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A/N – Hey new chapter! I'm happy with this one! It's pretty long. Yay! I love the feedback I'm getting! Read and Review as always . . .and any plot thingys you want to see happen . . .tell me! I'll see what I can do! Enjoy!

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Chapter 16

Ryla began striding down the streets, trying to find one of the Rangers, it had never occurred to her to just use her communicator. She ended up coming to the Youth Centre. She quickly went inside, and not seeing any of them, she went up to Ernie, "Ernie, have you seen Billy, or Kim, or Tommy . . . or Adam, Aisha, or Rocky?"

She spoke quickly, and this caused Ernie to chuckle, "No, I don't think any of them have been in here yet today. I haven't seen you in a few days, where've you been?"

She thought a moment, and then smiled, "I've been moving my stuff in. I'm new in town, so all my time's been devoted to unpacking."

He snapped his fingers, "Oh that's right. I heard Billy telling Aisha and Rocky yesterday that you were going to be staying with him."

Inside Ryla was screaming,

What?!

But instead she smiled, "That's right . . . that's why I'm looking for him. I need him to help me with something."

"Well I tell him you were by if I see him." Ernie grinned and nodded to her.

She waved and turned, walking out of the Youth Centre. Once she was outside, she rested against the outside wall, her mind racing.

Live. With Billy?! What is Ernie talking about? . . . oh God . . . I really need to find them now . . .

She brought her hand up to her forehead, and felt the cool metal of her communicator. She brought it down, "Duh! How basic can I get?"

She walked a little ways until she was out of sight by the public, and then brought it to her mouth, pressing the communicator's side.

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Billy was working in his lab, when his communicator went off. He brought it up to his mouth, "Zordon?"

"No Billy . . . It's Ryla."

Billy shot up from his seat and nearly yelped, "Ryla?! Where are you? Are you at the Command Centre?"

"No, I'm just outside the Youth Centre."

He brought the communicator closer, as if it would amplify his voice, "Stay there, I'm teleporting now."

With that, he disappeared in a flash of blue.

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Ryla let her arm fall limp to her side, and she leaned up against the nearest tree to wait. In only a few moments, She straightened up, seeing Billy appear before her, "Billy."

"Ryla . . . you're ok." He came towards her, and she felt his arms wrap around her body.

He's . . . hugging me!

She moved her arms around him and hugged him lightly back, "I'm fine Billy . . . I was never in any danger."

Billy pulled back, and dropped his arms, "Never in any danger? You were unconscious for two days!"

She moved a step back, and held her arms up to try to calm him, "Dulcea . . . she came to me in my mind. That is why I was out for so long. I wasn't yet ready for the power coin you gave to me."

He looked down, a bit of guilt showing on his face, "Ya, look, I'm sorry. If I hadn't given you the coin-"

Ryla cut him off, "No, really. I'm glad you did. At first, I felt like I was "all powerful". Getting knocked down a few pegs was good for me. Besides, even if you hadn't given me the coin, I would have gotten it eventually, and Dulcea would still have needed to see me."

Billy grinned and scratched the back of his head, "Really? You're not upset?"

"Of course not Billy. I could never be upset with you." She smiled back to him, "Now . . . what's this I hear about me living with you?"

Billy looked up at her and grinned a bit, "Well . . . you see. Aisha already has Kim living with her. There's no room for you to stay with Tommy. Rocky's family has a hand full with all of the kids there."

"And Adam?" she laughed a bit at his nervousness.

He shrugged, "I, well . . . I never asked Adam, but it's all settled with my father. You're going to be staying with me. I invented some school program that I said my mother signed us up for just before she . . ."

Ryla touched his shoulder, "Billy . . . you shouldn't have done that."

"I had to. You need a place to stay, so, I'm giving you one." he smiled a bit through his furrowed brow.

Ryla nodded and touched his shoulder, "Alright then, but wouldn't it be a bit suspicious that I'd be moving in . . . but have no things?"

"I . . . hadn't thought of that." Billy laughed a bit.

Ryla grinned, "I'm sure Aisha and Kim can help me with that. Maybe lend me some clothes, until I come into money so that I can go shopping."

Billy nodded, and then grinned, "Well, there is one other thing that we must do."

"And what's that?" She set her hands on her hips and coked her head to the side.

Billy grabbed her hand, "We need to infiltrate the school system to register you."

She grinned, "Oh . . . hacking eh? I could be down with that."

He nodded and they both brought their communicators up, and teleported out.

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They both rematerialized in Billy's lab. Immediately, he grabbed her hand and pulled her over to his computer, "Alright . . . give me a moment to gain access."

Billy dropped into his seat, and his fingers began to fly over the keys. I mere minutes, she could see the registry for AngelGrove High. She sat on top of the counter next to the computer, "Amazing . . ."

Billy grinned, "Alright then . . . We will first need to enroll you in seven classes. We all take English together, so we can put you in that one. What other subject do you wish to take Ryla?"

His fingers ran over the keys bringing up the list of subjects. Ryla pointed to one, "I like French."

"Alright. Kimberly and Aisha take that together, I'll put you in for that period. What else?" Billy clicked the next subject in.

Ryla looked over the list, "Gym. I love Gym."

He nodded, "Tommy and Rocky take that, I set you in there. Next?"

She pointed to two more, "Drama and Dance."

"Ok. Kimberly also takes dance, and Adam and Aisha are in Drama together. That only leaves two more." Billy typed those two into her schedule and looked up to her.

Ryla thought a moment, "Well . . . what do you take Billy?"

He looked over her schedule and then thought a few moments, "Well, the only two that will fit into your slots are . . . Math and Science."

She nodded, and pointed to the screen, "Perfect."

Billy grinned and clicked the last two in, "Very well . . . now we need a former transcript to be sent showing your marks for these courses. We'll say you transferred from . . . Stone Canyon. I'll add your marks there later. What kind of marks would you be comfortable having?"

Ryla thought, and shook her head, "No A's . . . I don't need that kind of pressure . . . just interchange B-'s and B's."

"Affirmative." Billy began to fabricate her transcript, and in a few minutes it was finished.

He printed it off and grabbed a Manila envelope, sliding it in, "I shall mail this tomorrow, for we have all weekend for it to come into effect."

He turned back to the computer and sent the course guide for Ryla Jean Thomas to the AngelGrove DataBase. He swung his chair around to face Ryla again, but the edge caught her feet, causing her to slide off the counter, landing with a THUD into Billy's lap. She looked into his eyes, and blushed, "S-sorry . . . I didn't-"

"No, no, it was my error . . ." Billy nodded and absently moved his hand to her hips to moved her off. Her eyes widened as she felt his fingers graze her hips. He pulled back quickly, turning crimson, "I-I . . ."

Ryla stood up quickly, "Yes . . . well . . ."

Ryla's communicator suddenly went off, as did Billy's. They both sighed softly and brought it to their mouths.

"Ryla here."

"Billy here."

"Ryla, it's Kim, Tommy and I just found out you're awake. Where are you?"

"Billy, it's Tommy, Kim and I just found out Ryla's awake."

"I'm with Billy."

"I know. Ryla is with me."

"Oh."

"Oh."