School had resumed as usual for the Dragon rangers. Jake and Heather quickly adapted to their new environment. There wasn't an attack for two weeks. At the Cyber Cafe though, Heather saw a very handsome young man, a bit older then her (probably a year) with spiked up black hair with a slight ponytail.
Heather: Who's the cutie?
Lauren: Dunno. Looks like he works here.
Carl: Oh him. His name's Tyrrel. He's new like you guys are.
Heather: Awesome. I think I'd like to talk to him.
Heather went up, and did indeed introduce herself to Tyrrel. Lauren chuckled.
Lauren: She is weak against cute boys.
Ryder: Oh...and you think he's cute?
Lauren: He's...eh to me. I got somebody else in mind first.
Ryder: Really?
Lauren: Yeah.
The two smiled at each other. It's not like they hid their blossoming relationship from their friends, but they were taking it slow. Also, Lauren did tell the others about the dark markings on her, and like Karmyn, they willingly gave her a portion of their powers to help her ward off the darkness. But she could still feel it swell deep within her. She did find out that she had some better abilities, like she was physically stronger, faster, could breath underwater for a long time, amongst other abilities. Needles to say, she liked her enhancements.
But it didn't stop the darkness from swelling. It slowed it down, but she knew one day, she'd have to face it herself.
But back to the present...Five of the six rangers (Heather was still flirting with Tyrrel), they were just lounging about in the Cafe, watching some TV there. Suddenly, the broadcast cut to a news report on the Komododrones attacking the city. Everyone was in a panic. By this point, all the rangers, Heather included, went around back, and morphed.
Lauren: Let's do this.
Soon, the rangers were in battle against a larger then normal fleet of Komododrones. It wasn't easy, but they did manage to win. But they were mostly after Lauren, who with the constant battling, got frustrated, and began to get extremely aggressive.
Lauren: Who's next?
Hanzo: We are!
Hanzo, Itachi in his ranger form, Azalia, and what looked like a minotaur, all walked forward to the rangers. Lauren growled, and shot off a lot of wind blasts.
Azalia: It seems that your plan is slowing down. I thought it was fool proof.
Itachi: It...It is foolproof.
Azalia: It's obviously not working if the full effects haven't kicked in. And you call yourself MY SON!
Itachi turned his head to Azalia, and a low growl was heard from him. He then charged in, with the Minotaur, to the rangers. Hanzo joined them, and their combined powers were able to intimidate the rangers a bit, as they kept blowing past them. Lauren went in, for a flying kick towards the beast, but it swatted her away, she landed a fair distance away, leaving her out cold, and demorphed.
Itachi: Excellent Tauros. You take it from here.
Tauros: No problem. I was built for this stuff.
Itachi looked over in the direction of Lauren, and went after her. Ryder looked, and was pissed off.
Ryder: Sorry guys, but it's to big of a risk.
Carl: Don't worry, we got this one.
Ryder ran towards where Itachi was going. Eventually he caught up, as Itachi was forcing more dark energy into Lauren.
Ryder: Let her go NOW!
Itachi: Bite me, red ranger!
That momentary distraction got Lauren's senses back, and she managed to escape, along with blasting Itachi back. She then began a relentless assault upon Itachi, who was barely able to keep up. She then hit him had in the stomach, blast Itachi into the air, before teleporting up, morph, and smashing him back to the ground. The damage was intense, that it caused Itachi to demorph. But he was covered in black, from head to toe. Lauren spotted the morpher, and stepped on it, breaking it. Itachi managed to grab his emerald, and escape.
Lauren: Coward.
Ryder: Whoa. That was...amazing.
Lauren: Well...that's because I am.
Back with the others...Hanzo and Azalia had already left, and Tauros was trampling the others. Carl was up, his dragon shield summoned. Taurus was going at him full charge, when Carl slammed the ground, causing Tauros to get launched in the momentum allowed Tauros to keep going flying towards Carl, who then managed to give a stiff uppercut to Tauros's gut. When Tauros landed. He was clutching his gut in pain.
Tauros: You'll pay for that.
Lauren and Ryder had since joined, and the others got up. They combined, and blasted Tauros away.
Lauren: That was effortless.
Carl: Speak for yourself, that guy ran us over.
Lauren: Please. That's just you guys being weak. I hope you're ready, because he just grew.
True to Lauren's word, the bull was back and bigger then ever. The dragonzords immediately came. The rangers hopped in, and got ready.
Carl: Man, what is with her today?
Shindou: Can't say. I don't know about you, but...RUN!
Shindou immediately got away from Tauros, saving them from being crushed.
Redi-Kaze: Lauren. You must resist the darkness.
Lauren: I'm fine. There's nothing wrong with me. Now beat this guy quickly!
They all tried, but they were unable to hit Tauros. They did combine to make the Super Dragonforce Megazord. But Tauros still was proving to strong for them, when he kept charging.
Lauren: Okay. I get that he's tough. I think we should hit him with an aerial assault.
The megazord flew up in the air, just in time, before it got hit again. Even then, it was hard to maintain. The damage was very clear. Tauros then chuckled, knowing that it held the advantage.
Lauren: Is everyone okay.
Karmyn: For the most part, we're fine. I don't think the dragons are.
Shiro: She's right. I got hit pretty badly there.
Lauren: There goes the double drill idea.
Tauros: Come down here and face your maker!
Heather: We're gonna have to strike sometime, but I think that Double drill was our best bet. The Scythe won't be powerful enough.
Shindou: Might I offer a suggestion. Use me.
Carl: It's worth a shot. Alright, I'm hooking myself up. EARTH POWER!
Carl hooked his element and lifeforce directly into the megazord. The leg that was Shindou glowed brightly The megazord flew up into the air, before plummetting back down, foot first, and rapidly spinning, with missiles flying out. All hit Tauros.
Tauros: OWWW!
Finally, the spinning megazord hit Tauros on the head, sending him flying. The megazord landed on the ground, as Tauros expolded.
Carl: Wow. I feel...
Carl passed out, demorphing in the process.
Jake: Wow. Must have really took a lot out of him.
Lauren: I feel really dizzy.
Ryder: We all do.
The rangers had won that battle. They left the megazord, as it vanished. Lauren put Carl on the ground, and everyone kneeled, as he was starting to wake up.
Lauren: You did good Carl.
Carl: Uhhhh...thanks.
Elsewhere, inside Azalia's fortress, Azalia was throwing things around. She was getting furious.
Azalia: Who's idea was it to send a bull out there?
Hanzo: Your son's.
Itachi: Shut up.
Azalia: Should have known. I have given you, chance after chance. My patience is wearing very thing with you. I've done everything to make you understand what must be done for us to rule, yet you have this attitude about you, that you don't care.
Itachi: Well with you being the way you are, maybe I don't care.
Azalia: Well you better learn to. A warrior you are, but you're unreliable. I didn't breed to create an unreliable bonehead!
Despit his cloak covering his face, Azalia knew she had hit a nerve with Itachi. He rose up, clearly pissed off. But Azalia shot a silver bolt at Itachi, who took it, and was blown backwards.
Azalia: Leave me.
Itachi struggle to get up, and limped away. He went to his own room, where he fell asleep, accessing his mind.
He saw a dark world. It had some chaos, but had some order as well. It wasn't all dreary. Kurai then approached, and knelt it's head to Itachi's level, as Itachi jumped up. Kurai then raised it's head up.
Kurai: something bothering you?
Itachi: It's my mother again. All those insults. I keep trying to please her, and for a while, it looked like I was. But...I don't think anything will ever satisfy that woman.
Kurai: You still love her though, don't you.
Itachi: A small part of me does. I may not have grown up around other children, but I can tell this isn't how a mother is supposed to raise her child.
Kurai: You're right it's not. I sense there is no love in her, only lust and hatred.
Itachi: You and me both. I can't stand being used as some tool. Yet what else am I supposed to do.
Kurai: I can't make that decision for you, but I will stand by you.
Itachi: Thank you Kurai. Well either way, I need the wind ranger's help. With all the darkness in her, she'll work for me in overcoming mother. But perhaps...maybe I'm going about this the wrong way. Maybe,I should just join them. Don't know if they would forgive me though.
Kurai: I'm sure they will. Personally, I would love to meet with Shiro on less hostile terms. It's been a while.
Itachi: Don't need to know, thank you very much.
Both sentients of chaos chuckled at that little exchange. Itachi then rolled up his left sleeve. There was a marking there. He hated that mark. It was something he himself could not get rid of. A spiraling tribal band up his arm, that Azalia had put on herself, so that she could control him. But he knew of something that could help him.
Itachi: It's only a matter of time Kurai. Mom might be an extremely powerful sorceress, but she is not unbeatable. But we need something to break her spell of containment over me.
Kurai: Might I suggest that we take a trip to the underworld?
Itachi nodded in response to that. He liked the idea. He slowly rose up, standing on the head of Kurai, and looked down. Emerald still in his hands.
Itachi; Yes. I know exactly what you mean. There is a very powerful weapon down there. A weapon of light. If I can break this spell that mother placed over me, she'll have no control over the chaos ranger anymore. Even if I do lose my life in the process, it will be worth it. I just hope that the white ranger, will be able to fill her role afterwards, if they survive.
A grunt was heard from Kurai, agreeing with Itachi. But as Kurai lowered his head, he whined a bit. Even Itachi could tell that Kurai was in love. Although Kurai did outright say it to Itachi before.