A/N:YAYS, Faith and I have an idea that will allow me to post this at a realistic speed. I hope you guys don't mind if we go a little out of order, but Faith and I area planning a detailed oneshot for the Mystic Force years, which will allow me to post Once a Ranger while she continues with Dino Thunder. But even then, I'm going to try to get her to finish towards the beggining of Summer, so we can continue this how it should be.
So, don't forget to review and tell me what you think! I'll be waiting for comments and feedback!
"Sir, now that Moltor has the compass, what does that mean for us?" Spencer asked, rather urgently. He and Hartford were pacing the base, pondering their next move.
"I don't know," Andrew shrugged. "According to legend, that compass has great power and is very unstable, especially in the hands of Moltor... keep the Overdrive team on high alert."
"Give me back my sock!" Ronny screamed, chasing the cat through the base, entering through the elevator, running around the large globe, and exiting by the stairs.
"They... they always are sir," Spencer frowned, shaking his head disappointingly.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
The Rangers were pushing their way through a crowd of panicked people, Overdrive Trackers in hand as Rose scanned the area.
"I've never seen anything quite like this!" Rose announced, avoiding being pummeled by a civilian. "These readings indicate an energy flow from..."
"Right there," Ronny pointed, putting away her Tracker and pointing to a Chinese dragon-type monster, holding the compass.
"Am I the only one who's got a thing about dragons?" Dax asked.
"First mime, now dragons?" Kaylee teased. "Is there any monster you're not afraid of?"
"Hey! He's got our compass!" Mack pointed out, stating the obvious seeing as the monster was holding the compass in plain sight, where not a seeing soul could miss it.
"Not for long," Will assured the Red Ranger, he turned to the monster and glared. "Alright, big guy, hand it over! You can do it the easy way, or the hard way!"
"The hard way!" the monster answered.
"Of course," Kaylee shook her head, looking to her team as she reached for her Tracker. "Ready?"
"OVERDRIVE ACCELERATE!"
Bringing out their defenders, the Rangers took turns attacking the dragon monster, while he, using one hand, held them off. He seemed to be enjoying the attack, laughing as he took down all the Rangers.
After throwing Mack and Kaylee down, the monster looked around. Both leaders were getting back to their feet, and all the other Rangers were surrounding him, keeping him from leaving the circle.
"Oh, you have me surrounded. You think that's the way to attack?" the monster laughed. "Well, think again, you just make it easier for me! Six of you, huh? Ooh, let's see how you handle the power of the compass."
The monster waved his hand over the compass as it began to glow. Suddenly, there was a bright light in the middle of the battle scene, startling the Rangers.
"What's he doing?" Mack asked, turning to his leader.
"I don't know, let find out together, shall we?" Kaylee snapped, crossing her arms.
"Aha! This is going to be fun! Go ahead, you can't harm me!" the monster exclaimed, looking at each set of Rangers.
"We'll see about that!" Ronny yelled, pointing her defender at the monster. Rose, who was standing right beside her, pulled out her blaster and shot it at the monster. She quickly stopped, however, when the shots went right through the monster, nearly hitting Dax.
"Whoa, it just passed right through him!" Dax stated, once he evaded all the shots.
"That's right!" the monster smirked, throwing a blue blast at the Ranger of the same colour. Dax deflected the shot with his defender, but it bounced off a glass window of a nearby building and came right back at him, knocking him off his feet.
"You can't harm me! For with this compass, I control all chi and li energy! I can control fortune: good and bad!"
"That's ridiculous!" Mack frowned.
"Let get him!" Will yelled. Mack nodded, and both boys ran forward, slashing their defenders at the monster. He looked down, right before the blow landed, and saw a coin.
"Ohh, a shiny coin. It must be my lucky day!" he said, ducking under the attack, while Mack and Will slashed at each other. He got back up and punched Mack in the chest, forcing him back, while the Rangers regrouped. "You've made me mad! And I'm going to make you pay dearly for that!"
"What?" Kaylee asked, stepping forward, with the others behind her. Mack stepped in front of her, with a bad feeling in his gut.
"I'm going to remove all your good fortune, and replace it with bad luck!"
The monster held up the compass, aiming it at the Rangers. Mack was in the middle of the circle created on the ground, while Kaylee was standing on the edge of the centre. All the others were on the outer circle, watching as a glow surrounded the Red Ranger.
"Now you'll see and feel what the power of the compass can do!" the monster laughed. "You will have bad luck! Watch it slowly destroy you!"
From his eyes, red beams shot at the Rangers, distracting them while the monster disappeared.
"Oh, where'd he go?" Will asked, running ahead with Dax to look around.
Rose, Tyzonn, Ronny and Kaylee took their helmets off, turning to Mack to make sure he was okay. Mack took his helmet off as well, shaking his head.
"Hey, you okay, rich boy?" Kaylee giggled, patting her friend on the back. Mack nodded, smiling.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Will and Ty have gone back to report to my dad, but it looks like we lost that dragon," Mack said, trekking though the forest area with the other Rangers.
"I'm not so sure..." Ronny started, walking behind Mack. "It looks like he left us, for a reason."
"You okay, Mack?" Rose asked, stopping in her tracks and turning back to her boyfriend. "You were hit dead on with that compass."
"Well, I don't feel any different," Mack said, putting his hands on his stomach to prove his point. "Do I look any different?"
"No, but Kaylee does," Ronny laughed, grabbing a bit of Kaylee's blonde and navy hair. Kaylee swatted her hand away, frowning.
"It's not my fault someone chose to dye my hair navy!" she muttered.
"You started the war," Ronny giggled.
"At least my hair isn't still pink," Kaylee muttered under her breath, looking up at Ronny's hair. It was no longer completely pink, thanks to a few extra showers, but there was still small traces in the blonde locks. Rose's pink was completely gone, but Ronny wasn't as fortunate.
The hair discolouration was a long story, to say the least. It started during a Great Prank War between Kaylee and Blake, that evolved into something a lot larger. In the end, Blake was no longer allowed near rope, toilet paper, or tape, and Kaylee and the other girls all came out with different hair colours. Navy low lights for Kaylee, and pink hair for Tori, Kira, Ronny and Rose, while Leanne was sporting a purple doo.
"'Least mine ain't permanent," Ronny laughed.
"You guys don't believe that bad luck stuff, do you?" Mack asked, rolling his eyes at the two girls. He stepped forward, pulling Rose into a hug, as a tree branch fell, right where he was standing. It was pretty large in size and would have definitely caused a little more than a bruise had it of hit the Red Ranger.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Wee!" Kaylee exclaimed as she slid down the poles, with Rose, Dax and Ronny beside her. They quickly jumped out of the way, and Mack slid behind them.
All of a sudden, before he reached the ground, the pole snapped under Mack's weight, causing him to crash on the floor.
"Mack, are you alright?" Hartford asked, helping his son up. Mack shook his head slowly, rubbing his rump as he stood.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"I told Andrew about the blast you took," Will said.
"But what you don't know, is that ever since that blast, Mack has had nothing but bad luck!" Dax looked over to the pole, grabbing one of the ones still standing, to prove his point. "It's sturdy."
"It was a faulty pole!" Mack argued. "It could have happened to anyone."
"Yeah, but it happened to you," Ronny laughed.
"I don't believe in bad luck, alright?" Mack stepped forward, past the bucket of water David had set down for Spencer not too long ago.
"Mack, careful, I sp-"
The warning from the doctor was too late, Mack had stepped on the puddle of spilled water, slipping onto the ground and landing just beside the globe. He groaned, getting up, and shaking off the fall, before taking another step – into the bucket of water. He tried kicking it off, in David's direction. The doctor ducked just in time. The bucket flew over him, hitting the wall and bouncing back to hit Mack, sending him flying backwards into the globe, knocking it over.
"Uh oh!" the Rangers yelled, running after the globe to stop it. As they did, it bounced off the wall and rolled right back to Mack, knocking him to the ground.
When it finally stopped, Mack was lying on the ground, holding the globe on his chest as he tried to breathe.
"It could have happened to anyone," Mack groaned as the Rangers and David lifted the world off Mack's chest. "I'm fine! I'm fine!"
"Right, cause it was just another coincidence," Rose rolled her eyes.
Spencer quickly grabbed Hartford by the arm and pulled him away from the others.
"Sir, if it's true the compass can..."
"I don't know, Spencer," Hartford interrupted.
Mack got to his feet, wiping off the dust, before Rose punched him in the chest.
"C'mon, just admit it, you're cursed!"
"I'm not cursed!" Mack assured her, using his strength to put the globe back on its stand. He tried turning it back on, but it wasn't working. "I'm just having a bad day."
"Mack's in denial!" Kaylee said in a sing song. "His luck had a mistrial. Good was accused, Mack's ego was bruised, and he's trapped in bad luck aisle!"
As she finished, Kaylee struck a pose, accidentally hitting the globe. Instead of falling over, though, the pieces snapped into place, and the globe lit up.
"Hey I fixed it!" Kaylee giggled. "Oh, maybe I have good luck!"
"Whatever," Mack said, taking his hands off the globe before something else happened. "I'm not going to fall for this 'bad luck' thing. I mean, what can a compass do to me? I'm already bad at directions!"
Mack walked into the elevator, and pushed the button for the main floor. As the doors closed behind him, Mack failed to notice that the end of his pant leg was sticking out slightly. They got caught in the doors while the elevator went up and ripped as soon as they stretched too far.
"Ouch, that had to hurt," Will frowned.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Ronny quickly ducked behind the table in the front hall, scanning the room before bolting over to hide behind the pole. She held a paper bag in her hand carefully, not letting it get out of sight. Just as she ran for the game room, she ran into Dax, who was carrying a ripped up shirt.
"AH!" she yelled, throwing the bag in the air. She quickly snatched it back, hugging it to her chest, before once again scanning the room.
"What's got you wired robo-girl?" Dax asked, using a nickname he and the others had come up with when Kaylee had told them Ronny never slept.
"I thought you were Karly," Ronny laughed sheepishly.
"Yep, I'm a 5'10" cat," Dax teased.
Ronny growled, before noticing the shirt in his hand, "Whatcha got there?" she asked, trying to change the subject.
"It's a good luck charm," Dax explained as Ronny took the shirt from his hand. "I thought I would loan it to Mack to... well you know."
"A t-shirt?" Ronny frowned.
"Oh, it's not just a t-shirt,' Dax smirked. He took his shirt back and unfolded it, showing Ronny all the wears and tears. "It's my grandfather's lucky shirt! He wore it when he dove around with Great White Sharks."
"Wore?"
"Yeah... there was an accident..."
"Which was?"
"He was attacked by... well a shark..."
"Not a Great White though? Right?" Ronny frowned.
"No... no... a hammer head."
"Uh... Dax... never mind," Ronny laughed, patting her friend on the shoulder. "But, do you really think a good luck charm is going to help Mack?"
"Good luck charms have been used for centuries to ward off bad luck spells," Dax nodded.
"Well, in that case," Ronny started, opening her paper bag and reaching in. Dax foolishly looked inside to see what she had brought for Mack, but regretted it as soon as the infamous smell of socks filled the room. "My lucky socks! For five years I've worn them when I race."
"Didn't you get into some... freak accident with those socks?" Dax asked her. Ronny pouted, slowly putting the socks back into the bag. "And have you ever tried washing them? That smell doesn't sound too lucky to me? I might lose an eye!"
"Hey, what's a little aroma when bad luck is present?"
"Define a little?" Dax asked as Rose ran into the room, holding a sombrero.
"Guys, have you seen Mack?" she asked, putting the hat on her head.
"No, why, what's wrong?" Ronny asked.
"Other than that terrible smell in here..." Rose started, glaring daggers at Ronny for taking her socks out of her room and breaking the code the three girls had. "I was walking to my room with him... to get my sombrero... and I bent down to get it... but when I turned to hand it to him, he was..."
ZWOP!
"Howdy!" Kaylee giggled, zwopping between the three Rangers, holding her ducky and farting monkey in her arms. She squeezed them tight, making her duck quack and her monkey fart.
"Kaylee... what are you doing with Ducky and Monkey?" Ronny laughed, squeezing the monkey.
"I thought I could give them to Mack," Kaylee answered. "For a little luck, but apparently I wasn't alone on that thought."
Kaylee, Rose and Dax all turned to glare at Ronny once more. The driver rolled her eyes, shutting her bag tight and putting it behind her back.
"Ducky's a good luck charm?" Dax asked.
"Yep... I've never had bad luck with him around! And Monkey's his sidekick."
"I thought you've nearly drowned with Ducky six times?" Ronny laughed.
"Yeah, nearly!"
"Our good luck charms suck," Dax smirked. "Hopefully they work better for Mack then they do us."
The girls nodded, as Kaylee's Trackers beeped, giving her Mack's location.
"Ohh, good luck strikes again!"
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Mack was looking for Rose through the forest, wondering how he had gotten so lost. Last he remembered, he was in her room. He knew he was having a horrible day, and this was just the cherry on top.
"Who loses their girlfriend?" he asked himself, flopping onto the ground to take a break. He had mud on his shoes from when he was accidentally knocked into a puddle of mud, his hair was still dripping when from when the water fountain exploded on him, he had a few scrapes on his palms from when he tripped over a misplaced rock, and his uniform was ripped up from when he had to dodge a block of a building that had fallen off.
Still, he didn't believe he was cursed with bad luck.
"Mack! There you are!" Rose laughed, sitting beside her boyfriend, with the sombrero still on her head. Mack looked at the hat, then at his friends. Kaylee was wearing her Ducky, upside down, on her head, and farting monkey was under her arm. Ronny was holding a paper bag, Dax held a ripped up shirt, Will was wearing a black scarf, and Tyzonn was carrying a potted plant.
"You guys look like you were at a garage sale," he laughed.
"You look like a garage fell on you."
"Close."
"Red Ranger Mack is cursed with bad luck; his shoes look like they're covered in muck. He refused to believe, he couldn't no longer achieve, after he was hit in the head with a puck."
"What?" Mack asked, looking up to Kaylee before feeling something hard slam into the back of his head. He rubbed his sore spot and turned, picking up what had hit him: a puck.
"I warned you," Kaylee smiled.
"Why are you so... rhymy?" Mack frowned.
"I stole Rose's poetry book!" Kaylee smirked. "It's funny! And you don't take our advice, so I decide to rhyme it into your head."
"Only you," he sighed.
"If you want Kaylee to shut up, you might wanna take these," Dax said, throwing his lucky shirt over Mack's head. The others followed, giving him their good luck charms. Ronny was last. She pulled her socks out of the bag, and saw both Rose and Mack pull away in disgust.
"Just put on the socks!" she groaned, tossing Mack the foul smelling socks.
"An hour ago, I would have laughed at all of you," Mack smiled. "But thanks... most of you."
"They don't smell that bad!" Ronny protested.
"Will, tell my family... I love them!" Kaylee teased, grabbing Will's arm desperately, before pretending to pass out.
"Ha-ha," Ronny frowned, kicking her friend. Unfortunately, she missed Kaylee, and fell back because of the momentum. She landed on Mack, squishing him between her and the ground.
"WHOO! Good luck!" Kaylee giggled, pumping her fists in the air from the ground.
The ground began to shake, as the Rangers' trackers all went off once again. Dax grabbed him and opened it up.
"Moltor and that dragon dude are on the move," he said.
"C'mon Mr. Lucky," Kaylee giggled, helping her friend up.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Hold it right there, Moltor!" Kaylee called, barely holding in her laugh as Mack stood beside her, in his Red Overdrive uniform. He was wearing Rose's sombrero on his head, and Kaylee's ducky around his neck. Will's scarf was hanging out from under the duck and on his body was Dax's shirt. In both hand was Tyzonn's potted plant, and Kaylee's farting monkey, and on his feet, Mack wore Ronny's socks. "Okay, I'm sorry, but Mack... you look ridiculous!"
"What are you trying to do, destroy us with laughter?" Moltor asked, laughing with Kaylee at the sight of the curse Ranger.
"Just wait to see who laughs last Moltor!" Mack called back. He stepped forward, forgetting that the edge of the dirt hill was ending, and slid off, only causing Moltor and his monster to laugh harder.
"Mack!" the rangers called, watching as he fell.
"Oh boy," Rose sighed, holding her head in her hands.
As he fell, he landed on farting monkey, causing a loud fart to come from his butt.
"Hehe," Kaylee giggled, putting her hand to her helmet, where her mouth was.
By now, the two villains were on the floor laughing, not paying attention to the battle going on.
Mack got up, kicking the monkey away – making it fart once again – and turned to the top of the ravine.
"Hey, Ty, your plant's still in one piece!" he called. He turned back to the monsters and smiled as he charged towards them. They were still laughing at the fart incident, that they didn't see it when Mack slammed his foot into the monster's ribcage, causing him to flip over in the dirt.
"AHA!" he cheered.
"Okay, enough games!" the monster said, standing up and wiping away a tear. "Try getting through this!"
He sent out blasts of energy, hitting everything but Mack. The Red Ranger charged through the explosions, running at full speed towards the dragon. The monster shot another beam, right for Mack's head.
"Mack, look out!" Rose yelled, turning away to avoid seeing something she really didn't want to see.
Mack turned to look at her, never stopping to run. Sadly, it caused him to trip over the excess sock on the end of his foot, and roll to the ground, avoiding the blast.
He rolled towards the dragon, and jumped up to attack, but the dragon's tail hit him in the chest, and the potted plant jumped out of Mack's arms. As he dove for it, he missed a punch from the dragon.
Mack smiled, holding the plant in his hands, before kicking up his foot with the smelly sock. Though he didn't make contact, the sock landed right under the dragon's nose.
"EW!" the monster yelled, grabbing the sock and pulling it off. "It's disguising!"
Mack threw a few more punches, and blocked some of the dragon's, until Ducky's head got in his face, causing him to miss one aimed for his head.
"QUACK!" the duck yelled, absorbing the punch from the monster. Mack smirked, realising the duck had acted as an airbag. The monster growled, trying to punch through the duck, but it just wouldn't break.
While the monster was distracted by the Duck, Mack pulled the scarf off his next and wrapped it around the monster's waist. He pulled on it suddenly, causing the monster to spin in a circle.
"Go Ducky!" Mack smiled, pulling off the duck and tossing it and the scarf aside.
The monster yelled, running at Mack and picking him up by the shirt. While Mack was struggling to get his feet on the ground, the sombrero on his head fell into the monster's face, temporarily blinding him. Mack was let go, and given time to attack again.
The monster, furious at this point, grabbed Mack's shirt and pulled, hoping to slam Mack on his back, but the shirt was too torn to do much, and ripped off Mack's body. Mack quickly slammed his foot into the monster's hand, forcing him to drop the compass.
Mack grabbed the compass and smiled, pulling out his drive lance. He ran by the monster, and slashed at him destroying the dragon.
"Aww, poor Kira's gonna be so sad when I tell her Mack slayed the dragon," Kaylee laughed, jumping down the ravine to join her friend. Rose jumped into Mack's arms, hugging him happily, while Ronny took the compass.
"How does this thing work?" she asked, tapping on the center orb on the compass. Rose laughed, shaking her head as she took it from Ronny.
"Here, let me try it," she smiled. She turned the center circle and pointed the compass at Mack. A glow surrounded him, shinning slightly on Kaylee, and his bad luck was reversed.
"Everything's gonna be fine," Rose said.
"Here, let me test that theory," Ronny smirked, bawling her fist and aiming a punch at Mack. He ducked under it, letting poor little Kaylee receive it in the arm.
"Good luck, fail!" Kaylee groaned, rubbing her arm.
Will wrapped one arm around his friend, while Mack pulled out his tracker.
"Dad, the monster's gone, and Moltor seems to have disappeared. We're just going to collect our stuff and head home."
"Good job, son."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
David was just minding his own business when he passed by his employer's office and overheard Hartford and Spencer talking. He pushed himself against the wall to overhear the conversation.
"There's no way that boy could ever be affected by luck! Good or bad!" Hartford said, using a tone that implied he was telling Spencer something that the old butler should have already known.
"Perharps..."
"No, I don't want to think that could possibly happen," Hartford cut off the old man.
"I'll keep an eye on him, sir," Spencer said gently.
David frowned as Karly passed by, rubbing herself against his leg. He picked up the cat and pet her gently, walking her to the kitchen.
"What does that mean?" he asked himself.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
After collecting their stuff from the battle field, Mack and the others were gathered around the pool table, Mack with a pool stick in hand.
"Okay, so I had a little bad luck..."
"A little?" Rose frowned.
"Red Ranger Mack's got too much of an ego, he will not believe his pink amigo, when she tell him his luck almost made him a sitting duck, to the brother of a man who lives below zero."
"Kaylee, shut up," Mack growled.
"Aw, let her have some fun," Ronny laughed. "After all it's not every day you see a rhyming navy-haired, green Ranger."
Instead of retaliating, Kaylee just stood there and smirked, causing Ronny to feel very uncomfortable.
"Kayl... what did you do?"
Spencer stepped into the room, holding a pair of thick yellow socks.
"Do these belong to anyone?" he asked, hiding his smile. "I found them on the floor of the command centre. They had a rather unpleasant odour, so I washed them."
Ronny's eyes widened, her jaw dropped and her teeth clenched as she turned to Kaylee, breathing heavily.
"MY SOCKS!" she yelled, dropping her pool stick and running after the navy haired blonde. "I was supposed to race tomorrow, Miss Hanson! How am I supposed to win now?"
While the two girls ran around the mansion, Will took the socks from Spencer and looked at them thoughtfully. Ronny was going to be more than upset when she stopped chasing Kaylee, and he knew he had to prove to her that they were still lucky.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Ronny sat down on the couch, playing with the paper bag in her hand. She was, as Will predicted, upset about her socks being washed. The only good thing she could find about this whole mess, was that Karly was no longer fighting for them.
On the down side, her luck had been washed away.
"Hey pinky," Will teased, tapping Ronny's head as he rounded the couch, sitting next to her.
"Hey," Ronny forced a smile, refusing to let Will see her so upset.
I've got a bet going with the guys," he started, sneaking the socks in the hole between Ronny's back and the couch. "They don't think that my good luck charm is enough to beat you at a game of rock, paper, scissors."
Will pulled his scarf off his neck, showing it to Ronny, making her believe he had good luck on his side.
"Will, I don't feel like playing," Ronny frowned.
"C'mon, one game!" Will begged her.
"No!"
"Please!"
"Will!"
"Rock, Paper, scissors!" Will called, and found Ronny was pushed into the game by her competitive spirit.
When the hands stopped bouncing, Will found himself with paper, and Ronny was holding out two fingers, meaning she had chosen scissors.
"Hey, you won," he smiled, reaching for the socks and pulled them out. "Guess they still have a little luck."
Ronny seemed to perk up, pulling Will into a hug.
"You're the best!" she cheered. Will laughed, enjoying the hug before pushing her away, keeping his hands on her arms.
"Glad you think so... because this has been bugging me for so long," He started. "And I feel guilty now that you and doc are..."
"David!" Ronny called as the doctor walked by the room. Ronny got up, jumped into his arms and hugged him.
Will saw a difference in the hug she had given him, and the one she was given Doc. It was totally obvious that she only saw Will as a friend. She had moved on from him... if she was ever his in the first place. He knew he had no right to step in on her happiness with the doc, but the guilt of his feelings for her was eating at him, even if he never showed it.
"You know, the last guy to step in on a relationship was punched in the face by a Sensei... twice," Kaylee said, sitting beside Will.
"I'm not trying to step in," Will frowned. "I'm trying..."
"You're stepping in!"
"Am not!"
"There once was a Ranger Black, whose heart was about to crack, he was so in love, he wanted to be free of, the words that were holding him back."
"Kayl..."
"Try as he might, he never could quite, get the words off his chest. He thought it best, to leave out the rest, and overcome his plight."
"Will you stop?"
"He really wanted to tell, but he couldn't hear the warning bell. He knew his chance was gone, he was foregone, and now he's put her through hell."
Kaylee stopped, turning to Will with a sad smile.
"I know you like her... a lot... but you have to consider her feelings," Kaylee smiled.
"Why can't I just tell her?" Will grew impatient. He was so close to admitting his feelings... but Ronny ran off, and now Kaylee was telling him to bottle it up? What kind of advice was that?
"Because she liked you," Kaylee admitted, taking Will's hand. "She was crazy about you... before."
"Before?"
"I know what you're thinking," Kaylee started, before Will went insane. "It's not fair. She loved you first, you should have a fair shot... but that's how love works."
"Love sucks... Doc sucks."
"I don't want to know what the Doc does or how he does it," Kaylee smiled, "but yeah, love does suck... and it doesn't always work out the way you want it too... but that doesn't mean it won't work out."
"What?"
"So you missed your shot with Ronny? Maybe you were never supposed to be with her," Kaylee said. "Or maybe you are..."
"Then why are you telling me I'm not?"
"I heard a song on the radio once," Kaylee said. "The singer had a pretty nice message in a few lyrics. Granted, it wasn't the message of the entire song, but it's still important."
"What is it?"
"Nothing's gonna change destiny. Whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly," Kaylee sang. "If you and Ronny are meant to be, than this thing with Doc's only temporary. And if it's not... then you'll find someone out there who you'll love more than Ronny. You'll forget all about the one who got away, because you would have found the person you've been looking for all along."
Will smiled, pulling Kaylee into a hug. The Hartford Mansion was quickly coupling up, and he felt a little left out, but he knew Kaylee was right. Maybe he would find his Ronny somewhere else.
"Thanks, Kayl," he said, kissing her cheek.
"No problem," Kaylee smiled. "And hey, if it helps, I hear Ronny's got a little sister!"
Kaylee gently nudged the Black Ranger, while Will rolled his eyes.
"Just admit it, it was bad luck!" Rose laughed as she walked away from Mack, stepping backwards. Mack tickled her sides playfully, catching her as she fell into his arms.
"I don't believe in luck. Maybe it had something to do with it... maybe... but I still think it was just coincidences."
"Yahuh, sure," Rose giggled.
Will smiled, watching the couple. And he suddenly felt hopeful. After all, if Mack, the rich kid who never left his backyard before Operation Overdrive, could win the heart of a girl like Rose, he totally had a chance.
"It was!" Mack laughed.
"Bad luck!"
"No way!"
"It was!"
"Nahuh!"
"I'm not going to play that game," Rose crossed her arms, her body still being supported by Mack as she was held at a slight angle.
"How about this one?" Mack asked, kissing her. When they broke off, Rose blushed, but pulled him back in.
"Well, duh."
A/N: The song mentioned by Kaylee was Keep Holding On by Avril Lavigne, which, as you probably know, I don't own. You can listen to it on youtube, or other sites, and it was featured in the movie Eragon. It's actually a pretty touching and awesome song, so I highly suggest you check it out or purchase her album.