I couldn't help myself so I decided to go ahead and write the second chapter! Please R&R!
Hell Is Back
Chapter 2 Background Information /
"Rocky as in Rocky one of the first power rangers?" Ethan asked enthused. By this time, the five had returned back inside Tommy's house, seated around the kitchen table.
"Well, not exactly. He was one of the first Ninjetti rangers." Tommy told him. Jason had just given Rocky his powers, making him a member of the original team.
Ethan gave a slight 'oh' sound, deciding to reread all his research. Kira was staring at him with curiosity.
"What was that thing you were in?" Kira asked, looking out the window at the police and fire trucks that began to clean up the area.
Rocky too turned, seeing the devastation. "It's called a Portal Open Device, or just, POD. I wish I could say it was my horrible driving that caused all that." He frowned. Tommy noted that there seemed to be a crease on his forehead from frowning too often.
"What's going on Rock?" Tommy asked, calling him the same name he used back when they were rangers.
"Well, it happened so fast. You know that myself, Adam, and Jason are still very close, right?" Tommy nodded, wanting to hear what had gone on. "We were sparring outside of the dojo we work at when, there was a blast of…something." He trailed off into the memory.
"Rocky, you're starting to get a little slower you know." Jason smirked as he quickly ducked from a kick from Adam.
"You're getting a big head about all of it." Rocky said back as he too blocked a hit from Adam, trying to kick his friend but getting blocked as well.
"There's nothing wrong with that." Jason said, swinging his leg below them. Adam jumped but Rocky hadn't realized what was going on, landing on his back.
The three laughed, Jason giving his hand to offer Rocky help. They had just finished a training session with their students and decided to release some more of the adrenaline that was going through the three.
"Let's get some water." Adam decided as he walked near the entrance. Rocky followed as Jason remained, stretching.
"I'll be right in." Jason said. Rocky nodded. It wasn't weird that Jason would want to stretch before going back inside to relax.
Adam and Rocky made their way towards their smaller kitchen in the back to grab some water bottles. Rocky had just pressed the bottle to his lips when a loud eruption pierced through their ears.
"Jason!" They both said in unison as they dropped their waters, running outside. What they saw outside shocked them.
A giant, ship like structure was hovering above the dojo. Jason was fighting several identical creatures, they reminding them of the putties. They just looked a lot stronger than those.
Adam and Rocky instantly went to help their friend, kicking, swinging, punching, anything that got into their way. They were all holding their own fine. Sure, they weren't used to fights like this but it came naturally to them from past experiences.
"Who are these guys?" Rocky asked, as the three were back to back, sizing up their foes.
"I don't know but this isn't a good thing." A cackling laughter from above them caught them by surprise, turning their blood cold.
"It's been a long time, rangers." The voice snarled. In an instant, the three were on their feet to laying on the floor.
The man behind the voice had caused a beam to bring them onto the ship, instantly causing a brief confusion, giving the minions enough time to sedate the rangers.
They had shackles on their hands, unable to fight for the moment. Rocky noticed that not to far away from them were PODs. Maybe, they'd be able to set a diversion and get away.
"Well, well, well, look what we have here." The man said, stepping out of the shadows. He looked the same as he did years before only there was the obvious older wisdom in his voice. Tired. Angry. It was all there.
"Zedd. We thought you were destroyed years ago." Jason spat, trying to move to fight him but was restrained.
"That's what you thought indeed. It appears you were wrong." A shrilling laughter caught their attention, annoyance played on not only the rangers but Zedd to.
"Rita." Adam whispered. She went over to Zedd's side. She too hadn't changed much but her once pitch black hair seemed to have faded to a dark grayish color.
"It's good you remember us, Jason, Rocky, and Adam." There was a hint of deep hatred on Rita's tongue at the mention of each of the names.
"What do you want?" Jason asked taking the leader position of the three.
"We want you to join us." Zedd said simply. Jason laughed, catching both Adam and Rocky by surprise.
"We'd rather die before we help you." Rocky said defiantly.
"Oh young ranger, we have ways to convince you otherwise. Go get her." Rocky, and the other two froze, wondering what he was talking about. Did they have one of their friends?
No. No hostage scenarios. It was worse. Rocky wasn't there so he hadn't known why Jason had a fearful look in his eye or why Adam kept glancing over at him again.
Divatox came into the chamber followed closely behind Rita. "Yes master." She said.
"Open the crater in section 3432f to get them ready." Divatox looked at the rangers, a smile passing on her lips at Jason. "Welcome back." With that, she left the room.
With a nod of his head, the goons holding onto the three friends moved them to what they could only assume as section 34whatever it was. Jason grimaced at the sight before them.
It was a circular room with nothing in it. The only thing to spark interest was the covered hole in the middle of the room. Divatox moved to the side of the room, taking her necklace off. The key that she had was pushed into the hole in the wall, causing the lid on the centered hole to move, revealing the inside of it.
Rocky then realized what it was. During the fight with Divatox, Rocky had been in the hospital, unable to help his friends out. Jason and Kim had been kidnapped and turned evil because of this lava. The monster who once lived in it, Maligore, had been destroyed thanks to the power rangers but his evil within the lava remained.
Anyone evil put into it would die but anyone who had a good soul would be turned evil.
"Jason, you remember this right"? Divatox laughed, lifting her hands up. The men looked up above the pit, their stomachs turning, wanting them to get sick, especially Jason.
Above the pit were two boys. One was obviously taller than the other, muscular, and blonde. The other was somewhat shorts, toned with dark hair. The taller one wore crimson clothes while the other wore navy. They were binded by their wrists, unable to get free.
The blonde one looked like he was in worse pain than the other. A closer look would show that he had been stabbed in the shoulder and that the pain of his weight on it was agonizing.
"Hunter, what are we going to do?" The one wearing navy asked frantically, looking down at their impending doom.
"I…" The one named Hunter, seemed at a loss of words. "Whatever happens Blake, I love you bro."
"I love you too."
"STOP! Please, let them go!" Jason practically growled. The two boys suspended in the air looked over at the three, feeling bad for them as well as their selves, wondering if they were rangers.
"I'm afraid we can't do that, they're too strong to waste." Zedd said, Rocky hadn't even realized he joined them.
It seemed like minutes passed before the boys were no longer able to be seen. Jason, Adam, and Rocky all had struggled against their captors but to no avail. It was too late.
The lava shot up fiercely before settling again. There was a few crackling sounds before another bright light flashed with the risen lava. In an instant, the two boys were standing side by side.
They looked untouched but from what Jason and the other's had told Rocky, they weren't the same. He could see it now. The scared pairs of eyes he had seen moments before were clouded over with the color crimson. The one wearing crimson seemed like his burned even more if that was possible.
"No." Jason said sadly. The boys broke the chain cuffs holding their wrists, standing off the platform near the edge of the hole, coming closer to Zedd. They bowed at the same time onto one knee. "Master."
A blast from another room, sent most of the goons away along with Zedd and Rita.
The two now evil boys remained, eying the three suspiciously. "Maybe we should just do it ourselves." The blond snickered.
"No, we have to wait for the command." The shorter one responded. It looked like there was a glare formed on the blonde's façade but the shorter one ignored it.
"This is our only chance. We've got to get to one of those PODs." Rocky whispered to the others. They nodded and began fighting. It was hard to do with their hands binded in front of them but they could deal with it.
They got rid of the putty look-a-likes easily but the two boys stood in the way of the door. The smaller one went for Adam while the taller attacked both Rocky and Jason.
Rocky was kicked out of the way while Jason continued to fight. The two were a lot stronger, especially with the evil surging through them.
"Rocky, get out of here! This is your chance!" Adam yelled as he was kicked viciously in the gut, doubling over instantly.
"No...I can't.." Rocky was cut off.
"Rocky go! Before you get thrown in. You can get help! We'll be okay!" With that said and one more last look, Rocky took off back down the ship. It wasn't hard to find the PODs.
He had to fight off several goons before getting to one. He hit the button for the POD to begin and let the humming begin. He was able to find a laser to get the bindings off his wrists, rubbing them lightly.
"And then, I guess one of them were able to get a shot on the POD, hence the crash." Rocky finished, his head spinning from the painful memory.
"So Divatox, Rita, and Zedd are all back?" Tommy asked in surprise. He wasn't too surprise about Divatox but was almost certain that the other two had been destroyed for quite some time.
"Yeah. Maligore is no longer but that pit, it's on his ship." Rocky frowned.
"The two guys that you saw, what colors were they wearing?" Kira asked, suddenly tensed beyond normal.
"Blue and Red but they were closer to a Crimson and Navy. I wondered if maybe they were rangers but I haven't kept up in rangers in so long." Rocky frowned, seeing how scared they were.
"You don't think they're.." Ethan was cut off.
"Hunter and Blake. It had to be." Kira frowned, sadness enveloping the whole room. Tommy filled Rocky in on the brothers, who they were and the battle that brought them and the Wind Ninjas together.
"Do you think Tori and them know?" Kira asked suddenly. "Could they be captured or in danger?"
"Kira. Conner must have been captured." Ethan said sadly. It made sense then why he had acted the way he did. He had the crimson eyes. They all frowned, thinking that they should have seen it coming.
"We'll get him back Kira." Tommy said to the girl who looked very bothered by the news.
"I'll contact Sensei Watanabe and let him know of Hunter and Blake." Haley piped in, surprising them all.
"What's he want with two thunder ninjas, Conner, and former rangers?" Tommy asked, knowing they had no answer for that.
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"Why didn't you get him when you had the chance? This is your only warning. Bring him to me!"
"Yessir."
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Before Sensei had any information to give the Wind Ninjas, he telepathically told his students that it was no longer safe to be at the academy for now. There was an evil force coming and that if they were here they could risk being captured or worse.
The telepathic order had gotten to Dustin, Shane, Tori, and Cam and they anxiously awaited his presence to fill them in.
A familiar looking box was under Sensei's arm as he came back. He sat it on the table, taking a seat. The other's quickly followed suit.
"Sensei, what's going on?" Shane asked immediately.
"There is much to inform you on Shane." Sensei said, his facial expression grave.
"Sensei Omino's presence was weak when I got to him. He will be okay but I'm not sure where he and his remaining students have gone."
"Remaining students?" Cam cut in.
"It seems that there has once again been an attack; a devastating one. Some students were taken captive but not all of them got so lucky." This struck a nerve into the former rangers. Sure, they knew they were always saving the world, but, no one had ever died. The villains were evil but never to that extent.
After it sank in, Sensei continued. "Sensei Omino was doing well to defend himself but was in desperate need of help. Hunter and Blake came to his aid immediately." He paused, listening to the memory in his mind that Omino gave him. "There was a bad scuffle and someone had tried to kill Blake." Sensei was interrupted by an involuntary squeak from Tori. Dustin put his arm around her for support.
"Hunter took the hit instead. Hunter was stabbed through and through his left shoulder with a blade sticking in it. Blake went to his side, helping remove it. He held onto his brother. The next thing Sensei Omino saw was the two disappear by the faintest light of a beam. If he hadn't been paying as much attention, then he wouldn't have seen it."
Letting what had happened to their friends hit, Sensei closed his eyes, then opened them looking at the box. Tori had silently been crying while Dustin stared down at the table. Shane crossed his arms as Cam watched his father.
"What of the students?" Cam asked.
"Most of them were able to escape but a vast majority were taken, for what, I cannot be certain. There were at least fifteen that lost their lives."
A long silence filled the air for a long time. Tori had quit crying but the streaks remained on her face. Dustin's arm had tightened on her shoulders but not to cause any pain, it was more stress. Shane hadn't changed his position and Cam continued to look at his father.
"It is time for you three to reclaim your powers." At this, the three head's snapped up, looking at Sensei.
"What? I thought we could never use them again." Shane said, his voice almost causing them to jump since he had been silent.
"I'm afraid to tell you I had lied. You see, the power is so strong that it is better to let the one who has it believe it is gone. That way the power can never be used for evil." He could see the hurt in their eyes.
"We'd never turn evil Sensei." Dustin said though slightly regretted it, remembering being under the influence of an evil power disk.
"This I know Dustin, you all possess good hearts. As the Sensei Master it is my duty to protect the power. There will always be a new set of rangers but the power from the former rangers never died. It's still inside you." Sensei told them, placing his hand over his own heart.
"Cameron, your samurai pendant was in fact destroyed but your heart of the samurai is still there. You all must channel the energy back. It is not easy, but I assure you, it will come back." Sensei finished. They all looked quite confused but knew that it was something the had to do.
"I want you all to go meditate. You must connect with the powers you possess. Go to where you feel closest to that power. Be careful though. You must stay aware. I am not sure that it is safe to be out there." Sensei told them, a hint of worry on his face.
Tori, Dustin, and Shane left quickly knowing they needed to do this quickly. Cam stayed back, knowing that his home was the place he felt closest.
"Father, do you think Hunter and Blake were killed?" He asked worriedly.
"I do not think that is the case. Hunter and Blake are the same as all of you. The power is still inside of them. Whoever attacked them, might know that too."
"That's what I'm afraid of." He was relieved that the two were probably alive but worried what may have happened to them. He left to go into his room to begin his meditation.
Sensei Watanabe felt a presence calling for him. He listened to it hard, realizing he would need to contact this person. It worried him that they too may be in danger as well.
"Sensei, we think we've got a problem." Haley's voice said through the phone. Sensei was more into the mind and conversation that way but it was a lot harder for people who were no ninjas to do so, so, he called her.
"We do too."
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Well, there's that! I hope I can get this together pretty well. I'm trying to get most of the background out of the way.
Let me explain the rangers I'll be using;
Obvious NS will all be there.
DT is focused only on Kira, Ethan, Conner, and Tommy.
For MMPR, it is a little different. I know Rocky wasn't apart of the original team. Going with original, that would mean Zach and Trini would be apart of this story but I'm not using them either. I guess technically I'm using the Ninjetti Rangers plus Jason. Jason is apart of the story because well, I want him to be and he's one of the best rangers, especially being that he was the leader of the first set of rangers.
I hope that clears up any and all confusion! Thanks. Please R&R what you think!!
