Damon gave out a sigh as the doorbell rang again. He looked at this cell phone once more before heading down the stairs. He reached for the door knob, not bothering to see who it was. Damon swung the door open to see his girlfriend, soaking wet and shivering from the rain.
"D-damon," she began, her teeth chattering. "I-I'm S-sorry."
Damon immediately went to her and guided her inside. That was when he noticed that she was crying. All of his anger seemed to go out of his system. He hugged her tightly, and consoled her.
After a few minutes, Tammie as able to control her crying. She pulled away from her boyfriend. "Damon, I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that I didn't need you," she told him.
Damon took a good look at Tammie. Her eyes were red and puffy, and her clothes were soaking wet. She was trembling and cold. Tammie kept rambling on and on about her behavior, but Damon was too busy to listen. He was still in shock that she had showed up on his doorstep and also happy that she was there.
"Tammie," he said, putting his arm around her and leading her to his room. "It's okay. Just calm down okay? Just catch your breath for now."
The two reached his room and Damon sat Tammie down on his bed. "Here, let me see if I have anything that you can wear. You're gonna get sick."
Tammie sat on his bed, sniffling and shivering, while Damon looked for clothes that fitted Tammie. After finding a pair of red sweats and a white shirt, he gave them to Tammie.
"Why don't you go change? The bathroom's right there." Tammie entered the door that Damon pointed to. When she came out, Damon took her wet clothes. "I'll go put these in the dryer."
Tammie sat down on his bed and waited. She looked around his room. It was pretty clean and neat for a guy's room. Tammie's eyes made their way to his night stand. It was crowded with a lamp, an alarm clock, and three picture frames. Tammie scooted closer to the nightstand and looked at the photos. The first picture was of Damon when he was little. A man with his hair in a ponytail was holding him. Tammie was sure that the man was Alex.
The second picture frame held a picture of all the three friends. It was taken after the karate competition. And the last picture frame held a picture Tammie with her arms around Damon. Tammie smiled. Suddenly she felt a pair of strong arms around her.
"You alright now?" Damon asked her.
Tammie nodded her head. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay," he replied, kissing the top of her head. He let go of her and opened the drawer of the nightstand. "I wanna show you something."
Tammie watched as Damon brought out a black circular device. He pushed a button and a ray of blue light shot out of the top of the device.
"Look," Damon said, pointing as the ray of light formed two holograms. "Those are my parents."
Tammie looked on with amazement. The two hologram figures looked so real.
"Alex gave it to me a while back."
Tammie continued to take in her boyfriend's parents' appearance. Damon definitely took after his dad. Both had striking features and dark brown eyes. But Damon took after his mother's soft, sweet smile. Tammie felt tears well up in her eyes.
"Tammie?"
"I miss her," she said as she buried her face on Damon's chest. "I miss her so much even if I don't have any memories with her."
Damon hugged Tammie, knowing who she was talking about. He didn't speak, in fear of saying the wrong thing again. Instead, he just waited for her to let all her feelings out.
"I just want to know more about her," Tammie sobbed. "But daddy makes it so hard sometimes. At times he'll begin to tell me about her, and then he'd stop…and now I know why. It's because they were Rangers. That's why he'd stop all of a sudden, it's because he couldn't tell me about them taking off to fight monsters."
Damon kissed her forehead and hugged her tighter as her sobs grew.
"I-I got into another fight with him," she said. "That's why I came here. I think I really pushed him over this time…"
The two stayed that way for a while. Tammie sobbing and Damon hugging and comforting her. Once Tammie's sobbing stopped, Damon looked down and saw that she had fallen asleep. He laid back, with Tammie still in his arms and just watched her sleep. Suddenly, Damon felt his body become light as white light appeared around his body.
'Oh shit,' he thought. He knew he was being teleported and since he was holding onto Tammie, so was she. Damon felt his bed disappear from under him and became a hard floor. He looked up, seeing Carl and Alex looking at him with a surprised expression on their face.
Carl's face spread into a smile. "So that's what you've been doing," he joked.
Both Damon and Alex glared at him. Tammie began to stir and saw where she was. She pulled away from Damon's hug and the two stood up.
"What's going on?" she asked. "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Nothing," Alex replied once he gained composure again. "Actually, it is more than nothing. Carl, bring up our findings."
Carl did as he was told as Tammie walked closer to the screen. Damon followed suit, but was stopped when Alex grabbed his arm.
"We'll talk later, Damon," he said in a low tone.
Damon felt his stomach go into knots, knowing that he was talking about him and Tammie.
"What is that?" asked Tammie as a spaceship like thing showed on the screen.
"Rita and Lord Zedd seemed to have decided to call in help," Alex explained. "For what I've gathered so far, Goldar is coming back, along with Scorpina."
"Scorpina? I'm guessing a bad guy from before?" asked Damon.
"More like a bad girl." Alex turned to the Rangers. "Rangers, be prepared for more frequent monster attacks."
The three Rangers nodded.
After teleporting Tammie and Carl home, Alex turned to Damon.
"Nothing happened!" Damon cried instantly.
"Damon-"
"She got in a fight with her dad, she came here, and we were just talking."
Alex sighed then nodded. Damon took that as a cue to leave for his bedroom.
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The three friends were in their last class which they had together, when all of their cell phones began to vibrate. All three looked at one another with alarmed looks. This was the first time their cell phone/communicators went off while they were in school.
"What do we do?" mouthed Tammie to Carl, who was two seats away. Carl shrugged and turned to their leader. Damon seemed to be trying to come up with a plan.
"Tammie?" called their teacher. "Tammie, are you paying attention?"
"Uh, sorry, I guess I kinda zoned out," Tammie answered quickly.
"Well, why don't you read the next paragraph out loud for us then?"
Tammie began to read the paragraph, not really taking in what she read. All the while, Damon and Carl were trying to find out what to do. Finally, Carl shot his hand up and asked to used to restroom. Their crabby teacher agreed and Carl gave his teammates a reassuring smile before disappearing out of the classroom.
Tammie looked at Damon, who shrugged just as the fire alarm came on. The two exchanged knowing smiles and filed out with the rest of the class.
Damon and Tammie managed to slip out the side door and teleported to Alex's lab.
"What's up?" Damon asked.
"They're here," Alex simply said. The viewing screen showed a Goldar and beside him was a light skinned lady with black hair. She, too, was dressed in black armor and had red eyes. The black suited putties were also with them.
"Let's go find out what they want," Damon said. All three morphed and teleported to where Goldar was. When they felt the ground beneath their feet, the three Rangers looked around. They were in a mountainous region, which seemed familiar to them.
"Where are we?" asked Carl.
"Looks familiar," Damon said behind his ninjetti mask.
"This is where the asteroid landed!" cried Tammie.
"What could they want from here? There's nothing but rocks," Carl said, looking around.
"Let's not worry about that right now," Tammie said as several Putties appeared. The three launched into their opponents. After taking all of them down, the three headed further up the mountain.
Damon put his hand up as Goldar's voice was heard.
"Come on, stupid Putties! Dig!"
"Hurry up!" cried a female voice. "Why did I have to come here for this? Hurry and dig before those Ranger Brats get here!"
"Too late," quipped Carl as the three flipped out of their hiding place.
"Huh," Scorpina scoffed. "These are the Mighty Power Rangers? There's only three of them! You couldn't even handle three, Goldar?"
Goldar only grunted. "Attack!"
Several of the Putties came forward. The Rangers easily beat them down.
"My turn!" Scorpina said as she charged at Tammie. Tammie quickly dodged her and flipped away. Carl snuck up behind Scorpina and kicked her back, making her fall. She quickly stood up and brought out her sword. The Rangers all called on their weapons as well.
"Good idea, fight them off and I'll dig!" Goldar cried.
"Ugh, yeah, make me do the man's job," replied Scorpina. All three Rangers took turns attacking Scorpina.
"I found it!"
Damon looked over at Goldar who held a metal box. "Why are they after that?" he thought. Then he saw a symbol on the side of the box. It was the same symbol that Alex had tattooed on his wrist, a symbol of Eltar.
"You two fight her, I'm gonna try and get the box from him," Damon cried. He ran to where Goldar stood. "I think that belongs to me."
"Sorry, Princey," Goldar said, startling Damon with the nickname. "This belongs to my master."
Damon threw a combination of punches and kicks, but Goldar seemed unaffected. Goldar drew out his sword and a shock of purple electricity shot out, hitting Damon square in the chest. He dropped to the ground, still feeling the tingling all over his body.
"Damon!" cried Tammie as she made his way over to him. "Are you alright?"
Damon continued to lay on the ground and his breathing was slow and short. He gave a small groan. Carl looked over and saw his best friend on the ground. Rage built up inside him and used it to give a hard kick at Scorpina. She flew into Goldar, taking him down to the ground. The metal was thrown to the side.
"Tammie get the box!" cried Carl as he began to advance towards the two villains. Tammie looked from Damon to Carl to the box and back again. Before Tammie could move towards the box, the box flew back into Goldar's hands. Carl charged at the two. Goldar raised his sword again, ready to give another blast of lightning. This time, the blast hit Carl's arm. Carl cried out in pain as he clutched his arm.
It felt as though lightning bolts were traveling up and down his arm, paralyzing it. Tammie began to run towards Goldar, anger rising inside her. She gave Scorpina a high kick to her face and turned around to do the same for Goldar. Scorpina grabbed Tammie's arm and returned the kick. Tammie fell to the ground, feeling a bit dazed. She looked up at her two enemies, who were just standing there, watching her. She stood up and began to fight the two again, trying to get the metal box away from them.
"We don't have time for this!" Scorpina exclaimed. "We have what we came for, our master awaits."
Goldar nodded. "See ya, Red Ranger."
Black light surrounded the two enemies. Tammie decided to give another try and jumped up and grabbed the box from Goldar's hands. The two had a tug-o-war over the box. Finally, Tammie was able to free it from his grasp when the ground began to shake.
"You have failed me again!" a voice boomed as the two villains disappeared in a beam of black light.
Tammie looked up in surprise. Damon and Carl's groans brought her back. She turned and joined her friends.
"Are you guys alright?"
"I'm fine," Carl said, still cradling his arm. "But I think Damon needs more attention than me. Let's go report back to Alex."
Carl walked over to Damon and helped stand him up. The three teleported back to the lab, along with the metal box.
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"Okay!" cried Tommy to his students. "You guys did good today. See you again next week!"
He bowed to his students, who bowed back. He made his way over to his small office when an earthquake happened.
Jason and Rocky came out of their offices and tried to calm the students down. After a few seconds, the shaking stopped.
"Everyone okay?" asked Tommy. All the students murmured their answers before heading out the door. Tommy caught the eyes of Jason and Rocky.
"Another earthquake?" asked Rocky.
"Or another attack?" Jason finished.
The three shared uneasy looks before heading home.
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"Is he going to be okay?" Tammie asked, once Alex stepped out from Damon's hospital room.
"The doctor's say that he is going to be fine," Alex assured her. "Now, I should get you two home."
"No," Tammie cried. "I wanna stay here."
"Tammie-" Carl began, putting a hand on her shoulder. He stopped once he saw how scared and worried she was. He looked at Alex who gave a small nod.
"Okay then," Alex said. "I'll drive Carl home, while you keep Damon company. Just make sure to phone your dad, he'll be worried about you."
Tammie nodded her head and entered Damon's hospital room. He was fast asleep. Tammie sat on the chair beside the bed and slowly reached for his hand. She laid her head down on his shoulder and closed her eyes. They quickly opened again when her cell phone rang.
Tammie stood up to answer it.
"Daddy?"
"Tammie Ann! Where are you?" Tommy's voice cried in concern.
"I'm at the hospital."
Tommy stood up in alarm. His actions caught the attention of Jason and Aisha, who he called to help look for Tammie. "The hospital? What happened?"
"I'm fine daddy. I-it's Damon."
"Okay, we'll be there."
Tammie hung up the phone and returned to her boyfriend's side. She was surprised to see him awake.
"Damon!" she cried hugging him. "Are you okay?"
Damon gave her a smile small. "I'm fine, so don't worry."
Tammie hugged him again. "I was so scared Damon… I saw you go down and then it seemed like you weren't moving…" Tammie trailed off as tears began to come down.
"Don't worry, I'm still here. It's gonna take more than a flash of lightning to take this prince away," he joked.
"Damon, you're awake," Alex said as he entered the room. "Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah," Damon replied. "So, what happened? You never said anything about Goldar having the power of electricity."
Tammie rolled her eyes. "He just woke up and he's already back in Ranger mode."
They all laughed.
"Well, as far as I know, Goldar had no powers. But I'm guessing that Lord Zedd must have given some to him."
"What about the box?" Damon asked. "They were trying really hard not to let us have it."
"Yes, well, I haven't had the time to look into it," Alex said. "The location where you found the box is where the old Command Center used to be."
"Command Center?"
"Yes, it is where the supreme being, Zordon, resided and where the original Rangers-"
The door burst open. "Tammie!"
"Daddy!"
"Are you alright? Are you hurt? What happened?"
"Daddy, I'm fine. Damon just had a little accident."
Tommy looked up at Damon, who gave him a small nod.
"Mr. Oliver," Alex said, looking at the first White Ranger. Tommy looked at the man that stood before him. "I am Alexander, Damon's father."
Tommy looked from Damon to Alex in surprise, which he quickly hid. "Uh, Tommy Oliver." The two gentlemen shook hands. "And these are my friends, Aisha Campbell and Jason Scott."
Alex shook the ex yellow and red ranger's hands as well. He seemed to be honored to finally meet the original Rangers.
"I'm sorry, but visiting hours are over," the nurse said. Tammie kissed Damon good night and walked out of the hospital with her dad and her uncle and aunt. Alex decided to stay at the hospital.
"That's Damon's dad?" Jason asked. "They don't look-"
"Oh," Tammie said, knowing what Jason was getting at. "Damon's adopted."
"He is?" asked Tommy in surprise.
"Yeah."
"What happened to Damon anyway?" Jason asked, curious.
"Oh, uh, he…" Tammie stalled to think of something to say. "He…got electrocuted."
"Electrocuted?" Tommy said raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah," Tammie replied slowly. "I don't know the details, I was too worried about him to ask."
The adults nodded, satisfied with her answer.
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The next day after school, Tammie waited for Carl at the front of the school.
"Hey, are you going to visit Damon later on?" she asked as he walked up to her.
"Yeah, but I gotta go home and take care of my little sister first," he said. "So I'll meet you there?"
"Okay."
The two departed in separate ways, Carl to his house and Tammie to the Juice Bar.
"Hiya, Tammie," Ernie called as she walked in.
"Hi Ernie, can I get your famous chocolate shake please?"
"Of course!"
Tammie settled herself on the bar as Adam walked out of the kitchen.
"Hey kid," he said. "I heard Damon's in the hospital. He doing alright?"
"Yeah, I'm gonna go see him later on."
"Maybe I'll drop by."
Tammie nodded just as her cell phone rang. A look of surprise and panic came to her face.
"Are you alright Tammie?" Adam asked. "Are you gonna answer your phone?"
"Uh yeah!" Tammie whipped out her phone. She looked at the screen that flashed the message: TO THE LAB! She brought it up to her ear and pretended to answer it. "Hello? Oh, hi Carl! Right now? Okay, sure! Bye!"
Adam looked at her weirdly.
"I gotta go," Tammie told him. "Bye!"
Tammie made her way around the corner and teleported to the lab.
"Alex?" she called once she got there. Alex turned around from his place at the computer. "What's wrong? What happened? Is Goldar back?"
"No," he replied in a serious tone. "But I do have something to tell you."
"What?"
"I've already spoken with Damon and Carl about this. And now, I'm going to tell you." Alex made his way over to the table where the metal box sat. "It seems that this was something Zordon was keeping aside."
"What's in it?"
"Something that will help you three in fighting the evil we are up against."
Tammie slowly nodded her head. "Okay," she said slowly. "Is that all?"
Alex's light blue eyes seemed to twinkle. "No…Tammie. I have noticed that you bottle your feelings and that can be a danger, especially with you being a Ranger."
"What? I…well-"
"Tammie, you have the spirit of a Ranger. All Rangers have a special power within them that they can only release if they really will it. Since you received your powers from your parents, it'll be easier for you to get in touch with that power. And if that power and your anger ever mix, it can be disastrous. That's how some Rangers go bad."
"Rangers can go bad?"
"It has yet to happen to Rangers on Earth, but it has happened to Rangers in Eltar."
"What happens to them?"
"Well, their powers are drained from them, but for some, they escape and that's when they are drawn into the evil side."
Tammie became uneasy with what Alex said.
"I-I gotta go. I told Damon I'd go see him…"
Alex only nodded and turned back to the computer as Tammie teleported herself out.
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Two months later…
Tammie opened her locker and found a single red rose with a small card. Tammie smiled and brought it out and read the card.
On the first day,
She received a red rose.
Tammie flipped the card over to see a message from Damon.
Just a little something that I hope would bring that amazing smile on your beautiful face.
And that's exactly what happened. Tammie smiled and grabbed her books, before heading to class. Later on that day, Tammie caught up with Damon and kissed him
"Thank you for the rose," she said.
Damon smiled. "Your welcome."
Little did Tammie know that was only the first part of Damon's surprise.
For the following week Tammie kept receiving surprised gifts from Damon. On the second day she received a teddy bear, the next day was chocolates, and then a bouquet of flowers, a balloon, and framed pictured of them together, and so on.
Finally, on Valentine's day, Tammie came to school, expecting a bigger surprise, but was disappointed when she received none. In fact, Damon seemed to have avoided her that whole day, which left her confused and angry and upset.
On her way home that day, Tammie felt herself being teleported. Once she felt the ground again she called out, "What's wrong this time?"
But Tammie looked around and saw that she wasn't in the lab. Instead, she was in Damon's living room. Damon came up to her and brought her into a hug and kissed her. It turned out that Damon had a surprise dinner for her. After their dinner, Damon walked Tammie home. Damon walked her to her front door and kissed her good night.
"Thank you for everything," Tammie said, with a smile.
"Your welcome." Damon looked into her eyes and took a deep breath. Then he kissed her again. "I love you, Tammie."
Tammie looked up at Damon with surprise and evident happiness in her eyes. "I love you too, Damon."
The two shared another passionate kiss before Tammie went inside.
Tammie felt as if everything was perfect. Well everything, except for the fact that her dad still wouldn't tell her about her mother's death and the fact that she wanted him to know that she was a Ranger. But things were bound to get better…
AN: A kinda rushed chapter…sorry! I haven't been able to update as fast…but I'm trying! Thanks for all the reviews!