Author's Notes: Alright! Here is the third chapter of my story. Thanks to everyone who reeiwed this story. It makes me feel awesome!
Warnings: Drama, Violence, Language, Slash, AU
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Power Rangers and have written this story for fun
Summary: Some people were born different. While some lived normal lives and never embraced their secret, others accepted it and lived double-lives. What happens when the animal is set free and the ones you care about just don't understand?
As the Rangers arrived on the scene, they could see the destruction the Nighlock caused in such a small amount of time. Clearly, this Nighlock was tough and meant business. However, he seemed oblivious to the Rangers' presence and continued on with his destruction.
"Hey! Nighlock!" Mike shouted, gaining his attention.
"Finally! I was wondering when you Rangers would show up!" The Nighlock said, his voice deep and gravelly. He was clearly overjoyed to see the group, possibly because he thought he had a plan to beat them.
"Your destruction ends here, Nighlock!" Jayden said authoritatively as he and the other Rangers pulled out their morphers and readied for battle. "Red Ranger, ready." Jayden said, placing his Spin Sword on his shoulder.
"Blue Ranger, ready." Kevin said next, turning his spin Sword into his Hydro Bow and placing it at the ready.
"Pink Ranger, ready." Mia said after, her Sky Fan placed behind her back.
"Green Ranger, ready." Mike said cockily, his Forest Spear pointed straight at the Nighlock.
"Yellow Ranger, ready." Emily shouted, her Earth Slicer held across her chest as if waiting to be thrown.
"Gold Ranger, ready." Antonio said lastly, holding the Light Zord and the sword that came with it.
"Enough of this! Moogers!" The Nighlock shouted as a swarm of Moogers appeared seemingly out of nowhere. "Get those Rangers!" He commanded as the Mooger army charged forward.
The Rangers charged forward, meeting the Moogers in the middle. Weapons clashed against each other as both Mooger and Ranger were knocked to the ground. Although the Rangers gained the upper hand, the Mooger army seemed never-ending. Wave after wave of Moogers appeared, and the Rangers quickly found themselves outmatched and outnumbered.
"They just keep coming!" Emily grunted out as she managed to bring down a couple Moogers before more came and took their place. "There's no end to them!" She grunted again as a Mooger knocked her to the ground. She managed to kick him in the stomach before jumping up and slicing him down.
The Nighlock was growing bored, and decided to put an end to this fighting. He brought his hands together and clapped them together hard, which resulted in a supersonic sound wave to erupt forward and slam right into the Mooger and Ranger battle. All parties fell to the ground, gripping their heads as the sounds reverberated in their ears. The Rangers recovered quickly, however, and staggered to their feet.
"Ha ha ha! With my supersonic sound waves, you Rangers won't be able to get close to me! I'll just knock you back down!" The Nighlock said, clearly over-confident in his ability to be able to defeat the Rangers.
"We'll just see about that!" Antonio chided as he charged forward with the Light Zord, utilizing his Symbol Power to make him lightning fast. He managed to hit the Nighlock a couple of times before being blasted back with a sonic wave when he came in front of the Nighlock's hands. The force caused Antonio to de-morph and slam against the ground. The sound echoed in his head, which wasn't a good thing.
The other Rangers charged forward, each taking slashes at the Nighlock with their Spin Swords, but Antonio barely noticed them. His vision was blurring and muffled shouts were echoing in his ears. His breathing became more labored as his eyes continuously flashed liquid gold before returning to dark brown. He was fighting to keep the wolf at bay. He wasn't close to losing his human instincts, in fact he was in good control of them, but the wolf wanted to be set loose to take down the threat that was harming his pack.
When the muffled groans of the Rangers reached his ears, tuning in especially on Jayden, Antonio snapped. He charged forward with an animalistic growl, becoming a black blur as he bit down on one of the Nighlock's arms. He shook his head savagely, tossing the Nighlock around like he was a rag doll. He was hit by a supersinic sound wave, but it didn't seem to affect him too much this time. He charged forward again, biting down on the same arm and throwing the nigh lock to the side once more.
The Nighlock staggered to his feet and glared at the black wolf. "You're lucky I'm drying out, Rangers, or I would take you all down!" He said as he disappeared into a nearby Gap and headed back to the Netherworld.
Breathing hard, Antonio inhaled deeply, then exhaled as he shook his whole body to rid himself of the tension that had built up during the fight and transformation. It wasn't until he heard shocked gasps that he remembered who was here, and what they had just saw. Kevin, Mike, Mia and Emily had just witnessed the very same thing Antonio wanted to keep from them.
Slowly, Antonio turned and looked at the five Rangers with a piercing gaze. All but one showed mixed emotions of shock, disbelief, betrayal, anger, disgust and judgment. Nothing was said and no movements were made. Everything was at a standstill as minds raced and thoughts were contemplated. A deep sigh escaped Antonio as he reigned himself for what was to come.