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Chapter Four - Who's Who
The three heard a cry for help and ran out of Tommy's house alert and ready for action. It was Tarah that saw the orange streak of energy falling towards them. Acting on instincts she grabbed Logan and pulled him and herself to the ground. The orange beam flew above where their chest would have been, its light buzzing, and heat heard and felt by the two teens.
It was not alone as a young woman was running away with the shots being aimed towards her. Tommy ended up flipping, dodging, cartwheeling, with remarkable ease but whoever was firing decided to take it as a personal challenge and intensify the attacks. That's not to say that Tarah, Logan and now pigtails where ignored as they too where under fire and joined Tommy in evading the attack. The unknown woman who was exhausted was the first to fall then a light hit Tommy he too lit up in a brilliant orange form then aburptedly vanished. The firing cease as suddenly as it started.
Konicas now seeing their biggest threat removed allowed themselves to be seen by the two weary teens. If they could they would have smiled if any emotion was possible by them. They tighten their formation and moved in.
Looking around for a weapon Logan spotted an odd looking object where the strange girl once stood. It was the closest thing to a weapon he could find till he was told that his morpher was finally ready for use. Tarah was also told the same armed herself with a nearby thick stick. Lifting the device he examined it with quick glances never taking his eyes away from their enemy for too long. Pushing a button released a blast, knocking both himself and Tarah out.
The Konicas carefully approached them in case it was a trick then when no surprised was forthcoming, pat them down and took both Logan's pink amber and Tarah's black amber. The mission not yet down the troop of Konicas made their way into the Oliver's residence to secure the remaining mutated power ambers, before their leader arrives.
Elsewhere On Earth
When the orange color left Tommy's field of vision he saw a boy Tarah and Logan's age that was a splitting image of Justin if it wasn't the hair and eyes. This boy had greasy blond hair and dark green eyes. Tommy immediately recognized him and was scared not for himself but for his unknown companion that he feel he should know and for the boy who was in over his head. Behind the boy was a giant red curtain, in fact the whole room seemed to be filled by them.
"Well, well, well, if its not the guest of the hour Tommy Oliver, the man that stopped my father from moving on with his life." The boy spat.
"But no matter, now daddy has seen sense and we are better then ever. Right Dad?"
"That's right son." An older voice said and both Tommy and his young companion whipped around to find the voice to see Justin Stewart, eyes dancing with excitement and mirth.
"Just who are you and what is going on here?" The woman asked, tired of being ignored and this kid's attitude.
"I'm glad you asked, I'm Karl, son of justin the blue turbo ranger, that there is my dad." The now revealed Karl said.
"Sup?" said Justin.
Both Tommy and the woman raised an eyebrow at that.
"And instead of telling you what is going on how about I show you instead.
With a flourish Karl revealed what the curtain hid to his reluctant audience. Strapped on beds where former Rangers, Tommy was pleased to see the Astro Rangers, Minus Zane the Silver Astro, banged up and hastily tended somewhat. They weren't the only rangers that were there, Kim, Jason, T.J, Leo, Ryan and Wes. Each appeared to be asleep but what concerned Tommy more than the fact that they were captured with no one the wiser was that the veins in their bodies glowed with their ranger color. Mist like steam emitted from the web like veins and traveled up to and being absorbed into floating spheres.
"We will stop you." Tommy said with confidence.
"I don't know about that Tommy boy" Justin said with a giggle that strengthen Tommy conviction that the man before him wasn't Justin at all.
Grabbing the curtain next to him he pulled on it and revealed Tommy and Karl's family.
"JJ, Kat, Olivia, Justin" said Tommy as his eye registered each.
"Just what are you doing to the rangers?" the woman asked.
"There is a reason why the rangers say 'Once a ranger, always a ranger.' Deep within their bodies dormant or active is a pure energy that General Sanyo is siphoning to-" said fake Justin just to be cut off by Karl.
"While you won't be alive to stop General Sanyo, he and I would rather you die questioning what that energy will be put to use for." Karl said before surprising the old ranger was more.
The Oliver Residence
Two forces were once fighting within Logan, neither one gaining the upper hand. The power gained by his pink amber was stunted by immediately halting Gurta attack on his mind any further then it already had before the bonding. All that was shuttered when Tarah opened his eyes and felt odd. Everyone felt weird and off. Even breathing felt different.
"What in the world" he said, then halted. "One, two, three." Scared he looked for Logan and say what he feared he will see. There with struggling fluttering eyes laid Logan in her body. "Oh god no." He muttered. His body felt so heavy and stiff. Does it normally feel like this or is it a side affect of that device? His thoughts turned towards using it again to switch back before realizing that neither could afford to knock themselves out once again. Tommy was in danger and what happen to their attackers? No, we need to…
"Get up Logan" Tarah grumble still peeved with his attitude and causing their current predicament.
"Uh… What? Huh?