Chapter 10: Yellow on the Ropes
Kyle walked into the Youth Center and quickly sat down at the bar where Tyler and Tim were working.
"How're you guys doing today?" Kyle asked the guys as he sat his skating helmet on the table.
"Get that off the bar," Tim said to Kyle as he picked up the helmet.
Kyle then took the helmet from Tim.
"Why is he so sour?" Kyle asked Tyler as Tim walked away.
"Sensei made him stay up pretty late working in the dojo," Tyler told Kyle.
"You know, it's weird how Mr. Yoshimoto won't let us know what Tim is doing down there," Kyle said to Tyler.
"Yeah, but I'm sure he has his reasons," Tyler said to Kyle as he wiped off the bar with a rag.
Tim then came walking back up to the bar and sat down beside Kyle.
"So, are we expecting any problems today?" Tim asked Tyler and Kyle.
"Dude, you don't say that," Kyle said to Tim.
"Well, I'm about to go downstairs and do some training," Tyler said as he took his apron off. "You're in charge Tim,"
Tyler then walked into the back office leaving Tim and Kyle at the bar.
"I can't handle all this up here!" Tim said in horror.
Kyle then got up from the bar and began laughing.
"Sorry bro, but I have to get to training," Kyle said to Tim as he patted him on the back.
Kyle then walked away and left Tim by himself.
"Waiter!" Someone shouted to Tim.
"What!" Tim shouted in frustration.
Tyler and Kyle then walked into the dojo and saw Lyra training with Eddie. Tyler then walked over to the computer where Mr. Yoshimoto was sitting.
"Hey, you better go help Tim upstairs before he runs everyone off," Tyler said to Mr. Yoshimoto.
"Oh that would be bad," Mr. Yoshimoto said in horror as he quickly got up.
Mr. Yoshimoto then walked up the stairs as Kyle sat down on the couch.
"How long have you guys been down here?" Kyle asked Eddie and Lyra.
"A couple of hours," Eddie said as he blocked Lyra's training sword.
"Stephanie was here earlier hanging around, but she left after a few minutes," Lyra said to the others as she went to hit Eddie.
The alarm then began going off. Eddie then looked over at the monitor in distraction. Lyra then hit Eddie in the arm with her training sword. Tyler then walked over to the monitor.
"A Nighlok attack downtown," Tyler said to the others.
"We need to head out the back way," Eddie said as he walked up to the wall.
A doorway then opened up in the wall.
"Lyra, contact Stephanie," Tyler said to Lyra as the Rangers took off running down the tunnel.
Upstairs Tim's morpher began going off. Tim then pulled out his morpher as he sat at the bar.
"Oh shoot!" Tim shouted in astonishment.
Tim then jumped over the bar and took off running out the door.
"Do not jump over my bar!" Mr. Yoshimoto shouted to Tim.
A Nighlok walked up to a group of workers with his Moogers laughing. The Nighlok then fired multiple blasts at the workers. The workers bodies then began glowing as their spirits left their bodies and were absorbed by the Nighlok.
"And that's how Splitface brings despair to this world!" Splitface shouted as he laughed.
The Rangers then ran up and saw the Nighlok laughing.
"Whoa, this guy is gross!" Stephanie said in disgust.
"Hey, who're you calling gross?" Splitface said as he turned towards the Rangers.
"This guy will never shut up," Kyle said to the others as he swiped his sword with his fingers.
The Moogers then took off running at the Rangers as Splitface pointed at them.
"Focus on the Moogers," Tyler said to the others as he began battling the Moogers.
Tim then kicked a Mooger down the stairs and made it crash into a group of others.
"Step right up freaks," Tim said to the Moogers as he pulled out his blade.
"Take this!" Eddie shouted as he began firing arrows at the Moogers running up the stairs.
"Keep going Eddie!" Kyle shouted to Eddie as he struck down Moogers with his sword.
Kyle then looked over and saw a group of Moogers ganging up on Lyra. The Moogers then tripped Lyra and caused her to tumble down the steps.
"Hang on Lyra!" Kyle shouted as he leapt off the stairs towards her.
Kyle then landed in between the Moogers and Lyra. Lyra then looked up and saw Kyle in front of her.
"Your spirit will be mine Green Ranger!" Splitface shouted as he fired a blast from his hand at Kyle.
Lyra then quickly got up and was hit by the blast. Kyle then turned around and saw Lyra demorph as she fell to the ground unconscious.
"Lyra!" Tyler shouted as he shoved a Mooger off of him.
"What did you do to her?" Kyle asked Splitface.
"I took her spirit and without it she won't last a day," Splitface said as he laughed.
Tim then jumped over to Splitface and grabbed him by the arm.
"Give her spirit back!" Tim shouted as he struggled to hold onto Splitface.
Splitface then tossed Tim aside and began walking away.
"Get back here!" Tyler shouted as he ran after Splitface.
Splitface then quickly turned around and shot Tyler with a couple of blasts.
"Darn it, I've taken too many spirits," Splitface said to himself.
Tyler then slowly rose to his feet and watched Splitface walk back into the Netherworld.
"You Rangers won't be able to stop me while I'm in the Netherworld!" Splitface shouted through the crack as he laughed.
Tyler then ran over to his sister and knelt down beside her.
"Lyra, don't worry we'll get your spirit back," Tyler said to his sister as he picked her up.
The other Rangers then walked away leaving Kyle behind as he stood still.
"That Nighlok took Lyra's spirit because of me," Kyle said to himself.
Kyle then slowly walked away from the area.
The Rangers were in the dojo sitting around silently as Mr. Yoshimoto walked down the stairs.
"That Nighlok won't come back out until the twenty-four hours are up," Mr. Yoshimoto said to the Rangers.
Kyle then clenched his fist in anger.
"There has to be a way to get him out of there," Stephanie said to the others.
"There is a way," Tyler said to the others.
"There is?" Eddie said in confusion.
"The only problem is that one of us will have to sacrifice our human life," Tyler told the others.
Kyle then quickly got up from his seat and ran upstairs.
"Where is he going?" Tim asked the others.
"Oh no," Eddie said as he quickly got up. "He's going to enter the Netherworld!"
Tim then watched the other Rangers take off running after Kyle.
"Tim, before you go I need to ask you something," Mr. Yoshimoto said to Tim.
"What's that?" Tim asked Mr. Yoshimoto.
"Why don't you seem worried about Lyra?" Mr. Yoshimoto asked him.
"Because I know we'll get her spirit back," Tim told Mr. Yoshimoto as he smirked.
Kyle then ran up to the crack that Splitface used to enter the Netherworld. Kyle then began striking the crack with his Spin Sword as he screamed in anger.
"Come out here and fight you coward!" Kyle shouted in anger as he continued striking the crack.
"Kyle stop!" Tyler shouted as he and the others ran up.
"What're we supposed to do then?" Kyle asked Tyler as he turned around.
"I don't know, but sacrificing yourself to the Netherworld doesn't seem like the right thing to do," Tyler told Kyle.
"That's the only thing you can do to get Splitface back," A man said as he walked up.
"It's you from the construction site when Eddie was taken control of," Stephanie said to the man.
Tyler then looked down and saw the sword the man was carrying.
"Deker," Tyler said to the man.
"That's right," Deker said as he walked up to the crack.
"Why're you trying to help us?" Eddie asked Deker.
"I'm not, I just hate Nighlok who hide to win," Deker said to the Rangers. "If you want to save your friend you have to enter the Netherworld,"
The crack then opened up beside Kyle and Deker.
"Now, how's going in?" Deker asked the Rangers.
Kyle then took a step forward as Tim ran up.
"Hold on, we don't have to enter the Netherworld," Tim said to the others.
Deker then smirked and walked away silently.
"Do you know something?" Tyler asked Tim.
Tim then pulled something out of his backpack and sat it on the ground.
"That's the Clawzord," Tyler said in amazement. "It used up all of its powers during the original battle against the Nighlok and everyone thought it was destroyed,"
"Mr. Yoshimoto has been making me work with this guy, and I think I found a way to restore his power," Tim said to the others. "However, it's going to take a lot of symbol power to make it work,"
The Rangers then pulled out their morphers.
"Then let's get to work," Tyler said to the others.
The Rangers then lined up beside each other and stood across from the Claw Zord. The Rangers then all began writing the symbol. The symbols then went to the Claw Zord and caused it to slowly begin growing.
"It needs a lot more," Tim said to the others as they continued sending their Symbol Power to the Claw Zord.
"Keep going!" Tyler shouted as he sent a symbol towards the Claw Zord.
The Claw Zord then grew quickly and regained strength. The crack behind the Rangers then began glowing.
"What's going on?" Eddie said in confusion as he looked behind them.
Splitface then flew out of the crack and landed in front of the Rangers.
"What's this?" Splitface said in confusion.
"I'm just as confused as you," Tyler said to Splitface.
"I placed a symbol on Splitface before he got away earlier," Tim said to the others. "It was the same symbol we used to power up the Claw Zord and it caused Splitface to be brought back,"
"Tim, you're awesome!" Kyle shouted in amazement.
Splitface then tried to reenter the Netherworld through the crack. Splitface was then blown back from the crack by a symbol.
"Ha, I locked the portal," Tim said to Splitface.
Splitface then turned towards the Rangers angered.
"You're going to pay for this, and I will take all of your spirits!" Splitface shouted as he pointed his hand at the Rangers.
Splitface then tried to fire a blast from his hand.
"No!" Splitface shouted in anger.
"It seems you didn't get enough rest," Stephanie said to Splitface.
Eddie and Stephanie then ran up and struck Splitface with their Spin Swords. Splitface then quickly turned around in pain as Tyler and Tim ran up and struck him.
"And now for this!" Kyle shouted as he leapt into the air as he spun the disc on his sword. "Tree Symbol Strike!"
Kyle then struck Splitface with his sword in the shape of his symbol. The other Rangers then ran up to Kyle as Splitface slowly rose to his feet injured. Tyler then pulled out the Fire Smasher and placed the Beetle Disc on it.
"Five Disc Beetle Cannon!" Tyler shouted as he aimed the cannon at Splitface.
"Fire!" The Rangers shouted as Tyler fired the cannon at Splitface.
Splitface was then hit by the blast and fell to the ground and exploded. Splitface then instantly grew into a Mega Monster above the Rangers.
"Let's see you stop me now!" Splitface shouted as he stomped at the Rangers.
"Let me handle him," Tim said to the others.
Tim then leapt into the air and entered the Claw Zord as it crawled up.
"That thing won't save you!" Splitface shouted as he fired blasts at the Claw Zord.
The blasts bounced off the Claw Zord as the Claw Zord crawled closer to Splitface.
"Alright, it's time for Battle Mode!" Tim shouted as the Claw Zord began transforming.
The Claw Zord then transformed into a warrior mode.
"Tim has his own Megazord now," Tyler said to the others.
"Claw Battlezord East!" Tim shouted as the Claw Battlezord's face changed.
The pincers on the Claw Battlezord then came down from the shoulders.
"What're you going to do with those?" Splitface asked Tim.
"Claw Battlezord East, Claw Pincher Slash!" Tim shouted as the Claw Battlezord struck Splitface twice with its pincers.
Splitface then fell to the ground and exploded as he screamed in pain.
"Claw Zord that was an awesome debut," Tim said as he patted on his console.
In the dojo Lyra was lying motionless on the couch as Mr. Yoshimoto walked down the stairs. Lyra then slowly leaned up and rubbed her eyes.
"Lyra, you're back!" Mr. Yoshimoto said in astonishment.
"What happened?" Lyra said in confusion.
"A Nighlok took your spirit and left your life on a timer," Mr. Yoshimoto told her as the others walked into the dojo.
Tyler then ran over to Lyra and hugged her.
"I thought we were going to lose you," Tyler said to his sister.
"Well, you're about to if you don't stop squeezing me!" Lyra said to Tyler as she gasped for air.
Tyler then let go of Lyra. Kyle then walked up to Lyra.
"Even though we almost lost you, I wanted to thank you for saving me earlier," Kyle told Lyra.
"I guess we're even already since you guys saved me," Lyra told Kyle as she smiled.
"Kyle almost sacrificed his human life to save you," Stephanie told Lyra.
"That was until Tim showed up with the Claw Zord and found a way to pull the Nighlok out of the Netherworld," Eddie said as he put his hand on Tim's shoulder.
"Let's just say that I had a feeling that that Nighlok would do something like that," Tim said as he smiled.
"Thank you guys," Lyra said to everyone as she smiled.
"We're just glad you're still with us," Tyler said to his sister as he put his arm on her shoulder.
The others then walked up to Tyler and Lyra and began celebrating. Lyra then looked over and saw the Claw Zord sitting on the table.
"Thank you little guy," Lyra said to the Claw Zord as she patted it on the head.
The Claw Zord then began happily spinning around in a circle.