Here's the next chapter guys! I know I've been focusing a lot on Aiden, October, and Ryder, but the next two chapters after this will focus more on Luca and Mari!
Also, to Ranger Red 2.0, I just wanted to let you know that Alice is actually Luca's girlfriend, not his sister and that unfortunately, I'm not looking for any characters right now. If I am, I'll let you know!
Fred is portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio
Robbie is portrayed by Jimmy Pinchak
Jordyn is portrayed by Emma Watson
"We can do this, guys!" Aiden called to the others as they fought Titans after practice at school. "We're almost done and then we can go home for the night!"
Mari kicked one away and glared towards the red ranger. "That doesn't help, Aiden!"
The red ranger cartwheeled to the side and punched one down. "Wow, so sorry I can't meet all of your needs, Mari! Just trying to be encouraging!"
"Guys, shush up!" Luca yelled as he threw a Titan in between the two as they faced each other. "We just have to get this over with and you two can get away from each other!"
Ryder was ignoring them as he watched his sister fight. She was a bit sluggish, but seemed like she was impatient with the timing. He kicked a Titan down and flipped over a group to be next to her.
"You okay?" He asked, shoving one to the ground.
She sighed, grabbing one and flipping it over hard. "Yeah, I'm just tired, and late,"
He frowned, kicking a Titan. "Late? For work?"
"Yeah," October nodded, ducking under a punch and tackling a group to the ground. "This is a hard schedule to fit things into. It's really difficult to make sure I'm at work and stay there these days,"
Ryder threw one to the side. "Don't worry, O, Fred thinks you're great. He won't fire you, if that's what's wrong."
"You don't know that," She stood up straight and took some deep breaths as she and the others finished off the rest of them. "If he does, we're in trouble, Ryder."
"I know," He nodded, putting an arm around her. "I'm sorry,"
October sighed and hugged him. "It's okay, little brother, I can handle it."
The others walked over to them, Aiden and Mari arguing on the way, with Luca trying to stand in the middle of them. "Enough," He held them apart. "It's not even that big of a deal! Yes, Aiden wasn't being necessarily helpful, Mari, but at least he was trying to be encouraging. Now both of you be quiet!"
Mari crossed her arms and faced away from them while Aiden rolled his eyes exasperatedly. "She's acting like a child!"
"And so are you for continuing the argument after it's done," Luca told him. "Look, it's over. We're all just tired and upset. Let's just go report to Liela and get home."
"Actually," October butted in. "I have to get to work. I'm late, so.. bye."
The others watched her run off as Mari frowned. "That girl does too much. I mean, does she really have to have a job right now?"
"Yes, she does," Ryder said, a bit coldly.
"Whoa, it's not a big deal, what's the problem?" Aiden asked, crossing his arms.
"Nothing," He responded, looking uncomfortable. "She's just working. Leave it alone."
He began to walk back to the command center, Mari, Luca, and Aiden on his heels.
- Cue Opening -
October ran into Fred's Frozen Yogurt, which is where she worked everyday after practice and every other weekend. She quickly ran to the back to put her uniform on, which consisted of a light pink shirt with the logo on it and an apron tied at her waist over her pants.
She began to walk out to the front when she saw her boss, Fred, standing there waiting for her. Fred wore a uniform similar to hers, and was about 6'0 with blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. He was also unhappy with her.
"October, you're late," Fred stated. "What happened?"
"Umm..." She chuckled, feeling a bit nervous. She was worried he would fire her. "I'm sorry. I lost track of time."
He nodded. "Okay, what were you doing?"
October bit her lip. She knew she couldn't tell him the real reason she was late. She shrugged awkwardly. "I.. don't know."
"Come on, what's going on?" He asked, putting a hand on her shoulder. Fred used to be her father's best friend, and he was practically a second-father to not only her, but Ryder as well. "Is something going on at home? Are they hounding you and Ryder again? You know I could always take you guys in if you need it, right?"
She shook her head. "No, we're okay. You know I'd tell you if we weren't. I just.. I can't tell you."
"Are you sure? You know you can trust me," Fred said.
"I know," October gave him a smile. "I just.. can't talk about it. I'm sorry."
She walked past him and out behind the counter, where Alice was working at the register. "Hey, where were you?" Alice asked, ringing up a customer. "I've been covering for you for almost half an hour."
October grabbed some yogurt cups and sighed. "I'm sorry, I just got distracted. I can get Fred to let you off early, if you need."
Alice pulled another worker, Robbie, over to the register as she followed October, "No, it's fine. I was just wondering where you were. I mean, you may get to school late, but you never get to work late. Is something going on?"
The pink ranger sighed exasperatedly. "I'm fine, Alice. It's not that big of deal." Seeing the look on her best friend's face, she continued. "I'm sorry, I just don't wanna talk about it."
"Me neither," Alice crossed her arms as she walked back to the counter, allowing Robbie to get back to cleaning tables.
Robbie looked to October, noticing the color she usually wore, and the fact that there was just a ranger battle, making her late. He sighed, remembering his old friends, the Data Surge rangers, who had basically moved on with their lives. Now, don't get him wrong - he was glad his friends could finally move on and be happy with their lives, but he missed them.
He did know where they were, but he didn't want to bother them now. From what he heard, in the last year, River, Darry's girlfriend, had just found out she was pregnant, Nick and Sam moved in together, as did Renee and Austin, and Jordyn moved in with Zoe, who was thinking about getting married eventually.
What was Robbie doing? Working at a frozen yogurt shop, most likely with the second-in-command of the new power rangers.
He moved to the table closet to October and nodded at her in greeting. "Hey, October,"
She looked at him, a bit startled. "Oh, hey.. Robbie, right?"
"Yeah," He smiled awkwardly. "So.. your favorite color's pink, right?"
October chuckled. "I guess so, why?"
He shrugged. "Well, isn't that why you were late today?"
"Umm.. what?" She looked shocked. "What do you mean?"
Someone cleared their throat from behind Robbie. "Excuse my friend," A female voice said. "He's not very discreet with these things."
Robbie turned around to see Jordyn Stewart, the blue Data Surge ranger, standing behind him. She had short dirty blonde hair, brown eyes, pale skin, and was about 5'5.
"Jordyn?" He asked, startled at her appearance. "Oh my god, I haven't seen you in, like, 6 months."
She nodded. "Yeah, sorry about that. Zoe and I were just getting settled and stuff. Anyways, you must be October, the pink Guardians of the Galaxy ranger,"
October scoffed, trying to act like she didn't know anything. "Look, I'm sorry but I don't know what you're talking about," She finished putting all of the cups away. "I've gotta get back to work."
While she walked away, Jordyn sighed. "Liela told her not to say anything. She has to be her. There's no way she's not,"
"Jordyn, you're back," Robbie smiled. "You look great."
Jordyn pulled him in for a hug and laughed. "You look good too. Come on, let's catch up and see what happens."
Meanwhile, October walked back over behind the counter and began filling in the containers of toppings with more. "Who was that?" Alice asked, trying not to look at her in spite.
October shrugged, also not looking at her. "I don't know. Robbie's friend, I guess. They were asking me weird questions and stuff."
"Like what?" She asked.
"Just stuff like what I've been doing and all that crap," October shook her head. "I don't know what they could want." She looked towards the two suspiciously.
Alice chuckled. "Maybe they're cops. Did you do something illegal?"
"I think I would've told you before now if I did," She smirked. "Besides, they don't look like cops."
"That's true," Alice nodded. She gestured to the back, "Hey, I'm gonna go refill some of the yogurt, can you stay out here?"
"Yeah," October went over to the register as someone put a frozen yogurt cup on the scale. "You wanna guess the price?" She asked the person as she looked at the number.
When the person didn't respond, she looked up. "Oh, nice," Mel crossed her arms. "You actually don't mind looking at your customers."
October rolled her eyes. "Just guess the price or pay, and then get out. I don't want drama."
Mel feigned innocence. "What could you possibly mean? Jeez, you act like I've done something to you,"
"Please," October scoffed. She just wanted Mel to leave. "Do you want to guess the price, or not?"
After a moment, Mel shook her head. "No, here's the money," She handed her 10 dollars. "Keep the change, you seem like you need it."
October threw the money on the floor at her feet. "Actually, you guessed it right, so I don't need it."
Fred then had a hand on her shoulder. "Can I talk to you please?" Mel smirked as the owner pulled October to the back. "What just happened?"
"You know about Melissa," October said, looking down in shame. "Look, I'm just having a bad day."
"Hey," Fred put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay, we all have them. Just go home and get some rest, there's not that many people here. I'll make do without you for the night."
October frowned. "Are you sure? Fred, I don't wanna impose. I'm completely free..." She sighed when she felt her phone buzz in her pocket. "Or not."
Fred gave her her flannel and began to push her towards the door. "Go, do your thing. I'll see you tomorrow."
She went into the bathroom quickly before she left to change into her street clothes before walking out and checking her phone. It was a missed call from Aiden. She called him back.
"Hello?" Aiden answered.
October chuckled. "Do you not have caller ID?"
"October!" Aiden exclaimed. "Okay, listen before you yell."
She frowned. "Excuse me?"
"Okay, so me, Ryder, and Luca decided to go hit up the field to play some football and I don't know exactly what happened, but we're at the hospital," Aiden explained, making October's blood run cold. "He seemed a bit out of it but said we should keep going and..."
"I'll be right there," October hung up on him and ran to the car her parent's left her when they passed. "Damn it, Ryder." She muttered.
- PRGG -
October parked the car before rushing through the emergency room doors, where she found Aiden waiting for her. "Where is he?" She asked, crossing her arms and taking a deep breath to calm herself.
Aiden put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, they just said he passed out because of dehydration and low blood sugar, which is easy to treat. The doctor said it's probably because he didn't eat anything today. They're looking him over one more time before anybody's allowed in."
She sighed as she plopped down in her chair. "Actually, it's the exact opposite. He took his meds and ate all the non-sugary stuff he could find."
"What do you mean?" Aiden frowned, sitting next to her.
"Well, he doesn't like to talk about it, but he has type-two diabetes. Basically, his body resists the insulin, I guess, and if he doesn't eat a proper amount everyday he could have either really high blood sugar or really low. I don't exactly know the whole story, but yeah." October explained.
Aiden chuckled, "Wow, October doesn't the whole story? This is a new one," He nudged her.
She laughed and shoved him playfully. "Shut up! I'm not a know-it-all."
"Oh, yeah. Okay," He said sarcastically, laughing with her.
October looked to him fondly. "Hey, Aiden, this might be a bit weird but I've actually really enjoyed hanging out with you lately. You're not as bad as I thought you were."
Aiden smiled at her. "Oh yeah? Well, you've always been as good as I thought you were. I mean, I didn't really know you very well, but you've always just had this.. thing about you that I've always liked."
She blushed. "Yeah?"
"Hey, guys," Suddenly, Luca interrupted them. "Ryder's getting released. He's at the desk,"
The two stood up, October making a beeline for the desk while Aiden sighed, looking to Luca. "You couldn't have given me one more minute?"
Luca smirked at him. "You really, really like her, don't you?"
"So much," Aiden nodded as the two walked over to the front desk, where Ryder was standing, leaning against the desk, while October signed him out.
She shook her head at him. "You need to be more responsible with this, Ryder."
He sighed. "I know, I'm sorry," Ryder told her.
After signing him out she hugged him tightly. "Don't do that again - you scared me," She whispered.
"I'll try," He nodded.
They pulled away and turned to see Aiden and Luca still waiting for them. "You guys need a ride home?" October asked. "We can drop you off on the way,"
Luca looked at Aiden before looked back to October. "I have a truck I'll drive back to my house with. Aiden might, though," He pushed him forwards.
Aiden glared at the blue ranger as he walked away before turned back to the siblings. October looked happy enough, but Ryder seemed a bit irritated.
"I'm sitting in the back, aren't I?" Ryder asked.
October shrugged. "Well, Aiden is taller than you, and older."
- PRGG -
Meanwhile, Jordyn and Robbie went to the command center, where they found Mason sitting on the couch, watching Dustlands. Jordyn scoffed. "You're just like Sam,"
Mason, startled, turned around to them. "Jordyn? Robbie? What are you two doing here?" He paused the show and stood up. "I didn't know you guys were coming around."
"Yeah, I didn't tell anyone, really," Jordyn responded, plopping down on the couch next to him, with Robbie sitting awkwardly on a chair nearby. "I came around to see how the new team was doing."
"They're good," Mason stated. "They already know how to use their powers."
Jordyn chuckled. "That's nice. I met the new second-in-command, October."
"Oh yeah? She's a really great ranger," Mason said. "She definitely deserves to be second,"
Jordyn smiled, "Yeah, she seems like it, but I think she's having a bit of trouble with the schedule."
Mason frowned at her. "Well, she's never been late to a battle before,"
"That's not what I mean," Jordyn rolled her eyes. "I mean, it's hard for her to deal with her other responsibilities as a ranger, and you know that's true."
Mason shrugged. "Well, does she really have a choice?"
"Well, does she have a choice about going to work or not? I was lucky enough to live here where I don't have to pay or anything. You don't know that she might have a reason for keeping a job she needs."
- PRGG -
After they dropped Aiden off at his apartment, Ryder got into the front seat of the car and the two drove towards their own apartment. Ryder shook his head.
"You like him, don't you?" He asked, crossing his arms. "You like Aiden."
She gave him a strange look. "What are you talking about?"
Ryder gestured to her and back at Aiden's apartment building. "The way you guys talk and bond and stuff. You guys like each other."
"Ryder, did I ever say that?" October asked. "No. Sorry that I have a friend that you don't like. And, even if I did like Aiden, would it really make a difference? You like Mel, and I don't like her."
He shook his head again. "That's different."
"Oh yeah? How so?" October scoffed. "You're being a hypocrite."
"No, I'm not!" Ryder exclaimed. "You can't like Aiden. He's a total ass! He always talks about you, you know that? It's weird."
October smirked. "He always talks about me? Really?"
Ryder groaned. "Listen, I forbid this."
She chuckled. "You can't forbid me to do anything. First of all, I'm older than you, and second of all, I tried to forbid you to date Mel, but you didn't care."
"Mel is completely different than Aiden," Ryder argued.
October nodded. "I'll agree with you on that one. Aiden is actually a good person, who I may or may not like. Mel is a bitch who I really, really don't like."
"Okay, well, Aiden is a bitch who I really, really don't like." Ryder retorted.
As she parked in their complex's parking lot, October shook her head. "I'm telling you, you're being hypocritical. Just today, Mel threw ten dollars at me and told me I looked like I needed it." She said, stepping out of the car.
Ryder stepped out as well. "Do you?"
"Ryder!" She scolded. "No, I don't need it! That was so rude. I was just trying to work."
He frowned at her. "Speaking of work, why aren't you there?"
"Because you were in the hospital, sorry, Ryder. Next time I'll just leave you there," October rolled her eyes, stepping into the elevator along with him.
"Well, you had time to change out of your uniform before you showed up. Obviously, you got off of work before that," Ryder pointed out.
She sighed. "Fred told me to take some time off to rest today, which I'm glad he did," She said, walking down the hall to their door.
"Why?" Ryder looked her over. "Are you okay?"
October unlocked the door and nodded. "Yeah, this is just hard to keep up with, you know. I can't keep being late to work. I know Fred will fire me. If he fires me, it's over, and you know it."
Ryder sighed. "October, it'll be fine. I'm 17. What are they gonna do with me?"
"Legally remove you from my household and take you to a foster home until you turn 18," October muttered, putting her things down and sitting on the couch with her hands on her head. "This is just a hurdle to jump over. I'll get through it, I promise."
"Can I help you?"
"No," October shook her head. "I can handle it. It'll be fine."
- PRGG -
The next day, after practice, October arrived at work, dressed and ready to do her job. She saw Alice putting her apron on from behind the counter, and saw Robbie sitting at a table with Jordyn.
She frowned and walked over to them. "Why are you here again?" October asked, looking at Jordyn suspiciously. "Are you watching me or something? Do you work for Saturn?"
Jordyn put her hands up. "I definitely don't work for Saturn. I'm a..." She was cut off when screaming was heard from outside.
"What's going on?" Fred asked as he walked out from the back to see people running inside as a monster chased them. The monster was an Onocentaur, which was a creature with the upper half of a man and the lower half of a donkey. It stood completely on it's hind legs and yelled at people to run with Titans everywhere as well. "Oh my god," Fred waved people to the back, but Robbie, Jordyn, Alice, and October stayed where they were.
"What is that?!" Alice exclaimed. "That cannot be real!"
October began to try to push her to the back, "Unfortunately it is,"
Alice grabbed her arm to pull her with her, but October pulled away. "I'll handle it,"
"Let the power rangers handle it!" Alice exclaimed.
October, seeing that everyone was too distracted to here her, nodded. "That's exactly what I'm doing," She whispered, making Alice's eyes widen in realization. "Go to the back, now."
As Alice ran back there, Jordyn and Robbie stood up. Fred also watched from a bit away. October got into a fighting stance against the two. "Who are you?" She demanded.
Jordyn held her hand up and turned it partially invisible. "I'm the blue Data Surge power ranger. That's how I know about you. I'm not here hurt anybody, but that monster is."
October stared in shock, before standing up normally. "I'm sorry, Jordyn. I just.. I'm gonna fight the monster."
"You'll do great," Jordyn reassured her. "I'll protect the shop."
"Thanks,"
October ran outside and flipped over a group of Titans to get to the Onocentaur head on. She saw the other rangers running to the parking lot as she kicked the monster back.
"You okay?" Aiden asked as Mari, Luca, and Ryder went for the Titans.
She nodded. "Yeah, I barely just got here."
He chuckled and gestured to the monster. "You need a little help?"
"I think I can handle that," October smirked.
While they ran at the Onocentaur, the others fought the Titans around them.
Mari ran up and jumped onto a table, kicking one away. She ran down the chair nearby, knocking it down and flipped over, knocking multiple of them down in the process. She punched one and ducked under a hit from another.
"These Titans are just too easy!" Mari smirked, grabbing the spears of two different Titans and impaling both of them with the other's weapon.
Luca swung on the branch of a tree to kick a few away. "You're complete right!" He agreed, punching a Titan in the face and using it's body as a weapon against the other Titans surrounding him. He ducked when a spear came at his head ad knocked the feet out from under the footsoldier.
Ryder jumped out of the way of a spear by jumping onto a car and grabbing the spear right behind the tip. The Titan tried to pull it back, but Ryder pulled the Titan and the spear away and flipped it onto the ground. He held the spear in hand and began to stab at other Titans from his position on top of the car.
Aiden and October were knocked away by the really strong hands of the Onocentaur. The two stood up again.
"Ready?" Aiden asked.
"Ready," October said as the others nodded from their spots fighting the Titans.
"Guardians, Rise Up!"
"Red Guardian!"
"Pink Guardian!"
"Green Guardian!"
"Blue Guardian!"
"Yellow Guardian!"
Now armed with extra power, Aiden and October ran at the monster. Aiden blocked a punch with his right arm and punched the Onocentaur in the gut with his left, holding the Onocentaur's arm while October kicked it's head back.
The monster huffed and shoved them away with his feet as he flipped back up from the ground. "You will not take me down," He growled. "I refuse!"
Aiden got back up with his sword and stabbed it at the creature, but the Onocentaur grabbed his sword by the hilt and ripped it out of his hand. He grabbed Aiden with superhuman strength and lifted him into the air by his neck.
He choked against the hold and October growled as she saw this. She grabbed her blaster from her side and blasted the hand of the monster, making it drop the red ranger and hold his hand in pain.
Before October could get to him, the Onocentaur, angry as ever, kicked Aiden in the jaw, making him demorph and fly back into a nearby car.
"No!" October exclaimed.
The Onocentaur laughed from above her, and October quickly blasted him again, feeling a sudden burst of rage.
"You'll never defeat me!" He screamed defiantly.
"Really?" October asked, pulling her sword out and running forward. "Because I think I will!"
She ran through the monster with her sword, pushing through him trying to hold her back. As the Onocentaur cried out in pain and sparked all over his body, October ran back once more and slashed her sword again, making him explode behind her.
October took a deep breath and looked up to see her brother staring at her, and she looked down awkwardly. She knew how Ryder felt about Aiden.
"Are you alright?" She asked as she walked over to Aiden and helped him up as she demorphed.
He stumbled a bit but gave her a confident smirk. "I'm good. Thanks for saving me. It means a lot," He put a hand on her shoulder.
She looked over to see her brother and the others looking at them, and shrugged his hand off slightly. "It was nothing," She whispered. "No problem."
Aiden was a bit hurt as she walked away towards Fred's to see if everyone was okay. Jordyn gave her a nod. "Good job, but not with your red ranger. You don't have to conform to others around you, October," Jordyn patted her on the shoulder. "Just think about what you've done."
October sighed as Jordyn said her goodbyes to Robbie and left. She met Alice next as people flooded out of the back room to get back to what they were doing before the monster attack.
"You're amazing," Alice told her, smiling. "You just saved us."
She smiled back, half-heartedly. "It's all in a days work, I guess,"
Alice looked past her at Aiden, who was looking at October in disappointment. "What did you do to him?"
October looked back at him and then back at Alice. "You know how Ryder and Aiden don't really like each other."
"More or less, but that's not the point. You obviously have some kind of feelings for him, and anyways, Ryder's dating Mel and you don't like her." Alice pointed out. "Why do you care what your little brother thinks about your future boyfriends anyways?"
She shrugged. "I just don't want to Ryder to think that I'm just doing this because I'm upset with him and Mel. Besides that, how do you even know I like Aiden?"
"It's obvious, just go for it." Alice pushed her towards the door when Fred stopped them.
"October," Fred said, looking at her in shock. "I completely understand it. Don't worry about leaving or being late. You're always welcome to work here."
October smiled at him. "Thanks, Fred." She looked to both of them seriously. "Now, you can't tell anyone anything, alright?" They both nodded. "Good,"
"Now," Alice continued to push her. "Go talk to Aiden."
The pink ranger chuckled and went outside. She tapped Aiden on the shoulder, who turned around to smile at her. "Hey, what's up?"
She shrugged. "I... I don't know."
"Is everything alright?" Aiden asked.
October almost said what she came outside to say, but decided against it. She was nervous, and worried about what Aiden would say. "Yeah, it's fine. I just want to say that you did good in that fight."
Aiden rubbed his chin and smirked. "Oh yeah, I did a great job," He said sarcastically, laughing.
She continued to talk as he admired her. He thought she was an amazing person, but he was too nervous about what she would say if he asked her to go out on a date with him.
He decided to just let her continue talking and he would wait for another time to make a move.
Next time on Power Rangers Guardians of the Galaxy: Luca's cousin comes to visit and doesn't like the way the US is changing him.
Sorry it took a week to get this out. I was working on the Fear Factor arc of Animal Guardians, and I got a bit distracted from this story. You guys can go check that out if you'd like - the next chapter is going up in a day or so.
Anyways, I'd like to thank you all for the support you give my story, and I hope to read some of your reviews in the morning! Getting reviews always encourages me to write more!
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