Hello, all! I apologize for the freakish wait. We've been having some family issues, and my grandpa sadly passed away back in February. We've been running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to get everything sorted, especially with my grandma; they were married for 65 years, so she's now trying to figure out how to live without him, but we managed to get her to move down closer to us, she WAS living 4 hours away. We're all healing, don't worry, it's just a slow process.
Also, turns out having a 40-hour-week job and trying to find time to write is kinda hard so I apologize. Hopefully I'll be moving into an apartment within the next year or so; part of my issue is that I still live at home with my parents. Hard to find time to write.
I know I've been publishing a Nightwing/OC story for the past several weeks; it's just been easier. I don't have to watch episodes to get dialog, I'm just kind of freeforming it. But for this and my Ninja Storm story, I have to watch episodes to get dialog and action. And they sadly took most of the seasons off Netflix (Mighty Morphin' is still there, but Ninja Storm is gone). But I'm here and ready to write! This is the last episode of the Wedding, and then we'll be on the movie!
Thank you to Disneyfan10, Guest, brankel1, Jimmyle311, ralexis cor, XDXDXDcringemasterXDXDXD, and Guest for your lovely comments on the last chapter. We broke 100 comments, guys! Here we go!
After sitting in the theater for what felt like hours, guarded by Peckster and Rhinoblaster, the Rangers jumped in surprise when the monsters suddenly burst into the room they were in. They were clearly looking for a fight.
"What do you want with us, anyway, goons?!" Tommy demanded.
"You're Rita's wedding gift to Lord Zedd!" Peckster exclaimed.
Jamie couldn't help but to shiver at that; one of them was bad enough, she didn't want to know what both of them together would do to them.
She wasn't a Ranger, yet, when Rita was still running the show. All she knew of the witch was that she wasn't someone to trifle with; she'd run from her monsters plenty of times before to know that by herself. The other Rangers had told horrifying stories of her, of how she'd made Tommy her own personal puppet for a few days, the horrible things she'd done to Kimberly. None of it was good. And Jamie knew first hand just how crazy Zedd was. The thought of the two of them together could bring her nightmares all by itself.
Peckster and Rhinoblaster didn't stick around; they were obviously excited about the nuptials happening on the moon, and so left the Rangers alone in the room again.
"I can't believe Zedd and Rita are getting married," Kimberly said, the disgust clear in her voice.
"Didn't Zedd run Rita out of the moon castle?" Jamie asked. "Why would he marry her after banishing her?"
"I have no clue," Tommy answered, his head held up with his hand. "But we need to get out of here; for all we know, they have monsters attacking Angel Grove."
"We'll find a way out," Rocky said, bringing his hand up in front of him.
"I do wish I knew what was up with Alpha, though," Billy said. His intelligent mind was running through a lot of possibilities; it was Alpha who had brought them to the theater in the first place, but there was no way their little robot friend would have betrayed them! Unless…
Before Billy could verbalize his thoughts, a flash of light blinded the Rangers. When the light faded, Putties had appeared, more than Jamie had ever seen before. Luckily the theater was large, allowing the Rangers more than enough space to fight them off. Peckster and Rhinoblaster were with them, as well.
"Spread out!" Tommy ordered, arms up in a defensive position. The others obeyed, spreading out around the room with a group of Putties.
Blocking a punch that would have possibly given her a concussion, Jamie ducked under another, and then kicked a third away from her. There was no moment to rest, though, for as soon as she managed to get one away, another attacked. One that had snuck up on her managed to land a hard hit on her shoulder, where a bruise was already forming from the earlier attacks. A scream of pain escaped her before she could hold it back, and the Silver Ranger's vision spun for a moment.
"Jamie!" Adam called, too busy with his own group of Putties to go to her aid. "Are you okay?!"
Shaking her head to rid her vision of the black spots dancing about, she blinked a few times and finally sent Adam a thumb's up.
"I'm alright!"
Adam clearly meant to say something else, but another Putty trying to drive him into a wall stopped him.
"Not me, Clay Brain!" Peckster exclaimed when Tommy kicked a Putty into him. "This batch of Putties was in the oven for too long! I'll have to do it myself!" with a laugh, Peckster attacked Tommy.
Finally hitting a Z on a Putty, Jamie grinned as it disintegrated, leaving her with one less to deal with.
Rocky finally finished his own bunch of Putties and took on Rhinoblaster just as Jamie disintegrated another Putty, leaving her own count down to four.
"Take this!" Jamie exclaimed, side-kicking Putty number 3 right on the Z, causing it to also go down. "And this!" a punch of the fourth Putty, and it went down as well. The fifth Putty, however, managed to grab her arm as she went to punch it, and threw the Silver Ranger into a wall.
"Jay!" Kimberly exclaimed, her own Putties destroyed. Coming to Jamie's aid, the Pink Ranger pulled her up. "Are you alright?"
"I'll be better when these Putties are dealt with," Jamie said, gasping for air. "Thanks, Kim. Hey, look!"
The Silver and Pink Rangers both watched as Peckster, who Tommy had been fighting, and Rhinoblaster, who Rocky had taken care of, get thrown into each other.
Taking that as their cue, the Rangers ran, getting out of that room and back into a hallway that led who knows where.
"Man, I thought we'd never get away from those monsters," Aisha said, creeping through an open door to another hallway.
"You and me both," Jamie murmured.
"Yeah, just be careful," Tommy said. "There could be more hiding anywhere."
"What is it about this place that blocks our power?" Billy asked.
"I don't know," Jamie answered.
"But I can still hear those two monsters guarding the door," Aisha added.
"And without our powers, we can't get past them," Kimberly finished.
"We gotta use our brain power, guys!" Tommy exclaimed.
Suddenly, a glowing, red bird head floating down in the middle of the circle the Rangers had made. It was screaming, a horrible sound that made them all want to run and hide.
"Peek a boo!" the bird head screamed, sending red flashes of light at the Rangers. Finally, it shot off, disappearing just as fast as it had appeared.
"What the hell was that?" Jamie asked, eyes wide under her helmet.
"Gah, that does it!" Adam exclaimed.
"We gotta escape!" Kimberly added.
"Listen up," Billy said, "I think I've got an idea on how we can get out of here!"
All going into a huddle so that the monsters guarding them couldn't hear the plan, the other six Rangers listened quietly as Billy relayed his idea. It was certainly risky, but it sounded like it would work, so everyone agreed to it.
Jamie crept forward, and down the stairs, her part of the plan being the bait in order to draw Peckster and Rhinoblaster out of hiding.
"Oh monsters," Jamie called, bringing her hands up to cup in front of where her mouth would be, hoping to project her voice a little. "Woo-hoo! Monsters! I'm giving myself up! Peckster, I realize I'm no match for you!"
Suddenly the door she was about to open slammed open from the other side, Peckster and Rhinoblaster rushing out.
"So, you finally decided to admit defeat, huh, Silver Ranger?" Peckster asked, a mocking tone to his voice. "Can't say I blame you, ya know! Sooner or later, Peckster would have made maggots out of you and your pals!"
Seeing her friends at the top of the stairs with the net, Jamie quickly took a few steps back, out of the way as they threw the net down, covering Peckster and Rhinoblaster with it.
"Good shot!" Rocky and Adam chorused, leading the way down the steps so the other Rangers could join Jamie.
"Good work, you guys," Jamie praised as they joined her.
"Alright, guys, now we escape to the cave," Tommy said, ignoring the two monsters who were yelling for the Rangers to let them go. "Just like we did before!"
The Rangers agreed, and followed their leader to the basement, where they quickly found the cave again. They followed it out, just as they had before, and soon where on their way to the Command Center.
"This way, guys!" Tommy exclaimed, leading the way to their base of operations. "Come on!"
The Rangers followed over the rough terrain, only pausing when two monsters appeared in front of them.
"Ugh, which way is the Command Center from here?" Tommy asked, turning to Billy. Yeah, they all knew the general way to get there, but only Billy would be able to be dropped in the middle of the desert and find his way there with no problem.
Pointing in the direction they needed to go, Billy quickly said, "it's that way!"
"Woah!" Tommy exclaimed when Rhinoblaster suddenly grabbed his leg. Thrashing around, he managed to get free, jumping back and out of the monster's reach.
"That's it!" Rhinoblaster exclaimed with a laugh. "Run away!"
The Rangers ignored him, running off in the direction Billy had pointed out.
"There it is!" Jamie exclaimed once the Command Center came into view.
"We're almost home free!" Tommy added. "Come on!"
Jumping down the hill, Tommy led the way towards the Command Center, although a large group of monsters followed them. They just needed to get inside, and then they would be safe.
Finally, they managed to get inside, closing the door right as the first monster reached it.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Jamie turned from the door to face her teammates.
"That was way too close," she said.
"You're telling me," Kimberly agreed.
Taking off their helmets, the Rangers ventured deeper into the Command Center; Alpha was there, but Zordon's tube, strangely enough, was empty.
"Alpha, where's Zordon?" Tommy asked, confused.
"Zordon?" Alpha asked, sounding just as confused. "I-I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know any Zordon."
Alpha began to back away from them, towards one of the consoles, as the Rangers all looked at him. He babbled away, about how they were supposed to be in Australia, not Angel Grove.
"Alpha, what's wrong with you?"
"Here, let me help you," Billy said, taking a step towards the little robot.
"I don't need your help!" Alpha denied, turning away. "Stay away from me or I'll ionize this whole Command Center!" Billy didn't listen and reached for something on Alpha's back.
He pulled out a disk, and Alpha seemingly powered himself down for a moment.
"Someone reprogrammed him!" Billy exclaimed, holding the disk up.
"Oh, my aching circuits," Alpha groaned, turning back on. He turned to face the Rangers. "What happened?!"
"That fixed Alpha, but what about Zordon?" Tommy asked. "He's been de-energized." Eyebrows furrowed, Billy went over to one of the consoles and was typing something in.
"Ay-yi-yi! Billy, you've got to find him!" Alpha exclaimed; the little robot sounded distraught.
"Billy knows what he's doing, he'll find him," Jamie soothed, laying a hand on Alpha's head.
"I think I've got something," Billy said and he continued to type.
A flash of light lit up both of the Tesla Coils on either side of the tube, and then Zordon's face reappeared.
"Excellent work, Rangers," their mentor praised. "Thank goodness you're here!"
"What was the problem, Zordon?" Alpha asked, waving his arms around.
"What's important is that Billy fixed it," Zordon said.
"Yeah, way to go, Billy," Tommy clapped him on the shoulder.
"Thanks," Billy blushed under the praise.
"Rangers," Zordon started, commanding their attention again. "Alpha's evil reprogramming and your imprisonment must have had some kind of purpose. What else has happened?"
"Lord Zedd and Rita got married, for one thing," Tommy reported.
"Those monsters kept saying we were Rita's wedding present," Jamie added, her arms crossed and her helmet held loosely in one hand.
"Very disturbing news, indeed," Zordon said. "Together, they will be difficult to defeat."
Right then, the siren started blaring, alerting the Rangers to danger.
"Ay-yi-yi! Monsters attacking!" Alpha reported.
"You must go, Rangers," Zordon said. "Sensors indicate that Zedd has made his army of monsters grow. They have entered Angel Grove."
"I'll download the monsters' coordinates," Alpha added, stepping up to a console.
"Rangers, you will find that your powers are fully restored now that you are far from the theater. None-the-less, you are outnumbered by the monsters," Zordon said. "May the Power protect you."
"Right," Tommy said, "We're morphing back into action!"
Helmets back on, the Rangers quickly teleported to where they needed to be.
"Now! Thunder Megazord Power Launch!" The Rangers raised their hands into the air as they called for their Zords.
"Mastodon Lion Thunderzord Power!"
"Pterodactyl Firebird Thunderzord Power!"
"Megaladon Orca Thunderzord Power!"
"Triceratops Unicorn Thunderzord Power!"
"Saber Toothed Tiger Griffon Thunderzord Power!"
"Tyrannosaurus Red Dragon Thunderzord Power!"
Jumping into their Zords, they quickly brought it together as the Thunder Megazord.
"Thunder Megazord, Power Up!"
At the same time, Tommy called for the White Tigerzord, forming it into Warrior Mode for the fight. They were severely outnumbered, but maybe now they had a chance. There were six monsters, and only two Megazords, but Jamie wasn't going to let herself think negatively. They could do it; she believed in them.
The battle lasted for a long time. Every time they knocked a monster down, another one took its place. They were knocked down themselves several times, and Jamie could feel the bruises that likely covered her shoulders. God, she was going to be so sore in the morning; they probably all were.
Rhinoblaster was destroyed first, and it seemed then like nothing could stop them.
The monster covered in eyes went down next.
Next went a monster that none of them knew what it could be.
Tommy took out the goat monster next.
Next went the lizard monster.
Finally, Peckster was the only one left standing, and he went down after a powerful blast from the Tiger Zord Warrior Mode.
"That'll teach you not to mess with the Power Rangers!" Tommy exclaimed, the battle finally won and over.
With the battle finally over, the Rangers were returned to Australia, right where Kim had dropped her shopping bags. Because time zones were a beautiful thing, even though it was almost night time back home in Angel Grove, it was still day time in Australia, and they were only a little bit late meeting with their tour guide.
"Billy?" the woman called, "Tommy! Aisha! Kimberly, Jamie? Where are you guys?"
Hearing her voice, the Rangers quickly picked up Kimberly's bags and ran to meet her.
"There you are," she sounded annoyed. "I told you guys, two hours. Come on, we need to get to the museum!"
"Sorry," Kimberly apologized, turning to share an 'oops' kind of look with Jamie.
"Alright, guys, lets continue our vacation," Tommy said, rubbing his hands together.
The others happily agreed.
…
After a week spent in beautiful Australia, it was finally time for the Rangers to head home. Jamie knew she would miss Australia a lot; it was amazing, and there had been a lot of cute guys with cute accents. None quite as cute as Adam, though.
Shaking her head, Jamie tried to get her suitcase to close. Of course, she had it jammed with everything she'd brought with, plus the things she'd bought. The little kangaroo she'd gotten on the first day still had its home in her purse, but Adam had won her a dingo stuffed animal at a fair they'd gone to on the fourth day and it would have to go into the suitcase. Rocky and Tommy had won prizes for Aisha and Kimberly, as well.
"Hey, Kim, do you think if you sat on this, I'd get it to close?" Jamie asked, giving up on tugging the suitcase's zipper shut. "I think I bought too many souvenirs," she joked.
"Nonsense, there's no such thing," the Pink Ranger said. She, Jamie, and Aisha had all shared a room, but Aisha had already gone down to meet with Rocky, who had shared with Billy and Jamie. Tommy had to share with Bulk and Skull. Coming over, she climbed up onto Jamie's bed and onto the suitcase. However, they both should have seen the flaw in this, as Kimberly didn't weigh very much. Jamie was only a tad bit bigger than her, but still they switched, thinking maybe that would work. And when that didn't work, they both climbed onto it, only the problem now became how to zip it closed.
"Okay, just…" Jamie trailed off, trying to reach the zipper in order to shut it.
"Here, maybe if I…" Kimberly tried, but she too failed.
A knock at the door saved them, and one of the girls shouted for whoever it was to come in.
"Hey, are you guys… ready… what're you doing?"
Jamie looked up, surprised to see Adam standing in front of them. He'd left his suitcase at the door, but had a backpack over his shoulders.
"We're trying to zip this shut," Jamie said. "Think you can…?" she gestured to the zipper neither girl could reach.
Adam blinked at the sight before him, but then shrugged. "I can try," he said. Reaching for the zip, he held onto the suitcase with one hand and managed to get it zipped up with the other, Jamie and Kimberly's combined weight just enough to hold it down. "There you go," he said once the bag was fully zipped.
"Thank you, Adam," Jamie said, moving to get off the suitcase. But instead of a smooth movement, her leg slipped, and she fell to the side. She would have hit her head on the wall, had Adam not jumped into action, grabbing her and pulling her towards him and instead of the wall. This left the two in a strange position, as Adam had grabbed her hip with one hand and brought the other up to cushion her head in case it hit the wall. So, he had one hand on her hip, and the other in her hair, with their chests pressed against each other and their faces mere inches apart.
"Uh…" Jamie trailed off, "thanks."
"No problem," Adam blushed, quickly letting her go once he realized exactly how he was holding her, and he took a step back. "Um, everyone's waiting for us downstairs, so…"
"Yeah, we're ready to go," Jamie managed to get out, wringing her hands in front of her.
"I'll see you down there, then," Adam said, and then he bolted, grabbing his suitcase as he went.
After a moment of silence, Kimberly spoke up, "Well, that was adorably awkward."
Jamie groaned, "God, I'm hopeless."
"No you're not," Kimberly said. "One of you just needs to make a move already. It's clear you like him and he likes you, so one of you needs to do something before one of us does it for you."
Jamie snorted. "I think we're both a little too shy for that, Kim," she said.
Kimberly shrugged. "It's like you think I'm not above shoving you both into a room and locking the door until you both confess your feelings," she said. "Ah well. Come on, we don't want to be the reason why we miss the flight home."
Kimberly easily led the way out of the room, Jamie following after her.
God, having crushes could really suck.