Chapter 7
While allowing themselves to heal, all except one, they were conversating with one another. The female blonde however completed patching herself up before putting her jacket back on. She winced from the pain, but still managed to wear it. The green ranger watched as she grabbed her phone and morpher.
"You're leaving too huh?" Jake assumed.
"Yep, I have to check in with my parents before they think I've disappeared." Gia told him, placing her device in her pocket.
"Gia you should rest," her best friend advised, "we need to be prepared for when Kent comes back."
"And laying around all day is going to help us? If we don't start training, we will lose." Gia quickly snapped, startling the others.
"Hey calm down, we are going to train but, our injuires need to be treated-"
"Tensou and I just tended to all of you. We're the Power Rangers, we can take the pain and still push forward. Time was being torn apart for the past Rangers, and they fought with everything they had. We need to to the same." Gia cut Noah off.
"We're only going to break our bones if we don't heal at least most of what's been hurt." Noah tried to reason with her.
"Kent was bleeding and I bet he's still standing. You heard Savannah, he's a serious threat. He could probably take us out with one arm," Gia argued as she glanced at everyone in the room, "I love you guys and I can't stand it when you're hurt, but you know I'm right, so get in gear..." She looked at the keys aligned in the walls for a second before nodding to herself, "make sure you're ready by eight."
Her high heeled boots clicked on the floor as she walked out of the base, concerning her teammates. Emma sat back up, preparing to leave, "I'm going after her."
"No." Jake stopped her.
"Jake-"
"Let me handle it." He said as he slowly stood up.
Emma sighed, watching him go.
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1:08pm.
Returning to Earth, the young female warrior altered her route so she would arrive at a local diner. Her hunger was off the charts, the place had great reviews, and the prices were fair. Opening the front door, Savannah stepped inside and walked to the counter. She pulled out fifty dollars and placed a hand on her hip.
"Hello?" Vanni called, waving her bills in the air impatiently, "paying customer waiting to pay you."
No response. Vanni put her arm down, surprised, and mumbled, "geez, you'd think they'd be running for this kind of cash."
"Yeah, it's what makes the world go round," someone agreed with her, shockingly able to hear her. Savannah raised an eyebrow, "personally I think it makes it go down because, well, look at America."
The nineteen year old turned around to see a familiar face, staring at her with a smile. She curiously asked, "what are you doing here?"
The teenage boy shrugged, "I needed to clear my head and I was hungry, so I decided to stop for a bite. Funny how we keep ending up at the same place," Savannah's other brow rose up, "it seems to me like this is just going to be our thing."
"Yeah?" Vanni questioned as she walked over to his booth and placed a hand on his table, displaying her confidence, "well don't get too excited, I'm way out of your league."
"That I agree with." Her companion did not disagree. Savannah looked at him up and down, her attention going to the menu immediately afterwards, "are you gonna order anything?"
Giving herself a moment to think, Savannah faced him again and retorted with, "well, I didn't come here to just admire the scenery," she sat down across from the red ranger, "it's too bright for me. Night owls aren't the daytime kind but, I'll be an exception."
"You have to be, but, I think you'd prefer the night sky as your time to venture out." Troy riposted, making Vanni smile.
"It's a lot more interesting than people give it credit for." She defended the other half of the day.
The waitress came to take their orders. The two had in mind what they wanted, which made the conversation short. The waitress left, leaving the leader to strike up some more dialouge with the redhead, "so, are you doing the same? Clearing your mind?"
"The only thing I have control over at this point." Vanni replied.
"How come?" Troy wondered.
"Must I dive into that topic? I'm not here to torture you." Savannah sincerely answered him.
Letting out a soft chuckle, Troy said, "I like you too, but, I don't know that much about you."
"I guess that's our thing too," Savannah counteracted. Her friend did not give a response as she kept talking, "I'm not, one to be so easy going with opening up about my life besides being the daughter of two, successful business owners," she looked down at the table for a moment, "people probably think I'm a spoiled rich bitch or something."
"You're far from it from what I see." Troy complimented her.
"That's what the nice guy always says." The teenage girl responded with a tiny chuckle.
"Except I'm not that nice of a guy," Troy admitted. Savannah was in disbelief and was about to protest, but their drinks came and interrupted her for the moment. The waitress informed them the food will be ready in five minutes. Both of the teens nodded, the waitress walked away, and the red ranger saw the expression on Vanni's face, signalling him to pick up where he left off, "at least, not the nice guy everyone here thinks I am. I uh, didn't have many friends back at my old school...or in my town anyway."
"Why?" Savannah asked, putting her straw into her cup of Moutain Dew.
"I won't get into the why so much. Let's just say if it weren't for me being a Power Ranger and meeting my new family, I wouldn't be-"
"The pretty boy lone wolf of this generation?" Vanni guessed.
Troy grinned at her tease, "sure, we'll put it that way."
Savannah's straw went onto the side of her mouth. She drank some of her beverage, looking up at her ally, and shared his smile.
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"Gia!" Jake shouted as he chased after his girlfriend. She did not reply, causing the green ranger to try again, "Gia wait!" No answer as Jake yelled out once more, "I'm walking like a penguin, woman stop!"
The yellow ranger finally turned around and paused, her arms crossed as she waited for Jake to catch up.
"Woo!" He let out in glee and relief, "thank you."
"What?" Gia asked, annoyed.
"Why'd you blow up like that?" Jake quizzed.
"I could've done a lot worse. You know I'm telling the truth, we're getting our butts kicked right now and we need to step it up." Gia replied.
"We know that G, we're going to make sure we're ready," Jake reassured her, "but it's not going to happen overnight."
The perfectionist let her arms fall, knowing her boyfriend was had a point, "we have all of these powers and they seem useless," she sat down in the dirt, with her partner slowly following suit. Gia sighed and said, "Kent's unlike anything we've ever faced up to this point. It all looks so easy for him, like we're not a challenge. We had the Armada on the run and had them trembling by the mention of our names. Now it feels like we're back to the first day we got our powers," she then looked down, "I wonder if we stand a chance."
"Hey, don't do that," Jake made Gia look at him, "don't start doubting. Kent's tough but, he's not invincible. We just need to unlock our full power, our potential. That'll be the time he won't be able to even touch us," he smiled, "Gia, I've always known you were hot, but what made you hot was because of your brains and how you're so confident in yourself that you don't care about what others do or say. And, you're just so great that, I'm still surprised how we're a couple."
"I get it Jake, that doesn't mean it's enough." Gia told him.
"Who said it isn't?" Jake shrugged his shoulders a little. He then fully turned his aching body towards her, "Kent is not winning, he's going down and we're going to be the ones to finish him. We're more than capable," he put a hand on her shoulder, "I know we are because we're awesome."
Locking eyes with him, Gia smiled at him and retorted with, "you think so?"
"Course I do, otherwise I put up with the bottom half of my suit riding in between my butt cheeks for nothing." Jake joked, making Gia giggle.
She pecked him on the cheek, "thanks."
"Anytime." Jake responded, his smile growing.
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