Disclaimer: Just to keep it simple: A. I don't own Power Rangers. B. I just make fun of them; so don't get upset if I mock your favorite. C. Please review. I don't mind constructive criticism. D. Thanks to Writer's Guide to the Universe and Power Rangers Central for providing a lot of the information that I need.

If you haven't done so, please read the first hundred and fifty stories in "When Rangers Meet," "More of When Rangers Meet," and "Headquarters Where Rangers Meet."

This is story number seven. It was requested by CoolDiva.

Sydney and Trini

By

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

"Another day, another beauty pageant," sighed Sydney as she placed her newest crown on her dresser. The only reason she had joined SPD in the first place was because Cruger had decided to bolster low recruitment numbers by starting an annual SPD Beauty Pageant in order to draw in the 'babes and horny males.'

Since then, Sydney had won every contest. Well, except for that one year when the overworked, angered D-squad cadets had forced Sky into lipstick, a shimmering gown then high heels and shoved him on stage. Sydney paused as she brushed her golden tresses. She had never realized before then just how lovely Sky's legs were.

The door opened and a strange middle-aged woman came in carrying a suitcase. "Well, here I am!" announced Trini. "Where do I…ooohhh yellow! I want the yellow bed!" She marched up to it and dumped the contents of her suitcase on it.

"Are you crazy?" asked Sydney as she continued to bush her hair. "If Z comes and sees your junk on her bed she'll kick your sorry butt all over the place!"

"Who?" asked Trini as she began hanging photos of her Ranger teammates. Well, the male Rangers that is, she had 'accidentally' lost her picture of Kim on ebay.

"My roommate. She's the Yellow Ranger. I'm the Pink Ranger. This room is for Female Rangers only." Sydney suddenly dropped her brush. "What did you do to Z?!" she whispered fiercely.

"Uh, nothing," replied Trini. "She was assigned to the uh planet…uh Ticklesneezer. Yeah, that's it. I'm the replacement Yellow Ranger. Name's Trini, by the way." She held out her hand.

"Oh, well that's okay then," replied Sydney as she shook the other woman's hand. Then she went back to applying her nightly face cream. Beauty was such hard work.

"Good," replied Trini as she wiped her hand off on a silly looking stuffed elephant before dumping it on the floor and placing her darling Mr. Ticklesneezer in its place. She was finally back where she belonged, as the Yellow Ranger. It had taken most of here savings to get Pyramidis out of hock. It seemed that Trey of Courage had been reckless with his gambling. It had then taken cunning and the tossing of the latest CD into the ship to get SPD's Yellow Ranger on it. Trini smirked. She hoped Z and her clones felt at home with the Triphorians.

"Of course we'll have to go shopping for some cream for those age spots and wrinkles. What kind of Depends do you…PEANUT!" Sydney screeched when she finally noticed what Trini was doing. She hopped up hastily, knocking her beauty products and crown off the dresser. Ignoring the mess, she dove to rescue Peanuts from the floor. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she snapped at the older woman. Sydney placed her precious elephant back under his spotlight. Then she gabbed the ugly troll doll and tossed it down the garbage chute.

"No!" screamed Trini. "Mr. Tickle…what's this?" she asked as she picked up one of the crowns that had fallen. All thought of her lost toy flew out of her mind.

"It's one of my crowns," replied Sydney as she grabbed it back. "Oh great, you smudged it." She pulled a can of silver polish out of a drawer and began shining it back up.

Trini scowled at this. "I can't believe it. Even now the Pink Ranger is dragging women back a hundred years."

"What are you gabbing about?" asked Sydney.

"It was bad enough dealing with a Pink Ranger who thought 'like' needed to be in every other sentence. It was worse dealing with a Pink Ranger who tried to get the local mall installed as a national monument. But worst of all, I had to deal with a Pink Ranger who actually had a skirt on her Ranger outfit!"

"A skirt?" asked Sydney. "What a great idea! I mean who wants to be confused for a guy? I'm going to go talk to Cruger about this tomorrow. Oh, and maybe we can have ruffles too!" she squealed excitedly.

"Oh no," said Trini as she crossed her arms. "I refuse to get treated like a second-class citizen." She quickly shoved her stuff back into her suitcase. "I'm out of here."

"You're just jealous, aren't you?" Sydney asked nonchalantly as she began to give herself a pedicure.

"What?!" bellowed Trini as she paused by the door.

"That's it, isn't it? You're jealous because I'm so beautiful that men just fall at me feet." She didn't add that that was only because she had trained RIC to knock over any guy she deemed 'cute' so that he landed in front of her.

"But, men love me," stammered Trini. "There's Jas..oh no wait. He hopped that plane to the States when I proposed to him in Geneva. Well, there's Zack. No, no, he had actually added a 'shove that annoying Trini away' step to his Hip Hop Kiddo. Wait, there's Richie...no he told me he'd rather go out with Ernie than with me. Oh, but there is Bil…. wait that creep's pretending to be on some water planet. As if! He's probably holed up in Arizona somewhere just to avoid me. Oh who am I kidding?" She sobbed. "I haven't had a date yet! No one wants me! I want a pretty crown!"

"Really?" asked Sydney as she jumped up. "Maybe I can help you. I know a good beautician who..."

Trini lifted her head. "No not really," she laughed. "I don't need all that garbage you're putting on yourself to get guys to like me." She picked up her purse. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm late for my date. I told Jason, Zack, Richie, and Billy I'd meet them at the movies at seven. Bye!" She sauntered out the door.

Sydney stared at her in awe. "Wow!" she gasped. She then sat back down. "Yeeeeoooooooowwwwwwwccchhhhhh!" she yelped remembering too late where she had put the crown.