A/N: I know people want shipping, but I stink at writing romance. I have a plan, and I think that y'all will like it. Also, thank you to everyone who has reviewed my work! I appreciate the time you take to give me your thoughts about my story! I hope you like this chapter. Don't forget to review and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers.
"So," Mia asks, "Who's first?"
Jayden and Kevin pull out their katanas in unison and reply, "Both."
"Antonio!" Mia calls out, "I'm betting three minutes tops!"
He sets the timer for three minutes and counts down, "Three...two...one...GO!"
The three rangers collide in a whirlwind of color. The clash of Jayden and Kevin's katana and Mia's tessen fall into a rhythm of clang, clang, clang. Mia quickly maneuvers her chair and blocks oncoming attacks with grace while simultaneously ramming her chair into her opponents like a bull. Jayden and Kevin dodge out of the way of her chair with centimeters to spare.
Suddenly, Kevin breaks the rhythm and runs up one of the skate ramps in the park. He whips out his hydro bow and begins shooting down at Mia as she continues to spar with Jayden with deadly accuracy. Mia deflects a few of his shots with her tessen, and then shoots a blast of air out of her left tessen at Jayden while shooting air out of her right at the ground to stabilize herself. She sends him flying across the skate park. Then, using her tessen to propel herself, she rockets up the skate ramp at an unsuspecting Kevin, who continues to shoot at her. When she reaches the top, she grabs onto the edge of the ramp and knocks Kevin down with her chair. She rolls to the center of the skate park with her tessen out defensively. Jayden nods to Kevin as he painfully gets up. At the same time they charge at Mia, but the moment their weapons collide they transport to the woods.
"We knew you would be fine in the skatepark, but we also have to be able to maneuver in other terrains that are less wheelchair friendly," Jayden explains.
"Good thing I came prepared," Mia retorts. With the push of a button two push levers pop up on the sides of the chair and the front two wheels consolidate into one large wheel. Her back two tires expand to look like mountain bike tires.
Once more their weapons clash, this time however, Mia's maneuvers widen and slow down as opposed to the sharp turns taken in the skate park. She relies more on her tessen to allow her to skip over obstacles like rocks and branches, giving her less time to use them to fight. The others take note of this and attempt to use it to their advantage. They draw closer to Mia, giving her less room to move. Recognizing this, Mia blasts the ground with her tessen, rocketing her chair above the other rangers. She then does a quick wheelie to get over a log, turns around and begins blasting the rangers with bursts of air with one tessen and blasting the ground with the other to keep her stationary, just as she had done before with Jayden. Unable to slash through air, both of the rangers get knocked on the ground. Grabbing Jayden by the arm, Kevin powers through Mia's blast and when their weapons make contact, the rangers transport to the beach.
"So, I hear the beach is a wheelchair user's worst nightmare?" Kevin chides, "Let's see how your air blasts work in the sand."
One more push of the button expands the wheels even more so that they can work on the sand. As the rangers flight, Mia works twice as hard to push her chair than before, and her previous jumping strategy only kicks up more sand. Noticing this, she begins to use her air to create a fog of sand so that the rangers above her can not see her. Using her lower height to her advantage, Mia creeps under the sand cloud and attacks the rangers at their legs, ramming into them with all of her might. As the sand settles, Jayden whips out his fire smasher. Mia takes a direct his and flies into the ocean. Panicking, she thrashes about with her tessen. Unable to figure out which way is up, Mia propels herself deeper into the water. She hits the ocean floor, and as water begins to seep into her helmet, she propels herself up and out of the water and continues to do so until she lands on dry land. Shaking and coughing, Mia de-morphs as she lays on the ground with her chair on top of her, soaked to the bone. Kevin and Jayden de-morph and run over to her.
"No offense, Kev, but I hate water," she murmurs. They pick her up and help her back into her chair.
He laughs, "None taken. I will admit, with Antonio helping you with the design, I was a little disappointed to see that you didn't build a jet ski into that thing."
"I'll put it on the wish-list," she bitterly jokes.
"Hey," Jayden says as he gently lifts her chin so she can look him in the eyes, "you did good."
"I didn't win," she mumbles.
"Well, maybe next time," Kevin soothes.
"So, I'm not back on the team?" she asks.
"I think you need a little more time," Jayden answers, "You have to iron out some of the kinks in your fighting style. You're unique style gives you an advantage, but eventually the nighlock will learn your style and you won't have that advantage will disappear." Fighting back tears, Mia nods in agreement.
"Hey," Kevin says nudging her on the shoulder, "We didn't think you would ever be a ranger again. Now we know you will." He gives her a hug, and they teleport back to the skate park, where the other rangers, Ji, Terry, and Cam, wait for the results of the duel.
"Six minutes," Antonio calls down.
A/N: So, this was supposed to end in a Victory for Mia, but then I could not figure out where to go from there. A little day dreaming and a couple re-writes later, I now have a plan at the expense of Mia's big win. Actually, I was watching an interview for the show, "Speechless," and the main actor, Micah Fowler (who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair) gave me the idea for the last bit of the fight. He said "Don't put me in water or I'll sink." Hmmm...