Chapter 10: Birthday blues.
Chelbell2016:
Okay so you all gave me some pretty ideas that I am going to include. I hope it is up to your guys expectations.
*Polar bear ranger*
Carly's POV:
I am sat on the Anamaria. Having just finished the deer song I am thinking about all the other wild zords . There was once another batch of zords that would have made a great megazord. The white lion who was the mate of the red lion, The dolphin zord, the saber-tooth tiger, the peacock, The ram zord which is a goat the kangaroo zord and the zebra zord.
When I was younger I had designed a bunch of configurations for there megazord as they were all my friends. But only one stood out to me.
"There you are," a voice says from behind me and I turn to see Cole and the others approaching me. "We were wondering where you had wondered off to."
I smile but get up. "Just thinking."
Cole smiles. "So its your birthday tomorrow and we need your help to get the party ready."
My smile drops a little. "There's someone I need to go and speak to first. Someone who I would really like to be there."
They new exactly who I meant.
I walked into Willie's and turned to the barman. "Is Merrick around?"
He motions to out back.
"He's out there," he says with a smile.
"Thanks," I reply before heading out to where my father is.
"Hey Merrick," I say when I spot him chopping wood.
He jumps and turns when he spots me.
"Oh," he says putting down his axe. "Hey Carly. What's up?"
I sigh before leaning against the wall. He looks up at me and then back at the wood he is chopping.
"Are you coming tomorrow?" I ask.
"Carly..." he says and I know what the answer is going to be. "I can't be ther-"
I cut him off. "Why?! Why can't you be there for me?"
"I feel that it would be inappropriate," he says to me but I stop him again.
"18! I will be 18 tomorrow!" I yell and he freezes. "Mum said that was when you planned on telling me."
"Yeah it was," he sighed.
"You know," I pause and take a deep breath. "Every year on my birthday... I'd wish that my father was there. But what I didn't know is that you were. From 1 to 12 you were there for every birthday. You missed the last five and you want to make it six... you really are not the man you used to be 3,000 years ago."
I then move to walk away. I can tell he wants to say something.
But right now I do not care. I feel as if the man I used to know no longer exists. The man who trained and raised me every day along with my mother. The man who laughed with me and comforted me when I cried.
The man I see before me now is not that man.
*Polar bear ranger*
I walk towards the mountains. I don't know why but it feels like the place to go right now.
As I walk I hear a twig snap. This stops me in my tracks.
"Who's there?" I ask.
Instead of an answer a sudden flame comes from the mountains. I raise a shield and it disappears. I now know that someone is out there.
Before I can stop it I am being restrained by putrids that had appeared out of no where.
"Now its time for you to have a terrifying birthday," I hear someone or something say.
I look up and see a new monster. It looks like it is made out of some sort of birthday cake. Now I've seen everything.
"What do you want with me?" I ask.
"Your powers!" He says before running at me.
I quickly pull out my morpher and flip it open.
"WILD ACCESS!" I yell before morphing.
I pull out my lunar staff and run to strike him. He dodges and strikes me hard across the stomach. I cry out in pain before I go rolling across the ground.
He laughs and I quickly jump to my feet.
But he blasts me and I go far back into the trees this time. I feel my morphing mode drop. I go to get to my feet but a sharp pain stops me. I look down. There is a sharp cut going from the top of my leg all the way down. I decide that I need some back up so I pull out my growl phone.
"Guys!" I say into it. "I am under attack by an org. I am somewhere in the woods not to far from Willie's. I need some help."
"On our way," Cole says so I close my phone.
Ripping off a piece of my shirt I tie it around my leg to stop the blood flow. Then I get up and wince as I continue to walk. I begin to hear a bunch of different animal sounds.
I decide to follow them.
It leads me to a very familiar area. This is where the Anamaria used to be. If you look closely you can see where the ground grew over from when the island had been lifted into the sky.
There is a loud roar behind me. I gasp when I turn to see the white Lion in a cave I head in there. She growls gently.
"White lion!" I say. "Your alive!"
She growls gently once more and leans down. I pat her head. But as I glance behind her I gasp. There stood the other six zords I was thinking about today.
The peacock zord.
The ram zord.
The saber-tooth tiger zord.
The dolphin zord was in a pool.
The kangaroo zord.
Finally the zebra zord.
I am so shocked that they are here. But then there is another noise behind me.
"You fell right into my trap," I turn to see Master org stood in the entrance to the cave and I gasp. "I knew that you would find these zords if we sent you in the right direction. And now... I will destroy you all."
"NO!" I yell running forwards but he blasts the ceiling of the cave.
I cry out as the rocks begin to fall down on me. One lands on my back trapping me under it. Before I pass out I hear master org speak again.
"Now birthday cake org will destroy the rest of your friends!" He laughs and I feel my world go dark.
*Polar bear ranger*
I feel myself slowly come back to conscious. I groan as the pain in my back hits a all time high. I look up and see that the seven zords of mine are still here.
Then I look to the entrance of the cave. It is completely blocked. I know that I am going to need some help to get out of here. I look at my morpher but the communication has been damaged.
I know that there is only one thing I can do.
I open up a telepathic connection to my dad.
"Merrick are you there?"
"Carly where are you? We went looking for you but you were not near the woods where I work!"
"I'm trapped in a cave that master org blasted close. I'm hurt and I need some help."
"I'm on my way."
"Okay."
I turn to the zords who are stood behind me. "Helps on the way."
A few minutes later and I hear a voice yell through to me.
"Carly!" My father yells. "I am coming. Stand away from the exit!"
I make sure I am no where near it.
There is a flash and I cover my eyes as the rocks come flying our way.
"CARLY!" Merrick says when he spots me on the floor injured. He runs over and pulls me up. "Are you okay?"
I nod but when he spots the seven zords behind me he looks shocked.
"I found them," I say to him as I try to catch my breath. "They have been here all this time waiting for someone to come and rescue them."
He sighs. "Well maybe now it is time for me to give you your birthday present."
I send him a look but he pulls out a weapon. It is a new type of bow. But this time it has six holes along the arrows.
"This lunar bow will allow you to call up to seven zords and form your own megazord," he says but he is looking at the ground. "I always planned on giving you this on your 18th birthday. You had so many ideas for your own megazord that I knew you needed something to bring them together."
I smile as I look at the seven zords behind me. There eyes glow and out come six crystals in the colors; white, purple, orange, gold, peach, brown and red and white. Each one has the animal inside.
"Well I guess its time to test it out," I say nodding at my dad.
*Polar bear ranger*
We race back into the city just in time to see the others come flying out of there megazord as it splits apart. All five of there wild zords hit the ground and groan.
"GUYS!" Merrick and I yell as we go racing over.
"Carly your okay!" Cole says and I can tell that he wants to hug me but he resists the urge.
"Yeah," I say before I pull out my new animal crystals. "And I brought out some big time back up."
They all gasp as they see the zords. I pull out my new bow and arrow and load the seven crystals into them. I shoot and my seven zords appear.
"WILD ZORDS COMBINE!" I yell.
The white lion zord folds and becomes the chest and head of the megazord. The Orca zord becomes the right arm. The Saber-tooth tiger becomes the left arm. The kangaroo zord becomes the pelvis, the Ram zord becomes the right leg the Zebra zord the left leg and the peacock zord joins at the hips.
They became the Gladiator megazord. All of my friends look shocked as I run forwards and jump into the cockpit.
"GLADIATOR MEGAZORD ONLINE!" I say placing my hand on the stand in front of me.
I call for the Orca hammer and run towards the birthday monster. I strike him twice with it and he stumbles back.
"You'll pay for that!" The monster screams.
I pull out the double bladed Sabre blade and spin it really fast. Then I run at the monster and run him through. He is still standing though. The white lion zord roars and I know what to do. I call for the peacock blade and it becomes a saw blade.
"GLADIATOR MEGAZORD!" I yell before throwing the saw. "FINAL CUT!"
The monster cries out as the blade hits him and he hits the ground hard. Then he blows up.
The others cheer from the ground.
I race down to my friends but it seems my dad had already disappeared.
"Where is he?" I ask them as I unmorph.
The others give me sympathetic smiles. "He left. He said he had things to do."
I sigh as I think about the events of today. "I hoped he had changed his mind about not coming to the party tomorrow. I would really like to have him there."
Cole takes my hand. "You never know he might still turn up."
I smile but I know deep down that there is very little chance that Merrick will come to my party tomorrow. No matter how much I want him there.
I just begin the slow walk back to Anamaria where I can rest and recover from the last day.
Then tomorrow I would at least try and enjoy my birthday.
*Polar bear ranger*
The next day I enter the temple to see the place decorated for my party. I smile as the party starts. Mum walks over and pulls me into a hug.
"Happy 18th birthday sweetheart!" She says and then the others all walk over and hug me as well.
I hear all the wild zords roar as music comes on and Cole pulls me onto the dance floor where we all dance. Mum takes a nice picture of the six of us.
Then there is a throat clearing behind us and I turn to see my father stood behind me.
I walk over to him. "I thought you weren't coming?"
He sighs and takes my hand. "As you said I have never missed your birthdays when I was around. Why should I start now."
I smile and hug him. Once again he stiffens for a few seconds before squeezing me tight.
"Will you have one dance with me?" I ask him.
He doesn't even hesitate he takes my hand and we share a father and daughter dance.
"I love the bow you gave me," I tell him.
"Well I think the gladiator megazord is awesome," he says smirking.
After our dance I receive presents. As well as the bow mum and dad give me a locket with a picture of the three of us 3,000 years ago. Then we take one today so we can add it on the other side. Cole got me a charm bracelet with a lion and a polar bear on. The others had all brought me a puppy which I decided to call Blaze. He is an american Akita and mum says he can live on the animarium but we have to be careful with the zords.
When the birthday cake came out I made a wish that one day my dad would return to the way he was 3,000 years ago.
Like he had today. It was the best birthday I had ever had.
*Polar bear ranger*
Chelbell2016:
Okay I love this chapter.