Chapter 6: The Nightmare Continues
Tim cried out in pain as a blast hit him in the chest. Falling to the ground, he looked onward in horror as Alisha and Samuel walked towards him.
"Pity Black Ranger," said Samuel as he swung his weapons around in a circle. "I thought that you would have at least put up a bit of a fight."
"Don't touch him!" screamed Denise as she fired off a Thunderbolt at the now crimson and black Rangers.
Bringing up a Protect Samuel glared at the yellow ranger, deciding that he need to take care of her before she could pose a threat. He punched her in the face then slammed the base of his prongs into her stomach. Letting out a small gasp of pain Denise returned the favour by punching Samuel in the chest before kicking his legs out from underneath him. As he fell, Samuel grabbed Denise's leg and pulled her to the ground with him.
"Time to say goodnight," chuckled Samuel as he pinned the yellow ranger to the ground, managing to keep one arm free, one of his prongs in that particular hand.
"No!" screamed Denise, managing to push her head up and slam it into Samuel chest.
With the movement surprising the Crimson Ranger, Denise was able to roll her way out from underneath him. Immediately reacting, Samuel grabbed onto her leg and threw her in the dark mist's direction. Screaming as she went, Denise was about to hit the mist when both she and Tim disappeared in flashes of coloured light.
"Damn it!" shouted Samuel as the two rangers disappeared.
The Abyss
"Rangers are you alright?" asked Thresh as the rangers reappeared.
"A little beat up," answered Denise, "But we lost Alisha and Samuel and that Dream Master got away."
"It's all my fault," muttered Tim, falling to the floor.
"Drake you deal with Tim," ordered Thresh, "Denise and I will try and figure out what we can do to bring the rangers back."
Drake nodded his head, and then walked over to the black ranger. Turning his attention back to the yellow ranger, Thresh motioned for her to follow him. He walked up to a seemingly blank bench and pressed his hand down. The bench compressed down before folding away to reveal a large computer screen.
"This is the Monstecorder," said Thresh, "And before you say anything, yes I do know that it has a lame name. Inside here are all the records of the monsters that Spector used in the past. Spector used the Dream Master against the original group of rangers, but when he extracted the nightmare, it was nothing more than an unusually strong monster. But Tim's nightmare is something completely different, I never would have expected something like this."
"What can we do?" pleaded Denise, "We have to get Alisha and Samuel back, and I can't destroy them, I just can't"
The horned man looked at Denise before saying something, "Denise, I'm afraid that if we are unable to bring the rangers back then we will no choice but to destroy them."
"No, we can't!" yelled Denise. "I know that we can bring them back, I just know we can."
Thresh sighed and put his hand on the yellow ranger's shoulder, "I'll do my best, promise."
Suddenly Denise burst into tears, at least she sounded like she was, and it really was quite difficult to tell with her helmet still on her head. Thresh let out another sigh before walking over to Drake.
Centre of the Earth
The two evil rangers materialised in flashes of black and crimson light. They were met by the five inhabitants of the evil hideout.
"Welcome!" said Spector, "Finally we have some rangers on our team!"
"We aren't on your 'team'," snapped Alisha, "But we decided that we would like to help you convert the other rangers into evildom."
"Why that would be mighty helpful," said Spector, "Wouldn't it be Ophelia?"
The bug headed woman smiled at the question, but not because it sounded like a good plan.
"What is he on about?" whispered Mulch, "I thought we were going to destroy the rangers."
Xynexia slammed her elbow into his rib, "You idiot, he is merely pretending to go along with the rangers."
"Oh, I see," whispered Mulch.
Hoping that the rangers didn't hear that idiot Mulch, Spector lead them into the main room of the hideout, intent on discussing ways to destroy the rangers. As they walked into the room, Ophelia noticed that the Dream Master had disappeared.
Pummelo Island
Wes slumped against the wall; he couldn't believe that two of the rangers had turned evil. It just did not seem like it could be possible. His belief could have been different if he had known about what happened in Hoenn, but he had not been into the news back then.
"It's just not possible," he muttered.
Suddenly he heard something crash in the distance. Quickly running over to the source of the noise, Wes was surprised to see the Dream Master with his leg somehow stuck in a garbage can.
"You!" cried out Wes, "You are the one who turned the rangers evil."
The Dream Master turned to the blonde boy and smiled, "And what are you going to do about-"
He was cut off when Wes picked up a garbage can lid and slammed it into his face. The Hypno monster staggered backwards, and Wes continued his assault by punching the monster in the stomach. The Dream Master grabbed a hold of Wes' arm and threw him into the alley wall.
"That is quite enough," he said as he splayed his hand at Wes.
The blonde boy cried out in pain, clasping his head in both hands. The Dream Master smiled as he walked over to the boy and put his hand on Wes' ear. Just as he was starting to extract a nightmare, something hit him the back.
"Don't you dare!" came the voice of the black ranger. "Dark Pulse!"
"Thunderbolt!" came the voice of the yellow ranger.
The two attacks connected with the Dream Master and sent him flying away.
"Are you alright?" asked Tim as he helped Wes off the ground.
"I'm fine," replied Wes before he hesitated for a bit. "Wait a minute, you sound familiar."
"No I don't," said Tim. "Pretty sure that I have never met you."
Wes was about to say something when a purple orb slammed into his back, rendering him unconscious. Tim held onto the boy before teleporting away, leaving Denise to fight the Dream Master.
"Bring it!" she said as she jumped at the monster.
Centre of the Earth
"So big stuff, want to get together tonight and do something," said Xynexia to Samuel.
The crimson ranger looked at her, his expression difficult to read thanks to his helmet, before answering. "No thanks, I'm not into the ladies."
"What?" asked Xynexia in disbelief before Spector came into the room.
"Rangers, the Dream Master is fighting the yellow ranger," said the ghost man.
Samuel and Alisha looked at each other before teleporting away.
Pummelo Island
Denise shot another thunderbolt at the Dream Master, the attacks stopping the monster from attacking her mind.
"Why hello there," said a gravelly voice.
"Oh no," muttered Denise as she turned around.
Behind her were the two evil rangers, and the mist from before was seething through their suits. Denise held up her hands and sent a thunderbolt at the two rangers, who merely jumped out of the way of the attack.
"Silly girl," said Samuel, "You should know better."
He started twirling his forks and fired a Hyper Beam at the yellow ranger. Denise screamed in pain as the attack connected with her, followed up by Alisha firing off a Hydro Pump. Falling to the ground, Denise gasped heavily as she watched the black mist drift towards her.
"No!" she shouted as black obscured her vision.
The Abyss
"Denise!" called out Tim as he watched through Thresh's viewing globe. "Why didn't you teleport her away?"
"I don't know why," replied Thresh, "Something was blocking it."
"How am I meant to beat them now, I'm only one ranger," said Tim as he fell to the ground in a similar way he had before.
"Well there is one thing that we can do," piped up Drake.
"Drake I don't know if that is quite a smart idea," said Thresh.
"What can you do?" asked Tim, picking himself up off the floor.
"Before we do anything you must know that it will involve that friend of yours," said Thresh, "Do you know if he would be willing to comply?"
Tim looked over at the unconscious form of his friend before nodding, "I'm sure he would."
Suddenly, as if he knew that he was being talked about, Wes opened his eyes. "I'll do it."
To Be Continued
AN: The second part of the arc, things are starting to get troublesome for the rangers.
Find out what happens next time and remember to R & R
