Felix fidgeted. "Er...yeah...but um...look...after all this..." he scuffed his shoe again and stuffed his hands in his pockets. "You wanna..i dunno...do something...or something...?" oh yeah...he was definately killing Rex's rep
--

Trini flushed. "What like Tommy doesn't make you call him Dr. O?" she shot back

Rocky chuckled. "That's a bit more than i needed to know...I'll never be able to sleep again thanks to those images," he chided them

Ariana looked up and her eyes widened, before she smiled and stood, "I would like that ... I would very much so ..." she reached out and touched his shoudler, "When all this is sorted out ... I'd love to ..."

Ryla looke over ebfore grinning, "Awww ... but they do look cute together ... just like you and Rex should look Zoe ..."

Zoe eyed her, before smirking, "Shut up white bimbo ..." she laughed a bit,before moving back to get someone's order."

--

Kim blushed before muttering, "OH like I haven't heard Adam call you Misses Kwan ..."

she grinned to Rocky and shoved, "Oh puleeze... you'd proably beg the info out of Adam soon ..."

Felix grinned sheepishly. "Ok, great...great...we'll um...sort the details when the time comes..." he said though..he felt weird seeing his sister as he asked her out. Very twilight zonish. "I need to get to the CC...work to do..I'll...uh...cya later?" he asked hopefully

Tai chuckled and decided silence was golden at that moment

Becca giggled
--

Trini flsuhed again, but remained quiet now,

"Only if he chooses to tell me and i can't get him to shut up," Rocky said innocently

Ariana nodded happily and moved to take his hand, before squeezing and letting go, "Soon ... it'll be soon, I can feel it ... yea, I'll see you later," she smiled.

Ryla sighed a bit, and flexed ariana's muscles, groaning, "How much longer will it be ... I'm getting tired of this body ..."

"I dunno ... I kind of like not going to school ..." Zoe laughed and shrugged a bit, leaning o nthe counter.

--

As if on cue Adam awlked into the YC, looking around for Trini. He spotted her first, before his eyes twinkled on seeing Rocky. He laughed heartily befor emaking his way over. He planted a kiss on her cheek before he clapped Rocky on the back, "Rocko my man! You dind't tell me you'd be in town this early ..."

"SO you knew and didn't tell us girls? How rude of you Adam ..."

"Element of surprise Kim ... come on now ..." he sat down next to Trini, smiling, "SO how's my kitten?"

Felix smile a bit...well...she was in his sister's body...a very strange stumbling block..."Yeah. Ok, well...I'ma...he went and retreived 'felix's' bag and walked out with it, "Give Felix his bag back..." he said loudly, covering for his true destination. The CC. Once alone he teleported to the CC work room where a very strange looking site awaited him in the form a rather colorless bald woman with her stomach open to reveal symthetic organs that while couldnt be mistaken as real...where all the right proportion, but the function were vastly different. "Well, you're almost done," he stated and got to work
--

"Hopefully not long," he stated with a sigh

"Yeah...we're not as forward as we think we are, you know..it's strange...I was in the bathroom today...and I'm sure the only reason any of this was said was because they thought Tori would hear it, these two real skags were making fun of her race...can you belive that?" she couldn't. Tori didn't seem like the type of person anyone disliked for no reason..or any reason
--

Rocky grinned. "Transfer feel through ahead of schedule. I was shipped off before I even got a place to live," Rocky explained

trini blushed at the pet name, especially after recent comments. "I'm fine. It's just Monday. How're you?" she asked

Ryla looked at Becca, her mouth open, "What?!" she growled abit, "Who were they ... I'll I'll ..." she couldn't wait to get into her own body ... wait, if she was in this body, no one in school knew who she was, so they couldn't report her beating the tar out of them ..,..

Ariana simply smiled as she moved abck to he group, unaware as to why Ryla was so angry now.

--

Kim made kissy faces and grinned, "You've got no place? Maybe Jase'd hook you up with a palce ... the dojo has a lot of rooms and stuff."

Adam nodded, "Oh definatly, some simple bedrooms were bilt for people that needed a place to stay ... JAse thought it'd be a good idea just incase ..."

He kissed Trini again and smiled, "I'm great now, missed you ..."

In truth he'd spent most of the day browseing jewelery stores, with no luck ...

Tai frowned a bit, listening quietly

Becca half closed one eye in thought. "Um..I don't know their names, some little freshmen no names. She shiik her head. "Do you suppose she hears that kinda sruff alot?" she wondered. More than likely now that she thought about it. She was color blind personally, but she supposed a very pretty, popular girl that was biracial would be a target for such things
--

Rocky nodded. "I'll definately have to crash there for a bit then. Don't wanna get a place on the base...that's mostly for families and such. Too many little kids running about for a confirmed bachelor like me," he stated grinning

Zoe turned ariound very slowly to llook at the group. She had a cleaning rag clenched in her hands. Her eye twitched a bit before her lips turned into a angry sneer, "We wil lfind their names, hunt them down .. .and rub their noses in the shit they said ... and a few other things ..."

SHe growled a bit, very unlike Autumn as she clenched the towel.

"They can't say those things ... the bitches ... freshmen, think they're all that ... I'll break them ..." Ryla clenched her float cup so tightly that she shattered it, glass getting into her skin as she hissed in pain, and icecream and aoda falling over the coutner her hand, and the floor, "Shit ..."

--

"Oh we'll see about that ..." Kim smiled and spoke in a sing song voice, ver innocent.

Adam laughed, "Oh dear ... Kim's got a plan I'm sure ... duck and cover Rocko."

"Shit fire," Tai exclaimed, using one of taran's favorite curses as he stood. "Now ya'll just calm down. Especially you Autumn," she said stressing the name slightly. He took Ryla's hand and winced, looking at it. "Come on, let's get that cleaned up," he said in a tone that brooked no argument

"yeah, calm down," Becca said, wishing she'd never brought it and will now more than likely have Tori breathing down her neck
--

"Yeah..." Rocky raised a brow. "That's a sound plan..." he said slowly

trini giggled. "Won't work. She'll find you wherever you hide now," Trini pointed out

Ryla nodded and stood up, wincing, "Right Taren ... right ..."

Zoe cursed before nodding, "Sorry didn't ... here," she handed the towel to Tai and nodded, "Come to the back room, we'll get it clean ..."

Ryla sighed and winced, "It hurts ...; glass ..."

Ariana looked around, "What just happened?"

--

Kim giggled and took out a pen, beginning to write on the back of her magazine, "Okay ... I'm thinking you'd like a blonde ... no, redhead ... a short one ..." she smiled, "Sense of humor ... and good taste, but can be a kind of guy sometimes ... ooh, I'll find yo uthe perfect woman ..."

Adam smirked and wrapped am arm around Trini, "You my friend ... are screwed."

Tai nodded and let Zoe lead them off

Becca sighed and patted the seat next to her. "Sit, I'll fill you in," she stated, wondering how much Ariana would understand
--

Trini nodded in agreement Adam. "Yes. You most definately are," she stated simply

Rocky sighed and civered his eyes with his hand. "That's it, I'm transferring to Alaska," he declared

Zoe lead them into the back room, where she sighed, "Okay ... you can either clean up here, or go to the CC. I suggest CC, get risd of that before anything abd happens," she spoke in a very Autumn tone, before nodding, and moving out, back to the front.

Ryla's eyes were watering as she held teh cloth to her bleeding hand, "I'm such a klutz ..."

--

Ariana sat down and nodded, "Tell me all ... she seemed quite angry."

--

Kim's eyes lit up, "Oh! I had a penpal in Alaka ... she was so nice! I think you'd like her ..."

"Just give it up man ... you died the moment you told her you were single ..." Adma smled and kissed Trini a moment, "I luckily have all I ned right here ..."

Tai gathered her close and kissed her forehead. "It'll be ok, Ryko, you'll see," he promised and teleported them to the CC where he located the 3hd and held it over her palm, know the bleeding wouldn't stop til the wound closed, they'd clean it after

"S'goin on?" Billie asked, frowing as she glanced up and lsitened as tai absently filled her in. "Meagin Sykes and Doreen Hoppinphifer. They're jealous that they weren't picked for the A squad. They talk about you too," she informed Ryla absently "But mostly Tori because, as captain, she has a hand in who's picked n such."
--

Becca told her everything and waiting to see if she got it, she looked at Zoe in case she had anything to add
--

Trini blushed and snuggled closer to him, smiling

"Greeeaaat, next time I'll keep my mouth shut," Rocky said with a sigh

Ryla waved her good hand at her, "Oh that I knew, but I am a total bitch sometimes, so I never faulted them for calling me it ..." she obviosuly has gotten btter at handleing insult, "But Tori ... she's a good person ... I want to talk to these girls ..." she winced a bit as the wound began to close, it was tingling andshe smlie,d "Just make sure none of the glass is healed under the skin ..." she smiled greatfully to Tai, he often kept her grounded from freaking out most times ...

--

Ariana looked at Becca, listened, at then sat perplexed. They didn't like Tori becasue of the color of her skin? How absurd ... As if she wouldn't like Ryla or Zoe for the color of their hair ... "I do not understand ... why should that matter?"

--

Adam smiled as she moved clsoer, and whispered in her ear, "Love you kitten ..." he then looked up to ROcky and nodded , "No doubt on that one ... she'll have you married off in no time ..."

Kim nodded in agreement, very pleased with herself.

Flashback~~~~ The mysterious warrior , crouched over the fallen green ranger, she placed her hand to his chest and teleported him away with her, no one had really noticed, 'cept Sora, he could of swore he'd saw the odd image from the corner of his eye. He didn't say a thing starting to think he'd never seen it, if he hadn't seen the woman before, he wouldn't have thought it real from the beginning.

Winter and the woman appeared in a pristine white cave, Winter on a bed delicately carved out of the cliff wall.

"Winter," she said softly shrugging him at the shoulder,

Winter opened his eyes dimly, his breathing exceptionally shallow now, " Rei," he tried to smile, no cloke and robe could trick Winter,
Rei grabbed him in a hug, "Winter nii -san," she lowered the scarf part of her hood, "You worked me out before i discovered it for myself," she smilled,

Winter smilled his eyes began to close and his breathing faded.
Rei eye's widened, you've got to do this before it's to late Rei, a little voice told her in her head, Rei leaned over Winter she kissed him , a simple kiss, on his lips and pulling herself away, a long black purple slither followed seaming to come from Winter , Rei was standing now, she waved her hand and the slithers forming into a sphere, a glass casing surrounded it and it disappeared .
Rei sighed, this wasn't the end, merely the beginning she wouldn't know the extent of the damage, but she knew what would happen,
She watched as Winter's lungs stopped completely, she'd done what she could , he wouldn't die from the poison , she may even have stopped some sideeffects from the potions, but she realised she had to take him to Billy, there were many other things that stood a chance of killing Winter, he needed a Doctor now one who wouldn''t try to disect him, she pulled her scarf up again and disappeared with Winter again whose face was already tinged with blue.

Billy was all alone in the Command Center, Beez was on down time the others gone home, unlike the others he'd seen that Winter hadn't been took back with Zita at all, he was remarkly unsurprised when Winters form and the Woman appeared infront of him,
"Rei we must be quick,?" he told her through telepathy in fear there was anyone around to hear, he rushed her through a cc portal to a hidden part of the center,
Billy propped Winter's form on a waiting bed, "I'll keep him going," Billy promised, "and it still goes, i won't tell them about you if you don't tell them about my chronological age," he smilled, "Your mum and dad 'd -------" Billy trailled off, before deciding to finish the sentence, "proud," Rei sniggered and teleported out,
Billy attached Winter to various life support machines.

~~~~~~~

Big big flashback, oo the Rei and Billy have some major secrets,

Autumn wondered into the Youth Center, she held a piece of paper and kept reading it , a complete bemused look on Becca's face,

Sora walked next to her, Wood and Becca had a lot of classes together , Sora had thought thankfully, and Felix and Wood too, at least they'd got one another to have to redo school with, "So Rei's gone to sort your shopping, she'll probably be back today it's only the capital, she sorted it for you Zoe couldn't have done it,"

Autumn nodded thats okay, just she doesn't normally leave notes in Kanji she said surprised,

Sora shrugged it off, "ah i'm sure it means nothing,"

Autumn settled, she looked around the centre, she sighed deeply when she realised the person she was looking for, she then strongly inhaled, " Has she broke my coffee machine?" Autumn said in a panic.

Nathan had been sitting at the counter too but he was in a particular quiet mood,
"If i wasn't a 6 foot asian guy, you lot would have majorly freaked me about now, " He looked over his shoulder to see no civilians arounds, "Especially you Not- Autumn,"

Wood wondered in now to, sitting at a seat, next to 'Tai," "Hi," he said still talking with Sora's accent.Sora came and sat down next to Wood, greeting almost simultaneous,

"Yes, Hi, " Nathan said , "did you lose the rest of boyzone on the way or have you split up for good,"

"Yeah, very funny Samurai," Wood said , Wood grinned,
So did Nath,

Realising no one particular was about Autumn went behind the counter , she started to fiddle with the mechanisms of the coffee machine, "Oh Autumn , your skills with the coffee machine have gone way down," she said quite jovially, clicking the front into place and testing it, grinning as she discovered she'd fixed it.

Sora waved his arm in the air with a Wood like amount of energy, "O oo oo , Autumn you should hire her," he stated breaking into a laugh.
Wood and Nathan laughed too.

---
Billy appeared from a portal into the mainroom of the cc , it closed after him, "What's a matter?" he asked seeing Ryla and Tai.
---
Ifetayo was sitting at the Kitchen table she didn't need to look up, she'd heard the door, "Your works' here Taran ," she smilled, "aren't you a bit early though?" she asked.



Tommy wondered into the Youth Center he beamed Kim a smile, before spotting who she was talking to , "Woa, Rocky long time no see, how you been?"

Autumn slid her hands through her hair asnd grinned, "Thanks ... Becca, just a bit rusty today I guess ..." she smirked and looked to the group, "Ylou mised quite the ... well, accident. Ariana went and crushed her hand throug hone of my float glasses ..." she shook her head and sighed, "Too much time around Ryla, picxking up her bad habits ..."

Ariana snickered, before smiling a bit, "Yes ... she is quite tense today ..."

--

Ryla simply held out her slightly less bleeding hand, "Me, Racism, Anger, and glass clenched in my fist ..." she shrugged a bit helplessly, "I'm a bit of a disaster magnet."

She smiled a bit in a self depricating way, sighing, "It hurts a bit less .. keep scanning it ..."

--

Kim smiled and moved from ehr seat to hug Tommy, "Mmm ... hey white knight ..." she smiled at her pet name for him, before nodding to ROcky, "Gave us all a surprise this one did."

i think Tai prolly saw the Mysterious Woman since he was staring right at WInter, unless there was reason he wouldn't have been able too...

Tai looked at the device and tapped a blue screen ontop, "I think this thingy would let us know if there was glass underthere," he stated

"It would," Billie agreed
--

Becca nodded, "Yeah..." though she wasnt sure what she was agreeing to anymore since she seemed to have lost track of the conversation
--

"Eh...stomed off in a bit of a fit," Taran explained to Fey though there was amusemnet in his tone as he tracked down his work
--

Rocky grinned slightly. "Tommy. Yeah, It has been awhile. How ya been man? Saved the world lately?" he asked, chuckling

Trini blushed at Adam's words and kissed his cheek but otherwise remained quiet

Aisha breezed in. She noticed the table ful of her contemporaries but not really. "No time to chat, gotta pick up my coffee order and get back," she said in a rushed fashion

"That's our Pooh. Always on the go, ever rushing," Ricky drawled as he got to his feet. He knew what was coming and had to be prepared for it

Aisha skidded to a halt and turned at the same time. "Lorenzo DeSantos!" she exclaimed and then squealed and rushed him, hugging him feircely. "You sneak!" she said, and much as she did Adam, popped him in the arm once she let go

Ryla nodded, "Right right, " she wans't so good at all the sciency stuff.

She sighed and waited for her hand to heal, "Probably want to bandage it anyways cuz of course, wouldn' look good to be magically healed right away ..."

--

Ariana then turned back to Beca, "So ... pelase tell me more of this ... racism ... what does it all mean?" she was very furious, and a bit appalld at the same time.

...

A figure in a purple pair of drawstring pants and a black hoodie, with the hood pulled up. The figure was sparring with some guy on the mats, kicking and doing various drop flips in a very old army style mixed with a sort of hip hop vibe ...

--

Adam laughed heartiuly and shook his head, "Look at th boy tackled by all the women ... lucky guy ..."

Tai nodded. "Right. But It needs ti be healed. Yesterday was just the opening act and we all need to be as one hundred percent as we can be in unfamiliar bodies," he said with a sigh
--

Tori puttered abit. She wanted to hang out at the youth center with everyone else, but she knew Billie wouldn't ordinarily be there. Man, she just didn't wanna be seen at all. She brooded on that thought a bit until she passed a store window and a caught a reflection...of nothing. But as soon as she noticed, she saw herself, as Billie, again. "Weird...was that me..or her...?" she wondered

i havent even decided yet
--

"Um........." Becca floundered. She didn't know how to explain racism. She looked around for help from anyone else
--

Rocky grinned at Adam. "Yep. Got me a feel of your woman, too," he stated "Ow!" he explained when Aisha hit him in the arm again

"Don't leave town," she warned him direly and hurried to get her order at the counter so she could get back to work

"Nice seeing you again too Pooh," Rocky called and sat down rubbing his arm