Hey guys, I was going to update this earlier but I've been working on my new story, Power Rangers: Emergency Responders! Check it out if you have time! I know it's a new story, which probably means I'm going to be a bit obsessed with it for a while, but I promise I'll try not to forget about this one!
Also, this chapter marks the first appearances of the being that the rangers deal with (I don't want to give it away), which will show up at least a few times. Oh, and, as for the flashbacks, keep in mind that this story takes place in the 2023-2024 range.
At the hospital, Alice was resting in bed. There wasn't much she could do with her concussion - any kind of light hurt her head, making her unable to watch TV, or even read. Occasionally, she would watch people out in the hall just to pass the time.
She heard someone walk slowly near her room, and opened her eyes in case it was Luca, October, or her father. When she opened them, she was startled to see a strange woman peering into her room through the window.
Alice stared at her in a bit of shock at first, unaware of what to do in a situation like this. The door wasn't closed, so Alice could yell to her to leave, but she wasn't sure if she was allowed to do so in a hospital. She began to gestured at the woman to get her to leave.
The woman stared at her in confusion for a moment before moving to stand in the doorway. Alice observed her in slight fear of who this woman was and what she could do. The young woman had lightly tanned skin, short chestnut hair, and piercing blue eyes. She wore a light red dress with no shoes on, and looked a bit disheveled.
"Who are you?" Alice asked, pushing herself back in her bed a bit.
The young woman blinked before looking down at herself. "Penny." She responded, sounding uncertain, while also slightly monotone. "My name is Penny."
Alice nodded slowly. "Okay, Penny, what are you doing in my room?"
Penny looked around the room. "I don't know. Am I at the hospital? How did I get here?"
"I have no idea," Alice sat up, feeling a bit of concern for her. "Do you need me to call a nurse? Are you alright? If you don't remember how you got here, you should be seeing a doctor."
Alice was about to press the call button when Penny ran at her. Alice cowered away and covered her face with her hands in case the woman got violent, but, after a moment of nothing happening, she put her hands down to see nothing there.
"Penny?" She asked carefully. "Are you still in here?"
"Who's Penny?" A voice asked from the doorway, startling Alice. She turned to see October standing there with her backpack on her shoulder and a confused look on her face.
Alice frowned as October sat down in the chair next to her bed and began to taking out sandwiches for the two. "I honestly have no idea. Did you see a woman running out of here? Looking about 20-25ish?"
"No," October shook her head, giving her a look. "Why? Was someone in here?"
"Well, I thought so. Maybe it's just because my head is all messed up, but I swear I saw someone."
"It's probably nothing," October said. "But it also might be something. If I hear about a woman for anything like what you're telling me, I look into it, alright?"
Alice nodded. "Alright. Hopefully it's nothing."
"Yeah, hopefully," The pink ranger muttered under her breath.
- Cue Opening -
- Flashback -
September 20, 2016
"Come on, Gina, it can't be that bad," Penny chuckled lightly to her long time friend. "Really, how bad could it be?"
Gina started to bite her nails, a bad habit she bore whenever she was nervous, or distracted. At this moment, it was the former. Gina had pale skin, dark hair, and green eyes. She had freckles sprinkled over her face, an wore casual attire. Penny hit her hand lightly. "Stop biting your nails. Tell me!"
She chuckled uncomfortably. "It's really not that important. We could always talk about it some other time, you know."
Penny rolled her eyes. "And why would we do that?"
"Well..."
"Gina," Penny interrupted her. "You wouldn't have told me to come here if it was nothing. What's going on?"
"Penny, you don't understand," Gina shook her head. "It's bad, and I don't think it's a good idea to tell you, honestly. I thought about it, and I could always handle it on my own."
Penny frowned. "Who exactly is this about? I mean, either way I want to know, but if something's going on that I don't know about, I'd to know."
"Umm.. you, but... It's complicated." Gina looked away a bit guiltily.
The other young woman sighed. "Gina, this is obviously really important. Please tell me."
Gina looked up at her nervously, before nodding. "Okay, so, here's the thing..."
- End of Flashback -
"Oh, I have to tell you something else," Alice said, catching October by the arm as she was about to take a bite of her sandwich.
October nodded slowly. "Okay, I'm excited to hear this, but can I eat my sandwich while you tell me? I haven't had anything to eat all day."
Alice frowned, letting go of her arm. "Really? Why not?"
The pink ranger shrugged. "Well, Ryder was making me really late, and I forgot to grab something to eat in the morning before we left, even though he did," October rolled her eyes. "Now, tell me."
"Okay, so Luca told me that he saw Mel here when he was leaving the other day," Alice said, taking a bite of her own sandwich, and chewing before continuing. "I know that doesn't seem important, but Luca said he saw her with a guy, who she hugged very intimately as he was getting checked out for something."
"What?" October frowned deeply. She knew Mel was low, but she didn't expect her to be cheating, if that's what she was doing. "Did he see anything else?"
Alice nodded. "Luca said that after the hug, Mel looked around nervously and closed the curtain around the bed in the ER." She raised her eyebrows. "You know what that means."
"Yeah, I do." October said, looking down in anger. Not only did she already hate Mel for more reasons than she could count, but now she was cheating on Ryder? October was furious. "Did Luca see who this guy was?"
"No, but we need to find out." Alice responded. "Or, you do and give me all the details. I can't really leave."
October growled under her breath. "I'm going kill her." She looked up. "I hate this bitch so much, and now she's cheating on my brother? Yeah, I don't think so." October stood up and grabbed her bag. "Sorry, Alice, I'll see you later. I have a monster to kill."
- PRGG -
Mari was sitting on the couch in the command center, watching Dustlands on Netflix. The show had already ended, but she had never gotten into it and decided to watch it from the beginning. She was only halfway through the first episode, though she was really liking it so far.
Then, she had to pause it as Luca entered, coming over to sit on a chair near her.
"Yeah?" She asked, wondering why he was staring at her.
Luca sighed. "How could you let me talk to you like that the other night?" He crossed his arms. "You just let me be a jerk and didn't say anything about it."
Mari raised an eyebrow at you. "Is this your way of apologizing or something?"
He put his hands up. "Look, I just don't get it. You should've yelled at me or something." Luca shook his head. "I want to make it up to you; I'll do anything."
"Shouldn't you be with your girlfriend?"
"No, she's with October," Luca said. "Just tell me anything. Please. I feel like a jerk."
Mari put a hand on his shoulder. "Luca, you were stressed - I get it. It's okay."
"It's not okay," Luca told her, taking her hand off of his shoulder. "Just let me do something for you. Anything. I can't handle guilt like this."
"Okay," Mari sighed. "Umm.. go to the mall," She suggested. "Just you, and buy something for your girlfriend. That's what I want you to do, and that will make me very happy."
"Really?" He asked, looking her over skeptically. "Are you sure that's what you want?"
"I'm sure." Mari nodded with a small smile gracing her face. "She's gonna love it, and it's going to mean a lot to her that you did that. Also, don't tell her that I told you to do it."
Luca stood up. "If you're sure."
"I am," Mari assured him, and watched him leave slowly. "I hope your girlfriend likes it."
"I have a feeling that you hope he buys you something," A voice said from behind her, startling her. She turned back towards the TV, where a woman in a light red dress stood. "It's hard loving someone who loves someone else, isn't it?"
- Flashback -
September 20, 2016
Penny and Gina stood outside of the coffee shop where a man was sitting, talking to another young woman. Penny stared at them, frowning almost devastatedly at them.
"Is that..." Penny trailed off, not even wanting to say it, as it would make it all the more real. She couldn't believe it.
Gina nodded sympathetically. "That's James," She sighed. "I'm so sorry, Penny." Gina reached her hand out to touch Penny's, but she pulled it away suddenly.
"Don't," She warned her. "Please, don't touch me." Penny looked back through the window as James looked around nervously before kissing the woman. "Is that Tanya with him? His ex-girlfriend from high school?"
Gina looked with her. "Oh my god, I think that is. I though he was over her a long time ago."
Penny glared through the window. "I did too, but I guess the flame never died."
"Well, they were high school sweethearts," Penny turned her glare on Gina as she said this. "Hey, I'm sorry but it's true. Penny, I'm not siding with him or her, but you have to understand that I've been in their shoes before. There's always that one person you never forget about, and that's.. well, it's love, and you can't stop love."
Gina shrunk back as Penny gave her the most disgusted look she had ever seen on another person. "You are not my best friend if you're siding with them. I will never forgive you for this, Gina." She stood up and slammed her chair into the table, creating a loud noise that attracted a lot of attention, including James' and Tanya's. "Goodbye, to all three of you." Penny growled as she stormed off.
- End of Flashback -
Mari stared at the young woman in shock, looking her up and down. "Who are you, and how did you get in here?" She reached her hand up to touch her morpher, when the young woman put her hand up.
"I'm Penny," She told her. "I need help, and I've heard that the Power Rangers are the perfect people to help."
Mari stared at her for a moment in shock. "Hold on, how do you know that?"
Penny shrugged. "I don't know, but I do. I met your friend's girlfriend, Alice, and I got the information from being around her. It's kind of strange, actually - almost as if I can read minds."
"You can?" Mari asked, frowning in confusion. She shook her head. "Okay, well, what do you need?"
She looked at her strangely. "Well, I was going to ask the blue eyed girl, October, but I don't feel that I can relate to her in this issue. With you, I can."
"What?" Mari rubbed a hand over her face. "I honestly have no idea what's going on."
Penny sighed exasperatedly. "I need you to help me find my cheating boyfriend." She sat down on the chair Luca had just been sitting on. "You see, I feel like you can help me because you have feelings for someone who loves someone else, and so do I, I just didn't know about it."
Mari frowned. "What do you mean?"
She rolled her eyes. "Marissa, I can read minds. I know you have feelings for Luca."
"No, Luca is just a good friend," Mari told her. "Just because he's attractive doesn't mean that I have feelings for him."
"So you admit he's attractive, then?"
Mari gave her a look. "Penny, people can think other's are attractive without wanting more, okay? I mean, yes, obviously Luca is attractive; I mean, have you seen the guy? But that's still not enough to make a difference."
"Okay," Penny nodded slowly. "But, you do like his personality and everything too."
"That still doesn't mean I have feelings for him." Mari shook her head. "Why am I even talking about this with you, anyways? I don't even know you, and I think you should leave."
Mari stood up to escort her out, but Penny grabbed her arm. "Wait, please help me!" She exclaimed. "I don't remember much, but I did confront him. After that, it's all blank. Please, help me find him."
The yellow ranger sighed. "Alright, I'll help you."
Just as they were about to leave, however, Eliza appeared and grabbed Mari's arm, dragging her off to the side. "Wait, I have to tell you something," She said, looking serious.
- PRGG -
October ended up at Fred's Frozen Yogurt, finding Aiden standing there waiting for her. When she got near him, he turned towards her, arms open in question as he looked her over.
"Hey, what's the emergency?" He asked.
October looked around before pulling him to sit down at a table. "I found something out, and I need your help to deal with it, okay?"
Aiden nodded. "Yeah, of course. What's going on, O?" He heard footsteps approaching, and turned to see Ryder walking over with a strange look on his face. "Wait, is he helping too?"
"Help with what?" Ryder asked, sitting in the seat October pulled out for him. "Is something going on that I should know about?" He was still stuck on the fact that Aiden was a jerk and someone who wouldn't and hasn't changed, making him a bit angry to be sitting here with him.
"Yeah, but not with me and Aiden," October said. "I brought him here to be a middle man if an argument should break out during this conversation."
"Wait, what?" Aiden and Ryder said in unison, sharing looks.
Ryder put his hands up to stop them from talking. "Hold on, no matter what you say he's going to side with you cause he wants to get in your pants."
Aiden glared at him. "First of all, I'm dating your sister because I love her, not for sex. Second of all, I don't even know what this conversation is about, nor did I know that that was why I was coming here. Don't assume before you find out the truth."
"Okay, enough," October rolled her eyes. "This is a serious conversation, alright?" The two quieted and looked to her, egging her on to speak. "Thank you. Okay, Ryder, Alice told me that Luca saw Mel at the hospital with another guy." She paused, waiting for Ryder's reaction. "He told her that she hugged him for a while before closing the curtains around the bed in the ER."
Ryder was quiet, before he looked his sister in the eyes. "Again, really?"
October frowned. "What?"
"You're accusing Mel of doing something wrong, like you always do," Ryder rolled his eyes. "Really, October, this is pathetic."
She scoffed. "I'm dead serious, Ryder. She could be cheating on you, and I want to get to the bottom of it."
Ryder shook his head. "You always do stuff like this. Look, I get you don't like her and that you two have history or whatever, but that doesn't mean that she's trying to get back at your or something by dating me."
"I'm not saying that," October growled. "I'm trying to look out for you. If she's doing things with other guys, you should be upset with her."
"No, I shouldn't," Ryder said. "Because I don't trust what you're saying."
"You don't trust me? Your older sister who has looked out for you your whole life?" She looked to Aiden. "Help me."
Aiden sighed. "October, this is kind of like the boy who cried wolf. If you're always accusing Mel of doing something, Ryder would be less and less inclined to believe you every time. I'm sorry."
"I get how that might be, but this time I'm telling the truth!" October exclaimed. "Someone has to believe me!"
Ryder stood up. "Yeah, well, it's not going to be me."
As he walked away, October turned back to Aiden. "You believe me, though, right?"
"Of course I do," Aiden took her hand across the table. "We just have to come up with an idea to prove it to him."
- Flashback-
September 20, 2016
Penny went to her shared apartment with James and slammed her bag down, screaming in the process.
"I hate him, I hate him, I HATE HIM!" She screamed, swiping his things off of a desk nearby. "He doesn't deserve me, and neither does Gina!" She grabbed a picture of the three of them and smashed it on the ground before stepping on it and crushing it.
She went into their bedroom and began to raid his closet, throwing all of his clothes out of the fourth story window down onto the grass below. She also began to throw all of his belongings out until she came across a red dress in the closet.
Penny admired the red dress, rubbing her hand on it and looking it over. She took the dress down from the rack and looked at herself in the mirror with it in front of her body. Her eyes were tear stained and had mascara rubbed all over her face, but she thought she never looked better.
She took the dress into the bathroom and slipped it on before rubbing all of her makeup off. She looked at herself in the mirror stoically before taking out her makeup and doing a full face to match the elegance of the dress.
Looking at herself after she was done, she smirked at how she looked.
"Wow, I almost don't look crazy," She chuckled humorlessly.
Penny left the bathroom and stood in the kitchen, beginning to make dinner. As she did so, she grabbed rat poison from under the sink, putting it in the soup she was making before putting it back.
She finished cooking when she heard the door open. She took the soup and turned to James with a sweet smile. "Hello, James. I cooked a meal for us."
- End of Flashback -
Mari and Penny were walking around town when the latter noticed something in a shop. It was a TV, and on it was the news. She pointed to the newscaster, and felt anger well up inside of her.
"Why the hell is Tanya on television?" She growled, grabbing Mari roughly by the arm and pulling her over to the TV.
Mari frowned, pulling her arm carefully out of Penny's grasp. "Umm.. that's Tanya Burks, the reporter for channel 6. She's been on that channel since 2022. I figured everyone would know about her."
Penny looked over at her like she was crazy. "2022? It's 2016, and, the last time I checked, that came before 2022."
Mari chuckled awkwardly. "No, it's 2024. 2016 was, like, 8 years ago. If it was then, I'd be 8."
"No way," Penny shook her head, but she could sense that Mari was telling the truth. "That's impossible. The last thing I remember was 2016."
"I know that," Mari looked sympathetically at her. "Before we left Eliza told me what happened. Penny, I don't know how to put this in a way you'll understand, but you died that night." She said, causing Penny to stare at her in shock. "I'm so sorry."
Penny was distraught. "No, that.. that can't be true. How would I be here then?"
"Because you're a spirit, Penny. A restless one, at that. You appear every year on this day in that hospital to find your boyfriend, but you never do." Mari said. "You need to be put to rest."
Penny stepped back a bit from her, shaking he head. "No, that's not possible! That can't happen!"
- Flashback -
September 20, 2016
"I can't believe you would do this to me, James!" Penny yelled, after James refused to eat the soup. She took the bowl and threw it at him.
James ducked under the large bowl, allowing it to break against the wall and make soup fly everywhere. "What the hell?" He looked at Penny, who was seething in anger. "What is wrong with you?!"
"I know you know what I saw!" She yelled, walking towards him with her finger pointed at her, not every bothering to worry about her bare feet with the bowl shards everywhere. "You kissed Tanya! You're cheating on me!"
"Yeah, because Tanya's not crazy like you!" He yelled back at her, kicking part of the bowl away from him. "Sometimes I have to get away from my crazy bitch of a girlfriend!"
Penny grabbed a nearby fork and threw it at him, hitting him in the arm. "Fuck you, James!"
She pushed him down and grabbed the car keys he set down on the table. She ran out of the door, him following fast after her. "Where are you going with my damn keys?!" He exclaimed, following her up the stairs and onto the top level of the parking garage.
She turned a certain corner, losing him for a bit, and he wandered around the parking garage cautiously. "Penny, get out here!" He called to her.
Suddenly, he heard an engine rev from behind him. He turned around slowly to see Penny sitting in the driver's seat, tears streaming down her face. He screamed at her to stop, but she shook her head.
"I'm sorry, James, but you've done this one too many times," She stomped her foot on the gas, and closed her eyes.
Outside of the car, James jumped to the side, but Penny, who had her eyes closed, didn't see how close she was to the edge. James yelled her name, but all she refused to open her eyes, allowing the darkness to overcome her.
That was all she saw.
- End of Flashback -
Penny looked up at Mari, furious. "You knew I was dead and you didn't tell me?!" She roared. "You've just been letting me drag you around, acting like it was all fine?!"
Mari put her hands out. "Penny, I'm sorry. I thought you knew!"
"Well, I didn't!" Penny exclaimed, hitting Mari's hands away from her as quickly as she could. "I'll never be able to rest until I find and kill that son of a bitch!"
As she was about to run away, Mari grabbed her by the arms. "Hold on, you can't do that!"
Penny shoved her off. "Don't you dare touch me! You have no right! I'll kill you too, and, since I'm a ghost, no one will believe you!"
Mari shook her head, "Penny, you need to stop. This isn't right! I get that James cheated, but that doesn't mean you should kill him! He doesn't deserve that! You could've just broken up with him and found someone better!"
"I'd never find anyone better! James was my true love and he betrayed me!" Penny growled. "And you.. You're no better than he is!"
Mari tried to say something else, but Penny had had enough of her. She grabbed her arm and pulled her into an alleyway nearby. Penny shoved her to the ground before grabbing her by the hair and slamming her head into the ground. Mari didn't move.
Penny smirked, dusting herself off. "Now, to go see a certain someone."
- PRGG -
October saw Aiden come back into Fred's, nodding his head and holding his phone up for her to see. On it was a picture of Mel kissing another guy - one she knew, in fact.
"Is that who I think it is?" October took the phone out of his hand, zooming in on the guy's face.
Aiden nodded. "Yes it is. Rival school quarterback, Lenny Fields. Luckily for us, I happen to know a guy who knows him, and who might have told him to bring his girlfriend here in a few minutes. He thinks just Fred is working," Aiden gestured to the older man who was wiping down a table. "And, that no one else is here."
October smirked. "Wow, you're pretty smart," She got up on her toes and kissed him. "You're the best, you know that?"
He returned the kiss with a smirk of his own. "I know, but what are we gonna do about Fred?"
"I got that," October assured him, walking over to the older man. "Hey, Fred, can you do me a favor?"
Fred looked over at her and nodded. "Sure, October, what do you need?"
"So, Mel, Ryder's girlfriend, has been cheating on him, and Aiden and I are trying to catch her in the act. Think you could get their pay and stuff, then go into the back while we handle this?" October asked. "I know it's a lot to ask, and I know it's kind of strange, but it's for my brother."
"Say no more," Fred said. "Anything for my godchildren."
October and Aiden stashed themselves in the back and hid while Fred stood behind the counter, waiting for the two to come in. October texted Ryder to meet her at Fred's as an apology.
"So, wait, Fred is your godfather?" Aiden asked, frowning in confusion.
October nodded. "Yeah, you didn't know that?"
Aiden shook his head. "No, I never would've guessed. Who's your godmother?"
"My dad said he'd leave that up to Fred to figure out, if you get what I mean," October chuckled. Then, she heard the door chime and the two got quiet as the peered out into the otherwise empty shop, besides for Fred, Lenny, and Mel. "I knew it!" October nudged Aiden.
"I never doubted you," Aiden nodded.
They watched and waited while Mel and Lenny paid before sitting at a table, quietly talking to themselves. Fred walked back, and gave October and Aiden a thumbs up, saying he would be opening boxes in the back.
Just as they were about to walk out, the door chimed again. Ryder had walked in, right as Mel kissed Lenny. October and Aiden rushed out of the back, seeing Ryder standing there, staring at Mel.
"What the hell is going on?" Ryder asked, anger and betrayal in his voice. "You're cheating on me?"
Mel stood up, pointing at October. "She set me up! I thought we would be alone, and you'd never have to find out about this!"
Ryder scoffed. "Yeah, I don't doubt that she did set you up, but that doesn't mean you weren't with this guy! My rival! Oh, and the fact that you think it's okay to cheat as long as the other person doesn't find out about it.. yeah, no. We're done, Melissa." He gave her a disgusted look. "I don't ever want to see your face again."
He stormed out of the shop, slamming the door behind him. October then stormed over to her and grabbed her by the hair. "Hey, Mel, this is payback for everything you've ever done for me! Fuck you!" She screamed, dragging her out of the shop and practically throwing her out. She turned to Lenny, "And you need to get out before the same thing happens to you."
Lenny nodded and left the shop quickly, leaving Aiden to engulf October in a hug. "Hey, can you tell Fred that I left? I have to go talk to Ryder." October told him.
"Yeah, go ahead." Aiden nodded. "He's lucky to have an older sister like you, you know?"
October smiled, kissing him on the cheek. "I know. I'll see you later."
"Bye," Aiden kissed her on the forehead, letting her go.
- PRGG -
Mari took in a deep breath as she suddenly regained consciousness. Her head hurt badly, and she was sure she at least had a mild concussion, but she also knew that she had to save James.
Getting up slowly, she lifted her morpher to her lips. "Luca, are you there?"
"Yeah, what's going on?" Luca's voice quickly came through the morpher.
"Can you meet me at the Valley Apartments? I think I'm gonna need some back up."
Meanwhile, at said apartments, an older James had parked his car and went to the edge of the parking garage roof, in a blocked off area that was Penny's death location from eight years prior.
He sighed, shaking his head. "I'm sorry, Penny."
"Not sorry enough!" He heard a voice yell from behind him, and he turned to see his car behind him. In the driver's seat, to his amazement, was Penny.
He stared in shock. "Penny?"
She smirked evilly. "Yep, Penny's back!"
"That's impossible! Who the hell are you?" James yelled, walking forward a bit, though he stopped when Penny revved the engine. "Whoa, stop! Who are you?!"
"It's Penny!" James turned to see Mari and Luca running up to him, Mari looked more than a bit disheveled. "I'm Marissa, and Penny has been looking for you all day. She's a restless spirit, and really wants to kill you. Please run!"
"He can't run faster than my car!" Penny cackled, pressing her foot on the gas.
Mari and Luca both saw this, and tackled James to the ground as Penny drove forward - right off of the side like she did before. "No!" Mari exclaimed, peering down to a wrecked car, but no one in sight.
Suddenly, Mari saw Penny standing next to the wreck, now wearing a black dress. She looked up at Mari, smiled peacefully, and disappeared slowly. Mari sagged to the ground in relief, allowing Luca to catch her from behind.
"Thank god."
- PRGG -
October made it up to the roof of her own apartment building, finding Ryder sitting on the edge, looking down at the ground. She sighed and walked over to him, putting a hand on his back as she sat next to him. While Ryder was very much a tough-guy type, he had his breaking moments, and this was one of them. He leaned into October's embrace as she continued to rub his back comfortingly.
"I'm sorry, Ryder." She whispered. "I know you may not believe that, but I really am. I really hoped this wouldn't happen."
He nodded, pulling away from her to look her in the eyes with his own tear-stained ones. "I know, October. You were right the whole time, and I'm really sorry for the way I acted about that. You didn't deserve that, and I should've believed you."
She shrugged. "Hey, I'm not holding any grudges. To be honest, I probably would've reacted the same way if I were in your shoes. But, you know, I wish I wasn't right. You don't deserve to be played like that."
Ryder wiped at his face. "Well, I feel like I do. I feel like I've been a jackass to my sister, and I deserve this in response. This is just the universe punishing me for the way I've acted."
"Ryder, I don't care about all of that," October gave him a small smile. "That doesn't mean anything to me. I was only saying those things to look out for you - I didn't want or expect you to have to learn the hard way. All I care about right now is you."
He gave her the puppy-dog look. "Really? Even after I was a total dick to you?" He added grudgingly, "And Aiden?"
October almost laughed. "Yes, even after that. No matter what or who is in the way, you're always going to be my number one priority. There could be a thousand Aiden's, and I would still be here for you right now."
"Thanks, O," The two hugged. When they pulled away, Ryder sniffled a bit before composing himself. "So, Aiden's really changed, huh? Are you sure it isn't like this?"
"I'm sure." October nodded, giving him a confident look. "I really am, and I know that you're just look out for me too, Ryder. I appreciate that."
Ryder gave her a thoughtful look in return. "Alright, then. Since you're sure about it, I'll give Aiden a chance, but I'm watching out for you, okay? If I see anything sketchy, I'm right back to where I started."
October gave her brother another hug, wrapping her arms around him. "Thank you," She smiled. "Love you, bro."
"Love you too," Ryder told her, wrapping his one arm around her shoulders as the two siblings continued to sit on the roof and talk.
Next time on Power Rangers Guardians of the Galaxy: Luca discovers that his horse, Freckles, is sick and desperately tries to save her. As an attempt to throw him off, Saturn turns Freckles into a centaur, and forces her to fight the rangers.
Next chapter title: The Beloved Pet
So, here's the next chapter! Like I said, sorry about being late, but I was working on the first four chapters of my new story. The next chapter for Animal Guardians (if you read that), should be up soon, as well as another for that as well. I'm going to be working extra hard to finish it off so I can focus on new work, as well as this and Emergency Responders (which is my new story). I'll still be updating this in the meanwhile, though!
Also, the first official arc of this story should be up in a few chapters. It will be a new ranger arc, and will involve a certain character you met recently (and another new ranger, though his/her chapter isn't part of the arc) and a secret Eliza's been hiding. It could change a lot, and I'm sure that it'll throw a few people off, but there will be an explanation at the end of that penultimate chapter.
Here's the lineup for the next five chapters, by the way.
Ep 11: Skin Deep - October focused chapter.
Ep 12: White Ranger - A new ranger appears!
Ep 13: Captured - First part of the New TBA Ranger arc (don't want to give away spoilers).
Ep 14: Daughter of Nature - Part two. TBA (also spoilers) becomes a ranger.
Ep 15: Clash of the Rangers - Part three (final part of the arc). The other rangers clash with the new ranger.
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I'll see you guys soon! Bye!
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