CHAPTER 2

THE RESCUE

They arrived in the summer heat. Surrounded by sandstone rocks, the boys took in the scenery. A crystal clear blue sky, and the echoing sounds of a boy screaming for help. That's when their attention was drawn to theExtremely high drop off in the distance. A Man, dressed in gleeming black armor, was backing a teenage boy, about a year or two younger than the rangers themselves, to the edge of a cliff, his sword at ready.

"Morph?"

"Let's."

The two grabbed the morphers from behind their backs and raised the power coins to the sun.

"RED RANGER POWER"

"BLACK RANGER POWER"

The two teens were instantly transformed into their power suits. "Lets do it!" Adam said enthusiastically. Both of the rangers ran across the stoney area to the base of the cliff. They passed huge rocks and boulders, but finally made it to the top. All the way, Adam was admiring Rocky's figure.

"Get away from him!" Rocky yelled at the mysterious new foe. He pulled out his blade blaster and fired crimson laser blasts at the armored stranger. Everytime Rocky was so ...foreceful, it made Adam's heart jump. He loved when Rocky was a little forceful, in any situation, but always loving at the same time.

"CRIMSON THUNDER!" The armored stranger whipped his sword around, sending an energy blast spiralling at Rocky. It's full impact throws him back a few feet.

"You!" The warrior yells at the trembling teenager at the edge of the cliff. "Time to die."

"No!" Adam does an amazing leap over the enemy and rolls to his feet, standing between the boy's life and death. "Back off."

"I'v got him!" Rocky pulls out his power sword and gets ready to strike.

"ROCKY NO!" Adam is too late the evil being and Rocky have already locked themselves into a sword fight.

Between the strikes of blades and defensive tactics Rocky yells an order to Adam. "GET HIM OUTTA HERE!"

Adam grabs the boy by the shoulders and looks into his eyes. Those eyes...Adam thought. There's something about them, but what?"Are you okay?"

"Yes...I th-think so" He responds, looking into the lens of the Black Ranger's helmet, searching for a glint of the human inside.

"Let's get you out of here." Adam gently grabs him by the arm, and a glint of silver on his wrist catches his eye. It looked like a kind of morpher, or communicator.

"NOT SO FAST RANGERS!" The warrior yells. His sword blade glows and the sends a shock of power towards Adam and the seemingly harmless boy. The forge hits them and knocks them both over the edge. Rocky watches as his partner is catapaulted over the rocky cliff with the person they were supposed to save.

"ADAM!" The red ranger yells to them as they fall.

The air rushed at him as he saw the ground coming nearer and nearer. Adam knew he had to teleport them to safety.

"Grab my hand!" Adam reached out and grasped their hands together. He then pressed the button on his communicator and transformed both of them into irridescent black light, and they both were transported back to the command center.

Back on the cliff, the black evil slung Rocky to the ground. "My job here is done." With a burst of black smoke and deep blue lightning, he was gone.Rocky scrambled over to the edge and removed his helmet. He looked down to the hard ground below and saw nothing but sand and dust. Not a trace of Adam nor the mysterious boy were there. After moments of awefilled shock, his communicator rang out.

"Rocky?" Adams voice beaconed relief.

"Yeah Adam? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, You?"

"Yeah."

"Good, come to the command center, there's something up with this guy we just saved."

Rocky stood back up and held his helmet at his hip. With a gentle press on his power coin, he was transported to the command center, to meet someone he never thought he would meet.