Author's Note: I want to thank all of my reviewers for your encouraging remarks and polite reminders. As a fanfic author I want to stay as true to the genre I am writing about but I can't necessarily tamp my muse who wants me to change title's of my characters. So as I know that in PRSS that Ji is a Mentor in my story to stay true to my plotline his title is Master.
A week had past since the Jeremy situation as everyone took to calling the day Tawni attempted to peacefully and harmlessly end their relationship. It was also a week since she talked to the Samurais, which for Mia and Emily was inconceivable. The three girls would talk everyday when they were in Japan, so much so the guys nicknamed them the clique. Girl time was something Tawni introduced to Mia and Emily, being surrounded by teenage boys had had devastating effects to the two Samurai girls.
Kevin, Mike, and Antonio on the other-hand had their time occupied with figuring out why Jayden was being more aloof then normal. They figured his unusual behavior started the day that he and Tawni got into the argument. Ji warned his team not to listen to Jayden in the event there should be an attack on the city. They weren't to defend Angel Grove, due to the angry Oliver Girl. You didn't come into the City of Angel Grove which was under the protection of the most powerful Ranger family and anger the last Ranger family member still active.
"You don't anger an Oliver especially when that Oliver is also half a Hart. Tommy and Kimberly were both forces to be reckoned with when they were put under evil spells. Kimberly had been placed under evil spells three times," Ji explained. "The house shaking is just the tip of the iceberg. Tawni is still coming into special abilities that we as normal Rangers and as Samurais have no way of ever attaining. Her sisters will be the same way. You are giving a reprieve with Karen and Kerry not being Ranger age. The girls no of the existence of Rangers but they don't really know that their parents were the Original Power Rangers. The Power Rangers that set in motion a whole network of Power Rangers. The Angel Grove team's mentor Zordon of Eltar, didn't die in vane. This city's team brought peace to the world and Universe three times over. They taught mentors and became mentors of other teams as well," he continued, "We as a team could learn a great deal from Tawni's parents, aunts and uncles but we need to keep the peace with them."
The Samurais could only nod as if they were being admonished and admonished they were. No one could fault Ji for being angry. Jayden who usually tried to appease his guardian, stood silently and accepted punishment. Something told his team he was being punished in another way as well but couldn't really place their fingers on it.
"Tawni," Kerry hollered over her sister's loud music. Kerry hated hearing the loud music, it meant her sister was in a fowl mood. Her sister was in the family's training room. Yes, it's true not only did Tommy Oliver own a dojo, he also had a small family dojo in the house's basement. It wasn't used really as all three girls went to dojos owned by some of their "Uncles" and they had twenty-four hour access to said dojos.
Tawni didn't seem to hear her youngest sister's hollering and just kept sparring against the kickboxing dummy standing before her.
Having enough of the migraine inducing thumping, Kerry went to the stereo and quite literally pulled it's electrical plug out of its socket.
"What the …." Tawni yelled and stopped in mid-action. She turned to see Kerry's face turning dark red, "Why'd you do that?"
"You need to talk to him!" Kerry yelled, her long dark hair swaying angrily from her perfectly styled ponytail. "Some of us have to sleep and having you blasting Linkin Park loud enough to challenge a jet breaking the sound barrier is not going to make that happen! Whatever it is stop acting like a petulant three year old and end this feud you have going on with Jayden!"
"I can't," Tawni said slouching her back and resting her hands on her knees panting for breath, "I won't. You don't understand Kerr."
"What's not to understand? You are his wife, are you not? Mom and Dad always make up when they fight. You obviously had a fight, just get over your pride and make the first move. He was raised by a Samurai warrior, his pride is far bigger than yours."
"Kerr, just leave it alone. You'll realize why you don't understand it when you are older," Tawni answered cryptically.
"Not you too," Kerry groaned rolling her eyes. It seemed that no matter how secretive the three eldest Olivers were, they always gave Kerry and her older sister Karen the same cryptic answer, You'll realize why you don't understand when your older. "What if I want the answers now!" She demanded stomping her foot.
"Now who's the one acting like the petulant child?" Tawni scoffed. "I'll go for a run to keep your precious sleep quiet." Tawni finished not wanting to have to hide anymore secrets from her sister.
Jayden was walking the streets of Angel Grove uncharacteristically broody. Scuffing his feet along the sidewalks, he replaying his reunion with Tawni. Admittedly insinuating that she couldn't provide adequate protection to Angel Grove was a grave mistake on his part and Ji placing her on Auxiliary was basically calling her second best, he didn't blame Tawni one bit for her anger towards him or Ji.
He was not however going to apologize for his actions. His honor wouldn't allow it.
He knew that his team was wondering why he was behaving oddly and why Tawni's silence was affecting him so badly. His honor wouldn't allow him to break his oath. Vowing to keep his marriage a secret from the world and his friends had to be top priority on his list of things he did for the world. No one besides his and Tawni's family could know about their marriage. If word got out about their true relationship, their enemies could use it against them.
Dekker materialized before Jayden, which for Jayden was not surprising the Half-Human/Half-Nighlok creature seemed to always know when Jayden was at his most vulnerable. "So Red Ranger, we meet again," his gravelly voice bellowed.
"Dekker, what do you want," Jayden demanded, positioning his body into battle ready mode.
"I've come for my righteous battle that you owe me Red Ranger," Dekker raged. "To release me from this curse cast upon me." As he finishes his announcement, a sword materializes in his hand.
"I'm not going to fight you Dekker," Jayden remarked.
"I want my Honor back and you will give it to me Red Ranger," Dekker stated. He started slashing the sword through the air inching a foot towards Jayden.
"Uncle Cole stop!" A female voice bellows from behind Jayden and his attacker.
The voice seemed to stop the would be battle as both men were confused about who this Uncle Cole would be.
"Tawni get out of here!" Jayden ordered.
"No, I won't have you fighting my Uncle." Tawni protested.
"Listen little girl. I am not your uncle." Dekker growled.
"Come on Uncle Cole, You have to remember."
Dekker looked at Tawni as if she were an alien with five heads. "For the last time kid, I am not your uncle. You have me confused with someone else."
Tawni looked into Jayden's eyes. "Dekker is not his name, Jay. His name is Cole a former Wild Force Ranger. He disappeared years ago. We didn't know what ever happened to him. The Nighlok have him brainwashed."
You have to help me break this curse that's cast upon me, Jayden remembers Dekker saying and challenging him to fight.
Having enough of this interlude, Dekker sends a fire blast at the couple before him, making them jump apart.
Tawni looking down on her outfit and seeing it singed, her anger began to boil.
At the same time Jayden decided to morph.
Tawni's flames started to materialize in her hands. She started blasting fire orb after fire orb at their attacker.
Dekker leaned left and right dodging the fire orbs coming from the girl claiming him as her long departed uncle.
Jayden went to attack his attacker and noticed the fire orbs coming from Tawni and stopped. Well that's new. He thought. He stood watching his wife go into attack mode on his arch nemesis.
Tawni turned and found her next weapon a boulder the size of her full height which had to be at least 3 tons.
Jayden's attacker watched as the petite girl before him hurled the boulder, that should have been too dangerous for her to lift, at him. The boulder hit him squarely in the solar-plexus.
Dekker blasted the boulder from his body and snarled at the two before him. "I want you alone Red Ranger without your abomination of a friend to ruin your honor. After I'm done with you then I will take care of her."
Without a word Dekker vanished, leaving Jayden to wonder what exactly happened before his eyes and how Tawni could do what she did.
Tawni could see Jayden wanted to say something and beat him to the chase. "I'm still not talking to you. Thanks by the way for ticking me off, it gave me a new ability." She announced knowing she didn't have to, the astonishment in his eyes told her, he already figured it out. "Now if you will excuse me, I need to go tell Mom and Dad I found Uncle Cole."
All Jayden could do was follow the enraged teenager, hoping against hope that she would some how forget that he challenged her competency and forgive him. But until the time came that she bestowed her beautiful voice upon him, he and Ji had to find out how Dekker and the "Uncle Cole" correlated together.
Grabbing books out of her locker made Tawni feel like a normal teenager. No feuding husband, no evil mutants, no angry ex-boyfriends threatening to ruin your reputation.
"Well if it isn't the slut who broke Jeremy's heart. Ironically her name is Hart." The voice taunted. The voice always sent shivers down her spine nowadays.
"Really Brooke," Tawni asked whirling from her locker to face the girl who use to be her best friend. "You have no idea what so ever about what you are saying. Unlike you until I met someone who loves me for me. I never let anyone defile me. I certainly would never lie on my backside for the entire football team," she bellowed.
The silent spectators in the Angel Grove High School hallway made a collective gasp at the usually mild-mannered Oliver girl's outburst.
"Ms. Oliver and Ms. Poland please refrain from making a scene!" A female voice beckoned
"Yes, Ms. Appleby," the two young ladies spoke in unison while glowering at each other.
Once the Principal left the corridor, Tawni slinked up to Brooke. "Let's face it Brooke. You never could get his attention. When you did, you got my sloppy seconds," she hissed into Brooke's ear. "Funny that it took you so long to realize that he only hung around you to get to me. All he wanted was a good time and you gave it to him. Once he tired of you he came back to me. What's that say to you miss uptight hoe!"
Turning on her heels, Tawni pushed her locker door shut without looking behind her and walked away from the gawking teenagers.
The next thing she knew she was slammed into a metal wall with a hand covering her mouth. Tawni felt fury rage within her. She knew who's hand this was and her fury was going to teach them a lesson. The hall started shaking, screams surrounded the captor and captured.
A white hot rage accumulated in her solar-plexus and like her recent pyrokinesis training, she pictured doing the same technique with this rage forcing it against her attacker.
Jeremy was stronger and knew how to counter attack her but she didn't care. She put her hands to his chest and shoved as hard as she could.
Jeremy flew across the hall and slammed into the locker embankment four feet off the ground. Finally the building ceased to shake and his face wore an expression of shock. He clearly didn't know what had happened to him.
Tawni's rage became evident on her face. "You will never touch me again you creep," she yelled. "You caught me off guard at Ernie's, it won't happen again!"
Then she used a condescending voice, "Did widdle Jeremy's pride get bruised because his girlfriend got fed up with his cheating? I'm an Oliver, you attack, I attack back. I will win. Stay the hell away from me Jeremy, or next time you might go into a full body cast." She walked away and turned around, "You're no longer welcomed at the Green Dragon dojo."
Elsewhere
"She going to be the leader of the Three," Goldar bellowed. The creature before him crossed their arms.
This would present them a problem. They hadn't counted on the Power Ranger Trio Prophecy coming to fruition. They had thought that Angel Grove had still be left unprotected. This meant the destruction of Earth would be harder than anticipated.
"I want to test this girl's limits. Send a gastly monster down there to fight her. Keep those intruding Samarai Rangers busy. It seems that she and the red ranger are personally close!"
"Yes, Master! I will see to it that the young Miss Oliver and the Samarais are taken care of," Goldar answered.
Tawni decided to walk home instead of take a bus to clear her head. The past week was clouding her mind she didn't know which way was up. She knew she and Jayden needed to talk and delaying the inevidble wouldn't help matters. She knew that she and Jayden had to decide on living arrangements. They also had to keep their accomidations and relationship as secret as possible.
Then there was the whole Dekker/Cole situation. There was no doubt in her mind that Jayden's Arch Enemy was in fact her Uncle Cole. All involved in his search needed to know that she had found their long lost family member.
She also needed to put Jeremy and his newly revealed behavior aside and focus on the newly rising Monster/ Alien attacks that seemed to be happening now. It didn't seem coincidental that these attacks appeared to happen now that she was an auxiliary ranger. It was times like these that she wished her Uncle Billy and Aunt Cestria didn't live on Aquitar. Especially since she has these power growth spurts happening at the most inconvenient times.
She started sprinting home hoping her parents were home. Kimberly ran a competitive gymnastics team and state of the art gymnasium. While Tommy taught Science at Angel Grove High under the newly Promoted Principal Ms. Appleby. Both parents came home at sporadic times of day to check on the monitors in the family's basement command center. Tommy built it with Alpha 6 and Billy when they returned to Angel Grove. Immediately afterward Billy returned to Aquitar because Cestria was left behind with their hybrid children.
