A/N: Hey! I'm really glad that you all liked last chapter. I had a true blast writing that. Anyways, I will be doing a prequel to this story- how Tommy and Kim got back together. I still don't have a title, but it should-key word SHOULD- be up either the end of this week or middle of next week; once I have it typed and a title. Lol. Anywho, a big thanks goes to ShikamaruNaraChunin, xranger13, and brankel1 for the reviews and saying that you wanted a prequel. You get a virtual hug and cookie! On with Chapter 11.
Chapter Eleven: Losing His Powers and Her Voice
"Alex!" Mason shouted before collapsing to the ground, grabbing his head.
"Mason!" Hunter ran over to his "cousin" and helped him up. "What is she seeing?"
"The orange candles are burning now. She's also getting tortured." Mason rubbed his head as Joey caught Alex as she started to collapse.
"I hate this power of hers. I'm just saying that now," Joey stated as he sat down and held Alex close. Zordon nodded his head and walked over to the computer.
"Damon. I need you to run a scan on the moon palace of Zedd and Rita. You know what Joey's power source looks like, so scan for that." Zordon turned to the blue ranger as he stood up and walked over to the computers.
"Okay." Damon typed in some codes and started the scan while the others worried about Alex and Mason.
"How is she?" Kali asked as Kyle helped Hunter lead Mason to the couch.
"Still seeing something. Guessing from her facial expressions, it isn't pretty." Joey managed a small smile as he said the last bit. Suddenly Alex stood up.
"Alex?" Kyle called her name as she walked over to where Damon and Zordon was.
"She's still seeing something," Joey said to him as Alex walked to Zordon.
"The…time…for a new ranger…has arrived…as well as one losing something important to her…" Alex trailed off as she collapsed again. Zordon caught her and held her close.
"Sweetie, come on. Wake up," Zordon said as he held her. Joey and Kait walked over to him.
"Zordon?" Kait asked as she started to tear up. Joey saw this and pulled the yellow-claded African-American girl into a hug.
"She's just asleep. She's not seeing anything anymore," Mason replied as Zordon laid Alex down on the medical bed that Damon revealed for her.
"Guys, not really wanting to get the attention off of what Alex saw and said, but we have a problem." Damon got everyone's attention.
"What is it?" Kyle asked as he walked up to the geek of the group.
"I found orange candles on the moon. Zedd and Rita are going to take Joey's power. Also…they are burning. He may not have time…" Damon trailed off as the alarm went off. Hunter and the others groaned as they looked at the screen to see a monster attacking the down town area.
"ITS MORPHIN TIME!" Hunter shouted as they all got into stance.
"MASTADON!" Mason shouted.
"PRETADACTOL!"
"TRICERATOPS!"
"SABOR TOOTH TIGER!"
"TYRANNOSAURS!"
"DRAGON ZORD!"
"ORANGE TIGER!"
Once all, with the exception of Alex, morphed they went straight to the down town area.
"Keep your eyes open guys," Hunter ordered as he scanned the area.
"Over here rangers!" the monster shouted as they all whipped around to face it.
"EW! What is it?" Kali asked as she shrank back a little.
"I am Gordena. I will destroy you and Reefside for my lord and queen!" Gordena announced before attacking the rangers. The rangers fought back and weakened the monster.
"Let's put them together guys!" Hunter called as they all pulled out their weapons.
"POWER AXE!" Mason shouted as he threw it up into the air.
"POWER BOW"
"POWER DAGGERS!"
"POWER LANCE!"
"POWER SWORD!" Hunter jumped up into the air and grabbed the power weapon and added his sword.
"FIRE!" the six rangers shouted as they all added their powers. Joey and Kyle watched as the monster was destroyed.
"IM NOT DONE YET RANGERS!" Gordena shouted as she grew taller.
"WE NEED DINOZORD POWER NOW!" the rangers shouted as Kyle pulled his dragon flute out.
"Dragon zord is on the way!" Kyle called as Joey suddenly demorphed.
"Guys, I lost my powers. I was able to transfer what I had left to the Megazord power cell, but I'm done. I have no powers," Joey said into the communicator as he ran out of the way of the overgrown monster.
"Joey, get back to the lab. We will meet you there," Hunter said as the megazord attacked the monster. Joey held a hand up showing that he heard before Zordon teleported him back to the lab.
In the Lab
Zordon waited as Joey reappeared in the lab before speaking.
"You have done a great deed. Knowing that you were losing your powers, and giving what you had to the megazord so that Zedd and Rita did not have the orange ranger powers back. You are a true ranger." Zordon explained as he watched Joey walk over to Alex.
"Anything new with Alex?" Joey asked as he turned to face Zordon and the computer.
"No…" Zordon trailed off as Mason's voice came through the communicator.
"Grandpa, we did it. We are coming back," Mason said as he and the others disappeared on the screen and reappeared in the lab.
"Good job rangers. Reefside is safe again because of you. You all should be very proud." Zordon watched as the teens all smiled before looking over at Alex and Joey.
"Joey…" Hunter started, but he couldn't finish. He felt really bad that Joey had to lose his powers.
"It's okay. We all knew that this was going to happen…" Joey trailed off as he looked at the red ranger. Joey heard Alex stir and looked back at her. "Alex, are you okay?"
"…" Alex opened her mouth to say something, but no sound came out. Alex suddenly grabbed her throat and started to cry.
"Alex, sh. We can get through this." Joey pulled Alex into a hug and started to rock her.
"MOM! DAD! GET DOWN HERE! WE HAVE A PROBLEM!" Mason yelled up the stairs of the basement. Zordon and the eight teens could hear Kim and Tommy run from the kitchen down the stairs.
"What's going on?" Kim asked as she looked around. Kim's eyes landed on Alex and thought that she had a bad vision. "What did she see this time?"
"No clue. But, she can't talk." Joey glanced back at Kim as Tommy came over to him.
"Pixie, which ranger are you?" Tommy asked, wanting to confirm that Alex truly couldn't speak.
"…" Alex opened her mouth again, with the same results as before. Alex made a motion for paper and a pencil.
Daddy, why is this happening to me? Tommy read the note that Alex wrote when she got paper and a pen.
"I don't know. Do you remember on what you saw?" Tommy watched as Alex quickly scribbled her answer.
I saw orange candles burning and then going out. I also saw Joey trying to rescue me from Zedd and Rita. Then I don't remember… Alex wrote as she started to cry again.
"Dad, she did stand up and walk over to grandpa and Damon, saying something about the time for a new ranger to come as well as someone losing something important to her. Though we don't know which of the girls 'her' specifies." Mason walked over to his dad as Tommy looked at Kim and Zordon.
"Why does all of this weird stuff happen to us?" Tommy questioned before leaving and going back upstairs.
"We'll find a way to get Alex her voice back, right?" Joey asked as Alex cried into his chest. Everyone around him nodded their heads before leaving the basement as well. Soon it was just Joey and Alex.
I'm sorry about your powers. I wish that you didn't lose them. Alex wrote to Joey. Joey sighed and shook his head.
"Like I said earlier. It's okay. We all knew that it was going to happen. I guess that we should make up some sort of system to use so that you don't have to write down everything you want to say." Joey helped Alex stand up. Both teens walked hand in hand upstairs to the smell of food and Kim yelling at Rocky.
"ROCKY! I swear that I will chop your hand off if you try to take that again!" Kim shouted as Joey and Alex appeared into the room.
"What did I do?" Rocky ask innocently as Kali shook her head. Joey and Alex walked over to her and sat down.
"So, I was thinking of making a system of some sort to help Alex communicate better with us, at least until we get her voice back." Joey explained as Alex sat with her head against his shoulder.
"What happened to her voice?" Rocky asked as he sat down on the other side of Alex.
"She lost it. We don't know how. But, she was having vision and then spoke some prophesy and then fell asleep. When she woke up she couldn't speak." Joey explained as Alex sighed. Conner and Kira entered the kitchen and said hello to everyone. Alex stood up and ran straight into her eldest brother's arms.
"Pixie? What's wrong?" Conner asked as he held Alex close. Alex would never act like that unless something bad had happened. Alex took his hand and placed it on her throat, right where her voice box is and opened her mouth and started to speak. Conner heard no sound coming out of his baby sister's mouth, but could feel her voice box vibrating.
"She lost her voice…" Kira trailed off as the rest of the original rangers came in. This startled everyone as Alex started crying into Conner's chest.
A/N: So that's the end of the chapter. What do you think? Will Alex be able to get her voice back? Who knows. Read and review please. Catch ya on the flip side!
