Author: Jadelyn Ja Lee
Story: Through Her Eyes
Disclaimer: I own no one. Don't sue!
Time Frame: During Dogged
Summary: She may not have been a ranger, but that didn't mean she didn't care. Power Rangers SPD.
Author Notes: Enjoy!
Syd: I am so going to the spa when this is over.
Rhynix: You're so not going anywhere.
Syd: Okay, I'm filthy, cranky, and my new shoes are trashed. Do you really want to mess with me?
Lieutenant AJ Roberts smiled down at the pretty princess. Commander Cruger had asked her to go and speak to the pink ranger who had been digging for an hour and a half with no luck. AJ held a rain shield in her hand as she surveyed the hole the blonde had dug.
"You seem very determined, cadet. I admire that." She spoke up. Cadet Drew twirled around and lost her footing. She grimaced as the mud encased pink ranger stood up.
"Can I help you lieutenant?" Cadet Drew asked politely, wiping her hands on her pants. AJ nodded.
"Commander Cruger has been trying to contact you but I don't think you heard your morpher with all this rain. He sent me to come and let you know that he wants you back inside the base in an hour. It's an order." She told her, squatting down to inspect the hole further.
"I know RIC didn't malfunction. I trust him." Cadet Drew replied, leaning against her shovel. AJ smiled.
"I didn't say a word against RIC. But you need to be in top physical condition when Grumm attacks again." She reminded the pink ranger. Cadet Drew nodded reluctantly.
"Listen," AJ told her, "You have an hour till you have to be back at base. It takes ten minutes to get there from here. That leaves you with about forty minutes to continue digging."
Cadet Drew smiled and grabbed her shovel again. AJ smirked when her godmother's face floated in her minds eye.
"I never realized it, but pink rangers just might be the most stubborn of the lot." She muttered before turning and walking away.
Later That Day
"Yeah mom. Yeah, I've been fine. My plans for the forth of July? Um…." AJ trailed off as she thought about the rapidly approaching holiday.
"Visitor at the door." The soft voice of her computer system spoke up, saving AJ from a difficult conversation. She stood and walked over, listening to her mother discuss her own plans. The door opened to admit Cadet Drew. Waving her in, AJ turned back to her mother.
"Listen mama, someone's here so I gotta go. Yes, I do, it's a B Squad member. Yes, mama, I'll be careful. No mama, I won't get in the way of any stray beams. Intentionally, at least. Mama, I gotta go. Love you." AJ hung up with a relieved sigh. She turned to Cadet Drew
"I didn't mean to interrupt." The pink ranger apologized. AJ threw her a smile.
"Are you kidding? My mom's a big worrywart when it comes to the SPD and my job. Considering she married my father, you'd think she'd be use to it. So what can I do for you?" She asked brightly. Cadet Drew stared at her.
"You lied to me." The pink ranger accused. AJ schooled her features in an expression of innocence.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." She replied, rummaging through the data pads on her desk.
"Kat told me that you had been sent to bring me back, not to tell me I had an hour. She also said you talked Cruger into letting me have the extra hour when you got back." She argued, sitting in the bed. AJ hid a smile at the pink ranger's confused expression.
"Kat said you mumbled something about pink stubbornness." She added, studying the lieutenant. AJ did smile at that.
"I will admit to the pink stubbornness remark but I have no idea of the hour thing. I was told to inform you to be back at base." She replied vaguely. Cadet Drew frowned.
"What did you mean by pink stubbornness?" she asked. AJ smiled.
"My auntie's are some of the most stubborn women you will ever meet. If they believe in something, you'll be hard-pressed to convince them they're wrong. I saw the same thing in you when you were digging a hole in the mud." She told her. Cadet Drew grimaced but nodded.
As the pink ranger stood to leave, AJ caught sight of the picture of her extended family. Her auntie's Kim, Kat, and Cassie sat on one of the couches, her uncles Jason, Billy, and TJ standing behind them. Her father sat on another couch with her mother and her Aunt Kira and Uncle Connor. The rest of her aunts and uncles were sitting or standing around couches with her "cousins" sitting on the floor in front of their parents. AJ and her twin brother JD sat in the center, laughing at her cousin Austin who was attempting to get his baby son to sit still. Praying the new pink ranger wouldn't notice, she escorted the blonde out the door. As the cadet walked away, still confused, AJ thought of something.
"Hey Drew!" she called. When the blonde turned, AJ smiled approvingly at her, "Good work."