Disclaimer: The characters found in Buffy the Vampire Slayer are property of Joss Whedon and 20th Century Fox.
Power Rangers Zeo
"Vampires"
"So, what time tomorrow are you leaving?", asked Willow Rosenberg
"I leave for that little known boring town right after school.", Buffy Summers told her friend as she hopped up onto one of the library tables.
"Come on Buffy, I'm sure it will be fun.", Willow said
"Going to Angel Grove and visiting some relatives I've only met one time is not my idea of fun.", Buffy told her
"I had a friend who went to Angel Grove about two or three years ago. He swears he saw a giant gold monkey with wings and a walking skeleton.", Xander Harris told them
"A gold monkey with wings and a walking skeleton? Can you say total psychopath?", Buffy asked
"Walking gold monkeys and skeletons, I find that funny. If there was even such a thing as a gold monkey with wings and walking skeletons, we'd find them right here in Sunnydale. After all, we are on the hell mouth.", Rupert Giles pointed out
"That's right. But since that stuff doesn't exist, we don't have to worry about it.", Buffy said
"Well even though there won't be much action I think you'll enjoy Angel Grove.", Willow assured her
"I hope your right.", Buffy said as the bell rang
"I believe that's your cue to get to class.", Giles told them
"Class. Right. Those rooms with the books and the desks. Gotcha.", Xander said as they all walked out of the room.
The brown headed girl was awakened once again by the sound of soft music. She turned around and for the first time she looked at the source of the noise. Seeing three big numbers reading 6:55 she jumped up and ran into the shower.
She was going to be late for school. This wasn't the first time she had overslept, but it was the first time that Kat wasn't home to get her up. Kat had gone with her parents to a family reunion, a reunion which involved her mothers side of the family. Carri didn't care to much to spend her Christmas break with her Aunt's side of the family, so she had decided to spend Christmas alone. Which was ok. Besides, as soon as Mrs. DeSantos had heard about her spending Christmas alone, she invited her to have Christmas dinner at her house. And Carri had graciously accepted.
Kat wasn't the only one of her friends who wasn't in town at the moment. Adam had gone to Colorado to visit some family there.
Carri hopped out of the shower, threw on some clothes, and ran downstairs and out the door, skipping breakfast. Carri ran as fast as she could, but when she got on the main street she realized that she was almost certainly going to be late, so she went ahead and slowed down.
"Now I wish I had gotten around to getting one of those parking stickers.", Carri muttered
As she was walking down the street, a long haired guy in a black jeep pulled up beside her.
"Need a lift?", asked Tommy Oliver
"Thank you Tommy, you're a life saver.", Carri Hillard told him as she hopped in the car
"Did somebody ignore her alarm?", asked Tommy
"Yeah, well, you were here to save my butt, and I owe you one.", Carri told him
"Don't worry about it. Just next time I'm fighting for my life you can save me and we'll call it even."
"No problem. Hey, when are you and David leaving?"
"Right after school."
"Have fun."
"I will. If I can keep my mind off of Angel Grove."
"Why in the world would your mind be on Angel Grove?"
"Well, I was the last one to make plans to leave. I feel like I'm abandoning you and Rocky. I mean, what happens if Mondo attacks full force and I'm not here?"
Carri smiled. "You worry about saving the Earth too much. Which is why you are a great leader. But Tommy, go, have fun. If anything comes up that we can't handle we'll beep you. Besides, that mysterious ranger is around, he'll help us if we need it."
"Fine, I will. But if I get back and Angel Grove's not here, I'm placing full blame on you.", Tommy joked as they pulled into the student parking lot
Carri and Tommy hopped out of the jeep. "If I let Angel Grove burn down, I'll go into hiding before I'd face you."
"Why, do I scare you?", asked Tommy
"Let's see, you've got a black belt, your the leader which means you get all of the cool toys that could fry me in a second... in a word, yes.", she said
"Oh, then I see I'm doing my job.", joked Tommy as they walked into the high school
Night had fallen on Angel Grove, and everybody who was anybody was gathering at the Youth Center. Ernie had managed to get some of the hottest local acts to preform that night and it was supposed to be one of the hottest nights ever there.
"Look, there's a table over here.", Rocky DeSantos said as he led his girlfriend though the door and across the room
The two sat at a table across from each other.
"This place looks so much better at night, and with tables over there instead of the sparring mat.", Carri commented
"Hey, what's wrong with the sparring mat?", asked Rocky
"It's a waste of time and space having the mat here. I mean, who actually uses it?", joked Carri
"Good point. I've never seen anybody actually spar on it. Especially not me, Tommy and Adam.", Rocky said
"Oh, never you, Tommy and Adam.", Carri joked
Carri looked up and saw someone she had never seen before enter the Youth Center and take a seat at an empty table, with her back to Carri.
"You know, this band has got potential.", Rocky said
"Uh huh.", Carri said not really paying him attention but trying to figure out who the new girl was.
"However they are not as good as some of the other acts to have preformed in here, such as Tanya.", Rocky added
"Right.", Carri agreed with whatever he had said
"Ok, I give. Where are you?", he asked waving a hand in her face
"Huh? Oh yeah, I was trying to figure out who that was.", Carri said pointing in the girls direction
Rocky turned to stare, but Carri hit him. "Don't stare, that's rude."
"But isn't that what you're doing?", asked Rocky
"I'm not staring with the intent of staring. So, what's the scoop on her?"
"Why would I know?"
"Come on, you must have heard something from those jock friends of yours."
"First of all their not exactly my friends, more like casual acquaintances. And secondly, have you ever heard them talk about girls? To most of them, girls don't have names. It's usually something like, "the new girl with the nice legs." And to answer your question, I have no idea who she is.", Rocky finished
"She must be vacationing. I doubt she knows anybody here. Come on, let's go introduce ourselves.", Carri said as she got up and pulled Rocky up.
Carri walked up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. She must have shocked her, because she turned around and took a defensive stance, but quickly let her guard down once she saw there was no need for it.
"Hi, I'm Carri Hillard and this is my boyfriend Rocky DeSantos. We noticed you sitting all alone and we figured we'd introduce ourselves.", Carri said
"Glad to meet you. I'm Buffy Summers.", Buffy told them. "Would you like to join me?"
Carri sat down beside her and Rocky took a seat next to Carri. "So, you must be new here.", Carri said
"Actually I'm hear visiting my relatives. My older relatives. You guys are the only ones here I've met under, I'd say 30.", Buffy told them
"We are both 18 to be exact. We're seniors at Angel Grove High.", Rocky told her
"I'm a sophomore at Sunnydale High.", Buffy said
"I've heard about Sunnydale. Is it as boring as people say it is?", asked Carri
Buffy thought about all the vampires and other creatures of the un-dead she and her friends have encountered. "I would have to say so. What about Angel Grove?"
Carri and Rocky both thought about the Machine Empire and then Rocky's thoughts drifted as far back as the days when Lord Zedd reigned supreme. "Nothing much ever happens in Angel Grove.", Rocky told her
The three started talking about random things until Carri thought she heard something metallic.
"Did you guys hear that?", she asked
"What?", asked Rocky
"I thought I heard some sort of sound, maybe like gears or something. I guess not.", she told them
Rocky knew what she thought she heard and he decided he had better keep an ear out. Only moments later, the sound repeated itself. And it was quickly followed by the sound of a woman screaming.
All three teens turned to look once the scream was heard. But they let out a sigh of relief once they realized that the scream came from a woman after Bulk and Skull dropped something on her big toe, and that the metal noise was a children's toy that a few of the teens were playing with. Bulk and Skull got done apologizing and then they saw Rocky and Carri's table and made their way there.
"Please be going somewhere else.", Carri muttered as she turned around
A few seconds later, Bulk and Skull appeared at their table. "Hi guys, how's it going?", asked Skull
"Bulk, Skull, what a delightful surprise.", Carri said as she turned back to her conversation with Buffy
"Aren't you going to introduce us to your friend?", Bulk wanted to know
"Buffy, meet Bulk and Skull. Guys, this is Buffy Summers.", Rocky said
"Nice to meet you.", Bulk said
"Same here.", said Buffy as she went back to her conversation
Bulk and Skull stood over the table for a while, just standing there not saying a word.
"You guys, if you're going to stand there and look like idiots all night, would you mind leaving?", asked Rocky
"Fine. If you don't feel graced by our presence, we'll go.", Skull said as they left
"Finally.", Carri said once they were out of earshot
"What's wrong with them? They seem a little clumsy, but other than that they seem like nice people.", Buffy wanted to know
"Key words, seem like. I'll give them credit, for the most part they're acting normal tonight. But they do have their moments. In fact, they have more moments in a day than the average human gets in one lifetime.", Rocky told her
"I'll take your word for it.", Buff said as they once again tried to get back to their conversation.
But only moments later a scream was heard, and this one was for real. Buffy, Rocky and Carri jumped up and headed to the source of the scream. When they got there they found a girl standing over her friend's dead body.
"What happened?", Buffy asked
"I don't know. She was dancing with this guy and that was the last time I saw her alive.", the girl told her
Buffy turned the body over and found two bite marks at the neck.
"Can I not go anywhere without you people following me?", Buffy muttered
Ernie walked over to the body. "I'll call the police.", he said as he walked over to the phone.
Buffy looked up and turned around in time to see another girl about to get her neck bitten. Buffy did a cartwheel over one of the tables and kicked the vampire away from the girl. "Did I interrupt your snack?", Buffy asked
"You, her, it doesn't matter to me.", the vampire answered
"You really think you're going to bite me?", Buffy asked
The vampire smiled as he fought Buffy. He was definitely no match for her though. She broke apart one of the wooden stools and stabbed him in the heart.
"Anybody else?", Buffy asked
As soon as the words left her mouth several other vampires showed their faces.
"Figures. Everybody get out of here now!", Buffy yelled
Rocky and Carri helped all of the innocent people get out of the Youth Center then came back to Buffy's side.
"What are you doing here, I said leave!", she yelled
"Us leave you here with these? I don't think so. We're not going without you.", Carri told her
"Look, that's a nice gesture but these aren't your usual kill somebody crooks. These are vampires.", Buffy said as she stabbed one of them in the heart
"As in suck your blood Dracula vampires?", asked Rocky
"Those are the ones.", Buffy said as she ran into battle
As soon as Buffy had taken up her time with the vampires, the ones that weren't dealing with her came after Rocky and Carri in hopes of a quick snack.
"Oh no you don't.", Rocky said as he kicked one of them away
"Wooden stake through the heart, right?", Carri asked
"Sounds good.", Rocky said as they were forced to split because of an incoming vampire
Carri went one way and got chased by a vampire. As she was running, she was tripped by another vampire. She fell right in front of a wooden chair. She broke it over the head of the advancing vampire, then used one of the chair legs to stab a vampire in the heart. She looked in shock when it disappeared into dust. She quickly got over it in time to stab the other vampire.
Rocky was fighting the vampires, using some slick karate moves on them. After he kicked one vampire away he found some pieces of wood in the floor and grabbed them.
"Who's up for a fight?", asked Rocky
Two vampires came at him and he put the stakes to use. Then he turned to some more vampires who were heading his way.
"All I asked is that I get one week's worth of peace. That meant away from you. But no, you had to follow me.", Buffy said as she kicked the crap out of a vampire
One of them tried to sneak up behind her but she killed him. "Don't you people know by now that I'm not going to let you sneak up behind me like that?", she asked
The three fought several vampires. About a dozen or more of the people in the Youth Center that night were one of the un-dead.
The vampires were agitated that they hadn't eaten yet and one of them decided he didn't want to play around anymore. He approached Carri and knocked her in the air across the room. She tried to land standing up, but her left foot landed on something and she twisted it as she tripped and fell backwards into a table, leaving her on the floor a little dazed.
"Now it's dinner time.", said the vampire as he walked Carri's way
He got on top of her, and she didn't have a chance because she was to dazed to notice him until he was right on top of her.
"This is what you get for trying to act like the slayer.", he said as he leaned in to bite her neck
All of the sudden somebody's foot got in between the vampire and Carri's neck and kicked him off of her.
"No dinner for you.", Buffy said as she killed him
The other vampires looked up and saw that they went from a dozen to 4. They quickly escaped to save themselves.
Buffy extended her hand to Carri. "Are you ok?", she asked as she pulled her up
"My ankle's throbbing, I could use an aspirin, but yes I am. And thank you for saving my life.", Carri said
"No problem. Come here, sit, let me take a look at that foot.", Buffy said as she led Carri to a chair
"It's nothing, really.", she told her as Rocky came over and sat in the seat to her right
"I'll be the judge of that.", said Buffy as she took her left shoe off and put her foot in a chair. "Look at this, how badly it's swollen. I'll bet it's broken. Let me get you some ice.", she said as she left for the kitchen
"Are you ok?", Rocky asked when she left
"Except for the ankle. But as soon as that ranger healing kicks in, I'll be fine.", Carri told him
"She's right, it's probably broken, which means it will take a little longer to heal.", Rocky said
"Maybe I'll just call Mondo up and ask him to attack, that way I can morph and speed up the healing process.", Carri said
"Give him a few minutes. Then he'll send down a monster with a corny name that has something to do with the events of the past few minutes. Like Stake Man or something.", Rocky said
Carri laughed. "He certainly is good at that."
"But he's not the king of it. That award goes to me.", Rocky was going to say Lord Zedd and Rita but Buffy had come back into the room with ice
"This looks less swollen than it was a few minutes ago.", she said as she shrugged her shoulders and put the ice on it.
"I doubt it.", Carri lied
Buffy stood in front of the two of them. "This is just great. The first two potential friends I've made in Angel Grove and the vampires just scared them away."
"Actually no. But we do need an explanation.", Rocky said
"Ok, here it is. This may sound a little strange to you, but here it goes. I'm the slayer.", Buffy started
"What's that?", asked Carri
"This is Giles favorite part. I'm the one girl in all the world that can fight the vampires and all the stuff of that nature.", she told them
"Who's Giles?", asked Carri
"He's my watcher. He keeps an eye on me, trains me, and helps me with all the suff I don't know.", Buffy told her
"Ok, fine, but why are the vampires here?", asked Rocky
"They must have followed me. It's not surprising really, the master wants to give me a hard time and how better to do it than to ruin my vacation.", Buffy said
"The master is who?", asked Rocky
"The head of all the vampires. He's currently trapped, but he's trying to escape.", Buffy informed them
The three stayed silent for a while, not exactly knowing what to say.
"Ok, so if you never want to see my face again I'll understand.", Buffy said to break the silence
"You saved my life. Why would I never want to see your face again?", asked Carri
"So you don't mind the other identity slayer part?", asked Buffy
Carri and Rocky looked at each other, thinking about the Power Rangers. "Not at all.", Rocky told her
"In fact, to show you it doesn't bother us we'd like you to join us and a friend of ours at the movies, three o'clock tomorrow.", Carri said
"Sounds good. One problem. Where is the movie theater?", asked Buffy
"You know it would be easier for me to tell you how to get to my house then we'll go to the movies from there.", Carri said
"Alright.", Buffy said and Carri proceed to give her directions
Ernie entered the Youth Center with two police officers.
"What happened here?", asked Ernie
"There were several guys and we tried to stop them, but we ended up getting thrown around.", Rocky lied. "Don't worry about it though, we'll clean up."
"Thanks guys. And you didn't have to try to stop them, you could've ended up dead like that girl over there.", Ernie said
"Well, the thought never crossed our minds, we just wanted to get the creeps who did this.", Buffy said
"I don't believe I've ever seen you around here before.", Ernie said
"Buffy Summers. I live in Sunnydale.", Buffy said introducing herself
"Nice to meet you.", Ernie said
Rocky got up and helped Carri up. "Enough talk. Come on guys, let's start cleaning."
"Wait a second, you can't walk around on that foot.", Buffy said
"Don't worry about it, I'll be fine.", Carri assured her
"No, maybe you should leave.", Rocky said as he pointed to his communicator
Carri got the hint. "Oh, yeah, right, I'll see you guys later.", she said as she put on her shoe.
"You're not walking home, are you?", asked Buffy
"Rocky drove me here, so yes I am. But it's not far, trust me.", Carri said
Carri limped out of the Youth Center. Rocky was the only one to see the faint flash of yellow light outside one of the side windows.
"She needs to see a doctor.", Buffy said as she started to straighten up
Rocky picked up one of the tables. "Don't worry about her."
"I hate getting other people involved in what I do. They always end up getting hurt.", Buffy said
"We knew the risks when we stayed.", Rocky told her
"That's what Xander and Willow said when we first met, that they knew the risks. I almost got them killed.", Buffy replied
"It takes a little more than that to bring us down.", said Rocky
Buffy smiled. "I'm sure you wouldn't be able to handle half of the monsters we faced."
Rocky couldn't help but laugh.
"What was that for?", asked Buffy
"Just the thought of monsters in Sunnydale.", Rocky told her not Angel Grove he thought
"Yeah, I know. They seem to follow me everywhere, so they're here now.", Buffy warned him
"Well, I'll be on the look out for monsters.", Rocky said at least, Zordon and Alpha will he thought
"Well, that's enough on that. Now you know every little thing about my life. Well, almost everything. And I know little about you.", Buffy said
"There's not much to know.", Rocky told her
"All I know is you're a senior at Angel Grove High and you have a girlfriend named Carri. You know my deepest secret.", Buffy said
If only you knew about Angel Grove, about the Power Rangers and Mondo. "Let's see, I live with my mom and my six younger siblings."
"Six! I have none, I can't imagine one, let alone six."
"Well, they can be a handful sometimes, but you get used to it."
"I guess you would have to."
"Excuse me, but do you mind answering a few questions?", asked one police officer
The two stopped the cleaning process to answer what turned out to be several questions. Then they finished cleaning and chatting, and headed home for the night.
Carri hit the connect button just as she heard the doorbell ring. She left the computer in her room and walked downstairs to see who it was.
"Hi. I know, it's eleven o'clock, but I just had to get out of that house.", Buffy said
"That's alright, come on in.", Carri said as she opened the door a little wider
"I hope I didn't interrupt you.", Buffy said
"No, I was just going on to check my mail.", Carri told her
"Oh, ok."
"Come on upstairs, it'll only take a few minutes."
Buffy followed Carri up to her room.
"You seem to be walking on your ankle better."
"Yeah, it wasn't as bad as it looked."
"It looked broken. In fact, I've never seen a normal foot look like that."
"When I woke up this morning, it was a lot better."
Buffy made a funny face. "Oh, ok."
Carri sat down in front of the computer and was met with an IM.
"Good morning.", it said
"Dodgers3. Who's that?", asked Buffy
"Rocky.", she told her as she typed in a response
"And you're name is what?", asked Buffy
"Astros2."
"So I'm guessing you paid Billy a visit last night.", Rocky typed
"Billy? Who is that and what does he have to do with anything?", asked Buffy
"He's a friend. And I went to see him because he wasn't feeling well and he couldn't join us last night. It was a friendly visit.", she said making sure to type to Rocky about Buffy being there
"Four messages. More than I get.", Buffy commented as Carri went to open her mail
"What's this about?", Carri wondered as she opened her newest one from Bluewolf
"I hope you're feeling better. And I think the name would've been something like Twisted or Breaker in honor of you ankle. In fact, I'm surprised we didn't see one with that name. He's slipping on us. Billy.", read the letter
"What's that all about?", asked Buffy
Carri smiled as she hit the reply button. "He's just joking around."
"He sounds crazy. But if you know what he's talking about, then that's good. I think. Unless you're crazy too.", Buffy said
"Not last time I checked.", Carri said as she finished with her e-mail
"That's good.", Buffy said
Carri said her good-byes to Rocky and she logged off. Then she and Buffy headed downstairs.
"So, you must meet some interesting characters in your line of work.", Carri said as the two sat down on the couch
"Yes. There's one who sticks out. He's my love interest. His name is Angel and he's a, get this, good vampire."
"Good vampire? I didn't know they existed."
"Angel is the one and only. He's two hundred years older than me but I have a thing for him, and he has a thing for me."
"How old does he look?"
"Early twenties."
"I'm guessing he's hot."
"Majorly."
"I'll have to come to Sunnydale some day and meet this guy."
"One night actually."
"True. So, tell me all there is to know about Angel."
"All there is to know? Ok, this may take a while."
Buffy and Carri settled into a conversation, which started out to be about Angel but shifted to include all sorts of things, and lasted most of the early afternoon.
"Hey. Now we're just waiting on Billy.", Rocky said as Buffy and Carri approached
"He'll be here any minute.", Carri said
"How far away is he?", asked Buffy
"He's pretty close.", Rocky told her
Billy appeared from around the side of the movie theater. "Hey guys."
"Billy, this is Buffy Summers, Buffy I'd like you to meet Billy Cranston.", Rocky said doing the introductions
"Nice to meet you.", Billy Cranston said as he extended his hand
"Same here. So what movie do we want to see?", asked Buffy
"Let's find out what's playing.", Billy said as they walked up to the ticket window for an afternoon at the movies
It was later that night and Carri was walking across the park, coming from watching Rocky's siblings while he worked at some late night pool party and his mom was at work.
She had never been afraid to walk alone at night, especially not in Angel Grove. She grew up there, she knew the people there. But this night was different, the whole time she was walking she felt something was wrong. She heard voices coming from across the park. She turned to look and she saw five guys playing football. Once one of them missed and the ball landed right at her feet.
"Sorry.", the guy said as he stepped in front of her to get the ball
"That's ok.", she said as she tried to get past him. He wouldn't let her go by. "Do you mind moving?", asked Carri
"Actually, yes I do. My friends and I have been watching you for the past few minutes and we've decided that we want you.", he said as his friends came to join him
"Sorry, but I'm taken.", she said as she tried to push past him
He stuck his arm out to stop her. He was much stronger than she had expected. "I'm going to do something to you that you'll never get from your boyfriend."
She looked at him and saw his face change. He and his friends weren't human, unfortunately for her they were vampires.
Carri kicked the one that was holding her and he threw her across the lawn. She looked up and stared at the four of them. Which was a problem, considering that there were supposed to be five there.
The four tried to attack her. She heard the fifth one come up behind her, but she couldn't turn to face him because the other four would have her easily. To her surprise she could hear a sixth vampire, but this one didn't come after her, he went after the vampire behind her.
This left her facing four of them. Who were all stronger than her. Just when she thought things couldn't get any worse a whole opened up and cogs appeared.
"Shit.", she muttered
But the cogs were having a hard time seeing her because it was so dark. She hoped that she could get rid of the vampires before they saw her. The vampires threw her up against a tree. The one who she spoke with lifted her up against the tree by her neck.
"Nobody kicks me and gets away with it.", he said
"I suggest you leave her alone.", threatened the Gold Ranger
"Who, or what are you?", he asked
The Gold Ranger didn't respond, he kicked three of the vampires and stabbed the one holding Carri with a tree branch.
Carri rubbed her neck. "So you're a slayer too huh?"
The Gold Ranger didn't answer her, instead he rushed over to the cogs leaving Carri to deal with the vampires. She tore off some branches from the tree to take care of the vampires. As she dealt with them she saw, out of the corner of her eye, the Gold Ranger hold up his staff and rush towards the cogs. She finished the vampires and looked up in time to see the cogs destroyed.
"Hey, thank you!", she yelled but her voice trailed off on the you because he had already left
The other guy who helped her with the vampires was trying to leave as well. He had made it to the street and was walking on the sidewalk. "He may have gotten away, but you aren't.", Carri said as she ran to catch up with him
She walked down the sidewalk, in the direction of her house, with him. "You saved my life. Thank you.", she said
"It was nothing.", he told her
"The least I could do is get you something to eat.", Carri said
"No thanks.", he replied
"I guess vampires don't eat human food.", she commented
The man laughed. "Vampire? Where on Earth did you get that idea?"
"Come on, I heard you growl like a vampire when you attacked the other one."
"Look lady, you've had a rough night, you need to get some rest.", he said. "Me. A vampire." He laughed to himself.
Carri shook her head. "A good vampire. You must be Angel."
The man stopped dead in his tracks.
Carri turned to him. "Carri Hillard. I met Buffy last night at the Youth Center."
"So you're a friend of Buffy's?", Angel asked as they started to walk again
"Since last night."
"What did she do, come right out and tell you?"
"We had an encounter with some of your kind last night. She told me all about you this morning."
There was a moment of silence.
"So, what are you doing in Angel Grove?", asked Carri
"I knew that the master sent vampires after Buffy. I wanted to warn her. Do you know where Buffy is staying?", asked Angel
"If you want to come back to my house, I'll call her and get her over. If she's not asleep."
"That would be good.", Angel said
Angel and Carri walked the rest of the way in silence. Carri opened the door and went for the phone. "Have a seat.", she said as she dialed the number
"Hello?", asked a voice on the other end
"Is Buffy there?", she asked
"Hold on.", he said as he went to get her
"Hello?", Buffy asked
"Hi, it's Carri. There's something that's kind of important I need to tell you and I was hoping you could come by my house for a few minutes."
"Yeah, sure, I'll be right there.", she said
"Ok, bye."
"Bye.", said Buffy as she hung up the phone
"She's on her way.", Carri told Angel
"Good.", Angel said
Carri walked over to take a seat next to Angel just as the doorbell rang. "That was quick.", Angel said
She got right back up to get it. "Hey. What are you doing here?"
"I was in the shower and when I got out Jessie told me that I must've had my watch alarm set funny because it went off a million times. And as soon as I found out what happened I rushed right over. Are you ok?", Rocky asked as he put his hands on her shoulders
"Yes, I'm fine. The Gold Ranger showed up.", she told him
"I still want to know who he is. Who's that?", Rocky asked in a confused, angry, jealous tone
"Rocky, meet Angel. Angel this is Rocky.", Carri said
"Nice to meet you.", Angel said
Rocky walked in and closed the door. "Excuse us for a second.", he said as he dragged Carri into the kitchen
"Do you mind explaining?", Rocky asked
"Not at all. Angel is a vampire.", she told him
"You invited a blood sucking vampire into your house!", Rocky exclaimed
"Calm down! He's a good vampire."
"How do you know that?"
"Buffy told me all about him. She likes him, and he likes her."
"She dates a vampire?"
"No, she likes a vampire. Isn't that kinda odd, a vampire and a slayer in love?"
"Kinda odd? Try very odd."
"Can we go back out there?"
"Sure.", Rocky said as they walked back into the living room
The doorbell rang again, and this time it was Buffy. "What's so important?", Buffy asked as she walked into the door. "Angel."
Angel stood up. "Buffy, hi."
"What are you doing here?", Buffy asked
"I heard that the master was sending his forces after you, and I wanted to come and warn you.", Angel told her
"So I've noticed. How did you end up here?", asked Buffy
"You're friend was attacked by vampires. I helped her out of a jam.", Angel told her. "Well, me and some stranger dressed in black spandex."
"Black spandex? That went out a long time ago.", Buffy said
"Well whoever it was kicked some serious butt, despite the spandex.", Angel said
"Where are you staying?", Buffy asked
"Underground. It's not as nice as my place in Sunnydale, but it's out of the sunlight and that's the most important thing.", Angel told her
Buffy and Angel hadn't noticed it, but as they were talking the were moving closer and closer to each other.
"So..", Buffy said when she realized they had been right on top of each other
Angel walked away before he got the urge to kiss Buffy. "So, are you having fun in Angel Grove?"
"As much fun as I can have. Although I've enjoyed hanging out with people close to my age.", Buffy told him
Angel looked up at the mention of people her age. He had forgotten that Carri and Rocky were still there. But they hadn't been paying much attention to Angel and Buffy. They were standing in the corner of the room having their own conversation.
"It's better than hanging out with someone two hundred years older than you.", Angel said
"Actually I was hinting towards my older relatives, not the two hundred who looks twenty year old.", Buffy told him
"Well... I'm here if you need me. I don't think that the master has anything too intense planned, but who knows. Since Giles is back in Sunnydale he may try and send something after you that you haven't seen before.", Angel said
"The master can bring it on, I'd like to see him throw a monster at me. We'll surprise him by destroying it.", Buffy said
"At the first sign of a monster I think Buffy would be the one in for a surprise.", Rocky whispered to Carri
"I had better get going.", Angel said
"And since the vampires have temporarily transferred to Angel Grove, I should go on patrol.", Buffy said
"Bye. Talk to you later.", Carri said as they left closing the door behind them
"I had better go too, since nobody even saw me leave. I'd hate to have to explain to my mom how I went from my room to a place called the Power Chamber to your house without even moving.", Rocky said
"Ok, see you later.", Carri said
Rocky pressed a button and he teleported out, leaving Carri home alone.
"So this is where you guys hang out during the day.", Buffy said as she walked into the Youth Center, which had the sparring mat back in place.
"And that's what we do all day.", Carri said gesturing to Billy and Rocky who were sparring.
Buffy sat down at the table across from Carri. "Giles and I do that sometimes. Only Giles doesn't fight back.", Buffy told her
"You can't come in here at all without seeing Rocky, Tommy, Adam and sometimes Billy on that mat.", said Carri
"Who's Adam and Tommy?", asked Buffy
"They're two more of our friends. You could meet them, but they're out of town."
"That's too bad. I'll probably meet them someday." Buffy said. "So, what do the girls do around here?"
"At times like these Kat and I usually watch the guys.", Carri told her
"Well then, let's not change the usual. Come on.", Buffy said as she got up and headed towards the mats.
Carri quickly followed her over there, which is where they stayed for most of the day.
"Well, this has been an interesting day.", Buffy said as she walked with Carri and Rocky through the park.
"More like boring.", Carri corrected her
After the boys were done in the Youth Center, and Rocky and Billy had taken a shower, they walked down to the beach and walked along the coastline. By the time they were done with that, it was 6:00 so they had all gone to get something to eat. Rocky and Carri were walking Buffy home, Billy had left for "work".
"It's been a boring last few days.", Rocky commented
"Boring? I just introduced you to the world of vampires and you call that boring?", Buffy asked
"With the exception of that of course.", Rocky told her
"Of course. Wait until we see a monster. If we see a monster. I hope we don't see a monster. That will be excitement.", said Buffy
"I hope we don't see a monster. I don't want to deal with a monster.", Carri said
"Yeah I know, vamps are one thing but if you were to ever deal with a monster, that's something totally different.", Buffy told her
"Let's not talk about monsters.", Rocky said
"Right. Not my favorite topic of conversation either.", Buffy said
"So did you see anything interesting last night?", asked Carri
"When I was patrolling? Not besides your usual vamp here and there.", Buffy told her
"Why don't we come with you tonight.", Rocky suggested
"I don't think so. Way to dangerous.", Buffy said
"We'll be careful.", Carri promised her
"I don't think so.", Buffy said
Rocky and Carri decided not to push it, but show up anyway. Besides, they had made it to Buffy's temporary house.
"Well, I'll talk to you guys later.", Buffy said as she walked inside
"Bye.", Carri said as she and Rocky walked off
Buffy was walking around outside when she heard a noise. She grabbed her stake and turned around, ready to stab the vampire. Only it wasn't a vampire, it was Rocky.
"What are you guys doing here? I thought I said you couldn't come.", Buffy said
"No, when we asked if we could come you said I don't think so.", Carri corrected
"Well, you're here now.", Buffy said
"If things get too intense, we'll leave.", Rocky promised her
"I wonder where Angel is. This is usually about the time he likes to sneak up on me.", Buffy said
"I'm sure he'll be here. If he was out walking around like he was last night, he should be here any minute now.", Carri told her
"Well, we'll...", Rocky started but got cut off
"Shh! Alright, show yourself.", Buffy said as she turned around
But what appeared wasn't exactly what she expected on seeing. "I am Vampiro, and I am here to destroy the world.", he announced
"Oh brother.", Carri muttered
"This is a little late. And it's not really creative.", Rocky commented
Buffy took a few steps towards him. "A vampire monster. Well, I guess I'll have to slay you too. Get out of here."
"Buffy, that's not...", Carri started
"Now!", she yelled
Vampiro lifted his arms up and started shooting beams out of his eyes. All three teens jumped for cover.
"Ok, so now we all run.", Buffy said as she got up and took off
Carri and Rocky started out behind her, but then they fell back and faced the monster. "She's not the one you want.", Carri said
"You're right. It's the power rangers.", Vampiro agreed
"Well, here we are.", Rocky told him
"Not for long.", Vampiro said as a group of cogs came down and attacked them before they had a chance to morph.
Buffy started running but quickly realized that they weren't behind her. "Don't tell me they're trying to play hero.", she muttered as she turned and ran back in their direction.
But when she got there, she was in for a surprise. She saw them fighting some silver things. She stood behind a tree for a while, just trying to take in what was happening.
Rocky threw the last of the cogs off of him. "Ok, let's do it. It's morphin time!"
"ZEO RANGER II, YELLOW!"
"ZEO RANGER III, BLUE!"
"What a nice little trick.", Vampiro commented
"Here's another one. Zeo two, power weapon!"
"Zeo three, power weapon!"
At their command, their power weapons appeared in their hands and they attacked the monster. But Vampiro threw them off of him, and when they hit the ground they were surrounded by cogs.
"I suggest you leave the rangers alone.", said the Gold Ranger as he attacked the cogs, leaving the other two free to fight the monster.
"Let's try this again.", Rocky said as he and Carri grabbed their zeo weapons and attacked the monster.
They knocked the monster off balance with a quick attack. As soon as he got back up, they took their Zeo Laser Pistols and fired.
"One... two... three... four... Four seconds, they're getting slower.", Rocky said as Orbus came out of nowhere to make the monster grow. "We need Zeo Zord Power, now!"
Alpha was able to pilot the green and pink zeo zords, so Rocky and Carri could use theirs.
"Ha, without your leader you can't combine. I will crush you like bugs!", Vampiro said as he laughed
Vampiro's fire power had increased when Orbus brought him back. He fired from his eyes and the zords got knocked around.
"We need to form the MegaZord.", Rocky said
"I agree, but we'll just have to deal with what we've got.", Carri said
Carri pressed a few buttons in her zord, firing back at Vampiro. He immediately returned the fire, knocking around the zords some more.
Suddenly the sound of a bird was heard flying above them. "Word has it you could use a hand.", Tommy said
"You've saved my butt. That's twice in one week.", Carri told him
"I know. And now you really owe me big time.", Tommy said
"No more small talk, let's do it.", said Rocky
"Right.", Tommy said as they begun formation of the Zeo MegaZord
"Now you've made my job easier. I have one zord to fire at instead of five.", Vampiro said as he opened fire
"We have some new firepower of our own. Zeo Saber, power up.", said Tommy
They used the Zeo Saber to try and take down Vampiro, but he got back up. "Ha, it will take more than that to bring me down.", Vampiro said
"How about this? Let's form the Ultra Zord.", said the Gold Ranger as he and Pyramidas came up behind the rangers.
"You got it.", said Tommy
The rangers quickly formed the Zeo Ultra Zord, then they fired it. This brought Vampiro down for good.
"Now we've got to go find Buffy.", Rocky said when he and Carri had powered down and were back on the ground.
"I'm right here.", Buffy said as she came out from behind the tree.
"So... how much of that did you see?", asked Carri
"Try all of it.", Buffy told them
"I guess we owe you and explanation.", Rocky said
"I'd say so. I told you about my being a slayer, and you didn't tell me this?", Buffy asked
"Let me ask you a question. What happens if you were to post in the paper that you were the slayer?", asked Carri
"I'd get yelled at by Giles.", answered Buffy
"But you wouldn't be replaced?", Rocky asked
"I'm the only slayer on Earth, so no, I couldn't be.", Buffy told him
"Nobody is supposed to know the identity of the Power Rangers. If we tell who we are, Zordon can and will replace us.", Carri told her
"And we've had 12 different rangers filling five or six spots. But nobody left because they gave away our identity. It was for other things.", Rocky told her
"Wait a sec here, who's Zordon?", asked Buffy
"He's our mentor. He chose the rangers. He helps us and guides us, with the assistance of Alpha 5, who is a robot.", Rocky told her
"And Billy hangs out in the Power Chamber, the place where Alpha and Zordon are, to assist them. He used to be a ranger. The real reason I went to see Billy the other night was so he could heal my ankle for me. It was already starting to heal, with the ranger healing powers we have, but he just helped it along.", Carri told her
"Wow. This is a lot.", Buffy said
"I hope you don't hate us.", said Carri
"No, I don't, I understand why you didn't tell me.", Buffy said. "So, tell me about your monsters."
"Well, they all come from King Mondo and Queen Machina. They usually get sent down with a group of cogs, who we beat. Then we beat the monster and Klank and Orbus make him grow. Then we call on our zords and beat him for good. And this cycle goes on and on and on and, well you get the point.", Rocky told her
"Yeah, I do. You know, I want to finish patrolling by myself tonight, if you don't mind. Unless of course you need to keep patrolling for those monsters.", Buffy said
"Nope. That's what these are for. The alarm goes off and Alpha tells us to teleport to the monster through the communicators. And we go, anytime, day or night.", Carri said
"So your's is more than just a night job. Fun. Well, I'll talk to you guys later.", Buffy said as she walked off
Rocky and Carri left her to patrol by herself for the rest of the night while they each went home.
Buffy and Carri were walking around town the next day, talking about boys and dating. "I don't see how you can find time to date. My job is a night job and I have no dating time.", Buffy said
"It helps that we don't have to patrol. And we don't get attacked every day. That was our first attack since mid last week.", Carri told her
"Well, at least your with Rocky, who knows. I try and date guys who don't know, and that never really works that well.", Buffy said
"We have trouble dating people outside of our little group too. Tommy and Adam have both had successful relationships. Adam's is with Tanya, the girl before me. And Tommy dated one of us a long time ago, I'm not really sure what her name was."
"If were going by people who know, my choices of dates include Giles, Xander and Angel. Let's see, Giles' idea of a good time includes sitting around and reading books all day, Xander isn't my type and besides, my best friend Willow has a crush on him, which leaves Angel. And he's a vampire. Need I say more."
"Yes but you know you'd date Angel."
"Maybe."
Carri gave Buffy a look.
"Oh alright, we all know I'd date Angel if given the chance.", Buffy admitted. "Even though he's a vampire who's two hundred years older than me."
"Why don't you?", asked Carri
"I don't know. I mean, I know he wants to, and I know I want to, but we just don't."
"I think I could see why."
"Enough talk about Angel."
"Ok. So what do you want to do today?"
"Actually I wanted to check out that power place of yours."
"You mean the Power Chamber? I don't know..."
"Come on. I'm a heroine too. It won't hurt anything."
Carri looked in thought for a moment. "All right, come on."
"Where are we going?", asked Buffy
"Behind the boxes in the alleyway.", Carri told her
"We're doing that for?"
"You'll see."
Carri and Buffy were completely out of site. "You may want to grab my arm.", Carri said
"Why?", asked Buffy
"You'll get left behind if you don't."
Buffy grabbed Carri's arm and Carri pressed a button on the communicator.
"Ai ai ai! Intruder alert!", Alpha yelled
"Alpha, chill. She's with me.", Carri said
"CARRI YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING OUTSIDERS INTO THE POWER CHAMBER.", Zordon said
"She's not one of us, but she knows about us.", Carri said
"I'm Buffy Summers, I'm the slayer.", Buffy introduced herself
"A SLAYER? IT HAS BEEN AGES SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THE PRESENCE OF A SLAYER.", Zordon said
"What's a slayer?", asked Billy
"I'm the only one in the world who can kill the vampires and stop the master.", Buffy said
"IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP THE MASTER FROM GETTING OUT.", Zordon told her
"How do you know of the master?", asked Buffy
"A LONG TIME AGO THE MASTER TEAMED UP WITH RITA REPULSA. I TEAMED UP WITH THE SLAYER TO TRY AND KEEP THEM FROM TAKING OVER THE UNIVERSE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SLAYER WAS KILLED BY THE MASTER. I WAS ABLE TO TRAP THE MASTER WHICH LEFT ME WITH ONLY RITA TO DEAL WITH. AND SHE TRAPPED ME IN THIS, BUT NOT BEFORE I COULD TRAP HER.", Zordon explained
"How come you never told us this?", asked Billy
"That's not what's in Giles' books.", Buffy said
"BILLY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION I NEVER TOLD YOU BECAUSE I NEVER SAW THE NEED TO. IF THE MASTER WERE TO EVER BECOME A THREAT TO ESCAPE, THE SLAYER WOULD HANDLE IT, NOT THE POWER RANGERS. AND BUFFY, I AM NOT IN THE BOOKS BECAUSE NO PERSON IS AWARE THAT I HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MASTER'S BEING TRAPPED.", Zordon said answering all questions
"This is some really cool stuff you've got here.", Buffy said looking around
Carri looked up from her talk with Alpha. She hadn't really paid any attention to the talk about the master, it didn't interest her. "Yeah, it is. I can work some of it. But if you really want to know how all of it works, talk to Billy. He's our resident genius. I don't know what we'd do without him.", Carri said
Billy smiled. "Fall to Mondo and Machina."
"Well, I would have you show me what this stuff does, but I wouldn't be able to remember it, or understand it.", Buffy said. Buffy walked around the Power Chamber, looking at everything and trying to take in what she saw. "What's this?", she asked
"Those are the outfits that we wore before we became the Zeo Rangers.", Billy explained
"And this spandex actually protects you?", Buffy asked
"Better than anything else on the planet.", Billy told her
"If I wasn't seeing this with my own two eyes, I wouldn't believe it.", Buffy said
"I first found out about it all while I was in New York. This was some of the most unbelievable stuff I had ever heard of.", Carri said
As Buffy looked around, Billy suddenly remembered something he wanted to tell the rangers, or at least the two female ones. "After what happened yesterday with Vampiro, I thought I should give yours and Kat's zords more fire power. So I worked on it all morning and with a few adjustments you have some more weapons and your old ones have more fire power.", Billy told Carri
"Really? That will be a lot of help especially when there's only one or two of us and we can't form the MegaZord.", Carri said
"Precisely.", Billy agreed
Buffy was walking around the Power Chamber, and stopped right in front of the alarm, then the alarm went off and Buffy jumped back in shock.
"The cogs are attacking people in the park.", Alpha said
"They need lives.", said Carri
"But until they get them somebody has to protect the Earth.", Billy said
"Right. It's morphin time. ZEO RANGER II, YELLOW!"
"So this is how you watch the fights?", Buffy asked as she turned to face the viewing globe
"Yes. It's much more practical than being there.", Billy told her
"Maybe I should get Giles one of these.", Buffy said as she watched the Blue Ranger appear on the scene, "Then again the whole technology aspect would be way over his head."
"The technology the viewing globe involves is fairly simple.", Billy said
"Compared to what?", asked Buffy
"The rest of the equipment in the Power Chamber.", Billy replied
Buffy made a face. "Gee, that helps."
A flash of yellow light appeared before them.
"That was quick.", Billy commented
"They gave up.", Carri told him. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah. I think I've seen enough technology to last a lifetime.", Buffy said
"See you later.", Carri said as she and Buffy teleported out
They emerged from the same alleyway they went into.
"So, where to?", asked Buffy
"There's a sale at the mall.", Carri told her
"What are we waiting for, let's go.", Buffy said
And the two headed off to the mall, putting everything about rangering and slaying behind them for the afternoon.