A/N: First attempt at a multi-season crossover. The first chapter is a little slow and mostly focuses on PROO but it will pick up next chapter i promise!
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers!
It took a few seconds for Will to gather his surroundings. All he could remember was a brilliant flash of white light, and all the Chillers that surrounded him being destroyed…but what had happened.
"Will" he heard a voice call out weakly from nearby. His head shot towards the direction of the noise. "Thank goodness you're awake"
"Ty? What happened?" Will asked, trying to find the remaining rangers. Dax was a little further off, and laid out on his back, unconscious from the looks of it. Rose and Ronny were a little closer to his position, Ronny was on her side, face away from him and Ty, not moving and Rose was sitting up, staring in another direction. Looking in the same direction as the pink ranger, Will found the remaining member of their team, face down, as still as Ronny and Dax had been. Ty came over and helped the ex-thief up.
"Your guess is as good as mine" Ty replied, helping the wounded black ranger in the direction of the girls.
"Rose!" called out Will, but wished that hadn't immediately afterwards. The Mexican girl turned around to face the approaching duo, but tears were leaking down her face in torrents and something about her eyes made Ty and Will look away as fear gripped their hearts. When they dropped down beside the girl, she immediately looked away, but still did not say a word.
"Is Ronny okay Rose?" Ty asked, as Will leaned over to check for a pulse. Rose nodded. Will confirmed it as he eased Ronny's body up so that she now was sitting upright, and leaning against his right shoulder. "Are you okay?" No answer, just another nod. Ty gave Will a worried look.
"Ty, go check on Dax and bring him over here if you can" Will ordered, seeing as he was the least wounded one currently awake, besides Rose.
"Of course" Ty raced of in the direction of Dax, leaving Will alone with the girls. Will tapped on Rose's shoulder with his available hand.
"Can you go check on Mack" Rose shook her head in the negative. "Rose talk to me" The petite girl jumped in the sudden decibel change of the black ranger's voice. She opened her mouth a few times, before shaking her head from side to side. Ty chose this time to come back with a completely disoriented Dax.
"Dax is all right for the most part, has Ronny woken up yet?" Ty asked, though he could clearly see that the yellow ranger was still unconscious.
"No, not yet" Will answered, still staring intently at the pink ranger who seemed to shy away from his gaze, the heartbroken look still in her eyes. "Please bring Mack over here please, I'll call Mr. Hartford" Ty didn't understand the sudden sadness that seemed to leak out of Will's words, but he knew that he had no choice but to obey. As he approached the prone body of Mack, did a few things come to light. He immediately pressed his fingers near Mack's jugular, but he didn't feel a pulse, but he was an android so that didn't particularly mean much. He tried to listen for a sound; any sound coming from within the android's body, but it was silent, much to silent for anything to have been operating. Knowing nothing could be done, he picked up Mack's body, slinging it over his shoulder and carried him to where the others were.
"I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news…" Ty began.
"It's okay, we know" Will interrupted. Dax didn't make eye contact with anyone, and Rose was still as silent as ever.
"Mr. Hartford will be here in a few minutes" Dax spoke up a few minutes into the awkward silence. "But before he gets here, maybe we can figure out what happened"
"All I remember was a light, and something that destroyed the Chillers, Flurrious too I suppose" Ty reported, tapping his chin thoughtfully.
"But where's the crown?" Will asked, scanning the now barren and war-torn quarry. "Where's the sentinel knight?" Nobody got to answer that question seeing as a jet descended upon them. Andrew Hartford and Spencer burst out, both looking worried and relieved at the same time.
"What happened?" Andrew yelled as he approached his team, all of them looking worse for wear.
"We don't know, but maybe this isn't the best time to discuss this" Will said, taking over the leadership role easily. Spencer gave them all an uneasy look, especially the motionless forms of Ronny and Mack.
"Oh dear" he exclaimed.
The ride back was quiet, as unshed tears pooled in their eyes. Will didn't let himself cry, not when the shattered remains of his team needed him to be strong. With their leader hanging on the edge of life and death, he had to be the one to take his place, do what he would have done to keep them all together, as a second-in-command to the team, he owed it to them to be there, to be strong. Dax was the heart and light of the team, bringing with him happiness wherever he was, he could not crash, not when the others around him were still holding it together. Tyzonn knew this feeling only to well, he had watched his first team fall, and now he could not find it in himself to let the tears fall a second time, for the same reason. He may have been the newcomer at one point, but now his experience may be the only thing that can pull them all through, all in one piece. All three boys could not cry, not only because they were the guys of the team, but also because they couldn't let Rose see them crying. Andrew recognized the signs of shock as soon as he laid eyes of the girl. Rose hadn't spoken a word, only gesticulating when she wanted to get a point across, but even that was few and far between. Her face kept the same emotionless mask she always had when on missions, but her eyes lost the light that told them that she was still the same old Rose. Rose would not cry, because she longer felt attached to this world. Ronny had woken moments after boarding the jet, and from the teary looks from the other members she deduced that something bad had happened, but no one on the team had the heart to tell her the truth. When she saw Mack, she knew what had happened, but she didn't say anything and instead turned a blind eye. Ronny could not cry because she still believed that Mack was alive.
"We're back," Spencer announced, as he ushered the battered rangers out and into the mansion they had called home. Between Ty and Mr. Hartford, they managed to lug Mack's body into the base, Will hobbling behind, supporting Ronny. Dax helped the now mute Rose out of the jet, whispering reassurances to the shocked girl. One by one they the settled back in the base below the mansion. It was a silent affair as Mr. Hartford hooked Mack up to various machines.
"What happens now?" asked Will, on behalf of his team. "Where do we go from here?"
"First I need to know what happened" Mr. Hartford replied.
All we remember was a white light, and then everything just disappeared; the chillers, Flurrious, the Corona Aurora, even the Sentinel Knight" Ty explained, "Besides Rose, I was one of the first to regain consciousness" All heads turned to the pink ranger, she did not meet their gazes. Andrew walked towards her, laying a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"Rose" he said gently, prompting the young girl to look at him. "We need to know what happened, please you're the only one that can help us" Her watery eyes met his gaze but she looked away immediately afterwards, shaking her head from side to side.
"Rose please" pleaded Ronny, coming over to comfort her friend. The girl remained silent. Tyzonn went over to a table and picked up a pen and paper.
"Why don't you just write down what happened, you don't have to talk" the Mercurian urged, handing the paper and pen to Rose, who accepted the utensils. For a few minutes, the rangers watched as Rose was torn between writing and crying. Eventually Mr. Hartford tore the pad from her hands, telling her it's all right, she didn't have to push herself. On the paper was a flurry of scribbles and words scratched out, only four words could be made out clearly.
"Flurrious…Crown…Evil…World" Dax read aloud, perplexed by those four simple words. "What's that supposed to mean"
"It means we've lost, it's over," Will said.
"Rangers!" Mr. Hartford yelled, drawing their attention one by one. "This isn't over, wherever the Corona Aurora is, we will retrieve it. We will not let Mack down"
"But we've already let him down" Tyzonn retorted. Slamming his fist into the nearest wall. "We've messed everything up"
"Where are the rangers that I trusted to save the World, where are the rangers who came through when Thrax took their powers, where are the people who Mack called his friends"
"They died, when he fell, they fell" Will answered. "We're nothing now" he whispered without so much as looking up at the others.
"Then you have truly let him down"
"What would you have us do?" Ronny yelled, renewed tears streaming down her cheeks. "Everything is falling apart in front of us, we're just humans, we can't do any better"
"Aww how touching" came the sneering voice of Flurrious as his image appeared on the monitor behind them. "The pink ranger still not talking? I was hoping she would have passed the message on for me"
"Flurrious!" exclaimed the rangers, hate in their eyes.
"Rangers" he replied, mocking them with the Corona Aurora as he waved it back and forth. "Look what I have!"
"You couldn't defeat us with that the first time, and there's no way in hell you'll be able to do it a second time" Ronny said, voice full of bravado, though her face betrayed her true feelings.
"The power was fun for a while, but I thought of something even better to do with it"
"And what would that be" Will asked, staring him down.
"I wonder black ranger, if you're light side is stronger than your dark side" he sneered, laughing as his image slowly faded away. "I doubt it though"
"What was that supposed to mea…"Will did not finish his sentence before he suddenly fell to the floor, clutching his head in pain, finally collapsing into unconsciousness. He was joined by Ronny, who blacked out a few seconds after he did. Dax and Ty winced in pain for a second, but remained relatively unharmed. Rose staggered, clutching at her temple with one hand, the other hand holding her from falling down, her mouth open screaming in pain. In a few minutes, the chaos died down, and Ronny and Will stirred.
"Will, Ronny, are you guys okay" Dax asked, going over to help their friends up. Will slapped his hand away and got up himself.
"Better then okay Dax" he replied, a dark edge to his tone, he grabbed the Asian by the collar of his uniform. "I'm great" Ty came over to free Dax from Will's grip, but Ronny beat him there, and instead of helping the blue ranger, flipped Tyzonn and trapped him on the floor. Both the yellow and black rangers let out a laugh. Dax brought his hand down on the crook of Will's elbow, buckling the appendage, before ripping the black ranger's hand off of him. The two rangers exchanged blows, ending with the black ranger flipping Dax so that the blue ranger was in the same position as Ty, both helpless under their feet.
"Who knew being evil was so fun?" said Ronny.
"We won't fight you two, so snap out of it" Mr. Hartford shouted.
"Fine don't fight, we'll just kill you guys right now" Ronny replied, her voice cheerful but full of evil intent.
"There's four of us and two of you" Dax pointed out. "Not exactly good odds for you guys"
"You're as useless as that android over there, he wasn't a leader, he shouldn't have even been a power ranger" Will exclaimed. "What can you do?" That proved to be the wrong thing to say as Rose tackled the unsuspecting Black ranger, before spinning to catch Ronny in a kick.
"Go, if you come back, I'll kill you both" Rose finally said, her voice no longer the innocent tone she once had. Will brushed himself off and motioned for Ronny to follow him, as the two left, not even glancing back. The remaining rangers, Mr. Hartford and Spencer turned to the petite ranger. As Dax and Ty tried to approach her, she hissed at them, before retreating to sit beside Mack's body.
"No…" Andrew whispered, staring in shock at what had become of his rangers. "Rose what was the message Flurrious wanted you to give us" The pink ranger's head snapped up at the sound of her name.
"Never order me to do anything" she snapped, the darkness still in her voice.
"Please, I need to know"
"He said he would not end the world by his hands, he would make the world end through us, through all the humans. He was going to use the power of the Corona Aurora to bring out the dark side of all humans"
"But we weren't affected Mr. Hartford" Dax said.
"I wonder" Mr. Hartford mumbled. "Was Flurrious being selective?"
"We must get help sir" Spencer suggested, "I'm sure the other rangers could help us"
"But if it could turn Will and Ronny, who knows what it might have done to the other rangers" Andrew retorted.
"We have to try" Dax told him, heading towards the communication console "It's the only hope we have left"
It took Sensei Watanabe a few seconds to realize that his former students were not in their right minds. He had not seen that look in their eyes in a while, and the last time he had seen them like this, things ended badly. He did not stop them when they erupted into fights and arguments, he didn't stop them when they simply just left NinjaOps, he didn't do anything because he knew anything he did would end up costing his life. Luckily, his son seemed to have remained normal.
"Cameron" Sensei shouted, looking at his son. "What's going on?"
"Why don't you figure that out yourself old man" he bit back, his voice sounding slightly off.
"Cameron this is no time for games" the green samurai let out a snort of disgust, before looking his dad in the eyes.
"Some sort of weird energy, it's drawing out something in all of us" The powerless samurai amulet that remained hanging from his neck was frozen over in a thin layer of ice.
"Evil…but you are unaffected" Sensei thought on it. "For the most part" he added as an afterthought.
"Do I have to do all the thinking for you…sheesh, does the terms Ying and Yang ring a bell"
"Light and dark…if one's light was stronger than their dark they would remain on the light side, so the same must hold true if your dark side was stronger than your lights side" Sensei mumbled, as the pieces finally clicked in place. "You are a balance of both so you are neutral, neither good nor evil"
"A round of applause for the old man, he's a genius"
"Though I'm not quite sure I like this side of you"
"Deal with it"
"We must seek help Cameron"
"Don't look at me, what happens is no concern of mine" The green samurai hopped off the chair he had been sitting on "Call me when the world ends, or if it returns to normal" With that the green samurai ranger left NinjaOps as well. The old ninja master had no choice but to attempt to call the only other team of rangers he knew of, the Dino rangers. After calling the number they had been left, and receiving no answer, did he truly despair, but he knew he might be one of the only ones left.
"I can't not sit by idly while this happens, if it's a fight this evil wants, it is a fight it will get"
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