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Warning: Rated T for safety.


Title: Secrets and Lies

Summary: Aliyah thought that Rebecca and Tyler were the only family she had left until she landed in San Angeles six months ago. Now, after being approached by a man who claims to be her mother's brother, she's pulled into another life and death battle for Earth.


Cookie purred as she watched Spencer list the different times of fish and crustaceans that were in the fish food. The butler was standing in front of the large fish tank, as several goldfish swam round and round.

The cats golden eyes widened and her pink tongue licked her lips. She was hungry, and Spencer wasn't helping.

"Dry flakes of salmon, Halibut, Blue Cod, Krill, Crab, Clam, Herring, Squid and Shrimp. Well, well, Bon Appetite, little fishes." Spencer said, looking at the gold fish. He turned and spotted the cat, smiling as he put the fish food down he scooped her up and petted her head. "Hungry too, Miss Cookie?" he asked.

Cookie purred and rubbed herself against Spencer's cheek. She liked this human, he was kind to her. He prepared her several different food dishes every day, some days she'd have tuna, another day she'd have salmon. She wondered what he had for her today.

"Spencer?" Hartford called as he entered the room. He was watching his butler with an amused look on his face.

"Sir." Spencer said, abruptly.

"What are you doing?" Andrew asked. He reached out to pet Cookie, but she hissed at him, jumped down from Spencer's arms and padded away, her tail held high.

"My job, sir, as usual." Spencer answered. "Might I remind you, sir, that it was not so long ago, I was feeding Dukes and Earls."

"Yes, you remind me every day." Andrew nodded. "Have you seen the Rangers?"

"Indeed I have sir."

"And?"

"And what?"

"Spencer, where are the Rangers?"

"Oh," said Spencer, as if he had been completely oblivious to his boss' question. "I gave them a couple of hours off, sir. To do whatever it is young people do these days."

"Good." Andrew nodded. "A little 'R' and 'R' will build morale. But I have to confess, Spencer, I'm still worried about Mack. I'm afraid I always will."

"Indeed, sir." Spencer nodded in understanding.

The two men left the room and Mack, who had been lying on the couch listening, pushed himself up and sighed. "Oh, like I haven't proven myself already?" he asked, before grunting as a pair of gloves hit him in the side of the head.

"Dude, c'mon, get up," said Aliyah, walking into the room. She was oblivious to the look on her cousin's face, or about what he had just heard from his father. "The Urban climb starts in half an hour."

Mack rubbed the side of his head and threw the gloves back at Aliyah.

"Hey," the white Ranger frowned. "Didn't you hear me? Put the book down, and get up. We're going climbing."

"Not in the mood," said Mack.

"Dude, we had a deal!" said Aliyah. "I'd leave you alone until midday to do whatever it is you wanted to do, and then you'd come climbing with me."

"Well things have changed."

Aliyah narrowed her eyes. No one broke a deal with her. "Mack, whatever your problem is," she said. "You can figure it out while we climb. Rock-climbing will help you clear your mind."

"No."

"Fine." Aliyah seethed, grabbing the second set of gloves. "I'll find someone else to come with me."

She stormed out, leaving Mack alone to ponder his thoughts.

~*Secrets and Lies*~

Moltor laughed darkly as he looked up at the Megazord in front of him.

"This is my greatest achievement. With this powerful machine, I'll destroy the Rangers on my way to the Jewels."

The Lava Lizards that were working on the 30ft Megazord chattered and argued over blueprints, while others snarled as a cold blast blew through the cave and Flurious and Norg walked inside.

"Impressive." Flurious said, catching his brother's attention. "Quite impressive."

"Flurious!"

"It's a bit toasty in here. Would you mind turning on the A.C.?" Flurious asked.

"Certainly. Turn up the furnace." Moltor said to the Lava Lizard at his shoulder. The foot soldier nodded and rushed off.

"Thank you. I've been thinking," continued Flurious. "Now that Miratrix has unleashed Kamdor and possesses the parchment that will lead her to the Touru Diamond, the next Jewel, I think it's time we bury the hatchet. But not in each other's back."

"What for?" Moltor growled. "I have this menacing robot, and a giant Dragonizer, too."

"The Dragonizer, as well. I've got an idea. Why don't we share them?" Flurious suggested.

"Of course, brother," agreed Moltor. "Like we shared my little red sled when we were kids."

"Sleds? I love sleds!" Norg exclaimed, excitedly. "I love them..." he frowned as Flurious cast him a dark look. "OK. I'm gonna go play with some rocks now." He waddled off, leaving the two brothers alone.

With Norg gone, Flurious turned angrily back to his brother. "How many times do I have to tell you - I NEVER TOUCHED YOUR SLED!"

~*Secrets and Lies*~

Flurious and Moltor laughed as they terrorized the downtown area of San Angeles. They main objective was to draw out the Rangers, not necessarily hurt anyone, but if any innocent bystander did happen to get in the way then neither of the brothers seemed to care.

"This will draw them out." Flurious said, watching as the Chillers and Lava Lizards scattered the crowd like frightened little mice. "Then we'll unleash the beast!"

They both looked up as the SHARC craft flew overhead and the Rangers landed ahead of them. Immediately, the Rangers started to herd the people to safety, while fighting off the foot soldiers and holding them at bay.

"Looks like they've teamed up!" Tyler said, noticing the two brothers were together.

"Attack!"

"Get them!" Aliyah said, drawing her sabre blade and darting forward.

"Drive Vortex!" Dax shouted, jumping over a couple of foot soldiers and hitting them with his weapon.

"Drive Geyser!" Rose said, blasting hot water at a group of Chillers and melting them.

"Dive Claws!" Ronny called, smashing into the Lava Lizards and Chillers, knocking them all off of their feet.

"Drive Slammer! Aah!" Will exclaimed, slamming his hammer into his enemies and knocking them down.

"Drive Sabre!" Tyler said, twirling his sabre in his hand and spearing it through the foot soldiers.

While the Rangers fought their foot soldiers, Moltor turned to Flurious. "Now," he asked.

"Not yet." Flurious replied. "Let's tire them out."

"Sabre blade!" Aliyah called, rushing at Moltor and Flurious. She fought them off for as long as she could, before they both landed a kick to her chest and knocked her backwards into an abandoned car.

"Defender Vest!" Mack shouted, appearing behind the two brothers. He had finished up with his own foot soldiers, just in time to see Aliyah in need of a little backup. He jumped over Moltor and Flurious, landed in front of Aliyah and turned the drill blaster on the two power players.

Moltor and Flurious growled and fired their own elements at Mack, but the Red ranger counteracted them and fired the drill blaster. They blocked the attack and threw it behind them.

"No way!" Aliyah shouted. She had been the first Ranger on the team to use the defender vest and the drill blaster, therefore she knew how powerful it was. There was no possible way that anyone could block its attack.

"NOW!" Flurious shouted.

"Yes!" Moltor agreed.

The ground shook as a 30ft monster exploded from behind the brothers.

"Whoa," said Dax as he and the others regrouped with Aliyah and Mack.

"Let's rev it up." Mack said, reaching for his tracker. "Spencer, the Zords."

The Zords arrived, and five out of seven Rangers took off.

Tyler turned to Aliyah. "Why aren't you helping them?" he asked, curiously.

"I'm back up." Aliyah answered.

The two ninjas watched as the Megazord hit the ground after taking a punch to the chest.

"It's too strong." Tyler said.

"It was one punch." Aliyah retorted.

"And it knocked them off of their feet," said Tyler.

"Many do." Aliyah nodded, watching as the team forced the Megazord upright and returned to the robot for another round.

Tyler winced as the Megazord fell down again. "They need more back up," he said. "Spencer send the Drill Driver."

"What are you doing?" Aliyah asked, grabbing Tyler's arm as he tried to run off. Ever since Hartford had said he could operate any of the add-on Zords, the green Ranger had been itching to get involved in a Megazord battle.

"To help." Tyler answered, as his drive console appeared in his hands. He pulled out of Aliyah's grasp and jumped into the cockpit of the drill zord.

Aliyah sighed and hesitated. "Oh, screw it," she said, pushing the nagging feeling in the back of her mind to the side. If things were going to go south then she was going to do everything she could to make it happen to Moltor and Flurious, and not her team-mates. "Tiger Zord!"

The Tiger Zord roared as it run into view.

Moltor and Flurious laughed as their prime target finally arrived. They had scanned the Tiger Zord the last time it had defeated one of their monsters, and had come to the same conclusion - the Tiger Zord was powerful enough to power up two of their robots long enough for them to destroy the Rangers, and find the Jewels to the crown.

"Fire!" Tyler shouted, powering up the drill.

"Counterattack!" Moltor yelled.

"Lightning blast!" Aliyah said. The three attacks collided and exploded outwards, shaking the city, the two Megazords and the robotic monster.

The robot growled and charged. It knocked the Tiger zord aside, and grabbed the DriveMax Megazord.

"Those vice-grip hands won't release!" Dax said, as their controls started to beep and spark.

"We're losing power!" Ronny shouted.

"It's down 50%." Rose confirmed.

Aliyah rolled the Tiger Zord over and jumped at the robot. "Guys, eject!" she shouted, knocking the monster away from her friends, as their Megazord sparked dangerously. It released them and set its sights on her.

"Release the Dragonizer."

There was another explosion and a second monster rose out of the depths.

Aliyah looked around, startled.

"What's that?" Tyler asked.

"Another one!" Will shouted.

"It's going after Aliyah." Dax pointed out.

"They both are," said Rose. "Look."

Both the Dragonizer and the robot had abandoned the DriveMax Megazord and were charging at the Tigerzord.

"We got to help her!" Tyler said.

The Tiger Zord growled and batted its paw at the two monsters, as they each attacked simultaneously.

"Tiger Zord, warrior mode!" Aliyah shouted.

The Zord changed, and unsheathed its sabe.

"Lightning orb!" Aliyah shouted, spinning the sabre in a circle. The orb glowed brightly and Aliyah slashed through it.

The Dragonizer roared and threw its boomerang at the attack, cancelling it out.

Aliyah growled and punched her consoles.

"Give me a break!" she shouted.

"Blast those machines!" Moltor ordered as the other Rangers called for backup. The Crane and Shovel drivers exploded as they were hit, shutting them down and knocking them off the road.

"They've been damaged!" Rose said.

"Back to plan 'A.'" Mack decided.

Tyler nodded and disengaged from the Megazord, just as Rose and Ronny's Zords returned. The green Ranger ejected and landed on a nearby rooftop to watch the battle, the Dragonizer jumped at the Tigerzord while the robot holding Moltor and Flurious attacked the DriveMax.

Shoving the DriveMax away, the robot fired its fist lasers and knocked the ranger's weapons from their hands.

"That one hurt us bad." Rose said, checking her screens.

"We're not done yet." Mack said, refusing to back down.

"We go to eject!" Dax protested. "Otherwise, we're toast."

"Dax, don't talk that way!" Ronny scolded.

"Maybe he's right!" Will agreed. "Aliyah told us to eject."

"But she needs our help." Ronny pointed out. He didn't want to have to face Tyler if they ejected and Aliyah got hurt.

Rose shook her head. "Remember what she said?" she asked. "The Tigerzord is stronger than our Zords. Maybe she'll be OK."

"We can't take the chance!"

"I don't think we have a choice," said Will, as Moltor wrapped them up in chains and electrocuted them.

The DriveMax Megazord exploded and the Rangers were thrown from their cockpit.

"No!" Aliyah shouted, charging at the robot. She head-butted it, before losing consciousness as the Dragonizer slammed its fist down on top if the Tigerzord head.

~*Secrets and Lies*~

Aliyah struggled against her cuffs as she walked along the sea front of some island. Flurious was ahead of her, leading the way, while Moltor was behind making sure she didn't try and give them the slip.

"Let me go," she said, looking up at the giant walking ice sculpture. "You'll never get away with whatever it is you're planning."

Flurious stopped and turned aggressively towards their prison. He reached out and snatched her tracker from her shoulder, and sneered at Aliyah. "Let me put your mind at ease," he said. "This island is completely secret."

"Are you going to tell next that it rises from sea every two hundred years?" Aliyah asked. "Because if you are, save your breath. It's not as secret as you might think."

Moltor grabbed Aliyah by the hair and forced her to her knees. He held his sword to her neck and looked at his brother. "Let's just kill her," he said.

"No." Flurious said. He grabbed Aliyah's upper arm, hauled her to her feet and threw her forward. The white Ranger stumbled, but managed to gain her footing without falling. She had faith that her team would find her, they always did.

~*Secrets and Lies*~

The elevator doors opened and Tyler rushed inside.

"Where is she?" he demanded of Andrew and Spencer.

"We have no idea, Master Tyler," said Spencer. "She seems to have disappeared from the map."

"Well, we know that she didn't." Tyler argued. "People don't just disappear. 30ft Tigerzords don't just disappear!"

Ronny walked forward and put her hand on Tyler's shoulder. "We'll find her," she promised.

"Fuel the SHARC," said Tyler. "I'm going back out there."

"Tyler!" Andrew shouted, stopping his nephew from leaving. "We have no idea where to begin! You'll be of more use here."

"Aliyah is all alone!" Tyler argued. "We have to find her."

"And we will." Andrew nodded. "We'll do everything we can. And, knowing Aliyah, if we can't find her, she'll find us."

Tyler shook his head. "This is the same person that spent six years of her life running away from something that she never wanted," he said. "If she doesn't want to be found..."

"That would be helpful if she run away," said Rose. "But she didn't, she was abducted. We'll find her."

"Yeah," the others nodded, dispersing to different consoles.

Ronny rested her head on Tyler's shoulder and squeezed him in a hug. "Have a little faith," she whispered. "Aliyah's gonna be OK."

Tyler sighed. He didn't know how to feel. He'd just have to trust that his friends meant what they said.

~*Secrets and Lies*~

"Keeping her alive is a waste of time." Moltor argued. "There are other ways of dealing with this Ranger. She's too powerful to keep in a cell."

"Oh, brother, you've always been so shortsighted." Flurious said. "If we can't operate her Megazord, then we'll need her. Anyway... Norg will make sure she doesn't try to escape."

Moltor growled and shoved Aliyah into the cage. She fell to her knees in the sand, and cringed as the gate was slammed shut on her.

"Uh, I don't really like weapons." Norg said as Flurious presented him with his staff. "Until now," he added, as Flurious snarled at him.

Aliyah sighed as he watched the two brothers leave, all the while wondering what their weaknesses were. If she could figure that out then she'd have a chance of escaping. Once Moltor and Flurious had left completely, the white Ranger turned to her guard. "Norg, that's an interesting name," she said, wondering if he could help her.

"It's a family name." Norg nodded. "It's short for 'No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-rg. I shouldn't be talking to you. Gonna get in trouble. Gonna be quiet now. That's what i'm doing."

"Unluckily for you, Norg, i'm pretty good at getting what I want," said Aliyah. "You know, for being brothers, Flurious and Moltor don't seem to like each other very much."

"Oh no, they -" Norg gasped and slapped his hand over his mouth.

"C'mon," said Aliyah. "There's only us here, and, I won't tell Flurious that you've been talking to me. It'll be our little secret."

Norg looked considerate, before dropping his hand. "OK," he agreed. "They like each other very much. Call each other fun names. Flurious calls his brother 'Nitwit,' and Mr. Moltor calls his brother 'wimpy.' I think they like each other ever since Flurious smashed Mr. Moltor's little red sled."

Aliyah chuckled. "Bingo," she whispered, as she realized she had everything she needed to plan her escape.

"I love sleds." Norg smiled, childishly.

~*Secrets and Lies*~

Rose looked up from her console.

"OK, guys, if Aliyah's been captured then where would she go?" she asked. "Where in the world is big enough to hide a Tigerzord, and cloak a ranger's tracking signal?"

"Somewhere isolated." Dax suggested.

"If Aliyah managed to escape and break the isolation that's preventing us from tracking her," said Mack. "Then she's gonna send off a distress signal for us to follow."

"And then we need to get to her as fast as possible." Tyler said.

"Which means we need the Zords fixed, and fast," said Ronny. "Who wants to be on my pit crew?"

The others nodded and headed for the Zord bay.

"Don't need to ask us twice," muttered Will, following them.

~*Secrets and Lies*~

After obtaining the information that she needed, Aliyah's plans to escape were put into action as Moltor returned.

"Flurious has asked me to keep an eye on you," he said. "While he starts the Megazord."

"Oh, I can't believe you fell for the old 'Go-Keep-An-Eye-On-The-Prisoner-While-I-Steal-The- Megazord-Out-From-Under-You' line. Flurious was right, you know? You really are a nitwit."

"He said that?!" Moltor growled. "I knew I couldn't trust him!"

He stormed out as Norg gaped at Aliyah. "Oh! You made him mad," he said.

"And i'm not done." Aliyah added as Flurious walked inside.

"Where's Moltor?" Flurious yelled, looking around for his brother. "I told him to check on the prisoner."

"I thought you were the smart one?" Aliyah frowned. "He's probably gather Lava Lizards now to ambush you."

"He wouldn't dare."

"Well, you know, come to think about it, he did say something about payback, something about a little red sled, and something about someone being a... oh, what was it? Oh, yes, a wimp?"

Flurious' face darkened. "CHILLERS!" he bellowed as his foot soldiers rushed into the cave, and Moltor, surrounded by Lava Lizards arrived from the second entrance.

"I knew I couldn't trust you!" Moltor said, pointing at his brother.

"Off planning an ambush?" Flurious asked. "What's with the Lava Lizards?"

"What's with the Chillers?!" Moltor demanded. "Planning on stealing the Megazord?"

"There's no way I - wait a minute - did she tell you that?" Flurious asked, pointing at Aliyah. "Because she told me you were planning an ambush."

"What?!"

Aliyah laughed. "Good cover, Flurious," she nodded. "I think he bought it. He is a wimp."

"I didn't say that." Moltor shouted.

"Oh, you didn't. Well, then, your brother must be right you're a nitwit." Aliyah said, adding fuel to the fire. "Hey, by the way, guys, what's the deal on this sled?"

"ATTACK!"

Aliyah chuckled as the Lava Lizards, Chillers, Moltor and Flurious jumped at one another, battling it out between them. Meanwhile, she had overcome the counteraction property on her cuffs and phased out of them; just as she was about to slip through her bars and escape, her tracker landed in the sand at her feet.

"Sweet," she grinned, picking it up and streaking from the cave. "Tigerzord, here I come."

~*Secrets and Lies*~

Aliyah sighed as she collapsed onto the sofa in the games room. Her friends sat around her, each one looking just as tired as the last. "I can't express how much it means to me," she said. "To know that you didn't give up on me."

"Hey, we knew you'd call." Ronny said.

"Yeah, and besides, you're family," said Tyler. "Family doesn't get left behind."

Aliyah smiled and nodded her head. "That attack was brutal. Worse than almost falling from the urban climb earlier," she said.

"What?" Rose asked. "I thought Mr. Hartford said you couldn't go to that?"

"Technically, he said that I couldn't go alone." Aliyah corrected.

"But you did go alone." Will pointed out.

"Only because my climbing buddy bailed on me," said Aliyah, glaring at Mack. "What was so important that you broke our deal?"

Mack sighed. "I overheard my dad and Spencer talking this morning," he answered. "And my Dad told Spencer that he was still worried about me. I've done everything I can think of to prove that I'm worthy enough to be a Ranger, what more does he want?"

Aliyah smiled and shook her head.

"You know," she said. "There's isn't an age where our parents ever stop worrying about us. I remember when Cam was forbidden from becoming a Ranger, I managed to talk him into rebelling against his father, which, I'll admit, didn't turn out to be a well thought-out plan because we got caught, but Sensei explained that while he was a Ninja master, he was still Cam's father, and being a father outranks everything. Being a parent to a Ranger, is hard. The constant need to want to continually protect your own, and know that you have to let go. It's not something that is easily done."

"So what do I do?" Mack asked.

"The only thing you can do," said Aliyah. "Talk to Andrew. Make sure he understands how you truly feel about being mollycoddled all the time. I'm sure he'll see sense."

Mack sighed and looked thoughtful.

"I hope you're right, Ali," he said, getting to his feet.

"Oh, I know i'm right." Aliyah smiled, as Mack went off in search of his father.


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Chapter updated Wednesday, 09th October, 2013 at 12:15am