Forever Red: Again
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers. I really wish I did. Just imagine it. Me, surrounded by all the hot guys when I go to visit the set. And the money. And did I mention the guys? And…well, I should really get away from this little daydream. So…um…anyway…
A/N: I'M BA-ACK! I'm so sorry it's taken me this long to update. I was having massive computer problems. The kind of problems that take a long time to fix when you and your family don't have much extra money to fix things like computers with. But, thanks to my kind uncle, I now have it back. Thank you for sticking with me all this time. Also, I was going over the first three chapters and noticed some minor mistakes. I have now fixed them. Most likely, I will make periodic updates of previous chapters, either because I have noticed something or because someone has brought a mistake to my attention. Hopefully, my mistakes will be mostly grammatical. Please let me know if you see even a tiny, hardly noticeable mistake.
Thanks for reading and reviewing. I really appreciate all of the reviews on the previous chapter. I'm not going to respond to specific reviews from Chapter 3, even by email. That's mainly because I hadn't realized I wouldn't be able to put the responses in my story this time, so I stupidly deleted all of the copies of the reviews from my email and I'm far too lazy to do it straight from the reviews page. Next chapter I'll try to respond to all of them. If anyone has any specific questions that could help everyone understand better, I'll probably still answer them in the chapter.
Chapter 4: Reunions and Reprimands
Alphaship
The girls were just outside the common room doors. As soon as they knew all the boys were in there, they had teleported outside to doors. The girls wished her good luck, and Kim started their plan to surprise the guys.
Teleporting in, she started yelling. "Jason Lee Scott! What do you think you're doing? I can't believe you lied to us! And you guys! How could you do that? You lied to your girlfriends! That's a horrible thing to do! We're not wimps or babies. We can take a little fighting. You should all be ashamed of yourselves!" As she finished talking, everyone looked at the opening doors.
"I can't believe you lied to me Jason," Kat said, heading toward him.
"Andros, how could you lie to me? Right before we get married! I was so worried about you!" Ashley said, running to him and giving him a huge, bone-crushing hug.
"Carter, what were you thinking?" Dana questioned. All of the girls started yelling at the boys. Kim let it go on for about ten minutes before she yelled for quiet. Everyone looked at her questioningly.
"See boys, if you had just invited us to come, or had at least told us what was going on, you wouldn't be getting yelled at right now. And Jason, you should have told us about your first mission. Kat and I were so worried about you while you were gone. Then you came back and told us you were on a business trip. We were worried sick about you. But I forgive you for that. I think I know why you lied last time. I think he told you not to tell us. I think you figured he would want you to lie this time too. Am I right?" Kim said.
"We're sorry we lied to you girls. We just didn't want you to worry and we didn't want you in danger. And, to answer your question, yes, that's why I lied to you guys," Jason answered. As Jason was talking, a figure quietly and carefully worked its way through the shadows to the door. Suddenly, Kim turned toward it.
"Thomas James Oliver! Where do you think you're going?" she said, walking over to him and turning him to face her. "How could you tell Jason to lie to us? Me and Kat, of all people. Granted, I understand lying to protect a loved one. Hell, I've even done it before. What I can't understand is telling Jason to lie. Asking people to keep your secrets is one thing, but telling them to keep secrets from their loved ones is completely different. You should know that a ranger girl wouldn't take being lied to sitting down. We were given a duty, just like you, and we were denied another chance to fulfill that duty. Some of us haven't had as many chances to fulfill our duty as you have, Mr. Greatest Ranger Ever. Next time, you'd better ask us to come too," Kim said, anger, and something else, in her voice. Tommy tried to discover what else was there be looking at her face, but she turned away before he could.
"I'm sorry Kim. You're right. You all should have been told the truth and been invited to come help. Just out of curiosity, who did you lie to to protect?" Tommy said. Kim had turned back to him when he started talking. At his question, her eyes widened in shock, as if she hadn't meant to say that. She opened her mouth, as if to answer, but then closed it as something, sorrow, or maybe regret, he thought, flickered across her face.
"It doesn't matter anymore. Just forget I said it," she said, turning away again. "Now, I'm going to go change and come back. Then I think we should all go spar. We need to know each other's abilities before going to battle together. And no, we aren't going home. We also won't sit on the ship waiting to see who gets hurt. Don't even bother suggesting it Jason." As she finished talking, she teleported back to her room. The other girls looked at each other before following her. The boys went off to their team wings to get ready to spar, not quite sure what to make of this tiny, yelling girl.
A/N: Like I said, I'm really sorry it's taken so long for me to post. My muses seem to be with me for now, but I have a feeling that they're just visiting and might pack up and leave at any time. I'm going to try to write as much as I can while they're still here. I hope you're all enjoying the story. Don't forget to review. And, since we aren't supposed to respond in our stories anymore, please leave signed reviews so I can respond. I'd really appreciate your feedback (NOT FLAMES) on the story and I'd love to be able to tell you that and answer any questions you may have.