Putty Fight

The Juice Bar was crawling with putties. Some teenagers hid under tables, as the putties banged on the tables over them, taking pleasure from their fear.

Minh yelled, tossing a putty over the counter. She jumped over it and knocked the putty back with a well-placed kick to its torso.

"Get out of here!" She yelled to the others. "I have got this!"

The putties converged on her, sensing her as a real threat. Taking advantage of the distraction, the other civilians promptly fled the building.

Minh smirked as the putties surrounded her.

"Sorry, am I interrupting?" She drawled before grinning at them, her eyes betraying her excitement. "You guys are in for a treat!"

She took out her mom's morpher from her jacket pocket and thrust her arms forward. "It's Morphin Time! Sabretooth Tiger!"

Nothing happened. She looked at the morpher confused before tapping it again.

The putties made their warbling sounds, which started to sound like jeering laughter.

Giving her no time to respond, one putty jabbed at her, which she dodged.

"I don't need any powers to beat you posers!" She grunted, putting the morpher back in her jacket and lunging at the grey soldiers. She got a couple of good hits in before the putties overwhelmed her.

She fell to the ground as a putty jumped on a chair beside her and peered down at her with it's crimson slitted eyes, which infuriated her to no end. With all the force she could muster, she spun her legs in a sweeping motion, taking out the legs of the chair, forcing the putty to fall headfast on the floor. As it got up and growled at her, she crawled backwards and looked around, grabbing a discarded mop.

She swung the mop at the nearest putty, only for the creature to break it with a single kick. She staggered back, hitting a shelf before looking down at the two pieces in her hands.

Minh took a deep breath. It was okay. She still got the situation in hand.

Her mom had always told her to trust her instincts and be aware of her surroundings… that perspective made all the difference…

She looked down with a smile.

She didn't have broken halves of a broomstick in her hand, she had twin batons.

She struck out with her batons, parrying the numerous blows from the putties and sending some flying back when another putty nabbed her leg from behind, forcing her to fall to her knees. Two putties restrained her arms, forcing her to drop her makeshift weapons. Another kicked her in the chest, knocking her against the counter. Minh grunted before kicking another putty which creeped towards her and leapt back to the fight with vicious punches and kicks on the grey army before a putty delivered a powerful kick to her spine, forcing her to fall on her face. Taking advantage of her helplessness, two others caught her and slammed her back against the counter before tossing her to the ground.

Maybe she had underestimated these grey foot soldiers. She took a deep breath, looking at the golems fearfully as they leered at her.

No, this wasn't over. She was not going down without a fight.

She tightened her fists, willing herself to get back on her feet despite the pain that seared through her entire body.

Suddenly, blazes of saffron and pink illuminated the bar as two figures teleported in front of Minh, stopping the putties from coming any closer.

"Minh!" The one in pink robes turned to her. "Are you alright?"

She gave a nod, recognizing the voice to be her Aunt Kim's, which meant the other was her Aunt Nancy.

"Good." Kim said sternly, focusing on her while backhanding a putty that tried to attack her. "Because after this, Minh Thuy Kwan, you are so grounded."

Minh nodded sheepishly.

The saffron ninja made hand gestures with her hands and replicated herself into three clones, who lunged at the putties with kicks and punches, that reduced their number within seconds. Minh watched, her jaw agape as the putties were reduced to lumps of clay that fell to the floor unceremoniously.

The pink ninja flipped backwards, landing in the middle of the putties, before tearing through them.

As the last putty was destroyed, Minh clapped her hands and smiled, only to stop as the two ninjas took off their heads and stared at her disappointedly.

"Minh." Kim said as they came up to her. "What in the world were you thinking?"

"I wanted to be like mom!" She defended.

"Well, Trini would not want to risk your life needlessly." Nancy countered, rubbing her head. "Fighting to protect others is an honourable thing but we can do it because we have powers. You don't. The morpher did not work for you."

"Even if it did, you are going to be nowhere near monsters or putties, hear me?" Kim told her firmly.

"But… you guys did this all the time when you were my age!" She raised her hands in exasperation.

"Times were different then. We were the only ranger team then, now there are hundreds of rangers across the planet!" Kim shouted back, before placing her hands on Minh's shoulders. "Please Minh, there is a lot going on and we can't focus on saving the world if we don't know if you are safe. Please."

"Okay." Minh sighed, nodding her head.

Kim's face softened as she pressed a kiss on her goddaughter's head and pulled her into a hug.

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