Ava was still in her jail cell. Everything was still calm and silent. She was thinking about what Ziggy said about friendship. She hasn't had friends for over a year. Maybe she shouldn't have said that to Ziggy. But what was Dillon thinking? When Ava said she had no friends, Dillon stopped eating and looked at her. Ava's thoughts were interrupted when one of the policemen told her to follow them.
"Now what?" Ava thought. She followed them. Then she was joined by Ziggy. Ziggy seemed happy and excited.
"What's going on?" Ava asked
"We're being bailed out by the Power Rangers." Ziggy said. Ava nodded. She ignored Ziggy as he annoyed to the criminals by telling them who bailed him out. Soon, they were face to face with the rangers and Dillon. Ziggy shook hands with the yellow ranger and went to hug the blue ranger. The Yellow Ranger looked at Ava.
"Hi, My name is Summer. And you are?" Summer asked
"I'm Ava. Why did you bail Ziggy and me out?" Ava asked
"You have to ask Dillon." Summer said. Ava looked at Dillon, who was talking to the red ranger, Scott. She couldn't make out what they were saying.
"Uh, ok, one good reason we're bringing this guy with us?" Scott asked
"He can make shadow puppets." Dillon said. Scott couldn't believe what Dillon just said, but went on to the next question.
"And the girl?" Scott asked
"I saw a green and purple ranger suit. She can be your next ranger." Dillon said
"You're not serious." Scott said
"I'm serious. And her name is Ava." Dillon said. Later, Ava knew the names of the rangers and followed them to their base. A garage. When she walked inside, Ava liked what she saw. Then Ava saw a well-shaped K on a screen, which Ava was guessing was the brains behind the Ranger technology. She followed the rangers to their lab. Then Dillon morphed into a black ranger.
"So, he's one of them now. He does look cool in his uniform though." Ava thought. Then the others morphed into their ranger suits. Ava was sitting on a chair with her bag next to her. The police gave it back to her before leaving with the rangers. Ziggy was eating popcorn while the whole morphing happened. Then Ziggy stood up clapping.
"Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. That has got to be the coolest thing I've ever seen in my—wait, wait, wait." Ziggy said. He put down his popcorn and took out his phone.
"Don't move. Hold that pose. It's perfect." Ziggy said. The rangers awkwardly got into a pose for the picture. Ziggy took the picture.
"Oh no. This is embarrassing." Ziggy said. He wanted to take another picture. Ava rolled her eyes.
"He's right. This is embarrassing, for him though." Ava thought. Dr. K cleared her throat to get their attention. But if she was a computer screen, how could she clear her throat? Ava ignored that thought.
"Oh, I'm kind of, uh- I'm ruining the special ranger moment here, aren't I? Maybe stepping on tradition just… just a bit. Totally cool. I understand. Just pretend like I'm not here." Ziggy said. Ziggy began to walk back to his seat, but came back up again.
"There is one thing I gotta know." Ziggy said
"Oh no. This isn't gonna end well." Ava thought
"Mm-hmm?" Dr. K was getting a bit annoyed.
"What's with the spandex?" Ziggy asked. Moments later, Ziggy was cleaning the floor with a bucket and a toothbrush. Ava stood above him.
"Talk about sensitive." Ziggy mumbled. Then Summer came walking by.
"Would it be a cliché for me to point out that you missed a spot?" Dr. K asked. Summer and Ava smiled and Ziggy did too, for some reason.
"Ava, can I talk to you?" Summer asked. Ava looked at her, looked at Ziggy, then back to Summer.
"In a moment." Ava said
"Ok, I'll be by Scott's car." Summer said before walking away. Ava looked down at Ziggy.
"Hey, Ziggy, at the prison, I'm sorry that I rejected your friendship. It's just been hard for me since Venjix took over. If the offer is still there, I would like to be your friend." Ava said. Ziggy stopped scrubbing the floor and looked up at Ava.
"It's ok, Ava. Not many people have had it easy since Venjix took over. I'm glad we can be friends now." Ziggy said. Ava smiled.
"Me too." Ava said. Ziggy smiled at her before continuing to scrub the floor. Ava walked over to Summer.
"Hey." Ava said
"Hey, now that you're with us and you have no home to go to, there's an extra bedroom next to mine. You wanna take it?" Summer asked
"Umm, it's ok if you don't want me here. I can just leave. I have my bag with me and I can go." Ava said
"No, it's not that. I'm actually glad that there's another girl here. It was getting quite boring with nobody to talk about girl drama." Summer said. They both laughed.
"Well, you are offering me a place to sleep and it'll be rude if I reject." Ava said
"Great. You won't regret this." Summer said
"I don't think I will. Thanks again for the room." Ava said
"Well, what are friends for?" Summer said. Ava's smile went down.
"Friends, yeah." Ava said
"Are you ok?" Summer asked
"Yeah. It's just been a while since I had friends. The ones I had aren't here." Ava said
"I'm sorry. Are you sure no one survived? What about your family?" Summer asked
"All gone. No one left." Ava said
"You have me. You have Scott, Flynn, Dr. K, Ziggy, and Dillon." Summer said. Ava's smile returned when Summer said all those names.
"Thanks, Summer. It's nice to have friends again." Ava said
"I know it is. Come follow me to your room." Summer said. She led Ava to the door of her new room. Summer's door was to the right.
"Here's your room. It's been a long day and I'm sure you're tired. I'll let you get settled. Bye." Summer said
"Thanks Summer. Bye." Ava said. Summer went inside her room. Before Ava could open the door to her room, she heard a nice lullaby echoing in the garage. She looked in the direction the music was coming from. She saw Dillon and noticed an object in Dillon's hand that played that melody. Ava's eyes connected with Dillon's for a moment. Dillon closed his music playing watch and left to his room. Ava went inside her room. Her eyes widened. Everything was purple.
"This must be the room for the purple ranger." Ava thought. She put her bag down next to the bed.
"I guess this is my new life, for now." Ava said to herself. Then she heard a car engine start. Ava left her bag and opened the door. She saw Dillon in Scott's car, which he probably hotwired. Ziggy stood near the car, trying to talk Dillon into staying. But it wasn't enough. Dillon drove out and away from the garage. Ava walked down the stairs.
"Ziggy, what happened?" Ava asked
"He asked me for a way out of the city. I told him and he just left." Ziggy said. He sat down on a stair step.
"He'll come back." Ava said
"How do you know that?" Ziggy asked
"I don't. I just have faith." Ava said
"If you have faith in Dillon, I have faith in him too." Ziggy said. Ava nodded and went back to her room. She changed into a thin-strapped white shirt, black leggings, and went to sleep.
Next day
Ava woke up a bit earlier than the others. She took out some clean clothes and changed. Ava took a brush from her bag and brushed her hair. Ava looked at herself in the mirror in her room. Ava is wearing a dark purple short-sleeved shirt with words in black that say 'Rebel', skinny jeans, slip on shoes, and her black jacket around her waist. Ava let her hair loose, reaching her mid back, instead of a ponytail. Ava fixed her bed to make it look neat and put away her brush back inside her bag. Ava walked out of the room and down the stairs. Ava saw Ziggy on the same step he was on yesterday, when Dillon left.
"Ziggy, did you get any sleep?" Ava asked
"I slept here. I waited for Dillon to come back." Ziggy said
"He will come back. You just gotta be patient." Ava said
"How do you hold on to hope?" Ziggy asked. Ava didn't expect that question to pop up.
"Well, uh, if I'm being honest, I've been asking myself that question for a year now. I just know that if there's something to grab, grab it and never let go." Ava said. Ziggy nodded. He was going to keep his hopes up. Suddenly, an alarm went off. Flynn, Scott, and Summer came down the stairs as fast as they could. They wore the same clothes as yesterday, but clean. Dr. K was talking.
"Some kind of substance dispersed from inside the city is disrupting the shield frequency." Dr. K said. Scott noticed that his car wasn't there and complained. Summer noticed that is was Dillon who took Scott's car and left. They eventually left to fight whatever attack bot Venjix made that came through the barrier. Ava and Ziggy went inside the ranger lab. They could listen to the fight go on from a screen. The screen had three columns that were red, blue, and yellow. They were decreasing, which meant the rangers were running out of power.
"They're in trouble." Ziggy said. Ziggy went to the screen where Dr. K was on. Ava stayed looking at the decreasing columns.
"What do we do?" Ziggy asked. Dr. K didn't respond.
"Uh, guys?" Ava called. The columns were going dangerously low. Ziggy looked at the screen, then back to Dr. K.
"Doc, can you tap me into the feed for this radio transmission?" Ziggy asked
"Don't ever call me 'Doc.'" Dr. K said
"Just tell me how to do it. I- I want Dillon to hear." Ziggy said
"And the voices of the rangers will convince him to help them. Dr. K, please tell him how to do it." Ava said. Dr. K began explaining to Ziggy how to tap into the feed for the radio transmission. Ziggy did everything Dr. K said. Ziggy plugged in the final plug.
"That should do it." Ziggy said. Minutes later, a black column showed up at the screen.
"Dillon came." Ziggy said
"I knew he would." Ava said. Now that Dillon was back, all Ava and Ziggy could do was listen to the fight. Then the rangers won.
"They did it." Ava said. Ziggy got too excited and tried to high five Dr. K, but Dr. K told him to stop and Ziggy realized that Dr. K was a computer screen. Ave smiled knowing that Dillon was going to stay and fight for Corinth. Ziggy went to high five Ava, and she high fived him back. Ava had one last thought.
"From here on out, nothing will be the same again. But that's a good thing because at least I know that I won't be alone."