David hadn't been too surprised when he received an official invitation to the grand pre-opening of Power Ranger World. He knew that TJ Johnson and his team had been consultants on the project, as the owners wanted to properly represent the power rangers and their history. Although he had a feeling that his sister-in-law hadn't appreciated the fact that the one ride was a little bit too historically accurate, or maybe it was a little exaggerated, he didn't really know what was going on there, and he knew better not to ask a power ranger if they actually fainted.
The teenage boy that mistook him for his brother was another story. Before Tommy cut his hair, yes he could see them getting mixed up, but after, no. Unless someone assumed he had gotten a haircut when seeing Tommy, there was no way that someone who he didn't know, but knew Tommy could mistake him for him. Unless they weren't playing with a full deck of cards. Which probably meant that he was a black or maybe green ranger, however, he was wearing a red t-shirt, did that mean he was a red ranger. Or, he figured he could just be a random person.
He glanced around the park, now that he knew for a fact that his brother was there, he had assumed he would be there due to his connections to the power rangers, but now he knew for sure, maybe he should call him.
"Mr. Cormier nearly fainted when he learned that I got invited to attend the grand pre-opening before it opened for the public. We're getting the inside scoop before others can get in here. Plus he wants us to interview at least one of the power rangers, he doesn't really care which one," a teenager that looked to just be out of high school or thereabouts walked by flipping her long blonde hair over her shoulder as she talked to a boy carrying around a camera.
"We can talk to Dr. O," the boy exclaimed, "Heck we can even interview him, he's a power ranger."
"No we can't," the girl insisted, "We promised Dr. O and the others that we will keep their identities secret. Don't you think Mr. Cormier would find it suspicious that I scored an interview with a member of the Dino Thunder Team?"
David walked up to them, "You might want to keep it down, my brother doesn't like people learning that he's a power ranger, he has enough problems with younger rangers fangirling without having to deal with normal fans as well."
Cassidy and Devin looked at each other, before Cassidy asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing," David insisted as another young man dressed in blue ran up to him.
"Hey, Devin, Cassidy, have you seen Dr. O?" a blue-clad African American asked, rounding the corner, jogging up to the two, "I really need to ask him a question."
"We need to talk to him too," Cassidy insisted, "Mr. Cormier wants us to do an interview with one of the power rangers, and well, we were hoping that he could set us up. He seems to know a lot of Power Rangers."
"Well he should, he's like the big guy in the power ranger world," Ethan said, "You should ride the ride about the original green ranger, it doesn't look like him, but that's all about Dr. O, that's what I want to talk to him about."
David had gone on that ride himself and had a feeling that he knew what this kid's question was. He certainly knew that his brother was a power ranger. He stepped forward clearing his throat, "If this is about the pink ranger, I suggest that you not ask my brother."
"Dr. O has a brother?" Ethan demanded, looking at his schoolmates, "You spend all school year fighting beside a guy and think you know him and he turns out to have a wife and brother, next thing you know he's a father as well."
David shook his head, no not children, he had a hard time keeping up with his brother, he couldn't handle mini Tommys or worse Mini Kims.
"David is that you?" a voice called out as someone thumped him on his back, "I haven't seen you in years, what's happening?"
"Not much," David confessed, turning to face his younger brother's teammate, Adam if he was remembering correctly, he hadn't really interacted with them since he left for college, back when they were still in high school, "Just you know, work and helping Grandfather, you?"
"I've opened my own dojo," Adam explained, "I'm also married, Tanya, remember her, she was yellow, yeah, we got married about a year ago, we have a toddler, a little girl named Summer, she's a cutie. Would you like to see a picture, Tanya took her back to the hotel for a nap."
David pressed his fingers against his forehead again, maybe he should talk to a doctor about his headaches, yeah, he should make an appointment, "That's great Adam." he said, why did all of the power rangers be so much better off than he. Married, good jobs, children. Maybe he should have been a power ranger.
Just then a green-clad man ran over, "Dude you have to protect me from her," he pleaded.
"What's going on?" Adam asked.
"I don't know, all I know is that Kimberly Oliver is mad at me."
"Joel," Adam said, slowly, "I don't know what you did to Kim, but if you got on her bad side, I'm staying out of it."
"But," Joel gasped, "I thought you were like immune to her stare or something, you're a teammate."
David chuckled, "Even my brother isn't immune to her stare, and he's married to her."
"Wait," Joel said, giving him a hard look, "You aren't Tommy Oliver?"
"No, I'm his brother, David Trueheart," David sighed, "Tommy has short hair, I have long. It isn't that hard to tell us apart."
"Trust me," Adam said, "it is quite easy to tell Tommy and David apart now that Tommy's cut his hair."
"Wait, so he really did have long hair?" Ethan asked.
"Didn't you hack into his video diaries?" Adam asked.
"No, well, maybe?" Ethan said, "But those diaries leave out major information."
"That's because they are a record of the power rangers, not my personal diary," a voice said behind them, before adding, "I see someone warned you that Kim was in a mood."
"What did I do?" Joel whined.
Tommy shrugged, "It has something to do with a bunch of single ladies and Zack."
"If Zack reveals his identity, I'm blaming you," Kim announced glaring at Joel, before sending a beaming smile at Adam, "Hello Adam, how's Summer?"
"Getting bigger every day," Adam announced, giving Tommy a weird look, Kim never, ever, ever, ever bounced from one emotion to another faster than it took to blink. That's why she was so scary, once she's mad it takes a while for her to calm down.
Tommy shrugged, what was he supposed to do, Kim was having really random mood swings and everyone was noticing. Keep this up and everyone was going to find out what was going on, and he did not want to deal with his teammates teasing him.
Joel glanced at Tommy, he hadn't actually met the famous ranger, sure he had got glimpses of him, but as a green ranger instead of a red ranger, he didn't do much work with him. He examined him with a careful eye, wondering what the big deal was with this man.
Tommy arched an eyebrow as Kim asked, "Seriously, you freaked out because you heard a rumor that I was mad at you, yet you don't see what the big deal is with Tommy?"
Joel felt his face heat up, did he say that last part out loud, "Carter told me some horror stories about you," he confessed, "You were really mad about the mission to the moon."
"You mean the Red Rangers, let's sneak off without telling our wives that we're risking our lives to save the world without any backup?" Kimberly asked, eyes flashing.
Tommy groaned, "Great Joel, now she's mad at me, I'm going to end up sleeping on the couch tonight."
"No you won't Tommy," Kim assured him, "We're going to your parents for dinner, remember, I can just leave you there."
Adam looked at Kim in concern before pulling Tommy to the side, David following close behind him.
"Is Kim okay?" David asked.
"Yes, why?"
"She's acting more temperamental than a yellow ranger," Adam announced, "And this from a man who married one."
"She's just still a little upset about what happened last night," Tommy insisted.
"You sure," David asked, "Because Grandfather mentioned something about me becoming an uncle soon."
Tommy pressed his lips together in a thin line, "We forgot about Sam," he muttered. How could he forget about his grandfather, who seemed to know everything about everything? There was no way to fool him, and of course, his brother would talk to him on a regular basis to the point that he would mention the pregnancy.
"Wait what?" Adam cried out, "You mean..."
"We don't really want everyone to know until I'm further along," Kim confessed, giving her brother-in-law and former teammate a fierce glare, "So not a word to anyone Adam Park, or I'll have to think of a suitable punishment for you."
Adam took a couple of steps back, knowing that he would need to be quiet about this, "Fine, but don't get mad once Rocky and Jason find out. You know perfectly well what those two can be like when there's a pregnant woman around."
"Not really," Tommy said, "We moved away from Angel Grove to get away from some of the craziness that follows multiple power rangers around when they are together."
Just then Ethan cleared his throat, "I was going to ask you, Dr. O, are there supposed to be people walking around in costumes because I just saw a golden monkey guy by the Power Ranger Emporium."
"They might have people in costumes," Tommy admitted, "I'll talk to TJ about it. It probably will be okay with normal guests, but with our special guests, we don't want any of their workers getting hurt."
Ethan nodded, before turning to David, "I'm not that stupid as to ask Dr. O if Mrs. O actually passed out when he revealed that he was the white ranger. She's scary as heck when mad. She once beheaded a tyrannodrone with a kick, in a formal dress!"
David and Adam looked at each other before shrugging, "Sounds about right," they said in perfect harmony.