Author's Note: Hello. My first try in writing a fan-fiction for power rangers SPD. I hope it is to your liking.: )

Disclaimer: I do not own Power rangers…or its characters…

Italics are thoughts.

"Rangers, report to the lobby immediately," Sky Tate, the new SPD Earth Commander, instructed the rangers via video communication link.

Bridge Carson, the new red ranger, was fixing the projector. When he heard the instruction, he put down his tools and went out of his room to make his way to the lobby. This is new. He never asks us to be meet at six in the evening. Wonder what this is about.

Syd Drew and Z Delgado were busy wiping RIC clean when they heard the instruction.

"What's up with the meeting?" asked Syd.

"No idea. But we'd better hurry. Don't want your lover boy waiting too long." Taunted Z emphasizing on the word 'your'.

Syd threw the towel she was holding at Z and blushed like crazy. "Shut up!"

Sky was already there in the lobby, waiting as patiently as he could for his 3 man team to arrive. Bridge was the first to arrive followed by Syd and Z. The three of them saluted Sky and waited for whatever he was going to say.

"There have been complains from residents about a certain abandoned mansion located at Avery Avenue, 8 miles south from here." Sky began. "The complains were that right after dusk, strange noises were heard. Mechanical noises that would go on till dawn. The entire thing began a week ago."

Syd was beginning to shiver in her uniform. "Erm, you don't think it has got anything to do with ghosts, right?"

Sky gave her a 'what the heck' kind of look with his eyebrow cocked up. Syd then decided not to say anything else.

"So, you want us to go check out what made the noise and if possible, shut it down?" stated Z.

Sky gave a curt nod.

"Okay. I suppose we'll be going then." Said Bridge, getting psyched up.

Half way through their journey in the SPD jeep, Syd began to speak. "You know, I don't like the idea of going to an abandoned mansion at night."

"Admit it, you're scared." Replied Z. Bridge, who was driving gave a chuckle.

"I'm not scared!" Syd retorted and then added, "I'm just… feeling uneasy."

"You're scared alright." Bridge muttered under his breath.

"I heard that!"

Soon, they reached the gates of the abandoned mansion. The mechanical noise was heard. The three of them climbed out of their jeep and stared at the mansion. It was huge. In fact, too huge to be called a mansion. Syd stared at it through the rusty gates. Just look at it. The walls must have been pure white. Now, its black with mildew and mold. I wonder how this mansion was maintained.

"I know I'm rich but I'm not that rich to be able to live here! It's a castle! Not a mansion!" Syd exclaimed.

"Yeah, well, mansion or not, we'd better investigate." Said Bridge. Ever since he was promoted to Red Ranger, he became a tad more serious. But his sense of humour never left him.

He came towards the rusty iron gates. With a gloved hand, he reached out and touched it daintily. He Then gave the touch a little bit more force. Suddenly, the spot he touched crumbled. He gave a startled look and said, "Oh my." Then, the entire iron gate followed suit, crumbling to dust in a matter of seconds. Bridge did manage to move out of the way in time.

Syd and Z gasped at the sight. The entire gate was gone.The mansion must be hundreds of years old. If not, why would the gates crumble to dust? "What did you do?" asked Z.

"I just touched the gate so it would open but it, crumbled!" answered Bridge very quickly.

"Well, at least the gate is now 'open' for us to drive in. Come on. We can't waste any time." Z went in to the back seat with Syd, who was shaking like she just got out of a cold swimming pool.

Bridge went to the drivers seat and started the engine. The route up to the mansion took five minutes. The gravel path crunched beneath the tyres. When they reached the front door of the mansion, they got out again. The sky was already as black as coffee and there was no moon or lights to help them see. They took with them torch lights before going in the mansion.

Bridge was about to open the door when Z stopped him. "You know what, let me do it this time."

She held the door knob of the huge oak door and gave it a turn to the right. Something clicked. She pushed the door open slowly and flashed her torchlight into the nearly empty hall.

When the door was opened widely, the three of them went in together. Syd was grabbing Z's hand like a scared little child. Z shook her head and rolled her eyes.

The three of them flashed their torch randomly through the nearly empty hall. Portraits of people lined up the walls around them. There were tables with dusty vases atop. Every step they take, dust would float up.

"I wonder who was the last person to inhibit this mansion," Bridge thought aloud.

Then, his torch shone on one of the portraits. He walked towards the portrait and examined it. In the portrait, there were four people. The two adults, Bridge assumed were the parents of the two girls. The taller of the two girls with dirty blond hair seems to be around the age of 20. The shorter with chestnut brown hair seems to be around the age of 17.

The one with chestnut brown hair seemed to catch his attention. Her eyes were of soft baby blue colour. Her smile was so warm and bright, it seemed that she was the only one who was enjoying the photo session. He scanned the frame and found a heavily dusty gold plate attached to the bottom of the portrait. He wiped the dirt off with his gloved hand.

The plate was engraved with words. He read it out loud but only enough for him to hear himself speak.

"Family portrait taken on January 17, 2002. From top left hand side to bottom right hand side: Mrs. Adeline Mariah Adonis, Mr. Johnny Gordon Adonis, Miss Sylvia Jordan Adonis and Miss Kayla Marie Adonis." He took a look at the girl with the chestnut brown hair again. He then smiled.

"Kayla Marie Adonis, huh? It suits you." Then, he heard Z calling out to him. He took one last look at the portrait and went to find Z.

He found her and Syd standing at a staircase that goes up to the third floor and it also leads down to the basement. The mechanical noises were coming from downstairs.

"Is this the only staircase?" Bridge asked.

"Yeah. It's the only one." Replied Z.

"Can we not go down there?" asked Syd, who seemed very frightened.

"We have to if we want the noise to stop." With that, Bridge went down the steps first towards the basement. Z followed suit. Syd was reluctant at first but she'd rather stick with her friends than to stay up there alone. The steps never seemed to stop. That was until Bridge saw dim bluish white light ahead of him.

Authors Note: End of the first chapter. Hope you liked it. Please Review it! Thank you!