Author: Jadelyn Ja Lee
Story: Through Her Eyes
Disclaimer: I own no one.
Time Frame: During Robotpalooza
Summary: AJ's father was the greatest ranger ever….now she's taking on the mantle he gave up. Power Rangers SPD.
Author Notes: Um….don't kill me.
(Commander Cruger approaches Bridge, who is asleep in the Command Center.)
Cruger: Cadet Carson? Bridge?
Bridge: (sleepily) Five more minutes, Sky.
Cruger: Alright...You just sleep as long as you want.
Bridge: Thanks...
Jack: (under his breath) You've got to be kidding me.
Cruger: Cadet Carson, on your feet! Now!
(Bridge jumps awake in surprise.)
Commander Cruger: You think the Command Center is a place for you to take a nap!
Bridge: No, sir!
Commander Cruger: You think fighting two robots is tiring?
Bridge: No, sir. But five is.
Commander Cruger: And how is it you fought five and everyone else here fought two?
Sky: Don't answer Bridge.
Bridge: Dream fighting, sir.
Syd, Z: He answered.
"Sky, I swear, it is way too early to be training." AJ mumbled as she stretched her arms. Sky didn't say anything; he was too busy trying not to stare at her nearly bare tummy. AJ noticed his continueing glances and snorted.
"It's a belly-button dangly, Sky." She told him impishly. The blue ranger looked away, his cheeks faintly pink. She smiled bemusedly but took pity on the guy. Centering herself, she dropped into the familiar kata her father had taught her when she was eight. Sky slowly stood and just watched the fluid motions of his girlfriend as she kicked and punched with deadly force.
"Join me?" she asked without breaking off her movements. Sky hesitated only a second before going to stand in front of her. She quirked her lips as she locked eyes with him.
"Mirror me." She ordered and Sky nodded. In halting movements, Sky began getting the feeling of the kata AJ knew so well. Soon, the only sound in the room was the gentle thumping of their bare feet on the mats, the soft sound their arms made as they cut through the air, and the even breathing of the two rangers.
"Ranger's, a robot is attacking downtown." Kat's voice cut through the calm like a knife and Sky lost his balance. Blinking dazedly down at her boyfriend, it took AJ a second to realize their morphers' were still talking. She plodded over to the side where they'd dumped their towels and water bottles and found the silver lined device. Sky walked over, rubbing his back. She flashed him a smile.
"Sky's on his way. Do you want me as well, Kat?" AJ asked into the communication device. A pause and then Kat's voice came back, sounding amused.
"Yes. The robot is giant size." AJ nodded.
"Got it. Be there in a sec." she replied. She glanced at her boyfriend who nodded.
"SPD, Emergency!"
"Okay, that was brutal." Sky commented as he sat gingerly down on the couch. Nearby, JD groaned.
"Tell me about it. I think I broke something when Aimes landed on me." He muttered. Sky winced as AJ looked up from her place beside him, an odd glint in her eye.
"Are you insinuating something, Jason David?" she asked her brother. JD hastily shook his head "no" and AJ leaned back, satisfied.
"Didn't think so." She smirked. Z smiled over at the two. She and Jack had had many conversations just like that back in the day. Actually, she realized, we still do. Nearby, Syd smiled at Sky and AJ.
"So what were you two doing when Kat called you?" She asked mischievously. The blue and silver rangers rolled their eyes.
"We were doing a kata." AJ answered, grabbing Syd's water bottle. The pink ranger ignored it in favor of the kata comment. JD looked over at her curiously.
"Which one?" he asked. AJ smiled up at Sky, ignoring the others .
"I was teaching Sky Sixteen D." she replied. JD nodded.
"Sounds like fun. It's been a while since we spared." He said thoughtfully. AJ brightened.
"That'd be awesome! Later?" she asked excitedly. JD nodded.
"Sure. Let's just hope no more monster's show up." He replied just before the alarms went off. AJ, Z, and Syd glared at him.
"You just had to say it, didn't you?" the lunar ranger asked as the three girls stood behind their male teammates. JD shrugged.
"SPD, Emergency!"
"Anyone know what they're doing?" Syd asked later as they waited for Cruger. Sky shrugged as he watched his girlfriend play an odd hand game with her brother. It must have made some sense to the two of them because they kept snickering but the pink and blue rangers didn't get it. Nearby, Jack and Z were sitting on the floor, thumb-wrestling. Bridge was asleep on the consol. Cruger walked in with Kat and saw the green ranger.
"Cadet Carson? Bridge!" he asked, walking over to the cadet. Bridge made an odd motion with his hand as the other rangers scrambled to attention.
"Five more minutes, Sky." He mumbled. AJ and Z both stifled snorts. Cruger made a face.
"All right…you just sleep as long as you want." He told the cadet softly. Behind him, Jack made an incredulous face as Bridge murmured his thanks.
"You've got to be kidding me." The red ranger muttered under his breath. Sky glanced at him but just watched knowingly as Cruger got right in Bridge's ear.
"Cadet Carson, on your feet! Now!" he barked and Bridge jumped awake. As the green ranger looked around disoriented, Cruger growled.
"You think the Command Center is a place for you to take a nap!" He snapped.
"No Sir!" he answered hastily. Behind him, AJ leaned against her brother.
"It was back in dad's day." She murmured and the twins stifled their laughter. They'd heard many tales from their aunts and uncles about how the team would take little naps in their headquarters when they were stuck there for hours. Hayley had even mentioned, much to Tommy's horror, that the former black ranger once fell asleep in the Dino Lab when he was working on the Raptor Cycles and she found him there an hour later, his head covered in oil and his clothes ruined.
"You think fighting two robots is tiring?" Cruger asked. Bridge shuffled his feet.
"No, sir. But fighting five is." He told him honestly. Cruger leaned back, puzzled.
"And how is you fought five and everyone else here fought two?" Cruger asked, somewhat annoyed.
"Don't answer Bridge." Sky muttered under his breath. Bridge blinked sleepily at his teammates before turning to his commanding officer. The girls held their breath.
"Dream fighting sir." He replied quietly. Z, Syd, and AJ groaned silently behind the big blue canine.
"He answered." They muttered in unison. AJ tilted her head thoughtfully as Bridge described his dream. As his description of the monsters wound down, AJ started nodding.
"Psychic sight." She murmured as Kat told them about the three look-a-like monsters in the Alpha 5 system. Sky looked at her curiously and she opened her mouth to answer but the alarm went off. Groaning, the rangers wearily headed out.
"Sky?" AJ asked quietly. They were lounging in his room on one of their rare days off. Sky himself was stretched out on his bed, reading while AJ leaned against him, playing the SPD game her uncle Ethan had designed for her as a present when he found out she was a ranger.
"Yeah?" he asked, glancing at her.
"Bridge's powers are developing at an accelerated rate." She told him, gently closing her laptop. Sky set his book down.
"What do you mean?" he asked. She shifted.
"A year ago, he could barely read auras. Now he has psychic sight." She replied. Sky frowned.
"So? I think it's a good thing." He commented. AJ glanced over at the sleeping green ranger.
"For the battle against Gruumm, yeah. But not for Bridge. That much strain…the powers must be holding it off but one of these days he's gonna collapse from psychic strain." She told him worriedly. Sky grew worried.
"Are you sure?" he asked worriedly. She nodded.
"It happened to my aunt Ashley when Uncle Andros taught her telepathy. She grew into her powers too fast; her brain could hardly keep up. She passed out one day when she was relaxing on the bridge of the Astro Megaship. She was in a coma for a week while her brain adjusted." She explained, glancing over at the green ranger. Sky swallowed heavily.
"Have you mentioned this to Cruger or Kat?" he asked. AJ nodded.
"Yeah, they said we'll keep an eye on him, that we can't know how—" she cut off abruptly as Bridge sat straight up in bed. Without a glance at the two rangers, Bridge started to leave.
"Bridge? Where are you going, buddy?" Sky asked worriedly. AJ frowned at the green ranger, not liking the confused aura about him.
"I'm not sure." Bridge replied before walking out. AJ and Sky looked at each other. Without a word, the two lovebirds stood up and headed to the command center.
"Commander Cruger!" Sky called when they walked in. AJ automatically moved to her consol for more privacy as she contacted her mentor.
"Salene? I need to talk to you!" AJ whispered quietly and jumped when the raven-haired goddess incarnate appeared right next to her. AJ blinked as she took in the see-through robe and theblack bra and panties. Fervently glad her boyfriend could not see the moon goddess, she focused on the task at hand.
"Bridge has psychic sight. We think he saw something in his dreams and we don't know where he is. Can you locate him?" she asked hopefully. Salene yawned.
"Which one is Bridge again?" she asked. AJ rolled her eyes.
"Green." She reminded the black-haired beauty, a bit impatiently. Salene perked up.
"The adorable one?" she asked. AJ nodded bemusedly as Salene smiled.
"I'll go find him!" she chirped before disappearing from sight. Rolling her eyes, she turned back to find her commander and boyfriend looking at her expectately.
"Salene's looking for him." She assured them. Cruger nodded as Kat continued with the computer scans. Sky walked over and wrapped an arm around her waist.
"He'll be okay." He said, trying to convince himself as well as his girlfriend. AJ nodded half-heartedly as the other rangers came in.
"Yeah. He will be." She whispered.
"I found him but he definitely could use some help." Salene announced ten minutes later. AJ, JD, and Kat looked up, startled.
"What's wrong with him?" AJ asked worriedly. Salene frowned.
"Blue and Orange heads. Plus three criminals." She replied. AJ stood.
"Where?" she asked and nodded when Salene described the general area.
"I know where that is. The warehouse on third street." She told her teammates. Kat and Cruger nodded.
"Go, all of you. Carson needs you." The commander told them. The rangers moved to position and morphed. Before the rangers left, Kat pulled AJ and JD aside.
"They'll meet up with you. Go." She told the four rangers. They nodded and headed out. The twins looked to Kat curiously, as she lead them to the official Cosmic Vehicle Bay, where their zords were stored. Showing them to a corner, AJ gasped. There, gleaming in the light, were two motor vehicles.
"They're modeled after the original ones but since those were destroyed beyond repair, Trey sent these. The Lunar and Solar Riders." She told them. Exchanging high fives, the two siblings hopped on their new toys and took off. Kat smiled and went back to the command center.
As they approached the battle, AJ frowned to see the small army of bots surrounding her "little brother." JD looked over at her sharply.
"Don't!" he hissed but it was two late. Trusting the cycle to steer itself, AJ grabbed her lunar blades from her sides and connected them in a flash of light to form the Crescent Chakram. With a yell eerily similar to the old TV character Xena, she threw the chakram and watched as it bounced around from bot to bot before heading back to her. She caught the circular weapon and separated the two blades just she plowed into another group of krybots. With a yell, she flipped off the rider and started making sushi a la bot.
"Hey, leave some for the rest of us!" Jack yelled as he and Sky plowed into the group surrounding the lunar ranger. A minute later, JD and AJ were heading after the three criminals at Bridge's urging.
"Oh, I love this zord." AJ murmured as she landed in the cockpit of the Warrior Eclipse Megazord. Next to her, JD laughed.
"Tell me about it." He shouted as they fought furiously with the three large bots. AJ suddenly squealed when the SWAT Megazord flew into view. The two megazords made quick work of the three criminals and headed home.
Back in the command center, Kat and Cruger smiled at each other.
"It's been quite a day." Kat commented. Cruger nodded, looking troubled.
"Gruumm won't stop until he get what he wants." He warned.
"Then the kids'll have to stop him, won't they?" Tommy commented from the door. Kat and Cruger turned in surprise.
"What are you doing here?" Cruger asked in surprise. Tommy gave a lopsided smile and took his hand from behind his back to reveal a white rose. With a gentle look, he handed it to Kat whose eyes went wide with realization.
"Oh no! I forgot!" she exclaimed. Tommy chuckled.
"Good." He replied. Cruger looked between the two, confused.
"Why is Kat forgetting something a good thing?" he asked. Tommy grinned.
"It's good because, for once, it's not me who forgot a date."
End Notes: Again, I repeat, don't kill me. This idea hit me as I was in the middle of being talked to by Betsy and I couldn't let it go.
I know there are many many Tommy/Kim fans who believed they are destined to be together and trust me, I like em together too. But in this fic, she's happily married to Jason with six kids and two grand kids. In addition, Tommy's alone and him being alone has been bugging me ever since I decided on the whole Abigail subplot.
Just please don't bash my head in for doing something different.
Bash here. In the middle of Betsy's somewhat exasperated plea for Jade and I not to keep the TV on all night, this bright idea hit her and she gave a little gasp and ran to the computer and started typing madly. If you know me, then you'll know I don't always do the conventional couples. I mix and match. Jade's like that too (She got the bright idea to match Merrick and Taylor. Luckily, I was able to convince her that would probably be an explosion waiting to happen and that Merrick and Alyssa would be much better for each other as a non-cannon couple). I know she's gonna do some cannons but for the most part you should expect the unexpected when it comes to her and romance.
I got blackmailed into letting her add that. Anyway. On another completely different note, please remember that I do have the Hope For The World Fanfiction Awards. I'm currently accepting nominations so if you want to see your favorite fanfic up for the running check out the nominees at http/ groups. msn. com/jadedrose (take out the spaces). Thanks!