Disclaimer:  I don't own Power Rangers.  Someone else does.  I don't know who because it keeps changing.  Please don't get offended if I insult your favorite character.  Some pairings are easy to write a story for while others are really tough.  So please realize that some of my stories will be better than others.  Hi to all my fellow AFPR's including my fellow female Psychos :).  And I really appreciate the reviews :).

Note:  I really hope this one is better than the last one.  Not too sure, though.  "Stick Together" is from the episode "Song Sung Yellow."

Justin and Tanya

By

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

     "Where's my waitress!" Justin Stewart bellowed as he slammed his fist on the table.  The famous (or infamous) executive music producer had been waiting at his usual table at Chez Pierre's for almost five minutes and so far, no one had come to take his order. 

     "Hold your horses!" Tanya grumbled.  The middle-aged waitress sauntered towards the table.  "I've only got two hands, you know."

     "Yeah, and they're covered in grease," Justin sneered.  "Did you fail hand-washing in preschool?"

     "No, but I did excel at finger painting."  With that, the disgruntled waitress smeared her hands all over Justin's blue tie.

     "How dare you!  Do you know who I am?"  Justin demanded.  

     Tanya looked closely at him.  There was something familiar about this pompous jerk.  Suddenly, she recognized the bad haircut.

     "Oh my God!  Oh my God!  You're Justin Stewart!"  She grabbed a bottle of Perrier from the table next to them, ignoring the complaints of the occupants.  Brad Pitt could drink tap water for all she cared.  Here was the one person who could boost her failed career. 

     "Here, let me get that tie clean," Tanya said as she hastily poured some of the water onto the tie. 

     "Yeow!  That's freezing!"  Justin jumped out of his chair as the ice cold water hit his lap.  "Are you nuts?  I'm leaving.  And forget about any tip," he said, fingering the quarter he had set aside just for that purpose.

     "No, wait!"  Tanya became desperate.  "I have something very special, just for you."

     "Well now," Justin said, patting his wet lap, "that's different.  I'd prefer to wait until we were in a more private area.  But, if you're that eager, just climb aboard."

     Tanya glared at him.  Then she poured the rest of the ice-cold Perrier onto Justin's lap and shoved him hard into his chair.  Then she took a few steps back.

     For no apparent reason, the room darkened and a spotlight shined on Tanya.  Justin watched in dismay as she began to sing and dance. 

     "Dear God, not again," Justin moaned.  This was what he got for being so nice to all those waiters and waitresses all those years ago when he had first started out.  "Food Servers:  The Musical," had been his only major failure. 

     However, as he began to stand to leave, he realized that he had heard the song before.  "Stick Together?  Hey, I thought that flaring nose looked familiar.  Tanya?  Tanya Sloan?"  Justin asked.

     Tanya stopped singing and forced a smile.  "You remember me!  I guess my singing brings back fond memories of when we were on the same team."

     "Er, no, actually it brings back memories of the nightmares I had after seeing that video you made with Adam and Rocky."  Justin made a gagging sound.

     With that Tanya burst into tears.  "It's true, it's true.  I am so sick of that song.  But my recent brain surgery to help me forget about annoying kid Rangers has caused me to also forget every other song."

     Justin was shocked.  "You actually had an operation just to forget me?  I thought that date we had meant something to you." 

     "No, you idiot, I didn't have any brain surgery."  Tanya sneered, "For a genius, you sure are stupid."  She leaned in closer to his face, nostrils flaring.  "And, for the billionth time, it was not a date.  I was just babysitting you and your shelter friends at the movies that Saturday afternoon."  

      Justin took a few minutes to absorb all that then shrugged.  "Whatever.  But I thought you were the top DJ at the Angel Grove radio station.  What happened?  Did enough people finally call to complain about your irritating voice?"

     Tanya scowled at this.  "No more than all those people who complained about your annoying hyperactivity.  Besides, who wants to be top DJ in a dinky little town?  I wanted something more.  I wanted to be a star.  And I thought I had gotten my chance when I got a call to audition for this new musical.  I even got a major part.  But, 'Food Servers:  The Musical' closed after the first showing."  She shoved a chair over in anger, causing Justin to jump back.  "By the time I had gotten back to Angel Grove, my job was gone.  And I couldn't get an audition anywhere.  Seemed everyone thought I was the one who caused the show to fail.  As if!  If I ever get my hands on whoever made that stupid bomb, I swear I will kill him!"

     "Oh, uh, what a shame," said Justin in a sweat.  He decided he'd better change the subject, and quickly.  "Hey what happened to your 'frog prince?' Last I heard, you were engaged to be married." 

     Tanya grimaced bitterly.  "Ha!  Adam kept disappearing for days on end.  He said it was business.  But I saw him teleporting with his old morpher.  So the next time he got his morpher out, I jumped on his back, just as he teleported."

     Justin, who had pulled out a tub of popcorn from somewhere, nodded for her to continue her story.

     "We ended up on this rocky plateau with jungle all around it.  And, there in the middle of this plateau was a naked slut with a green bikini at her feet and a 'Welcome back, Adam' hanging off her chest."

     Justin grinned at this.  "Way to go, Adam!  I always knew he wasn't as shy as he acted."

     Tanya glared at him.  "You always were a little pervert, weren't you?  Anyway, I grabbed the little toad's morpher.  Then I pushed him and that Amazonian bitch off the edge of the cliff.  Too bad it was only a ten foot drop."  She smiled in a self-satisfactory manner.  "It took him over ten years to find his way back to Earth and by then he had an overweight nagging shrew and six screaming brats with him."

     "So," Justin said speculatively.  "That means you're available again?"

     "I don't think…" Tanya begun.

    "Aw, come on," Justin pleaded.  "I'll show you the physiology behind the 'growth spurt' I had as a Ranger."

     At that thought, Tanya ran out of the dining area with her hands over her mouth.  As Justin listened to the loud barfing coming from the women's room, he leaned back in his chair.  "Yeah, Justin, you still got it with the ladies."