Author's Note: Where did everyone go again? Part 2 of this episode won't be uploaded until I have got the next few episode written up. I'll try to work as fast as I can but I make no promises as my work starts to build as the weeks go past. Anyway, here is Face to Face, Part I
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything that is unrecognizable from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban although Operation Overdrive was created by Disney. Enjoy.
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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.
"Uncle Andrew, this is ridiculous." Tyler sighed as he followed Hartford around the base. "You've been working on the new zord 24/7. You've got to take a break."
"Your pleas fall on deaf ears." Spencer told the green Ranger. "I've been telling him the same thing for the past two days."
"The sonic streaker isn't just any Zord, Tyler." Andrew answered. "With the speed and agility of shark, but with the most advanced weaponry I've ever developed."
"Great." Tyler nodded, patting Andrew's shoulder. "Now, how about I get you a sandwhich?"
Spencer quickly looked up. "I'll get the sandwhiches around here, if you don't mind," he said. "Let's keep our duties clear. After all, you don't see me traipsing around in one of those shiny uniforms, do you?"
"Ah, come on, Spencer," said Tyler, grinning at the butler. "You're in pretty good shape. You'd look great in Ranger green."
"True." Spencer nodded. "Although I'd prefer Ranger red."
Tyler laughed. "I think you'd have a hard time getting the red morpher from Mack," he said. "I'm not completely sure if he sleeps with his Tracker."
"Well, either way," said Spencer. "For my age, I'm still quite ripped. He walked away to make sandwhiches, while Andrew turned to his nephew.
"Do you want a sneak preview?" he asked. Originally he had planned to give the preview to his son, but Mack was busy elsewhere, and Tyler was always complaining about not having a Zord, so he decided to indulge his new-found nephew.
Tyler grinned and nodded.
Andrew led the green Ranger over to the main computer, and brought up an image of the new Zord.
"Incredible." Tyler gasped.
"I haven't told you the best part." Andrew said. "You're gonna be the pilot , if you're up for it?"
Tyler's eyes widened and he turned, happily, to his uncle. "For real?" he asked. "I finally get a Zord? You're not pulling my leg now, are you? Because this would be a pretty sick joke if you were."
Andrew chuckled and shook his head. "Nope. I've finally created your Zord," he smiled.
"Oh, yeah!" Tyler cheered. "Finally, not only do I get to join the others in battle, but I can also fly a jet, oh this is too good to be true. Wait till I tell the others." He turned and raced out of the lab, passing Spencer who had returned with a sandwhich for Mr. Hartford.
"Ah, youth." Spencer chuckled.
~*Secrets and Lies*~
"Guys! Aliyah, Mack, Ronny!" Tyler shouted, racing into the games room to find three out of six Rangers sitting on the sofas. They were channel surfing, flipping between the grand prix in Germany, music videos, and adventure shows. "Where's the others, I got something to tell you, and it's gonna blow you away."
"Andrew finally made you a Zord." Aliyah said, flipping the TV back to her music videos.
Tyler frowned at his cousin. "How'd you know?" he asked, deflating slightly.
"Because nothing else could make you this excited." Aliyah said. "And you've been bugging about not having a Zord for way too long that I was tempted to call Cam and ask him to create you a zord, just to shut you up."
"I thought Dad said you couldn't have contact with Cam?" Mack asked.
Aliyah shrugged. "Just because your dad say's i'm not allowed something, doesn't mean i'm gonna listen," she said. "He said I wasn't allowed to Skype Cam, either, but whenever I Skype Tori, Cam is there, what am I supposed to tell him? That I can't talk to him because my Uncle's punishing me?"
"Well, yeah," nodded Mack.
"Meh. What Andrew doesn't know, won't hurt him." Aliyah said.
Tyler shook his head, and jumped over the back of the couch, collapsing onto it beside Ronny. "Whatever. Oh, did you know that the new Zord can reach mach 2 in less than 30 seconds?" he asked, coming back to his main reason for hunting them down. "And the superthrusters boost the speed to mach 3 in less than a minute." He added, excitedly.
Aliyah, Mack and Ronny exchanged looks, rolling their eyes at the over-energized green Ranger.
"Yeah. Sounds slamming." Mack said, wrestling the remote away from Aliyah, and flipping the channel back to his choice.
Just then the doors opened up, and Rose, Will and Dax walked in. Rose was carrying the parchment, and talking excitedly to the blue and black Rangers about it.
"Good news, guys." Rose said, spotting the others near the TV. "I think I made some progress in figuring out how to read this parchment."
"Don't tell me," said Ronny with a quirky smirk. "You looked it up in the Alien-to-English dictonary?"
Aliyah snickered.
"No, but I called a colleague at the University, Professor Ryan, he's a total genius when it comes to languages and codes. I'm going to take him the parchment to see if he can figure any of it out."
"Cam could've done it in half the time." Aliyah pouted, slapping Mack across the chest, as she snatched the remote from his hands.
"You're not allowed to see him," the others exclaimed.
"Hey," said Aliyah, pointing at Dax. "I'd watch your tone if I were you, blue boy, you're the bloody reason i'm not allowed to see my boyfriend."
"What did I do?" Dax frowned, pointing at himself.
"You and your stupid audition." Aliyah said.
"You didn't have to help me."
"I told you not to take the part." Aliyah argued. "We would've gotten away with the whole deal if you had just listened to me. But no, you had to go and say yes, and drop us both in hot water!"
Dax held his hands up in defence. "OK, OK, I'll admit, I screwed up," he said. "But, anyway, Rose, can I come along to London? I've never been to jolly old England."
"Sure." Rose smiled.
"Hey, while you're at it," said Mack. "Take Tyler too. He can tell you all about the sonic streaker then."
"Oh, great idea." Tyler grinned, jumping to his feet. "Hey, Rose, Dax, check it out. The main turbines, right, can generate over 1,000 horsepower, well, depending on the altitude and air density, obviously."
As the blue, pink and green Rangers left the room; Mack, Aliyah, Ronny and Will grinned at one another, with Tyler off in London, bugging Rose and Dax, they had free run of the manor, and the perfect solitude to go with it.
~*Secrets and Lies*~
Professor Ryan smiled as he, Rose, Dax and Tyler, sat at a small cafe table on the University campus. In front of him was the parchment that Rose had explained so much about, but he couldn't decipher every little detail about it.
"Fascinating," the professor murmured.
"But can you understand any of the symbols, Professor?" Rose asked.
Before Professor Ryan could answer, a bolt of lightning hit their table and they were all thrown to the floor. While the monster, the one responsible for the attack, jumped over the table, snatching the parchment which had been left behind.
"Professor Ryan, are you OK?" Rose asked, checking on the old man.
"Yes, i'm fine," the older man nodded.
"Hey, stop!" Tyler shouted, following after the monster as he raced away from the campus. "Ready!"
"Ready!" Rose and Dax nodded, reaching for their Trackers.
"Overdrive Accelerate!"
"Follow me." Rose said, leading them around the inside of the building. They came out in front of the monster, stopping him in his tracks just beyond the exit. He had the parchment clutched in his hand, and he looked surprised to see they were cutting off his path.
"All right. Hand over that parchment, now!" Tyler said, holding up his blaster.
With a ferocious roar a giant dragon landed between the Rangers and the newest monster. "Don't worry, Tyzonn," he said. "I'll take care of these colourful pests."
"Great, another one of Moltor's goons." Dax complained.
"Here's a message from him." The dragon said, blasting the Rangers with his staff. With the Rangers down, the monster known as Tyzonn, run off in the opposite direction to the fighting.
"Hey!" Tyler shouted, spotting him. "Stop!"
Tyzonn paused and turned back, only to be bowled over as Tyler grabbed his shoulders as he landed, and propelled them both onto the ground. Tyzonn managed to wrestle himself out of Tyler's grasp, jump to his feet and take off running again.
"Wait!" Tyler yelled, racing after him.
"Tyzonn! Get out of here!" the dragon roared, before he was attacked by both Rose and Dax.
Tyler finally caught up with Tyzonn as he tried to escape over the rooftops. "Give me that parchment," the green Ranger said, struggling to get Tyzonn to release his grip.
"Let me go." Tyzonn said, tugging the parchment back. He tugged a little too hard and ended up pulling both himself and Tyler off of the roof. Landing on his feet, Tyler spin-kicked Tyzonn, knocking back a few steps.
Throwing his clawed fist at Tyler, Tyzonn tried to hit the green Ranger with a strand of lightning, but Tyler was prepared. He chanelled the lightning into his suit, and fired it back at Tyzonn, knocking him down.
Tyzonn grunted as he hit the ground on his stomach. He gasped when he looked up, surprised to find a small crystal shattered on the ground. "Oh no," he murmured, scrambling to pick it up.
"Got it!" Tyler announced, grabbing the parchment from Tyzonn, but the monster held it firmly within his claws.
"No, you don't." Tyzonn argued, pulling the parchment back towards it. There was an almighty rip, and the parchment tore.
Tyler groaned as Tyzonn hit him across the stomach, sending him flying backwards, while the dragon finished up with Rose and Dax.
"Let's go." The dragon yelled, running off to join Tyzonn. He swept his staff around them, and they disappeared in a burst of flame.
"Aw, man, we lost them." Dax complained.
"Tyler!" Rose shouted, running towards the green Ranger. "Are you OK?"
"Yeah." Tyler nodded.
"Hey, what's that?" Dax asked, pointing at the piece of parchment in Tyler's hand.
"All I could get of the parchment." Tyler sighed.
"Hey, what's this?" Rose asked, noticing a small half-crystal on the floor. She picked it up and examined it.
Tyler shook his head as the pink Ranger put the diamond in his hand. "I dunno," he said. "But let's get back. We can figure everything out at the base."
Dax and Rose nodded.
~*Secrets and Lies*~
Professor Ryan sighed and looked to Rose. They were back at Hartford Manor in San Angeles, he had been brought here to translate the parchment seeing as it was safer than in England.
"Unfortunately, I can't translate all of it," said Professor Ryan. "But I do recognize some of these symbols from extraterrestrial crop circles. This one," he pointed at the half sphere in the middle of the page, "represents 'mountain,' and I think this one means 'diamond.'"
"This is it, Rangers." Andrew said, looking up at his team. "I have a feeling that this document can lead us right to the second Jewel of the Corona Aurora."
The team grinned.
After his job had been completed, Professor Ryan was packing for his journey back to London. He still had classes to teach, and needed to be back as soon as possible. "I'm sorry, Rose," he said as the pink Ranger came to see him off. "Without the entire parchment, that's all I can tell you."
"Thank you, Professor," said Rose. "You've been a great help. We'll take it from here."
"We're all very proud of you at the University, Rose." Ryan added. "I think you're our only alumnus who's gone on to become a real-life superhero."
"Maybe when this is all done, I can come back and teach a class on it." Rose smiled.
Aliyah watched as Rose and the Professor left the room, before turning back to the diamond that Mack was scanning. "Anything interesting?" she asked.
"Nope. No jewel signature of any kind." Mack answered. "Just like your average piece of space quartz."
"It can't be nothing," said Tyler, joining them. "I mean, that alien got really upset over it, you only do that if something means a lot to you."
"Yeah. Out of all the monsters that have tried to pulverize us," said Dax, wandering over. "He was definitely the most sensitive."
Tyler shot him a cold look.
"Come on, Ty, he was just like any other cold-blooded, lizard-faced freak."
"No, no," said Tyler. "There was something different about this one."
"Well, if he works for Moltor," said Aliyah. "I don't need to see his resume. He's going down."
Suddenly the alarms sounded loudly throughout the whole manor. Andrew, who was sitting at his desk, jumped and looked up at the TV screen as it changed to show the latest attack on the city.
"Power Rangers, there will be more destruction if you don't bring us the parchment. I suggest you do before anyone gets hurt."
"He doesn't have to tell me twice." Aliyah said, leaning against the office wall, watching the TV. "Anyone mind if I take the Transtek?"
"Go for it, Aliyah." Andrew confirmed.
"Sweet." Aliyah grinned, turning and running across the room. She flipped a switch under the mantlepiece and the far wall spun around to reveal the poles leading to the Ranger base. "Look out, baddies, i'm ready to rock," she said, sliding down the middle pole and morphing before she reached the bottom.
~*Secrets and Lies*~
The ground rumbled and debris fell from destroyed buildings as Tyzonn and his dragon friend trampled through. There were still innocent people within the vicinity, but the dragon didn't seem to care, but his lizard friend did.
"So, like my handiwork?" the Dragon asked, blasting another giant hole in a nearby building, and causing more people to run screaming.
"Do you have to cause so much destruction?" Tyzonn asked.
"That's the fun part." The dragon laughed.
"At least wait until everyone's out of the area."
As the innocent people run screaming, the Rangers arrived, herding them in the direction of safety.
The dragon laughed when he saw a woman trip and fall, but when Tyzonn looked up and saw a mass of debris fall from the building above her, he ran forward, hoping to help her before the debris hit her.
"No!" he yelled, reaching out a scaled hand.
The woman looked up and screamed, raising her hands to try and protect herself. Thankfully she was saved when a mechanical arm reached out and grabbed the cement, right above her head.
"Whao! That was a close one." Alihah sighed.
Tyzonn reached the woman and grabbed her shoulders. "Hurry! Get out of here!" he said, but the woman screamed, thinking he was going to attack her. "Hey! It's OK."
"Get away from her!" Aliyah yelled, pushing forward on her controls and transforming the Transtek into its little robot form. "Alright, you asked for it!" she added, powering up her blasters, and blasting Tyzonn across the yard.
He landed on the ground beside the dragon.
"Enough!" the dragon growled, pulling his lizard friend to his feet. "You know what we're here for." He looked up as the Rangers re-grouped and stood in front of him. "Now tht we have your attention, where's the parchment?"
"Right here." Tyler answered, holding up the corner he had managed to salvage.
"Tyzonn, get it from him." The dragon ordered.
"Yes." Tyzonn nodded, walking to meet Tyler.
Aliyah frowned and caught her cousins arm. "What do you think you're doing?" she asked. "We can't give that to him."
"I'm not." Tyler whispered. "Just be ready."
"Ty -"
"Trust me, Ali," said the green Ranger. "I know what i'm doing."
Aliyah sighed and let go of his arm. She stepped back in line, beside the others, but her eyes were on Tyzonn and Tyler at all times.
Walking forward, Tyler powered down, still holding the parchment out to Tyzonn.
"What is he doing?" Mack asked, startled.
"I dunno." Aliyah said, shaking her head. She was on pins as she watched and waited for the outcome between her cousin and Tyzonn.
"Hand me the parchment." Tyzonn demanded.
"I saw you try to help that woman." Tyler said. "You're not like the others, are you?"
"I am one of them." Tyzonn said, trying to snatch the parchment.
Tyler ripped it away from him, and shouted to his team-mates from over his shoulder.
Rose and Will stepped forward, firing their weapons at the dragon. Two thin wires wrapped around the monster trapping his arms to his waist and preventing him from doing anything but teetering on his feet.
With Tyzonn distracted, Tyler tried to grab him, but the lizard was quicker and knocked him away. Getting the upper hand, Tyzonn managed to subdue Tyler, before running off without the parchment.
"Wait." Tyler shouted, giving chase.
"Tyler!" Mack and Aliyah shouted, but the green Ranger was long gone.
The dragon growled and snapped the binds that were tied around him. "Lava Lizards," he shouted, summoning the hot-headed foot soldiers. "Let's play!"
"We don't have time for this!" Aliyah yelled, jumping straight into the thick of the oncoming forces. While Rose, Ronny, Will and Dax fought the lava lizards, she and Mack went straight for the dragon.
~*Secrets and Lies*~
"Wait!" Tyler shouted as he chased Tyzonn through the trees. He would have used Ninja streak, seeing as it was easier than running, and he knew that he would catch Tyzonn in half the time if he did, but he also didn't want to freak him out any more than he already was. But Tyzonn didn't stop running, he didn't even slow down.
Deciding that he was getting nowhere by just chasing Tyzonn, Tyler sighed and kicked into Ninja-streak. He cut across the woodland with ease, and landed in front of the lizard, blocking off his path.
"Wait. Stop." Tyler said.
"Get away from me." Tyzonn demanded, blasting Tyler again with a bolt of lightning.
"Haven't we already done this?" Tyler asked, catching the lightning bolt and channelling it through his body. He clenched his hand, and gritted his teeth, as the energy simmed down, and Tyzonn was left looking bewildered.
"How did you -?"
"I control lightning." Tyler answered. "I can also channel it if it is used against me. Look, I don't want to fight you. I'm not your enemy."
"I said stay away from me." Tyzonn growled, stepping closer.
Tyler refused to back down. "Listen, i'm not going to hurt you," he said. "I don't think you want to hurt me, either. Who are you?"
"I am no one." Tyzonn answered. "And when Moltor finds out I don't have the whole parchment, it won't matter anyway. I will be eliminated."
"Looks like we're at a crossroad," said Tyler. "We both need the whole parchment, yet neither of us are willing to budge. Looks like we both lose."
"What is this document?" Tyzonn asked. "Why does everyone seek it?"
"You mean you don't know?" Tyler asked, confused. Why would Moltor send someone out to steal the parchment, but not tell them what it was or for. "It leads to one of the jewels of the Corona."
"The Corona Aurora has been found?" Tyzonn asked, startled.
"Ah, so, you've heard of it?" Tyler smirked. "Yeah, it's been found, here on Earth. Now Moltor and every other evil thug in the galaxy are coming after it."
"But if Moltor gets the jewels, he'll use them to crush everything that's good on all planets." Tyzonn explained.
Tyler nodded. "Yeah, I know. Me and my friends, we were put together to fight Moltor, and the others from getting their hands on the jewels, but we can't do that without the parchment that you took from us. If you're really not like them, then give me the rest of the parchment. Please."
Tyzonn growled, but didn't hand over the parchment. Instead he looked at Tyler and started to walk away. "I must go," he said, disappearing into the trees.
Tyler exhaled heavily, and then followed after him.
~*Secrets and Lies*~
"Look out!" Aliyah yelled as and Ronny were flipped over and landed on the ground beside Will and Mack. The dragon - Bullox - smirked and approached the fallen Rangers.
"That was easier than I thought!" he laughed. "Moltor will be pleased when I eliminate you!"
"STOP!"
The six Rangers and Bullox looked up and saw Tyzonn running towards them. He jumped of Bullox and stood protectively in front of the fallen Rangers, shielding them with his arms.
"Don't hurt them anymore."
"Tyzonn, what are you doing here?" Bullox asked. "Do you have the rest of the parchment?"
"No, and I won't get it for you."
Aliyah lifted her head and frowned up at the lizard.
"I won't get it." Tyzonn said, falling to his knees. "I can't be a part of this anymore. I made a big mistake."
"Yes, you have," said Moltor as he appeared in a flash of flame.
"Moltor, this destruction has to stop." Tyzonn said, walking towards him. "I don't care about our deal. I won't help you anymore."
"I see." Moltor nodded. "Well, here is what happens to traitors!"
He grabbed his sword and spun around, slashing it down Tyzonn's arm, causing green sticky blood to ooze out onto the ground.
"Do your worst." Tyzonn said, biting through the searing pain. He would not help Moltor, and was prepared to die if need be.
Moltor growled and swung his sword around again, but before it could strike Tyzonn it hit another sword. Tyler landed between Tyzonn and Moltor, using his drive defender to protect the lizard.
"Back off, Moltor." Tyler snapped, pushing his weight against his defender, and sending Moltor stumbling away.
"If I have to go through you to get to him, then so be it." Moltor said, raising his sword and rushing forward, but before he could attack either Tyler or Tyzonn, Aliyah landed in his path and kicked him in the stomach.
"Tyler, go!" she shouted over her shoulder. "Bring back the lizard."
"His name's Tyzonn."
Aliyah shook her head and blocked Moltor's sword. She threw her weight against him, and then jumped up and kicked him in the chest. He flew back away from her, denting a structure beam as he hit it.
"I don't care what his name is," said Aliyah, turning to her cousin. "Either bring him back with the parchment, or get the parchment and come back alone."
Tyler nodded and run off after Tyzonn who had, once again, fled the battlefield.
~*Secrets and Lies*~
Heeding Aliyah's advice, Tyler found Tyzonn slumped against a tree just inside the forest. He was bleeding a green substance from his arm, and looked to be in a considerable amount of pain.
"Here," said Tyler, taking a bandage from his pocket. "Let me help." He took Tyzonn's arm and started to wrap the bandage around the wound.
"It seems even with these hideous scales, I'm vulnerable to injury. Moltor would have finished me off if you hadn't saved me."
Tyler shrugged. "Hey, we all have weaknesses," he said. "And saving people is what I do."
"I owe you my thanks."
Holding out his hand, Tyler smiled.
Tyzonn hesitated, before taking the offered limb and shaking it.
"My name's Tyler," the green Ranger said.
"I was once called Tyzonn, and I've brought shame to my planet by bowing to Moltor's will."
"Hey, we all make mistakes," said Tyler.
"If you'll trust me, I'd like to make amends for the harm I've done." Tyzonn said, pulling out his side of the parchment. "Moltor must be stopped."
Tyler nodded and took his piece from his pocket. "It is my cousin that doesn't trust easily," he said. "Me? I didn't just risk my life to save yours, only to turn my back on you at the last second. Besides, I couldn't agree more when you say that Moltor needs to be stopped." He held his corner piece of parchment in line with the place he had ripped it from and smiled as a golden shimmer rippled across the paper, resealing it and making the map whole again. "Alright. We better go." He added, looking around.
His Ninja senses were telling him that something was wrong. There was trouble in the forest around them, and he didn't want to become trapped with no means of escape, with Tyzonn and the newly formed parchment.
~*Secrets and Lies*~
After seeing Tyler and Tyzonn fleeing the battle, Bullox and Moltor had dealt with the other Rangers, before giving chase, leaving the Rangers to follow in their wake.
"Why did you tell Tyler to flee?" Mack asked Aliyah.
"I didn't tell him to flee." Aliyah corrected. "I told him to follow the lizard. I told him that the lizard had the parchment, and that he was to either a) return with the lizard and the parchment, or b) return with just the parchment. I really don't care which one."
"Hey, guys, over here." Will called. He was squatted down a few feet away with Dax and Rose, and was inspecting a pool of green blood on the forest floor.
"What is this stuff, anyway?" Dax asked.
Rose touched it with her fingers. "I think it's Alien blood," she said, sniffing her fingers. "Ough! It smells disgusting."
"I don't get it." Mack frowned. "Why would Moltor be fighting one of his own?"
"I don't know, but that thing could be even more dangerous now that it's injured." Ronny said. "We have to find Tyler and get him away from it."
Aliyah sighed and threw her head back. "Ty's fine," she soothed. "He's more than just a Power Ranger, he's a Ninja and a Sensei, trust me, he knows what he is doing, and he can defend himself if need be."
"I'll be the judge of that." Ronny said.
~*Secret and Lies*~
"Can you read these symbols?" Tyler asked, showing Tyzonn the new parchment.
"No. This language is unfamiliar to me." Tyzonn answered, causing dread to settle in the green Ranger. If no human could translate the parchment, and Tyzonn, who was an alien couldn't translate the parchment then who could translate it?
"We better get it back to base then." Tyler said. "Before something bad happens."
No sooner had the words left his lips did a small army of Lava Lizards appear in front, beside, and behind him.
"Great." Tyler groaned. "Next time, Ty, just keep your mouth shut!"
To Be Continued...
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Chapter updated Tuesday, 15th October, 2013 at 01:06am