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Something More In Common part 1
I'll get into the next bit of Wombat later. Here's the first part of "Something More In Common".
Disclaimers first:
All characters and concepts from "The Tomorrow People" belong to either Roger Damon Price, Thames Television, Tetra Films, and/or Nickelodeon. All characters and concepts from "Power Rangers Zeo" belong to Saban. The story is mine, as are any random, one line extras.
End disclaimers.
Still with me? Good. :)
Gads, that was a formal disclaimer. Like everyone else, as time went on, my disclaimers *tended* to get shorter.
This is yet another of my crossovers, but this time it doesn't fall on the Tomorrow's Future timeline. If you couldn't tell from the disclaimer, this is a crossover with "Power Rangers Zeo", which happens to be one of my guilty pleasures.
For those of you familiar with the timelines for both series, the events of this story happen after "The Living Stones" on the Tomorrow People end, and between "Rangers of Two Worlds" and "Hawaii Zeo" on the Power Ranger end. There is some violence in here, but quite a bit less than what one would see on a standard episode of Power Rangers.
I owe thanks to Wendy Kelley for beta reading despite a busy schedule, and Mandi Ohlin for beta reading, general encouragement, and listening to me worrying about my PR continuity. Stephen Fitch deserves credit for last-minute proofreading. Also to Kittie for reasuring me that I didn't have a piece of junk on my hands, and Mara for having the PR Writers' list for me to post on. :)
The reference to Rocky's love life (or lack thereof) is to Mandi Ohlin's Power Rangers piece, "Irreconcilable Differences".
'Cause that fic *rocked*. It was one of the few fics I'd seen at the time where they dealt with peoples' reaction to the Rangers having to disappear to fight monsters.
Something More in Common
a Power Rangers Zeo/ Tomorrow People (new series) crossover
by Selma McCrory
copyright 1997
The Youth Center is crowded. Six young people sit at one of the tables, where there would normally be seven. They seem as happy as the other youngsters that populate the place, Angel Grove's most popular teen hangout.
Present tense. I must have decided I needed the practice. I *never* write present tense.
Nobody notices an almost intangible sadness among the members of the group. That is because the group is good at pretending things were normal, when they are not. Some things have to be kept secret.
Adam Park glances around the room. At least there have been no attacks over the last few days, surprising since they had two sets of foes to deal with recently. Not only is the Machine Empire continuing to be a menace, but Rita and Zedd have returned, and they are equally capable of causing problems. _At least they don't have the tengas or the putties anymore,_ he thinks. Having to deal with putties, tengas, *and* cogs would be a headache. They routinely come out with bruises fighting just one type. Two or three would surely overwhelm them.
"Hey, Adam, are you there?" Kat says, her voice disturbing his thoughts. He smiles at her.
"I think so," he replies. Kat is nearly always the one who notices things. Not that everyone else is blind, especially not Tanya, but everybody is kind of sad after Billy's departure. Happy for him, too, but still...
I wanted to introduce the setting of this story first, Angel Grove, thus making it take place in the Rangers' domain. Since the Tomorrow People can teleport anywhere, it made sense that they were the visitors to the setting rather than vice versa.
* * *
Nobody really notices the three teens who walk in the door. Maybe if they'd been new, someone may have noticed, but the three have been coming in on a sporadic basis for the last few weeks. Normally there would have been four of them, but like the first group, they are missing a member today.
Mostly because I wanted to avoid writing dialogue for four TP along with five or six PR....
The youngest of them spots a table that has just been cleared. She squeals in delight and points to it. The three hurry over, and are fast enough to get it before anyone else does. She then orders for the three of them: two strawberry smoothies, and one baby smoothie.
Jade grins at the others as she sits down. "I guess Megabyte isn't going to tease me over my drink today!" she tells the others.
Adam, the eldest of the bunch, grins back. "Yeah, he'll be sorry he missed coming here, instead of being stuck at that dinner back at his place."
It had to be Megabyte or Ami. Both Jade and Adam *had* to be on the scene, and I think I chose Ami because I wouldn't have to write too much dialogue for her.
Jade nods. She likes Megabyte, even thinks he is cute, but sometimes the teasing does get a little out of hand. His current ongoing joke involves Jade's choice of drink. She sincerely doubts that her baby smoothie has baby food in it, as he claims. Of course, he drinks all the weird concoctions this place serves up, so he shouldn't tease her about what she drinks. Sometimes Adam can be a tease, too, but not as often.
The baby smoothies apparently did contain baby food, as per a PR episode which had something to do with Bulk and Skull having to go find the baby that modeled for a baby food company. They think it's Jason, it turns out to be Ernie, and he gets free baby food as a reward.
"Mum wanted me to stay home for dinner, too," the third person says. She inspects her hands. "I offered to take her with me."
Adam laughs. "I seriously doubt your mum would enjoy this place."
No, Ami's mum certainly wouldn't go for that....
"She certainly wouldn't appreciate the time difference," Jade adds. Even though she knows that it is dinnertime back home, she basks in the light coming from outside. Maybe they could spend some time in the California sun before going back home. It is certainly warm.
The smoothies arrive, and the three friends drink.
* * *
Tanya watches the group. Everyone seems a little unhappy, but resigned to the loss of their teammate. All of them have experience with team members leaving, except for her. She's never seen anyone leave the team. She glances over at Jason. With Billy gone, he's the only original Ranger left.
Billy must have seen a lot of them come and go. She's been told about the others. First Trini and Zack, and then Kimberly, then Aisha. Come to think of it, she did see Aisha, before she ended up taking Aisha's place. Even Jason was gone for a while before he came back to the team.
Tanya doing a neat little sum-up on the Rangers before her for the audience.
All of the team seem to be coping well. Tommy has been on the team nearly as long. What must it feel like to see everyone go? And Rocky and Adam. Rocky seems to be handling it well, and Adam tends to hide his feelings. He seems to do that a lot. Kat is nearly always the hopeful one. Jason tends to hide a lot also, but unlike Adam, he isn't shy.
Tanya wishes that Adam wouldn't hide his feelings. It's not doing him any good. Of all of them, Adam has been the closest to Billy. He's the one who should be the most upset.
"I need to go, guys," Adam says suddenly. He gathers up his backpack. Tanya hasn't been paying close attention to the conversation. She wonders if someone said something wrong.
She watches as Adam strolls towards the door. He stumbles over somebody's bag, exchanges a few brief words, and exits.
And cue group A colliding into group B.
* * *
Jade watches the activity on the other side of the room. About half the time, something's going on. Usually martial arts, but sometimes other classes too. Ballet, for example. There had been a cute gaggle of little girls a few weeks back. And two guys as well, but the guys weren't very graceful.
Another Zeo episode. Don't ask.
She feels someone collide with her. She turns around to see a boy. Acute one at that, somewhere around Adam's age, of asian origin. One of the guys doing the ballet dancing. He doesn't look too happy. And from what she can tell, he just tripped over her bag. Of course he's unhappy. She feels the need to apologize. "I'm sorry."
This is what Tanya saw a few lines ago. Concurrent scenes.
The boy doesn't seem to be bothered. Maybe his mind is somewhere else. She knows where hers is. She likes cute guys, but this is embarrassing.
Adam looks concerned. Of course, he's the one who is always attentive to people's feelings. "Are you all right?"
The boy nods. "It's okay. I just didn't notice where I was going."
He walks away. Jade gazes after him, and then pulls the bag under her seat. She's grateful that Megabyte isn't there. He'd tease her to death about her new 'boyfriend'. She looks over at Adam, who's grinning. [Don't you say a word, Adam.]
His expression says 'who, me?', but she knows she'll be teased about it a bit later. Adam can be as bad as Megabyte, sometimes. At least he doesn't tease her that much.
"It looks like it's going to be warm here," Adam says out loud.
"I brought the picnic supplies," Ami volunteers.
Adam smiles. "It's a perfect day for it. Besides, that park seems so deserted sometimes."
"Not anymore," Jade says cheerily. She likes the park there. Always so nice. It's a shame that the people of Angel Grove don't seem to use the park too much.
The TP haven't ever been around during a monster attack, clearly.
* * *
Adam Park walks through the park. He's wary. The park is usually safe, but he's been attacked enough by various monsters there to be careful. The rest of Angel Grove is avoiding the park today. They must figure another monster is ready to come. As if they appear like clockwork. Actually, they just show up at the most inconvenient moments. Not to mention the cogs. He and his friends are the only ones crazy enough to take them on.
And here we explain why the nice park is usually deserted.
At least the park isn't totally deserted. A brave few have come to have lunch. In fact, the picnic tables nearby are nearly full. But that's about it. Adam is heading towards the crowd when he trips over something. He automatically assumes a defensive stance, and then looks down.
His foot is tangled up in a combination of backpack strap and picnic blanket. Three teenagers look up at him, and he hopes they don't see him blush. He vaguely recognizes the three.
"Twice in one day!" the youngest wails. Adam registers her accent and stares.
I figure Adam was so out of it that he didn't recognize Jade's accent when he tripped over her backpack in the Juice Bar, but he's more alert now.
"It's all right, Jade," the lone male says. Two accents in a row. He wonders if this one's parents work for the same company that Kat's father does. Australian accents aren't exactly thick on the ground. Neither are British, for that matter.
And here somebody notices that two people from the UK and one from Australia are hanging together.
"Um, do you want to join us for lunch?" Jade says to him.
Adam looks at the trio. The lunch looks inviting. He's sure he's seen the three before at the Youth Center. He hopes he can trust them. Maybe he should learn more about them. Besides, his stomach is growling. It's been an hour or two since lunch. His friend Rocky would be about ready to eat again. Good thing they get enough exercise. "You got enough food?"
"Sure," says the other girl, again with the British accent. The three of them must be new to the area, and probably hang out with each other because they don't know too many people in Angel Grove. Adam feels the need to make them feel welcome. Maybe when they get finished with lunch, he can introduce the three of them to Kat.
The three of them are still staring at him. He's still standing up. He sits down in a hurry and eyes the food. Jade hands him a banana. He realizes that he should introduce himself. "Hi, I'm Adam. Adam Park. Are you new here?"
Great icebreaker, Adam, he tells himself as the three teens look at each other. He wishes one of his friends was here. They wouldn't promptly put their foot in their mouth.
"I'm Adam Newman," the eldest says. "This is Ami Jackson, and I think you've met Jade."
"Weston," Jade interjects. She's blushing furiously, maybe even more than he is. "We're visiting for the summer."
Adam is somewhat relieved. Good thing his name is relatively common and he's used to running into other people with the same name. "That's good," he said. "Where are you staying?"
This was the last story where I was *stupid* enough to cross over programs where two main characters shared the same first name. It gave me a major headache.
The three look at each other again. Ami smiles. "South of here," she says.
Waaay south. Or North.
"You had much of a chance to meet people?" Adam asks, trying to desperately maintain the conversation. This is definitely not his strong point. Maybe he can get far enough to get them to the Youth Center. Then, the others can take over. This new group can get everyone's minds off Billy.
"Not really," the other Adam says. "We've been here for a few weeks, but we've also been sightseeing, so we haven't been in town much."
Definitely a good time to get the others involved. "I'm meeting a few of my friends later," he says. "Want to come along?"
"Sure," the other Adam replies. The two girls nod in delight.
* * *
Jade is so glad that this guy, this other Adam, tripped over her bag. She knows they have to be cautious about what they say to people, but that doesn't mean that they can't make friends with the people they encounter. And their new friend is kind of cute looking. And she's looking forward to meeting his friends. She can tell that the others are, too. If they handle this right, no one will ever suspect that they don't live in town.
I swear, I didn't mean to make Jade apear so air-headed. Really.
[I think we should take him up on his offer,] Adam says. [Something's wrong here. I want to find out what.]
Ami nods. [He seems so lonely. But he says he's got friends...]
[Some things you don't share with anyone, Ami,] Adam says quietly.[Even your friends.]
Jade looks at him. He seems so sad, like he is when he thinks no one is looking. One doesn't have to be an empath to tell he's speaking from experience. [And some people hide things no matter what,] she replies.
Adam *should* trust the others, but we know more about the other TP than we do about him.
[Even without realizing it,] Ami says. They watch as their guest goes through another banana.
They have plenty of time.
* * *
Adam is momentarily startled as his communicator goes off. So are the three he's with. "Beeper," he says, hoping that they believe him. "I've got to go. Maybe we can meet tomorrow? I teach karate at ten, you can meet the others after."
"Sure," the other Adam says.
Aargh. This could get confusing.
"Bye, Adam!" Jade tells him.
"Be safe," Ami replies.
Adam waves to the trio and takes off, seeking a safe, isolated spot. He activates his communicator. "Adam here."
'Cause, of course, you can't let anybody know you're a Ranger.
"Adam, this is Kat. We need help. Immediately!"
"Right away," he says. He looks around to see if anybody's watching. "Zeo Ranger four- green!"
He morphs and teleports away.
* * *
Get into the fun of things next part.
Disclaimers first:
All characters and concepts from "The Tomorrow People" belong to either Roger Damon Price, Thames Television, Tetra Films, and/or Nickelodeon. All characters and concepts from "Power Rangers Zeo" belong to Saban. The story is mine, as are any random, one line extras.
End disclaimers.
Still with me? Good. :)
Gads, that was a formal disclaimer. Like everyone else, as time went on, my disclaimers *tended* to get shorter.
This is yet another of my crossovers, but this time it doesn't fall on the Tomorrow's Future timeline. If you couldn't tell from the disclaimer, this is a crossover with "Power Rangers Zeo", which happens to be one of my guilty pleasures.
For those of you familiar with the timelines for both series, the events of this story happen after "The Living Stones" on the Tomorrow People end, and between "Rangers of Two Worlds" and "Hawaii Zeo" on the Power Ranger end. There is some violence in here, but quite a bit less than what one would see on a standard episode of Power Rangers.
I owe thanks to Wendy Kelley for beta reading despite a busy schedule, and Mandi Ohlin for beta reading, general encouragement, and listening to me worrying about my PR continuity. Stephen Fitch deserves credit for last-minute proofreading. Also to Kittie for reasuring me that I didn't have a piece of junk on my hands, and Mara for having the PR Writers' list for me to post on. :)
The reference to Rocky's love life (or lack thereof) is to Mandi Ohlin's Power Rangers piece, "Irreconcilable Differences".
'Cause that fic *rocked*. It was one of the few fics I'd seen at the time where they dealt with peoples' reaction to the Rangers having to disappear to fight monsters.
Something More in Common
a Power Rangers Zeo/ Tomorrow People (new series) crossover
by Selma McCrory
copyright 1997
The Youth Center is crowded. Six young people sit at one of the tables, where there would normally be seven. They seem as happy as the other youngsters that populate the place, Angel Grove's most popular teen hangout.
Present tense. I must have decided I needed the practice. I *never* write present tense.
Nobody notices an almost intangible sadness among the members of the group. That is because the group is good at pretending things were normal, when they are not. Some things have to be kept secret.
Adam Park glances around the room. At least there have been no attacks over the last few days, surprising since they had two sets of foes to deal with recently. Not only is the Machine Empire continuing to be a menace, but Rita and Zedd have returned, and they are equally capable of causing problems. _At least they don't have the tengas or the putties anymore,_ he thinks. Having to deal with putties, tengas, *and* cogs would be a headache. They routinely come out with bruises fighting just one type. Two or three would surely overwhelm them.
"Hey, Adam, are you there?" Kat says, her voice disturbing his thoughts. He smiles at her.
"I think so," he replies. Kat is nearly always the one who notices things. Not that everyone else is blind, especially not Tanya, but everybody is kind of sad after Billy's departure. Happy for him, too, but still...
I wanted to introduce the setting of this story first, Angel Grove, thus making it take place in the Rangers' domain. Since the Tomorrow People can teleport anywhere, it made sense that they were the visitors to the setting rather than vice versa.
* * *
Nobody really notices the three teens who walk in the door. Maybe if they'd been new, someone may have noticed, but the three have been coming in on a sporadic basis for the last few weeks. Normally there would have been four of them, but like the first group, they are missing a member today.
Mostly because I wanted to avoid writing dialogue for four TP along with five or six PR....
The youngest of them spots a table that has just been cleared. She squeals in delight and points to it. The three hurry over, and are fast enough to get it before anyone else does. She then orders for the three of them: two strawberry smoothies, and one baby smoothie.
Jade grins at the others as she sits down. "I guess Megabyte isn't going to tease me over my drink today!" she tells the others.
Adam, the eldest of the bunch, grins back. "Yeah, he'll be sorry he missed coming here, instead of being stuck at that dinner back at his place."
It had to be Megabyte or Ami. Both Jade and Adam *had* to be on the scene, and I think I chose Ami because I wouldn't have to write too much dialogue for her.
Jade nods. She likes Megabyte, even thinks he is cute, but sometimes the teasing does get a little out of hand. His current ongoing joke involves Jade's choice of drink. She sincerely doubts that her baby smoothie has baby food in it, as he claims. Of course, he drinks all the weird concoctions this place serves up, so he shouldn't tease her about what she drinks. Sometimes Adam can be a tease, too, but not as often.
The baby smoothies apparently did contain baby food, as per a PR episode which had something to do with Bulk and Skull having to go find the baby that modeled for a baby food company. They think it's Jason, it turns out to be Ernie, and he gets free baby food as a reward.
"Mum wanted me to stay home for dinner, too," the third person says. She inspects her hands. "I offered to take her with me."
Adam laughs. "I seriously doubt your mum would enjoy this place."
No, Ami's mum certainly wouldn't go for that....
"She certainly wouldn't appreciate the time difference," Jade adds. Even though she knows that it is dinnertime back home, she basks in the light coming from outside. Maybe they could spend some time in the California sun before going back home. It is certainly warm.
The smoothies arrive, and the three friends drink.
* * *
Tanya watches the group. Everyone seems a little unhappy, but resigned to the loss of their teammate. All of them have experience with team members leaving, except for her. She's never seen anyone leave the team. She glances over at Jason. With Billy gone, he's the only original Ranger left.
Billy must have seen a lot of them come and go. She's been told about the others. First Trini and Zack, and then Kimberly, then Aisha. Come to think of it, she did see Aisha, before she ended up taking Aisha's place. Even Jason was gone for a while before he came back to the team.
Tanya doing a neat little sum-up on the Rangers before her for the audience.
All of the team seem to be coping well. Tommy has been on the team nearly as long. What must it feel like to see everyone go? And Rocky and Adam. Rocky seems to be handling it well, and Adam tends to hide his feelings. He seems to do that a lot. Kat is nearly always the hopeful one. Jason tends to hide a lot also, but unlike Adam, he isn't shy.
Tanya wishes that Adam wouldn't hide his feelings. It's not doing him any good. Of all of them, Adam has been the closest to Billy. He's the one who should be the most upset.
"I need to go, guys," Adam says suddenly. He gathers up his backpack. Tanya hasn't been paying close attention to the conversation. She wonders if someone said something wrong.
She watches as Adam strolls towards the door. He stumbles over somebody's bag, exchanges a few brief words, and exits.
And cue group A colliding into group B.
* * *
Jade watches the activity on the other side of the room. About half the time, something's going on. Usually martial arts, but sometimes other classes too. Ballet, for example. There had been a cute gaggle of little girls a few weeks back. And two guys as well, but the guys weren't very graceful.
Another Zeo episode. Don't ask.
She feels someone collide with her. She turns around to see a boy. Acute one at that, somewhere around Adam's age, of asian origin. One of the guys doing the ballet dancing. He doesn't look too happy. And from what she can tell, he just tripped over her bag. Of course he's unhappy. She feels the need to apologize. "I'm sorry."
This is what Tanya saw a few lines ago. Concurrent scenes.
The boy doesn't seem to be bothered. Maybe his mind is somewhere else. She knows where hers is. She likes cute guys, but this is embarrassing.
Adam looks concerned. Of course, he's the one who is always attentive to people's feelings. "Are you all right?"
The boy nods. "It's okay. I just didn't notice where I was going."
He walks away. Jade gazes after him, and then pulls the bag under her seat. She's grateful that Megabyte isn't there. He'd tease her to death about her new 'boyfriend'. She looks over at Adam, who's grinning. [Don't you say a word, Adam.]
His expression says 'who, me?', but she knows she'll be teased about it a bit later. Adam can be as bad as Megabyte, sometimes. At least he doesn't tease her that much.
"It looks like it's going to be warm here," Adam says out loud.
"I brought the picnic supplies," Ami volunteers.
Adam smiles. "It's a perfect day for it. Besides, that park seems so deserted sometimes."
"Not anymore," Jade says cheerily. She likes the park there. Always so nice. It's a shame that the people of Angel Grove don't seem to use the park too much.
The TP haven't ever been around during a monster attack, clearly.
* * *
Adam Park walks through the park. He's wary. The park is usually safe, but he's been attacked enough by various monsters there to be careful. The rest of Angel Grove is avoiding the park today. They must figure another monster is ready to come. As if they appear like clockwork. Actually, they just show up at the most inconvenient moments. Not to mention the cogs. He and his friends are the only ones crazy enough to take them on.
And here we explain why the nice park is usually deserted.
At least the park isn't totally deserted. A brave few have come to have lunch. In fact, the picnic tables nearby are nearly full. But that's about it. Adam is heading towards the crowd when he trips over something. He automatically assumes a defensive stance, and then looks down.
His foot is tangled up in a combination of backpack strap and picnic blanket. Three teenagers look up at him, and he hopes they don't see him blush. He vaguely recognizes the three.
"Twice in one day!" the youngest wails. Adam registers her accent and stares.
I figure Adam was so out of it that he didn't recognize Jade's accent when he tripped over her backpack in the Juice Bar, but he's more alert now.
"It's all right, Jade," the lone male says. Two accents in a row. He wonders if this one's parents work for the same company that Kat's father does. Australian accents aren't exactly thick on the ground. Neither are British, for that matter.
And here somebody notices that two people from the UK and one from Australia are hanging together.
"Um, do you want to join us for lunch?" Jade says to him.
Adam looks at the trio. The lunch looks inviting. He's sure he's seen the three before at the Youth Center. He hopes he can trust them. Maybe he should learn more about them. Besides, his stomach is growling. It's been an hour or two since lunch. His friend Rocky would be about ready to eat again. Good thing they get enough exercise. "You got enough food?"
"Sure," says the other girl, again with the British accent. The three of them must be new to the area, and probably hang out with each other because they don't know too many people in Angel Grove. Adam feels the need to make them feel welcome. Maybe when they get finished with lunch, he can introduce the three of them to Kat.
The three of them are still staring at him. He's still standing up. He sits down in a hurry and eyes the food. Jade hands him a banana. He realizes that he should introduce himself. "Hi, I'm Adam. Adam Park. Are you new here?"
Great icebreaker, Adam, he tells himself as the three teens look at each other. He wishes one of his friends was here. They wouldn't promptly put their foot in their mouth.
"I'm Adam Newman," the eldest says. "This is Ami Jackson, and I think you've met Jade."
"Weston," Jade interjects. She's blushing furiously, maybe even more than he is. "We're visiting for the summer."
Adam is somewhat relieved. Good thing his name is relatively common and he's used to running into other people with the same name. "That's good," he said. "Where are you staying?"
This was the last story where I was *stupid* enough to cross over programs where two main characters shared the same first name. It gave me a major headache.
The three look at each other again. Ami smiles. "South of here," she says.
Waaay south. Or North.
"You had much of a chance to meet people?" Adam asks, trying to desperately maintain the conversation. This is definitely not his strong point. Maybe he can get far enough to get them to the Youth Center. Then, the others can take over. This new group can get everyone's minds off Billy.
"Not really," the other Adam says. "We've been here for a few weeks, but we've also been sightseeing, so we haven't been in town much."
Definitely a good time to get the others involved. "I'm meeting a few of my friends later," he says. "Want to come along?"
"Sure," the other Adam replies. The two girls nod in delight.
* * *
Jade is so glad that this guy, this other Adam, tripped over her bag. She knows they have to be cautious about what they say to people, but that doesn't mean that they can't make friends with the people they encounter. And their new friend is kind of cute looking. And she's looking forward to meeting his friends. She can tell that the others are, too. If they handle this right, no one will ever suspect that they don't live in town.
I swear, I didn't mean to make Jade apear so air-headed. Really.
[I think we should take him up on his offer,] Adam says. [Something's wrong here. I want to find out what.]
Ami nods. [He seems so lonely. But he says he's got friends...]
[Some things you don't share with anyone, Ami,] Adam says quietly.[Even your friends.]
Jade looks at him. He seems so sad, like he is when he thinks no one is looking. One doesn't have to be an empath to tell he's speaking from experience. [And some people hide things no matter what,] she replies.
Adam *should* trust the others, but we know more about the other TP than we do about him.
[Even without realizing it,] Ami says. They watch as their guest goes through another banana.
They have plenty of time.
* * *
Adam is momentarily startled as his communicator goes off. So are the three he's with. "Beeper," he says, hoping that they believe him. "I've got to go. Maybe we can meet tomorrow? I teach karate at ten, you can meet the others after."
"Sure," the other Adam says.
Aargh. This could get confusing.
"Bye, Adam!" Jade tells him.
"Be safe," Ami replies.
Adam waves to the trio and takes off, seeking a safe, isolated spot. He activates his communicator. "Adam here."
'Cause, of course, you can't let anybody know you're a Ranger.
"Adam, this is Kat. We need help. Immediately!"
"Right away," he says. He looks around to see if anybody's watching. "Zeo Ranger four- green!"
He morphs and teleports away.
* * *
Get into the fun of things next part.