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Here we go with chapter 9!
Myth 9: United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Jay waited with bated breath as Valerie didn't give an answer for about half a minute.
Did I spring this on her too soon? he thought as he began to second-guess himself. No! I need to be confident in myself! I wouldn't know the answer unless I asked.
Alright, Valerie thought. He finally asked! Now how do I accept without seeming too eager or weird?
"Sure," Valerie answered. "I think that would be a good idea."
Stupid answer! she thought in her head, I sound like a robot! Or Mera...one of the two.
"How about tomorrow night at 7?" Jay suggested. "We could meet at Michelangelo's. You know where that is, right? The old pizza place about two blocks from Steel Works?"
"Sounds great!" Valerie said as she walked over to the weapons rack. "I was just going to practice my aim. With two new Rangers with bows, I'm starting to feel the pressure."
"I completely understand," Jay said with a nod, "Meanwhile, I guess I'll just study up on this 'Dark Order' the evil knights keep talking about."
"No need," Hermes said. "I am allowed to tell you about this. The Dark Order is a group of knights, a dark parallel on King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, with each based on a vicious mythological creature. They are led by Echidna, their mother and one of the vilest monsters to slither the Earth. They fought in the Second Great War against your predecessors, the original Olympian Rangers, and lost. As punishment they were sent into Tartarus, the darkest part of the Underworld. The Dark Order must have found a way to break through the seal, which is bad if anyone else gets out."
"So they're bad news," Nate retorted. "So what? With these Gold and Silver Rangers patrolling the city, our job should be even easier than before."
An image of the Gold and Silver Rangers appeared on the screen as Mera began to speak.
"I am wondering," Mera said, "about what happens if we defeat them in battle, and if they would join us then."
"Should we really fight them?" Jay asked. "They seem to be on our side. Just a little stuck up. Is it really a good idea to challenge them when they appear to be allies?"
"Rangers are more powerful when they join forces," Victor said as he stepped forward and a diagram of the Ranger's Olympian Gems came on screen. "And I mean that quite literally. Our Olympian Gems resonate with each other, causing them to generate a certain amount of energy. Imagine if we added more Gems to this 'circuit' of sorts. The more we have bonded to Rangers, the more powerful each Ranger will be. So yes, we should defeat them, if it ensures they join us."
"We have the Red, Blue, Black, Yellow and Pink Gems right now bonded to Rangers, and at least the Aqua and Orange ones in reserve, unless Hermes wants to reveal that he has more?" Jay asked as Hermes shook his head.
"Rangers, I'm afraid those were the only other ones I had," Hermes said. "The Green, Crimson, White and Purple gems were lost long ago, split apart from the others. Someone must have found the Gold and Silver ones."
"Do we have a way to search for these lost gems?" Mera asked
"I may be able to build something to help," Victor said. "Give me a few days and I'll see what I can do."
"Well, I think we should get a good night's sleep while Victor works," Jay said as he yawned, "and regroup tomorrow after school for training."
The other Rangers headed to the large Doors before Jay turned his head to Valerie, who was still shooting and hitting the target in the 7 point zone.
"You coming?" he asked.
"Give me a few more minutes and I'll go home," Valerie said as she set up another shot and finally got a bullseye. "I think I'm improving."
"Just don't tire yourself out," Jay said. "We have a date tomorrow, and I would hate for you to be asleep during it.".
"Don't worry," Valerie said with a laugh, "I'll be ready for tomorrow."
She said yes! Jay thought as he fist pumped on his way towards the Doors. Now if I can just make sure it all goes well...
I said yes, Valerie thought. I really hope this goes as well as I want it to...
She shot another arrow and split the old arrow in two.
"Seems like a good sign, and a good place to end it," she remarked as she put the bow back on the rack and headed to the Doors. "I wonder what will happen tomorrow?"
"Before we begin today," Mr. Ford said, "I'd like to introduce our new student. She just transferred here from Olympia Hills Prep School with her twin brother. Her name is Diana Thomas, and I expect everyone to treat her with respect."
A seventeen-year-old girl with long brown hair walked into the classroom, she had on a silver t-shirt under a ripped jean jacket and torn-up jeans. Overall she had a very "don't mess with me" vibe to her.
"Let's see… Jay has a seat behind him open, why don't you sit there?" Mr. Ford said as he gestured to the seat.
"Whatever," Diana said as she sat down at the seat. She noticed all of the boys looking in her direction.
"What are you looking at?" she snapped. All of the boys' heads shot back forward, while still sneaking glances at her.
Jay turned around as Mr. Ford began his lecture.
"I'm Jay, but you probably picked that up," he whispered as he put out his hand for her to shake. "Nice to meet you,"
"I didn't ask," Diana said as she slapped his hand away. "Just turn around and leave me alone."
"Excussse me, princess," Jay muttered as he did as she commanded. "I'm sure she's a hit at parties."
"And she says, 'just turn around and leave me alone'!" Jay said as he took a chicken tender and split it in half, letting all of the hot air out of it before eating one of the halves.
"At least she talked to you," Nate said, his cheeseburger in his hand, forgotten. "I just got grunted at when I tried to talk to her in gym. Man, she had some great moves in soccer, though. Not to mention she's hot!"
"I wouldn't tell her that to her face," Jay remarked. "She might take it as an insult or something."
"I assume you two are discussing Diana Thomas," Mera said as she sat down with her bowl of soup. "She's been rude to everyone who has made contact with her."
"Mr Ford said something about a twin brother," Jay said. "I wonder who that could be?"
"You'll never believe who transferred here!" Valerie said as she led over a blond-haired boy with blue eyes, golden-rimmed glasses and a gold button-up on. "It's Adrian! Remember? From the party?"
"Didn't you dance with him?" Victor asked.
"Uh...yeah," Valerie said, her face red with embarrassment. "I hope you remember more about him than that."
"Adrian!" a female voice said.
"Uh oh…" Jay said as he hid his face in his hands. "It's Miss Personality."
"She can't be that bad," Valerie said as Diana walked over. "Nice to meet you! I'm Valerie, and you are…?"
"His twin sister," Diana said as she cracked her knuckles. "Now take your hands off my brother before I remove them for you."
"Now, Diana," Adrian said as he motioned for Valerie to let go of his arm and walked over to Diana. "Valerie is my friend, so can we please not threaten her? Especially on the first day."
"Whatever," Diana said as she did a once over on everyone else. Her eyes narrowed when she saw Jay.
"You!" she growled, "I remember you!"
"All I did was say hello to you and introduced myself!" Jay shouted. "Why do you act like it's a declaration of war?"
"Diana," Adrian said again. "Valerie's friends are also my friends, so let's avoid being rude, alright?"
Diana crossed her arms and looked away from the teens with a "hmph!" before walking away.
Adrian whispered a quick "sorry" before following close behind her.
"Well, that went well," Nate said sarcastically.
"Not really," Victor said. "It seemed to go quite poorly."
"It's called sarcasm, Vic," Jay explained. "I just wish I could figure out her issue."
"Well, you won't have time to think about it for long," Valerie said as she got up to leave. "I'll see you after school for training, then Michelangelo's at 7."
"I would never forget that," Jay said, grinning. "See you at training!"
"We're already down two members…" Echidna began, "and the ones I have left have no ideas whatsoever about how to defeat the Rangers! You disappoint me, children."
"Mother," a knight in dark-silver-metaled armor said as he stood up from the table. His helmet was designed after a twin-headed dog.
"Let me use my duplication power to defeat the Rangers," he requested. "I can divide the Rangers and defeat them! Their strength lies in their teamwork, so if you split up the team, they will be weaker."
"A sound plan," Echidna remarked. "I will grant your request. Bring Harpies with you, and do not fall like your brothers did."
"Yes, mother," Orthros, the twin-headed dog knight, said as he kneeled on one knee. "I will not fail you."
Training had been uneventful but rewarding, and Jay was certainly feeling his sore muscles from the exercise they had been through. He rubbed his shoulder that Nate had struck during their sparring session.
"Ow," he said as he walked up to his house. He opened the door and shouted into the house. "I'mmm home!"
His brother poked his head out of the computer room,
"Just keep it down," he said. "My friends and I are gaming!"
Jay rolled his eyes, "whatever," he retorted, "I've got a date in an hour to get ready for."
"So is she your girlfriend now?" his brother asked.
"Yeah," Jay said, "I guess she kind of is."
Within the next hour, Jay had taken a shower, brushed his hair and was in the process of deciding what to wear. He held up two shirts. One was a casual red polo, the other a red button-up shirt.
"Form or function?" he asked himself as he raised each one on his finger, "I guess this is more of a casual date, so I'll just go with the polo. But, if she shows up dressed up nice and I'm not, I look like a slob and an idiot." He looked at the clock, "I'd better decide soon."
Valerie spun around in front of the mirror. "It looks great!"
She had chosen to go in a mix of casual and fancy, with a pink tank top and a black skirt.
'This seems like a fair compromise between the two things I could have worn,' she thought as she looked at the dress hanging up in the closet and her normal outfit she had been wearing.
"Mom, I'm heading out, I'll be back by 10!" she shouted up the massive stairs as she walked down them into the large foyer. Her family's butler opened up the door for her.
"Have a good date, Miss Valerie," he said.
"Thank you, James," Valerie said as she stepped out. "I'll definitely try."
Orthros slashed the ground with his twin scimitars, creating a large crack in the ground. Civilians ran away as he split into two identical knights
"Go and attack another area!" the first Orthros ordered the duplicate, the duplicate nodded and leapt up to the nearest rooftop before leaping towards another populated area.
Orthros laughed as he caused the humans to continue to run and scream in terror.
"Hold it!" a female voice shouted.
The Gold and Silver Rangers ran up to confront the Dark Order Knight, bows already summoned and ready.
"The Gold and Silver Rangers," Orthros said. "Just the Rangers I was looking for. You destroyed my brother Ladon, and I want revenge!"
"Yeah? Well, take a number," the Silver Ranger said. "We seem to be pissing off a lot of people lately."
"Shall we, sister?" the Gold Ranger asked.
"We shall," the Silver Ranger said as they drew back their bow strings, summoning energy arrows ready to be fired at the knight.
"Gemini Arrow!" the two Rangers shouted as they fired the arrows. The two arrows merged into one large glowing arrow that went flying at Orthros. Orthros combined his scimitars and began to spin them, creating a barrier that the Gemini Arrow just dissipated on.
"We need to stop relying on that to finish the battle quickly," the Gold Ranger said as he turned his bow into his staff, The Silver Ranger followed suit, turning her bow into her daggers.
"I guess we need to weaken him first," she said simply as she jumped in the air before coming down onto the knight in a double knife stab strike right in the neck. The blades just bounced off the tough armor, but it was enough to anger Orthros.
"Get off!" he shouted as he grabbed the Silver Ranger by the throat and slammed her into the ground. Her body was limp as she laid in the crater the slam had created. Orthros raised his scimitars, ready to slice her.
"Stay away from my sister!" the Gold Ranger said as he leapt into the air to come in with a flying kick. The kick was strong enough to force Orthros back a bit, just enough for the Gold Ranger to scoop up the Silver Ranger in his arms, turn around and run to the nearest alley.
"Please be ok," he said as he removed her helmet, revealing Diana's face, scratched up but still recognizable. He removed his own helmet, revealing himself to be Adrian.
"She's still breathing," he said as he watched her chest rise and fall, showing that she was indeed still breathing. "That's a good sign."
He sighed.
"You just had to charge in, didn't you?" he asked her unconscious body, "I guess that's the reason those strange gems chose us." He looked at the gold gemstone on his bronze wristband, "My interest in the arts and healing and you with your fighting abilities." He let out a sigh. "What am I going to do with you?"
Diana laid there and couldn't answer.
"There she is!" Jay said as he waved to Valerie, who was walking up to the restaurant just as the clock struck 7:00, "and right on time too!"
As she walked up, Jay noticed what she was wearing. While it was more formal than usual, it was still very much something she would choose to wear normally.
"You look nice," he said, looking her up and down as he did.
"You do too," Valerie said. Jay was in a red button-up shirt with dark jeans, once again looking nice without being too formal.
"Shall we?" Jay said as he put out his hand.
"We shall," Valerie said as she put her hand in his.
Nate was practicing his fighting moves in the Temple when the alarms went off.
"What's going on?" he asked as Hermes typed a few runes on the computer. The mosaic stones twisted and turned to form a split-screen of the Orthros duplicates. The one on the left was being confronted by the Gold Ranger, while the one on the right of the screen was unopposed.
"Talk about double trouble," Nate quipped.
"I'm calling the other rangers," Hermes said.
"Just call Victor and Mera," Nate said. "We'll call in the lovebirds if we need them, but let's try to let them enjoy their evening out."
The Doors of Janus flew open, and Mera and Victor ran through.
"We have arrived!" Mera shouted as the two Rangers ran up to the computer. "I assume the Dark Order has struck again?"
"Yeah, and they're trying to divide us," Nate said. "Unfortunately, I don't see much of a choice. The Gold Ranger needs help, and we need to stop this other identical knight as well. Mera, you and Victor go and fight the unchallenged one, I'll go help the Gold Ranger."
"Right!" Mera and Victor shouted.
"Ready?" Nate said as he strapped on his morphers.
"Ready!" Mera and Victor shouted as they prepped their morphers as well.
"Yellow Olympian Power!"
"Black Olympian Power!"
"Blue Olympian Power!"
Particles of light appeared out of the morphers and flew around the Rangers before being absorbed by the Rangers and transformed into their suits.
"You think the morphers would just decide on one way to morph," Nate joked, "because it seems like the effect is different every time we morph."
The other two ignored him and ran through the open Doors with Nate right behind them.
"Back off!" the Gold Ranger shouted as he jabbed his staff at the Dark Order knight's chest, pushing him back a bit before Orthros raised his scimitars.
"I'll leave you just as beaten as your sister!" Orthros shouted as he quickly slashed down with his scimitars. The Gold Ranger closed his eyes as he waited for the blow. But the attack never came. The Gold Ranger looked up to see Nate blocking the sword strikes with the handle of his trident.
"Mind if I cut in?" Nate said before quickly raising the trident, knocking Orthros off-balance long enough for Nate to do a sweeping kick, knocking the evil knight to the ground.
Nate ran over to the Gold Ranger and offered his hand
"Where's your partner?" he asked. "I thought you two were inseparable."
"She's injured and laying in that alley," the Gold Ranger said as he pointed, "but I'll take care of her. You fight the monster."
"Better idea: we fight the monster together and then take her to our base. We have a way to heal her…" Nate said before he was cut off.
"She'll be fine without your help," the Gold Ranger retorted, "but it is a better idea to fight together. Temporary alliance?" He put out his hand for Nate to shake.
"Temporary alliance," Nate echoed as he shook the hand offered to him.
Orthros had stood up in the time the two Rangers were talking and began to charge at Nate.
"I'll get you back for that!" he shouted.
"You and what army?" Nate shouted back.
"I'm so glad you asked!" Orthros said as he stopped for a minute and looked up. The Rangers looked up to see the familiar green wings and bodies of…
"Harpies!" Orthros ordered. "Attack!"
"Just had to open your big mouth," the Gold Ranger said as he looked at his temporary ally, both preparing for the upcoming attack.
Valerie and Jay laughed together. They had ordered their food and were passing the time with stories from their past.
"And I was the only kid in costume! So there I was, 9th grade and I was in 1st period math in a Pokemon costume," Jay said as he kept laughing.
"And...and what did you do then?" Valerie said as she gasped for breath from laughing so hard.
"I walked around the whole day in costume. Couldn't really call my mom and say, 'Hey Mom? I need you to come to school and pick me up. I'm the only kid with Halloween spirit!'"
The two laughed again before Jay asked a question.
"Hey, speaking of Halloween, are you doing anything special? You know, dressing up or going to a party or something?"
"Hadn't really thought about it, honestly," Valerie said. "My parents will probably take me to some fancy masquerade or something. But what about you? I know for a fact that most kids our age still trick-or-treat."
"Yeah, in black hoodies like hoodlums," Jay said as he gave a small chuckle. "Not the most original costume in the world. No, I'll probably stay home this year unless our 'club' gets in the way."
"Speaking of our 'club'," Valerie said as she pointed at the TV screen behind him. Jay turned around to see the Yellow and Black Ranger confronting the Orthros clone on the screen.
"We should probably go…" Jay said as he got up before sitting back down. "Oh, they'll be fine. I'm sure Nate and the Gold and Silver Rangers will give them a hand."
"Maybe not," Valerie said as she pointed to the screen again.
Jay turned around to see the Blue and Gold Rangers fighting the other Orthros.
"There are two of him?" Jay said. "Looks like they'll need our help after all."
"For what it was worth, it was a good date while it lasted," Valerie said.
"We can always come back," Jay said as the two stood up and ran out of the restaurant, "but until then, back to action!"
"Whoa!" Victor shouted as he went flying from a scimitar slice straight into the nearest car, creating a large Ranger-sized dent right in it.
"His natural strength and stamina are impressive," Mera said as she summoned her spear, "but nothing will stop us from accomplishing our mission."
"Uh...right!" Victor said, pulling himself out of the car dent and summoning his hammer.
Mera raised her spear and hurled it into the right shoulder joint of Orthros' armor before coming in with a flying kick to push it into the joint further. Orthros cried out in pain as he recoiled from the rush of attacks. Victor decided to press on the advantage and raise his hammer over his head before running over to the knight and slamming the spear point even deeper into the shoulder.
Orthros cried out in pain as Jay and Valerie arrived, already morphed and ready to fight with their weapons drawn.
"Looks like I underestimated you guys," Jay said. "Good job landing such a solid hit!"
"Four Rangers?" Orthros said as he pulled the spear out of his shoulder and threw it to the ground. "No problem!" He grabbed his scimitar from the ground and whirled them around in a show of skill and technique.
"You're good," Jay said, "but we're better!"
"Aphrodite, goddess of love! Pink Olympian Ranger!"
"Athena, goddess of wisdom! Yellow Olympian Ranger!"
"Hephaestus, god of the forge! Black Olympian Ranger!"
"Zeus, god of lightning! Red Olympian Ranger!"
"Using the powers of the past to protect the future! Power Rangers Olympian Force!"
"Harpies!" Orthros shouted as a dozen Harpies swooped down, "tear the skin from their bones!"
The Harpies screeched and took to the air before swooping down to strike the Rangers with their claws. Instead, as a unit, the Rangers rolled out of the way before striking 4 swooping Harpies down with axe kicks, slamming them into the concrete.
The others turned around for another attack, and swooped down again as the Rangers lashed out with their legs once again.
"You featherbrains!" Orthos shouted at his minions as they regrouped in front of him. "You're letting them pick you off like flies! Attack them directly!"
The Harpies whirled around and ran in for a frontal assault, but the Rangers were ready, whirling around in flying kicks, whipping their legs out to strike the Harpies. All of the Harpies were defeated by the bone-crushing kicks.
"Fine," Orthros said, "I'll do it myself."
He slowly marched forward to face the Rangers.
The Gold Ranger spun his staff around for a quick strike at a Harpy before sidekicking another one into a garbage can, causing it to fall over and it's contents to scatter all over the sidewalk.
"Diana's gonna kill me…" Adrian thought as he looked at the wind picking up the trash and littering it everywhere.
Nate noticed his distraction and broke off from the fighting. He ran over and clubbed his fist on the Gold Ranger's helmet.
"Hey, buddy!" Nate shouted at him as he pointed to the Harpies' general direction. "The fighting's this way."
"What? Oh, right," the Gold Ranger said as he turned around to face the Harpies again, who just stood there looking confused.
"What are you waiting for? Attack!" Orthros shouted as he pointed at the Rangers. The Harpies obeyed, flying up and off the ground for an airborne strike.
"I have an idea!" the Gold Ranger shouted. "Give me your trident!"
"What? No way!" Nate said as he gripped the trident in his hands tighter. "I'm not giving you nothing, Mr. High and Mighty!"
"Oh, just give it here," the Gold Ranger said as he pried Nate's hands off the trident and put it in his bow. As Nate stood there in shock, looking down at the hand that had been so easily disarmed, the Gold Ranger drew back the bow string and aimed carefully at the flying Harpies.
"Trident Arrow with Sun Power!" the Gold Ranger shouted as he fired the arrow at the group of foes. The trident began to rotate until it turned into a drill spraying water around it, causing all of the Harpies' wings to become wet. The Harpies screeched as they plummeted to the ground. They blew up in a large fireball of energy as the two Rangers posed in front of it. The Gold Ranger extended his hand and the trident flew right into it before the Gold Ranger offered it to Nate.
"I believe this is yours," he said as Nate took the trident back.
"Big deal!" Orthros said as he stepped through the ash that had been his minions. "I can still destroy the two of you."
"Make that three!" the Silver Ranger said as she stepped out of the alleyway. Her helmet was back in place, hiding her identity from Nate. She summoned her bow and transformed it into her daggers again before charging at Orthros.
"Not again!" the Gold Ranger shouted as he blocked her way. "That's how you got hurt in the first place! You never learn!"
"Get outta my way!" the Silver Ranger shouted. "That monster needs someone to knock that smirk off his...helmet?"
"That expression doesn't really work here," Nate remarked.
"Shut up, you!" the Silver Ranger retorted as she walked up and put her finger up to his helmet. "No one asked for your help, so go take a hike!"
"Uh, sis?" the Gold Ranger said. "I kind of did actually ask for his help."
"Whatever," the Silver Ranger said, "now let's kick this monster's...whoa!"
Orthros had come up and was standing right in front of the Rangers.
"You done yet?" he asked, "You're kinda in the middle of a fight."
The Silver Ranger slashed across his helmet with her daggers in response, creating a gash in the armor. In the gash, Nate could see what looked like an actual dog face with pointy teeth and black fur.
"Go for the helmet!" the Silver Ranger shouted to her two allies. Both nodded, with the Gold Ranger jabbing the knight in the stomach, knocking him to the ground, before Nate stabbed his trident into the gash, causing massive damage to the knight's face. Nate rolled away as Orthros blew up in a ball of fire.
"Bad dog," Nate quipped as he posed in front of the explosion.
"Alright, good job...where'd they go?" Nate asked as he looked around, but the Gold and Silver Rangers were gone.
"Whoa!" Jay shouted as he rolled out of the way from a scimitar swipe. The Rangers had done their best to defeat Orthros, but the best strategy seemed to be dodging his attacks until he tired out.
"I detest this plan!" Mera shouted as she backflipped away from another strike. "We do not even know if he will get tired like we will! We should be on the attack instead of playing defensively."
"If you know how to get past that armor, be my guest," Jay said, "we need a way to create a weak spot."
"Let's try this!" Valerie said as Victor handed off his hammer for her to launch in her bow.
"Blacksmith Arrow! Fire!" Valerie cried as the hammer went flying and smashed right into the knight's armor, cracking it in several places.
"Critical Strike!" Mera shouted as her glowing spear struck her foe, exposing it's weaknesses in the cracks even more.
"Lightning Slash!" Jay shouted as he raised his sword to the sky, red lightning striking it, before bringing it down in a powerful two-handed slash. Red electricity surged through the knight's body going from the cracks in his armor to his true body within the armor. The Rangers turned around and posed in front of the fiery explosion behind them.
"That's another knight down," Jay remarked. "Echidna's going to start running out soon."
"Another failure," Echidna sighed, obviously exasperated with her loss again, "What will it take for us to win a battle?" She looked at the 4 remaining knights expectantly.
"Perhaps we should wait for another perfect opportunity," Gryphon suggested. "I'm sure the Caucasian Eagle, the Crommyonian Sow, the Chimera and I can find the perfect times to strike."
"You had better," Echidna said, "or Hades will never let me hear the end of it!"
"Good job today," Hermes said as the teens returned to base. He was at the mosaic computer, typing away in ancient Greek glyphs. The teens walked up to the god and watched as the glyphs went flying away to different corners of the screen.
"Another failure," Victor noted. "The Olympian Gem Radar doesn't seem to want to work."
Mera pulled a book out of her bag, "well I found this book and…"
At that point Nate began to tune everyone else out and walked over to a training dummy,
With them busy working on the Radar and the two lovebirds back on their date… he thought. Where does that leave me?
A few hours later, at the restaurant, Jay and Valerie walked out of the twin doors hand in hand.
"That went pretty well," Jay said as the two headed down the sidewalk to the park.
"It went very well," Valerie said as the two sat down on a bench in the park and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I guess we're boyfriend-girlfriend now?" Jay asked.
"Give it a few more dates," Valerie said. "Then we'll see".
"Hey, you're in charge," Jay said. "You decide how fast or slow we take this."
"Right now," Valerie said, "I just want to enjoy the park at night."
"I think I can do that," Jay agreed.
The two sat there for a while, enjoying the silence and each other's company.
Romantic scenes aren't really my thing, but I'm going to try my best with this relationship, as I think they deserve it.
I decided to reveal the identities of the Gold and Silver Rangers now (actually it was back in chapter 5 if you missed it before) because it's almost always been a mystery to both the viewer and characters, so I wanted to try it with the viewer/reader knowing but the characters not.
Until next time, May the Power Protect You!
