~!Chapter FOUR!~
Malcom waited in the cave, tied up again, for two days to see if his partner would come and bail him out but he never showed. Then the alert system sounded and Tommy told the two others that there was an attack. The two teenages went off to fight the bad guy attacking the city and Tommy went off to do some school stuff. Then his partner snuck in and attepted to untie him.
"Don't bother trying to untie them man." Malcom told him, "I think this girl was in the Army or something."
"Just shut up." his partner replied. Then someone handed him a switchblade.
"Need some help." Tamara stood behind them, watching with an amused look on his face.
"Hey Tam." Malcom smiled awkwardly, "I swear this isn't what it looks like."
The partner swung his arm but Tamara stopped him and kneed him in the stomach. The partner swung again but Tamara dodged and punched him in the face.
"Don't try to take her." Malcom said from the sidelines, "She's really tough."
"Shut up!" the partner replied while attacking Tamara. He kept missing whenever he tried to hit or kick her.
"Weren't you supposed to be helping Felix with the monster thing?" Malcom asked.
"He said he got it covered." Tamara replied. She finally got fed up and side kicked the partner in his face.
"Alright enough!" Malcom stood up and got between the two of them. The two fighting people looked at him curiously.
"I used the knife to cut the rope." he stated, "Now, why don't we all just stop fighting and finally start working together."
"I'm not working with someone who doesn't even have an effective security system." the partner replied.
"Ace, don't be a jerk." Malcom told him, "Both of you have valuable skills that you could contribute to the other."
"I'm willing to work with you." Tamara said. The two guys looked at her unbelieving.
"You two obviously work well together and are really good with all the technology stuff." Tamara told them, "If you're willing, then I'll work with you."
"Do I get a morpher?" Ace asked.
"We'll see."
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"Are you insane?" Felix asked his sister once they all assembled in the cave, "Both of these guys attacked you and you still trust them?"
"I trust one of them." Tamara shrugged, "Plus, they can both be valuable assets to us."
"Did they brainwash you to say that?" Felix asked.
"Felix, Malcom helped us twice if you don't remember." Tamara pointed out.
"And the other one?" Felix questioned, "What about him? What did he do except try to hit you?"
"Why don't you ever just trust my judgement?" Tamara pouted. The two continued to bicker until Tommy finally spoke up.
"Shut up!" he yelled, "I, for one, am on Tamara's side this time. They could help you on your mission."
"Assuming we agree to help." Ace added.
"Well isn't that why you're here?" Tommy asked.
"I have some conditions first." Ace told them, "One: Malcom and I get morphers. Two: Since we're going to be working as a team, I want to know that there's going to be some kind of trust between all of us. And three: I get to pick the last two teammates."
"Why do you think there's going to bbe more teammates?" Tamara asked.
"There are two more morphers, pink and yellow, that need to be distributed." Ace told them, "The more help we have the better chance we have of defeating Pernicious."
Everyone agreed to the deal except for Tamara who was still a bit war.
"Come on, sis." Felix said, "It was your idea."
"Fine." Tamara relented, "It's a deal."
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The next day at school, Ace and Malcom transfered to Reefside High so that Tommy could keep an eye on them too.
"We're getting a lot of new kids lately." Tamara's friend, Lucy, commented.
"Yeah, it's pretty cool I guess." Tamara replied.
"Those two are pretty cute." Lucy gestured towards Ace and Malcom who were sitting by themselves at a table waiting for school to start.
"I guess." Tamara replied.
"Will you help me talk to one of them?" Lucy asked.
"You don't need my help Lux." Tamara told her, "You'll be fine."
"Come on!" Lucy pleaded, "Please."
Tamara relented and pulled Lucy over to the two guys.
"Hey Tamara." Malcom waved while Ace just stared at them, "Who's your friend?"
"This is Lucy." Tamara introduced them, "Lucy, this is Malcom and the brooding loner is Ace."
Ace waved but said nothing.
"She's cute." Malcom whispered to Tamara.
"Why don't you tell her that." Tamara replied. Malcom what about to do that when he, Ace and Tamara got a text from Haley.
"You're cute. We gotta go bye." Malcom told Lucy and dragged Tamara and Ace away.
"That was really suave." Tamara laughed.
"If Haley hadn't texted then I would have had more time." Malcom replied. The trio met Felix at the cave and got on their motorcycles.
Once the got to the attack site, they were already morphed and ready to fight, but they couldn't see any monster.
"Haley, are you sure you sent us the right coordinates?" Felix asked into his phone, "There's nothing here."
"The scanners indicate a monster reading in your exact location." Haley replied.
"Then where is it?" Felix asked just as something appeared out of nowhere and attacked Tamara. The teenage girl took out her sword and defended herself. Felix tried to help her but every hit he threw just phased right through the monster. It seemed like only Tamara could fight him. Tamara swung her sword and it slashed across his stomach causing it to stumble backwards and disappear. Felix's morpher beeped.
"No sign of monster activity in the vacinity." came a voice from the morpher.
"It can do that?" Malcom asked in awe. Felix ignored him and helped Tamara up.
"You okay?" he asked her. Tamara nodded, powered down, and rode off.
"How come it only attacked her?" Ace wondered curiously.
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Pernicious called for his daughters.
"Yes?" the girls asked.
"Have you thought of a plan to get rid of the rangers?" Pernicious asked.
"Well, sort of." Vivacious replied, "We keep coming up with monsters but these new rangers keep destroying them."
"New rangers?" Parnicious repeated, "What new rangers?"
"These new nameless rangers they're everywhere." Malicious replied, "We even tried to get rid of one of them so that there'd be less to deal with."
"Why don't you try capturing one instead of destroying one." Pernicious suggested. The twins exchanged looks and rushed off to capture a ranger.
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Summer and Dillon were playing pool with Flynn when Doctor K burst out of her lab.
"I just spoke with my associate, Thomas Oliver, and he just told me that Felix and Tamara are with him right now." Doctor K told them.
"That's great! So they're safe?" Summer asked.
"Well, probably." Doctor K replied.
"What do you mean 'probably'?" Dillon asked her.
"They are safe, but they in the past." she told them.
"But can we talk to them?" Flynn asked.
"Yes." Doctor K replied, "By using the camera in my office we're able to communicate with-_"
"Okay thanks Doc." Flynn rushed into the genius's lab and to her monitor.
"Dad?" a voice asked curiously.
"Tamara?" Flynn looked into the monitor and saw his daughter.
"You're probably really mad at me for playing with Doctor K's things again right?" Tamara asked nervously.
"I'm just glad you're safe." Flynn replied, "Where's your brother?"
"He's out with all the others." Tamara replied, "Dad, were you working on Project Grandfather?"
"Is that why you're there Tam-Tam?" Flynn asked worried, "That's a dangerous operation, girl, you gotta come back."
"I can't." Tamara replied apologetic, "Tommy said we can't go back until we finish the mission."
"Just stay safe okay." Flynn said.
"Ofcourse, Pa." Tamara smiled, "I promise."
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"I promise." Tamara told her dad.
"You really shouldn't make promises you can't keep." a voice said from behind her.
"How long have you been there?" Tamara asked Ace, "I thought you were with Tommy looking for that monster thing."
"He's got two other helpers." Ace replied and sat down at one of the monitors.
"How did you open the box the first time?" Tamara asked him curiously. He smirked at her question.
"We used a skimmer type thing." Ace replied while still staring at the monitor.
"You can't use a skimmer on my crate." Tamara told him.
"Then I used magic." Ace rolled his eyes.
"Fine if you don't want to tell me how, then I'm leaving." Tamara told him. Then the scanner beeped alerting them of an attack.
"It's at the park." Ace got up. He and Tamara morphed and rushed out to the attack site. The duo expected the disappearing monster but instead found a monster holding a large cookie jar and sucking up little kids into the jar.
"Hey! Let them go!" Tamara shouted at the monster then attacked it. Ace followed behind and they tag teamed against the monster. The monster got furious and knocked them both aside in one swing. It pointed it's jar at Tamara and sucked her up.
"I got what I wanted." the monster sneered and disappeared before Ace could do anything.
"Oh no." Ace groaned and powered down, "What am I gonna tell the others?"
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"What do you mean 'taken'?" Felix shouted at Ace once he told the others what happened.
"He just sucked her up in that giant jar of his." Ace replied calmly, "There wasn't anything I could do."
"I don't believe this." Felix groaned and put his face in his hands.
"I'm sorry." Ace apologized. Then the monitor lit up and displayed two weird looking girls and the cookie monster.
"Hi!" one girl waved, "I'm Vivacious and this is my sister, Malicious."
"Don't tell them our names you ditz." Malicious scowled then turned back to the camera, "We have your little ranger friend and if you want her back then you'll have to hand over all your morphers and quit ruining our plans."
"Yeah, like we'd actually listen to a couple of ditzy prom queens." Malcom scoffed.
"Then listen to me." a man stepped into view.
"It's Pernicious." Felix pointed out.
"The jar that your friend was sucked into has a very limitted supply of oxygen. I'd say about two hours worth." Pernicious informed them.
"I'd say less." Malicious commented from behind.
"Exactly, so do as we say or the little girl suffocates to death." Pernicious sneered, "We'll be waiting at the park for two hours starting right now."
Then the camera shut off and the screen reverted back to the same display of the map. Felix couldn't believe what he just heard.
"They've got to be bluffing right?" Malcom asked.
"I don't think so." Ace replied while taking out his morpher and attempting to leave, but Tommy stopped him.
"No one is giving up to these freaks." the adult told them, "Tamara wouldn't want that."
"She also wouldn't want to suffocate to death." Felix retorted.
"We have less than two hours to think of a plan." Tommy informed them, "So I suggest you get started."
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Tamara woke up surrounded by little kids staring at her, her morpher missing. One kid stepped forward and looked at her curiously.
"Are you that girl who was hanging upside down on the playground?" the kid asked her.
"Where am I?" Tamara groaned.
"In the cookie jar." the kid replied.
"How do we get out?" Tamara asked getting up off the floor.
"You're the old one!" the kid exclaimed, "You're supposed to tell us what to do!"
"Okay," Tamara looked uneasy, "Look around for any openings or cracks or anything."
"There's a hole at the top." the kid pointed up.
"Other than that one." Tamara started to look around. All the kids in the jar started searching around and eventually a kid found a crack in the wall, big enough so that someone could see outside of it.
"What do you see?" the kids all asked.
"I think I have an idea." Tamara told them, "We're on some shelf or something, so if we all push on this side, we can knock the jar off and break it."
"What if we get hurt?" a kid asked.
"Do you want to get out of here?" the kid nodded, "Then listen to what I say."
They all went to the other side of the jar then ran towards the crack and it knocked off the shelf easily but didn't break. The crack, however, got bigger.
"Can you guys get through?" Tamara asked. All the kids squeezed through the crack but then scattered when they heard loud thundering footsteps. The jar was lifted up and the crack was sealed.
'This is it.' Tamara thought, 'There's no way out.'
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Sorry if this chapter was really crappy. I got writer's block. I won't be uploading as much as I have been because school has restarted but I'll still be uploading don't worry. Keep reading! Thanks x)
~LazyChryz~