Weight of the World-p.r.s

17-rumors of my demise

"We have a solution," Jayden reassured Mike as the battlewing megazord soared into the sky. "It's time for these flyboys to get their wings clipped!" He challenged, and Brooke felt the corners of her lips twitch.

The wolf armor megazord swung the claymore around as explosions happened overheard, Brooke and Antonio nodding at each other. "Let's end this!" Brooke commanded, taking her megablade out of the control panel and unfolding it.

Antonio did the same, and the blades of their megablades lit up silver and gold respectively, the two rangers grinning under their helmets. Brooke spun the megablade in her hand once, her and Antonio both slashing diagonally. "Wolf Claymore: Finishing Swing!" The silver and gold rangers yelled in unison, and the wolf armor megazord followed the two rangers' movements.

The claymore lit up a mix of gold and silver, and the megazord slashed diagonally. The attack mixed with the battlewing megazord's final strike, the two attacks hitting the moogers and successfully destroying them. The cockpit of the battlewing megazord went up in cheers, Antonio and Brooke lowering their megablades and high-fiving each other.

"Our team is as good as gold!" Antonio cheered, wrapping his arm around Brooke's shoulders playfully.

Brooke laughed and let him, mouthing along to Jayden's final line. "Samurai Rangers: Victory is Ours." She mouthed, and with that, the battle ended. It was one Brooke actually enjoyed.

Once on the ground and demorphed, Brooke playfully punched Antonio in the shoulder, grinning. "Thanks for letting me combine with you, Goldie. We're a good team." She thanked, and Antonio nodded, breaking into a happy smile.

"Of course, Brooke. You're nice to have around." Antonio replied, and Brooke smiled genuinely, the gold and silver rangers walking up to the red.

Jayden seemed to have a faint scowl on his face, and Brooke raised an eyebrow at him. He just shook his head- shoving the irrational jealousy aside. He didn't even know why he was jealous, it was like they were back to being ten, when the nighlok were just imaginary. "Good job, you two." Jayden praised, and both Brooke and Antonio smiled.

Despite the jealousy and teenage hormones, Jayden was happy to have his two childhood friends back. They were a sense of happiness in the midst of the stress, and Jayden could deal with some jealousy. Even if he felt a certain pang in his heart as Antonio slung his arm around Brooke's shoulders, the silver ranger laughing at a joke the gold made. But, he could deal with it. Possibly? Jayden had never dealt with jealousy like this before, and he didn't like it. It was almost like it hurt his pride- which it didn't, but it sure as hell felt like it.

Still, it was fine. It could be dealt with, and Jayden found himself smiling when his two childhood friends waved him over. Despite things being far more complicated now, it was still the three of them, just seventeen instead of ten.

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Once the team, sans Antonio because he had some other things to do, reached the Shiba House, the happy mood instantly dropped. It was replaced with one of annoyance, slight worry, and stress, and Brooke could feel it. She didn't know if it was due to her wolf senses in a way, but it tacked up, and soon she felt the stress of five samurai rangers. And that wasn't an ideal situation- because being a samurai ranger wasn't a walk in the park.

Jayden's stress level was the highest, and Brooke didn't blame him. He had a lot of weight on his shoulders- and Brooke couldn't exactly have a one-on-one talk with him currently, so she just tried silent motions. Sitting next to him, she just flashed him a comforting smile. Jayden responded by the corners of his lips twitching upwards, and Brooke felt his thumb running over her knuckles in a comforting sort of manner. It was nice- he was always warm, and it was a comforting warmth, like sitting by a fire. Which made sense, given he was the ranger of fire, but still. Brooke enjoyed it.