Cindy Cook



Cindy Cook is the second Pink Cyber Ranger, originally intended as an emergency replacement.

Character History
Cindy came from a low-income background, her parents too poor to send her to college after graduation. Presumably she did well in school, as her records were part of the reason she passed Cyber V's tests.

When S.P.D. offered a full scholarship for just volunteering for a new program, Cindy struggled with whether or not to try. Jeremy came along after an hour of her trying to nerve up, and offered to sign up alongside her as moral support. It turned out that she was the only girl to take the test, which didn't make her feel much better.

Cindy did well-to-average in the various tests (with hints that she was holding back), though she lasted three minutes, fifteen in the g-force simulator, longer than anyone else. Since the program didn't require any more females, but she had potential, she was set as an alternate, to her relief. She took the revelation that she was a backup for a team of Power Rangers about to face an interdimensional warlord remarkably well, only asking what to tell her parents (the truth; all things considered, secrecy was deemed rather pointless).

Minutes later, Fort Myers was attacked by a squad of Kalask's forces. Cindy and   Jake followed the Venturas twins to the weapons laboratory, where they were trapped by Emeralde. When the twins' morphers failed to activate, they sent the two recruits to a bomb shelter in the back of the room. They were able to watch the ensuing battle, and the Blue and Pink Rangers' defeat. Cindy almost went to their aid, but Jake held her back until Emeralde left. Although neither really knew what to do, they helped the badly injured pair as best they could.

Pink Guilt
Cindy felt guilty for what had happened to the twins, particularly Wendy, and it only got worse when she had to take Wendy's Cyber Ops up herself. Although she didn't feel anywhere near ready, she fought alongside her new teammates against Thrak and Emeralde. Her guilt only worsened as Wendy woke up and found out that she'd lost the position she'd been promised since childhood.

The new Pink Ranger began with minimal combat skills, but Anya took her under her wing. Wendy finally apologized for "stomping around like an ogre," and offered to help train Cindy, which she accepted--though she didn't see why Wendy hadn't been reinstated as Cyber Pink. Before Wendy could think of an excuse, a monster battle interrupted their conversation. The announced meeting with President Winters brought back her self-doubt, despite Anya's reassurances that she was becoming a fine Ranger.

When the truth about the Venturas twins came out, Cindy was shocked and scared, though she reassured them later that she knew the real them too well to fear them. Hence her and Jake's decision to let the twins take over for the final fight against Assassin, to let them show the world what they could do. The revelation that Wendy would never be allowed to be Cyber Pink for her Hybrid nature only worsened her self-blame, and her friendship with Wendy. Cruger talked some sense into her, just in time for the monster alarms to go off.

Midnai made a point of attacking Cindy in the next fight, verbally and with lasers. Finally, she fully accepted her role as Cyber Pink, promising Wendy to be the best she could be. With a final touch of encouragement from Wendy, she forced Midnai to retreat.

Cindy's new public identity caused her a bit of unique trouble, as the publisher of the, ah, "adult" magazine Fantasies began to harass her for a photo shoot. Jake managed to help her get rid of him. She also developed feelings for Jeremy, but tried to suppress them while he was dating June.

After the breakup, and Jeremy went to confront June for her "expose," everyone else pointed out how obvious Cindy's feelings were, and encouraged her to act on them. After the battle with RedLine, she worked up the courage just as Jeremy did, and they kissed.

While the two were out for a walk, having just admitted how much time they'd wasted not starting a relationship, Emoti-Con and an army of Dreads appeared. In the resulting fight, both Rangers were hit with a blast from his angry-face emoticon, and became instantly hostile to everyone around them. Soon after, this devolved into a fight that trashed the Rec Room. Cindy went to her room, but when Anya came to get her to the medical bay, she attacked the Yellow Ranger and left.

Emoti-Con returned as Jeremy and Cindy found each other again, and egged them on into a full morphed battle (also boosting the spell). Jeremy won, but despite Emoti-Con's control and Cindy yelling at him to just do it, he couldn't kill her. As he embraced her, she also broke the spell. Rejoining their comrades, they took Emoti-Con down with a vengeance. Back at the base, both apologized over and over, almost starting another fight before Anya called them out, and it ended in laughter.

Personality
Cindy begins as a chronically shy girl, doubting her own abilities especially in comparison to Wendy's years of training. Slowly, with the help of her teammates, her confidence develops, though she remains a quiet, generally sweet girl. She has a tendency to blush.

Arsenal
Data Ray Data Blade Data Shield BlastTruck Cyber Cycle Protection Shield

Appearance
Cindy is a petite, blue-eyed blonde, her hair cut short and in bangs.