DISCLAIMER: alright, we've been through this about seven time s already, do you think I own anything yet? But, for the sake of not getting sued, i do not own anything but the OCs and the plot.
A man stood in front of a computer, staring. This was impossible. How could a cybog rebuild himself AND his son? The cyborg in question's face appeared on the screen, making the man jump back in surprise. "Hello, Dr. Oliver." it said, its voice distorted from the rebuilding process. "Zeltrax.." Dr. Oliver hissed, noticing the gold colored copy in the back round. "And Goldenrod?" he said, a little on the shocked side. "I will destroy you this time, black ranger, along with anyone who gets in my way." With that, the screen went blank. Dr. Oliver fell heavily into his chair, massaging his temples. It was time to call in some old friends.
In the pristine city of Angel Grove, the place where it all began, the international dancing star Zack Taylor was at his old huant, the juice bar. Upon entry, he spied Ernie, who had bought the place back and had began the process of putting it the way it was. "Hey Ernie!" he yelled as walked in. Ernie looked up and grinned. "Hey, kid, you got a call waiting." he said as he handed him the phone. At first Zack thought it was his agent, but no one knew he was here. Shrugging he took the phone. "Hello?" he said suavely. "Zack? Cut the crap, I have a job for you." a voice said. "Tommy?"
While Zack was getting his phone call from Tommy, half way across the world, in Seoul, South Korea, Adam Park was busily training in yet another branch of martial arts, with the help of the international soccer star Carlos Santiago. The pair had been sparring all day, and were soaked to the skin with sweat. (A/N: I would like to remind all female readers to stop drooling at this point. Thank you.) They were interuptted by Adam's grandmother handing him a phone. "Hello?" he said a little breathlessly. "Adam? This is Tommy. I need you and Carlos to meet me in Reefside as soon as possible." Adam nodded and hung up. He looked at his long time friend and ranger successor, and said: "We're going to Reefside."
Tommy hung up the phone and leaned back in his chair. This was a five man mission, and he only had four, including him self. A sudden thought struck him. What about..no, he couldn't morph anymore, and besides, he had no idea how to reach him. For all he knew he could be dead by now. Oh well, what did he have to lose? He grabbed the phone again, and dialed Kira's number. If anyone would know where to find him, she would.
In a collge apartment, the phone rang, shattering the stillness and rousing the two occupants of the bed. A male hand shot out, and grabbed it off the cradle. "Hello?" he said in a bleary voice. "Trent?" a familiar voice said, a bit confused. Trent sat bolt upright. "D-dr. Oliver?" he asked shakily. "Is Kira there? And what are you doing at her apartment? Never mind, I don't want to know. Just Put Kira on." Tommy said with a sigh. He could guess what Trent was doing there, and that was something he did not want to imagine. Trent gently shook Kira awake, and wordlessly handed her the phone. "Kira, I know this is a sore subject for you, but I need to know where I can find..."
Whilst Tommy was gathering the team together, somewhere in a rundown district of an unknown city, there was the typical activities going on: trying to stay alive. A door slid open silently, and out stepped a figure clad in black, a ninja hood covering his head so only his eyes were visible. At his waist hung a sword of disputable origin, but every one knew better than to ask about it. He had just had that dream again, about where to finbd a piece of his past. With a sigh, he mounted a motorcycle, and rode off into the night.
Kira had just finished telling Dr. Oliver were to find that person, so he hung up. Once again, he leaned back in his chair, and began to type coordinates into a computer. The screen showed a swirling vortex, hovering over an active volcano somewhere in the pacific. He had hidden the gate to his world well. Only a fool who had nothing to lose would try to enter it. And by the readings, once you went in, you never came out. Tommy sighed, and began to type some more coordinates into the computer.
The person in black pulled to a stop in front of an old building, where the black market contacts resided. Upon entry, he was asked to surrender his sword, which he politely refused to do. With a shrug, the guards let him through. He stopped in front of a whizzened old man with dull grey hair, who walked with a limp due to the hip problems he had. He looked up to see his best(and only)customer. "Ah, Shadow! I was wondering when I would be seeing you again." he wheezed, a sign of his bad habit of smoking for a long period of time. "What is it this time, Utsugi?" the one called Shadow asked, an edge of irritation in his voice. "I have the information you wanted.." Utsugi began.
"Father, is it time yet?" Goldenrod asked his "father" Zeltrax. "Almost, my son." Zeltrax responded as the two put the finishing touches on a machine. Zeltrax entered it, and told Goldenrod to turn it on. His "son" complied, and the machine activated. As Zeltrax stepped out, so did multiple weaker copies of him. Zeltrax and Goldenrod only laughed as they all kneeled before them, swearing their alleigance.
Shadow looked at Utsugi with a look of mild interest. "I'll check it out, Utsugi. If I find out you lied to me..well, use your imagination.." he said menacingly. As he stepped out, Utsugi pulled out a radio and activated it. "He's on his way, Dr. Oliver." Utsugi said he transformed into none other than Ethan James. Now all he had to do was get the hell out of here before Shadow got back.
As Shadow rode through the never ending night, he began to snese a familiar power up ahead. Looking up behind him, he noted the moon couldn't be seen tonight. That was a plus. His train of thought was interupted by a flash of yellow light up ahead. That was it. He stopped where he had seen the light, and began to dig. What he found made him groan. It was a black and yellow stone, with carvings of lightning and swords on its smooth surface. "Not again.." he whispered as he felt the powers within it flow into him. It was the Dreagon Crystal, a more powerful version of his previous two stones. "I see you found my present." a voice said. Shadow whipped around to see Dr. Oliver standing there. "I thought I told you never to come here again!" Shadow hissed as he drew his sword. Tommy rolled his eyes, and dodged the sword blow, only to get the wind knocked out of him by a left cross. "You fall for that every time." Shadow scoffed. Tommy climbed to his feet. "You still haven't answered my question yet." he stated. Shadow looked at him. "Whatever the hell you want, forget it. I got problems enough of my own. Don't belive me? I'll show you." he sneered as he flung Tommy onto the bike and roared back to the town. As he stowed his bike, Tommy looked around. It reminded him of one of the villages from the anime s-CRY-ed.
"You see? The only way for us to survive here is to steal from the next village over where every one is so rich they wouldn't notice if we jacked their entire food pantry. And sometimes that's what we have to do." Shadow said as he stood next to Tommy. "Shadow? Who's your friend?" a small voice asked. He looked down to see a small boy, dressed in rags. He knelt by the boy, and looked at DR. Olive. "This is my old science teacher, Ryuka." he said as he handed the boy something. "Go get that medicine for your mom." he said as he straightened back up. "You've changed." Tommy remarked. "Yeah, well, livin in this place for awhile does that to ya." he replied as he opened the door to a small house. "Are you comin in or what?" he asked. Tommy stepped inside, and noticed how the place was clean as a whistle. "So..." he began as the pair sat down at the Japanese style table. "The answer is still no. Although I;m glad you gave me the crstal, I want nothing to do with whatever mission you're planning. If this is anything like that 'Forever Red' mission you planned, you can definately forget it." Shadow said as he pulled his mask off, letting his flaming red hair fall, only to stand back up, defying gravity as usual. "Dave, look.." Tommy began, only to be cut off. "Dave is dead. I am Shadow now." he said as he opened a small portal. "You can leave now. I will think about your offer though." he said as Tommy walked into it.
Tommy stared at his surroundings. He was right outside the cyber space. Walking inside, he was greeted by a massive bear hug from Zack. "Where you been, bro?" he said while giving Tommy the noogie from hell. Afetr breaking free, he looked at the three of them. "Trying to get the fifth man for the team. He refused." Tommy explained. Adam looked at him a bit quizcally. "Look, it's like this: while you were gone, I was in charge of the dino thunder team, and there was a second team called the dragon rnagers. I tried to get their black ranger to help us, but he's got his own problems to deal with." Tommy explained. Carlos rolled his eyes at this one. "Yeah, like we didn't. If it wasn't for the chance to be a ranger again, I wouldn't be here." he said as he leaned back on his chair. "Alright, I'll explain the mission once we get to my base of operations, alright?" Tommy said as he expertly tapped his foot to Carlos's chair, making him fall backwards with a crash.
At Zeltrax's lab, he sat monitering the four black rangers, and the one who had refused to take part in this mission. The renegade Shadow. Yes, he knew of him, and his past involvement with the rangers. Back then he had always been the first to jump into a fight, and now he was running from one? Thta was good for him. One less ranger he had to destroy with his new army of clones. Soon, his plan to resurrect his master would begin, and there was nary a thing that could be done to stop it.
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