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 48.  Please give me your requests soon.  Thank you.

Uh, forgive me for this one.  I'll rate it PG13 just in case.

TJ and Taylor

By

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

     "I don't believe it," grumbled TJ as he stared at his car, "I just don't believe it."  He had been so distracted with joining the other Red Rangers to fight Serpentera that he had forgotten to turn on his car's security system.  Now it was a stripped, bashed in shell with no tires, no cd player, and no seats.  Even his fuzzy dice were gone.  "How could someone do this?" he sobbed.  It had been bad enough when he had lost Lightning Cruiser to Divatox's minions.  It had been even worse when he had lost it a second time after the Space Rangers had helped Justin and Storm Blaster rescue it.  It wasn't his fault.  No one had warned him about the tendency of Eltarians to cheat at Space Poker. 

     "Hello?"  Taylor called as she peeked her head in.  "Can you tell me…?" She frowned when she realized that the bald-headed man hadn't even noticed her.  She grimaced when she realized that he was crying and banging his head on the hood of what had once been a car.  "Excuse me!" she called a bit louder.

     TJ still didn't respond.  He was too busy reminiscing about the last time he had lovingly given his car a hot wax job.

     Taylor sighed.  Then she stepped closer to TJ.  "ATTEN HUT!" she shouted into his ear.              

     TJ jumped and whirled around.  "What the?  Who are you?"

     "That's no way to address an officer, soldier!"  Taylor scowled at him.  "Stand at attention!  Face forward!"

     But TJ just stared at her.  "What are you talking about?  I'm not a soldier."  He noted her civilian clothing.  "And you don't look like an army officer to me."

      Taylor looked offended "Army? Me? Never!  I'm an Air Force officer."   Then she grinned, "I just started doing that to get some respect from my lazy teammates."

     "O…kay," said TJ hesitantly.  "What do you want?  Can't you see I'm in mourning?"

     Taylor snorted.  "Yeah, I can see you bawling like a baby over a stupid hunk of junk.  Now, where is he?"

     TJ was still confused.  "Where is who?"

     "Eric.   He told me he had something important to do here.  Something about the Red Rangers."

      TJ startled at this.  "The WHAT?  That blabbermouth!"  He looked suspiciously at her.  "What the hell did you do to get him to tell you?"  Then he looked her up and down.  "Oh, I see."

     Taylor kicked him, hard where it counted most.  "Jerk!  I happen to be the Yellow Wildforce Ranger."

     "Ok, ok," squeaked TJ, who was bent over double.  "Sheesh!  With you on their team, I doubt any of the male villains are walking straight anymore."

     Taylor looked thoughtfully at him.  "Hey, that's not a bad idea!  I'll have to talk to the Princess about seeing if there's a Kangaroo Zord hanging around anywhere."

     "WHAT?  Princess???"  TJ quickly morphed.   "Where?  Where?  I can't believe Princess Astronema is back.  Andros isn't going to like this one bit!"  He began to run around, looking behind every vehicle and large item in the garage.

     Taylor shook her head.  "Cut that out, you idiot.  I was talking about Princess Shayla.   God, talk about your shellshock."

     "Oh God, don't remind me about them damn Turtles," moaned TJ as he demorphed.  "It took us two weeks to disinfect the ship and get rid of the mildew after they left." 

     Taylor frowned and crossed her arms.  "Never mind.  Now stop stalling and tell me where my no good boyfriend is.  And don't give me that cock and bull story about Serpenterra.  Every Ranger knows that it's an unsalvageable lump of scrap metal."

     "But, the Machine Empire Generals did get Serpentera working.  Honest, just ask Jason, or Tommy, or one of the other guys."

     Taylor stomped her foot.  "I can't believe you're all covering for that jerk.  You men are all alike."  She took a step towards him.  "Did you guys spend the day at that new strip club?"

     TJ took a step back while covering himself in the event of another well-placed kick.  "No, honest.  I don't know any new strip club.  I don't associate with such people."  He mentally apologized to Bouncy Bonnie, his favorite dancer.  "Look, why don't you call Tommy's girlfriend, Kim?"

      "Kim?  Wait, I thought Kat was his girlfriend."   Taylor couldn't believe she was behind on Power Ranger gossip yet again.

     TJ grimaced.  "That was last week.  This week it's Kim."

     Taylor was now confused.  "What?"

     TJ tried to explain.  "Tommy was so indecisive as to which one he loved more that they both agreed to take turns dating him.  He gets twice the love, and twice the entertaining catfights over him."  He smiled.  "Lucky guy."

     "Oh, never mind," sighed Taylor.  "It's not like I'd believe either of those sluts anyway.  He's probably holed away somewhere with some floozy."

     "Well why don't you just go to his house and check up on him?"

     But, Taylor just ignored him.  "Now who am I going to drag along…er, I mean take with me to the Air Force Cotillion?"  She looked appraisingly at him.  "You're kind of cute.  Are you seeing anyone special?"

     "No, not…" TJ gulped when he realized his mistake.  "I mean, yes, yes I am.  I'm dating a Ranger too.  Cassie.  In fact, she's a lot tougher than you.  So you'd better leave me alone," he finished lamely as Taylor reached forward to rub his baldhead.

     "Is that the same Cassie who goes around the country singing possessive love songs about her Phantom?  The same one who publicly turned you down when you asked her for a date after you defeated Astronema?  It was on all the major cable channels that day."

     "Y..yes!"  TJ admitted unhappily.  "It's not fair!  I saw her first!  I treated her so nicely and bought her anything she wanted.   Hell, I even paid for her demo record.  But whom does she love?  Some alien with a fetish for wearing a mask.  He completely ignores her.  Never calls or writes her, and she's madly in love with him.  She's never even seen his face!  How does she know he doesn't have twenty noses?  Or green warts?"  He looked at Taylor accusingly.  "It's you women who are the jerks!"

     "You know you are so adorable when you are angry."  Taylor suddenly made a lunge for TJ who dived behind his car.  "Come here!  I don't bite!"

     TJ ran around the garage once more, this time with Taylor chasing him.  "Help!  Somebody!  I'm being attacked!  Zordon forgive me!" he cried as he morphed in mid-run.

     Taylor had morphed too.  "Pleeeaaaasssseeee!!! Just one little dance!  I can't get any other guy to go with me.  They all say I'm too aggressive!"

     "You don't say," replied TJ who was already running out of breath.  Perhaps spending the years after his Rangering at all those hot dog eating contests hadn't been such a good idea after all.

     "Gotcha!" said Taylor as she tackled him. 

     HOOOOOOONNNNNNNNKKKKKKK!

     Taylor jumped up in shock  "What the?" she gasped as laser beams began to hit her in the butt.  "Yeow!  Rabid car!  Forget it, dances are stupid anyway!" she cried as she ran from the garage.

     "Lightning Cruiser!"  beamed TJ.  "You came back!  You saved me from that nut!"  He went over to the sentient car.

     "HOOONNNK   HOOONK  HOOOOONNK!"

     "What do you mean what did I do to your girlfriend?  What girl…oh," stated TJ lamely as he realized Lightning Cruiser was facing his stripped red car. "Hey, that wasn't my fault.  I was busy saving the world and forgot to put on the alarm."

    "HONK  HOOOONKKKKKK  HOONKKKKKK   HOOOOOONNNNKKKKK HHHHHOOOONNNNKKK   HONNK   HOOOOONKKKK   HHHHHONK!"

     "Well there's no need for such lang…Yeowch!!!!"  TJ ran out of the garage, his butt steaming from the laser blast.