Chapter 5- Putting Plans into Action

A/n: Sorry I haven't updated in a while! I thought no one was interested in my story, so if I think no one is reading my story, I'll probably take it off!

A/n 2: I am also having writers block, so ideas are welcome! And, I don't own any of the stores or the bands/artists.

On with the story!

"Where have you all been?!?" Jason asked angry and worried at the same time.

"Yeah, you should have been back almost a half an hour ago!" Tommy added, with the same tone as Jason.

"Well…" Trevor started, but Luke cut him off before he could finish.

"We were just trying to find the right cleaning materials, that's all." Luke said quickly, just to make sure that Trevor didn't blow their cover.

"Then where is the stuff you bought?" Tommy asked looking at the teens suspiciously.

"We didn't buy any." Natalie said, while at the same time Jeremy said that they left them in the store.

"Right…. I don't want to know, just finish your job, all right?" Jason said after hearing their response.

So Jason and Tommy went back to doing what they were doing, but kept an eye on the teens. The teens were just happy that now Tommy and Jason couldn't hear what they were saying

"Wow, that was a close one!" Max yelled excitedly.

"Yeah, but next time, we should all have the same story." Jase added. The teens just nodded in agreement. Soon they all went back to work and just talked amongst themselves.

"Luke, Jeremy, come here." Crys whispered.

"What's up?" Luke asked.

"I have an idea of how we might start to get Kyle and Max together." Crys whispered excitedly. See she loved playing match- maker, especially when it came to her sister. "See, since our birthdays our July 5th, I figure we can use that to our advantage. First, Luke, I need you to ask Kyle what he's getting her for her birthday. Jeremy, I need you to make sure that whenever we go out somewhere that they always end up together. Natalie and I are in charge of getting Max to admit she likes him. Jase and Trevor are in charge of party plans. Got it?" Crys whispered, for fear Max or Kyle might hear. The boys nodded in agreement, and set off to keep working

Meanwhile…

"Hey Jason, don't you think that they're acting weird?" Tommy asked while he and Jason got ready for to open for the morning.

"Yeah, especially when we start talking about the new rangers. Did you see their zords today? They were pretty nice." Jason responded.

"Yeah, man, they could probably crush our old ones!" Tommy added while starting to laugh. Neither parent seemed to see that their children were the rangers.

Back with the teens…

"So, Kyle, what ya getting Max for her birthday?" Luke asked Kyle.

"I dunno yet. I was hoping to get her something today at the mall. Got any ideas?" Kyle asked obviously trying to figure out what to get her.

"I'm sure whatever you get her will be fine. 'Cause if she likes you as much as I think she does, then she would even like a piece of lint, but only if it came from you…" Luke replied, trying to be as subtle as possible.

"Yeah, I guess, but I wanna get her something special, ya know?" Kyle responded, sounding caring.

So by the time it was 11, the teens had finished cleaning and were on their way to the mall.

"All right, I need to buy birthday presents for the girls, so why don't the girls stick together, while the guys go around?" Trevor said, getting nods from everyone in reply.

"Yeah, and then we can all meet at the fountain at, let's say around 1-ish?" Natalie asked, looking at her communicator, which all the teens had put on. So the teens split up.

With the girls…

The girls were in a music store looking at a bunch of CD's.

"If my birthday wasn't in like 2 weeks, I would definitely buy this CD," Crys said while holding up a CD by her favorite band, A* Teens. She, Max, and Natalie all love pop music. "What about you Max?" Crys asked.

"Max?" Natalie asked. By now, both girls were turning in every direction looking for the pink ranger.

"There she is!" Natalie exclaimed pointing to a girl in a pink shirt all the way across the store, who was talking to a guy from their school.

"Is that Aaron that she's with?" Crys asked.

"I think so. But that wouldn't surprise me, considering he's got a crush on her!" Natalie replied sounding angry because everyone knew Max liked Kyle. The next thing they knew, Max was walking over to Crys and Natalie, with a huge smile and Aaron in tow.

"Oh, hi Aaron," Crys and Natalie said sounding very unenthusiastic.

"Hey girls, I was just wondering if you wouldn't mind if Max and I walked around for a while by ourselves." Aaron asked.

"Well…" Crys started, but was cut off by Natalie.

"No, we wouldn't mind, but Max, meet us at one still, okay?" Natalie answered. So Max and Aaron walked out of the store, with Crys and Natalie following at a distance.

"Okay, now we just have to make sure that Kyle doesn't see them together," Natalie pointed out.

A few minutes later…

"Hey guys, isn't that Max?" Trevor asked pointing right at Max, who was in Aero with Aaron. The guys were also in there shopping.

"Yeah, it is! Hey Max!" Jase called to his sister as the guys all approached them.

"Oh hey guys! You all know Aaron, right?" Max asked while gesturing towards Aaron.

"Oh, yeah…" Luke replied.

"So where are the girls?" Jeremy asked.

"Well, we left them in the music store so we could shop on our own," Aaron told Jeremy. They guys just nodded. They could all tell something was wrong due to the fact that Kyle was being so quiet.

"Well we'll leave you to your shopping then," Trevor replied. So Max and Aaron left without buying anything. Once they left the store, Natalie and Crys went in to talk to the guys. Jase was trying to get Kyle to understand that just because Aaron and Max were shopping together doesn't mean that anything was going on. The other teens just talked about how Max was shopping with Aaron. After a minute, their communicators went off.

"We read you Zordon," Jase said once the teens were out of the open.

"RANGERS! PLENGAS ARE IN THE PARK TERRORIZING THE CITIZENS. A NEW MONSTER, THE SOCK OF DOOM, IS ALSO THERE. YOU MUST TELEPORT THERE IMMEDIATELY." Zordon told the rangers.

"All right Zordon, but Max isn't with us, so can you contact her and tell her to meet us there?" Crys asked.

"YES. MAY THE POWER PROTECT YOU." Zordon replied before going out.

"All right guys, the coast is clear, let's do it!" Jase announced.

"It's Morphin' Time!" the rangers yelled together.

"The Eagle" started Kyle, who morphed in a flash of white

"The Ape" yelled Jason followed by a flash of red.

"The Elephant" announced Luke followed by a flash of blue.

"The Giraffe" called Jeremy then being consumed by a flash of black.

"The Lion" screamed Trevor followed by a flash of green.

"The Panther" cried Natalie covered by a flash of purple.

"The Dolphin" yelled Crystal mophing in a flash of yellow.

The 7 rangers teleported to the park.

Meanwhile with Max…

"So I'll pick you up at 7?" Aaron asked Max.

"Sounds good," was all Max was able to answer with before she heard her communicator go off.

"What's that, some kind of alarm?" Aaron asked curiously.

"Uh yeah, it is. I have to go meet my friends. So I'll see ya at 7! Bye!" Max answered while she ran off. "I read you Zordon," Max said.

"MAXINE, THE OTHER RANGERS ARE ALEADY IN THE PARK. PLENGAS AND THE SOCK OF DOOM ARE THERE. YOUR TEAM NEEDS YOU. MAY THE POWER PROTECT YOU!" Zordon told Max.

"OK, I'm on my way!" Max replied.

"It's Morphin' Time!" Max yelled.

"The Hawk" Max yelled and disappeared in a flash of pink.

At the park…

"Good, Max is here!" Natalie yelled when she saw a pink flash.

"Sorry I'm late guys!" Max called as she began to fight with Crys and Natalie.

Pretty soon the Sock of Doom was aiming his weapon right at an unsuspecting Max. This time the shot hit her directly, for Kyle didn't bother running over to help her even though he saw the monster aiming at her.

"You okay Max?" Luke asked while helping Max up.

"Yeah I'm okay, but this guy is pretty tough!" Max answered.

Once the rangers had beaten the sock, they teleported back to the Command Center.

At the Command Center…

"JOB WELL DONE RANGERS! EACH BATTLE YOU ARE GETTING STRONGER AND SMARTER." Zordon told the rangers once they were all back at the Command Center.

"Yes, well done!" Alpha agreed with Zordon.

"Max, are you okay? You got hit pretty hard!" Jeremy said, with Jase adding, "If I saw you were about to be hit, I would have helped. I just didn't see him aim at you," he said while looking right at Kyle.

"It's okay guys, I'm okay." Max said. So the rangers left the Command Center and headed to the Oliver's house to hang out. It was 4:30 by the time they got to the house.

At 7:00, all the teens, plus Tommy, Kim, Jason, Emily, Zach, Angela, Rocky, and Aisha were at the Oliver's.

"I'll get it!" Max yelled running down the steps as soon as she heard the doorbell ring. By now, everyone knew about her date. Kyle was still in a sad mood, which was unnoticed by Max.

~*~ The Next Day (June 26, Wednesday)~*~

The girls were intently listening to Max's story of the date the night before. It turned out that Aaron was going to hang out with them at the lake today. The teens were already at the lake waiting for Aaron to show up, and the time- noon. The guys were already in the water.

"Man, this isn't fair!" Kyle shouted.

"Yeah, well see if you had actually done something about it, then you would be the one she's waiting for," Jeremy told Kyle, who then got even more upset.

The teens were thankful that Zimitria hadn't attacked them all day. That night the teens just spent the night with their families.

~*~Zimitria's Home in Space~*~

"Haha! Those foolish rangers! Just wait until I attack you again! Not only does the white ranger care for the pink one, but so does an outsider! Ha! Now she has another weakness!" Zimitria said to herself while observing the rangers.