A/N: Welcome welcome welcome! This new update is gonna be longer than the last one, I promise. In the last chapter, Mike jacked the Frog-Zord and tried to control it with Buster or Ninjor's consent and ended up driving it through a cave wall and crashing it, which caused Ash and Mike to start fighting. Johnny, in an attempt to stop the fight ended up accidentally morphing into his Red Ranger suit, but after a minute of it being on his body, it disappeared which means he has yet to fully complete his training before he can learn how to morph properly. Now, we get back into the story. Enjoy!
(Normal P.O.V.)
Inside the abandoned foundry, Ferra-Khan sat inside the manager's office meditating. His entire body levitating five feet off the ground and his sword sitting on his lap which maintained a criss-cross position. The construction of the 'Excavator' as Ferra-Khan called it was almost completed, and it would only be two more days until the full moon appeared and revealed to them the location of the first Kabuki temple's ruins. Fifteen minutes into the white tiger's meditation, he felt a throbbing pain strike the inside his head and screamed. He fell down and hit the cold tiled floor with a paw on his aching head. One of the slaves, a crocodile ran in and helped his master up.
"Master, what is it? Are you hurt?" they asked.
"I sense something. A power, a power that I have not felt since..." Ferra-Khan said as he stood up.
"Since what, my lord?" the crocodile asked. Ferra-Khan opened his eyes and they were glowing green like the blade of his sword and began giving off low snarls.
"Ninjor. He's back, and he has new Power Rangers" Ferra-Khan spat.
"But, master. I thought you said you killed the Power Rangers" the crocodile interjected.
"I did, but it seems I missed something. Their power coins. It seems by leaving the coins in-tact, Ninjor used them to recruit new Power Rangers, and that means that we now have finally come across one of our biggest obstacle that interferes with the plan" the tiger told him.
"Well, what is it you plan to do about it, my master?" the crocodile stone slave asked.
"I must take their powers. Only by ripping it right out of their bodies will I be able to remove them out of my way" Ferra-Khan said before he left the office and shouted over the balcony.
"Bring me a scout!" he ordered.
"But master, we know not what these new Power Rangers look like. How can you strip them of their powers if you do not know their names, faces, or species?" the crocodile asked.
"That is what our scout is for" said Ferra-Khan. Into the office came forth a stone slave in the form of a raccoon who took a bow on one knee when facing Ferra-Khan.
"You summoned me, lord Ferra-Khan?" asked the raccoon scout.
"We have a new threat, my scout. Ninjor is still alive, and he has a new army of Power Rangers. I want you to scour every street, alley, nook, and cranny of the city and find out who these new rangers are. The more we know about them, the easier it will be to take their powers and destroy them before the full moon is revealed" Ferra-Khan ordered.
"Shall I yank the power coins out their grubby little paws and smash them to pieces, master?" the scout asked.
"No! The coins are now just empty vessels, the powers lie inside them, destroying the coins would change nothing. This is just a reconnaissance mission, you are to learn the identities of these new Power Rangers and report them to me, I will handle the rest. Is that clear?" Ferra-Khan asked.
"Understood, my lord. I shall make haste to the city right away" said the scout before he left the foundry.
"Leave me" Ferra-Khan ordered to his crocodile slave, who merely just bowed his head slightly and then left the office while shutting the metal door behind him.
(Johnny's P.O.V.)
When I got back home from Power Ranger training, I decided to take a shower to clean off some of the dust off my fur. Once I got out, I dried myself off and just put on some black boxer-briefs with orange waistband and trim. I then looked at myself in the mirror, contemplating what had just happened today.
"I don't get it. If I could morph perfectly without even trying, then why didn't the armor stay on me?" I asked myself aloud in the mirror. I then looked to my dust-covered pants lying by the toilet and picked up my power coin out of my back left pocket and stared into it.
"What could have happened?" I whispered while not taking my eyes off the coin. I then placed the coin on the new sink (which dad got a few days ago) and stared at my reflection again. Soon, an idea came into my mind, I could try to morph again.
"Alright Johnny, if you did it once before by accident... then you can do it again on purpose" I told my reflection while I held my arms up against my waist and my paws clenched into fists, starting to concentrate as hard as I could, to try and visualize the armor on my body.
"Come on, morph already" I said trying to make it sound like I was lifting heavy weights. My concentration was interrupted when I heard a knock on the door.
"Johnny, you in there?" it was my dad. I then picked my power coin back up and hid it back in my pants pocket on the floor.
"Yeah, dad. Just got out of the shower" I told him, not wanting him to see that I was trying to morph into my Power Ranger suit.
"Well, hurry up and get some clean clothes on. We got the call that the ship carrying all the gold is coming in" he said. Wait, this early? I thought it wouldn't be for another week or a month, which made me nervous, the one moment I was trying to avoid.
"Tonight?" I asked through the door.
"No, not tonight, now. Get dressed and be ready in ten minutes" I heard my dad say before I heard the sound of him walking down the metal stairs. I groaned and rubbed my temples in frustration. Soon, I heard my phone emit it's text-tone from my jacket pocket and I picked it up before looking to see who it was, it was Ash. She texted me, asking if I wanted to go see a movie. The text read 'Movie Saturday? 'Ghost in the Shell' at 11:45?'. I sighed and smiled. I texted her back saying 'I thought I was supposed to be the one asking YOU out on a date'. A few seconds later she replied saying 'Don't be silly. So what do you say?'. I texted back saying only one word 'Perfect'. I then went into my room and put on some new clothes as well as my jacket (which I dusted off) before going down the stairs.
"Sorry I took so long, I got a text message?" I told them before I got in the car.
"Who was it? your girlfriend?" my uncle Barry teased me.
"She's not my girlfriend, she's just a friend. She asked me if I wanted to go see a movie with her tomorrow. I told her 'Yeah', and now we're gonna go see 'Ghost in the Shell' this Saturday" I explained to them. Everyone began making 'Ooooh' sounds.
"You're lucky, Johnny. I gotta say that" Barry told me.
"My boy is finally becoming an adult male. Taking girls out to lunch, seeing movies" he told me.
"Dad, it's not a big deal. And like I've said, she's not my girlfriend" I denied, despite how I really felt about her.
"Yeah, whatever. Now let's go, ship arrives in six minutes" my other uncle said before I started the engine up and drove right out of the garage and to the pier. It was about a three minute drive, so we had three more minutes left before the ship showed up.
"Wait here, we'll be back soon" my dad said as he and the others got out the car. When he entered the sewers, I took out my power coin and stared down into it. It soon came to me, being a Power Ranger made me feel whole, like I was destined for something greater than what I already was. Tears began to fog up my vision as the tough choice began to tug at my heart, do I stay and wait for them to come back and get away? Or do I do the right thing and leave? Continue to be a criminal, or a Power Ranger. I then closed my paw in which the coin sat and sobbed.
"I'm so sorry, dad" I whispered hoarsely before I put the truck in reverse and backed up and shifted it into 'Drive' and drove away from where I had just dropped my dad and uncles off. There was only one other place I knew I could go right now, so I just drove away while the hot tears stung my eyes and fell down my face. When I came to a stop sign, I pulled out my phone and dialed a number.
"Hello? I kinda need someone to talk to, and a place to stay the night" I said, trying not to make it sound like I was crying. They said that I could and they'd get the guest bed set up for me.
"Thank you, I'll be there in a few minutes" I said before hanging up and continuing to drive after the light turned green.
(Rosita's P.O.V.)
I was a little confused as to why Johnny needed to stay the night at my place, and what it was he wanted to talk to me about, but I never turn down anyone in need, and he's the Red Ranger, we have to look out for one another. So, I took some clean sheets out of the closet and walked into the guest bedroom to prepare for our guest. The sheets and comforters that were used for decoration, I put those where I got the clean ones meant for guests to sleep on.
"Rosita? What are you doing?" I heard a voice ask, I turned behind me to see Norman in his pajamas looking tired at me.
"Just setting up the guest bed, we're gonna have some company for tonight" I answered.
"This late? Rosita, it's almost Ten PM" he said.
"I know, but you know me, I would never turn anyone away whenever they needed me" I told him.
"Alright, I'll see you in the morning. Goodnight" Norman said.
"Goodnight, honey" I said before I finished changing the pillow cases. Now the bed was all completely made and comfy. There was now a knock at the door and I walked over to it, assuming it had to be Johnny.
"Coming" I said, keeping the tone of my voice in check to make sure I didn't wake my kids or my husband. When I opened the door, it was exactly whom I was expecting. It was Johnny, but his eyes were red and puffy, and there were tiny water droplets on his leather jacket that he loved so much, was he crying?
"Johnny? A-Are you alright?" I asked him. He didn't say anything, he just walked inside and closed the door behind him and collapsed down onto his knees and began to sob quietly. My heart just suddenly started to ache, despite not knowing what it was he was crying about or why he was here, but I just walked up and wrapped my tiny little arms around his neck and pulled him into a hug. I could tell he was returning that hug from the feeling of larger arms being wrapped around my body, and warm salt water staining my lavender pajama shirt.
"Shh, it's okay. Please don't cry" I cooed to him, but he just continued to silently cry and sob. Whatever it was that had him so upset, I could tell is must have been pretty bad.
(Normal P.O.V.)
Back at the drop-off point, Johnny's father, Barry, and Jerry came up out of the sewers carrying large burlap sacks containing gold bricks that had to have been worth trillions of dollars. All three of them were laughing at their victory until they got up to the surface to see that the truck was gone and so was Johnny.
"Wait a minute, where's Johnny?" Johnny's dad asked. Sirens began to fill the air and it sent all three primates into a panic so they ran as fast as they could down the alleyways as fast as they could, the sound of the sirens getting louder as the police got closer.
"Go on, I have an idea" Big Daddy said as he saw a nearby dumpster and pushed it in the way of one of the police cars that was chasing them, and it crashed right into it, causing trash to fly everywhere, the front of the car and dumpster getting dented badly. Once the car had crashed, he ran down the alleyway again to catch up with the others, only to be greeted by police officers pointing their guns and flashlights at him.
"Drop the bag! Now!" one of the officers shouted. He did as told and then got on his knees, placing his paws on the back of his head. One officer put his paws behind his back and cuffed them while another took off his fake paper bunny face mask.
"Marcus Ulver, you're under arrest for multiple robberies, breaking and entering, grand theft auto, and multiple counts of petty theft" said the officer who ripped the mask off. Marcus could now feel himself being bent over the hood of the police car as they searched his jumpsuit for any weapons like guns or knives before he and his brothers were placed in the back of separate cruisers and driven off to the police station.
A/N: And there you have it, probably one of the hardest choices Johnny's ever had to make in his life and it was a real internal conflict for him, but at least he has Rosita to give him motherly comfort and someone to talk to about it. So now, Johnny's dad and uncles are going to jail, and Ferra-Khan has sensed the return of Ninjor and the Power Rangers, so he sent a spy out to discover who they are so that he may come up with another plan to take their powers. More to come in the next update. Please review, thanks!