Author's Note: part 8/8, the last chapter of the eight chapter team up. I hope you all enjoyed it.
Tierra: I know I didn't included the Sentinel, but I already had to included 14 rangers in a battle, and I had other plans so I left him out of here. He'll make and appearance in later chapters though.
Kaylee sat on her bed, beside Ronny, as the two girls glared at Tori and Kira. Both former Rangers saw this as they were packing their bags, and frowned.
"Now what?" Kira asked.
"We're mad at you," Kaylee huffed, turning away from the yellow Ranger.
"You're mad?" Tori laughed.
"Yes, extremely mad," Ronny nodded, turning away as well. Tori and Kira exchanged worried looks, before sitting down beside each girl.
"Why are you mad?" they asked.
"Because, you guys are leaving," Kaylee explained.
"A month ago, you guys would have been celebrating," Kira smiled, patting Ronny's leg. "Why the change of heart?"
"Because... you can't just appear, then disappear!"
"I didn't get to smash your skull in!" Ronny pouted.
"Aw, we promise we'll come back," Kira laughed, backing away from the yellow Ranger before looking over to Tori nervously. Tori laughed as Kira pointed to the door, telling her she wanted to go somewhere with more witnesses.
"Yeah, you guys can call us anytime," Tori said, hugging her sister. Kaylee cheered up slightly at this and hugged Tori back.
Ronny turned to Kira and frowned, "Where's my hug, team-mate?"
"You wanna bash my head through your car window!" Kira cried. "I don't wanna be at your mercy when I fall for a hug trap!"
"Now I'm mad, and sad," Ronny sighed. Kaylee laughed, breaking away from her hug with Tori, and jumping on Ronny.
"I'll give you a hug!" she smiled, knocking the driver onto the floor.
"See, Kaylee's not afraid of Ronny," Tori teased.
"Ronny doesn't want to physically harm Kaylee," Kira pointed out.
"I don't want to harm you," Ronny laughed, reaching into her back pocket. "I got my keys back. You're off my list."
"You have a list?" Kaylee asked as Ronny got back onto the bed, reclaiming her spot.
"Yep, everyone who's ever done something bad to something I hold near and dear is on that list," Ronny explained. "Now that Kira's gone... someone else has been bunked up."
"Who?" Kira asked.
"The person who had the smart idea to wash my lucky socks," Ronny said, turning her gaze to Kaylee, who shifted uncomfortably.
"He-he, did I do that?" she asked nervously, crawling away from the bed, bumping into Ronny's as she did. "Well, you know... they went back to their stinky nature..."
"Yahuh," Ronny frowned.
Kira leaned over, grabbing Ronny in a bear hug, "We're going to be great friends!" she said.
Tori laughed, rolling her eyes as she picked up her bag and tossed the yellow on to Kira.
"C'mon short stuff, the others are waiting downstairs."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"First, I was glad when you came," Dax began as he walked around the game room, giving a speech to the retro team of Rangers after having taken thousand of pictures for the Ranger yearbook. "Then I was mad when you stayed... now, I'm sad that you're leaving."
"Yeah, we're really going to miss you," Rose agreed, looking to her new friends.
"We're going to miss you too," Kelly smiled, sitting next to her fellow Pink Ranger. "I don't get to hang around many people with an average IQ... or higher."
"Hey!" Tori frowned. Kelly and Rose laughed as the blue Ranger crossed her arms.
"I'm cool," Kaylee laughed, looking up at her sister, "I don't get to hang with Kelly very much anymore."
"But that's going to change, right, Kayl?" Kelly smiled, making Kaylee promise.
"Of course," the blonde nodded.
Spencer smiled at the group as he walked in, carrying a stack of buttered toast on a silver platter. Bridge jumped up from his seat to take it, while Kaylee shrunk away.
The blonde reached over to Kira and began poking her relentlessly. Kira turned to Kaylee and frowned.
"What?"
"Silver platter!" Kaylee spoke, pointing to the plate. Kira rolled her eyes at the blonde and laughed.
Turning away from Kaylee and Kira, Bridge looked down at the stack of toast, just waiting for him.
"Is it..." he asked, waving his fingers over his mouth.
"The butteriest," Spencer assured the red Ranger, before Bridge happily took a bite.
Karly stepped into the room, holding a yellow sock in her mouth, before she rubbed up against Tori's leg. The blonde picked her up and wrinkled her nose at the smell.
"Okay, I've been smelling that for a month now," Xander started, holding his nose as Tori pulled the sock from Karly's mouth. "What the hell is that thing."
"It's my sock!" Ronny frowned, snatching her sock from Tori and holding it to her chest. "My lucky sock."
"We tried washing it," David laughed pulling his girlfriend onto his lap.
"It began smelling again a few hours later," Will added.
"It's impossible!" Kaylee groaned, throwing her head back and accidentally knocking herself off the stool she was sitting on.
Tori looked down as Kaylee hit her head on the hardwood floor, then turned to Hartford.
"Remember, we're only a phone call away," she told him, handing her a business card. Hartford looked down at her hand, but from where Kaylee was looking, it seemed as if his eyes were staring at something else. Her hand shot up into the air as she glared at her boss.
"Eyes up at all times, Hartford," she growled. "No ifs, ands, or buts! My sister is totally off limits to you and your lemonade handicap!"
Hartford, not wanting to question Kaylee's logic, lose what little trust she had in him, and lose any of her respect, obeyed her without question, looking up as he took the card from Tori's hand.
"Tori Hanson, custom surfboards," he smiled, looking over at Tori and nodding. "Very impressive."
Hartford smiled at the Sensei, making the moment look at little too cutesy for Kaylee's taste.
"Did you not understand me the first time?" Kaylee frowned. "EYES UP!"
Ignoring Kaylee's cries, Xander turned to the others, "Feel free to drop by Rock Porium anytime," he told them. "I'll be sure to give you a ten percent discount."
"Yeah, and Kaylee and I can always give you guys a ride in the tour bus," Kira smiled. "It's much more exciting than it sounds."
"There's a hot-tub!" Kaylee giggled, finally getting back on her seat.
"Oh, I'm in!" Xander smirked, eyeing Rose and Ronny.
"No," Kaylee shook her head. "You, lover boy, can't have anyone here!"
"So, Alpha, you ready to head back to Angel Grove?" Adam asked, turning to the robot. "I could use some help with my dojo."
"You bet!" Alpha nodded.
"Leaving so soon?" Kaylee frowned, getting up to say goodbye to the Black Ranger.
"I've been gone for a while now," Adam said. "It's about time I begin classes again. I wouldn't want my students to forget everything they've learned."
"Hey, Dr. O, you still teaching?" Kira asked.
"Grade twelve, science," Dr. O answered. "Although I don't think I'll be turning any of my students into Rangers anytime soon."
"Tom, you need a lift?" Adam asked. "Reefside's on the way, and it'll be nice to catch up."
"Sure thing," Tommy nodded. He turned to the Overdrive team. "Well, seeya guys."
Kaylee walked over to her teacher, giving him a hug goodbye.
"Thanks for coming back," she smiled. "Even if I was being a prick most of the time."
"Kayl, you're always a little bit of a prick," Tommy laughed.
Kaylee pouted, before walking over to Adam.
"Thank you for being a frog," she said, hugging him.
"You're welcome," Adam frowned, glaring at Tommy.
Adam broke away from the hug and smiled at Kaylee before leading the Alpha to the door. Tommy followed behind him and waved goodbye to his friends.
"I should be heading back too," Bridge sighed. "Kira's going to be pissed if I stay any longer..."
"I'm going to..." Kira frowned. Bridge realised his mistake and tried to cover.
"I... I mean the commander! You know those silly K sounding words... you get them mixed up all the time," he said.
"Yahuh," Kira slowly nodded. "I'm watching you Carson."
Bridge backed away as he created a portal to the future.
"You will forget everything I just said, Commander McKnight... you won't remember me accidentally spilling a secret about your future..."
"My future?" Kira asked, before jumping up and running after Bridge. "Wait! I wanna know!"
Before she could really question him about it, he and the portal were gone.
"DAMMIT!" she yelled.
"I've got to head back too," Xander smiled, picking up his bag and putting it on his shoulder as he turned to the door. "I'm not going to be making any foreshadowing references or anything."
Dax jumped from his seat and walked his Australian friend to the door.
"Thanks for coming, mate," he smiled, patting Xander on the back. "I'm sure I'll be picking up Sheilas now!"
"Alright," Xander nodded, before turning to Will and Mack, "because an Asian man speaking with an Australian accent isn't a tip off at all!"
"Not at all," Will laughed.
"Seeya later, mates!" Xander waved goodbye as he walked out the door, leaving only Tori, Kira and Kelly to say their goodbyes.
"It was great having you guys here," Mack said, hugging each one of the girls as a goodbye. "Thanks for the help."
"No problem," Kira smiled.
"But don't be afraid to call if you guys ever need help again," Kelly added. "These past few months have been pretty awesome."
"Minus the fighting and killing and the punishment," Tori turned to Kaylee, who was munching on a piece of buttery toast Bridge had left behind.
"Shut up," she muttered. "I've learned my lesson. No more saving you guys."
"Kayl..."
"I know, I know," Kaylee sighed. "Keep your personal junk in Tori's trunk. Never let you emotions get the better of you in a battle, and never beat the living shit out of a monster, no matter what he's done to your sister, or you will suffer the wrath of the angry red head!"
"You got that right," Kelly laughed, hugging her friend.
"And guys, feel free to drop by anytime," Hartford offered to the girls. "It'll be nice to have a few visitors around this place and a few extras heads for the search for the jewels."
Kaylee groaned loudly, rolling her eyes in disgust at her boss. Hartford heard her, but tried to block it out.
"Miss Hanson, do we have to have another talk?" Spencer called to the blonde.
"He started it!" Kaylee whined, pointing to the older man. Spencer crossed his arms, while Kaylee lowered her own. "Sorry, but you know how..."
"I know," Spencer nodded.
There was a honk from a car outside, before a figure walked up to the door and walked in.
"Tori, Kira, Kelly, your ride's here!" Blake's voice called.
"Oh my god, it's the cheap bastard!" Kaylee giggled. Tori was about to scold her, when she remembered a deal she had made with Kaylee a while back.
"Kayl, when Blake and Hunter left town, when we were first Rangers, you talked me through it every night! When mom and dad died, you gave me the chance to say goodbye, you stalked me and Jordan when you thought he was hurting me, and wanted to kill him when you found out you were right. You paid for my hair dye when I went brunette to hide from him; you got me contacts to change my eye colour, and those glasses to make it look like hazel was my natural eye colour. And today, even though you were pissed off at me, you still come and save me. Kaylee, you do it every day."
"Okay, well, as a reward, you and Blake get a divorce!" Kaylee smiled hopefully.
"Sorry kiddo," Tori smirked. "I love Blake, he's going nowhere."
"Can I kick him, then?" Kaylee asked.
"No!"
"Hit?"
"Kaylee..."
"Sucker punch! He won't know what hit him!"
"Kaylee Ann!"
"Fine, I call him dumb as a post and you pay me twenty bucks," Kaylee offered.
"Ten and you can call him a cheap bastard," Tori smirked.
"DEAL!"
"Right," Tori laughed as Blake looked over at Kaylee, wondering why on earth he was being insulted for setting foot in the Hartford Mansion.
"Tori, you made a deal with her?" Blake frowned.
"What, it was the only way to get her to come back!" Tori smiled. "Just be happy I softened your blow."
"How?"
"Can I borrow ten dollars?" Tori asked. Blake frowned as he reached for his wallet, offering Tori a ten dollar bill. Tori smiled, kissed his cheek, then turned to Kaylee and gave her the bill.
"Thank you," Kaylee smiled, giggling like a little kid.
"Like that."
"Well, we best be off," Kelly said, grabbing her bag and handing Kira the yellow one. "Let's let this team get back to the way they were."
"Seeya later guys," the overdrive Rangers waved. Tori, Kira and Kelly said goodbye, and walked to the door. Just as they did, Kaylee ran over to them, pulling them all into a warm hug.
"I'm sorry," she whispered, "for everything: getting mad at you, calling you names to your face, and behind your back, for Jordan and for being such a pain in your asses."
"Aw, Kayl," Tori smiled. "Don't worry about it. We still love you!"
"I know... and I love you too... but I still feel bad."
"Kayl, you'll always be a pain in our asses," Kira assured the blonde, pulling her into an individual hug. "But, you know what's awesome about you?"
"What's that?"
"Well, I don't know about these guys, but my life would totally suck without you!"
"Thanks, guys, for everything," Kaylee pulled away, wiping a tear from her eye as her sisters followed Blake to the car. With one final wave, all the retros were gone.
Ronny walked over to Kaylee, pulling the blonde in a hug as she spoke, "It'll be lonely here without them."
"Yeah..."
"Hey, you guys," David called from the game room. "The guys are setting up a board game, do you wanna join?"
"I wanna be the race car!" Ronny yelled, letting go of Kaylee as she ran to the other room. Before she crossed the archway, she turned to the blonde, "You coming, Kayl?"
Kaylee turned to her newest sister and nodded, running up beside her. The two knelt down beside the table and joined in the game.
Above them, hung one of the pictures that had been taken of the team-up. All the Rangers were sitting on, or standing around the orange couch, all smiling for the picture.
Sitting on the couch, in the middle, was Kaylee. Karly was sitting on her lap, holding half of Ronny's sock in her mouth. Ronny was sitting beside Kaylee, but was turned to the side slightly so she could wrestle with the cat over the one sock.
Rose was sitting on the end, squished by Ronny as the yellow Ranger leaned back into the pink. Even if she was pressed between Ronny and the arm of the couch, she still managed to smile and laugh at the driver.
On the other side of Kaylee was Tori, who had her arm reaching over to pull the cat away from Ronny. Beside her was Kelly, who was shoving Xander off the arm of the couch, where he was seated to hit on her while the picture was being taken. Needless to say, in the picture taken seconds after this one, Xander had fallen out of the shot, and Kelly was smiling proud, happy she had gotten rid of the flirting nuisance.
On the floor, leaning on Kaylee's legs, was Kira, who was glaring up at her best friend because she had just been called short.
Beside Rose was Mack, who had his arm on Rose's back to help support her while Ronny fought the cat. He was also smiling for the camera. Next to him stood Dax, who had purposely put two of his fingers over Mack's head, giving him bunny ears. Will was looking over at his two "brothers" and shook his head as he laughed.
Behind Xander was Tyzonn, who was observing how the Australian would flirt with women. At the same time, he was leaning close to Dr. O and asking if Xander's techniques were effective for earth women.
Tommy was laughing hard in the picture as he shook his head. His arm was on Adam's for support as the Black Ranger held back a laugh.
Bridge stood in the middle, behind the couch, striking pose that could only be described as wow by the others.
On either side of the Rangers were Spencer and David, and Hartford on the other. They were all beaming with happiness as they watched the world's current superheroes enjoying themselves.
It had been an eventful couple of months. The retros Rangers had arrived in late May. By June, the Overdrive Rangers had quit Operation Overdrive, and had gone back to their regular lives. For one month, there was little, if not any contact at all between the Retros and the Overdrives.
In July, Jordan had come back, bringing Kaylee home to fight her sister's ex-boyfriend. Afterwards, she had forgiven the Retros for taking her job, and had worked on getting the rest of her team home.
Late July was when the Retros went to talk to their Overdrive counterparts, and by August, the Overdrive team was back home in the mansion, ready to lend a hand. Operation Overdrive had gone on a mission into a forest to retrieve the Sword Excelsior, leaving the Retros to monitor the city. By mid-August, the team was home with the sword.
Then, the retros went to find Alpha and had returned with him not too long after.
In September, the final battle against Thrax had occurred.
Finally, on this current day, September 19th 2007, the Retros were leaving after their four month stay. It was going to take a while to get back to the normal routine, and they were going to be missed dearly, but it was about time that this returned to the way they were.
It had been an emotional team-up: Anger, jealousy, hurt, comfort, horror, courage, trust, love and friendship, but no one was ready to trade it in for anything.