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 :).
This is story number 44. One quote is taken from Lord of the Rings, which I also don't own. I apologize for this mess in advance. Enjoy!
Kelsey and Andros
By
Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)
"See you later!" called Kelsey as her teammates headed back to the jeep. They had just dropped her off at the base of Mount Yougottabekidding, the tallest mountain in Mariner Bay, before heading off to their own pursuits. Kelsey kept smiling and waving wildly until the jeep was out of sight. She looked around carefully and then pulled out her morpher.
"HazRescue Four!" Her Zord suddenly appeared. Kelsey sauntered over and pressed a hidden button. A 'Zord whistle,' too low for human ears to hear, sounded. The other Rescue Zords came running to her. "Lightspeed Megazord!" Five seconds later, the Megazord was assembled. It bent down and Kelsey hopped into its open palm. It began to slowly carry her most of the way up the mountain.
"Suckers!" gloated Kelsey. Ever since she had gotten her powers, this was how she 'climbed' almost all of the mountains in and around Mariner Bay County. Of course, she had to split any monetary prizes with Ms. Fairweather. After all, she was the one who had come up with the 'Zord whistle.' But Kelsey hoped that a few 'doctored' photos of her and Captain Mitchell in some compromising positions would soon convince the scientist to give up her share. Kelsey began to dream about the newest award she would be adding to the pile of trophies, plaques, and ribbons she had already acquired.
"Whump!" Kelsey landed hard on her bottom. "Hey!" shouted Kelsey as she struggled to her feet. "You're supposed to put me down gent…hey, where're you going? Don't walk away while I'm scolding you!" But the Lightspeed Megazord simple sauntered away. "You just wait! The next time you want a high gloss polish, I'll make sure to substitute some tar instead!" Grumbling, Kelsey rechecked her equipment and then began to ascend the remainder of the mountain.
A half-hour later, Kelsey pulled herself onto the mountain top. With a gasp, she saw that someone else was already on the top. A young, long-haired man, was pacing back and forth. Every few seconds, he stopped to tap on his wrist and speak into a device on his wrist. Kelsey was fascinated. This was either another Power Ranger or an escaped mental patient. Then something else occurred to her. "NOOOOOO!!!!! This was MY mountain!"
Andros startled at this and whirled around, firing his Astroblaster in Kelsey's direction. Kelsey, who had worn her ever-present in-line skates while mountain climbing, was able to dash away before being hit.
"Whoa! Don't scare me like that!" said Andros as he pocketed his Astroblaster. "What are you doing up here? Who are you?"
"I'm Kelsey Winslow and I WAS winning another award. This would've been my best one yet," she pouted. Then she became suspicious. "Hey, how'd you get up here anyway? I don't see any climbing equipment near you."
"Er, well, I didn't exactly climb up here. My, uh so-called best friend dropped me off from my space ship." Andros' face darkened a bit at remembering Zhane's betrayal.
"You…your spaceship? Oh my God!" cried Kelsey as she backed away nervously from Andros. "You really are a psycho. I thought that maybe you were a fellow Ran…"
"Psycho? Where? Where? I'll take care of him!" With that, Andros morphed into the Red Space Ranger. He began to blast everything around him. "You'll not destroy me or my teammates!" He continued to fire for the next five minutes. Then, he suddenly stopped. "Wait just a damned second. The Galaxy Rangers destroyed all the Psychos last year." He quickly powered back down.
"No, duh," replied Kelsey as she reappeared from the boulder she had hidden behind. "It's all in the Ranger files about how they had gotten freed from those data cards. Some genius never took a few extra seconds to shred those things. I mean, imagine, just leaving those dangerous things there intact. Talk about incompetent."
"Hey, I'm very competent," whined Andros defensively.
Kelsey suddenly realized what Andros had been referring to when he had mentioned a spaceship. "Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! You're Andros, the Red Space Ranger!" She began to bounce around excitedly. "I have all the Space Ranger trading cards! Ooh!" She fumbled around in her pockets until she found an empty Hershey Bar wrapper and a pencil stub. "Can you make it out to Kelsey? No, wait. Put down, 'to Kelsey the best Yellow Ranger ever.'"
"You, a Ranger?" questioned Andros skeptically. "Yeah, right. The Rangers aren't allowed to reveal their identities unless it's absolutely necessary. Besides," he folded his arms and smiled smugly. "You're NOT the best Yellow Ranger, Ashley is. In more ways than one," he added.
Kelsey held out her wrist. "Lightspeed Rescue!" Two seconds later, she was in her Yellow outfit, regarding Andros curiously. "You mean you couldn't just morph in front of other people like this? Who would make up such a stupid rule? Everyone in Mariner Bay knows who we are. It's a lot easier being able to morph whenever and wherever we need to. And there's never a shortage of hot guys wanting to go out with me."
"Probably only when you're morphed," commented Andros snidely.
"Yeah…hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Kelsey quickly demorphed and glared at him.
Andros pointed at Kelsey's feet. "No sane man would go out with someone who climbs mountains wearing roller skates. You've got to be crazy." Andros looked suspiciously at her. "That is, if you even climbed the mountain at all. I could've sworn I heard the tell-tale signs of a Megazord climbing down there earlier."
"Well, crazy is my middle name…" began Kelsey, reluctant to admit to her cheating. Not so much because she was embarrassed by it but because she really didn't want to have to split the money with Andros as well.
"Really? So is mine! "My uncle is named Crazy and so are a lot of other Kerovians." He clasped his hands and jumped up and down excitedly. "I don't believe it."
"Don't believe what?"
"I've discovered the first offspring of a Kerovian and an Earth Human. Oh, the research labs on KO35 are going to pay me a mint for you. That jerk Zhane will rue the day he kicked me off my own ship. He'll rue the day he met my sister. He'll rue the day he stole my favorite floating ball in Kindergarten. He'll rue…"
Kelsey scowled. "What the hell are you blabbing on about? My middle name's not really Crazy, that's just my signature phrase. Thanks for ruining it, sheesh."
"Oh," said Andros disappointedly. His plans for vengeance came crashing down.
Kelsey sat down and pulled off her skates. She took an oilcan out of her knapsack and began to grease the wheels. "So, who is this Zhane you're so miffed about? An ex-lover? Did your sister steal him from you?"
"She did not! We broke up years ago," blurted Andros. "Uh, I mean…oh how did you know?"
"I didn't," replied Kelsey as she spun a wheel to test it. "I was just trying to get a rise out of you. But I guess that wouldn't have worked now, would it?"
"Hey, that was just uh, experimental. I have a girlfriend now. She's says I'm all man. She especially likes the way I…"
"Ok, ok, I'll just take your word for it. I really don't need any details." Kelsey quickly changed the conversation. "By the way, why were you left on top of this mountain?"
Andros sighed. "It's not MY fault. Zhane said I was interfering too much. Just because I put some surveillance cameras in his and Karone's rooms, and scheduled them so they were off duty at separate times." He frowned. "Like I'm going to trust that silver slime ball with MY sister. I worked way too hard to find her. There's no way I'm going to lose her now. She's mine, my own, my precious!" His face darkened as he hissed this last phrase.
Kelsey, who had put her skates back on, stood up and put her hands on her hips. "So, they dropped you off because you were being a controlling pain in the ass?"
"Well, that and because I tried to insert a bug into Karone's nose while she was sleeping. Seems she still a bit skittish about having anything electronic attached to her."
Kelsey shook her head in disbelief. "Wow, you really do need some mental help. But what about the rest of your team, especially that girlfriend of yours? Are you waiting for them to find out what happened and rescue you?"
At this, Andros broke out in tears. "No one's coming to rescue me! I'm going to be stuck up here for ever and ever and ever and…"
"What the hell do you mean? Why don't you just morph and…"
"…It was Ashley's idea to leave me here. Zhane and the others just helped her. That slut! She's probably having wild orgies with them all up there. I knew I was right to insist on handcuffing her to me…" He continued to rave for several minutes.
"…call your Zord to help get you down," finished Kelsey. "On the other hand, maybe you should just wait here until I send up some nice large men in white coats." Ignoring Andros, who was now whacking on his communicator and cursing into it, Kelsey pulled another 'Zord whistle' out of her knapsack and blew on it. The Lightspeed Megazord appeared almost immediately.
"Oh, great," said Kelsey in relief. "Get me down from here. This guy is completely nuts. Hey, wait! What are you doing?!" Kelsey unsuccessfully tried to dive away as the miffed Megazord hurled a giant glob of tar at her before turning and stomping away. "I was just kidding earlier! Don't leave me up here! Come back! Ewww, I'll never get this stuff out of my hair!!!!!"