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This chapter is dedicated to sunsetbabe17!

Nicole woke up to an empty house. It was only nine, but, being a teacher, her uncle had to go to work early. She still didn't know how that happened, how Tommy went from a racecar driver to being a teacher with his PhD in paleontology. Although, she could understand his interest in dinosaurs; after all, that was the basis for the Mighty Morphin powers. But he must need like, five alarms clocks to actually get up in the morning. She snorted at the thought.

While most seniors were starting their second semester of their final year of high school, Nicole had already graduated. She was always advance for her age, after all, her mother was Trini and Billy often tutored her through a communication device him and her mother had set up (since he was on Aquitar). So, she decided to load up her first semester of her senior year and managed to get enough credits to graduate a semester early. But now she had all this time off with nothing to do…

All of a sudden Nicole's cell phone started blaring out "L-O-VE" by Ashlee Simpson. An instant smile popped onto her face when she realized it was her Aunt Kim, and she hurriedly answered it.

"Hey!"

"Hey Nic! How are you?"

"I'm good, you?"

"I'm fine, but I'd be better if you had come to stay with me! I heard Jase and Trini shipped you off to Tommy's. I would've gladly taken you in, you know."

"Yeah, I wish I could've, but they figured this would be easier, since Reefside is closer." There was a harrumph on the other line. "Hey, you should come visit me! Without school I'm a little lonely, and I don't know what there is to do fro fun around here!" Nicole exclaimed.

"Hmmm…that sounds like a good idea, I'll have to talk to Chris about it," Kim said, speaking of her fiancé.

"Speaking of Chris," Nicole wiggled her eyebrows, even though Kim couldn't see it, "how's that going?" Kim sighed.

"He's great. It's his mother that's driving me up the wall with all of the wedding plans!" Nicole laughed.

"Well, she's gonna be your mother-in-law soon!"

"Ugh, I don't even wanna think about it. So," Kim's voice took on a teasing tone, " you meet any cute boys in Reefside yet?" Nicole laughed, only her Aunt Kim would think about that.

"Kim! I just got here!"

"Hmmm…that sounds like a yes to me, spill!"

"No, really! Well, I met three guys, Uncle T's students, but…" Kim cut her off.

"What, not up to your standards?" Her aunt teased.

"No! That's not it. Well, one is taken, I think, or about to be anyway. And the other guy looks like a computer nerd. Then there's the big oaf that attacked me."

"Attacked you?"

"Long story," Nicole sighed, not wanting to talk about it.

"Well, I've got to go, but I'll definitely schedule that visit. Have fun, go explore the city or something!"

"'Kay, see ya soon, bye!"

"Bye sweetie." There was a click as Kim hung up and Nicole closed her flip phone. Grabbing her purse, Nicole set out on her first exploration of Reefside.

After wondering around aimlessly for a bit, Nicole stumbled upon what she assumed was the local teen hang out (not that there were any teen there at this time, considering they were all supposed to be at school.) It was Haley's Cyberspace. Upon entering, it reminded Nicole of Ernie's old juice bar back home. She sat at an empty table and a redhead approached her.

"Hey, what can I get you?"

"I'll have a strawberry banana smoothie."

"Coming right up!" The redhead turned to leave, but then turned back, suddenly realizing why the teens face looked so familiar. "Are you Tommy's niece?" Nicole smiled.

"Yeah, how'd you know?"

"I've seen a few pictures, and Tommy said that you were coming to stay with him, so I put two and two together."

"Ah, so he's been talking about me. And who are you, might I ask?" Nicole asked politely, not wanting to be rude. Maybe her uncle finally got himself a girlfriend. But, if so, why hadn't he ever mentioned her?

"Here, just let me get you your smoothie and I'll take a break and come chat with you, we're not too busy in the daytime anyway, with all the kids at school," she turned to get the smoothie, leaving Nicole alone once more. She studied her surroundings and noticed that, as the woman had said, the café was, in fact, pretty much deserted. The computer terminals were empty and only a few adults were spread out among the various tables, drinking their beverages of choice.

"Here you go, enjoy," Nicole was handed her smoothie. Nicole sipped her fruity concoction and gave the woman a questioning glance.

"Oh, right. My name's Haley. I went to college with Tommy. In fact, if it weren't for me, I don't think he would've made through all four years of college," Haley laughed, taking the seat across from Nicole.

"Ah, that makes sense," Nicole replied. She had always wondered how her uncle had actually made it to graduation.

"So, have you met Kira, Ethan, Conner, and Trent yet?" Haley implored.

"Yeah, actually they were at Tommy's when I got there."

"They come here a lot, I bet if you wait around they'll show up. Plus, Kira has a gig here tonight."

"She sings?" Asked Nicole, somewhat surprised.

"Oh, yeah," Haley said, getting up to get back to work, "she's a regular old Avril Lavigne."

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The final school bell rang and a ton of excited teenagers burst through the doors of Reefside High. Among them were Conner, Ethan, Kira, and Trent. Kira turned to her male companions.

"So, you guys coming to my gig tonight?"

"Yeah, of course," Ethan said, while Conner and Trent nodded, agreeing.

"Wouldn't miss it," Conner added.

Piling into their respective cars, (Conner giving Ethan a ride in his red Mustang) they all headed to Haley's.

After a long pause, Ethan decided to start up a conversation again. Turning to his friend, he questioned him.

"So, what do you think of Dr. O's niece?" Conner gulped, he wasn't quite sure what he thought about her.

"She's…she's different," Ethan gave him a questioning glance. "Well, she's hot," Conner replied, reverting back to his normal self.

"But why didn't Dr. O ever mention her to us?" Ethan asked.

"I dunno, he doesn't really open up about his past much, or his former teams. I guess she kinda falls into that category." They ended their conversation as they pulled into the café parking lot. They met up with Trent and Kira on their way in. Kira immediately headed to the stage, to prepare. Ethan and Trent sat at an empty table, while Conner went to get their drinks. The café was slowly filling up as teens trickled in from school, and he wanted to get their smoothies before the rush. He came up to Haley.

"Hey Haley."

"Hey Conner, usuals?" She asked.

"Yes please," he said, with a grin. They came here so often, yet they all pretty much always ordered the same thing. After a bit of waiting, Haley came up with the three smoothies. He grabbed them, trying to keep them steady as he moved through the crowd back to their table. He almost made it, but, unfortunately, at that moment he accidentally bumped into someone. Being jostled, Conner accidentally let one of the smoothies fly (sadly, he noticed that it was his red one), spilling all over the innocent girl standing in front of him. And, as luck would have it, the girl now wearing his smoothie just happened to be Nicole Scott. He groaned.

"Man, I'm so sorry dud," he tried to help by retrieving some napkins, but the flimsy things weren't going to be of much help. Nicole sighed, giving up on trying to clean her green shirt, which just so happened to be one of her favorites. Someone up there must not like her very much. Otherwise it was just bad karma.

"Whatever, it's okay, I was just leaving anyway," Nicole said, as she brushed past Conner and walked out the door.

Conner looked forlornly at the door. He just couldn't get it right with her! She was never going to like him now. Apologizing to Haley for the mess, he headed back to the table and handed the others their drinks. He didn't bother to get himself another one.

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"So, Tommy Oliver has a niece," Mesagog said. He was looking at a screen that showed Nicole walking outside of Haley's Cyberspace to her car, with an angry look on her face.

"This could prove to be useful, very useful."