Clu-less
07-08-2003, 06:13 PM
I figure I'll take a stab at rewriting an episode of Power Rangers, and well, this seemed like a finale that needed much improvement. So let me know what you think,
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Power Rangers
Time Force
The Calm Before The Storm-Prologue
Jen sat on the roof of the Clock Tower with the skyline of Silver Hills putting her in awe. In her own time, the skyline would look nothing like that. The skyline was in the year 3000 was always dark and sooty or yellow in the evening, and there was not much to look at beside the industrial district and the time gate.
Jen just drifted away in her thoughts. The realization that she would have to leave Wes was over bearing…
It was a bitter sweet ending to all the work they had done in the year 2001. They still had Ransik to defeat, which she knew would be difficult. But what worried her was that she wouldn’t be able to stay. A tear slid down her cheek. The people she had met, the places she had seen…the incredible man she had fallen in love with. The thought of going back to the future…back to Alex…
Wes carefully sat down next to her, and Jen smiled. “Heh. You keeping the pigeons company?” Wes asked.
“I like to come up here when I have a lot on my mind. It's so quiet, and beautiful.” Jen said. Wes smiled. He wasn’t used to seeing her so soft-it was actually kind of refreshing. “Now, don't tell me you're gonna miss this... drafty old Clock Tower!”
“Actually, there's a lot I'm gonna miss.” Jen said, almost absent-mindedly. Wes smiled again. This was a side of Jen he doubted that he’d ever see again. “Really? Like what?”
Jen doesn’t say anything. She was thinking very hard about her next choice of words. Jen took a deep breath. She had to tell Wes sooner than later. “Like…” She started to explain how she felt, how she’d always felt, how she hated that she had to live him. But those words never escaped her mouth. “Little things. Like pizza, or the cookies we made.”
Wes’ demeanor changed. No longer was he expecting to get the answer he wanted to get. He turned away from Jen, trying to hide his own emotion. He remembered all to well those little dried up pieces of crust Jen made. “Yeah, those cookies were good.” Wes lied.
“Well…what about you?” Jen asked like she was a third grader trying to ask a boy out. “I mean…I’m sure you won’t miss me…I was always bossing you around.”
“You weren’t always that bossy.” Wes said honestly. “Sometimes I deserved it. I can be a hard headed Red Ranger sometimes.”
“No, you were always a great Red Ranger.” Jen said, again not noticing what she was saying until after she said it. Wes raised an eyebrow. “Wait…you didn’t even want me to be the Red Ranger when we first met.”
“Well…” Jen started. “Try and look at it from my point a view, Wes. I thought I had lost the love of my life. There was only one Red Ranger in my mind. Of course, once he tried to take over again, I realized that…maybe you were better in that place from the beginning.” She admits. Wes smiled. “I was so proud to be a Ranger. I thought you really hated me for a while there. But you did help me learn a few things about myself.” He said, remembering all the events that led to him being a Ranger. Jen remembered waking up in bandages, looking at Wes sleeping at her side. “I guess we both had a lot to learn.” She said. “And I think I was realizing how good a friend you were becoming. We’ve been through a lot together.”
“Yeah.” Wes said somberly. “We sure have.” Wes looked over at Jen, who was once again staring into space. “I am going to miss you.” He said. Jen turned to look at him, completely shocked. “What?”
“All of you!” Wes covered. “Yeah, I’m gonna miss all of you! I’m going to miss Katie and Lucas and…and…the kid with the green hair…”
“Trip.”
“Yeah. Trip.” Wes said. He mentally kicked himself in the ass for being so dumb. Jen smiled and went back to thinking, thoughts of telling Wes the truth lingering far in the back of their heads. Wes also thought about telling Jen, but they both remained silent, afraid to tell each other the truth about how they both felt…
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Power Rangers
Time Force
The Calm Before The Storm-Prologue
Jen sat on the roof of the Clock Tower with the skyline of Silver Hills putting her in awe. In her own time, the skyline would look nothing like that. The skyline was in the year 3000 was always dark and sooty or yellow in the evening, and there was not much to look at beside the industrial district and the time gate.
Jen just drifted away in her thoughts. The realization that she would have to leave Wes was over bearing…
It was a bitter sweet ending to all the work they had done in the year 2001. They still had Ransik to defeat, which she knew would be difficult. But what worried her was that she wouldn’t be able to stay. A tear slid down her cheek. The people she had met, the places she had seen…the incredible man she had fallen in love with. The thought of going back to the future…back to Alex…
Wes carefully sat down next to her, and Jen smiled. “Heh. You keeping the pigeons company?” Wes asked.
“I like to come up here when I have a lot on my mind. It's so quiet, and beautiful.” Jen said. Wes smiled. He wasn’t used to seeing her so soft-it was actually kind of refreshing. “Now, don't tell me you're gonna miss this... drafty old Clock Tower!”
“Actually, there's a lot I'm gonna miss.” Jen said, almost absent-mindedly. Wes smiled again. This was a side of Jen he doubted that he’d ever see again. “Really? Like what?”
Jen doesn’t say anything. She was thinking very hard about her next choice of words. Jen took a deep breath. She had to tell Wes sooner than later. “Like…” She started to explain how she felt, how she’d always felt, how she hated that she had to live him. But those words never escaped her mouth. “Little things. Like pizza, or the cookies we made.”
Wes’ demeanor changed. No longer was he expecting to get the answer he wanted to get. He turned away from Jen, trying to hide his own emotion. He remembered all to well those little dried up pieces of crust Jen made. “Yeah, those cookies were good.” Wes lied.
“Well…what about you?” Jen asked like she was a third grader trying to ask a boy out. “I mean…I’m sure you won’t miss me…I was always bossing you around.”
“You weren’t always that bossy.” Wes said honestly. “Sometimes I deserved it. I can be a hard headed Red Ranger sometimes.”
“No, you were always a great Red Ranger.” Jen said, again not noticing what she was saying until after she said it. Wes raised an eyebrow. “Wait…you didn’t even want me to be the Red Ranger when we first met.”
“Well…” Jen started. “Try and look at it from my point a view, Wes. I thought I had lost the love of my life. There was only one Red Ranger in my mind. Of course, once he tried to take over again, I realized that…maybe you were better in that place from the beginning.” She admits. Wes smiled. “I was so proud to be a Ranger. I thought you really hated me for a while there. But you did help me learn a few things about myself.” He said, remembering all the events that led to him being a Ranger. Jen remembered waking up in bandages, looking at Wes sleeping at her side. “I guess we both had a lot to learn.” She said. “And I think I was realizing how good a friend you were becoming. We’ve been through a lot together.”
“Yeah.” Wes said somberly. “We sure have.” Wes looked over at Jen, who was once again staring into space. “I am going to miss you.” He said. Jen turned to look at him, completely shocked. “What?”
“All of you!” Wes covered. “Yeah, I’m gonna miss all of you! I’m going to miss Katie and Lucas and…and…the kid with the green hair…”
“Trip.”
“Yeah. Trip.” Wes said. He mentally kicked himself in the ass for being so dumb. Jen smiled and went back to thinking, thoughts of telling Wes the truth lingering far in the back of their heads. Wes also thought about telling Jen, but they both remained silent, afraid to tell each other the truth about how they both felt…
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