The day of the party, Billy and Kat put their costumes on to show the twins. They were not thrilled with their costumes. They decided to get dress at Howard and Bernadette's. Before Billy and Kat changed out of their costumes, the doorbell rung.
"Who could that be?" Billy asked.
"If it is Tommy and Kim, then they are early, Kat said.
Billy answered the door, helmet less, and was shocked at who arrived. The couple, at the door, was just as surprised to see Billy in a replica of his old suit.
"Where's the party? At a comic con? Either that is a Halloween costume, or you somehow re created you old powers," the man said.
"A co-worker invited us to a costume party and roped me into wearing this," Billy said.
Kat walked down the hall and said, "Tommy, Kim you two are early."
Tommy and Kim burst into laughter.
"Man if you wanted to do the power couple thing, you should have went in one of my colors," Tommy said.
"This was not our idea," Kat said.
"If you worked at Cal Tect and told someone you are from Angel Grove, you might get roped into this too," Billy said.
"Cal Tect, my mom told me that a neighbor girl of mine, from when we were kids, married an engineer that works there. Mom doesn't know the guys name," Tommy said.
The twins ran down the hall and hugged their 'aunt' and 'uncle'.
"Aren't mommy and daddy's costumes nice?" Mike asked.
"Yes they are. I like your mom's costume," Kim said.
"Kim used to have the same one," Tommy said.
"As far as us being early, we wanted to spend some extra time with our 'niece' and 'nephew'," Kim said.
"So the two of you went to a costume party as Power Rangers?" Kat asked.
Quickly thinking, Tommy said, "Yes last year, I went as the white one."
"Well you two have our cell phone numbers if you need us. Now you two be good for Tommy and Kim ok," Kat said.
"Ok mommy," the twins said.
Billy and Kat grabbed their helmets and went to the car.
On the way to Howard and Bernadette's, Kat said, "What are we going to tell Howard and Bernadette when we get to their place?"
"I'll tell them the truth that we put the costumes on to show the twins and the babysitters came early," Billy said.
"You might want to explain that the babysitters are friends of ours since high school," Kat said.
"If anyone ask I will," Billy said.
"I did like how Tommy tried to make it sound like they went to a costume party dressed as rangers," Kat said.
Howard answered the door with his helmet on.
"You two should put the helmets on," Howard said.
This might be hard not to accidentally say the wrong name tonight. Billy thought.
If I accidentally say Adam, I'll have to come up with a quick excuse. Kat thought.
"You two look nice," Bernadette said.
"Thanks," Billy and Kat said in unison.
"This reminds me of something. When I was a little girl, yes Howard I use to be littler, a neighbor boy of mine was into martial arts, and he wore a lot of green. I bet Tommy would be a great ranger," she said.
I wonder if she knows the same Tommy that Kat and I know? Billy wondered.
"I'll be ready in a few minutes I'm going to finish getting ready," Bernadette said.
While Billy, Kat, and Howard were waiting on Bernadette, Billy sent Tommy a text.
It read Do you remember the name of your old neighbor girl? A moment later, Tommy replied with It started with a B, I can't remember her real name, but we all called her Bernie for short. Billy got Kat's attention and showed her the text. Kat just looked at Billy.
Tommy sent another text saying she had a weird last name Roast something.
Billy showed Kat the new text.
"Ok let's go," Bernadette said.
"Um hey Bernie, do you remember the name of your neighbor boy from when you were a little girl?" Billy asked.
"It's Tommy Oliver I believe," she said.
Billy and Kat had shocked expressions on their faces.
"What do you know him?' Bernadette asked.
"Before we came here, our babysitters were laughing at our costumes, then when I mention I work at Cal Tect, one of them said that his mom told him that a neighbor girl from when he was a boy married someone who works at there. Your story kind of matched up with his. My Freshman year of high school, a boy by the name of Tommy Oliver moved to Angel Grove. He was in my class, very skilled in martial arts and wore a lot of green. While you were getting ready, I sent Tommy a text and while he couldn't remember your first name or you entire maiden name, he did mention he called you Bernie and your maiden name is Roast something," Billy said.
"Enough chit-chat guys, let's go. Bernie, mind using your magic to get us there?" Howard said.
"Howard, please take of the cheap helmet and no," Bernadette said.
When Billy, Kat, Howard, and Bernadette arrived at the comic book store, Stewart and Raj were putting the last of the food out.
"Yes we beat Sheldon here," Howard said.
"Penny is probably holding him and Leonard up," Bernadette said.
"Come on guys, it is not a race to see who gets here first," Billy said.
Must not laugh at Raj. Billy and Kat thought.
Stewart came out from the back dressed in a Mighty Morphin green ranger costume.
"Hey guys, Raj told me about the Power Rangers costumes. When he told me the colors that you were going as, I decided to check into one. I found this and decided this would work" Stewart said.
"Stewart, this is Billy and Kat. Billy works at the university," Howard said.
"Ah yea, Raj mentioned you were bringing two people," Stewart said.
He shook Billy and Kat's hands.
"I'm from Angel Grove, and you picked the right green ranger costume," Billy said.
"Thanks," Stewart said.
"That is a different green ranger suit then what I saw when I lived in Angel Grove," Kat said.
"The original green ranger looked like that, sometime before you moved, the white ranger replaced it," Billy said.
"Hey Bernadette, could I get a picture of you so I can send it to Tommy?" Billy asked.
"Sure," She said.
Billy took the picture and sent it. A minute later, Tommy replied saying yep, that's her. She hasn't changed much.
"Wow, I bet Sheldon is going nuts now," Raj said.
"I heard that he slowed Penny down during the first leg or your scavenger hunt," Howard said.
"Sheldon walked in and said, "Sorry we are late, Amy held us up."
"It just wasn't me, you just had to make sure the four of us were correct to our character," Amy said.
She was dressed as Ginlda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz.
Leonard was behind her and said, "Sheldon also tried to look online if my sword talks."
"It has a tigers head, and it has a mouth. Why wouldn't it talk?" Sheldon asked.
"It's s toy, maybe the real white rangers sword talked, but not this one!" Leonard said.
"I'm sure one of us could make your sword talk," Sheldon said.
"Also my dress kept on getting caught," Amy said.
"Why didn't you use your magic to transport everyone here?" Howard asked Amy.
"Not to mention Leonard looked at me and made a wish that Sheldon would lighten up," Penny said.
"Did he rub the bottle?" Raj asked.
"If I wore this in earlier years, you would not of said that to me. Well you probably would have thought it, but you would either whisper it to your puppet Howard or be drunk before you said it," Penny said.
"Burn," Sheldon said.
"Give me that. I wish Raj would go back to the way he was," Bernadette said rubbing the plastic genie bottle.
"Maybe I should have gone with something else," Penny said.
Meanwhile Kim sent Billy a text. It read show this to Bernie. It was a picture of Tommy.
Hey Bernadette would you like to see what Tommy looks like today?" Billy asked.
"Sure she said.
Sheldon was behind them when he heard this.
"Looks like he has grown up a lot," Bernadette said.
"He's almost six feet tall," Billy said.
"Last time I saw him, he had a bit of a rat-tail," she said.
So his thing with long hair started way back then. Billy thought.
"He's babysitting your kids?" Bernadette asked.
"Yep, him and his wife. I actually have known Tommy's wife a lot longer than him," Billy said.
I wonder if I can get a ride to Billy's before they get home. Sheldon wondered.
Sheldon walked up to them and said, "I must say Billy you pull off the blue ranger costume very well. I can say the same about your wife and her costume."
"Thanks," Billy said.
"Did I hear you and Bernadette talk about a mutual acquaintance?" Sheldon asked.
"Yes you did. It turns out that Bernadette use to live close to a friend of mine," Billy said.
"Maybe I can meet him someday. Amy said I need to get comfortable around others," Sheldon said.
"Really?" Billy said as he crossed his arms on his chest and raised his eyebrows.
"No, she didn't say that. Excuse me, my mother is calling me," Sheldon said.
Sheldon took his helmet off and answered his phone.
"Hi mom how are you?" He asked.
After she asked him what he's doing, Sheldon said, "I'm at costume party at the comic book store with Leonard, Amy, Raj, Penny, Howard and his wife. Leonard, Raj, Howard, and I are dressed up as Power Rangers."
Sheldon then tried to convince his mother that Halloween is not the evil holiday she thinks it is.
A few minutes later he said, "Yes mom I will not hurt anybody. It was never my intention to be a super hero. A while back the university hired somebody that Howard and Raj introduced me to. Somebody asked him where he is from and he said Angel Grove. Something clicked in my head about that city. Next thing I know I am assigning a ranger to Leonard, Howard, Raj, the new guy, his wife, and myself."
"Sheldon's mom asked about Amy and he said she is dressed as the good witch from the Wizard of Oz. His mom said there is no such thing as a good witch.
Sheldon told her that he suspected something about Billy. His mom talked him out of trying to find out if Billy is hiding anything. Meanwhile Amy, Howard, Bernadette, Leonard, Penny, Raj, and Stewart were at the punch bowl table.
"Great party Stewart and Raj. You should have a karaoke machine. That way Howard and I could rock out to Neil Diamond," Amy said.
"Howard told me about that, I have never heard him sing," Bernadette said.
"I was working that night that you two got on stage," Penny said.
She did the I dream of Jeannie head nod thing and said, "There I just made it so it won't happen tonight."
"How much have you had to drink? Is there any alcohol in the punch?" Leonard asked.
"Just a few cups of punch," Penny said.
"Maybe a few to many," Amy said.
Raj took a drink and said, "Somebody had to put a lot more alcohol in the punch."
"You would know since you use to take some to talk to women," Penny said.
"Stewart took a drink and said, "This has way more than the recipe calls for."
"Where's Sheldon?" Amy asked.
"Oh gosh I hope he didn't drink too much," Penny said.
"Yeah we do not need a repeat of the speech he gave," Leonard said.
"What is this about?" Amy asked.
"Let me pull up YouTube and I'll show you," Howard said.
After the video got done Amy said, "Who would do that to him?"
"He had stage fright and I gave him a bit to loosen him up," Penny said.
Penny almost knocked her plastic genie bottle off the table, but Bernadette caught it before it hit the floor.
"This seems heavier than I thought it would be," Bernadette said.
She touch the top and un screwed it a bit.
Amy said, "I didn't think the stopper was supposed to come off."
Leonard took the top off and looked inside.
"How did you get a gallon size Ziploc bag in here, and why is their liquid in it?" He asked Penny.
Amy grabbed the bottle, purred some of the liquid in a cup, drink it, and said, "I had the same drink at Penny's."
"You mean I could have got lucky tonight if I still had to rely on alcohol to talk to women?" Raj asked.
Sheldon walked over to the group and said, "After a lengthy conversation with my mother, I have given up on trying to figure out what Billy is hiding."
"It's about time. Speaking of somebody hiding something, there is something other than a genie in the bottle," Leonard said.
"I don't follow," Sheldon said.
"You do not want to," Penny said.
Sheldon walked over to Barry Krimke.
"Did you do the you know to make Sheldon stop trying to find something on Billy?" Leonard asked Penny.
Meanwhile Stewart announced winners for the best costume.
"All right it is now time to announce the winners of tonight's prizes. We have three categories, best female, best male, and best group. Third place in the best female costume is drum roll please. Bernadette Wolowitz as Hermione Granger. Second place goes to Amy Farrah Fowler as Ginlda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz. The grand prize winner is... Penny as I Dream of Jeannie!" He said.
The three girls walked over to him and got an envelope.
"And now for the best male costume. Third place goes to President Siebert as George W. Bush," Stewart said.
"Why would President Siebert be here?" Sheldon asked.
"That is a pretty good likeness, I didn't even recognize him," Leonard said.
"Second place goes to Barry Krimpke as Elmer Fudd," Stewart said.
"And the winner is... Will Wheaton as Wesley Crusher," Stewart said.
The three men walked up to Stewart and grabbed an envelope.
"And now for the group costumes. Third place goes to Scooby-doo and the gang. Second place is the Justice League. And the grand prize goes to... the Power Rangers. Which I am not a part of," Stewart said.
The three groups claimed their prizes.
When everybody got back together, the girls opened up their envelopes.
"I got a $20.00 gift certificate to here," Bernadette said.
"I got a $25.00 gift certificate to here," Amy said.
"Looks like you two won even bigger," Raj said to Howard and Sheldon.
"Ok now let's see what I won, although I am afraid to find out. A $50.00 gift certificate to here. WHAT STEWART!" Penny yelled.
None of the other business would help with the prizes," he said.
"I guess Leonard is the big winner tonight," Raj said.
"We don't know what we won yet," Sheldon said.
Before they opened their envelopes. President Siebert walked over to them.
"Gentlemen, I must congratulate you on winning the group costume. Seeing that I do not come here, I am willing to give one of you my certificate," he said.
"Thank you sir, I am honored that you decided to give it to me," Sheldon said.
"Put your helmet back on Copper, I'm not giving it to you. I'm giving it to Koothrappali," President Siebert said.
"Thank you sir," Raj said.
"President Siebert, what are you doing here?" Leonard asked.
"My daughter talked me into coming. She thought I would win something else," he said.
He walked away when Sheldon said, "I wonder why he didn't give it to me."
"He's probably still fuming over the prank you pulled a while back," Howard said.
Lessie Winkle walked over to them and said, "Hey guys, congrats on winning the group division." Then she turned to Penny and said, "Congrats to you too Tinker Bell."
"I'm a genie, your more like Tinker Bell," Penny said.
"The guys opened up their envelopes. Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj were excited when they found out what they won.
"If the twins were older, our prizes would be nice," Billy said.
"Here Raj, now you have $70.00 in gift certificates," Kat said handing him her gift certificate.
"You forgot about my own $50.00 gift certificate," Raj said.
"So we each got a $50.00 gift certificate. Assuming Penny uses hers on me, that $100 for me, $75.00 on Sheldon. $70.00 on Howard, and $120.00 for Raj. Billy will you like to keep yours or give it to one of us?" Leonard asked.
"I'll give mine to Howard," Billy said.
"Did you use any of your magic on him?" Howard asked Bernadette.
"Where's your magic?" Sheldon asked Amy.
Later that night, Sheldon, Leonard, and Penny were on the 4th floor of their apartment building.
"Well, I must say tonight was an excellent night," Sheldon said.
"Howard and Raj ended up with the most amount of prize money," Leonard said.
"True, but Howard did say he would spend some of his on me," Sheldon said.
"Well I'm going to empty the bottle and change clothes," Penny said.
"I figured you would have finished it off on the ride home," Leonard said.
"Perhaps Leonard would like to have some alone time while you are still in character, assuming you are not drunk," Sheldon said.
"Do you want to?" Leonard asked.
"I think I can do a little role play," Penny said.
"Here take my helmet and don't wait up for me," Leonard said as he took Penny's hand and ran to her door.
That ends the story. Reviews would be appreciated.