Chapter Two: Special Rangers
"You wanted to see us, sir?"
"Have a seat." Ms. Fairweather was in the room too.
"We want to discuss your powers. You are the Special Rangers. Titanium and Gold. You two are more powerful than all the others. Now, I'm sure you figured out how to morph, Elizabeth."
"Does it even matter what we say? Because I said, 'awesome power.'"
"A Ranger must figure out what to say. It usually just comes to them. You can say that or 'gold power.'"
"Now, you two must train. Tell your fellow Rangers that I said for Ryan to train Elizabeth. You are stronger and I wanted her to know self-defense. I don't really care what you do, but train." We nodded. "Be sure to keep this a secret."
"Go change." I agreed and went to my room to pull on my black workout clothes that were conveniently placed there by the crew.
"Reporting for duty!"
"Are you always this sarcastic?"
"Pretty much." He chuckled and led me to the Rescuemobile. I don't know the official name, so I'm calling it that for now. The other Rangers were already in the car.
"Elizabeth? Where are you going?"
"The Captain wants me to train with you. I'm not as strong, but he doesn't want me to be defenseless. He asked Ryan to do it."
"Hop in." We trained for hours and then the Demons were back. I was told to stay in the car, but I followed them. I transformed and watched as Ryan fought the clone alone. Then they ran off and I helped him. It was about to kill us both, when the clone exploded.
"Carter?" he said into his morpher. "Carter, are you there? Dana?" We ran in their direction as there was no answer. I morphed back. When I saw my brother was alive, I ran to hug him.
"Elizabeth Brooke Grayson! I told you to stay in the car."
"And I don't take orders! Plus, you, the idiot, decided to be stupid and almost get killed."
Hours later, I was talking to Ryan in his room. I could see the tattoo hurt him during the fight. Carter walked in and confronted him about it. Then the Captain said he couldn't morph anymore. I instinctively grabbed his hand for support.
"Hey, Elizabeth, since I can't morph anymore, want to go train again?"
"Sure." We trained for a few more hours and then headed to bed. Tonight, I was the one that had a nightmare.
I looked around and saw Ryan, lying on the ground. He was in obvious pain. I could see the snake moving up his back, glowing as it went. It reached his shoulders and hopped out of his suit, biting him. Electric shocks ran through him. Then, it was gone and he was dead. I knew it instinctively and it hurt.
"Ellie! Are you okay?"
"I don't know." I whispered as he wrapped his arms around me. I buried my face in his chest.
"There's a reason I know what you are going through, Ryan and understand."
"What are you talking about?"
"Please, don't interrupt me. I was ten years old. My brother Carter and I were in a bedroom when it happened. There was a fire. I was trapped and confused and called out to my Mom. She asked for help and firefighter came. He only saw Carter. Then, a demon came. He saved me, but kept me prisoner, like you. I was gone for two weeks. My mom came and I escaped. She didn't. But, that night, in my dreams, I saw him again. The Cobra. He gave me a tattoo as well, on the big toe on my left foot. Every time I was happy, it would burn and travel up. Once it gets to my neck, I will die. I never saw Mom again. Dad died in the fire. Carter doesn't remember. He was with Grandma. He thinks Mom died in the fire too."
"Where is the tattoo now?" I pulled up my shirt and showed him the spot on my left hip. He sucked in air, making a sound similar to a gasp. He then sighed and we went to sleep.
The next day, Carter knocked on my door.
"Hey, El. Sorry I haven't been around much recently."
"Don't worry about it. I know how busy you've been with the demons. I've had Ryan to keep me company anyway."
"And how do you feel about Mr. Mitchell?"
"I don't know, little brother. I feel like we understand each other better than I understand most people. There's something similar, connecting us together." I knew exactly what it was, but I wasn't going to tell him.
"Says the girl who had all of my friends in love with her in high school."
"It's not my fault your nerdy friends thought I was cool!" Fighting with Carter wasn't anything new. We always used to fight. It was pretty fun. Just as I thought that, the cobra started burning. The burn was more painful than it had ever been and it was moving up my stomach and back rapidly. I gasped, holding my side.
"Get Ryan! Now!" I said with my teeth clenched together. I felt Ryan wrap his arms around me and gently pick me up.
"Ellie, can you hear me?" I could hear the concern in his voice and nodded.
"Carter, I can handle this. Get my sister. Meet us at the clinic." I felt my brother leave. "Now, Elizabeth Brooke Grayson, I would like you to know that I hate you. You are a terrible Ranger, not to mention ugly and stupid." I could feel the tears running down my face as the pain stopped.
"Thanks."
"I hate lying to you like that."
"It was necessary, Ry." Dana instructed me to rest until morning.
When I awoke, everybody was standing around me. I quickly filled them in, leaving out the horrifying details of my capture that I told Ryan yesterday.
"What I want to know is how Ryan got it to stop," Kelsey commented.
"I told him yesterday."
"I can't believe you never told me, Liza." That was the first time Carter spoke. Then, the alarm went off, leaving me alone with Ryan.
"Let's go?" I raised my eyebrows at him.
"They are going to need us. So, we are going to fight the Cobra." I grabbed his outstretched hand.
The fight wasn't long, but it almost killed Ryan. I hugged him once it was over.
"We did it!" We quickly morphed and Ryan called the Max-Solar Zord.
"It's me!"
"Ryan, the Cobra." Dana said.
"Is gone. We took care of it.
"Call on the Lightening Gold Zord," Ms. Fairweather's voice sounded in my helmet. I did and then there were more instructions.
"Ryan, activate the Lightening Solar Zord." He did as asked and our zords were combined. "Then, Carter, activate the Ultra Megazord." Our megazords combined and we defeated Diabolico. Then, Ry and I headed back alone. I quickly demorphed and went to ask him pretend questions about the fight.
"Come on! We are celebrating!" Carter came in.
"How was the fight?"
"You already asked Ryan."
"True. But I want to hear your side."
"It was good. I'm glad we finally defeated him." The Captain was making a toast when the alarm went off.
"Please tell me that's a drill." Kelsey said.
"We don't have drills." The Captain replied. We walked out to the spot and saw a shape in the sky.
"I thought she was destroyed." Ryan whispered.
"Who is it?" Dana asked.
"Queen Bansheera," Ryan and I said at the same time.
"She's worse than ten Diabolicos."
(AN: I know, it's really short. But it seemed a good place to stop. By the way, for Elizabeth either go to my polyvore account, it's the same username as this, or Google Alona Tal)
