his role when Storm Blaster Lighting Cruiser needed his help. He wanted it that way, to be needed only when the world depended on it. Other than that you would find him on the soccer field following in the footsteps of Carlos.
Justin found a tree that he donned his meditation tree. Justin leaned against the tree closing his eyes. He mind went blank his mind empty of all thoughts. Quantrons walked up to the tree carefully hoping to catch the ranger off guard. "You might as well come on with it." Just said behind the tree. The quantrons stopped looked at each other uncertain if the boy was talking to them. Justin grabbed on to a tree limb swung he around to the other side of the tree. In his action he managed to kick one of the quantrons in the chest. "Last time we met tin heads I kicked your butts. Care to see if I can do it again?" Justin said ready to fight. A quantron pulls out a device from behind his back he presses a button. A laser net appears over the former turbo ranger. The quantron presses another button the boy and quantrons teleport out of the park.
Ashley finished her midterm before TJ; she handed in her midterm she went back to her sent, bending down to pick up her book bag and notebook. She stood up she swung her book bag hitting TJ in the back of the head. Such childish behavior the yellow ranger has shown so far TJ thinks as he rubs the back of his head. Ashley opened the door to her locker she placed her books inside. Just before closing the locker he eyes caught a glimpse of her picture on her locker door. The bottom picture was the gang of space rangers at the beach. Above that picture was of her and Cassie. As she looked at the pictures Ashley felt the presence of her other friends with her. She look at the top picture her warm feeling suddenly became cold again. It was a picture of her and TJ just the two of them, he was wearing in the picture. So this was during their turbo days, if she knew what kind of person he was then. Her communicator interrupted her thoughts.
Ashley leaned into her locker answering her communicator. "Go head Alpha" Ashley answered. "Ashley the computers are picking up a gang of quantron near the warehouse district. TJ and you need to check it out." Alpha said. Ashley rubbed her forehead thinking about TJ gave her a headache. "Alright we'll get right on it." she lied. The yellow spacer ranger had not intention of alerting TJ of what was going on. She was going find the quantrons, figure out Astronema's plan and stop it just like the rangers always had done. Only it would be Ashley who would have stopped it.
Seconds later the yellow ranger hovered over the city on her galaxy glider. The yellow ranger flew through the air searching for any signs of the quantrons. Ashley was about to give up when a quadrofighter appeared a few meters ahead of her. "Ok well there is a quadrofighter they is bound to be quantrons," she said looking around the area. The yellow ranger's assumption was correct; a few meters below her five quantrons guarded a small warehouse. "Well well what do we have here?" she asked herself. Ashley dived off her galaxy glider with both parts of her astro blaster in her hands. She fired on four of the quantrons, while still in the air the yellow ranger holstered her blaster. She summoned her blade arm attack she slashed the fifth quantron with her attack.
"That's the last of them let's see what's behind door number one." Ashley said sliding the door open, she entered insider the dark dank warehouse. The door closed with a loud thud sound. She jumped a bit then realizes how silly it was for her to be afraid of the door. "For Pete sakes I'm a ranger." she mumbled. She continues to look around the dark warehouse hoping to catch a glimpse of what the quantrons were guarding. "Times like these I miss being a turbo ranger. I had headlights with that suit." Ashley said. She heard something moving ahead of her, she pulled out her astro blaster. She aimed the weapon in the direction of the sound, and then it occurred to her to fire her weapon to provide her with some kind of light. She aimed her weapon above where the sound came from. The yellow laser did light up the warehouse for a brief moment. The ranger was able to see something in silver plating moving around.
The lights in the warehouse flash on revealing a swarm of quantrons surrounding the rangers. Justin chained up hanging from the roof with Astronema holding her staff at his neck. Below the boy's dangling feet was a silver case. "You rangers are so predictable" Astronema said, "I knew one of you would show up trying to be the hero. And now you lose, I don't think I even have to say attack." Astronema said. All the quantrons attacked the yellow ranger at once. Before the weapon was kicked out of her hand she fired on four quantrons. Tried as might the yellow ranger couldn't fight off the quantrons. She was being overwhelmed by the combine strength of the quantrons.
The yellow ranger elbowed a quantron in the back of the neck. Where one quantron fell two more took his place. She back flipped over two quantrons giving her some room to think. "Come on Ash there's got to be something I can do to get Justin free and get us out of her safely. Well relatively safe." she said. Two quantrons jumped up at the yellow ranger. Ashley flipped to her hands kicking the two quantrons down to the floor. The ranger bends over picking herself up off her hands. Four quantrons with their staff blades charged at the ranger on all sides. "Can't a girl have time to breathe?" she muttered blocking the attack on her two sides. She gives too much force in the blocks hurting her more than if the attack had happen. She front kicked the quantron but was unable to stop the quantron on charging at her from the back. Her chest pokes out she tries to endure the pain. Her arms began to buckle up the quantron's weapons.
The more quantrons slashed at the ranger's chest and back. Sparks rained down at her feet. Ashley dropped to her knees tears streamed down her face from the pain. Of course her visor hid this to her opponents. The last strikes flatten the ranger on to her face. A quantron raised his staff in the air ready to bring the weapon to kill the ranger. The blue galaxy glider with no rider busted through the door. The glider knocked the quantrons off their feet, Ashley looked up from the floor seeing the blue ranger stand in the entranceway. It was the last thing that she saw.