Chapter 39: Losing a Teammate and Gaining a Teammate

Josh was standing by his locker when he found himself watching Zelinda get her books. Once she went to class after their usual conversation about her classes, Rebecca stood behind her brother. "Ah, love such a beautiful thing," she teased.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he denied.

"You like Zelinda, you always have," Rebecca insisted.

"So?"

"So, ask her to the dance."

"It's easier said than done."

Rebecca smiled before going to class.

After school, Rebecca, Josh, and Zelinda were walking towards the jeep when Jack pulled up in his car. "Hey, Becky, can I speak to you?" He asked.

"Sure," she replied.

She had Josh and Zelinda wait in the jeep while she went to talk to Jack.

Jack smiled as she walked over to him. "Becky, you know that dance that's coming up in your school?" He asked.

"Yeah," she replied.

"Well, if you don't have an escort to the dance, I was wondering maybe I can take you."

"Jack Scott are you asking me out?"

"Well, that's what I'm trying to do."

Rebecca smiled and kissed his cheek. "I'd love to go to the dance with you," she replied. She then went back to the jeep and got in.

That evening, Josh took Zelinda downstairs to talk. "Josh, what's going on?" She asked. Josh looked at her with a nervous grin.

"I was sort of wondering if you'd like to uh," he trailed off.

"What?" She asked.

"Zelinda, would you like to come to the Valentine's Day dance with me?"

Zelinda smiled and held onto his hand. "I'd love to," she replied. Josh smiled and embraced his now date. Zelinda hugged him back and closed her eyes.

Kimberly was putting the little ones to bed when Tommy came in. "Hey," he greeted. Kimberly smiled and leaned against him when he wrapped his arms around her waist. "How about the Science Teacher takes the school Gymnast to the Valentine's Day dance Friday?" He asked. Kimberly placed her hands over his with a smile.

"Of course I'll go to the dance with you, Dr. Oliver," she replied.

"Great, make sure to wear something nice, Coach Oliver."

Kimberly gave him a kiss and looked at him. "Remember we are chaperones too," she reminded.

"Hey, just because we're chaperones doesn't mean we can't have fun too," he stated.

"True, the last dance we went to was before I went to the Pan-Global games."

Kimberly then felt the pain of what she did, but Tommy lifted her head up. "Kim, we've been together for a long time now. Don't let the past get in the way," he insisted. Kimberly nodded before kissing him.

The day of the dance, Josh was waiting for Zelinda and Rebecca was waiting for Jack. The doorbell ran and Tommy let Jack in. "You better take care of my little girl," he stated. Jack nodded and Rebecca walked over to him.

"So, it doesn't bother you that I'm three years older than you?" He asked.

"Not at all. We're okay since our parents know about this," she replied.

Jack held her hand and smiled. Just then, Zelinda and Kimberly came down the stairs. Tommy took his wife by the hand and smiled at her.

Kimberly was wearing pink high heels, a long pink dress, the locket Ann gave her on that one Christmas morning, and her hair had a pink headband in it.

Zelinda was wearing purple high heels, a long purple dress, locket with the picture of her and her brother, Kaleb, and she had a purple beaded headband in her hair.

Rebecca was wearing pink high heels, a light pink dress, a gold chain, and her hair was pulled back in a braid.

"Well, ladies, shall we go?" Tommy asked. They nodded before leaving.

When they were at the dance, Jack and Rebecca were about to go out onto the dance floor when their communicators went off. They went into a corner to talk. "What's going on, Billy?" Jack asked.

"Guys, Teresa and Brock have been attacked by the school. Teresa has been injured pretty badly," Billy informed.

"We're on our way, Billy," Rebecca assured.

They gave Tommy and Kimberly a gesture about it and they nodded.

Jack and Rebecca hid away from everyone and got ready to morph. "POWER TIME!" Rebecca yelled.

"PINK FOX!"

"RED THUNDERBIRD!"

They morphed and ran towards their friends.

Teresa had de-morphed and she was lying on the ground in pain. Jack and Rebecca stopped and Jack had Rebecca take care of Teresa while he helped Brock fight the monster. Rebecca ran to Teresa and looked her over. "Teresa, can you hear me?" She asked.

"Rebecca, I can't move," Teresa groaned.

Jack and Brock were fighting the monster as hard as they could with no prevail. Just then, Brandon and Alex arrived to help them. "REBECCA! WE NEED YOUR HELP!" Brandon called. Rebecca looked at Teresa to see that she fell unconscious. She then held her communicator up to her lips.

"Billy, transport Teresa out of here," she ordered.

Teresa was transported away and she went to help the rest.

After the fight, they hurried back to the lab after getting Tommy and the rest of the group from the dance.

Billy was a total wreck to the point that Hayley had to kick him out of the lab when they came home. Kimberly sat next to Billy to comfort him while they rest went downstairs.

Hayley had just finished checking Teresa over and sighed. "Tell Billy that she'll be just fine as long as we keep her still. She has a broken arm and a cracked rib," she informed. Teresa opened her eyes and groaned. Billy walked over after hearing the news and grabbed his daughter's hand.

"Teresa, are you okay?" He asked.

"Dad? What happened?" She asked.

"That monster tossed you like a rag doll across the parking lot," Brock replied.

"You have a cracked rib and a broken arm," Hayley informed.

"I can't fight like this," Teresa groaned.

"We know, that's why I'm going to ask you to hand your morpher to somebody else," Rebecca stated.

Teresa looked at her morpher that was sitting on her bedside and sighed sadly. "It was great being a ranger you guys. Now it's somebody else's turn," she murmured. She then looked over at Zelinda. "The next Yellow Pegasus Ranger is you, Zelinda," she informed. Zelinda's eyes widened in disbelief.

"You want me to take you place on the team?" She asked.

"Yes, Zelinda you are just as powerful as your parents. You and Rebecca will make a great team just like how Ann and I were a great team," Teresa replied.

Hayley picked up the morpher and communicator. She walked over to Zelinda and held them out to her. "Now, I have to transfer my powers to her, bring it over her," Teresa informed. Hayley walked over and placed the morpher into her hand. Zelinda walked over and Teresa placed the morpher onto her wrist. "Zelinda, daughter of Zhane, I choose you to be the next Yellow Pegasus Ranger," she informed. Then the Yellow Pegasus came out of the gem, circled Zelinda once, and went back into the gem. Teresa then fell asleep. Zelinda looked at her new morpher and sighed. She was now the new Yellow Ranger. Zelinda had the duty of protecting the world like how her father had to protect Earth and KO-35 and her mother protecting Terra Venture.

"As long as I know that my parents would be proud of me, I can do this," she stated.

Rebecca placed a hand on Zelinda's shoulder. "Welcome to the team, Zelinda," she greeted. Then the rest of the team greeted her.