Aiden was shifting uncomfortably in the front seat of his car, having parked out on the street for the night to sleep. He had a bit of a frustrated look on his face, despite his eyes being closed, and his arms were crossed against his chest to keep him warm.
He sighed and was about to sit up to turn on the heater, since it was getting cold, when a tap on his window startled him. He opened his eyes and looked out of the window to see a police officer shining a flashlight through his window, making him squint against the light.
Leaning forward, he rolled down the window and poked his head slightly out of it as the officer put his flashlight down. "Yeah? Is something wrong?" Aiden asked, flashing him an awkward smile.
The officer crossed his arms. "Kid, you can't sleep here. There's no parking after 10 pm."
"Oh, I didn't realize," Aiden muttered, looking at the sidewalk to see if there was a sign around. "Sorry, I'll move."
"Why don't you just go home? I bet your parents are waiting up for you," The officer put his hands on his hips, looking Aiden over. "You know, you look really familiar. What's your name?"
Aiden frowned a bit, "Aiden Miller, the red ranger," He showed him his locket. "And I'm actually 18, so I don't live with my parents anymore."
"Look, Aiden," The officer said. "Even if you're 18, you don't have to move out right away. I know you may want your freedom, but living in your car isn't worth it. I'd say you should go back home and see if you can compromise with your parents."
"I..." Aiden trailed off, not wanting to sit around and explain his whole life story to this officer, and instead nodded at his words. "Yeah, thanks man. I'll go."
The officer nodded once at him and went back to his car, while Aiden turned his keys to start his truck. Aiden sighed as he did so, before driving off in search of another place to park so he could finally get some rest.
- Cue Opening 2 -
Early the next morning, October walked through the halls of the hospital to get to Ryder's room. It had been about a week since the accident, and October had been coming in as early as she possibly could every morning, as well as whenever she didn't have school. She was grateful that she didn't have to worry too much about work, since Fred was a close family friend and was giving her paid time off to handle what happened.
She was also glad that today was the day Ryder was finally getting out to come home, though it wasn't until later on when his doctor was able to sign him out.
October knocked lightly on the door frame, making Ryder look up at her from his bed. He was recovering well, though he was being a bit more quiet than usual. October had asked him about it, and he told her about the dream he had and how he was still thinking about a lot of things. Luckily, it seemed that he was recovering more from his depression everyday as well.
"Hey," She said softly, smiling at him. He was sitting up in his bed, eating breakfast. "Anything good?" She asked, gesturing to it.
He rolled his eyes. "No, it's hospital food," He smirked slightly. "It's never good."
She chuckled. "Yeah, the free coffee isn't very good either," October told him, holding up a cup to show him.
"There's a reason it's free," Ryder pointed out. He looked towards the door, before back at her. "No boyfriend with you today, huh?" He teased her.
October blushed, nudging him lightly. "Hey, Aiden was only here at first to keep me company. Now, you're enough to keep me company, but if you want another visitor, I could always call someone up."
"I'm okay without that," Ryder muttered, picking at his food with his plastic fork. "I don't think I'm up for many visitors."
"Are you okay?" October asked, frowning in concern. "Are you in pain or something?"
"No, it's not like that; I feel fine." Ryder shrugged a bit. "Just.. thinking, I guess. You know what I mean, right?"
She nodded immediately. "Yeah, definitely. I hope you don't mind, but Alice is coming over after I get back to the house. She wants to make sure we're doing okay - is that alright, or do you want me to tell her another day would be better?"
"It's alright," Ryder assured her, stopping her before she could pull her phone out to text her best friend. "Alice is fine. I'm used to her, it was more of the others I was thinking of." He saw the look on October's face, and continued. "Not that I don't like them or anything, I've just gotten used to Alice always being around our house, while the others are more of a here and there appearance, besides Aiden. He's over like every other day," He muttered, shooting her an amused look. "I wonder why."
October laughed lightly. "Well, he is my boyfriend,"
Ryder nodded, "I know, obviously." He looked down for a moment, before looking back at her. "He's lucky to have you."
"Thanks, Ryder," October smiled sweetly, thinking of her boyfriend. "I'm lucky to have him too, he's a good guy."
He smiled slightly. "Yeah, he is." The two made eye contact, October obviously stunned that Ryder was talking highly of Aiden, in any light. "You two are good for each other, really. He.. can come over anytime, like Alice."
"Really?" October leaned forward, a touched look on her face. "You don't have to..."
"I'm not doing anything extra, October." Ryder looked down again, this time a bit guiltily. "I was unfair to him, even after he proved himself time and time again. I guess I was just being overprotective, because I was worried he would do something wrong to you, but he hasn't. The next time I talk to him, I'm gonna apologize." She opened her mouth to respond, but Ryder cut her off. "I know, I don't have to. I want to."
October took his hand and squeezed it lovingly. "That means a lot to me, thank you." She looked him over. "I'm so glad you're starting to feel better. I'll be there every step of the way for you, okay?"
"Definitely," Ryder squeezed her hand back, giving her a smile.
- PRGG -
Jackie and Bella were hanging out at a small cafe, drinking coffee and talking. It was Saturday and, although the two had been hanging out practically all week, they decided to get together to hang out on the weekend as well.
The two were quite different in personality, Bella was sure of that, which what was so shocking given that they got along so well. She found that Jackie was one of the best friends she had, besides October, and possibly Ryder, though she wasn't too sure about that. Jackie, on the other hand, always tried to hang out with Bella specifically, and Bella tried to do the same.
They just got along really well. It may have shocked Bella to figure this out, but she definitely didn't have a problem with it. In all honesty, Jackie was basically the only person she really made an effort to spend time with. Not that she didn't try to do so with the other rangers, but definitely not as much.
Jackie took a sip of her coffee and observed Bella. "You seem entranced in thought."
"Yeah," Bella nodded. "Just thinking about how glad I am to have a good friend on the team."
"Who?" Jackie asked, oblivious. Most people probably would've been offended by her confusion, but Bella knew better. She knew Jackie wasn't trying to hurt her feelings, it was just because Jackie, as Minerva's daughter, had a hard time connecting with her emotions. Her thoughts were overruled by logic, and it crowded her emotional response.
Bella smiled, "You." She responded, watching for Jackie's reaction. The girl looked up in slight surprise, but otherwise didn't have too much of a response to it. "You're the one I hang out with the most, and I haven't just been doing that for no reason." She explained.
Jackie nodded in understanding. "I see. Thank you, Bella, I consider you a good friend as well. I do happen to get along with you the best out of all of the others, surprisingly enough."
"Surprisingly enough?" Bella chuckled.
"Yes," Jackie informed her. "I may not be very emotionally or socially intelligent, but I am aware that I am something of a social outcast. I am also aware that you are very well known for being highly sociable, although most regard you as being rude as well."
"And what do you think?"
Jackie shook her head. "I do not know where they get their information from, as you are not rude to me."
"I can be rude, sometimes," Bella admitted. "But it's nice to know you don't think so. I've been trying to keep myself in check lately. Not that anyone like Aiden can accept that, but I'm just happy that October, Ryder, and, I hope, Luca do."
Jackie sipped her coffee again. "Aiden is dealing with his own problems, which I hear can affect one's actions, not sure how though..."
Bella frowned. "Like what?"
She looked up from her coffee. "I'm not sure I should say. I was told not to say anything, though I suppose that may be unimportant now that Alice knows as well."
"How do either of you know anything about.. whatever this is?" Bella asked.
Jackie shrugged. "I saw him, as did Alice. I suppose she does not know as much as I do, considering she only saw him at work, but..."
"Okay, hold on." Bella cut her off. "Tell me what you saw."
"Aiden is homeless." Jackie said, keeping her voice down so no one else heard her. "He's living in his car, and has not found a place to live in a few weeks. I can only assume he's struggling. No one else knows he's homeless, but Alice saw him at his new job, and she told October."
Bella gasped. "Seriously? Did October do anything?"
"I am not sure." Jackie told her. "But, considering he's still in his car, I assume she does not know."
"Well, maybe we should help him," Bella suggested. "You know, help him find a place, or talk to someone who can help him."
Jackie nodded. "That is..." She was cut off when an explosion rang from outside, startling them both. They looked out the window in shock to see a giant dragon like creature in the street, terrorizing the people. It had a serpentine body and six heads all coming from different necks. It opened it's mouths and made a loud ROAR, that caused fire to come out of it's mouths.
The blast of sound and fire was so strong that it shattered the windows, making Bella and Jackie duck away in horror. Bella turned to her friend, "What the hell is that thing?"
"King Hydra," Jackie responded as they ducked behind a fallen table, careful not to touch any broken glass. "A many headed serpent that breathes fire and grows more heads as they are removed."
"Of course it is," Bella rolled her eyes. "Anything else I need to know?"
Jackie nodded. "We need to morph, now! It's breath and blood are poisonous!"
The two got the their feet. "Guardians, Rise up!" They called.
"Yellow Guardian!"
"White Guardian!"
After they were morphed, Jackie took in a deep breath. "With our suits on, it's breath cannot hurt us."
"What about it's blood?" Bella asked, frowning.
"It cannot poison us in the traditional sense," Jackie responded, looking down, almost awkwardly. "But, it will feel almost like acid on your flesh. Do not let it get on you."
Bella sighed. "Great. This is gonna go just great." She muttered as she pulled out her blaster and shot the Hydra from inside the coffee shop.
The serpent roared in anger and pain and whipped it's heads around to face them as they ran out into the streets. Jackie also had her blaster out, and the two shot at it continuously as it advanced on them, but it seemed to make no affect as it continued to move forward. The Hydra rammed into them with one of it's heads, knocking them down on the concrete.
"Hey!" A voice yelled from behind the Hydra. It was Luca, along with Aiden and October. The three also had their blasters out, and proceeded to shoot at the Hydra as well, having a hard time determining how to fight a creature of the Hydra's size and caliber.
It advanced on them immediately, snarling as it did so. It breathed fire out of it's many mouths, causing the other three to duck and jump out of the way to avoid it's fire. October held her hand out towards it, trying to use her power to burn it's skin. The Hydra tilted it's heads and squirmed slightly in pain, but immediately turned towards her to attack.
Before it could attack her, however, Aiden held his own hand out and struck it with lightning on one of it's six heads. The one head jolted with the electricity and fell limp, disintegrating off of it's body.
"No!" Jackie exclaimed. "Don't destroy it's heads!"
Aiden frowned. "Why?" He called back, though his question was soon answered when it's sixth head grew back, along with a seventh one. "Oh shit." He whispered, shocked.
The Hydra hardly seemed phased by his attack, and breathed fire at him. Aiden held his arms over his head to try and protect himself, but was confused when no fire came. He looked up to see a stream of water blasting back at the fire, coming from Luca, who was standing to his side. October was also standing nearby, trying to use her power to make the serpent's neck swell to stop the fire.
It didn't seem to know who to attack first, but decided for October and whacked her to the side with one of it's large heads, before turning the other way and doing the same to Luca, allowing it's fire to reach Aiden.
He gasped at the sudden he and scrambled to get away from the fire that was beginning to engulf his body. It seemed that, because of his suit, the fire wasn't hurting him like it potentially could, and he assumed he would be dead if he wasn't wearing it.
Aiden could feel the burning getting worse and quickly ducked behind a car, waiting for the Hydra to stop it's intense rampage. He could feel the metal burning and saw how it was molding under the intense burn. He soon realized something and immediately ran away from the car and across the street, just in time to see the car explode.
Bella put her hands out at nearby trees and used her power to make the branches twist and move towards the Hydra, having the branches wrap around the Hydra's necks and body. The monster roared in anger and struggled against the branches, which were made stronger by Bella's influence.
Jackie got up off the ground, seeing how Bella's power was straining her, and used her own mental abilities to try and attack the Hydra's brain. It took a moment for her to determine where the brain was, given that there were so many heads, but she finally did so and locked onto it, using a psonic blast to attempt to fry it's brain.
The Hydra noticed this almost immediately, and screeched as a result. It quickly threw itself out of the branches holding it and then disappeared as if it had never been there to begin with. Jackie's link to it's mind was instantly broken, and Bella was panting from the amount of power she exerted from her attack.
The five rangers demorphed and regrouped in the middle of the street, standing right where the Hydra was. "Okay, what the hell?" Aiden asked, looking to Jackie. "You know the most about this, so start talking."
Jackie shrugged. "I have never actually seen a Hydra in real life before, Aiden. All I know is that one of the heads - the one with it's brain, is the main head that you have to destroy to kill it. You saw how distraught it became when I linked my abilities to it."
"Okay, that sounds easier than I thought it would be," Luca pointed out. "Why didn't you just say that before?"
She shook her head. "No, it's not that easy. You have to destroy the rest of the heads first because the others would never let you near the original."
October sighed. "But, we can't destroy the rest without bringing more on ourselves."
"That's not true," Jackie told them. "If Mari were still here, she could easily destroy the other heads with her ability."
Luca made a face. "With fire?"
"Yes," Jackie nodded. "If she used her sword to cut off the head and burn the neck, the head would not be able to grow back, as the wound would be cauterized."
"So, we need to get Mari's power then," Bella asked, pulling her locket out and touching Mari's coin lightly as it rested next to her own coin.
"If you can use it, we need you to the next time that thing shows up," October told her. "I don't know if you haven't because you figure we would get mad, but we won't, especially not if we can put it to good use."
Bella looked away from the locket and back up at the others. "That's not why I haven't. I haven't because I can't. It's never worked for me." She sighed. "It's probably because I don't have Vesta's power to use with it."
"Well, that's..."
"Fine," Luca cut Aiden off before he could speak. "Look, I'll go back to the command center and look into this stuff, then I'll get back to you with it, alright?"
Jackie perked up. "I will come with you," She said, following close behind him as the two walked off in that direction.
October ran a hand through her hair. "I have to get back to the hospital. They're releasing Ryder and Alice is waiting there for me."
"I.. gotta go too," Aiden said, a bit awkwardly. "I'll come over later," He told October.
She nodded. "Of course. I'll see you then." The two kissed goodbye and began to walk off, leaving Bella to herself as she continued to think. Before she thought very hard, however, she saw the direction Aiden was walking in and decided to follow him, determined to help him with his problem.
- PRGG -
While Jackie searched through books with Liela, Luca walked outside the command center to take a break. He inhaled deeply, taking in the salty ocean smell, before turning to look out to the sea, something which he had always liked and now knew was a result of his parentage. As he looked out there, however, he saw Eliza sitting in the sand, turned towards the ocean and seemingly lost in thought.
He hadn't talked much to his half-sister since what happened to Mari, and he had to admit, he did feel a bit bad about it. As much as he was upset about what happened, the more the thought about it, the more he couldn't really blame Eliza for it.
The others, he assumed, had a very similar feeling towards her. Luca could see it in the way they were acting towards her; it was getting much better and more friendly.
Sighing to himself, he walked down to the beach and touched her lightly on the shoulder, making her look up at him as he sat down beside her. "You okay?" He asked.
"Just thinking," She told him, before giving him a look. "I thought you guys didn't like me anymore."
"That's not true, Eliza." Luca said, shaking his head. "We were just upset for a while, but it doesn't mean we don't still care about you. Besides, it's been getting easier. I mean, I've thought so much about it and what October said about you was right. We shouldn't have blamed you, and I'm sorry. I bet the others are too."
Eliza looked up at him, before leaned towards him for a hug. "Thank you."
Luca rubbed her back and nodded. "Of course. And besides, it would suck to hate the only sibling I know about."
"Yeah, it would." She chuckled, pulling away from him. Eliza sober rather quickly and looked at the ground. "How's Ryder? I didn't wanna intrude, but I do really care about him."
He smiled. "October says he's doing great. We were allowed to see him, but we only did once for a short time. He wasn't really up for visitors."
"Oh." Eliza cringed slightly. "Was it really that bad?"
"No, not like that. I mean, yeah, he was hurt bad, but he more so didn't want to see us, rather than him being in physical pain," Luca explained. "He's still pretty down, but not in angry way, anymore. It's more just.. depressed. October says he's getting better everyday on that front, though, so I think he'll be back up and around soon."
"That's great." Eliza smiled slightly. "I was really worried about him."
Luca nudged her lightly. "Maybe when he's recovered enough, you guys could talk.. you know, about everything. See if you can come to a conclusion and maybe start over."
Eliza nodded. "I will. I've already thought about all of that. If we're gonna be in each other's lives, we gotta do something."
"I agree. You should..." He was cut off when Jackie yelled his name from back at the command center. He turned back to see her gesturing for him to come back inside. "I guess I gotta go back in. Wanna come?"
She gave him a half-hearted chuckle. "I'm gonna stay here for a little longer and clear my head. I'll be in a few."
Luca stood up and patted her on the shoulder. "Alright. See you in there."
"Definitely," Eliza forced a smile and watched him go back inside, before turning back to the ocean and looking at the waves.
- PRGG -
Bella followed Aiden back to his car, which was parked a bit off of the road in an alleyway. She frowned she saw him lean against the car and sigh to himself, bringing his hands up to the sides of his head in frustration.
She watched him for a few moments before walking out where he could she her. When he did, he rolled his eyes. "Oh, so now you're following me?"
"I followed you to look into what Jackie told me," Bella told him. "You're homeless."
"That's not true, I'm just living in my car. Besides, maybe I like it. It's none of your business," Aiden told her coldly.
Bella put her hands on her hips. "I'm just trying to help."
"By doing what?" Aiden asked, giving her a look. "Watching me? Coming here to bother me?"
"Me coming here was to talk to you about this," Bella explained. "To try and help you so you don't have to live in your car."
"How, exactly, are you gonna help me?" He crossed his arms. "You gonna lend me some cash?"
She shook her head. "No, I was gonna tell you that I know someone who needs a roommate and would definitely not mind having you as one. Knowing you, however, you probably don't believe me."
Aiden glared at her. "Who would want a power ranger as their roommate? It would endanger them. That's why people stay away from us."
Bella sighed. "Another power ranger might."
"Like who? You? Because that would never happen." Aiden sneered.
She scowled. "No, actually I was gonna suggest someone you like a lot more, but since you're such a dick about it, maybe I won't."
Aiden shrugged. "Fine, I don't care. Your opinion doesn't matter to me."
"Yes, it does, you just don't want to admit it because you're still comparing me to Mari," Bella retorted, boldly. "All of the others stopped doing it because they know that, just because we have the same powers, doesn't mean we're the same person. And yeah, I've made my fair share of mistakes, but you can't hold those over me for the rest of my life." She huffed. "Also, I think that the minute you stop thinking that it would've been so much better to have Mari around, would be the minute that you could actually accept me as a teammate, and a friend."
He looked at the ground. "Is that it?"
Bella clenched her fists, "No, it's not. I'm not gonna let you ruin my time on this team, Aiden. Regardless of what you think of me, you are my teammate, my leader, and my friend, in my eyes. I am also the yellow ranger, and I'm sorry that Mari's gone, but you treating me like this isn't going to change that. I hope you know that."
After Aiden said nothing for a few moments, Bella began to walk away, before she stopped and turned back to him. "October's broke, and if she doesn't get any kind of money soon, she and Ryder will be in trouble. I'm sure she could use a paying roommate right now." She told him, looking straight at him. She then turned away and walked out of the alley.
- PRGG -
October and Alice sat out in the living room of October and Ryder's apartment, after getting Ryder settled into his room. He had a TV, books, and other things in there to keep him occupied, as well as a crutches to help him move around. He could only currently use one, since his collarbone was still recovering, but he still was pretty good at using it, so October decided to leave him to himself while she and Alice talked out in the living room.
Besides that, he did mention that he wanted to be alone, and October didn't mind that at all. She might've if he was worse off, but she was confident in him and let him be.
Alice took a sip of her water and peered over at October. "So, did you ever ask Aiden why he got a job?"
"Yeah, I did," October nodded. "He told me that he has some stuff going on, but not to worry too much about it."
"Really?" Alice made a face. "Well, I have to tell you something that I didn't want to tell you then, since everything was so hectic and bad at the time."
October frowned. "What? Do you know something I don't?"
"Sort of," She rubbed her arm awkwardly. "After I left Target, I saw Aiden's truck out in the parking lot as I passing by.. and it's filled to the brim with all of his belongings. When I talked to him, too, he said he got kicked out of his place."
"Are you sure?" October asked, worriedly.
"I'm sure." Alice confirmed. "I mean, he said he sorta had a place to stay, but if his car is filled up like that, I assume he might be living in his car."
The pink ranger sighed, running a hand through her hair. "Damn it, Aiden. Of course he is," She muttered. "And he didn't tell me, either."
Alice shrugged. "Maybe he was just trying not to worry you."
"I know he was," October rolled her eyes. "He wanted to handle it himself, even though he probably doesn't know how."
"Well, what if he moved in here?" Alice suggested after a moment of silence. "I mean, he could pay rent, and he's your boyfriend, which.. that's just a plus," She nudged October, shooting her a smirk.
October was hesitant. "I don't know, Alice. I would really love that, but with everything going on and..."
"And what?" A voice resounded from the hallway. October and Alice looked up to see Ryder limping into the room, shooting October a look. "What's going on?"
She looked down, almost guiltily. "Aiden needs a place to stay because he got kicked out of his place."
Alice nodded. "You guys also need the money, which Aiden could offer as a roommate," She pointed out. "I mean, October even said it herself, you guys are broke."
October whipped her head towards Alice, glaring at her. "Alice!" She scolded, before turning to Ryder, who looked concerned and upset. "I was gonna tell you, I swear, but I thought I could handle it on my own."
"So you and Aiden have the same problem." Alice chuckled lightly, before being nudged by October.
Ryder sighed, shaking his head. "You guys are too much," He commented. Ryder paused for a moment, before speaking again. "I think, if it matters at all, that Aiden is your boyfriend and my.. friend, and if he's willing to pay rent or contribute in anyway, he should move in."
"Wait, really?" October was taken aback. "I mean, I know what you were saying earlier but..."
"But what? He's not bad guy, and I'd rather have him in here than someone I don't know or don't like." Ryder responded. "Besides, I'd rather have him have a job to pay for the apartment than me,"
October scoffed. "Yeah, I bet you would." She laughed, before smiling at him. "Okay, then. I think it's settled. I'll..." October was cut off when she felt her locket heat up. Ryder felt it to on his own, and looked at her as she stood up. "Hydra's back. I'll be back soon, if I don't get burned to a crisp." She muttered, before running out of the apartment.
- PRGG -
Bella was walking around in the small area of woods behind her house, fidgeting with Mari's coin on her necklace and thinking to herself. She had waited for a long while to tell Aiden off like she did, and she was almost proud of the way she handled herself. She stood up for herself the way anyone would, and did so without being too rude about it.
As she held onto Mari's power coin, she felt her necklace heat against her fingers. She sighed, knowing how hard it would be to defeat the Hydra without the proper ability, and was about to run towards the direction of the battle when she felt a strange sensation from behind her.
Looking back, she saw a strange glow coming from the same small field that she had seen Ceres once. Bella took a deep breath and walked over there, hoping her mother was there to give her some kind of guidance.
Instead, she found a different woman sitting there, dressed in Greco-Roman attire, similarly to all Goddesses Bella had met before. She had dark skin, chocolate brown eyes, and long black hair. She was also holding a staff in hand, with a small flame coming from the top. The woman regarded Bella vaguely.
"You're a Goddess," Bella concluded, looking at her in shock. "Vesta, right? Mari's mother?"
She nodded. "Smart girl, Isabella." Vesta looked her over, her eyes landing on her neck. "You have my daughter's power coin."
Bella looked down at it, before taking it off and offering to her. "Do you want it back? I can't use it, anyways."
Vesta stood, giving her a pointed look. "You only can't use it because none of my power has allowed it to work. My demigod children can all use it because the posses my power."
"I figured," Bella continued to hold it out towards Vesta.
"But, if I were to power it myself, anyone I chose would be allowed to access it's powers," Vesta explained, reaching her hand out and putting it on top of Bella's. There was a yellow glow that went through their hands, before it died down and Vesta pulled away. "And I choose you, to help you defeat the Hydra and, in the end, Saturn."
Bella stared at the power coin in her hand, feeling the power flowing through it. "Thank you, Vesta." She said. Bella was about to say more when she looked up and found that Vesta had disappeared.
Feeling her locket still hot against her chest, she put Mari's coin back on the chain and ran in the direction of the battle. She morphed as she ran, and when she got to the battle, she found the others locked deeply in the fight with the Hydra.
The Hydra was screeching at the rangers and throwing them around like it was nothing. Luca, Jackie, and October were all on the ground and ducked behind a car, while Aiden was trying to strike all of the Hydra's heads at once with his lightning.
It continuously ducked out of the way of his strikes, and then proceeded to whack him to the side with it's head.
"Hey!" Bella yelled, attracting it's attention. "How about you fight me instead?"
She took Mari's power coin out of the impenetrable cuff on her wrist and shoved it into her morpher, which was embroidered into the symbol on the left side of her suit. Instantly, she felt a new power come over her as her suit was engulfed in flames for a brief moment.
When the flames faded, Bella's suit didn't look much different, but she certainly felt much more powerful. She pulled out her blaster, which was sleeker looking, and blasted it at one of the heads, disintegrating it immediately.
They all watched for it to grow back, even the Hydra itself, but, after a few moments of waiting, it didn't. Bella smirked, blasting the one right next to it, taking out the two the Aiden had given it after he destroyed one.
The Hydra roared in anger and advanced on her, moving out of the way of her blasts. She put her blaster back in it's holster and pulled out her sword, jumping to the side of one of it's heads.
Bella ducked under another one of it's heads, but this time she sliced clean through it with her sword, making it disintegrate and leaving it with only four heads left. It began moving erratically, clearly distressed as it was getting closer to it's demise.
Concentrating on the trees around her, Bella moved the branches out to quickly hold it down before it could try to attack her. Bella then turned towards Jackie, "Which one is the main head?"
Jackie also concentrated for a moment, trying to determine where the brain was. When she finally locked in and made a connection, she called back, "The first one on the right!"
The yellow ranger nodded back at her and gripped her sword tightly, feeling Vesta's power flow through her until her sword was completely on fire. She took a deep breath and ran at the monster, jumping up and slicing through it flesh until the main head came off and disintegrated.
It screeched loudly with its other heads before it completely disintegrated to the ground, covering the road in a black dusty substance.
"How did you do that?" October breathed out in shock as they all stood and stared at Bella.
"Vesta," Bella told her as they all demorphed. "She came to me and gave my the ability to finally use the power coin."
Luca smiled. "That's incredible!" He clapped Bella on the shoulder. "Great job, Bella."
"Thank you," She smiled back, looking at all of the others, including Aiden, who was standing a bit back. She glanced at October, giving her a knowing look. "Well, I think we gotta get going. It's getting kinda late,"
October looked back at Aiden, before giving Bella a grateful look. "Yeah, it is. See you guys tomorrow?"
Bella nodded. "Yeah, see you then."
She nudged Luca and Jackie to follow her away from the battle scene as October walked over to Aiden, her arms crossed. "So, were you ever gonna tell me if no one else did?"
"About what?" Aiden asked, trying to act like he had no idea what she was talking about.
"You know exactly what I mean," October gave him a look. "And I get why you didn't, but we're in a relationship, Aiden. We're supposed to support and help each other with these things."
Aiden sighed. "Bella told you?"
"Bella? No, Alice told me. How many other people knew?" October frowned.
"Jackie too, and she told Bella." Aiden admitted. "But only because she saw, and so did Alice. I didn't tell anyone, I swear. I was always gonna tell you first, it's just that a lot was going on."
"I know." October nodded. "By the way, I know somewhere that you can stay, if you pay some rent and stuff. I mean, if you wanted."
Aiden chuckled lightly. "Your place?" He asked, and October nodded again. "What about Ryder?"
"Honestly? He said yes before I did," October smirked, nudging him lightly. "He also told me that he thinks you're a good guy, and that we're good for each other. I'm not even joking."
He looked shocked. "Well, now I have to move in," He pulled her in for a hug and kissed her on the forehead. "Thank you."
October hugged him back. "So, I'm taking this as a yes?"
"Definitely!" Aiden squeezed her tightly. "And I'll pay or do anything you want."
The two pulled away, and October patted him on the shoulder. "Calm down. First, let's go get your car and get you settled in. We'll figure it out from there."
Aiden nodded, with a confident smile. "Whatever you say," He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and the two walked off in the direction of his car.
Next time on Power Rangers Guardians of the Galaxy: When the other rangers are captured by the Laestrygonians, a tribe of cannibal giants controlled by Saturn, Bellona, the Goddess of War, comes to Earth to give October new powers to save them.
Next Chapter Title: Goddess of War
So, Bella now has a new power up! She is the first ranger to get hers, but the others, including the future rangers, will all get their own as well over the course of the story. October is next on that one, in the next chapter, as you can see from the description. The others will be more spread out, but these two just happened to get planned together.
I'm also really glad that I finally got Aiden and Ryder off to a better start, since they've always had some problems. I'm excited to start writing them as close friends, as they will become over time. It's gonna be great!
Also, the next poll is not up yet, only because this series is next and it doesn't have a full team yet. As you can see below, however, the new rangers are coming in within the next five chapters, so expect the poll up sometime after that!
Anyways, here are the upcoming five chapters!
Ep 21: Politician's Daughter - Jackie focused chapter.
Ep 22: Fair - Bella focused chapter.
Ep 23: Middle of Nowhere - Luca focused chapter.
Ep 24: Diamond's Shine - New rangers! *Title with ('s) is not a typo.*
Ep 25: Fame Isn't Easy - New rangers focused chapter.
I hope you guys liked this chapter, and I'll be back with the next one soon!
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