Christmas In September

Rangers:
Red: Jared Scott

Blue: Omar Ellis

Yellow: Jennifer/Jenny Callahan
Green: Hunter Jacobson
Pink: Katherine/KZ Walker

ADAM LOOKED out the window of his apartment, he sees snow falling from the clouds above. It was six o'clock in the morning. The adult, puts on a jacket and steps outside. He reaches his hand out and feels the snow on his hands. He pulls back looking at the sky rather curious and also concerned.

"It's September, why is there snow? More importantly, why is it snowing in California?" Adam spoke to himself.

Adam steps back into his apartment, he turns his attention back at the window one last time.

"I have a bad feeling about this." He mutters.

Snow was covering Clover Hill, something that rarely happened.

---

KZ KICKED the snow with her boots, "I can't believe we got a snow day."

Jenny nods, "I- I know. Snow in September."

Hunter grabs some snow to make a snow ball, "Who cares! It's a day off!"

Hunter threw the snow ball at Jenny, "Hunter!" She yells.

Hunter was shocked when Jenny threw a snow ball back at him. Jenny and Hunter were throwing snow balls at each other, then Omar joined in after Jenny missed Hunter and hit him.

KZ walked away from the chaos to Jared, he was leaning against the light pole. She noticed how he was in deep thought over something.

"Everything okay, Jared?" KZ asks.

Jared snapped himself out of his thought, "Huh?"

KZ pokes him on the forehead, "Lost you in that mind of yours." She smiles.

Jared flusters, "Yeah um sorry."

KZ smiles softly, "Don't be. Now, let's get these children to calm down so we won't be late for training." KZ said.

Jared nods, "Yeah. But don't you think the whole snow thing is weird, I mean like Jenny said it's September." Jared said.

KZ shrugs, "Eh. Blame global warming." She says.

Jared shrugs and then feels KZ grab his arm and drag him in the direction of Hunter, Jenny, and Omar.

---

ADAM LEANS forward at the monitors, "Something isn't right, Alpha." He mutters.

Alpha nods, "I agree, Adam. Temperature like this in September is very unusual." Alpha said.

Adam turns his head to his robot friend, "Think its an attack?"

Alpha nods his bot head, "Very likely."

Before Adam could say anything else, he hears the sounds of the teenagers coming down their serect passage way to their HQ.

He hears Hunter and Omar going at each other's throat, followed by KZ stepping in while Jared awkwardly stood back while Jenny tried to get both boys to knock it off. The usual.

"Yo, Adam. Why is the weather all wack out there?" Hunter asks.

Adam sighs, "That is a very good question."

Jenny looks at Adam, "It's- It's really that abnormal?"

Adam nods as he walks forward toward them, "Temperature during this usual time in the year doesn't each cold enough for snow. Heck, California usually never gets snow. This just strange."

Jared glanced at their mentor, "Think it could be an attack?"

Adam looks at Jared, "If its an attack it hasn't shown up on the monitors."

Omar leans against the wall, "Think the alarm is broken?" He asks.

Alpha shakes his head, "Adam and I repaired it last night after you went home." Alpha said.

Hunter turns to Adam, "Dude, you need a date and not the bot."

KZ slaps Hunter upside the head, "Dude. That isn't going to do a single thing to help the situation." She says.

Adam sighs, "Look. For now, I suggest you guys scout the town. Find anything odd and strange, besides the weather. Alpha and I will stay here where we can monitor the city and try to find the location of whatever is causing this." Adam said.

Jared nods, "Sounds like a plan. Hunter, Jenny, and myself will take the east side of town. Omar and KZ can take the west side of town. Communicate with our morphers if anything strange is going on." Jared said.

KZ nods, "Okay."

Omar grins, "Looks like its you and me." He eyes KZ.

---

OMAR AND KZ walked the streets, in the few inches of snow in the usually hot day. They were able to wear a light jacket without freezing, the strange weather was odd and unusual. Omar noticed how KZ was more focused on finding this thing that even talking, which kind of made Omar frown. KZ saw the Blue Ranger frown and nudged him.

"Everything good, Omar?" KZ asks.

Omar nods, "Yeah."

KZ glanced at him, "I'd like you to know that I'm not trying to give you mix signals." KZ says.

Omar shrugs, "Oh you- you haven't."

KZ sighs, "I had didn't I?"

Omar glanced at her, "Honestly?"

She nods, "Honestly."

Omar looks forward as they walk, "Well I had a crush on you when we first became rangers. I thought you felt the same way, but it was hard to tell when you were always teasing Hunter and it was so hard to tell what was going on between you and Jared." Omar said.

KZ frowns, "Oh I see."

Omar turns to her, "You like Jared, huh?"

KZ looks at him, "It's strange. He is usually so quiet and so distant but he is so nice and says the right thing." She said.

Omar just nodded.

KZ turns back to him, "Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." She said.

Omar shakes his head, "No its fine. I never had a chance anyways." He said.

KZ forced Omar to walking, "Listen you will find someone. I promise you, you will find love." KZ said.

Omar nods, "If you say so." He said.

---

ON THE other end of town, the other three saw people running away from something. Jenny pulled out her morpher and called KZ to tell her and Omar what was going on.

The three went into an ally and morphed into their ranger suits. Then jumped out to face whatever monster was causing this. Standing before them was an icy looking lizard monster. There was ice horns going down its back and his teeth were sharp as can be.

"Looks like we found the strange thing causing the snow." Hunter said.

Jared glanced at Hunter, "Thanks for pointing that out."

Jenny fires her gun, "Quit bickering and fight already!" She yells.

That got the two males to head in quickly. Jared went to slash his blade at the ice lizard, but the beast made an ice shield that Jared slammed his face into. Hunter nearly chuckled as he saw that, but did not notice the ice lizard breathe ice below where he was about to walk. Hunter slid on the ice and fell on his back.

"Son of a bitch!" Hunter tried to sit up but fell back on his back, "Ouch!"

Jenny fired her gun at the ice lizard, the blast from her gun was causing the ice lizard to melt. Jared saw that, he glanced at his cousin's gun and then the ice lizard began to head in her direction.

Jared quickly stood up, well as quick as someone on ice could stand up, and sped over to stop the ice lizard. He blocked the large ice sword with his own sword.

"So gotta name?" Jared asks.

Hunter slowly is standing, "Can we just call it a pain in our ass!"

The ice lizard chuckles, "You humans are interesting creatures."

"How so?" Jared asks.

"You relay so much on one an other, I do not need the help of friends." The ice lizard said.

"Well that's your flaw!" Shouted Omar.

Omar and KZ stood in their ranger suits. Omar helped Hunter up completely, and KZ stood in front of Jenny but just barely behind Jared and his blade.

"My flaw? Ha, I believe it is your flaw." The ice lizard said.

Jared pushed further with his sword until the ice lizard's ice sword broke, but that wasn't it. The ice lizard launched ice ninja stars at Jared, sending him flying back and stuck up against the wall. Jenny turned and gasped, KZ had a worry look but turned around.

"You piece of work." KZ said.

Omar stabbed at the ice lizard with his spear only for the spear breaking through the ice body of the ice lizard, but the spear being stuck in the body. Omar struggled to pull it out, but nothing it was stuck.

The ice lizard turned to him, and breathed ice at his feet causing Omar to be stuck where he stood. Hunter ran in with his daggers in both hands but the ice lizard breathe ice on the ground causing Hunter to slip again and the ice lizard breathe ice on Hunter's hands and legs keeping him there.

KZ turns to Jenny before the ice lizard turned to them, "Turn your settings up. I'll hold mister ice man."

Jenny nods. She reached on her gun to the level setting on the power of the blast, it was set at two so Jenny moved it to five. KZ, being an ice skater, was not affected by the ice. She was graceful and elegant when fighting, even with her bow staff. She managed to avoid the ice lizard's ice breathe and slipping like Hunter failed to do. KZ skated back to Jenny, Jenny nods.

"What are you two planning?" The ice lizard asks.

Jenny nods, "Oh nothing." She grins.

The ice lizard went to breathe ice in their direction, but Jenny open fired her blaster at the ice lizard. The blast from Jenny's gun overpowered the ice and caused the ice lizard to melt into a puddle. The ice lizard being melted away, caused the snow to slowly begin to melt as well as the sun begin to show from the dark clouds to now white clouds and clear sky.

"Good job!" KZ shouts.

Jenny smiles, "Thanks."

Jared landed after the ice ninja stars melted, Omar began to move after his feet were freed, and Hunter groaned as he stood hoping that nothing was going to cause him to fall again. The five rangers powered down and began to cheer on their victory, well Jenny's victory.

"Good job, Jen." Jared says.

Jenny smiles, "Thanks Jared." She felt him hug her.

Omar nods, "Quite impressive. Both of you girls." He said.

KZ placed her arm on Jenny's shoulder, "Well we are girls after all. Quite geniuses if I may say so." She said.

Hunter rolls his eyes, "Let's not get carried away."

KZ points at Hunter's chest, "Shut it before I beat your ass back down."

KZ and Hunter begin to go at it, before Jenny jumps in to pull the two apart. Though with the remaining snow in the area, Omar made a snow ball. Jared noticed this and ducked, Omar threw the ball of snow at Hunter in the face. Hunter snapped from shouting at KZ to Omar.

Hunter grabbed a hand full of snow and threw a snow ball at Omar, though missed and hit Jenny. Jenny grabbed a snow ball and hit Hunter, the three were throwing snow at each other until one hit both Jared and KZ. Then rangers began to have a snow ball fight as the rest of the snow melted away.

---

AT SMOOTH Grove the rangers went to hang out and relax after a job well done for the day. Jared and Hunter were playing pool at the pool table, Jenny was being explained the game by Jared and Hunter.

The game was a tie, as Jared went to hit the solid color ball into the hole making him a point ahead of Hunter. KZ and Omar sat at the bar in the smoothie place.

"So, that ice lizard today." Omar said.

KZ nods after sipping her smoothie, "Yeah I am so done with snow."

Omar chuckles, "Lucky us we live in California."

KZ nods, "God helped us if we lived in the east coast."

Omar grins, "Oh the hardships."

KZ glanced at him, "Listen. Omar, about earlier."

He shakes his head, "It's cool. Besides, I know for a fact Jared does like you back."

KZ looks at him, "The Refusor event. The fight was about me, wasn't it?" She asks.

Omar blushes that she was right, "Yeah."

KZ grins, "As sweet as it is for guys to fight over me, I can't date him if it'll end your friendship." She said.

Omar shakes his head, "It won't. I told him, I'm cool if you two date." He said.

KZ smirks, "I feel so humbled that I had a say in it." She says.

Jared and Hunter had finished their game, and now Hunter and Jenny were playing pool. KZ and Omar glanced over at the three, which was now the two because Jared was pulling himself away from Jenny and Hunter.

Jared walked over to the area in Smooth Grove where there was a shelf of books, Jared was reading while he took a seat at a couch. KZ felt Omar nudge her.

"Go, I'll be fine." He says.

KZ smiles, "You're a good person, Omar Ellis." She says.

KZ kissed him on the cheek and walked away. Omar watched KZ sit next to Jared, the sparks lit between them as they smiled and laughed.

It was like they were made for each other, maybe now they'll stop just flirting and actually admit to be a couple. Omar sighs and turns to his smoothie.

"Being alone sucks," Omar says to himself.

"Ditto," A female voice said.

Omar looked up and spotted seventeen year old with medium black hair, blue eyes, fair skin tone, skinny, and looked to be 5'8". She was wearing a black and white flannel with a Naruto t-shirt underneath, black skinny jeans, and black converse. She looked familiar, like Omar had class with her or something but he could not recall her name.

"Omar Ellis and you are?" Omar spoke.

"Violet Wayne, I am in your homeroom." Violet said.

Omar nods now remembering her, "Yeah! I know you."

Violet giggles, "There we go."

Omar points to her shirt, "Naruto? You like anime?"

Violet gives him a look, "What if I do? Is it wrong for a girl to like Japanese animation?"

He shakes his head, "No. No. It's just- I thought I was the only one in Clover Hill High who liked anime." He said.

Violet grins, "Well think again mister."

From across the room, KZ and Jared stopped talking among each other to notice Omar hitting it off with this girl from school.

KZ formed a smile on her face, she glanced to see Jared also smiling as well. The two were kind of nervous about being a couple with the worry of hurting Omar's feelings. Jared then frowns and turns his attention to KZ.

"Hey, I want to ask you something." He says.

"The answer is yes." KZ said.

"But I haven't asked the question yet." Jared said.

KZ leans forward and kisses his cheek, "If you were going to ask if I'd be your girlfriend then the answer is yes." She says.

"I wasn't- wait you will?" Jared looked confused.

KZ held onto Jared's hand, "I like you just like you like me. And Omar seems to be fine with it, so why not try this dating thing." She says.

Jared grins, "Okay."

"Okay," KZ said.

Then the Red and Pink Ranger leaned toward each other, Jared and KZ had kissed each other on the lips.

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