Keith responded rather quickly to the frantic call of his father, leaving the others behind as they offered to fight the newest alien while he went to help his father. He burst through the door and then saw bloody marks on the floor leading down the stairs and through the living room and dining room and into the kitchen, where he saw his father.
"Dad, what happened? Are you alright?" Keith asked.
"I'm fine, Keith." His father nodded.
Keith looked confused, but as he walked into the kitchen, his stomach lurched at the bloody and mangled body on the floor. Who, he couldn't tell, but he could tell it was a female.
"It happened slowly by an alien." Mr. Davinport added. "Named Turtle."
"Turtle?" Keith asked, then shook his head. "How do you know?"
"I saw him, leaving the house."
"Who is this?"
"Amara." Mr. Davinport replied, stifling back a sob. "I already called the police and they should be here any second. You should go."
"Dad, I will find Turtle, and when I do, he will pay." Keith put a hand on his dad's shoulder. "The Animali have hurt too many of our friends and family. Trust me when I say, they will be defeated. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but they will be defeated."
~PRAA~
Rabbit slashed all of the rangers as they stood back up, making them fly back onto the stone ground. "Time for some trust-breaking." Rabbit cackled, making motions with her hands that confused the rangers as they stared at her strangely in their disoriented state. "Bye bye!"
"What just happened?" Luke asked, then suddenly felt as if the rangers were against him. along with the others feeling the same way. They all backed away from each other.
"What are you guys doing? Where's the alien?" Keith asked as he ran up to them. They all demorphed and stared at Keith as if he was the only person in the world that they could trust.
"Can I trust you?" Ally asked.
"Of course.. you don't already? I mean, I thought we all trusted each other." Keith smiled.
"Really?" Therese asked. "I don't know.. I mean, can I trust them?"
"Yeah, they're your friends. We all should trust each other, we're rangers together, and we protect each other."
"We do?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't we?" Keith was starting to become worried. His friends were acting weird.
The rangers all suddenly went rigid and started to twitch. They were having seizures. "Great." Keith muttered.
~PRAA~
"What's wrong with them?" Keith asked. The ranger were laying unconscious in beds in the infirmary.
"Rabbit cut their trust bonds." Dr. Powers answered. "And let me guess, you were telling them that they should trust each other?"
"Yeah." Keith looked down. "I didn't know."
"I know, but don't do that again. Go find Rabbit and destroy her."
"Great, this day just keeps getting better." Keith muttered as he walked away.
"Dr. Powers," Alicia greeted. "Did you hear about Keith's father's girlfriend?"
"No, why? What happened?"
"She was brutally murdered earlier this morning. By an alien named Turtle, even though he's actually not that slow."
"Mmm... Well as long as Ally and Frank don't find out how Ally's parents were murdered, or Keith finding out about his family's 'problem', then we're alright."
"More like curse." Alicia rolled her eyes. "And it's not that bad."
"It's pretty bad." Ben inputted as he walked in. "And I think we should tell him."
"No! No, then the distrust between us and the rangers will be heavy."
"We weren't the ones that put the curse on his family, or the others families." Alicia reasoned. "And we have the curse too. Anyone who is involved with us has it, which is why we stay away from our families."
"Yes, plus these kid's families have been involved for decades." Ben agreed. "I think it'd be okay to tell them."
"When the time is right." Dr. Powers nodded. "Either way, the curse can't be broken without..."
"The destruction of the Animali." A woman with long auburn hair and green eyes stated. "Miss me?"
"Ginger!" Alicia cried, running up to her friend. "We thought you were dead."
"Unfortunately for you, no." Ginger joked. "Are these the rangers?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Four of them." Ben answered.
"Alright, but what was that about Robert having a girlfriend?" Ginger asked. "Even if she is dead, I want to know."
"Ginger, to be fair, he thinks you're dead, and it's better that way."
"But Keith doesn't need to think that, and he'll realize it when he walks in."
"No he won't." Alicia shook her head. "You don't look the same as you did two years ago."
Ginger sighed. "I shouldn't have to do this. I'm what? 38 now? My son is 16, without a mother, and I should be there for him."
"Ginger, everyone here has lost someone, it's okay. Don't tell him just yet, we all will when we talk about the curse."
"Alright." Ginger sighed.
~PRAA~
The other rangers walked around, watching as Sid, Brodie, and Nicole went up to another guy. They had all felt a lot better after Rabbit was destroyed and now wanted to see who else had the other ranger powers.
"Who is that?" Ally asked. He had brown hair and green eyes, with a large nose and skinny frame.
"Victor Nelson, better known as Emo Vick." Luke answered.
"You think he's evil?" Frank asked.
"Probably. I wouldn't doubt it." Luke muttered.
"Should we talk to him?" Therese asked.
"Naw, he'd just bring you down. He is the biggest narcissist and will bring you down to make his flaws look like nothing." Luke responded. "And as for a power, I'd have to say making people like him. I'm serious, he cares so much about what people think about him, I wouldn't be surprised." He added when the others gave him a skeptical look.
"Maybe." Frank shrugged.
~PRAA~
Riana frowned as she saw Lirx. "You fought with a ranger a few days ago." She said out of the blue.
"Yes, I'm sorry, but I have to fight if I ever want to find a cure." Lirx sighed. "But you don't have to. The pink ranger knows about you now, and she is thinking about telling her team about you."
"Yeah, but they won't believe her and they'll think I'm a con-artist." Riana retorted.
"Maybe, though, at least one of them knows the truth." Lirx replied.
~PRAA~
The rangers cried out as turtle shells hit them across the chests and threw them into the pond in Randall Park. They had been called to battle and had been fighting Turtle as they waited for Keith.
"God, he's fast for a turtle." Frank muttered.
"Agreed." Ally nodded.
They waded out of the park and, in their exhausted statuses, charged at Turtle, who just threw them away and called Terra, right when Keith arrived. The rangers then split up, Keith fighting Turtle, and the others fighting Terra.
Keith kicked Turtle, but his foot bounced off as a crack was heard, and Keith knew that it wasn't Turtle's shell that broke. Keith growled as Turtle cackled, and shoved his sword into where Turtle's thigh would be if he was human. Keith did this because, as he had learned from defeating Rabbit, one the the most important and vital veins was right there.
Turtle stumbled back a few steps, staring down in shock and pain at the sword in his thigh that was pouring out with blood. Turtle fell over and exploded, Keith's sword flying out of the explosion and into his hand.
"Keith, you alright?" Luke asked as he offered his hand to help him up.
"I think I broke my foot, but other than that, I'm alright." Keith answered honestly, leaning on Luke for support.
"Hey, I feel you, I think I cracked a few ribs." Therese grumbled as she held her chest.
"I think we all did, those turtle shells hit pretty hard." Frank agreed.
~PRAA~
Keith sat in his room after the battle. He had broken his foot, which was now in a cast. The other rangers had also broken some ribs, which were bandaged and taken care of.
Now that that was over, Keith could concentrate on the note. He took it out of his pocket and reread it a few times, but came up blank, even with the initials written on it - ADR - he didn't know what to think of it.
All he could think about was the initials now.
ADR...
Next On Power Rangers Ancient Animals: Therese begins to have a problem when Sid constantly tries to push her around, along with Brodie watching. She then finds herself fighting against all of the other rangers when Veenom puts a spell them. Meanwhile, Ginger tries to avoid Robert seeing her when she visits Elijah to see the other son she could have had if she were 'still alive'.