DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Power Rangers, I'm just a fan.
It was a warm and sunny Wednesday in Manta Bay. Kyle Norton was at his favorite cafe, waiting for his friends to arrive. The tall, redheaded, freckled young man was starting to wonder whether he should call his friends when arguing voiced reached his ears.
"Ali, stop it. I won!" "Shut up Jamie! I still won the last 3 games."
Kyle looked up from his magazine when he heard the Carter twins closing and by the sound of it, they'd just finished a game of some sort. They never gave it a rest.
The twins appeared around a corner, James, small, dark-haired and green eyed with a gloating smile on his face, Alice, also small, dark-haired and green eyed, trying to both glare at her brother and ignore him. Both were carrying sports bags. "Hey guys," Kyle called half laughing. "Hey Kyle," came back in a unison answer.
They sat down at the table, dumping the bags at their sides. "So Kyle, what you've been up to?" Jamie barely glanced at Kyle while trying to catch the eyes of the nearest waitress. "Not much, thinking about checking out the beach later." "Nice. Ok if we join? The beach sounds perfect on a day like this." Jamie nodded at his sisters words. "I'll grab a ball or Frisbee with me, give us something to do," he said smiling and nudge his sister. "Stop it Jamie, or I'll hurt you!" "Hehe, you wish." "Guys, stop arguing," Kyle felt like his only purpose in life was to make sure they didn't kill each other. "Just order something so we can go to the beach." Ali and Jamie resumed their previous actions of Jamie gloating and Ali ignoring him, and Kyle felt relieved, at least for now.
A couple of hours later, they were on the beach. Jamie had come up with some sort of Frisbee game he called fetch and involved a lot of running. This game had carried them far down the beach and in the excitement they didn't notice the sky getting darker. When the first drops started falling, they were close to the cliffs marking the end of the beach.
"Damn," said Ali, shaking her now damp hair. "Common. Let's wait in the cave there; at least it will be drier there." They all ran there as fast as they could.
"I didn't know it was supposed to raid today," said Kyle. "It wasn't," said a low voice from further within the cave. All of them jumped and the unexpected sound and turned to face the speaker. A tall, blond-haired girl was standing inner in the cave but now approached them. "Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," she said with a small smile, "but there wasn't any raid in the forecast." She pulled a newspaper from her side bag and pointed at the local weather report. "She's right," said Ali. "It was supposed to be sunny for a couple of days. No rain till after the weekend." They all looked outside the cave at the rain pouring down.
And then at the guy running towards the cave with a surfboard under the arm. He was as tall as Kyle, with dark blond hair which he now shook before turning around. He jumped a little when he noticed the group already standing in the cave. "…Hey…" He raised a hand in a slow greeting. A thunder roared outside, making them all jump. "Ok, is it just me or wasn't that very close to here," said Ali. "Very, very close," said Jamie.
Another thunder roared and then a lightning struck either the cliff above or the beach outside, causing the ground and surroundings to shake a little, followed by a deafening thunder. The group backed away from the entrance, further in to the cave. When another lightning struck they moved up against the wall furthest away. Yet another lightning flashed and the wall behind them gave away, sending all of them tumbling backwards into a gleaming black hole that had been the wall.
