CHAPTER 4

Alyssa couldn't get to sleep and eventually got up, pulled on a jacket then quietly left the house, she had intended to go for a short walk but then she saw Tommy's mountain bike leaning against the garage door. Back home they'd had a pool and she'd swim laps till she was tired enough to sleep. Her leg meant that was no longer an option. She was reasonably sure she could ride the bike, Angel Grove was pretty flat and she could rest her bad leg on the pedal and push with her other. That decided she climbed onto the bicycle and rode slowly out onto the road with no set destination in mind.

After a while she stopped and rested her arms on the handlebars as she caught her breath and looked around, she was surprised to find that she was at the end of the street where Trini lived. Alyssa suddenly had an overwhelming urge to see her friend but like an idiot she had left her phone behind. She tilted the bike to get off and heard gravel shift under her feet. That gave her an idea.

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Trini sat up, totally awake wondering what had woken her. Ever since Rita had attacked her in her bedroom she was always a little on edge. Then she heard it again, something small hitting her window. Cautiously she got up and looked out then opened it to make sure her eyes were not deceiving her. Outside stood under the street light was Alyssa who waved then pointed further down the street. She vanished back into the shadows with a wave.

Trini knew her parents would kill her if they found out she had sneaked out to see anyone, especially a girl.

Trini grabbed a hoodie and boosted herself out of her window to land silently on the lawn at the side of her house. Hopefully Alyssa hadn't witnesses that.

Alyssa was waiting for her under a large tree, a bike propped against it next to her.

"Can't sleep?" asked Trini, sitting down on the cool grass, her friend joined her by catching herself on her arms then lowering herself the rest of the way.

"No," admitted Alyssa, "I'm too scared to sleep."

"Bad dreams?"

Alyssa nodded.

Trini glanced at her watch if her parents found her gone in the morning they'd freak unless…

"Stay here," she whispered then ran back home where she left a note on the kitchen table saying she was meeting Kim for breakfast before school. Then she made her way back to her friend and hopped on the bike, she held it steady while Alyssa climbed on and sat on the seat.

"Hold on to me," said Trini setting off. Alyssa wrapped her arms around the shorter girl, they were going fast. Trini was a lot fitter than she looked. The ranger took them to a picnic spot overlooking the ocean.

"Wow, it's beautiful," whispered Alyssa, the sky was just starting to get lighter.

"Yes beautiful," agreed Trini watching the awed expression on her friend's face. She noticed and blushed.

"I meant the view."

"So did I."

"That is sooo cheesy."

"I know but I don't get to flirt with pretty girls that often."

Alyssa turned and held the other girls gaze until she stepped closer, gently cupped her face in her hands and brought their lips together. Trini responded instantly and wrapped her arms around her, really she should have tried to get her friend to talk to her but she'd never met anyone who had made her feel like this. The sun broke over the horizon as they kissed.

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Kim woke to an urgent message from the Yellow Ranger requesting to borrow some clothes and could she meet them at Alyssa's. What had her friend been doing?

She found out some of it over a cup of coffee before Alyssa's aunt came downstairs.

"Hi Miss Meg," said Trini cheerfully, "We wondered if Alyssa wanted a ride to school."

"Tommy too if he wants," added Kim, she noticed that Alyssa was munching her toast and not looking at her aunt.

"You sure you're up to going to school?" asked Meg.

"Yeah, I had a good night," replied Alyssa with a smile.

Kim almost choked on her coffee. Trini thumped her back and glared at her. Which pretty much confirmed that something had happened between the two of them.

When Meg went to go and wake her son. Kim grinned. "So what did you two do?" Trini went bright red. "I'm happy for you," she added sincerely.

"Thanks," said Alyssa, she had known popular girls like her before but Kim seemed really nice and more importantly Trini trusted her.

Kim had the chance to get to know her friends girlfriend better on the ride to school, by the time they arrived Kim was positive that Alyssa was confident, like popular girl confident and she really did care about the Yellow ranger. Now they just had to figure out a way to get Trini's parents to accept her. Hell, they were Power Rangers. They could save the World but they could help one of their own be happy?

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Trini had to help with the search for the green power coin that afternoon after school, she would have liked to be somewhere else but it wasn't fair for the rest of the team to do all the work. She was partnered with Kim again and the ex cheerleader filled her in on their theories about what could be happening to the unlucky person who had found it though they were keeping the option of a giant mutant fish monster open too.

"What are we going to do when we find the person who found it?" asked Trini, "Rita refused to surrender but maybe they will?"

"I don't know," said Kim slowly, "Rita was an alien and she was trying to kill us…"

"And all the folks who live in Angel Grove including our families."

"I really don't want to kill a human." admitted the ex cheerleader.

"Oh God, I never even thought of that." Trini sounded horrified.

"I've been trying not too." Kim glanced over, "The other thing that's been going through my mind is the power coins CHOSE us so is it possible the green coin chose whoever found it?"

"What does Zordon think about that?"

"You're the first person I've told, it sounds crazy right?"

"Maybe not," countered Trini, "The Green Ranger is supposed to be part of the team. Think that means we can save them?"

"I hope so."

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Alyssa woke, covered with sweat and shaking, she wanted to scream. Riding around had helped before, so had Trini but she didn't want Trini to get in trouble if her parents caught her sneaking out. She knew she was lucky that her mom had accepted her being gay, She'd been popular enough at her old school that she'd been out and proud. How could her Trini's parents not know how amazing their daughter was? She was smart and funny and she genuinely cared about her. Alyssa wanted to kick their asses for what they were putting her girlfriend through.

So instead of heading to Trini's house or calling her like she wanted to she got dressed and borrowed her cousin's bike again.

With no set destination in mind she found herself riding until her leg began aching. It was then she realized she had no idea where she was, luckily this time she had her phone and Googled her location then plotted the best way home. The quickest was through one of the rougher neighborhoods but it was literally the middle of the night so she figured nobody would be around that was until she took a short cut down a dark ally, part way down a large figure stepped out of the shadows into her path forcing her to slam into a dumpster.

"Shit! What the hell…..?" Pain was throbbing up her leg, "Idiot!"

Alyssa turned to yell at whoever had got in her way to find not one but four guys behind her.

"Oh fuck!"

TBC…

A/N Hi guys. Thanks for reading. I am enjoying this story. I do love the new Power Rangers. Have fun T-Rex :)