In response to cure crystals question I have thought about the other characters from atomic Betty and how I'd involve them, but them all in will confuse the recess line, so I'll be having the Ashley's replace Penelope and her crew, just rotate which one will 'be' Penelope. Characters like paloma and regeena have always been two of my favourite characters so I'll still have them in as they are and for Noah, I'm kinda gonna split his role with having TJ be the best friend part but not know about Dede being a galactic guardian or becoming one himself, I'm gonna leave who will be doing that to later chapters cause I also want this person to be Dede's future crush, I just have to figure out how to do it, if you have any guesses let me know and I'll tell ya if you're right.
If there are any atomic Betty characters you DO want to see in this story just let me know that as well and I'll try and work around confusing the story line issue.
By the way, I've also posted this story, same name, on quotev and Wattpad if you wanna see any of the images that I make to go along with the story.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Officer Mikey
"Sorry I'm late Ms Grotke." Said Dede as she ran into the classroom just after the bell rang.
"I'll let it slide this time Dede seeing as you're not that late, but don't let it happen again." Said Ms Grotke as Dede went to her seat.
"The few, the proud, the chosen." Said Brad the leader of the safety rangers as he and a few others were giving a presentation. "We are the safety rangers of the third street school, we're looking for a few good kids."
"I'm looking for a few good spitballs." Spinelli whispered to Vince.
"Man, what I'd give to have a galactic mission call now." Said Dede under her breath, bored outta her mind.
"The question is, are any of you up for the challenge." Brad pointed at the kids in the class, making Spinelli yawn, the only one that seemed interested in what Brad was saying was Mikey. "To wear the orange belt of honor, to hold high the sacred sign of safety and finally to live by the ancient bio of the safety rangers." Brad snapped his fingers and one of the kids behind him pressed play on a cassette player. "I'd like to conclude with a moving slide presentation of last year's safety rangers graduation, can someone get the lights?"
"I will." Mikey jumped up to do just that, but in his haste of excitement he ended up tripping over his desk, sending the projector flying threw the head of a safety rangers cardboard cut out, effectively decapitating it, marking all the kids in the class laugh. "Oops sorry."
"Imbecile." Said Brad looking down at Mikey.
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"1 BLT on Peter going once, going twice and sold to the kid with braces for a portion of his pie (don't think that's what she said but I can't really hear what she say?)." Said Spinelli as she was doing a lunch auction at recess, there were quite a few students around Spinelli wanting in on it, however Mikey was sitting a bit away looking at the safety rangers as the marched across the playground.
"Mikey." Said TJ standing next to Mikey but Mikey didn't even seem to hear him.
"Mikey." Dede repeated a little louder and that seemed to get his attention.
"You okay man, there was a double chocolate brownie up for trade and you didn't even put in a bid."
"Oh well, it's just a brownie." Signed Mikey.
"Just a brownie." Repeated Spinelli, Vince, Gretchen and Gus.
"98.6, seems normal." Said Gretchen as she put her hand onto Mikey's forehead before grabbing his wrist. "Pulse is good."
"I'm okay, it's just that ever since captain Brad came to our class this morning all I can think about is them." Mikey said, looking over at the safety rangers, who was still marching about.
"You mean how dumb they look in those goofy uniforms?" Asked Spinelli.
"No. I mean how much I wanna wear one of those goofy uniforms." Said Mikey.
"You mean you wanna be a safety ranger?" Asked Vince. "Why?"
"Because if I was a safety ranger everything would be different."
"How?" Asked Dede. "How would being a safety ranger change anything?"
"Because I wouldn't just be mikey, I would be Mikey the safety ranger. I'd wear the uniform of all the great safety rangers who came before me, I'd learn the secret hand signs, I'd be the last line of defence between humanity and the evils of technology. Children everywhere would love and adore me, and animals too. It's my dream guys, to protect and serve, to be respected by all mankind. But who am I kidding, it's just a fantasy, they'd never take me."
"What are you Mikey, you heard captain Brad, there looking for a few good kids." Said Vince.
"Nah to be a safety ranger you gotta be cut from a special cloth."
"Hey, you're cut from a special cloth." Said Gus.
"I am?"
"Sure, honest, loyal, hardworking. You're the perfect candidate." Said Gretchen.
"Really?"
"Of course, Captain Brad will be thrilled that you wanna join up, why I can hear him now." Said TJ putting his arm around mikey's shoulders, however it didn't go as the friends had planned, when they walked into Brad and asked him all he did was laugh at them.
"You? A safety ranger? You couldn't even cross your own legs without tripping." Said Brad before he started laughing again.
"Soo...is that a maybe?" Asked Mikey feeling hopeful.
"That's a never, just look at what you've done to safety Stan." Said Brad pointing over to the cardboard cutout of the ranger Mikey had decapitated earlies, it had its head put back on with tape but it didn't last long as it fell off again. "He'll never be the same."
"Hey pal, it's his dream." Said Spinelli.
"Hey I know you, you're that Jaywalking punk anarchist."
"Why I oughta." As Spinelli started walking towards Brad she started lifting her sleeve as a sign that she wanted a fights before she was stopped by TJ.
"Don't worry Spinelli, he doesn't have the right to say who's in and who's not." Said TJ.
"Oh I don't, do I? Let me just show you something, baby boy." Brad took out a book and shows it to them. "You see this? This is the official safety rangers handbook and according to this I'm the guy handling out the orange belts and I'm the guy who decides which kid stands on which corner, and I'm the guy who gets to approve on who's in and who's out and since this isn't the future dorks of America club, fat boy here is definitely out."
"You're a real jerk, you know that." Said Dede as she glared at Brad.
"Whatever, your opinion doesn't matter to me. Now if you'll excuse us we've got our morning drills to finish up." And with that Brad started to lead them away with a March.
"Hey, forget about that jerk Mikey." Spinelli said trying to cheer Mikey up.
"Yeah, it's his loss." Agreed Gus.
"Thanks guys, I know you're trying to make me feel better, but it's no use. Being a safety ranger is the only thing I ever wanted and now it looks like my dream will never come true." Said Mikey before he walked off holding his head low.
"Poor guy." Said Dede looking at her friend walking off, wishing she could do something to cheer him up.
"Man I've never seen him like this before." Said Spinelli.
"Yeah, I wish there was something I can do to help him." Gus said.
"Ike what? If that jerk Brad said that Mikey can't be a safety ranger, then Mikey can't be a safety ranger." Said TJ.
"I wonder if there's a loophole in that book." Said Dede as she tried to think of a way to get Mikey into the safety rangers. "Hey Spinelli, did you swipe that jerks book."
"Why you asking me that?" Said Spinelli.
"Come on, you know why." Dede looked at Spinelli with a 'really' face before Spinelli signed and handed Dede the book, who then proceeded to flip through it.
"Not necessarily." Said Gretchen as she looked over Dede's shoulder, making TJ and Gus look over to see Dede holding the handbook.
"Hey where'd you get that handbook?" Asked TJ.
"Boosted it off captain kook, no one calls Spinelli a jaywalking pink anarchist." Said Spinelli.
"Gee, you should probably give that back." Said Gus.
"Okay, but I'm keeping the watch." Spinelli said holding up a watch.
"The point is according to rule #76j, the captain gets to pick who's in and who's out, but according to amendment 76k and I quote 'the captain maybe be overruled if a potential recruit is personally sponsored by two other guards." Gretchen red from the book.
"Great, but outta that gang of safety ranger robots where are we gonna find two guards to stand up to Brad." Asked Vince.
"I think I might know just the guys." Said TJ looking at the safety rangers, at the back of the pack were two guys going a bit slower then the rest and Brad was yelling at them.
"But how are we gonna convince them?" Asked Gus.
"Well let's start by taking them out for ice cream after school, to sweeten them up." Dede suggested.
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Just like planned, after school the group of six grabbed the two ranger boy and took them to Kelso's and brought them ice cream.
"More nuts?" Asked Gretchen.
"Whipped cream?" Said Spinelli.
"And tell us of the hot fudge starts to cool off, nothing worse then cool hot fudge." Said Vince.
"No no, everything's great." Said Cal.
"Yeah, it's real nice of you guys to treat us to all this stuff." Said Ronnie.
"Hey you guys deserve it." Said Vince leaning back in the booth."standing at those corners all day, helping kids cross back and forth back and forth."
"And speaking of corners, we know a guy who's love to be a crossing guard." Said TJ.
"Oh yeah, who's that?" Asked cal.
"Our pal Mikey." Said Dede, the moment the words left Dede's mouth both cal and Ronnie dropped their spoons outta shock.
"You're kidding, right?" Asked Ronnie.
"Do you know how mad captain Brad will be if we went around him?" Said cal.
"Come on you guys, this is mikeys dream." Said Spinelli trying to convince them.
"Hey, we gotta dream too ya know. But you don't see anyone going out on a limb for us." Said cal.
"Well suppose we can make your dream come true, then will you help us?" Asked TJ.
"Well." Cal and Ronnie looked at each other before smiling and looking back at the croup. "You got yourself a deal."
"Great, by the way what is your dream?" Asked Dede.
"To sing the national anthem." Said Ronnie..
"Over the PA." said cal.
"At the weekly flag raising ceremony."
"We're dimmed." Said Vince.
"Not necessarily." Replied TJ.
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The next day when at school Mikey was still upset about the event of yesterday so he was off on his own, but it wa perfect as it gave the other six a chance to make his dream come true, they were starting but talking to Menlo.
"So Menlo, you help Ms Lemon with the flag raising ceremony every week, right?" Asked TJ.
"Yes, that's correct." Said Menlo as he got a folder out of the filing cabinet.
"And as her helper-." Vince said before getting cut off.
"I'm not her helper, I'm her aid."
"Right, right, well as her aid you get to see the list of who gets to sing the national anthem." Said Vince following Menlo as he walked over to his desk.
"Naturally. Behind the yellow line please." Vince and Spinelli backed up a bit. "The counter area is for office personnel only."
"Well what if next week, cal and Ronnie's name just happened to appear on the list." Asked Spinelli making Menlo drop the stack of paper work he was holding.
"Have you lost your mind? It's alphabetical order only, if Ms lemon ever found out I did that, she'd take away my filing privileges for life."
"Look Menlo, this is really important to us." Said TJ as Menlo picked up the paperwork. "You do this for us and we'll do something for you."
"Depends on what?"
"Anything, you help us make cal and Ronnie's dream come true, and my extension mikey's, and we'll make your come true." Said Dede trying to get Menlo to agree.
"I wanna carry Ashley A's book home for her after school, she's different from the other Ashley's, that hair, the way her name sounds, Ashley A. First in filing first in my heart."
"Well goodbye and good luck." Said Vince as he and everyone else but Dede turned around to walk out.
"Wait a minute, this may be doable." Said Dede.
Out on the playground the groups of six started looking around for the Ashley's, eventually finding them in a circle braiding each others hair and explained the situation to Ashley A.
"All I have to do is let him carry my books from school to the corner of my street?" Asked Ashley A.
"That's all." Said TJ.
"And I can cover them in plastic so he didn't actually touch them."
"We'd be happy to wrap them ourselves." Said Gretchen.
"Well then, the answer is no." Said Ashley making all the Ashley's laugh.
"Come on Ashley A, haven't you ever wanted something you couldn't have." Asked TJ.
"As if!" Said all the Ashley's together.
"Look there is nothing we want that we don't have." Said Ashley B.
"Oh my gosh, a snail." Ashley A scream making the other Ashley's run away screaming 'ew'. "Okay, here's the deal, there's nothing I want but there is something I need. My little sister Britney stole my diary, she could blackmail me forever with just pages five through eight. You guys get it back and I'll let that disgusting Menlo carry my books."
"One little diary, piece of cake." Said Spinelli.
"Where is your sister anyway?" Asked Vince.
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"I can't believe Ashley A's sister is in kindergarten." Said Vince as the six looked out from a bush at the kindergarteners playing.
"Well she is and we've gotta do it." Said TJ.
"Mikey better appreciate this." Said Spinelli as she walked out of the bush to the kindergarteners, getting their attention. "I come from the land of the big kids who ride two wheelers. I come for a formal sit down with she who goes by the name of Britney." When Spinelli finished four girls walked forward." Errr...Britney A." Three of the girls walked away. "Britney A you have taken your big sister's writing book and we say you have to give it back. Well give you candy." Britney A shook her head. "We'll give you money." Again a head shake. "Ahh we'll give you anything you want."
"Diary very valuable, has big price tag. Britney A has big dream." Said Britney A.
"And, what is it?" As Dede and she and the others walked behind Spinelli.
"Britney A wants to sit on big kid king chair."
"Well, good luck with that." Said Vince.
"I'm sure king Bob will let us if we ask him." Said Dede with a nervous smile.
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"She wants to what?" Asked king Bob shocked and outraged as Dede had explained the situation.
"We'll just once, your highness." Said Vince.
"Yeah, every little kid wants to sit on a big kids chair at one point or another." Said TJ.
"Yeah, but on my throne!" Asked King Bob.
"Please oh great king Bob, grant us this one request and we'll never bother you again."
"Take them to the dodgeball wall."
"But your highness it's mikey's dream to be a safety ranger." Said TJ as two guy grabbed TJ by his arms.
"Come on king Bob, even you must of had a dream at some point in your life, it's part of being a kid." Said Dede as she stood in front of king Bob.
"What? King Bob have a dream? That's ridiculous." Said one of the guys holding TJ. "That's crazy, that's —-"
"Henchmen." King Bob interrupted the guy. "Leave us."
"But your highness."
"Amscray." The guys put TJ down before leaving. "You're right fourth grader, even I the great king Bob have a dream. Once just once I wish there was somebody who'd like me for what's on the inside, not my royal title. Someone who'll look past the crown and the jersey and see just plain Bob, the regular kid I am underneath, I'd give you guys anything, if you could just give me a real friend."
"Bob." Dede whispered under her breath feeling bad for Bob, he was just a kid like her after all.
"Well might as well get this dodgeball punishment over with." Said Vince.
"Hang on guys, I know exactly how to do this wish." Said Dede as she smiled back at her other friends.
"How?" Asked Spinelli.
"You'll see, just go tell the others that they better keep up with their side of the deal, I'll be right back." Said Dede as she jumped down from the jungle guy and ran inside the school.
"Where's she going?" Asked king Bob.
"No clue, but knowing Dede she's gonna get everything set into motion." Said Gretchen.
"Well let's do as she said and get everyone ready to receive their dream." Said TJ, before the friend all left to get the others in line to receive what they were after. About 10 minutes later the group of five friends were waiting by the doors for their other friend to arrive, when they saw her run threw the doors they saw she was carrying a puppy in her arms as she headed up to the jungle gym, seeing king Bob in his chair and Britney A standing next to him.
"Here ya go Bob." Said Dede showing the puppy to Bob.
"A dog?" Asked Bob looking at the puppy.
"This is Lapis, dogs are incredibly loyal animals and if they like you will like you for who you are, not for title, statues or wealth. She's been one of my best friends for a year now and I know she'd love to be your friend as well. I thought I'd use Lapis as I don't think your parents would be very happy if you suddenly came home with a dog." When Dede finished she set Lapis down, watching as she slowly walked over to Bob and sniffed him before jumping up at him and wagging her tail. "I'll let you play with Lapis whenever you want."
"Hey there girl." Bob said as he kneeled down to be more at Lapis' level, only for her to run around him playfully before tackling him, knocking him down and licking his face, making Bob laugh.
"So, do we have a deal?" Asked Dede, smiling as she watched Bob laugh and at seeing him nod his head she turned to Britney A. "Your turn Britney A." Dede lifted Britney A up and sat her on king bobs chair. Britney A then took out Ashley A's diary and threw it down to her, which left Ashley A to oily her books, plastic wrapped, to Menlo who followed her. With all that done cal and Ronnie got to be able to sing the national anthem at the flag raising ceremony which meant that Mikey was finally able to get the safety rangers uniform and sash.
"Good work Mikey." Spinelli said as the six stood on the sidewalk watching their friend allow some kids to cross the road.
"Way to go." Said TJ as it started to rain, making the six friends go inside. "Man that was a good thing we did making mikey's dream come true."
"Actually when you think about it, we made a lot of kids' dreams come true." Said Gretchen.
"Best of all we helped a pal." Said Gus as they all reached the cafeteria however when they opened the door they were all shocked to see Mikey in there, back in his normal clothes.
"What the?" Said Spinelli before they all ran up to him. "Mikey what are you doing here."
"Eating, want a winger dinger." Said Mikey.
"But you're supposed to be outside helping little kids cross the street." Said Gus pointing outside.
"Oh yeah, that. I quit."
"WHAT!!" Said the other six.
"I guess I just wasn't cut from the cloth after all."
"Not. Cut. From. The. Cloth." Said Spinelli as TJ put his hand on her shoulder stopping her before she walked forward.
"But Mikey, you didn't even do it one whole day." Said TJ.
"And what a rotten day it was, first I had to get up early and miss breakfast, then it started to rain and when I tried to stop some kids from skateboarding on the streets they spat at me." Said Mikey.
"But it was your dream."
"Not anymore, now I got a new dream." Said Mikey holding up a magazine. "To be a jet pilot, see how these guys fly around in the clouds soaring and diving and——hey where did everybody go?" Mikey said looking around and not seeing his friends anywhere.
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"Oh man, what a day." Said Dede as she entered her home. "Mom, dad are you home?"
"Your mother has gone to a fashion show in Paris and you father was called into a meeting." Said a female voice, when Dede looked over to where it came from she saw Lapis sitting at the bottom of the stairs.
"Again? Why can't we all just sit down and have one family meal when it isn't a special occasion."
"They will one day, it's just that their careers are just starting to take off, so they're busy making sure that nothing bad happens." By now Lapis had run and jumped into Dede's arms. "By the way, how was that boy, mikey's, first day as a safety ranger?"
"Uhhhh...hehe!" When Dede laughed nervously and stopped walking at the entrance to the living room Lapis looked up at her with a bit of a glare.
"What?"
"Well...he...he kinda quit when he realised it was hard work."
"Are you kidding me?" At Dede sign of no Lapis jumped out of her arms and on to the island in the middle and started pacing about on it. "This is preposterous, and after I had to lower myself down to acting like an earth puppy. An absolute joke. I am a cosmic wolf from colinnia, young still mind you, but a warrior no less, regardless of still only being in training and he just quits! Are all earthlings this lazy?"
"Well he is still a kid." Said Dede pouring herself a glass of juice.
"But so are you and you're a galactic guardian. I wonder if this is the reason there's not many human guardians." Lapis said sitting in front of Dede who had took a seat on a bar stool surrounding the island herself.
"Probably but let's not forget that most humans aren't very good at keeping secrets and sticking to their words of not telling anyone, let's not forget the Larry incident."
"Speaking of keeping your word, will I really have to keep acting like a lowly dog whenever that boy wants to play?"
"Unfortunately yes, but I wouldn't worry about it. He's a sixth grader and I'm only in fourth, so I don't think I'll be talking to him much about anything.
"Fine! Again I'm a warrior but I'll do it for you as you'll be my partner when my powers awaken."
"Thanks Lapis, I really owe ya one." Dede said petting Lapis' head.
"Yeah, yeah. You can start by giving me some brownies." Said Lapis looking away from Dede who started to giggle.