It felt like a plotline out of one of Dustin's comic books. And, in truth, it was.
Power Rangers!
Yesterday, it was just the latest sci-fi fad, and now, she was the Blue Wind Ranger, taking orders from a talking guinea pig and his (geeky) son. Okay, so the guinea pig was actually her Sensei, but still.
If this didn't scream "crazy" and "silly," she didn't know what did.
"Dude, can you believe this?" she could hear Dustin's excited chatter behind her, as he and Shane followed her off the grounds. "It's like so totally cool, dontcha think, Tori?" Tori shook her head in grim amusement as he threw an arm around her shoulders.
"Whatever," she mumbled, rolling her eyes. "Like, this will totally be a dream in the morning, just you wait. Power Rangers," she scoffed. Parts of her wanted to runaway and forget about everything that had happened.
She wanted everything to go back to normal - Sensei being human, Cam rolling his eyes at them being late every day (okay, that would never change, but still), Dustin being predictably airheaded (again, that would probably not change), and Shane always being the one to smooth down any argument between Dustin and herself.
"Well..." Shane trotted up to Tori's other side, slinging his own arm around her waist, "I think this is real, Tor. No dream, this time." His voice was serious, but his smile was light and cheerful. "Besides, could even *you* cook up something this wild?"
Tori sighed. Shane had a point, she supposed, and those baddies... Okay, maybe not a dream. At least not *her* dream. "This reminds me of the stories Dustin will tell when he's hyped up on Coke," she remarked, glancing sideways at the newest Yellow Wind Ranger.
There was a moment of silence, before Dustin gave a belated "Hey!"
Tori and Shane looked at each other silently before sharing a quick laugh.
"Don't worry, Tori," Shane said, and squeezed her waist gently. "Nothing will be able to keep me down for long, so you don't have to worry about you and Dustin."
They reached her van before she could comment about Shane's statement. She watched them climb inside, bickering the whole time about who got shotgun (Shane, as always, won.)
Power Rangers, huh?
Well, at least it wouldn't be boring.