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 twelve.

Daggeron and Maya

by

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

"Jenji," called Daggeron in a song-song voice as he entered Rootcore. "Oh, Jenji! Guess what. I finally thought of what I wanted for my third wish!" The other Rangers didn't know it, but Jenji had granted Daggeron three wishes after he had ended up in that lamp. Jenji didn't know it, but there was no Ranger rule stating that he needed to grant 'practice wishes' to whoever put him in the lamp.

"Jenji?" asked Daggeron tentatively when his best buddy didn't answer. "Where are you?" He found the genie cat's bottle and peeked in. No Jenji. "Jenji!!!" he screamed in a panic as he looked wildly all over the place. "Where are you?"

"I freed him," announced the strange woman who appeared at the doorway. "I rescued that poor creature from the confines of that teeny tiny bottle." She glared at the older man. "You should be ashamed of yourself."

"Oh, thank the gods," breathed Daggeron with a sigh of relief. "I thought he'd gone on a catnip binge again." He just didn't have the money to pay for another week's stay at the 'Magical Beings Rehab Center' "And I'll have you know that bottle holds a large house with its own video arcade and swimming pool."

Maya pulled out a piece of paper. "Drugging animals," she said as she wrote. "There." She put the paper back into her pocket. "I think that will be enough to charge you with cruelty to animals."

"Cruelty to...hey! Who the blazes are you?" Daggeron glared at Maya. "How'd you get in here? This is the secret lair of the Power Rangers!"
Maya snorted. "A hole in the ground? Yeah, great hiding place. We got to hang out in a space ship." She decided not to mention that the Space Rangers were currently suing them for stealing and then destroying the Megaship. She had no idea how she and her teammates would ever scrape up the 'seventy-five gazillion dollars' that Andros kept screaming about.

Daggeron looked at her condescendingly. "Ah, you kids and your crazy dreams of space travel. As if the gods ever meant for man to leave the Earth."

"Wow, and I thought my people were backwards." Maya reached over and knocked on his head. "Hello, anybody home? Where've you been the last fifty years? In a bottle like that poor kitty?"

"Oh, I was just a frog for about four hundred years," replied Daggeron in a casual tone as if that were a common occurrence.

"Major delusions," Maya added to her paper. "Identifies with the animals he tortures by imagining he is one himself."

"What the..."
"Maybe you can get off a bit easier with an insanity plea."

"That does it!" cried Daggeron. "I've got an important wish to make. Now, give me back my genie cat!" He glared even harder at the younger woman for emphasis.

Maya snorted. "A genie cat? Yeah, I noticed the stupid outfit you had on the poor thing. What're you going to wish for? Some powers to match your fantasy about this dump being a Power Ranger lair?" She began to snicker to herself.

Daggeron narrowed his eyes. "Did it not seem odd to you that my poor little kitty was the same size as you?"

Maya paused in mid-snicker. "Hmmm…now that I come to think of it..."

"And did he not speak to you when you dragged him away?"

"Hey yeah! I had to gag him to shut him up!" Maya face suddenly brightened. "Wait just a second, that means..."

"That he's a magic genie cat who you will release so I can make my wish?"

"No, it means I'm...I'm...I'm...more delusional than you! No!!!!!!!! Now I'll never convince Mike to leave that Haley slut for me!!!" She ran for the exit.

"Wait! Where are you going?"

"I've got to find one of those psychologichiatrists I've heard about. Before I begin hallucinating talking blue dogs, ninja guinea pigs, and fire breathing dragons."

"Well, actually..."

"Arrrrrggggghhhh!" roared Fireheart as he suddenly appeared from a backroom breathing fire.

"Yeeeeahhhhhhhhh!!!" screeched Maya as she bolted out of Rootcore.

"Wait!" called Daggeron. "What about Jenji?" He leaned out the cave entrance. "Where'd you put him? Is anyone taking care of him?" He dashed out of the cave and ran after Maya. "How can I wish for Udonna to dump that loser Leinbow for me if he's not here?! Come baaaaaaaaaccckkkk!"