A/N: And Overdrive is back in action for this chapter. And hopefully Dino Thunder will be posted soon. I got Faith writing once more and she got pretty far in the next chapter. Now we're just waiting for the end so she can post.
Anyways, here's chapter 16 of Operation Overdrive. Only a few more to go before Once a Ranger, and I really need Faith to get farther in her season before I can post it. So, the next chapter might once again take a while. But that doesn't mean reviews won't help to keep both of us going!
Read and do not forget to review!
It had been a rough few days for the Overdrive team. They had gone on a search for the mythical hammer, one of the relics leading to the newest jewel for the corona aurora, and Tyzonn had to adapt to earth customs. How? By mimicking Will. He even went as far as purchasing a wig, just like Will's hair, and wore it to a battle. Thankfully, once the hammer was retrieved, they made up.
But now, the Rangers had both the hammer and the cannon, together... in one room.
"Can I touch it?" Kaylee asked, sticking her hand out and reaching for the electric current that was passing from the cannon to the hammer. Rose looked up at the blonde from her crouched position and frowned.
"No."
"But... I'll heal! And it's so..."
"No!"
"Man, you're no fun..."
"Whatever connection those two relics have is sending the main frame into a tizzy!" Hartford announced from the computers.
"A... tizzy?" Kaylee frowned, turning to her mentor. "Tizzy... A tizzy.... hehe..."
"Oh no," Ronny sighed hiding her face in her hands. "Word of the day."
Rose walked over to Hartford's side, bringing Ronny, Kaylee and Dax with her.
"Allow me," Rose smirked, pushing her mentor aside to work past the problems. "That's weird... I've bypassed the main energy cupling and reinforced the firewall... that should have worked."
"Okay... let's pretend I understo-"
"Allow me," Ronny said, cutting Kaylee off as she slammed her fist down on the computer box. Just like that, the signal was back to full strength, as if nothing had happened.
"I understood that!" Kaylee cheered.
"It's all in the wrist."
"Now, if only I knew where to send you guys," Hartford said, reaching over to the table to pick up the yanomami, "the satellites aren't picking up any jewels signatures from this statue... it seems to be a dead end."
"Ya hear that Doc," Kaylee called over her shoulder as the doctor walked out of the elevator. "You've got a dead end."
"Not quite..." Rose reached over, taking the statue from Hartford, "there's a space with a circle around it."
"Like Conner's head!" Kaylee giggled.
"I've run it through the database, searched through every ancient relic, work of art, monument... it doesn't match anything on earth!" Hartford sighed.
"That's because it's not on earth!" Rose exclaimed as a smiled appeared on her face. She turned back to the computer and began typing away. "BINGO! The face of mars!"
"The jewel's on mars!" Dax smiled.
"You guys get to go to mars!" Doc frowned, standing beside Ronny.
"Dude! We're going sci-fi!" Dax lifted his arm over Ronny's head, high-fiving the doctor. Ronny quickly ducked underneath it, as to not get hit.
"I don't think the jewel's on mars, guys," Rose laughed, looking over her shoulder for just a second. "I think the face of mars is staring at the jewel."
Rose looked down at the keypad, staring at it for a few seconds before typing once more, entering a few passwords and running through the search engines.
"If we use the carbon data from the statue to correct the orbital flux, we get..." Rose paused, searching the map that had appeared on the screen, before running to the giant globe and pressing her finger on, "Mexico."
"Sweet, get the team!" Kaylee cheered, running to the stairs.
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"Rose, are we almost there?" Mack asked, sitting shotgun to Rose in the jeep as the Rangers traveled through Mexico.
"Yeah, it should be smooth sailing from here," Rose nodded, before two figures jumped out of nowhere, landing on the road in front of the jeep. Rose slammed on the break and swerved the car to the side, while Kaylee, Tyzonn and Mack unbuckled their seat belts to jump out.
"Wanna bet?" Miratrix smirked.
"Give us the relics, or meet your doom!" Kamdor yelled in a menacing tone. Kaylee stepped ahead of the Rangers and crossed her arms.
"Isn't that always how it goes?" she frowned. "It's always, do this or die! You know, it gets kinda old! Maybe we would co-operate better if there was a better deal, like... Give the relics, and we'll leave this planet alone! No villain's done that before!"
Ronny turned to her friend, looking down at her with a disappointed stare.
"Um, that defeats the whole purpose of evil villain!"
"Say hello to our secret weapon!"Miratrix pulled out a hat front behind her back, causing the Rangers to frown.
"Oh! Is it a magician?" Kaylee asked. "'Cause I've totally done this before!"
Miratrix threw the hat in the air, while Kamdor turned it into a monster, and made it grow all at once. Kaylee stood with her jaw open wide.
"Oh, we're switching things up," she smirked. "Megazord battle first! AWESOME!"
"At least it's not a mime," Dax breathed. "Those things creep me out!"
Kaylee rolled her eyes, reaching for her tracker and pulling it off her arm.
"Ready?" she called.
"Ready!"
"OVERDRIVE ACCELERATE!"
Once morphed, Kaylee put her tracker to her mouth, "Spencer, send the Zords!"
"Get your own Zords, Miss Kaylee!"
Kaylee smirked as she looked to the sky, spotting the Zords rolling, or flying in overhead.
"Thank you!" she smiled sweetly.
The Rangers entered their Zords, with Dax and Ronny taking the cannon and hammer respectively.
"Welcome to my magic show!" the monster began, pulling off his hat. The Rangers didn't waste any time as they jumped in the air. "Let's see what I have in my hat!"
Just like magic, a long chain flew out of the hat, wrapping itself around the six Ranger's megazord's legs, immobilizing it.
Tyzonn took his turn to attack, shooting shoulder lasers at the magician. He pulled out a parasol from his hat, blocking the attack.
"There's a slight chance of showers!" the monster yelled, sending the attack back at the alien, in one powerful blast.
"Tyzonn, prepare to transform!" Rose announced over the intercom.
Tyzonn nodded, "Drill Driver, Shuttle Driver, transform!"
Just as the transformation as complete, the monster ran towards Tyzonn's Megazord. Tyzonn smirked as he raised an arm, sending one powerful blast back at the monster.
"Show's over!" the monster yelled as it exploded.
"BOOM!" Kaylee giggled, as the chains around the Megazord's vanished.
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"Alright, let's get moving before someone else comes looking for these relics," Rose announced, walking back to the jeep with the Rangers.
"You had to say something, didn't you?" Will groaned, removing his hand from his ear as a group of chillers rounded the corner.
"Ronny, guard the relics while we deal with these ice cubes," Kaylee ordered, tossing the hammer to Ronny. She nodded, running behind the jeep.
Ronny watched on, holding the hammer in her hand as her friends fought the frozen soldiers. She suddenly felt the ground shake as there was a loud, thunderous noise. She turned slowly, keeping her grip on the hammer as she did. There, behind her, stood the Norse god, Thor.
"That's a nice hammer," he said.
"Thor?"
"Perhaps I wasn't clear," Thor growled, stepping forward and reaching for the hammer. "Give me that!"
"NO!" Ronny yelled, pulling away. "I don't care who you are! We still need it; you can have it when we're done!"
Suddenly, Thor's face softened and his actions became gentle, "Wait a second... you're the goddess Freya! I didn't recognise you in your disguise!"
Thor bowed at her feet, turning on all the warning bells in Ronny's head.
"Freya?" she frowned. "My name's ..."
"Ronny!" Mack yelled as he was thrown down to the ground. "We need some help here!"
Thor turned to the battle, extending an arm, "Give me the hammer. I can help your friends."
Ronny turned as well, biting her tongue before turning back.
"You promise you'll give it back?" she asked.
"On my honour," Thor assured her. Ronny reluctantly gave up the Hammer. Thor stood back up, holding the hammer over his head. He cried out as he slammed it down onto the ground, sending shockwaves to the Chillers and destroying them all in one swift motion.
The Rangers stood up, and Rose turned to the god, shock written all over her face.
"It's Thor! The god of thunder!" she said, walking over to Ronny and standing before Thor.
"I let Thor use his hammer to help us," Ronny explained.
"It's really Thor!" Dax smirked. "But um... you look taller in the movies."
Kaylee and Rose each grabbed one of Ronny's arms and pulled her aside.
"What about the mission?" Rose asked.
"He's got the hammer," Kaylee added. "Is he going to give it back?"
"He promised he would," Ronny nodded, before turning her gaze back to Thor. "Right?"
Thor looked around the area, keeping his eyes away from Ronny's.
"Right, Thor?" Ronny repeated.
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"You gave me your word!" Ronny yelled as Thor sat at the dining room table, with his feet elevated. "On your honour! Doesn't that mean anything to you?"
"Not really," Thor shrugged, tossing a chicken wing over his shoulder, causing it to land on the Doc. "Honour is overrated."
"God or no god!" Spencer yelled, grabbing Thor's feet and pulling them off the table. "This is Italian smoked glass!"
"Servant, fetch me some cake!" Thor ordered. Spencer straitened himself out and breathed in deeply.
"I weep for your parents," he commented, leaving the room in a hurry.
"Oh, this is getting us nowhere!" David growled. "I thought gods were supposed to be cool! This dude's a punk!"
Thor was ignoring the doctor's cries, and instead found himself perfectly content with spitting out the olive nuts. He turned back to Ronny and frowned at her.
"Freya, why waste your time with these... mortals," he started, getting down on one knee as a ring appeared in the palm of his hand. David clenched his fist in anger as the other hand was placed on Ronny's shoulder. "Come with me, be my bride, and we'll spend an eternity together, galloping through the heavens!"
"After what you pulled?" Ronny yelled, ripping the ring off her finger and throwing it back at Thor as tears threatened to fall. It was happening again. "I trusted you, and you made me look like a fool! I let down my team... maybe I am a fool."
Ronny turned to the doc, who could do no more than offer her a sympathetic smile.
"I'm a fool," Thro smirked. "A fool in love."
"I've got better lines that that," Doc frowned. "And I'm not even a god."
Kaylee walked into the room, and saw Thor was still holding onto the hammer. Ronny was obviously getting nowhere, and Kaylee could tell by the look on her face that Thor's betrayal was hurting her too much. She grabbed Thor's chair and spun him around leaning over him.
"We need that hammer," she growled. "Name your freaking price, before my fist meets your skull."
"You offend me!" Thor smiled. "As a god, I have everything! Well, almost."
Thor looked over to Ronny as he touched her hand. Ronny quickly stepped away, disgusted at the mere thought of her hand touching his.
"Fist, meet face!" Kaylee yelled, bringing up her fist. Doc quickly grabbed Kaylee and pulled her away.
"Kayls, this isn't working," he sighed. "There's gotta be something else we can do."
"The only thing I can think of is giving him Ronny," Kaylee breathed. "But I'm not about to give up my best friend, and I don't think you want to give up your girlfriend."
"Girlfriend?" Doc frowned.
"You'll see," Kaylee smirked.
"Well, as fun as it would be to watch my 'girlfriend' go off to a forced marriage," Doc said sarcastically. "We might have to go to extremes to get the jewels for the corona..."
"The Corona Aurora? Thor frowned, looking over to the two. "The jewels of the gods? Well, why didn't you just say so before? I would be happy to help. Just tell me where they are."
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"ARG!" Thor cried as he slammed his hammer on the rock, where the other Rangers had located the jewel was hiding. "What's wrong with this thing? I want that jewel!"
As Thor continued to slam on the rock, Ronny turned around, with a heavy heart. David pulled her into a hug as he watched the scene with Thor. It was sad that the great god couldn't break a freaking rock.
"Hey, why is Thor acting like a little baby?" Kaylee asked, hoping it would, in some twisted way, make Ronny feel better. No one blamed her for losing the hammer, except her. She was really taking it hard and it showed on her face.
"The real question is, if he breaks the rock, is he going to give us the jewel?" Mack asked, throwing Kaylee's plan out the window. Kaylee heard her friend groaned, and glared at Mack.
Thanks a lot, she mouthed.
"I'm going out on a limb here," Dax started, turning around. "And I'm saying... no."
"Guys," Doc whispered, pointing to Ronny, who was still in his arms, slamming her head on his chest. Kaylee reached over and slapped Dax on the back of the head.
"I'm so stupid!" Ronny growled, slamming her head even harder. Kaylee rolled her eyes, placing her hand on Ronny's forehead, hoping to at least soften the blow before the driver's IQ dropped.
"Ronny, it's not your fault," Doc smiled, looking down at her and pushing her away. "It's Thor, the Great Norse God! He gave you his word, his honour! I would have given him his hammer if I were in your position."
Suddenly, the ground shook once again, causing all the Rangers to groan as they fell down.
"Okay, this time, it better be something spectacular!" Kaylee growled, getting back to her feet. She looked up above the rock and saw Thor... another Thor.
"Two Thors?" Tyzonn asked.
"Uh-oh," the first Thor frowned.
The second Thor jumped down from the rock, lighting crashing around him as he did.
"That's a nice entrance," the first Thor remarked.
Ronny turned to the first Thor, glaring daggers at him.
"H-he's an imposter!" the first Thro yelled, pointing to the second, as his whole body trembled.
"Drop the act, Loki," the second Thro ordered. The first Thor nodded and hesitantly dropped his disguise.
"It's Loki, the god of mischief," Rose stated.
"You tricked me!" Ronny growled, stomping over to Loki, who was slowly backing away from her.
"Hell hath no fury like a Ronny scorn," Will whispered to Dax. The boy in blue nodded furiously, watching the scene unfold.
"O-okay... tech... technically I never said I was T-Thor... I just said nice hammer!" Loki said in his own defence, but Ronny would have it. He backed into Thor, who grabbed his arm forcefully, pulling him back. "OW... oh, hey... hehe... you know me! I'm a kidder."
Loki laughed nervously, before he caught Ronny glare. He immediately stopped laughing and turned to run. Ronny chased after him and tackled him into the dirt. They rolled around slightly before Ronny found herself sitting his chest, with her fist in the air.
"I'm going to kill you, you little, shit!" she yelled, throwing her punch. Thankfully, Kaylee and Mack caught her arms and pulled her off. David ran up behind her and held her back, while Loki took this to his advantage and ran off.
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"I can't believe I gave the hammer away," Ronny sighed, sitting down on the couch, beside her friends. Doc was standing behind her, and he wrapped his arms around her, comforting her slightly, but there was something else bugging her.
"It's not your fault, Ronny," Hartford assured her, for what seemed like the hundredth time. "It could have happened to anyone of us."
"But it didn't..." Ronny muttered, sinking deeper into David's hug. "It happened to me... again."
"Again?" Kaylee turned to Ronny, confused. Sharing a room with the yellow Ranger had opened up a lot of doors to both girl's past. Kaylee thought she knew everything about Ronny. From her five brothers and one sister, to her paralysis.
"You've been tricked by a Norse god before?" Dax asked.
"No... if it's okay, can I just go upstairs?" Ronny asked, looking around at her friends, and at Thor. They all nodded, and Ronny bolted to the stairs, not even caring when Karly walked into the room, chewing on her lucky sock.
The cat looked at Ronny and frowned, confused as to why their daily battle for the sticky socks hadn't started. She took off after Ronny, sensing something was wrong with her rival.
Kaylee looked over at Rose, defeated.
"What do you think is bugging Ronny?" she asked.
Rose could only shrug, "You should know."
"I think I do," Doc said, walking around to couch and leaving the room. "I'll be right back. You guys focus on getting back the hammer."
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Karly pushed the door to her room open, and found Ronny sitting on her bed. She titled her head and dragged the sock inside. She jumped onto the bed and place the sock on Ronny's leg. She looked up at Ronny and waited for the yellow Ranger to reach for the sock to pull it away. Ronny didn't acknowledge the sock, so Karly pushed it forward.
Meow!
"Not now, Karls," Ronny whispered, petting the kitten's head. Karly curled up in her lap, and rolling over, exposing her stomach.
"Knock, knock," Doc said, slowly opening the door, only to find Ronny and Karly playing peacefully. "Okay, what's bugging ya?"
"It's nothing, okay," Ronny frowned. David wouldn't have it. He walked over to her bed and sat beside her.
"It's not nothing," he started. "We all know something's bugging you... but I think I'm the only person who does."
"You can't know," Ronny growled. "There's no way..."
"Around the same time you were in the hospital, there was this girl... I think her name was... Karly," David smirked, looking down at the cat. When Karly heard her name, she perked up, listening to the story. "Karly had just been in an accident and was paralysed from the waist down. She started a rehab to learn to walk once again... but at one point, one of the doctors started flirting with her. When the doctor gave her a promise ring, Karly totally fell for it. She accepted it, allowing him access to all her possessions. Karly only realised he was a lying, selfish bastard when she got back to her room, still in a wheelchair, and found that her racing trophy, the once she had since she was a child was gone."
"How do you know this?" Ronny asked. David smirked slightly, as he continued.
"Her trophy was special to her. Her older brother had won it in his first ever race, and gave it to her when she developed an interest in the sport. She kept it with her everywhere. When she was in the hospital, the only thing she wanted by her side, no matter what, was that trophy. It pushed her to go through with the treatments, the rehab, and everything else, because one day, she was going to win her own. When it was gone... Karly felt used. The trophy was very expensive, and meant a lot to her brother, as well as her. She couldn't face her brother for weeks after that, feeling as if he had let her down. Finally, when she did tell her brother, he told her it wasn't her fault..."
"But she still felt really guilty," Ronny finished for him.
"It happened again, with Loki," David smiled, holding her close. Ronny shook her head, looking down at Karly, who was totally confused. She had never driven a car, never mind crashed one! What was this crazy doctor talking about? "You trusted him, and he took something important."
Ronny shook her head, "Yeah... and... I know the guys say it's okay... but it's just... it's brought back memories."
"Well, now you have a chance to make things right," Doc said. "You may not be able to get the trophy back, but you can get the hammer back. We're all working on it."
"Yeah... I guess."
"No, the Ronny I know wouldn't guess," David said encouragingly. "She would jump out of bed, steal her sock from Karly, march downstairs and come up with a plan to make things right!"
Ronny laughed, still looking at Karly.
"Am I right, Chilman?" David smirked.
"You're wrong," Ronny smirked. David's face fell, worried he wasn't going to get the old Ronny back. "I changed my last name. Chilman was great, but Ronny Robinson sounds a lot cooler for a driver."
David laughed, pushing Ronny playfully.
"But you are right about me," Ronny said, pushing him back. "I think I already have two plans. One for getting the hammer back and..."
Ronny paused, pushing Karly away slightly.
"And... and what?"
"And this," Ronny gave the doc a quick peck on the cheek, but it deepened when the doc put his hand behind her head and pulled her in.
Meow! Karly growled, trying to separate the two. Meow! MEOW! MEOW!"
Ronny reached over, grabbing her sock and throwing it out the door.
MEOW!
Karly ran after the sock, caught it in her mouth and turned to the new couple, hissing at Ronny before running downstairs.
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"Karly, oww, oww! Karly! OWW!" Kaylee reached for the cat, who was crawling over her stomach as she paced around the room, traumatized by the kiss.
MEOW!
"What did you do?" Kaylee frowned, picking up her cat. "You didn't break Ronny, did you?"
"She didn't even try," Ronny smiled, pulling David into the room and snatching her sock from Karly. "She was a pretty big help upstairs."
"Ronny, you're okay!" Will greeted her.
"Of course I am," Ronny said. "Have I ever been known to give up?"
Ronny turned to the doc and winked. Only Kaylee was the one to catch the gesture, and she smiled to herself.
Totally called it, she whispered.
"So, any plans for getting the hammer back?" David asked.
"No," Thor shook his head. "Loki will never wilfully give up the hammer. He's been searching for it for years. In fact, the only thing he's ever wanted more, is the goddess Freya."
"Good," Ronny smirked, looking over at Spencer. The old butler looked around the room, thinking Ronny was looking at someone else. David's head hit his hand as he sighed deeply.
"I feel for ya, Spence," he said. "I really do."
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Ronny sat, in an old fashion dress, in a boat, looking out at the water. She held a parasol in her hand, waiting for her plan to take place.
"Oh, how I wish Loki would come for me," she called casually. "He's so handsome, and so smart and so..."
"So happy you changed your mind, darling," Loki said, appearing on the other side of the boat. "Why the change of heart?" he asked a little less gentle.
"Well, before I thought you were Thor, that muscle-bound lug nut. But now, I know it's really you, the brilliant, cunning Loki. My heart aches when you absent."
"You forgot devastatingly handsome," Loki said nervously, playing with his long hair. "But don't fret, I forgive you. I have returned, so we came be married."
Ronny looked to the shore, stepping out of the boat and onto the dock. Loki jumped up beside her and the two began their walk together.
"I want nothing more than to marry you," Ronny started. As they rounded a bush, Loki found a table, ready with cake and tea. "But I made a promise to Thor that I would work with these mortals."
"That is a problem."
"If only we had something to offer Thor, in return for my release," Ronny sighed. "But what?"
"His hammer!" Loki smirked, pulling out the hammer from his belt. "I'll give him back his hammer! The you and I can spend our honeymoon basking in Valhalla!"
"Good idea..."
"But before we do this, I feel it wise to remind you, that a commitment to god cannot be reversed. You will be forever bound by your oath, and forced to live the rest of your life with the sly, cunning, evil, but perfectly brilliant... me!"
Ronny grabbed the hammer, "It would be my..." she pulled it out of his grip. "Honour."
Turning around, she tossed the hammer away, where a smoke of green cloud appeared, and another Ronny and Kaylee feel out of it.
"What?" Loki frowned, looking from his Freya, to Ronny. "But..."
"Not so fun with it happens to you, is it?" Ronny smirked, playing with the hammer.
"Then, who are you?" Loki asked Freya. The first Ronny reached for her neck, peeling off her skin, which turned out to be a mask. Underneath it, "The servant! I've been tricked!"
"Exactly!" Spencer smiled. He looked down at the table and picked up the cake. "You asked for some cake."
"But..." Loki couldn't finish his though, as Spencer slammed the cake in his face.
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"One mythical hammer, coming up!" Ronny announced, walking with her head held high, with Kaylee trailing behind her. Thor and the other Rangers we waiting by the rock where they met both Thor and Loki, all with pleased looks.
"You did it!" Rose smiled.
"Hey, nobody tricks me an gets away with it."
Ronny noticed that her new boyfriend wasn't around, but was too caught up in the moment to ask about it.
"Alright, now onto business," Kaylee smiled. "If the hammer doesn't work alone... the cannon wouldn't work alone."
"Um... we try them together," Ronny suggested, using her duh tone.
Dax picked up the cannon and while the others grabbed onto it, Ronny put the hammer into the hole. Once she had a steady grip on the cannon, the Rangers fired it.
The rock blew up as soon as the cannon was launched. Inside, the Rangers found a strange looking compass.
"Well, it's not a jewel, but it's definitely something," Dax cheered.
Tyzonn picked up the compass, smiling to himself as he dusted it off. He held his tracker over it, getting a high reading.
Ronny grabbed the hammer and walked over to Thor, thanking him for his help, though he had not done much. Thor smiled at her and took his hammer back, before disappearing.
Just as Ronny turned back to her team, the ground shook once again. All the Rangers fell, except for Kaylee.
"HA! I stayed up this time!" she cheered, but a little too early. As soon as she did, Moltor zoomed by her, pushing her down and grabbing the compass from Tyzonn.
"NO!" the alien yelled, but it was too late, the lava head was gone.
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"Okay, so we lost the compass," Ronny groaned, walking into the mansion. "I did all that... just to lose the compass."
"You lost it?" David breathed, standing in front of the game room coffee table.
"Moltor snatched it," Tyzonn explained.
"It doesn't matter," David smiled. "We'll get it back, we always do."
"Whatcha hiding, Doc?" Kaylee smirked, seeing something shine behind the Doctor. "Is it a tizzy?"
He looked behind himself and smirked as he looked back. With his hand, he reached for the object and picked it up.
"Oh, nothing important," he said, pulling the object around. Ronny's eyes widened when he did, and she jumped in his arms.
In his hands, was a big, shiny gold trophy. The other Rangers were completely confused, but Ronny was on the verge of tears.
"How did you get it back?" she asked, reaching for the trophy.
"Let's just say, I knew the doctor who stole it," David smirked. "It only dawned on me today that I had his address in a folder at work. So Karly and I went over, with your socks, and we got it back, with no hard feelings."
"You're the best!" Ronny smiled, kissing him, only confusing the others more. Kaylee stood there, biting her lower lip happily.
"Whoa," Mack frowned. "You two?"
"Yep," Ronny nodded. "A lot has happened today!"
Meow!
All the rangers looked down at Karly, finding her resting in the bowl of the trophy, cuddling with a sock. Doc pulled Ronny into a hug as they watched the cat fall asleep peacefully.
"As soon as she's fully asleep, I'm going to take my sock back," she whispered to him.