Chapter Ten: Power Awakened.

Weihan stirred from his nap. Thankfully he had not been caught skipping school and had made it back to his house easily. He was now in the living room of his spacious 2-storey house in Castlecrag, resting after walking from Chatswood. In the last moments of his half-remembered dream, he could recall the Power Rangers fighting the Ogre in what seemed like brand new Zords, but they were still losing badly. He shook his head, trying to clear it, when the voice spoke again.

It wasn't a dream. It said. They are actually losing. You must help them.

Weihan swallowed, looking at his wrist and at the controls that were on it. Suddenly, faster than he could think, streams of data poured into his brain – powers, weapons, Zords – so much at once. When the waterfall was over, he knew everything about all of his powers. Morphin Power – Utahraptor. Thunder Power – Hydra. Ninja Power – Crocodile. Zeo Power – Basilisk. Turbo Power – Raptor Rider. Space Power – Meteors. Galaxy Powers – Funnelweb Spider. Rescue Powers (whatever they were) – Raptor Flier. Time Force Powers (another mystery) – Chronos. Guardian Of The Earth Powers (Wild Powers, the voice told him) – Giant Squid, something that he would have to see to believe. Ninja Element Power – Fire. Prehistoric Power – Spinosaurus. Weihan wasn't quite sure why he had two types of dinosaur in his lineup, but when no answer was forthcoming, he accepted it. What the crystal did tell him was that Chronos was basically time itself, and the powers would allow him to basically manipulate time to a certain degree. The Guardian Powers and Rescue Powers were a mystery to him, but when he asked all the crystal told him was,

You will learn in time.

Great, just great. A crystal that talks to him and gives advice like a damn school teacher. He had to admit, from the flashes of images he caught, the Zords did look cool – except the Chronos, which looked like a giant skeleton with wings. Freaky stuff that was, but he didn't care – that much. He checked himself. He was home alone, no one would come back for another three hours – four was when his sister's school finished, so he was set. He twisted his wrist, causing his funky morpher amalgamation to vanish to god-knows-where. He paused, then concentrated. In a flash of fire, his crystal appeared in his hand. Apart from the split second that he had seen it in his "dream sequence", this was the first time that he had seen it up close.

For one thing – it was a bright orange lightning bolt. Or rather, what a 3D bolt would look like. It was also surprisingly light, weighing in at around fifteen grams – or that's what he guessed anyway. He slowly nodded for no reason, then slowly lifted his crystal up into the air. Outside, the sky darkened a fair bit, nut Weihan didn't notice anything – his gaze was hardened, his mind set and focused. He took a deep breath in and thrust it up, calling out his morphing call.

"ULTRA CRYSTAL, ENERGIZE!"

An inferno exploded around him, coming from within the crystal itself. Weihan felt an odd sensation – as if he was rotating in the air, in the centre. In another flash, he found himself clad in a bright orange costume that seemed to be made out of spandex. He mentally groaned to himself before gasping at what was coming towards him. It was three ghostly images of a Utahraptor, a Hydra and a Crocodile. He steeled his body for impact, but it never came. One by one, the spirits eased into his semi-morphed form, each one granting him select strengths – Raptor – speed; Hydra – super strength; Crocodile – stealth. He felt damn good – so good that he felt that he could take on a thousand Megazords and win. But there was one final step to complete – the Crystal knew this and so did Weihan. He nodded once more to an unseen watcher and finished his morph.

"BATTLE ARMOUR, ACTIVATE!"

With the sound of a million roars, Weihan's sequence was complete. He looked into the foyer mirror at his new look. What he saw blew him away – well, not really. His armour consisted of a large White Ranger style vest with a crystal set in the middle of it and it was coloured Orange and black. His suit was a solid orange, with no white anywhere, the monotony broken by his golden arm and leg bands. His belt looked like white leather, with his symbol on it – the back foot of a Utahraptor. His helmet was another thing altogether. Instead of the stylised helmets of the Power Rangers, his helmet was meticulously detailed to show the image of a snarling Utahraptor – right down to the veins on the "eyes". Had he not have been expecting this, he would have had a shit fit there and then – mostly due to the realism. He flexed his arms and found that, even with the shoulder-plates, he could still move his arms in a 360 degree of motion.

He also knew how to fight, which was amazing considering that he had never stuck to any formal training in any sort of martial art before. The Power also told him that he could call upon a Zord that was extremely unique to him and his Power. What it was, it wouldn't say either. The Powers were becoming extremely frustrating, but Weihan thankfully had a lot of patience. He smiled under his helmet and readied his teleportation to the Angel Grove Desert.

As was lowering his hand to his belt, the phone rang. Cursing whatever deity had it in for him, he walked over and answered it. It was from his school. After answering a few questions – where he was, was he all right, did he want someone to get his homework for him – No to that one, sparking a long conversation about why, he teleported off.

This time, he switched on the answering machine.

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