Wow. The first chapter, in just two days, got twelve reviews. Twelve! I am so overwhelmed by that, and a few of you said that you remember the first Adam/OC story I tried to write! Thank you for sticking with me for so long, holy crap! So, here's the next chapter, but first, thank you to grapejuice101, Pink ranger 13, Green-Extreme-Ninjetti13, lizziestrong, RHatch89, thunderyoshi, brankel1, Gwendolyn Yuki, Jimmyle311, and dguice.
Also, for those of you who asked about Return of Winter; don't worry, I WILL continue with it, I'm just down on motivation for it, and I've had this idea for a very long time. I'm not about to let the Andy/Hunter ship sink. Finally, one of you mentioned that I had Jamie use Skype, which means that yes, this will not be taking place in the '90s, but more in modern day. So, enjoy!
Angel Grove Park
It had been a month since Jamie received her powers. With the help of the Megaladon coin, she had already helped to defeat a bunch of monsters sent down by Lord Zedd, and Tommy and Jason were slowly but surely getting her more confident in her fighting skills. It had helped that she'd been playing soccer pretty much since she could walk, so she was already athletic and could keep up with the two older boys.
On this day, the team sat in the park, enjoying a picnic and the beautiful weather. Jason had brought a Bluetooth radio and was playing the group's favorite radio station over it through his phone. The only one missing was Jamie, who was at soccer practice. But she appeared only a few minutes after the team showed up, still in her uniform, her dufflebag over her shoulder, and one of her goalie gloves still on her hand.
"Hey, sorry I'm late!" she called. Practice had ran over, and she had realized that she didn't have time to change, so she'd deodorized and sprayed on some perfume to hide the smell of sweat.
"Jamie, hey," Zack greeted, "How was practice?"
Jamie sat and got to work taking off the remaining glove and changing her cleats out for a pair of converse, "It was fine, although I got nailed pretty hard on my shoulder; coach wants me to ice it later."
Frowning, Kimberly reached over and lifted the sleeve of Jamie's shirt, revealing the beginnings of a big bruise that would surely cover the entirety of her shoulder. "I'm starting to think that you need more than just shin guards," the brunette said.
Jamie shrugged, "Eh. I've had worse." The others laughed at that.
"This is totally one of my favorite songs," Kimberly noted when an older song came on. Tommy nodded in agreement; of course, he agreed on a lot of things that Kimberly did.
"Man, what a cool way to spend a Saturday," the White Ranger said. "Good music, and good friends in the park." The others agreed.
"Hey guys, listen to this," Billy said after a while, gaining the attention of the other Rangers. The announcer on the radio was talking about an upcoming event, a ninja competition.
"Oh, yeah man, I've been dying to see this competition," Tommy said.
The announcer handed the mic over to the Angel Grove team, and, sadly, the three guys were very obnoxious and claimed to be the best.
"What obnoxious guys," Kimberly said with a laugh.
Tommy raised an eyebrow, "Obnoxious but undefeated." He looked up at Billy, "Whose competing against them?"
"Three guys from Stone Canyon High. I read about it in the paper," Billy answered.
"Oh yeah, the high school right outside of town?" Kimberly asked. "You know, I really hope they teach those clods a lesson."
Before anything else could be said, Bulk and Skull, resident bullies who were really just giant goofballs walked by, both carrying what looked like a couple of skateboards ductaped together. They just laughed.
A little while later, once the food was eaten, Jason, Trini, and Zack ended up having to leave for various reasons, and Aiden showed up to tell Jamie that they needed to call their dad that night. The siblings cringed at the idea, and then Aiden left, taking Jamie's bag home for her. This left Tommy, Kimberly, Billy, and Jamie, who all decided to take a nice walk through the park.
"I don't understand why you still talk to your dad, Jamie," Kimberly said.
"I too do not understand why you would talk to him considering that you do not like him," Billy added.
Jamie rolled her eyes, "Trust me, I wouldn't talk to him if I didn't have to. But he threatened to take mom to court for full custody of Aiden and I if we don't. We both know that the judge will take our opinions in mind, since we're both almost eighteen, but mom doesn't have the money to hire a lawyer, and we're not going to make her go to court over him. He isn't worth it." She became thoughtful for a moment, "We should really start doing those calls together, that way he can't try to guilt us into going to New York."
"Yeah, that's a good idea," Tommy said, taking Kimberly's hand into his own.
Before anything else could be said, they heard someone yelling, "Jacob! Stop that baby!"
"Hey, look!" Billy pointed out. There was a baby carriage rolling through the park at a high speed, and, based on the yelling, there was a child inside.
"Oh my gosh," Kimberly exclaimed.
"Let's go!" Tommy ordered, and the four friends began to run after the carriage.
It didn't take them long to realize that the baby was heading towards a hill. Although small, it wouldn't be good if a baby in a baby carriage fell off of it. As they reached the hill, Jamie took a few steps back to get a running start, and then launched herself forward into a front flip. She landed right in front of the carriage, pivoted on her heel, and caught it in her hands just another girl did the same.
"Gotcha!" Jamie exclaimed, "Hey," reaching inside, she picked up the child, holding him on her hip. Then she looked up at the other girl, "Hi."
"Hi. I'm so glad he's alright." she responded. Then both girls looked at little Jacob in Jamie's arms.
"Hi, we saved you," Jamie cooed, "Yeah, we saved you!"
"Whoa, those were some pretty awesome moves, guys," Tommy praised as Jamie carried the young boy up. The other girl was at her side, keeping her eyes on Jacob, and two boys, about their age, were behind them. Just then, a man ran forward.
"Jacob!" he gladly took his son from Jamie, cradling him close. "Oh, Jacob. How can I ever thank you?"
"I'm just glad we got there, in time," Jamie said, smiling brightly up at the man.
"Yeah, that was truly awesome," one of the two unfamiliar boys said. He, like his two friends, was wearing roller blades, and he was dressed in a red tank top.
"Hey man, you guys were pretty awesome on those skates," Tommy complimented. "Oh, um, I'm Tommy, this Kimberly, that's Jamie, and uh, this is my friend Billy," he introduced.
"Hi, my name's Rocky," the boy in red said.
"Hi," this was the girl who helped Jamie save Jacob, "Aisha."
Finally, the boy in black smiled, "Adam. Hi"
"Hank Anderson," the man said, "And this little daredevil is my son, Jacob." The teens all laughed at his comment, and Jamie caught Adam's eye. He smiled at her, and a blush reddened Jamie's cheeks. Kimberly, of course, noticed, and knocked her shoulder into Jamie's playfully.
Just then, Bulk and Skull appeared, both exhausted after also running to catch up with the baby carriage. The others laughed.
"Well, I think Jacob and I have had enough excitement for the day, we'll see you all later," Mr. Anderson said. He had led the teens to a bench, and then walked off with his son in his arms.
"Bye!" Everyone chorused.
Kimberly sat on the table with Jamie at her side, as Aisha sat on the bench itself, and Rocky and Adam leaned against it. Tommy stood by one of the support beams, and Billy leaned against the beam.
"So uh, how do you guys know Mr. Anderson?" Billy asked.
"He's a teacher at Stone Canyon High," Aisha answered, "He's the absolute best."
"Wow, Stone Canyon High," Tommy said, "Are you guys here to watch the Ninja competition?"
"Uh, yes, you could say that," Adam said with a grin.
Bulk mocked him quietly, rolling his eyes at Skull.
"That's cool, so we'll probably see you there, then?" Jamie asked. The three new-comers quickly agreed, and started to get up.
"Yeah, we'll look out for ya!" Rocky said.
"Cool, we'll see you guys later!" Tommy said.
"Bye, see you later!"'s were exchanged as Kimberly got up and pulled Jamie with her. With that, the four Rangers left. Once they were out of sight, Kimberly elbowed Jamie.
"Hey, what was that for?" Jamie laughed, playfully pushing her friend away.
"I saw that look you gave Adam."
Jamie raised a blonde eyebrow. "So? He's cute, but I don't even know him."
"He gave you a look, too," Kimberly said. Jamie rolled her eyes. Kimberly mocked her playfully and then reached over and grabbed a long blonde hair off of Jamie's arm. "You really need to start seeing these before I do," she said.
"Alright, Kim, you can play matchmaker later, let's go," Tommy laughed. Kimberly just smiled sweetly at him.
A few hours later found the four friends at the Juice Bar owned by a kindly older man named Ernie. It doubled as a gym, and was where Tommy and Jason both taught classes for martial arts. And today, it was where the Ninja Competition was being held. Jamie had showered and changed, now wearing a pair of jeans with a silver tank-top. Upon seeing her shoulder and the dark bruise covering it, Kimberly had asked Ernie for a bag of ice and then pretty much held Jamie down while she taped the bag to her shoulder.
Jamie, Kimberly, Tommy, and Billy all managed to get seats together, and Jason, Trini, and Zack sat farther up. The four Rangers kept an eye out for Adam, Aisha, and Rocky, but none of them could see them.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" the announcer started, "You are about to witness the final competition for the great ninja title!" he exclaimed into a microphone.
Everyone cheered, and two groups of three stepped into the ring. One of the groups was dressed in black, and the other in white.
"ON this side of the ring, the reigning champions, from Hartford City!" the group in black raised their arms, drinking in the cheers. "And on my right, we have our challengers, from Stone Canyon!" the group in white bowed respectfully.
"Hope you made a will," one of the guys in black said once the two groups met in the middle.
"Yeah, better say your prayers," another said.
Hearing this, the four Rangers glanced at each other; they really hoped that Stone Canyon won.
"And begin!" the announcer called before stepping back and out of the ring.
The fight started out as one-on-one. It was clear to see that the ninjas in white were fighting fair, while the ninjas in black were fighting dirty. How they didn't get disqualified, none of them knew.
The first white ninja soon switched out with the next. After getting flipped over onto his back, the first black ninja switched as well. Just as the ninja in black kicked the back of the ninja in white, Kimberly glanced over her friends.
"Those guys fight really dirty."
"Yeah, I don't know why the judges haven't disqualified them for that." Jamie commented.
"Yeah, but the challengers fight clean," Tommy said, trying to ease the girls' fears.
"Which is always the winning solution," Billy added.
Suddenly all six ninjas were in the ring. The three ninjas in black had tried to gang up on the single ninja in white, but his two friends quickly jumped in to aid him. The bell to end the match was soon rung.
"The judges have made their decision, and the title goes to the Challengers! The new Ninja Champions from Stone County!" the announcer stood next to the ninjas in white, a large trophy in his hand.
The four Rangers cheered, happy that the ninjas in white had won. And then they took off their masks and hoods, revealing the three ninjas to be Rocky, Adam, and Aisha.
"Hey, that explains why we couldn't find them," Jamie said, eyebrows raised and an impressed look coming over her.
"Stupendous," Billy said, smiling widely.
"Hey, way to go, guys!" Tommy called. This gained the ninjas' attention for a moment and Adam's eyes met Jamie's. He smiled at her, and she blushed, just like before, until their eye contact was broken by Adam looking at the announcer, who wanted to shake his hand.
The three ninjas in black left angrily.
With the ninja completion over with, the four Rangers waited for the new champions to change out of their ninja garb and met them outside.
"So, Jamie, I noticed earlier that you were wearing a soccer uniform," Adam said. He was talking to her while Billy and Tommy spoke to Rocky, and Kimberly was with Aisha. "Do you play?"
"Yeah, I'm the goalie for the school team. I've been playing pretty much since I could walk," she said.
"I take it that that's what this is from," he poked the icepack taped to her shoulder.
Jamie laughed, "Yeah, I got nailed in the shoulder at practice this morning. The minute Kim saw the bruise, she actually held me down and taped this on." Adam laughed.
"Does she do that often?" he asked, a smile on his face.
"You'd be surprised. Sometimes Tommy helps her, and our friend Jason once sat on me so that she could take care of my knee after a dive gone wrong." She laughed at the memory. "What about you, do you play?"
Adam shrugged, "I coach a fifth grade team in the fall, but I don't think I'll have the time next year. I was late to most of last fall's practices."
"Well hey, maybe you can help me out sometime," Jamie suggested, a smile on her face.
"Yeah, I think I can do that." The boy in black smiled shyly at her.
"Hey, we need to get together sometime, you can show us those moves you used in the competition," Tommy said, coming over with Billy and Rocky.
"Absolutely," Adam said, "Let's do it soon!"
"Yeah, we'll keep in touch," Billy added.
"Count on it!" Aisha said.
"Yes," Kimberly agreed, "Alright, bye Mr. Anderson!"
"Bye, Kimberly," Mr. Anderson, who had been hunched over putting Jacob into his car, stood up straight. "Bye, guys. And uh, thanks again for the heroic rescue." The teens laughed.
"Alright, bye, guys," Kimberly said, moving away from their new friends.
"Yeah, see you later," Billy said.
"It was nice meeting you guys!" Jamie called as they walked away. The three ninjas waved.
As they four Rangers walked away, a sudden scream stopped them in their tracks. Turning, they found Goldar standing before their new friends.
"Goldar!" Billy exclaimed. But before they could go help, a group of putties appeared.
"We have to go help them," Kimberly said.
Tommy glared at the putties, "Jamie, go help them, we can take care of these goons," he said.
"Right," With that, Jamie ran behind a tree and looked around. "It's Morphin' Time! Megaladon!" Once morphed, the Silver Ranger ran forward and jumped up onto the car.
"Goldar! Leave them alone!" she demanded.
"Get out of my way, Silver Ranger!" the golden lion demanded.
"I don't think so!" she exclaimed, getting into a defensive position on top of the car.
Sending a single blast at her, Goldar blasted Jamie off the car. She landed on the ground behind the ninjas, and Goldar took his opportunity. Shooting a golden beam at them, Goldar latched onto them and pulled the ninjas and their teacher towards him.
"Lord Zedd will be pleased that you have so much spunk!" Goldar laughed as they struggled in his grip.
"Let them go!" Jamie demanded, standing back up. She couldn't let Goldar take them, she just couldn't. Sadly, he got away, taking the three ninjas and their teacher with him. Jamie's legs wobbled then, and she fell to her knees, her morph shattering around her.
Kimberly, Billy, and Tommy showed up then, "Jamie!"
"He got away," Jamie said as Billy pulled her up, "I tried, but I couldn't get to them! It's all my fault!" she exclaimed.
"No, it isn't," Tommy said, "It's on all of us. We'll get them back."
"We better contact Zordon," Billy suggested.
With a nod, Tommy brought his communicator up to his lips. "Zordon, come in."
"Tommy. Alpha and I are aware of the situation. Teleport to the Command Center immediately," Zordon said.
With a sigh, Tommy pulled his hair up into a ponytail, and Jamie ripped the ice pack off her shoulder.
"We're on our way."
"Are we clear?" Billy asked, glancing around.
"Yeah, we're clear," Jamie said, not seeing anyone who would see them. With that said, the four Rangers teleported away in streaks of white, pink, blue, and silver.
At the Command Center, the four Rangers were met with Zack, Trini, and Jason.
"Rangers, this is a very grave situation. Lord Zedd has captured the champion ninja team and is trying to turn them into his own evil warriors," Zordon told them.
"What about the baby, Jacob?" Kimberly asked.
"Yeah, he wasn't in the car when they got there," Jamie added.
"Jacob is fine, Kimberly and Jamie. He is in the hands of a couple of unusual babysitters," the head said. Turning to the viewing globe, the team saw Bulk and Skull taking care of baby Jacob.
"Bulk and Skull?" Billy questioned.
"He's safe for the time being," Alpha reassured them, "I think. Ohhhh."
"The baby's father and the champion ninja team are being held in Lord Zedd's secret dimension. We must not allow the ninja team to be turned to the dark side." Zordon's final words went straight to the guilt in Jamie's heart. Even though Tommy told her it wasn't, she still felt guilty that Goldar had gotten to them while she was trying to protect them. Some Ranger she made.
"We just can't let Zedd get his hands on 'em," Tommy said, determined.
"The results would be disastrous," Zordon said. That didn't give them much hope.
A bit shorter than what I wanted, but still, Adam, Rocky, and Aisha are in it now! Which means the story can move right along. Next up is Ninja Encounter two!