"Rides smooth," Brook said. "Yeah," Gaia sighed. "Nice paint job too," Brook added, "Nice, green." "Yeah," Gaia sighed. Brook looked up at her, "Are you still upset about keeping the car?" "No, maybe a little," Gaia said. "What did you tell your parents," Brook asked. "The truth, sort of," Gaia said. "Oh, no," Brook shook her head, "Bad Gaia, bad!" "What's bad about it," Gaia asked her. "What did they say," Brook asked. "What a nice gesture," Gaia said. "What exactly did you say," Broom questioned. "Uh, someone gave me a car," Gaia said. "Who do they think gave you the car," Brook questioned again. Gaia smiled shyly, "The others and you!" Brook shook her head, "For shame Gaia, for shame." They walked into the Rock-Porium and were greeted by Vida and Xander. "Hey, girls," Xander smiled. "Hi Xander," Brook waved. "Fellow green ranger," Xander held out a hand. "Hi Xander," Gaia shook his hand. "Whose car," Vida asked. "Gaia's," Brook said. "Your parents bought you a car," Vida exclaimed. "No, it was a valentines day gift," Brook said. "You got a valentines day gift," Vida said, "From who?" "Our high school quarterback," Brook said. "So, the high school quarterback huh," Vida thought. She put an arm around Gaia's shoulder. "Don't start," Gaia said, "He built me a car, my friends made me keep it, and it's bad enough I did!" "What did your parents say," Xander asked. "What a nice gesture, your friends bought you a car," Brook frowned. "You lied to them," Vida smiled. "No," Gaia said, "I said someone gave me a car, they just assumed who, an I didn't correct them in their mistake!" Xander laughed, "Right."
Lita and Jessica sat on a bench in the park. Jessy's dog Tike, a Scottish terrier, laid beside Lita's foot. "See any hot guys," Lita asked. "No," Jessy said. "Maybe we should've went to the gym or something," Lita said. "Guy," Jessy said. "Where," Lita looked took out her binoculars. "Jogging on the track," Jessica said. Lita turned in the direction Jessica was pointing. Binoculars over her eyes, she slowly moved them up and down. "That guy is fine!" Jessy now knew why none of her other friends wanted to hang out with Lita on a Sunday afternoon. "Uh, I'm gonna take Tike for a walk," Jessica told Lita. "Mm hmm," Lita mumbled, checking the guy out. Jessica grabbed the leash and walked onto the track. It was a pretty good time to check messages. She got one telling her she was fired(as usual), one from Anastasia saying have fun with Lita, and another one saying she owed her big sister twelve dollars. She put her phone in her back pocket then noticed someone jogging up behind her. "Hey," he waved. "Hi," Jessica waved back. When he jogged away out of hearing distance Jessy raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "Who the heck was that?" She turned around when she heard someone call her name. "Where did you go," Lita yelled, "I was worried sick!" "I'm ADHD, not a runaway 9 year old," Jessy smiled, "I told you I was going to walk Tike." "Oh," Lita said, "Who was that guy?" "I have no idea," Jessy said. Lita looked in his direction with the binoculars, he was talking to another guy. "Dreads back in a ponytail, with shoulders like that, must be built," Lita inspected, "Nice firm butt…" "Ok, that's enough," Jessy exclaimed.
"I don't understand," Nicole whined. "Baby, you'll get it," Jake said. "Liar!" Nicole laid back in the bed and threw a pillow at him. "Aww, Nic," Jake sat beside her, "Maybe it's your negative attitude that's making you fail." "Hey, I am the icon of positive, I ooze positivity!" "Ok, my beautiful, positive person, what's the square root of 100," Jake asked. "What the calculator says," Nicole answered. "Ok, let me ask another question," Jake smiled, "Why do you think you fail?" Nicole raised up for that one. "I hate the subject," Nicole said. "What do you hate about the subject," Jake asked. "I don't know. It's too much stuff to remember," Nicole said, "Distributive property, multiplicative inverse, and many, many, many more." Jake laughed and kissed her. "I think your problem is remembering and knowing," Jake said. "What do you mean," she asked. "Well, your just now getting fractions, and you have the slightest idea what the teacher is talking about now," Jake said, "You're the type of person where if you don't understand something, you put everything in hold until you get it. Then you move on afterward. That's what held you up I bet." "So what now," Nicole asked. "We get back to work," Jake said. Nicole threw another pillow at him.
The next day at school was nothing special, everyone went to any class they wanted to on those kinds of days. Kids ignored teachers, and teachers who had children that came, whether in the original class or no, didn't teach anything. Don't you wish you had a school like this? Lita sat there with the others reading a piece of paper. The others listened to Brook and Mallory in deep discussion. "This hotdog does look a little green," Brook admitted. "See, told you Anastasia," Mallory said. "You gonna eat it," Brook asked. "No," Mallory yelled, "You want it Ebony?" "No!" "What about you Jessy," Mallory asked. "The trashcan wants it more," Jessy pointed out. Mallory threw it away. Gaia leaned up against a wall, while everyone else stood around waiting for Ebony to open her locker. Lita was still interested in the paper. "What are we at your locker for," Brook asked. "Candy," Ebony replied simply. "What kind of candy," Nicole asked. "Skittles," Ebony said, "Regular, in a big bag." "Hand it over," Jessy demanded. "Eight bags, for eight people," Ebony handed them out. "Hey Gaia, you have an admirer," Anastasia aid. "Where," Gaia questioned. "Behind you," Mallory said. Gaia turned around and saw Lucas down the hall with some of his friends. He looked her way and licked his lips. Gaia quickly turned around, "Did he just lick his lips at me!" "Yeah, and still is," Nicole laughed. "Just forget about it," Ebony suggested. They all looked at Lita. It took her a while, but she finally noticed the stares she was getting. "At a loss for words," Anastasia asked. "What's up," Jessy questioned. "Well," Lita handed Brook the paper. "Oh no," Brook said. "Aww, come on," Lita said, "You know I ask every year!" "And every year we say no," Ebony said. "And every year you agree as long as you know that only two of you will be doing the biggest part," Lita whined. "Whose turn is it this time," Mallory asked. "Well, I already signed up Gaia, and Nicole," Lita smiled in their direction. "Aww, man," Nicole moaned. "You two are singing, and you have to pick a song, and perform it," Lita said, "A dance to it would be nice." "Thank you for the crap we've received," Nicole smiled sarcastically. "Your welcome," Lita said, "Oh, Nicole show some leg, and Gaia shake a little something because according too Luke's stares, you have something!" They all laughed and walked away leaving Nicole and Gaia with a frown. "Why do we agree to this crap," Nicole asked. "Because we're already sighed up, and we don't know where to sign off," Gaia said. "I'm not wearing a skirt," Nicole warned. "I'm wearing baggy pants," Gaia said.
Teratrog opened his eyes. He was lying down in the healing room of the lair. "What happened," he asked. "Rest brother," Hegatrog said. "Renatrog walked to his side. "Alatrog is plotting as we speak to get rid of the rangers." "I failed," Teratrog said. "Don't worry about it," Alatrog said. I will kill the rangers!"
"Ok, so what song are we gonna do," Gaia asked again. "Unbelievable," Nicole said, "All we have to do is take out the "F" word." "So who are we going to have perform the instrumental part," Gaia asked. "My brothers band," Nicole said, "They know that whole song by heart!" Lita walked in the room. "You girls got a song," Lita asked. "Yeah," Nicole said. "Got a dance," Lita asked. "Working on it," Gaia said. "Good, and remember to show and shake," Lita reminded. "Last time we showed and shook, I got grounded," Gaia said. "Well the guys enjoyed it," Lita said. "They were in the 8th grade," Nicole exclaimed. "So, they were attracted to us," Lita said. "We were in the 5th grade," Gaia exclaimed. "Oh yeah," Lita remembered, "Well we're older!" Lita walked out. Gaia shook her head and looked at Nicole. "Do you want something to drink," she asked, "We're going to be here for a while." Nicole handed her a dollar, "Lemon lime Gatorade." Gaia nodded and walked out the room.
Gaia walked down the stairs ignoring the true feeling that someone was following her. She walked towards the drink machine and someone stepped in front of her. "Hey, I don't normally see you here after school," Lucas smiled. "Yeah, I had to stay for the talent show thing," Gaia said. She noticed that Lucas was getting closer and she really didn't mind. "I wanna get to know you more," he smiled. "You told me that," Gaia said. He tugged on her shirt pulling her closer and kissed her lips. He broke it after a minute and looked into her green eyes. "How about we go out tomorrow night," Luke asked. "Well, I would, but things come up randomly for me," Gaia said, "Important things." "Ok, so how about we go anyway, and if something random shows up, you just leave," Luke suggested. "Well, I guess," Gaia thought. "Great," Lucas said, "The amusement park is opening all night until 2:00am now, so we could go there," he smiled. "Ok," Gaia said. "Great, dress casual, doesn't have to be fancy for an amusement park," Luke said. Gaia nodded. "I have to get back to practice," he smiled. He kissed her on the cheek and jogged back up the stairs.
Nicole laid her morpher belt on the table. She had just changed clothes so she could feel more comfortable. Her jeans were getting hot, and she didn't care too much for her long sleeved shirt. Gaia walked back in the room and looked at her. "Why am I not surprised," she asked. "Just give me my drink," Nicole laughed. Gaia tossed it to her and sat in a chair. "So, how are we going to come up with this dance," Gaia asked. "Well, how the song is, I was thinking we could do a dance for certain parts," Nicole said.
Alatrog stood beside the doorway where the green and white rangers were. He had to somehow get them to take off their belts so he could grab them. The white one was lying on the table. He looked around at the wall, who could he turn into? He looked at a picture of the eight on the wall. "Blue Birds Friendship Wall?" There was a picture of the two girls with six others. He morphed himself into one and walked in the room. "Hey Anastasia," Nicole waved. "Hi," Anastasia said,, "I need your morphers." "What, Kat wanna run some test on them or something," Nicole asked. "Yeah," Anastasia nodded. Nicole tossed her belt over and Gaia handed hers over. "I think Lita and the others are down stairs," Gaia said. Anastasia nodded and walked out. When Alatrog got out of sight, he changed into Nicole. Downstairs were Lita and the others just like Gaia said. "Hey Nikki," Jessy said with a big smile. "Hey," Nicole said. "I thought you didn't like anyone calling you Nikki," Lita said. Nicole just laughed, "Kat needs your morphers for a test." They handed them over. "Thanks," Nicole said. "Hey, what about that dance," Lita questioned. "Yeah, when I get back," Nicole said. Alatrog transformed back into himself when he got outside the school. "The color of the belt, represents the ranger color, and the buckle is what makes them transform into rangers." He threw the belts on the grond roughly making the belt buckles fall off. "Shoot, this is gonna be harder than expected."
Nicole and Gaia walked down stairs to the others. They both looked at Anastasia strangely and they to Nicole. "Weren't you giving our morphers to Kat for a scan," Gaia questioned. "No, Nicole said she was," Anastasia said. "Oh, crap," Ebony smacked her forehead. "Well, we gotta tell our trainers," Anastasia said. "No," Brook and Nicole yelled. "Jen will chew my head off," Brook whined. "Taylor will kick my butt from here to China," Nicole cried. "Why would we feel the need to do that," Jen asked. Taylor and Jen both stood arms folded across their chest, and questioning looks on their face. "Uh, we were tricked," Mallory said. "Tricked into or out of," Taylor said. "Into," Anastasia said. "Into what," Jen asked. "Well, someone who I swear to dog, looked like Anastasia took our belts saying Kat needed them for some test," Nicole said. "Dog," Jen questioned. "Switch the d an the g," Gaia said. "Oh," Jen said. "Then someone who looked like Nicole took our belts for the same reason," Ebony said. "Alatrog," Taylor said. "The only one who can morph into people," Jen said. "You aren't mad are you," Brook asked Jen. "Well, normally I would be, but not this time," Jen said. "Taylor," Nicole questioned. "Not yet, don't test me," Taylor said. "Okey dokey," Nicole smiled. "Can we please get our belts back now," Lita questioned. "Yeah," Ebony said, "He can't be too far away."
Alatrog put all the buckles back on a belt, not caring if they matched. He couldn't plant the bomb on the suits because he couldn't make the buckles morph. He frowned and stood up only to get punched back down. "Dang that hurt," Nicole shook her hand. "Give up the morphers and you won't get hurt," Anastasia said. Alatrog stood up, "You think you can take me?" Nicole punched him again. "There's my left hand," she said. Ebony leaped over Nicole and kicked him down. Alatrog smirked and disappeared.
"What the heck was that about," Ebony questioned. "I don't know, but I didn't like that smirk," Anastasia said. "Let's just go home and get some rest," Brook said. "Yeah," Anastasia agreed.
The next day felt weird. They didn't know why, but it did. After school, all of them except Gaia were sitting around under a tree. "I'm bored," Lita said. "I wish something exciting would happen," Jessica said. Luke walked over to them and stood there. "What's your deal dude," Nicole asked. "Just coming to you before you come after me," Lucas said. "Gutsy, but what for," Ebony asked. "The talk that you give any guy who asks one of your friends out," Lucas said. "Uh huh," Anastasia nodded, "Would you do so much as to remind us who?" "Gaia," he said. "What," Mallory exclaimed. "She didn't tell you," Luke questioned. "No," Nicole said. "But since you did, we're gonna talk to you anyway," Brook said. "You know the deal," Ebony said. "You hurt her, you hurt us," Brook said. "You wouldn't want to hurt us Luke," Lita said. "Because we will hurt you," Anastasia said. "And trust me, we can take you," Nicole smiled. "We have our eye on you," Mallory smirked, "Got it?" Lucas nodded, "Yeah." "Great," Jessy said, "Thank you for your time." "Your welcome," Luke said and walked away. "Why would Gaia not tell us," Anastasia questioned. "Well, we could wait for her to tell us, maybe she will now," Nicole said, "She's coming, act natural." "Not to natural," Ebony said to Lita. Lita stuck her tongue out. "Hey why are you all acting natural," Gaia asked. "See, when you act natural, people aren't supposed to be able to tell you're acting natural," Anastasia said. "Ok, forget I asked that question, lets just go," Gaia said.
Gaia was getting tired of ignoring stares. She pulled over the car and faced all of them. "What," she asked. "Nothing," Nicole said. "No, something," Gaia said, "What?" They all faced Lita, "She has something to tell you," Anastasia said. "And after she does, we want a full explanation," Mallory said. "Ok," Gaia raised and eyebrow of confusion. She turned to Lita. "Ok, Lucas came to us today, and told us that he asked you out, and I can't believe you kissed him," Lita blurted out. "He didn't tell us that," Ebony said. "I know, I read her mind," Lita said. "I didn't kiss him, he kissed me, and I thought I told you all of this," Gaia said. "You didn't," Brook exclaimed. "I think we would remember if you said something about Luke kissing you and you going out with him," Jessica exclaimed. "I didn't tell you," Gaia said. "No," they all said. "I remember telling you something," Gaia said. "Gaia, the only thing you told us is that we have a test tomorrow," Mallory said. "Oh," Gaia said with a big apologizing smile, "Sorry." "No problem," Lita said, "Need help with your outfit?" "I'm just gonna where something casual," Gaia said. "I can totally help," Lita smiled. "She said casual, not future hooker," Ebony said. Lita stuck her tongue out and Ebony smiled in return. Anastasia's phone started vibrating. She answered it. "Girls trouble," Trini said.
The girls hopped out the car and ran down to the beach. Tori was fighting off some Nanotrogs with Jen, Taylor, and Trini. "Come on, lets help them," Anastasia said. They ran down towards the battle and began fighting. Lita drop kicked one and jumped up. She dodged a hit from another and ducked as Gaia jumped over her and kicked it to the ground. "There's a lot of them," Jessy said as she kneed one in the chest. "I know," Ebony said. All eight girls stood side by side. "Ready," Anastasia asked. "Ready," they nodded. "Elemental force Morph!" They all immediately began fighting, but Taylor, Jen, Tori, and Trini noticed something wrong. "Did you guys see that," Jen asked. "Yeah," Tori nodded. "Taylor, call Nicole off," Jen said. "What, why," Taylor asked. "She reminds me of you, if anything, she will speak up, unlike the others who will continue fighting then back down," Jen said. Taylor nodded, "Nicole, retreat!" The red ranger landed on her feet, "What, why?" The red ranger turned their way every second she could waiting for a response. "Nicole's color isn't red is it," Trini questioned. "No," Taylor said. After the girls finished them off, they ran over to the trainers. "Why did you ask me to retreat," said an angry red ranger. "Because your not supposed to be the red ranger," Taylor mouthed back. "Take off your helmets girls," Tori said. "They won't come off," Lita said. "Ok then," Jen said. She picked up a stick and wrote in different places in the sand. "Stand by your name." Taylor took out a note pad and wrote their names on it, then the color that stood by the name. This is all off," Trini said. "Tell me about," Tori said, "Power down." They did as told and looked up at their trainers. "Ok, tell me if this is right," Taylor said, "Gold ranger, Mallory?" "No," Mallory said, "Red ranger!" "Blue ranger Gaia?" "No," Gaia said, "I am the green ranger." "Yellow ranger Brook?" "I'm the blue ranger," Brook said. "Black ranger Jessica?" "Gold ranger," Jessy said. "Anastasia, I doubt your the Green ranger." "I'm not," Anastasia said, "I'm yellow!" "Nicole, your not red." "No," Nicole said. "I highly doubt the Ebony is the pink ranger," Taylor said. "I don't wanna be pink," Ebony said, "I'm the black ranger." "Meaning that Lita is not the white ranger," Taylor said. "Nope," Lita said, "I'm pink." "Ok," Jen said, "Take off your belt buckles and hand them to the correct person." They struggled with the belts and then looked up at the trainers once more. "I'm glad we don't put these in belt loops," Lita said. "Why," Trini asked. "We can't get them off," Jessica said.
Back at the warehouse Kat and Hayley were examining the belts. "Nicole, stand still," Hayley said. "I can't stand still for a long time," Nicole whined. The ringing of a phone cut the conversation short. "I have the slightest idea whose number this is," Gaia said. "I'll answer it," Vida said. Gaia tossed her the phone. "Hello," Vida answered. "Hey," Lucas said, "Is this Gaia?" "She's doing something right now, but I can tell whatever to her," Vida said. "Tell her I might be a little late for our date," he said, "I have to change a tire." "Will do," Vida said. "Thanks," Lucas said and hung up. "Vida handed the phone back to Gaia. "A guy said that he might be a little late for your date because he has to change a tire." "What date, oh," Gaia remembered, "Well call him back and tell him I can't make it." "No way," Vida said, "This is like a social break through," Vida said, "I don't care if you do feel like aqua woman! No offense Brook." "But," Gaia started. "No buts, when Kat gets done with this scan, you will go on that date, and you will have fun!" "Done," Kat and Hayley said. "And," Lita asked. "We can get the belts off," Hayley said. "Then take it off," Nicole said, "Wait, that didn't come out right." "Well the thing is, it might take a few days," Kat said. "How many is a few," Ebony asked. "Maybe one day," Kat said. "Oh," Anastasia said, "I can deal." "Or 2 weeks," Hayley said. "I can't be mother earth that long," Anastasia said. "Hey," Gaia frowned. "No offense of course," Anastasia smiled at Gaia. Hayley shook her head, "Ok, go about your business, while we work on getting the belts off."