Jessi watched the nervous girl as she took her seat at the end of the bar as she fixed her usual smoothie. In the near four weeks since they arrived in Turtle Cove. But the only thing that concerned them or at least Jessi was the nervous girl at the end of the bar.
The girl's name was Kori Ackles. She was slender freshmen with brown hair who favored the supernatural bit which made her a bit of a target for the schools "upper crust". And its queen bee Becca Hammond. Jessi only knew these things because she had made an effort to get to know her and she truly sympathized with her.
"Here you go Kori," Jessi said handing the girl her smoothie .
"Thanks," Kori said fidgeting a bit.
It was then Jessi noticed the oversized sunglasses Kori was wearing. She had seen this old tactic many times as well as used it herself. She knew that Kori was hiding a black eye. But decided not to call direct attention to it.
"Rough day at school today?," Jessi asked sincerely.
"If you called being jumped and shoved in your locker rough," Kori said taking sip of her smoothie as a girl came by and purposely bumped her and made her spill her drink on herself and the bar.
"Look the freak made a mess," Becca said as she and her group of popular kids
Jessi quickly grabbed the bar rag and began helping Kori clean herself up. As she dapped the girls arm her sleeves came up and she noticed the hair clip shaped burn scares on her forearm. "Kori did they do this you?" she asked growing angry at the girls.
"No," Kori said as she started to cry. "I did ," she said her tears flowing like rain.
"Why?" Jessi asked her heart breaking more for the young girl.
"Its the only way I can stop the pain," Kori said her tears dripping on to the bar. "No one likes me no one understands me. My parents think I'm a freak just like everyone else no ne wants me around. Everyone hates me," she sobbed. ""Well you have one friend me," Jessi said sincerely placing a hand on Kori's. "And as a friend I'm telling you need to stand up for yourself its the only way to stop it,"
"Yeah whatever." Kori said as she stood up and gathered her things to leave. "Thanks for saying you were my friend but I better go while they're distracted if I want to get home safe," she said reaching into her pack for her money.
Jessi halted her hand and smiled, "Friends don't pay I'll take care of it." And let Kori leave. " So what's going on with your new friend," Jai said seeing the look of discontent on Jessi's face.
"Just the usual bullies and stuff ," Jessi explained still down hearted about the situation.
Elsewhere in a the suburbs of in a quite two story three bedroom house Kori set in her dimly lit room. The sounds of Wolf Within by Jonathan Young and Caleb Hyles blasting throughout the room. She rolled up the sleeves of her top then took the hairclip in between the scissors in her right hand. And the lighter in her left hand. She the ignited the lighter and held it to the hairclip until it glowed bright orange. She then brought it down onto an un burnt piece of skin.
As the scolding hot metal burned her flesh and the pain tore through her body. A oddly calm look came over her as she preformed the ritual mutilation. She had been burning herself since the seventh grade after reading an article online. Something about the pain she caused herself, seemed to erase the emotional and physical pain others caused her. If only for a brief while but she knew the pain would once again come.
"It has to stop," Ashley said plainly as the hair clip cooled and the burning ended. "It all has to stop."
As dusk gave way to night a well fed Jessi and Jai made there way up street back to their truck. Enjoying each others company and laughing as Jessi told stories about growing up around the rangers. ""Wow so you-" Jai started being cut off by a loud blast knocking them back first into a near by wall. As a purple cloud of smoke and grey ash. The street became filled with the familiar sounds of people panicking.
When the smoke cleared Jessi and Jai looked up and saw what appeared to be Trons. Knowing what they had to do Jessi and Jai got up and dusted themselves off and went into fighting stances. "Ready?," Jai asked fist clenched.
"Yeah ," Jessi said taking up a similar posture.
A few seconds later the duo found themselves in the middle of a fight with the Trons. Each throwing kicks and punches while trying to avoid the whips. Both taking a few small lashes. Soon both found themselves standing back to back fending off the foot solders as best the could but becoming over powered. As an effort to gain some equal footing Jessi fired her Gertaligger into the ground knocking the Trons back.
"Ready to ramp this up," Jessi said holdin up her morpher.
"You know it," Jai said holding up his own morpher. "Lets ranger up!,"
"ITS MORPHIN TIME!," Jessi said spinning the lever on her morpher glow, "Zenkaiser!," she yelled raising her morpher to the sky making a flash of rainbow light cover her body. When the light faded Zenkaiser stood where Jessi once was.
"My turn!," Jai said sticking his morpher straight out. "ZENKAI TYRANNO!," A giant version of his appeared in front of him before it covered him a burst of red light. When the light faded Jai looked like a red and black version of the Dino Megazord from mighty morphin only with a t rex head on the chest.
Both fired their morphers sending powerful bolt of energy that destroyed a bulk of the trons.
"Very impressive," Came a slightly feminine sounding voice drawing their attention to a shadowed figure standing on the ledge of a roof top. Where they only need look for a few more seconds before the figure leaped from the roof top coming to land not ten feet from the two rangers.
In the glow of the raising moon Jessi and Jai could see that the figure was male and dressed in a purle shirt black leather pants with knee high leather boots with a three inch heel. His skin was a pale porcelain crystal like color which was brought out by the glimmer of the moon. With his fingertips capped by red nails. His black hair. With bangs in the front framing his surprisingly handsome elf like features.
"Allow me to introduce myself the name is Stacy and I'm here to destroy you," he said giving a mocking gentlemen like wave and bow.
"Ugh really.," Jessi said rolling her eyes under her helmet, "Seriously do they teach you guys the same lame as lines in bad guy school. Try being original."
"You have a sharp tongue. Lets see if its as sharp as my blades," Stacy said drawing what looked to be a combination between Katanas and broad sword from under his tunic. Each with a crystal blade and black handle.
"Looks like he wants to dance Jessi," Jai said shooting a remaining Tron
"Then by all means lets," Jessi said.
Stacy merely grinned and charged the two rangers. Who likewise charged at him. Jai and Stacy's blades meeting with a loud clang and clash over and over again. For every trust slash and strike Jessi and Jai made Stacy seem to match it. He was quickly beginning to out match the two black rangers. Jessi took a whirling slash from Stacy that knocked her into Jai making both rangers fall.
"Its been fun but I have to go ta ta," Stacy said with a wave of the hand fading from the sight of the two rangers.
"Ugh power down," Jessi said as she and Jai demorphed.