Disclaimer: I don't own power rangers.
This was my first serious attempt at writing any kind of fighting. So would you please tell me what you think?
As Tommy entered Cyberspace, he immediately knew that he should have just gone straight home. 'This is going to be bad,' he thought as he saw everyone watching him with wide smiles on their faces. He quickly resigned himself to the ribbing he knew that was coming.
"Billy," he said, "have you been telling stories again?" Billy raised his hands defensively saying, "no. I've just been recounting some of the tales of the early days of the greatest ranger." From the way they were looking at him, he knew the exact story he was telling. Before Billy could continue the story, he cut him off. "Before you continue, let me remind you of how hard it is to hide anything while wearing white." By the seemingly red faces of Tori and Kira he could tell that he had guessed the story correctly. "I'm sure that they don't want to hear about that. But I wonder though, have you told Tori about what happened between you and Kimberly?" A smile appeared on Tommy's face as he saw Billy grow pale. "Okay, I concede." Billy did not want that getting out, and he was also staying with Tommy, so it might not be the best idea to upset the host."
"So," Cam said in an effort to relieve the awkward silence that had ensued. "Tommy, you were the first green ranger right?" He nodded his head. "I also hear that you're quite the warrior." He looked at Cam for a moment, trying to figure out where he was going with this. "I've won a few battles," he shrugged modestly, "why do you ask?" Cam paused for a moment before saying, "I've always wondered how I measured up to the original green ranger. It would be fun to see wore green better. Come on, you were the first and I was the last sixth ranger." Tommy considered the offer. "But I'm not green anymore," he said." "Neither am I," Cam countered. 'That battle wasn't very challenging,' he thought. "Alright, why not. Uh, Hayley?"
She gave a small smile. "It's okay, as long as nobody dies. I kind of want to see who's better anyway." Billy looked at Hayley for a moment before saying, "Well, let's look at this objectively. Tommy has been in hundreds of battles and fights, not including the time before he became a ranger. But Cam's father is a ninja master, meaning that he was trained before he could even walk." She mulled over the facts in her head, and come up with a sure solution. "So it comes down to training vs. experience," she said. Billy nodded his head. "This should be pretty good." Ethan, Conner, and Trent made some room for the spar. Tommy removed his outer shirt revealing a black wife beater; Cam did likewise and revealed a white one.
Cam and Tommy circled each other a few times, trying to take a measure of the other man. At once both men got into their respective stances. Although Hayley wasn't a martial artist, even she could see the contrast in styles. Tommy had himself in a classic martial arts stance; both knees bent, both arms in front, standing sideways to Cam. Cam's stance was slightly different. Like Tommy he stood sideways, making his profile smaller, but unlike Tommy, Cam only had his left arm forward, while his right was behind him, raised in the air. The two warriors locked eyes and nodded.
Not surprisingly, Cam was the one to start on the offense. He started a flurry of punches and kicks, in an effort to test Tommy's defense. Although his defense held, Cam could see that Tommy's heart wasn't into the spar. Cam established a steady rhythm of punches and kicks, but suddenly stopped and backed up. In one instant Cam had backed away, out of Tommy's reach, in the next, Cam was back, executing two back to back spinning crescent kicks, forcing him to backpedal.
It was then that he realized that he would have to focus on this spar. "You must be getting old," Cam taunted. Tommy furrowed his brow in determination. Once again Cam took to the offense, aiming both fists at Tommy's chest. He saw this and managed to avoid it at the last moment. But Cam wasn't finished yet. Instead of following through with the double punch, he bent at the waist and executed a cartwheel, putting him in the perfect position to sweep out Tommy's legs from under him.
Tommy fell hard onto his back, but did a quick kip-up to return to his feet. Again Cam backed up, and once again he thrust forward, but this time with only one fist ready to punch. This time though, he was ready for the attack. He deftly sidestepped while catching Cam's arm. Now he used Cam's own momentum against him by trying to flip Cam onto his back.
Cam had been ready for the counter though. So instead of trying to fight the flip, he went with it, but instead of landing on his back, Cam used Tommy's back to roll on, and landed on his feet. He saw that there was no way that Tommy could block a punch at this position, so he aimed a punch right at his head.
Tommy saw the punch coming, and immediately knew that there would be no way to block it, so he did the first thing that came to mind, he fell over backwards.
Tommy got up and nodded his head at Cam. "That was pretty good, but now I'll show you what I know." Cam nodded. Now, he knew, would be the point where he would learn if he truly measured up to his predecessor. Even as he was thinking, he noted that Tommy's stance had subtly changed into a more relaxed one.
Without warning, Tommy started what could only be called an onslaught of different attacks. To Cam it was utterly amazing. Arms and legs would appear to materialize out of thin air, as he struggled to block the incoming blows. He knew that he would not hold out much longer, if he didn't do something fast. Suddenly a leg shot out and managed to connect with his rib. Cam staggered for a moment, but regained his bearings pretty quickly.
Then he saw both of Tommy's hands coming at him, similar to his earlier double punch, with the exception being that they were coming horizontally, while his had been vertical. Knowing that this would be possibly his last chance to win this spar, Cam twisted, and managed to go between both fists, while simultaneously catching them. Cam locked Tommy's arms to his side, knowing that there was no way that Tommy was now at a disadvantage. But impossibly, Tommy jumped and pressed both feet into his chest, and rolled backward, extending his legs as he flipped Cam onto his back. Tommy rolled through and sat perched on Cam's chest.
Tommy quickly got off and offered Cam a hand to his feet. Although he had lost the match, Cam didn't feel too bad. He'd never seen anyone fight with the resourcefulness that Tommy had. Now that he had time to think about it, he kind of wondered how his father would do against Tommy. Cam clasped Tommy's wrist and pulled himself to his feet.
"Are you okay?" he asked. Cam started to stretch as he responded. "Yeah, I think so. I'll probably be sore for a few days though." Tommy looked at Cam, "I'm sorry about that, I guess I just got lucky." Cam snorted. "No, you're being modest, you're good." Tommy saw the sincerity of the statement. "Thanks, I'm just glad to know that the green ranger line continues to live on strong." Cam grew embarrassed at the statement and began walking to the others, as Tommy followed closely behind.
As they approached them, he couldn't help but notice that the only one who didn't appear to be shocked was Billy. In a way, it kind of made sense. Billy had fought besides Tommy for years, and must have known what he was capable of. And although they had been the nerds, when they had been younger, both Cam and Billy had sparred against each other many times during their childhood.
"Great spar guys," Tori said as they approached. "Yeah, that was amazing," Kira added. "I didn't think that old guys could move like that. Ouch." Ethan said, as he received a slap on the back of the head from Kira. "Wow, now I know what you guys are capable of," Trent said. "I could have done better…. Ouch, I was just kidding. Kira, my head isn't a handball," Conner said. Chuckling at the little exchange, Hayley handed Tommy and Cam towels.
"Thanks, but I think it's time that we all head home, it's pretty dark outside, and your parents would kill me if you didn't leave right now." Conner started to protest, "But Doctor O…" Tommy interrupted Conner before he could continue. "No Conner. If you guys get into any trouble before tomorrow, you might not be able to go." Conner lowered his head in defeat. "All right, let's go. We'll see you tomorrow." "Remember," Tommy said, as Kira, Ethan, and Trent got up to leave, "be here tomorrow morning, ready to go." They nodded their heads and filed out.
Tommy looked to the remaining rangers. "I think we'd better get some rest too. It could be a long time before we get another good nights sleep." They all agreed to the wisdom of his words. "Hey Tori," Hayley said, "you're welcome to stay with me if you don't want to spend the night with three guys." Tori considered the offer for a moment before responding. "Thanks Hayley. I think I'll take you up on that offer." She looked at Billy. "You don't need my permission, you're an adult too," he said. "Well, we'll see you ladies tomorrow," Cam said.
As they were leaving, Tori could see the extra bounce in her brother's step. She could only smile at that. Because tomorrow night, she would get to see where it all began; the beginning of the power rangers, and more importantly to her, where her brother, Billy's life had truly began. The smile grew wider as she reminded herself to call Dustin, because he would freak, that she was the one to go to Angel Grove.
