Chapter 8

A New Power Stage

Bridge was facing the guardian, ready to fight. The hooded figure stood there, just looking at him. 'What should I do?' Bridge asked himself. 'It's either fight or run, and running is not an option.'

"Bridge Carson, you need not worry. I am not here to fight," the figure said. Bridge instantly felt his jaw drop.

"How do you know my name?" he asked after closing his mouth.

"I know everything about you, and I also know that you are the Green SPD Power Ranger." Needless to say, Bridge was shocked. He had just met the figure and it's already telling him his name and that he's a Power Ranger!

"How do you know all of this stuff? Who are you?" Bridge asked, relaxing his arms.

"My name is Eria, Guardian of the Amulet, and I can see into the souls of living creatures."

Bridge was surprised. "You can see into souls?" The figure nodded his head. Bridge then realized that it was almost the same thing that he could do, except it was auras instead of souls. But there was no time for comparing.

"Can you tell me about the amulet?" Bridge asked.

Eria lowered his head. "Sadly, I cannot. It is a mystery even to me, the guardian."

Bridge sighed. No luck there. Well, next question. "Why do you guard it?"

Eria's head went up. "I guard it because its kind of power in the wrong hands could destroy the world," he answered evenly. Bridge chewed over this piece of information before going on to his next question.

"I heard it focuses the power of the user. Is that true?"

Eria was contemplative for a moment before he answered, "Yes, it does." Bridge mentally did a small cheer. Yes, finally an answer to the way of his powers!

"Can I have it?" he asked.

The figure looked at him for a long time before saying, "Only if you pass the test."

Bridge was shocked. 'A test? What kind? I hope it's not math…' Bridge thought to himself. "What is the test?" he asked out loud.

Eria began to walk toward Bridge, who instantly started shaking once he noticed the dark figure walking toward him. Eventually, Eira stopped about a foot in front of him. "I need to scan your soul, and if you have what I want to see then you pass. But if you fail, you die where you stand," he said.

Bridge swallowed hard. He didn't like the dying part, but Yoko had risked his life to bring him here; it's only fair to take the test. "Do it!" Bridge said loudly.

Suddenly, Eria's hands went to grab Bridge's head. Bridge then felt a large amount of pain shoot through his body, which caused him to fall to his knees while screaming his head off. Eria didn't seem to notice; he was too busy searching through Bridge's soul.

After what fell like forever, Eria let Bridge go, and Bridge hit the ground, breathing hard. After a moment, his breathing went back to normal and he slowly got back to his feet to face Eria.

"Well, did I pass, or am I dead?" Bridge asked in a cold voice.

Eria sighed and said, "You passed. Take the amulet that you seek."

Bridge smiled, then ran to the altar. When he was a few feet away, he stopped and asked, "What will happen to you after I take it?"

Eria kept his back turned as he answered. "My duty as the guardian will be done, and I will be able to rest."

Bridge had one more question. "When I get the amulet, then what do I do with it?"

Eria turned to look at Bridge. "Place it in your morpher, and you will become one with power beyond your wildest dreams." Bridge nodded and reached for the amulet. As soon as his hand touched it, he felt a foreign power surge through his body.

As Bridge took the amulet from the table, he heard Eria's voice from behind him say, "Zord, I can finally rest at last." He then disappeared in a flash of light. Bridge turned around to see, but it was too late; he was gone.

"Rest in peace," Bridge said as he pulled his morpher out. "Well, here we go," Bridge said as he held both hands up. Then BAM! As soon as he put the morpher and amulet together, the morpher began glowing for a few seconds before it went back to normal. He looked at his morpher for a moment, then a thought came to mind.

"How do I get out of here?" Bridge asked out loud, but luckily the answer suddenly came to him. "SPD EMERGENCY!" he shouted, his voice echoing in the empty room. Then, green light shot out of the morpher and filled the vicinity.

Meanwhile...

The fight with Tarzan was not good. The Red Battlizer Ranger was lying on the floor next to Shadow Ranger, while the Blue, Pink, and Yellow SWAT Rangers were all lying on different spots on the ground. Unfortunately, Yoko was now fighting Tarzan with a broken sword, who then took his chance and grabbed Yoko by the throat. Yoko dropped his broken weapon just as Tarzan began laughing.

"Now I get to finish off your kind," he gloated, then threw Yoko into a tree. Yoko hit the tree front-first, then fell on to his back onto the ground. Tarzan walked over to him.

"Any last words, Ares scum?" he asked while standing over him.

Yoko had a smile on his face. "Yeah, your days are numbered," he said. Tarzan raised his fist to smash Yoko's head in, but at the last moment the ground began to shake. Tarzan began to frantically look around.

"What the hell is happening?" he asked. Yoko just laughed.

"Bridge got it..." Then green light soot out of the ground between the four pillars. The Rangers on the ground looked up as a figure came out from underneath.

"It can't be…" said the Blue Ranger. The light disappeared after the figure was all the way out of the ground, Tarzan now suspiciously looking at the new form.

"Who the hell are you?" he asked.

The Green Ranger took a step forward, now looking like cross between the Green Samurai and Green MMPR. "I am what evil fears. The protector of good. I am the Green Warrior Ranger." Green smoke shot out of the ground, which was then followed by an explosion. Tarzan roared with rage as he charged at the Green Warrior Ranger.

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Chapter eight is done, and chapter nine will be coming out soon.