A/N: since i already had this chapter written up i thought i post it now. I know the story is a little confusing right now but it will clear itselfup eventually!
"Yes, yes, okay thank you very much" Mr. Hartford said, as he hung up the phone. Dax and Ty looked at him expectantly.
"Well?" Dax prompted.
"The people at the shop said they haven't seen Tori in days, we can assume the worst I suppose" he replied.
"No answer from the Kira either" Ty reported.
"Yeah, and I can't get a hold of Xander or Adam" Dax stated sadly "And with no way to contact Bridge, we're sitting ducks here"
"Well there's still the three of us right" Ty said, pointing at the blue and pink ranger.
"Two, I want no part in whatever you guys are doing, I don't care" declared the pink ranger, still sitting patiently beside Mack's body.
"Okay, maybe this isn't going to work out after all"
Things had heated up in Briarwood as two former mystic rangers attempted to destroy the city. Fights had broken out everywhere between the people of town, not the mystical creatures that now shared the human dwelling, just the humans. Parts of the population had become as evil, if not more than the Master himself, while others remained normal. There were a few special cases where some did not seem to fall neatly into either category, sitting on the sidelines and watching the chaos unfold. Of the former ranger group that protected this town, two had succumbed to the evil power, two had fought it off and one simply went missing.
"Nick, Vida stop" shouted Chip Thorn, as he and his companion, Madison Rocca, raced down the destroyed street. "What the hell has gotten into you guys"
"You know, just having a little fun," Vida answered, laughing evilly as she once did while under Necrolai's control.
"What's the point of having all this power, if you can't have a little fun with it, am I right" Nick added, shooting off flames at the yellow and blue mystic rangers. Maddie immediately produced a shield of water, halting the attack. Nick and Vida morphed and charged the duo, forcing the lightning and water rangers to morph as well. Nick's sword clambered down on Chip's crossbow noisily, giving Chip a perfect shot at the red ranger point blank. The resulting shot blasted Nick a few feet away.
"Didn't know you had it in you Chip" Nick mocked, picking himself up off the floor. "That little taste of darkness felt good didn't it?"
"No" Chip answered without hesitation. "You two may have given up fighting your dark side, but I haven't" Chip charged back into the fray as the Rocca sisters clashed only a few feet away. The two magi staff clashed again and again, neither twin gaining the upper hand. Vida feinted a horizontal slash, instead brining the staff for an uppercut, catching the younger girl by surprise. Stumbling Maddie regained her equilibrium before the older twin attacked again.
"Get a grip Vida" Maddie yelled, trying to convince her sister. "You beat it once, you can do it again"
"Do you really believe there was ever a good me sis?" she asked, laughter in her voice. "Don't be so naïve" With a viscous kick to the abdomen, she kicked Maddie away, just as Nick sent Chip flying at Maddie, knocking both to the ground.
"There was never a good us," Nick said. "So just give up! Legendary Source, Mystic Force" summoning the power that was once lost to time, Nick transformed into his Legend Mode form.
"Say your prayers," teased Vida, as she followed Nick's lead.
"We can do everything you can, Legendary Source, Mystic Force!" chorused Chip and Madison, both changing their forms to match theirs.
"Code 1, Firestorm"
"Code 1, Tidal Wave" The two attacks clashed forming mist that clouded everyone's vision.
"Vida" ordered Nick. "Blow it away"
"Code 1, Whirlwind" The resulting blast of air cleared most of the smoke, but did not stop the oncoming attack.
"Code 1, Lightning Bolt" The blast knocked both the pink and red ranger down, allowing Chip and Maddie to escape uncontested.
"Run you cowards, the farther the better, because the next time we meet, you will die!" Nick shouted after their retreating forms.
"I've always wanted to do this" Trent said, the same evil from his earlier days seeping into his words.
"Try me, you don't have what it takes to beat me" Conner mocked. Kira looked on with an expression of hatred and evil, not good enough to stop the ensuing death match. Things had been relatively calm, a few minutes ago. They all felt it moments before it took effect. Conner seemed pretty passive, but the evil grins on Kira and Trent's faces could not be mistaken. Dr.O had not been in the building at that moment, but Ethan took that as a good sign. With three of the five former Dino rangers currently in a state of evil, there was no way a fight wouldn't have broken out. Trent was the first to initiate attack, because it seemed Conner wouldn't have. They grappled each other, but Conner had the advantage with his size. Yet when he had the perfect chance to kill Trent, he stopped and just shoved the former Drago ranger away. Kira went over to help the white ranger. Conner's expression didn't lose it's calm or cool. He had only shifted a foot towards them before Kira sent him flying with a Ptera scream. It took all of Ethan's will power to grab Hayley and flee the scene as the Rangers battled amongst themselves.
"What the hell was that?" Ethan asked as he and Hayley ran to his car.
"I don't know, but it's not good that's for sure" Hayley answered, as they buckled in and drove away.
"Where do we go now, we need help"
"We're heading to Blue Bay Harbour, Cam and others should be able to help us"
"Provided the same thing hasn't happened to them already."
"Don't say it, I was trying not to think it"
Maddie and Chip made it to Rootcore within record time. When they stumbled through the entrance to their magical base, they were met with more frenzy than they had seen on the streets.
"Udonna what's going on?" Chip asked, as the two mages walked towards their mentor.
"I know you felt that wave of evil magic as I did child," she explained. "We must leave immediately, Leanbow will be back shortly, and you and I both know he will not be the same"
"What can we do to help" Maddie asked.
"Clare is gathering provisions for us as we speak, I need you two to grab whatever necessities we can carry, do this with haste" Udonna ordered. Maddie and Chip nodded, as they spread out to grab the important stuff, a few potion ingredients there, some magical spell books here. As Maddie made her way to the Xenotome, she was blasted away.
"I told you to run, didn't I" came the mocking voice of her once boyfriend. "You can't hide forever Maddie" The fireball that came at her, was easily deflected with her water blast.
"You can't hurt me Nick" she replied.
"Physically or mentally? Because I'm pretty sure I can do both" he shouted, throwing one fireball after another at her. Maddie countered with streams of water, stopping the fireballs metres before they reached her. Suddenly a wall of ice sprung in between them.
"Madison, we must leave!" Udonna shouted, urging the avatar of water to retreat with the others. Maddie threw one longing glance back at Nick, before retreating. Unfortunately, Nick tore down the wall with ease. Chip, now transformed and in Legend mode, blocked the oncoming attack.
"Go, I'll cover your tracks" he said
"Chip don't" Maddie yelled back. "Vida will be here any minute"
"Go Maddie, I promised your sister I'd look out for you"
"No, please!"
"Don't worry, I'll be okay, I'll meet up with you guys! Just go!" Udonna dragged Maddie away as fire erupted around them, the blue mermaid didn't look back, afraid of what she might see.
"Don't die Chip"
It was near nightfall when Ethan and Hayley made it to NinjaOps. They parked the car in a hidden spot by the trees, hoping that it wouldn't be spotted, not that many cars drove past this remote area. They walked the familiar path up to the waterfall, which they knew was the secret entrance to the ninja rangers' base. They stepped through the waterfall in a flash of light, ending up in a dark staircase leading down to a dojo styled room. They had hoped to see the faces of the ninja rangers, all perfectly normal. They had expected to see at least one person still left in the base, but there was not a soul, not even Sensei Watanabe.
"You don't think?" Ethan said aloud.
"Don't say it" Hayley hissed. "Maybe they're at the school and not here"
"Yeah, and they just happened to have left all the lights on in this place" Ethan said sarcastically. "Who are you trying to kid Hayley" Hayley threw the younger teen a sharp look.
"That's enough out of you" Ethan just turned away, noticing the scrolls that seemed to have been displaced. He picked them up off the floor, hoping to occupy his mind by doing the menial task of returning it to its former position. As he finished laying the dusty scrolls on the shelf, Sensei Watanabe appeared in the room.
"Sensei" Ethan shouted in glee.
"Ethan, Hayley, what are you two doing here?" he asked. "I had tried to contact you earlier, but no one answered"
"I assume whatever happened to us, happened to you as well" Hayley mused, "thought I expected at least one person to be standing, Ethan made it through after all"
"All my rangers have fallen on the dark side before, to force the dark side out would be an easy feat" Kanoi explained, letting out a sigh. "Cam…did manage to fight most of the darkness, though not enough"
"What do you mean?"
"His light side and dark side are in equal power of him" This got Ethan thinking.
"Conner too then, I saw him hesitate to kill Trent, when could have clearly" Ethan said. "If there are more of us who aren't affected, along with the people who are neutral, we might have enough power to stop the others"
"I can start looking up former rangers, I'm sure some of them still have powers" Hayley said excitedly, dashing towards Cam's computer.
"Yes, we can use all the help we can get" Kanoi stated, "but I do not believe Cam will be helping, he said as much"
"He'll come around, but if he won't help, we'll do it ourselves" Ethan comforted. "I may not be a power ranger, but I still have power" Sensei gave the boy a gentle smile; reminded by the words his students had once spoken.
"You are correct, but we must first figure out who is behind this"
"Yeah then we'll kick his ass, like we did with Lothar and Mesagog and any other evil overlord that had ever wanted Earth" Hayley swivelled around in her chair, turning to face the duo.
"I've gotten contact with a few rangers, come, we must talk" Sensei and Ethan made their way to the console. A few screens projected on the monitor showed faces of Ethan's predecessors. Billy Cranston and Trini Kwan, the original blue and yellow rangers respectively. Adam Park, second-generation black ranger, and one of the few rangers to have his powers restored. The space rangers Ashley Hammond, Cassie Chan and Zhane of KO-35, three of the six rangers that stopped the total invasion of earth by Dark Spectre. Leo Corbett and Kendrix Morgan from a distant human colony in space called Terra Venture. Carter Grayson and Dana Mitchell, two of the six rangers enlisted under government rule. Wes Collins of the Silver Guardians and one of the two remaining Time Force rangers of this time. And last but not least, Cole Evans, Alyssa Enrile and Danny Delgado, of Wild Force, the immediate predecessors of the Ninja rangers.
"It's good to see you guys," Ethan said, earning him a small smile from the group.
"I'm sure whatever happened to us has happened to you guys as well then" Carter said with a grim voice.
"We must meet," said Billy with conviction.
"We may have strength in numbers, but there's nowhere we can go without our friends finding us" pointed out Alyssa.
"Has anyone gotten in contact with the newest team of rangers, Operation Overdrive" asked Adam "I worked with them, they can help us out"
"Besides the Mystic rangers and the Overdrive rangers, every team of rangers has been contacted, what you see is what you get," explained Hayley.
"Then we should meet with the Overdrive rangers," Adam suggested. "Their base is the only one that can handle all of us at once, and the least number of people know about it at the moment, besides any rangers they may have lost. I'll send the address" A ping from the monitor indicated an incoming message.
"It's settled then," said Zhane. Kanoi cleared his throat to gain the rangers' attentions.
"These people may have once been our friends, but we must treat them as we would any enemy, with caution. We will honour them by not dying by their hands, if that were to happen, then all of evil will have won. If they do not have the light to fight their dark, we will lend them our light. If they do not have the power to overcome this evil, we will lend them our power. Friends or enemies, this Earth is not theirs to take. Will you have the power to overthrow them when the time comes?" All the gathered rangers nodded their heads in unison.
"We will all do what must be done" convinced Leo "We are Rangers first, a Ranger's duty above all else"
"We'll see you all there" Trini said "May the Power protect you"
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