The Phoenix Series
Lightspeed Rescue: The Phoenix Prophecy
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Author's Note: Sorry for the late update. But Sabrina is back.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OCs and anything unrecognizable.
Black Phoenix
Epilogue
"Ethan James!" Sabrina yelled, as she skidded to a halt outside of Rescue Ops, only to find her former team-mate standing in front of one of the main computers staring at it like he was in a whole different world. The red her smirked as she approached her friend and waved her hand in front of his face...he didnt respond. "Helloooo...Ethan!" she whined in his ear, again he didnt respond. Rolling her eyes she snapped her fingers in front of his face and watched as he snapped out of his dream-like state "Dude! You need to get yourself a girlfriend!" she giggled.
Ethan glowered at her "Shut up!" he told her "I already have a girlfriend"
"Yeah?" the red head asked "Hopefully she doesnt have a Hard drive and certain amount of RAM!" she teased, before grabbing his hand "C'mon! Tommy is ready to leave"
"But I wanna stay!" the former Blue Dino ranger whined, as he was pulled out of Rescue Ops by his friend "Please, Bree...let me stay!"
Sabrina stared at him like he was crazy "Dude! What are you? 5-years-old?"
He glared at her "Come on; you never wrote back to me about slipping me some Lightspeed information -"
"'Cause I like my job," she responded "No; if you had some self-control then maybe...just maybe, you could stay. But dude, im sorry. I just cant trust you"
He frowned "But Cam's staying," he argued "and he -"
"Has more self control," Sabrina reminded him "that and he is dating my sister...so I can just set Leanne on him" she explained "Besides, Uncle Tommy has a special project for you." she told him, as they walked down the corridor of the Aquabase, back to the transport bay where she was sure the others were grouping ready to say goodbye. A select few were staying in Mariner Bay for a couple of days; Tori, Dustin and Marah obviously were staying because of the shop; Cam and Leanne were staying for a few days vacation seeing as there wasnt much else to do at the Thunder Academy anymore, and anyway, it wasnt often anymore that they got to spend time with their little spitfire. Also Angela had offered Cam to stay because she wanted his opinion on the Zord designs.
This left Leanne and Sabrina open to some sisterly bonding and training.
As for the Dino Rangers, Tommy was returning to Reefside because he had work, and he had promised Kat that he would give her a full update on what had happened with Sabrina. Apparently she had been terrified when the call had come in and had wanted to come with the former Black ranger to save her neice; but she had been called into work. Of course Sabrina didnt hold it against her and had promised her uncle that she would call often just to let him know that she was doing okay. Ethan was going back to help Tommy fix up the Dino Lab, which was still destroyed, even after all these months.
"What does he want me to do?" Ethan questioned, cutting through Sabrina's thoughts
The red head frowned "Huh?" she asked, confused
"What does your uncle want me to do?" Ethan asked "You know the special project"
"Oh!" Sabrina exclaimed "Yeah. Sorry. Uh...he wants you to fix up the computers. You know recover the data from them, maybe one day, when Rangers everywhere are finally able to reveal who they are to the world -"
Ethan smirked "Fat chance"
"That's what I said" she nodded "Anyway, maybe we could use the data as a History lesson. You know? It would be nice for past and future teams to come and talk to others just like themselves. Exchange stories or something. Help each other out and show that your not alone in carrying the burden of protecting the Earth; and to find out what it truely means to be a Ranger!"
The former Blue Ranger grinned "Sounds like a challenge"
"That's why he picked you," she responded "he knows how much you like a challenge"
Finally they reached the Transport Bay where Tommy was readying himself to leave; he had already been thanked for his help from Captain Mitchell and been bid goodbye by the Lightspeed Rescue rangers as well as the Ninja rangers and former Dino Rangers. He was just waiting for his niece and ex-student to arrive and then he would be on his way. "There you are!" he smiled, as the red head in question re-appeared, tugging a complaining Ethan by his hand "What took you so long? I have to go!"
"Not without the Prince of Codes," Sabrina smiled
"King!" Ethan corrected "King of Codes"
Sabrina frowned at him "See him?" she pointed at Cam, who was standing opposite her beside Leanne "Yeah? He's the King of Codes!"
Cam smiled bashfully at his friend as Ethan scowled "Okay, im going" the boy in blue huffed "But you owe me"
"When I come home," Sabrina nodded, hugging him tightly "we'll do something...that doesnt include computers" she added, she smiled and stepped away from the Blue ranger as she turned to her Uncle and hugged him tighter than she had hugged Ethan. "Im gonna miss you" she mumured.
Tommy smiled as he pulled out of the hug "Aw Firebird," he smiled using her nickname "My offer's still open. Call me anytime. Okay?"
"Yeah" she nodded, stepping back and falling into the space beside her mother and Hunter "Bye guys. Be careful" and climbing into Tommy's jeep; the lift was lowered down before disappearing from view and the former Black and Blue Dino Rangers disappeared from the Aquabase and began their return to Reefside.
-Scene-
With Tommy and Ethan returning to Reefside; Sabrina and the others heading out to the opening for Storm Charges: Mariner Bay. Hayley found herself in the Aquabase lab with Angela, the two hadnt spoken since Hayley's little explosion about her daughter's Phoenix problem being Angela's fault and decided that it was better to apologize than to let any more problems come between the old friends. It was true that Hayley was a more of a brainiac at the whole IT concept than Angela but that didnt mean she had be a sore winner, Angela had done everything to help Sabrina since she had first come to Mariner Bay and Hayley owed the other woman her thanks; it was no one's fault that the Phoenix had risen, Angela didnt know about the Phoenix as much as she would have liked too. It was the type of creature that surprised you bringing about different things each time it rose. Not even she, Hayley, the mother of the Phoenix protector knew everything there was to know about the beast inside her daughter.
So that was why, if anyone had been looking for the older red head, she would have found her in Angela's lab as the younger woman looked over her research and other various items she had ready for her viewing. "Angela?" Hayley asked, quietly approaching the younger woman "I owe you an apology. You were right, it wasnt your fault that the Phoenix tried to take over Sabrina, it was no ones fault. Except maybe the demons...but it was wrong of me to take my fear out on you." she explained "Its just Sabrina is everything to me and watching her get taken over by the thing that could most likely be the en dof her is well...nervewracking, I dont want to lose her." she sighed "But that doesnt given me the right to take my fear and frustration out on you"
Angela; who dropped her work mid-way, turned to her old friend "Hayley, I understand" she smiled "Okay I dont have a daughter or any children for that matter. But I understand how protective you are of Sabrina. She's a great kid, and trust me when I said she is protected" she smiled "I dont think I've seen someone as protective of their girlfriend as I have seen Hunter around Sabrina"
Hayley smiled and nodded "Yeah. He gets like that" she smiled "But, this isnt about them. Its about me...apologizing to you. Im sorry"
"Apology accepted," Angela nodded, before she turned to another member of her team as he approached her with the new schematics of the Dash Rescue Zord and the Phoenix Zord. She shook her head at the blue prints "No, that wont work" she told him "We have to be able to control one or the other from inside the cockpit"
Hayley frowned "Problem?" she asked
"A little," Angela nodded "We're trying to upgrade Sabrina's new Zord; the Dash Rescue" she pointed at the machine on the computer screen "We already configured it so it is possible for the Phoenix Zord to fit inside the carrier it has. Sabrina's protective of her Phoenix."
"Oh yeah," Hayley nodded "Went through alot to obtain it"
Angela nodded "So I hear. Time travel? Complicated stuff"
Hayley chuckled "So what problems do you have?" she questioned "Maybe I can help; I mean I did create the two old morphers of Sabrina's, her Ninja Morpher and I created all the Dino Morphers. And whatever else they used when they were fighting Mesogog. Computer science is my job."
"Hmm," Angela pondered "You know; maybe you could help" and she set to work explaining the properties of the new configuration for the Dash Rescue.
-Scene-
"Jealous!" Sabrina teased, as Hunter pushed his bike towards the starting point at the track, Blake was already there waiting for his brother and the other racers who were setting up. What a better way to kick off the opening that with a race with the Bradley Brothers, although one was more famous than the other, no one seemed to care. "Your so jealous, that your baby brother has a bigger name than you do!"
"Do not!" Hunter pouted; looking back at his girlfriend who approached him with Tori "Im just as good," he smirked "even a little better"
Blake exchanged looks with both Sabrina and Tori, before the three laughed at Hunter's attempts to regain some dignity "Keep telling yerself, bro" the Navy clad rider chuckled, patting his brother's shoulder. Hunter frowned and looked between them, before scowling at Sabrina.
"What?" she asked, before sighing "Okay, guys knock it off!" she told the other two "Leave him alone while he still has his pride" and she kissed him as the other riders started to appear for the first race "Good luck," she wished him "I gotta bail! Im meeting Leanne at the beach, we're going finish some training"
The others nodded promising to meet her at the beach later, the red head nodded and took off as Blake and Hunter prepared for the race and Tori returned to Marah who was wishing Dustin luck before he headed off for the trick ramp. "Sabrina gone?" Marah asked. Tori nodded. "We meeting her at the beach later?"
"Yeah," Tori nodded "She's training with Leanne first, you know how Leanne is about training. So I wouldnt advise interrupting it. We'll finish up here, head back to the store and then to the beach. I gotta uphold my end of the bargin with some surfing techniques for the opening and then I think we're free for the rest of the afternoon and evening."
Marah nodded "Question? What are we doing tonight?" she knew that they were meeting up with Sabrina and the Lightspeed Rangers, but the actually activities for that evening hadnt exactly been discussed.
"Dunno," Tori shrugged "I guess we'll just take it as it comes"
Marah nodded and returned her attention to the race that had began; Hunter and Blake were ripping up the track...although that was expected.
-Scene-
Leanne aimed a high kick at Sabrina, but the younger red head blocked the attack.
Sabrina countered with a sweep, but Leanne jumped up and flipped over to avoid the attack; when the teen landed; she and Leanne fought effectively with one another, until Sabrina jumped up and flipped over to avoid a punch to the stomach and when she landed she flipped over a number of times as Leanne continued to attack. Landing permenantly the younger red head, caught her friends fists and jumped over her as she twisted Leanne's arms behind her back; the older red head struggled in her bind before jumping up and over Sabrina to unbind her arms, but the younger red head was ready for the counter attack and spun around aiming a punch to the stomach. Unprepared for the attack, Leanne stumbled backwards holding her stomach.
"How -" she started, but cut off as Sabrina smirked
"Did I know?" Sabrina asked "Simple. You tried to take me from behind; you jumped over me thinking I would try to unbind myself and that would leave me wide open to attack" she shook her head "Leanne, come on, I've been a ranger three times! I know just about every trick in the book! Im not stupid..."
Leanne smirked "Your a fast learner" she commented
"You're figuring that out now?" Sabrina asked
Shaking her head Leanne recovered and run at Sabrina, the two met halfway and fought in perfect sync with one another. Grabbing Sabrina's wrists and crossing them over one another Leanne managed to flip Sabrina sideways, but the Scarlet Ranger landed back on her feet and tried for another sweep. Leanne fell taking Sabrina with her, the two landed with a thump on the sand before rolling back to their feet. Leanne then punched the younger red head in the stomach sending her stumbling backwards; before Sabrina regained her footing and kicked Leanne who advanced on her.
"Your getting slower Sabrina," the older red head taunted "Come on! You can do better than this! I know you can!"
Glaring at her older sister, Sabrina clenched her hands tightly into fists and jumped into the air, kicking at nothing as she flew at Leanne. The older red head grinned, as she spun away to avoid getting hit and pounced the second Sabrina landed. The younger red head dodged and blocked as she countered with her own attacks, giving Leanne a satisfied smirk as she managed to get Sabrina to fight at the correct level. "In coming!" Sabrina yelled as she jumped up and flipped over the heads of the Lightspeed rangers that had started to arrive; Ryan and Dana were the first, followed by Kelsey and Chad who had their surf-boards and Joel bringing up the rear as he looked around for the girls he had been flirting with before the attack on Sabrina went down.
Landing behind her friends, Sabrina looked up as Leanne followed her and the training exercise continued, but was ended quickly as Leanne caught Sabrina's wrists and twisted them painfully behind her back; the younger red head cried out before kicking back and knocking her teacher away from her. Shaking her wrists as she felt them start to heal, she growled inwardly, blocked a kick to the shoulder and countered with a spin-kick to Leanne, sending her rolling across the sand.
"And the student becomes the master," Sabrina declared, a smirk on her face as Leanne sighed and flopped onto her back in the sand.
"Yeah, yeah" Leanne smirked, as she rolled over into a sitting position and held her hands out to Sabrina, the younger red head pulled her back up onto her feet, before leaving go so that Leanne couldnt sneak an attack when Sabrina wasnt expecting it. "Your getting faster," she complimented
Sabrina nodded "Three ranger teams," she answered "I've picked up new skills since the beginning of this Ranger adventure"
Leanne chuckled and gave her student a one-armed hug as they turned to the Lightspeed Rangers who had been wanting the last few moments of the exercise "Remember me telling you I was still in training?" Sabrina asked them. They nodded. "Yeah; that was part of it" she answered "That reminds me...when do I get to Graduate?"
"When you return to the Wind Academy," Cam answered, approaching Sabrina and Leanne and placing his arms around both the Red heads "and you defeat me..."
Sabrina smirked as she looked down at the arm of Cam's that was wrapped around her shoulder, with the swiftness of a cheetah, she gripped his wrist and spun underneath his arm. She twisted his wrist and kicked at the back of his knees. The former Samurai groaned as he landed on his knees falling forward onto one hand as Sabrina held his twisted hand to his back and leaned over his shoulder "Like that?" she asked with a smile.
Leanne chuckled as Sabrina let her boyfriend go and Cam got back to his feet, shaking his hand and clenching his fingers as he eased the pain that throbbed through his wrist "Damn Sabrina," he complained
"I told you she was getting faster," Leanne chuckled, patting Cam's shoulder "You should have listened"
"Yeah Cam" Sabrina smirked, before running off towards the Lightspeed rangers; she stole the Frisbee from Joel and jumped into the air and threw the circular disk watching as it flew over the net, Ryan jumped up to catch it but was knocked aside as Carter appeared, catching the disc and landing back in the sand. "Dude!" the red head exclaimed ducking under the net and stopping beside Dana and Ryan as the others joined them and stared in disbelief at their Red ranger "What are you doing here?"
Carter frowned "Well, its my day off too!" he told her
"So you mean..." Dana started "You're actually here to have fun?"
"What? And you don't think I can?"
The team exchanged looks as Cam, Leanne; and the newly arrived Kira and Connor watched in amusement from the sidelines.
"No!" the Lightspeed team answered at once, and was met by a spray of water from the water gun, Joel had packed. The team shrieked, as Carter laughed at their attempts to evade the water.
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After a while every ranger both Former and current were present at the beach, the new Storm Charges stood proudly behind them as Tori descended from the store and back onto the beach carrying a soccer ball which she tossed at Sabrina the second the red head was in view "Thanks Tor!" Sabrina exclaimed, turning and running off to find Connor "Dude! Come on!" she cried as the former Red Dino Ranger raced off down the beach after her, Sabrina dropped the ball onto the ground and Connor to take it from her as he headed for already made up goal posts on either side of the makeshift sand pitch.
"Now you get to decide who is better," Tori told the Lightspeed Rangers "The Reefside soccer star -" she pointed at Connor "or the Soccer All-star" she pointed at Sabrina, who at this point had skidded across Connor's path, knocked the ball out of his league and smirked as her friend tumbled over her legs; before she rolled to her feet and kicked the ball back up the makeshift pitch; seconds later Connor hot on her tail. Her laughter rang loudly around the beach as both her old team-mates and new team-mates watched making up their own mind on who was the better player. Inches from the goalpost, Connor made a comeback and dived around his best friend and stole the ball from her once more, dribbling it away from her.
"Hey!" Sabrina complained, skidding to a halt and spinning around as she took off up the beach after Connor. The two grinned as they played against one another like they ususally would have if they were back in Reefside, seeing as they only seemed to get any competition from one another better than they did from anyone else on the Reefside team. Reaching her friend, Sabrina skidded across his path once more, effecitively kicking the ball from his possession and slide it across the beach. Connor jumped over Sabrina's legs before she had the chance to trip him as she took off after the ball and dribbled it back towards her side of the beach.
All three team of Rangers had to admit, they had never seen Sabrina so energetic in their three years of knowing her. The Lightspeed rangers didnt even know she enjoyed Soccer or that she was even this good. Finally avoiding any more collisions from Connor, and not allowing him to steal the ball from her, the Red head kicked the ball through his legs, spun around her friend and kicked the ball through the air and straight through the makeshift goalposts, as she punched the air in victory. "No!" Connor complained, as he sighed.
"Yes!" Sabrina exclaimed, and turned to face Connor "I win!"
Connor smirked "You got lucky"
The red head rolled her eyes as she bounded towards her friend and patted his shoulder "You said that last year too," she grinned, before shrieking as Connor's arms snaked around her waist and lifted her into the air "Connor!" she cried "Put me down!"
The former red ranger chuckled as he heaved her over his shoulder and headed towards the shore, he could feel her thumping his back with her fists but he kept walking "Hows your swimming Sabrina?" he asked
"No..." she gasped "Connor! Dont!"
"I take it you cant swim?" he chuckled
"Your a fine one to talk!" she teased "You cant swim either!"
Connor chuckled again "Im not the one taking a dip" he responded
"Really?" Sabrina grinned, as she looked up the beach towards Tori, Leanne, Kira, Kelsey and Dana "Girls!" she called "HELP ME!" her scream was followed by a splash as she was thrown into the next upcoming wave.
"No one to save you this time, Sabrina" Connor teased "No Water Sensei or Thunder Master," he ticked off the girls on his fingers "No Rockstar. No extreme addict. And No Lightspeed Beauty Queen"
Sabrina resurfaced at his words and grinned, as she spotted her friends standing behind Connor. The Soccer star gulped "Their standing right behind me, arent they?"
Tori and the other girls exchanged looks "Yeah!" the five of them answered
Connor gulped, turned to face the five girls, before taking off down the beach as they chased after him. Sabrina grinned as she waded out of the sea and back onto the beach as Hunter reached her and helped her as the guys laughed as Connor attempted to escape the five girls that were still chasing him over the beach. "Your a meanie," Hunter teased his girlfriend
Sabrina shrugged "He shouldnt have thrown me in," she told him, lying in to his embrace as she dried herself using her Phoenix powers
-Scene-
The day had started to grow on and the Lightspeed Rangers were enjoying their day off, given it had been interrupted at one point but it was now like none of that had ever happened. Sure, Sabrina had nearly been killed, she was then transformed in to a mid-point Phoenix mode; Hunter had to call in reinformcements to come and help save her and they got to beat around a few demons as the Phoenix beat around the new Ranger team. "Eh," Sabrina shrugged when this topic was brought up "Think of it as...Ranger initiation" she stated "You're not exactly a Ranger team until you've dealt with the Phoenix" she grinned
"But we didnt deal with you until the end of our era," Cam pointed out
Sabrina frowned "Fine! Then call it...tradition" she corrected "I dont know...either way neither of you can complain, that I havent tossed you around like a couple of rag dolls"
"You tossed me around twice!" the former Samurai pointed out
The red head groaned "Shh Cam!" she scolded "They might get jealous!"
"Why? Everyone knows im your favourite"
Sabrina rolled her eyes as she shoved the Samurai as he jumped up and walked off leaving the girls alone; he returned to the guys as he watched them compete against one another. The Ninja Rangers vs. the Dino Rangers and the Lightspeed Rangers. The activities included Surfing. Sparring. Soccer and Volleyball. The girls watched them for a while before turning back to one another and Sabrina found herself the subject of stare from Tori, Kira and Leanne. She frowned. "What?" she asked, looking at Dana and Kelsey who shrugged "Guys? What?"
"Nothing," Kira shook her head "Just wondering if your feeling okay?"
"Oh come on..." she groaned "Please dont tell me your gonna go off on a worry trip about me and the Phoenix again, are you?"
Tori flopped down next to her sister "We have a right to be worried," she told the teen "Sabrina, your family to us. When Hunter called and told us of a possible Phoenix attack, it sent us all into a frenzy. We've seen the Phoenix up close and personal and we knew what it could do. We knew that it was only a matter of time before it made itself known again...and we were worried that this time -"
"It would take hold," Sabrina cut across her "and not let go?"
Leanne nodded "Yeah" she sighed
Sabrina nodded "Well, im fine..." she explained "I think the Phoenix absorbed just enough fire energy to not only reawaken itself, but when you guys showed up and proved that no matter where we are in the world...no matter the distance between us, that you guys would always be there to help me. That and Hunter's words..." she smiled as she remembered back "...my mom used to tell me that there was a Key; a key to resealing the Phoenix. And you know what?" she asked, looking up at the girls "I think you guys are that key. I mean, you've each fought the Phoenix...some of you more than once, and each time you've managed to bring me back"
The others nodded as Tori hugged the red head before the conversation twisted once more and this time it was Sabrina against the girls; she was whining and begging them to give her the inside gossip on the guys. There was only so much news living underwater and she didnt enjoy getting second hand gossip about her sisters and their love lifes from her boyfriend "So come on!" she begged "Tell me! Whats happening between you guys and your guys!" she grinned "I mean, if what Dustin says is true..." she pointed at Leanne "you and Cam will be having your wedding anyday now. And I know that Blake is probably dying to ask Tori...im willing to bet them two have rings burning holes in their pockets -!" she yelped as Leanne and Tori jumped her pinning her to the ground and tickling her relentlessly. But sadly, this time, no one came to her rescue.
Once Tori and Leanne had let her go, Sabrina rolled back into a sitting position, but her begging hadnt gone in vain as Tori smiled "I dont know about my Ninja wedding," she stated "but I am happy to report that Blake has made it offical that Storm Charges; Mariner Bay is gonna be his home base" she grinned at the thought, before realizing the others were smirking in her direction "You know, in case we need him again"
"Uh-huh," Kira nodded, exchanging a knowing smirk with Sabrina "I think its a little more personal than that!" she teased the Water Ninja "Its not in case we need him...its in case you need him!"
Tori scowled "And what about you Ptera!" she responded to the Rockstar "How's your little artist?"
"Trent?" Kira asked, a smiling adorning her features at the mention of the missing White Ranger "He's doing great. I see him in between my recording sessions -"
"Hows that going?" Sabrina interrupted "Abby treating you good? Cause if she's not then let me know, I dont mind flaming over to Miami to sort her out"
The others chuckled "Nah, Abby's great," Kira smiled "She's really good at her job. I mean, she's what? 18? 19? And man, does she know her way around a Recording studio!"
"Yeah," Sabrina nodded as she grinned "Thats Abs. She grew up in that place. Music Tunes is a family business. Abby has already asked her dad to leave it to her in his will, its the only things she wants off him, and after what she said last year about her father almost selling it, I honestly thought she was gonna break down. I guess she was relieved when I made that call for you"
Kira smiled "Thanks again, by the way" she responded, before reaching into her beach bag "I also got these..." and she pulled out two comic books and tossed them at Sabrina "Volumes Three and Four, from Trent's novel."
"Awesome!" the Phoenix ranger grinned "Oh that reminds me...I gotta search Hunter's room for my other two volumes"
Tori, Leanne and Kira frowned "Why?" they asked
"Because he snagged them when I werent looking," Sabrina answered "he likes to tease me about how 'enhanced' I look in them"
Tori and Leanne rolled their eyes with a mutter of 'Typical Male' between them as Dana and Kelsey smirked. Kira otherwise nodded "You'll be happy to know, Trent fixed that in these new ones"
And as she flipped through the pages, Sabrina found that Kira was telling the truth "Ha! Lets see Hunter tease me now!"
"No, now he'll just complain," Dana teased, earning a light shove from Sabrina in the process
"Hush up," the red head spoke "Or I'll send him you're photo, ask him to draw you the way he used to draw me, and have him mail it to Carter. See how that turns out"
Dana lowered her head and averted her gaze as a scarlet blush rose in her cheeks, elicting smirks and giggles from the rest of the girls.
"How do you deal with seeing your boyfriend, when your both in different states?" Leanne asked, turning to Kira
"Its complicated," the rockstar answered "But he is trying to get into a high-caliber art school in Miami" she turned back to Sabrina "I did as Abby if she knew any arts schools, seeing as she lived there her whole life, but she doesnt know anyone who is into art. She said to ask you"
Sabrina frowned in thought "Mhmm...uh, I do know that, my Miami friend Kevin had a girlfriend who attended a Miami art school. Uh...yeah, tell him to look up Miami University" she grinned, snapping her finger as the name came flying to mind "Its a school of Fine Arts. They do everything. And trust me, he'd be a shoo in" and she went back to flipping through the comic book.
"Thanks" Kira grinned, writing down the name of university and making a mental note to call Trent first thing in the morning. "What about you?" she asked Leanne "Hows life living with Cam?"
Leanne smiled "Its great!" she grinned "The Thunder Academy mainframe is back up and running; and he's taught me alot of how it works and whatnot"
"In between their make-out sessions," Sabrina commented, from behind the comic book "Ow!" she complained as Leanne kicked her in the foot, as they sat opposite one another in the small circle they had created. "I was just saying!"
"We do not have 'make-out sessions'!" Leanne reacted "We are much more mature than that!"
Sabrina nodded "Uh-huh!" she teased
Leanne rolled her eyes, before dropping her voice to a whisper "But a couple of nights ago; before all this went down with the Phoenix -" Sabrina grinned "- I was nosing around on Cam's computer, while he was asleep. I was curious!" she added quickly after earning a few looks from the other girls "he has been secrative and always on the computer!"
"in other words she was jealous," Sabrina added once more "Leanne, you have got to give Cam some time. His computer was his first love...I think he was hurt when they broke up. Break-up is a tough thing"
The girls giggled at her assumption.
"Anyway," Leanne smiled "I was searching his browsing History and I came across a few sites in particular. And he's been looking up on alot of material on Ninja weddings -" she was cut off as Sabrina's voice echoed loudly.
"AH-HA!" the younger red head exclaimed "I knew it!"
"Shhh!" Leanne cried, placing her hand over Sabrina's mouth "He doesnt know! Im happy to say I have managed to keep the fact that I know from him"
The others exchanged looks, but it was Kelsey who responded as Sabrina pulled Leanne's hand away from her mouth "We want invitations," she told the Thunder graduate "Sabrina's right, he probably already has the engagement ring."
Dana nodded "and he is waiting for the right time" she smiled
"I wanna be bridsemaid!" Sabrina grinned "Maybe I could wear my Prom dress...its just sitting in Hunter's wardrobe back at the base"
Tori smirked "I wonder what he sees, when he looks at that every morning"
"Ew!" Sabrina cringed "Tori! Do not compare Hunter with Blake okay?" she shuddered
"Hey!" Tori cried, shoving the teen again
The playful bantering went on back and forth for some time, before Sabrina was attacked from all sides by Kira, Tori and Leanne as the two blondes held her down and the older red head tickled her as she squirmed and cried out for someone to help her. She could see the boys not that far away still in mid-competition but each of them new better than to help when it involved Tori, Kira and Leanne. Seeing she was getting no support from her male friends, Sabrina looked around to see if there was any innocent civllians around, before realizing that they had selected a secluded part of the beach to hang out and smirked as flames wrapped around her body and she disappeared causing Tori, Kira and Leanne to land in a dog pile as their leverage disappeared from beneath them.
"Dog pile!" Dustin chuckled from the volleyball net
Sabrina grinned as she turned in his direction "Oh, thanks for the help, by the way guys!" she called over to them "Truly appreciated it!"
"Your welcome!" Blake called back, earning a glare from the little red head, who flamed for the second time as Leanne pounced on her from the ground
"Stop doing that!" Sabrina exclaimed, as she reappeared behind the girls and looked around at Leanne "One more time...and im spilling to Cam about your little visits to his browers history!"
Leanne gaped "You wouldnt?"
"Try me!"
The older red head growled "I hate you!"
"I know," Sabrina grinned, crossing her legs and dropping down beside Dana and Kelsey as the conversation returned to its usual atmosphere "So, we all know that Dana will refuse to admit who she has her eye on," Sabrina continued, "Carter!" she added, under a cough "although most have a pretty good idea considering the colour of her face when I mentioned my plan to have Trent draw her and then mail it to a certain fireman/red ranger" she grinned at the look on Dana's face "So, we'll move onto our next target. Kelsey!"
"Huh?" the current Yellow ranger asked, tearing her gaze away from the guys and back to her friends "Oh no...you can forget about me!"
"Spill!" Sabrina pressed "Or I will!"
Kelsey shook her head "No...I dont like anyway"
The younger red head smirked "Liar! Is it or is it not true, that before I even mentioned you, you had your eye on a certain Titanium hottie?"
Kelsey blushed a dull crimson "No," she mumured.
The others girnned.
"And was it or was it not true," Kira piped up "that while staring at him, you were smiling like a mad-man?"
Again Kelsey blushed "No," she repeated.
The others grins grew bigger
Tori decided to try "Is it true or not..." she started "...that little demon-boy catches your attention in most situations? That you worry about him more than most of your team-mates?"
Kelsey shook her head avoiding eye contact and daring herself not to look up at Ryan, who was at this moment in time, attempting to put Connor on his butt in a test of skill.
"Demons?" Leanne frowned
Dana nodded and explained how her brother had been raised by demons for the last 20 years of his life. When the older red head was up to date, she grinned and turned to Kelsey "If what Sabrina says about you is true," she spoke "then I think you and Ryan would make a perfect couple. Think about it;" she prodded Kelsey's shoulder "the girl who craves excitement like a drug addiction and the guy who has been raised by demons his whole life? I think in that mixed up scenario, he is the only person who can give you the excitment you crave so badly"
Despite denying her attraction to no end, Kelsey couldnt help but smile at Leanne's sceanrio.
"Okay, little miss Spitfire," Dana spoke, for the first time in a long time "Your so busy pushing us, we're about to push back"
"Push all you want" Sabrina grinned
The Pink ranger nodded "What about you and Hunter?" she asked "What's going on there?"
"What do you mean?" Sabrina asked "Me and Hunter are pretty much, your typical Ninja couple. He's become a fixture in my life, and I couldnt imagine life without him. I mean, its hard to believe that I used to hate him at one point; now I cant imagine not ever being with him. Him being here at the Aquabase, is a bonus. He's become a pretty much become a fixture here too, not just in my life, and without him here...well, I wouldnt have my shiny new Fire cycle for one thing and you guys would have been overrun when Olympius tried to sneak in a while back" she reminded them.
Dana and Kelsey nodded "Good point" they grinned
-Scene-
Quickly the day started to disappear, the sun disappeared from the sky and was replaced the by moon. The boys had abandoned their fun and games and returned to the girls; Hunter grabbed Sabrna around the waist and pulled her into his side, his arm slung around her shoulders. Grabbing a blanket from the beach bag beside her Sabrina threw it at her boyfriend who chuckled at her but passed it over to Tori and Blake who sat beside them. The blonde surfer smiling gratefully as Blake wrapped it around her shoulders knowing how cold it got at night on the beach.
"Lets get the fire started," Carter announced, from the opposite side of the large circle that had formed at some point, and the search for items to burn began. Twenty minutes later, with the fire blazing in the middle of them, the large group of friends sat peacefully. Sometime later, Captain Mitchell, Angela and Hayley arrived to join the beach party as Hayley placed herself on the sand beside Sabrina, Angela took up a spot beside Joel, who seemed pretty happy with the seating arrangement and Captain Mitchell sat between his son and daughter as the flames flickered high in to the nights air, small embers sparking their way into the atmosphere.
Sabrina couldnt believe how at ease she felt, in the admist of the a naked flame and not having to draw any energy away from it to re-energise herself or keep herself awake. She smiled at the relevation that she was finally back to her normal self again. And once this was voiced out in the open, Hayley pulled her daughter in for a long hug as the three Ranger teams celebrated in a massive victory over the demons and the Phoenix. Sabrina smiled at the celebration her news had brought and enjoyed the hugs she recieved from both her mother and Hunter. The latter holding on for a little longe.
The conversations were low and steady, some stories were passed between the three teams; the Dino Rangers and Ninja rangers each relaying what it was like for them to fight the Phoenix and how they adjusted to life as Rangers. The Lightspeed rangers were surprised to how much they could relate to the Ninjas and Dino's at the relevation that it was your job to save the planet. As this went on, Sabrina merely relaxed into Hunter's embrace and focused her attention on the sounds of the waves as they lapped cooly along the shore a few meters away in the distance, the white foam of the waves illuminated in the moonlight. She smiled as she snugged deeper into Hunter's side, her head resting in the crook of his shoulder.
His arm wrapped around her instinctively to rub up and down her arm in lazy circles.
This was one of the first times, in a whole year, that they were ale to enjoy each others company. Or the company of their friends for that matter. There was the bonfire they had back at the Oliver household in Reefside after the team-up against Lothor and Mesogog; but ever since then it had been change of plans nearly everytime they decided to spend time together. Mesogog was relentless when it came to taking over the world, not that Lothor wasnt, but for the majority of her first year as a Ranger, both Sabrina and Hunter had gone about denying their true feelings and avoiding one another. Turning their feelings into hatred and arguing and fighting as many times as possible. And then they finally did admit their true feelings, not that much talking was required, Lothor seemed to be against them as he sent attack after attack to try and destroy them. It was like he knew. And he was dead set against them ever being together.
Second guess he had.
But tonight was different, despite it being shared with friends...no, not friends...with family; Sabrina and Hunter were just happy to finally enjoy time together.
"Hey," Hayley mumured, nudging Sabrina, as the younger red head turned in her mother's direction "Look at Mitchell's face. Angela says she's never seen him so happy"
Sabrina frowned and looked across at her Captain, who was laughing and smiling as he sat between Ryan and Dana roasting marshamallows and hot-dogs on the blazing fire "Yeah. Never seen him smile so much before," she smiled
"Honestly enough," Angela spoke, coming into the conversation from behind her college friend, and Sabrina "He looks ten years younger. He was never the same after Ryan. Kept a close eye on Dana, not wanting to loose her too"
Hayley smiled "I can understand his protection" she smiled, looking across at Sabrina; who had caught Dana's eye and smiled offering the blonde a wink. As she remembered back to the day she and Dana had been ordered to return Mitchell's friend Earl to the Aquabase and how Dana was moaning and groaning about her father not trusting her and how Sabrina's father must have trusted her. Until Sabrina came clean about the truth of her father. "He was never a father to you Sabrina," Hayley added, knowing exactly what was on her daughter's mind "Just remember that"
"I know," Sabrina nodded "and im not thinking about him! Im thinking about grandpa; and how he used to promise me every friday, we'd have a beach BBQ under the stars. Just the five of us. You, Me, him, Grandma...and Sookie"
Hayley chuckled at the reminder of the old black and grey Cat that her mother owned "Yeah. And Sookie"
Sabrina grinned, as she finished the last of her dinner and started on the dessert that her mother, Mitchell and Angela had brought from the Aquabase. Well, mostly her mother had brought her's seeing as most of the desert contained milk and dairy products and she couldnt eat any of it.
As she ate quietly Sabrina listened to Carter's voice as he explained Olympius to those who were listening to him. "He strong, sure, but at the same time; he seems to anser to Bansheera's beck and call"
"Of course he does," Sabrina spoke, licking the spoon in which was caked with her special Ice cream "he's a little mommy's boy. Oh, and him and Loki don't seem to get one well, thanks to one of the Battlings I managed to absorb enough heat to wake myself up earlier, and I could hear them arguing. Loki, actually banished Olympius to Skull Cavern for something or another..."
"And I bet you had a quirky little commet to add," Hayley spoke, eyeing her daughter curiously
Sabrina shrank away under the gaze "No," she said a little to quickly
"Sabrina," Hayley warned
The younger red head shrugged "What? It could have been the last thing I got to say to them" she responded
Hayley rolled her eyes as the others chuckled at the Protector as she went back to eating her ice cream.
"Sabrina is right though," Carter nodded "Olympius doesnt seem to do anything unless his mother has given the go ahead"
Blake glanced across Tori at Sabrina "What about this Vypra?" he questioned, noting how Sabrina went visibily stiff at the mention of her number one demon enemy. Hunter sighed and threw his brother a dark look.
"Way to go, bro" the taller blonde told the Navy clad Bradley; who shrugged in a 'what-gives' guesture.
Sabrina glanced up at Blake "In a word...Vypra is nothing but a bitch!" she answered "She's sly, fast, arrogant and one of these days, im gonna take her for a well earned swim!" the red head said, her tone heated "She has it in for me! She has hated me since day one! Maybe its because of my power; or maybe its because she just doesnt like me! But trust me, if she's ever looking for a fight -" she flexed her fingers as a fire ball erupted to life in her palm and a sinister smirk appeared on her face "I'll give her a fight"
"Dude, your scary without the Phoenix," Dustin commented as Marah cuddled closer to him, nodding in agreement.
Distingusing the fireball, Sabrina turned in their direction "Eh," she shrugged going back to her ice cream as if nothing had ever happened
"While we're on the topic of the demons," Ryan spoke "I have something to say" everyone turned their attention to him "Bansheera may not have her whole body back, but her powers will only get stronger and one day no matter what you do, no matter what weapons you build. She'll destroy us to build her palace"
Sabrina frowned
"You're saying she's indestructable?" Angela questioned
Carter looked across the flames at Sabrina who seemed lost in thought "There must be some way to stop her?" he asked, turning his attention back to Ryan
"Yes; the demons are all free now," Ryan answered "but there was a time when they were all captured. So we know it possible"
Sabrina looked up at the Titanium Ranger "But how do we get them back inside their tomb?" she asked "Its the only way to contain them"
Ryan held her gaze for a few moments before speaking again, "Im gonna leave," he answered, startling each and every Lightspeed offical on the beach. Including Dana and his father who looked up at him expectantly and fearfully. They had just gotten him back...they didnt want to loose him again. "I've gotta find out how to capture them again"
"We'll go with you," Kelsey offered
Ryan shook his head "No," he told her "Mariner Bay needs you"
"Im proud of you son," Mitchell nodded
Sabrina watched painfully as Dana shook her head as she gazed tearfully up at her brother; "Ryan..." she starts, but is cut off as her brother pulled her in for a tight hug.
"Dana, this is the only way," he assured her "At least this way, we'll be fighting on two fronts. Maybe if we can stop the demons from coming to full power against either one of us, it will be easier for us to deal with them." he explained "without worry about casualties along the way" he glanced across at Sabrina.
"Dont worry about me," she waved him off "Its highly improbable for the Phoenix to attack twice on one team"
Joel frowned "How do you work that one out?"
"Because its never happened before," Kira answered, causing the other former Rangers and Sabrina to nod in agreement
The current Green ranger shrugged "First time for everything"
"Dont tempt fate!" Sabrina warned
Ryan smirked at the red head "I'll leave first thing tomorrow morning"
-Scene-
After an eventful night; the friends awoke to laughter and the blazing heat of the sun on their faces; and the sand beneath them. It seemed they had fallen asleep around the campfire last night on the beach, but now it was time to face the music. Both Sabrina and Dana had to say goodbye today. Sabrina because her friends and mother were all returning to Reefside and Dana because her brother was leaving for his trip, the Pink ranger had hoped everything that had been spoken about last night including her brother's journey had been nothing more than a horrible nightmare; but when she learned that it had truly happened and Ryan was in fact leaving, she was ready to break down all over again.
"Take care of yourself, Sabrina" Cam warned as he pulled out of a hug with the Red head "Dont make us come save you again"
Sabrina grinned "I wont...if only you promise I can be bridesmaid!"
Cam frowned "What are you talking about?"
"You know what im talking about..." she teased "...i mean it Cam! Bridesmaid! Unless Leanne makes me her maid of honour...oh, I wonder?" she mused, falling into her thoughts.
Cam's eyes widened as he shook his head, thankfully Sabrina hadnt changed at all since the last time he had seen her, but still he backed away from her carefully leaving her in her thoughts before she was attacked by Kira and Connor who practically suffocated her to death in their death grips. "She's gonna have to breathe at some point," Hunter called from behind his girlfriend.
Connor and Kira released and Sabrina breathed in deeply "Thanks," she breathed, grabbing them both in another hug "Be careful! Drive safe...and I'll call you later to make sure you got home safely"
"Sabrina, we're old enough," Kira smiled
The red head shrugged "Sure me for being worried," she answered "but when you were kidnapped by T-drones back when we first became Rangers. You werent in the car with him," she pointed at Connor "when we wre heading to my place. Ethan will back me up on that claim"
"Yeah; I was too busy being chased a mutant-freaky Dinosaur" Kira countered
Sabrina chuckled "Good times"
"Whatever," the former Yellow ranger rolled her eyes, before turning to Connor "Ready? Abby's picking me up from the Cybercafe at noon. By the time we get back..."
The former Red ranger nodded "Yeah; be right there" and as Kira walked off he turned back to Sabrina "Keep in shape All-Star" he smiled "You owe me a re-match when you come home"
"Your on," Sabrina promised "Good luck with that soccer camp"
Connor nodded "Maybe you can help me when you get back"
"Sure!"
The two exchanged another hug, before Hayley approached Sabrina. Mother and Daughter embraced, as very little words were passed between them, except the whole 'be safe' concept from Hayley. But the older red head knew she had nothing to worry about, Sabrina had her new team-mates who seemed very protective of her. She had Angela, whom Sabrina had admitted had become like a surrogate mother to her when she was away from home and she had Hunter. She had all the protection she needed.
"I'll miss you" Hayley mumured, holding onto Sabrina a little longer "Call me later, just to check in okay?"
Sabrina nodded "I will mom," she answered "I'll call just to hear your voice," she added, knowing how much she was gonna miss her mother when she left. Having Hayley around these past few hours had been the best moments of Sabrina's summer, being chased my demons and almost turned into the Phoenix wasnt fun at all. And the only highlight of it all was that she got to spend time with her family because they had to come rescue her. "Drive safe!" she warned her mother, who finally let go, kissed her forehead and returned to her car.
Hunter approached his girlfriend from behind and wrapped his arms around her waist as he pressed a kiss too the side of her head "They'll be fine," he reassured her "You'll see"
"I know," Sabrina smiled
Meanwhile, Ryan was bidding goodbye to Dana, who looked on the verge of tears ago. "Don't worry sis," he hugged her "I'll be back" and he pulled away as he headed towards Connor and Kira who were waiting for him. They were gonna give him a ride as far as Reefside and he'd continue the rest of the way himself. As Cam and Leanne climbed into Hayley's car, with one final wave the six of them disappeared off towards the Highway, as Sabrina pulled away from Hunter and approached Dana from behind.
"He'll be back," the red head promised, hugging her friend, she smiled up at the blonde "You'll see!"
Dana nodded "I know" she smiled, returning the hug.
As she hugged Dana, Sabrina stared off into the distance. It seemed Bansheera was here to stay...and her minions had yet to give up in their threat to destroy Mariner Bay and rebuild her castle. Her gaze landed on the city and the red head vowed then and there that if Bansheera was looking for a fight then she had found one, because there was no way in Heaven or Hell, that she, Sabrina was backing down without a fight. Watch your step Bansheera, because I've got the fire...and you're about to feel the heat! she vowed.
A/N: Another long one. But totally worth it.
Off to bed now. Goodnight/Morning. Whatever.
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Chapter updated 30/10/2010 at 05:22am