Author: Jadelyn Ja Lee

Story: Through Her Eyes

Disclaimer: I own no one. Don't sue!

Time Frame: During Samurai

Summary: AJ Roberts father was the greatest ranger ever….now she's taking on the mantle he gave up. Power Rangers SPD.

Author Notes: New summary! This is also a bit short. Sorry.

(Bridge is using a new mind reading power.)
Bridge: Hold the thought...Okay...its coming clear...Okay, I got it! You're thinking that I've lost it, right?
Z: You're right.
Sky: I was thinking that, too.
Syd: Me three.

AJ and Boom had been working in the scientist's office all day, working on two new power sources since Project Red was nearly finished. Both were exhausted but happy with how the work was progressing. While Boom himself worked on the morphers, AJ worked on the suits.

"Okay, Moon is silver, correct?" AJ asked over her shoulder. Boom looked up and nodded.

"Yeah, and Sailor Sun is gold." He answered. She glanced over her shoulder with a smile and the inventor blushed.

"Okay, so….numbers?" she asked, getting back to the problem at hand. Boom picked up a data pad.

"None." He replied, surprised. AJ frowned and turned to him.

"None? Did Kat not assign numbers to the powers?" she asked. Boom shook his head and showed her the data pad.

"According to her notes, Sun and Moon will have no number designation." He informed her. AJ sighed.

"Alright, then no numbers. Just…black." She wrinkled her nose and Boom chuckled.

"She said to design the suits how you wanted to." He pointed out. She gave him a smile.

"You're right. And these are supposed to be independent powers, not technically connected to B Squad or A Squad." She added, thinking.

"A team unto themselves." Boom whispered, looking down fondly at the morpher in his hand. AJ smiled.

"Wish you could be the gold?" she asked knowingly. Boom looked up and nodded.

"I always dreamed of being a ranger. But I'm better suited behind the scenes." He added bravely. She nodded.

"I know what you mean." She murmured. Boom smiled at her.

"You were offered the chance to be a ranger, weren't you?" he asked. She nodded.

"Yeah. But my brother wanted it more. So I told Cruger to send JD to KO35 in my place." She replied. He frowned.

"You two are twins, right?" he asked and she nodded.

"Is that why you don't want to celebrate your birthday this year?" he asked, knowing her nineteenth birthday was only a few weeks away. She sighed.

"It's not the same without JD." She told him, going back to her computer. She studied the schematic of the basic ranger suite. An idea hit her and she grinned. With a few moderations, she was able to create an ideal ranger suit for herself. She pushed away from the computer and was showing Boom when Kat walked in. She glanced around, smiling.

"Very nice." She said, picking up the morpher Boom had been working on. Then she saw the suit AJ had designed and smiled approvingly.

"Very good. What about a side arm?" she asked. AJ looked startled.

"This is for fun…you really like it?" she asked. Kat nodded.

"It's still tied in with SPD but it's separate from A and B Squad. Just what I wanted." She told her. AJ grinned and turned back to the computer.

"What type of sidearm is she gonna have?" AJ called out, missing Kat's grin as she sent a picture of the sidearm to AJ's computer. Seeing the weapon and its two modes, AJ's eyes lit up.

"Awesome!" she whispered to herself. Kat and Boom laughed. AJ quickly added the two weapons to the suit and Kat nodded.

"Perfect. This is it." She announced. AJ nodded, saved the design and went to work on the biological aspect of the suit. Behind her, Boom continued to work on the morphers. Seeing they had everything under control, the feline scientist left.

Several hours and a couple computer glitches later, AJ and Boom had the preliminary round of the new ranger powers finished. They still had a ways to go, but it felt good knowing a quarter of the work was done. AJ looked over at her friend.

"I'm hungry." She announced and laughed when Boom's stomach grumbled. Exchanging smiles, the two scientists left the office and headed to the cafeteria. Just outside of it, they ran into Jack and Bridge.

"Hey guys." AJ acknowledged. Bridge grinned at her.

"Hey, AJ. Did you guys do any sight-seeing while we were in Japan?" he asked, grinning. Beside him, Jack rolled his eyes.

"We were there for less than an hour; I doubt they were able to sightsee." The red ranger pointed out. AJ and Boom looked at each other with confused expressions.

"We went to Japan?"

End Notes: Again, this episode was one of the ones I did not want to really alter. Much, anyway. That's why it focuses mostly on Boom and AJ.

the real vampire asked if I was going to do a Reflections chapter. For the record I will be doing all the episodes. Some of them, obviously, are very AU. And I think you all will like what I have planned for some of the eps.

Final note, I placed last in the Power Rangers Couples Awards but it was an honor to be asked in the first place so I'm not too disappointed. Also, for the record, when I found out what Bash had added, I didn't know whether to laugh or be angry. I settled for, ironically, blushing. I'll admit that my enthusiastic response to the nomination got me in trouble, but I wasn't the one who screamed like a little girl when she got in the shower and the toilet flushed and then had to explain to Betsy (the RA) what had happened. (GRINS)

I swear, by the time we move out, Betsy'll be sick of us.

The next update will be next Friday.