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In the following two weeks, Holly found herself training or hanging out with the power rangers. She found that Sky and herself were perfect sparring partners. They tied almost every time.
The rangers and Holly were sitting in the rec-room. The girls and Bridge were sitting around a large bowl of popcorn, whereas Sky was sitting on the couch reading his SPD hand book.
"Sky! Hey, Sky!" said Holly looking up at him.
No answer. Holly grabbed a piece of popcorn from the bowl and threw it at him. It hit him on the nose and bounced down into his book. He looked over at her.
"Come join us, Sky. Don't just sit there by yourself!" she told him.
Sky sighed and brushed the piece of popcorn from his book. For a moment, the others thought that he was going to go back to reading but he closed the book and sat it on the couch next to him. He got up and went to sit between Holly and Syd.
"There, happy?" he said with a smile.
Holly smiled back, her face turning a light pink. Syd noticed this.
"Very," yawned Syd. She stretched and laid her head on Sky's shoulder. She shot an icy glare at Holly. The only one who didn't see this was Sky. Bridge and Z looked at each other.
"So, why do you read that thing over and over again, Sky?" asked Holly gesturing to the hand book on the couch.
"Well, so that I don't forget any of the SPD codes or rules and…" he started.
"Sky, you've read that thing over a hundred times! I seriously doubt that you'll forget anything!" said Syd, lifting her head off of Sky's shoulder to look and him.
"You never know," he said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Ugh, Sky!" said Z as she grabbed a pillow off the couch and threw it at him. He put up his hands and caught it.
"What? It never hurts to what the hand book says!" he said defensivly.
"Yeah, but you know that thing by heart. That's just not normal!" said Z. "I bet you could recite the entire thing in your sleep!"
"You know, I have heard him mumbling parts of it in his sleep before," said Bridge, thoughtfully.
Sky chucked the pillow at him. It hit him square in the face and knocked him over backwards. Everyone jumped to their feet and grabbed a pillow. Soon, feathers were flying everywhere. After a couple minutes, the commander walked in, unnoticed.
"Ahem," he said, trying to get their attention.
No such luck.
"Cadets!" he said.
Still, no one noticed him. The commander let out a low growl. Sky threw his pillow at Syd who ducked and the pillow kept going. It hit the commander square in the face. Sky's eyes widened when he realized what he had done. The others dropped there pillows and straitened up. Bridge, Holly, Z, and Syd avoided eye contact with each other so that they wouldn't burst out laughing at the almost terrified look on Sky's face.
"Having fun, Cadets?" asked the commander, tossing Sky back the pillow.
"Yes, sir," they answered, hesitantly.
"I need to speak with Cadet Oliver. The rest of you, clean up this mess," he said.
With that, the commander turned on his heel and walked from the room. Holly quickly followed. They walked in silence. Once they entered the command center, Commander Cruger turned and faced her.
"Congratulations, Cadet," he said.
Holly looked up at him in confusion.
"For what, sir?" she asked.
At that moment, Dr. Manx came in. A morpher and badge in her hands.
"Congratulations," she said as she handed them to Holly.
"Thank you, sir," she said.
Holly smiled as she watched a green strip appear across her uniform. She put the badge on her uniform and the morpher in its place on her belt. Starting out green, just like her father. As if reading her mind, the commander put his hands onto her shoulders and looked her in the eye.
"Your parents would be proud, both of them," he said softly.
He pulled his hands back and then spoke with a more serious tone.
"Now, go help your fellow rangers clean up that mess in the rec-room!" he said.
"Yes, sir!" she replied. She saluted and turned and walked out.
She put her hands in her pockets and felt her fingers brush across her father's coin. She had started carrying it everywhere with her. It felt like a good luck charm of some sort to her.
When she reached the rec-room, she found it deserted and not a feather in sight. She decided to head to her room, maybe she's run into one of the other rangers. She sighed as she entered her room. She's go and find them eventually.
She pulled the coin from her pocket and put it into its box on her night stand. Next, she took pajamas, a white tank-top and green shorts, from her dresser and changed into them. She sat down on her bed and pulled the blankets around her legs and waist. She leaned back against the head board and took the picture from the night stand. If only her parents could see her now, a power ranger, just like them. Tears welled up in her eyes. This time she did not try and hold them back, she just let them fall.
Holly pulled her car into her aunt and uncle's driveway. Well, they weren't really her aunt and uncle, just close friends of the family, but that's what she had always called them. They were planning an anniversary party for her parents. She walked up and knocked on the door. Her uncle opened it.
"About time you got here, girly!" he said, pulling her into a hug and ruffling her hair.
"Hey, Uncle Jase. Traffic was bad, give me a break!" she said, running her fingers through her hair.
They walked into the house, Holly closed the door behind her. She followed her uncle across the marble floor, past the grand staircase, and into the living room. She loved her aunt and uncle's house. Jason walked across the living room and poked his head into the study.
"She's here, hun." He said.
His wife followed him from the study. She brushed a stray strand of her blonde hair from her face to behind her ear.
"Hey, sweetheart," she said, in her brilliant Australian accent.
"Hey, Aunt Kat," said Holly, hugging her aunt.
Holly looked at Jason and Kat. She knew that she could tell them anything. Anything, even if she felt that she couldn't tell her parents. Her aunt seemed to sense something was on her mind.
"Is something wrong, Holly?" she asked.
"I'm going to go get drinks," said Jason, figuring that it was a girl thing that they were going to talk about. Kat nodded.
The two girls watched him go then turned to one another.
"Well, I…" she said, searching for the right words.
"Go ahead," reassured Kat.
"Well, I'm thinking about joining the SPD academy," she said.
"Oh, well that sounds exciting," said Kat.
Holly pulled a piece of paper from her purse and handed it to her aunt.
"Ah, you want to be a ranger," she said.
Holly nodded.
"And you're afraid that your parents will freak out," she said.
Again, Holly nodded.
"Well, yeah. I mean, even when I was younger, they wouldn't even hear of the idea of me becoming a ranger," said Holly.
"Well, honey, you have to understand what being a ranger put your parents through. They just don't want that to happen to you," said Kat, putting her hand on Holly's shoulder.
"It feels like something that I have to do, or at least try to do. To live up to my parent's legend," she said.
"You do realize that the only ones who know that legend are those at SPD and other former rangers," said Kat.
"Yeah, I know, but…" started Holly.
"Shhh, we'll talk about this later, we need to leave to get everything set up, and besides I think your uncle wants to come back in now," said Kat.
Holly let out a small laugh. The two got up and walked out into the entrance way where they found Jason wandering aimlessly.
"Alright, let's go," said Kat.
Just as Holly was about to walk out the door, her phone rang.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Is this Holly Oliver?" a deep male voice asked.
"Yes," she replied.
"I have some bad news, Miss Oliver. Your parents, they were involved in a car accident, I'm sorry…
Holly's door suddenly slid open. Sky walked in, still in uniform.
"Congratulations, Holly, the commander just told…" he started. He stopped when he saw the tears streaming down Holly's face.
He instantly walked over and sat down on the bed next to her and put his hand onto her shoulder.
"What's wrong, Holly?" he asked.
He noticed the picture lying on her bed. He pulled her into a hug and she buried her face in his chest and cried. They sat like that for a few minutes.
Sky kicked off his shoes and pulled his legs up onto the bed and leaned back against the headboard. Holly did not protest or even seem to notice, she just stayed curled up in his arms. Eventually, they both fell asleep in this position.
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