Author's Note: I know I say this all the time. But my intention is to finish this story this year! I have so many new projects that I want to write, and old ones that need finishing, that I am finding it difficult to do so because this story is still unfinished.

Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything that is unrecognizable about from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban although Operation Overdrive was created by Disney.

Warning: Rated T for safety


Title: Destiny Fulfilled

Summary: After the death of a Pai Zhuq master, Aliyah and Tyler are called to Ocean Bluff to help deal with the resurrected remains of Dai Shi. As usual, Aliyah is anything but happy, but is it life or death; she is determined to make this ranger team her last.


Tyler raced into the loft looking for Aliyah. He found her practicing alone on the basketball court. "We may have a problem," he said, standing on the sidelines and waiting for her to finish.

"Either you have a problem or you don't," Aliyah said.

"Hunter called."

Aliyah groaned. "What does the big blonde idiot want now?" she asked.

Tyler rolled his eyes. "Someone attacked the Thunder academy," he said. "They're not sure who it was but the attacker used lightning as their weapon."

Aliyah stopped short and turned to her cousin. "Black lightning?" she asked.

Tyler shook his head. "No, white lightning," he said.

"Is that sarcasm I detect, or are you serious?"

"I'm being serious," Tyler said. "Hunter said that the attacker wore a lightning academy uniform and attacked with white lightning. At first, he thought it was you, but then he remembered that despite your differences with him and the Thunder Academy, you'd never put innocent students at risk."

"It's got to be Rebecca," Aliyah said. "She's the only person, other than you and I that survived the fall of the Lightning Academy."

"But how is her lightning white?" Tyler asked. There were three kinds of lightning powers - green, black and white - and there had only been one person that had the abilities to manipulate white lightning, and that was Aliyah.

Aliyah shrugged. "She has magic," she said. "She could've easily cast a spell to change the appearance of her abilities; making black lightning look white. But why would she attack the Thunder ninja academy?" She paused, a feeling of dread settling in her stomach. "Have you heard from the others? Cam or Tori?"

Tyler shook his head.

Turning on the spot, Aliyah seized her cellphone from the chair and opened her contacts. She had zero missed calls, but that didn't ease the dread she could feel inside her. Sliding her fingers across the screen, Aliyah found Cam's name and hit 'call.'

"What are you thinking?" Tyler asked.

"What's the one thing that connects me to the Thunder Academy?" Aliyah asked. "The only thing that connects me to both the Thunder and Wind academies and it's not the fact that we were all Rangers together."

Tyler looked thoughtful and then shook his head.

"The prophecy," Aliyah said. "Remember? With the harmony of Wind, Thunder, and Lightning - the three academies are more in harmony now than they have ever been before. All I need to do is choose, and I already made my choice."

"So you think Rebecca is attacking the academies to try and disrupt the prophecy," Tyler theorised. "But that doesn't make sense. Rebecca fought long and hard to help form the alliance between us and the Wind, and Thunder academies, why would she now seek to destroy it?"

"Maybe she's not doing it of her own accord," Aliyah said. "Maybe she's being forced to do it."

"By Dai Shi."

Aliyah nodded. "He's the only person that will benefit from the disruption between me and the other academies. He could've forced Rebecca to tell him everything, he could know about the distrust between Hunter and me, he'd know about the level of protection I hold for the Wind Academy. He could be using Rebecca to turn them against me." She sighed.

Tyler bit his lip and looked agitated. "We need to find her," he said. "Before she succeeds in helping Dai Shi destroy you."

"I agree," Aliyah said. "But to do that we're going to need help."

"Theo, Lily, and Casey?"

"Sure," Aliyah said reluctantly. "But they need to understand that if we can't stop Rebecca, I will destroy her."

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Meanwhile, downstairs, Fran entered the kitchen tossing a pizza tray into the air. Since she had learned the identity of the Power Rangers she had been ever so excited.

"Rangers, party of three, your table is ready," the bookworm laughed.

"Fran, you don't have to announce it to the world," Theo sighed.

"Relax, Theo, I can understand her excitement," Lily smiled.

"Thank you, Lily," Fran said.

"Hot - coming through," Casey yelped, quickly emptying a pizza onto the table. "Yikes. Very hot." In his haste to drop the pizza mantle, he knocked over a tub of pizza sauce.

"No problem," Lily said. "I can make more sauce."

RJ frowned as he consulted an order. "Uh, Theo, you were supposed to put on extra sausage, not pepperoni."

"Come on, I'll help you make a new one," Lily said, cheerfully.

Casey chuckled as he grabbed a rag to mop up the sauce.

"Hey!" Fran exclaimed, grabbing the rag from the red ranger. She groaned as she held it up showing the stains of pizza sauce. "I just bought this!"

"Oh, sorry," Casey apologised. "I was wondering why a rag would have buttons on it."

Theo chuckled, earning himself a sharp dig from Lily and a glare from Fran.

"I think you guys need to be a little more considerate, like Lily," Fran said.

"No, we don't," Theo said. "Lily's a considerate enough for all of us."

Lily smiled.

Aliyah rolled her eyes as she and Tyler hurried down the stairs. "These guys don't know the meaning of the word 'considerate'," she said.

"And you do?" Theo asked.

"Bite me, blue boy," Aliyah said. "We're going out."

"Uh, where are you going?" RJ asked.

"You deserve to know that, why?" Aliyah asked.

Tyler rolled his eyes. "We've got to deal with something in Blue Bay and Reefside," he said. "We're only a call away if there's trouble."

"What about Rebecca?" RJ asked. "I thought you were working on finding her?"

"Why do you think we're going to Blue Bay Harbour?"

"Did something happen?" Casey asked. He figured Aliyah and Tyler would only leave the city if something had happened in their home cities.

"That's need to know," Aliyah said. "Meaning, we know and you'll find out when we decide to tell you."

Theo shook his head. "See what I mean, no consideration," he said.

"Considering things that happen in Blue Bay Harbour and Reefside are usually Ninja related, and since you are neither Wind, Thunder, nor Lightning ninjas, it's hardly something you could handle," Aliyah sneered. "Just stay out of the way until you're needed, cub!" She walked out of the kitchen.

Tyler sighed and looked to the others. "Someone attacked the Thunder Academy with white lightning, and the only person capable of controlling that level of power just walked out," he explained. "Therefore we think someone is manipulating another form of lightning to look like white lightning, and the only lightning ninja that can do that is Rebecca."

"So you're heading out there to see if you can what?" Casey asked. "Find clues?"

"Something like that," Tyler nodded. "The use of lightning leaves behind residual energy. Aliyah and I should be able to pick up this energy and follow it back to its source. If it is Rebecca, we'll call you in."

"Aliyah wants you to know that if what we think is true, and Rebecca is the one attacking the academies, then she's not doing it of her own accord which means Dai Shi is manipulating her. If we can't save her then she will need to be destroyed, and Aliyah knows that none of you will be able to do that, but she can, she will, and you can't get in her way."

The kitchen crew was silent before Casey spoke.

"So we're supposed to just stand there and watch her kill her own sister?" He asked.

Tyler shrugged. "There'd be no other choice," he said.

"There's always a choice," Lily argued. "We're rangers. We can't just destroy an innocent. Rebecca is not a monster. She's one of us."

"If she succeeds in severing the link between Wind, Thunder, and Lightning, it won't matter if we save her or not because Dai Shi will win," Tyler said. "At the moment the prophecy that states Aliyah is our only chance against Dai Shi hangs in the balance. If we can't find and save Rebecca, it won't matter because Dai Shi will gain the upper hand and destroy us all."

Tyler shook his head as he heard Aliyah calling for him from outside. "Look," he said. "We don't know what is happening yet, we don't even know if it is Rebecca that is attacking. Just stay vigilant and keep an eye on your morphs. We'll call if we need you."

"OK," Casey said.

Tyler nodded and left the kitchen, leaving the team, Fran and RJ to exchange uneasy looks.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Rebecca groaned as she awoke from her nap. Her head was throbbing and there was a painful ache in her chest like someone had smashed a fist into her while she had been asleep.

"Rise and shine," Camille laughed as she watched Rebecca through the grid in her cell door.

"I think I'd rather sleep," Rebecca replied. "Opening my eyes and seeing you is definitely worse than any nightmare."

Camille snarled. "Fortunately for you, guardian, your presence here is requested by the Overlords; if it wasn't, you'd be dead already," she said.

"Doubtful," Rebecca said. "I'm needed by your master. I'm more valuable than my sister right now. He won't be rid of me until Aliyah's fallen."

"I guess it's a good thing that that day is almost upon us then, isn't it?"

Rebecca frowned. "What do you mean?" she asked. "Aliyah's stronger now than she's ever been. The prophecy is in alignment, the academies are on her side, and she's chosen which side of this war she stands. Your master doesn't stand a chance."

Camille smirked. It was a smile that chilled Rebecca to the bone. "I wouldn't sound so confident if I were you, guardian," she said. "Not after you learn what's happened."

"What happened?" Rebecca repeated.

Camille gripped the gate and leaned forward, her forehead pressing against the grid. "I'll leave the pleasure of telling you to Dai Shi," she said. "You're going to love it." She turned away from the gate and walked back down the hall.

"What happened?!" Rebecca yelled after her. "What did you do!"

"It's not what we did," Camille laughed. "But what you did."

Rebecca stared aghast and terrified after Camille. What did that mean? What had she done?

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Cam had ordered Tori, Shane and Dustin to rally the students and gather them in the Great Hall. The attack on the Thunder Academy had reached the Wind Ninja Academy earlier than anticipated, and they feared that they were next. The only information Hunter and Leanne could give them was that a Lightning Ninja had attacked them, but they couldn't determinate who it was or why the attack had happened.

"It can be Aliyah, it just can't be," said Tori as she ushered the final student into the hall. "Why would she want to attack the thunder academy?"

"Maybe she and Hunter came to blows again?" Dustin asked.

"She's in Ocean Bluff!" Tori argued.

"I agree with Tori," Cam said. "Aliyah's in Ocean Bluff and Hunter is in Reefside, there's no way they've come to blows. Besides, despite their differences, Aliyah would never take her anger and frustration out on the academy. She's not the type of person to put innocent lives at risk."

"I'm glad you understand that."

Cam, Shane, Tori and Dustin looked around as Aliyah and Tyler entered the Hall. The former Samurai looked relieved to see his fiance and instantly held her in his arms, relishing in the warmth that he had been deprived of for the last few months.

"What's going on?" Shane asked.

"We don't know," Tyler answered.

"Why is a Lightning Ninja attacking the Thunder Academy?" Shane asked. "Start there."

Tyler shrugged. "Again, we don't know," he said.

"How can you not know?" Shane asked.

"Look, Shane, we've only just found out ourselves, OK," said Aliyah.

Shane sighed and shook his head.

"Do you have any ideas who it could be?" Tori asked, hugging her best friend.

"Rebecca."

The Ninjas paused and stared at Aliyah. Then Shane broke the silence.

"Why would Rebecca attack the Thunder Academy?" the Wind Ninja asked.

"She's been captured by Dai Shi, the current big bad," Tyler answered.

"The spirit beast from 10,000 years ago?"

Tyler nodded.

"What happened?" Dustin asked.

Aliyah cast her gaze low. "She, along with RJ, gave themselves up to save me and the team from Dai Shi. No," she added quickly. "I didn't do anything. The cubs got overconfident, anyway, we managed to save RJ from Dai Shi but he took a liking to Rebecca and deemed her worthy enough to work for him. Her control over darkness makes him powerful."

"But Rebecca uses her darkness for good how is he going to corrupt her?"

"Shane's favourite three words," said Tyler. "We don't know."

Shane rolled his eyes.

"OK, coming back to Rebecca," said Cam. "Why is she attacking the Thunder Academy?"

Aliyah and Tyler exchanged looks.

"We think she's trying to disrupt the prophecy," Tyler explained. "Never before have the Wind, Thunder and Lightning academies been in such harmony, but now we all have a common denominator that links us -" he motioned to Aliyah. "We're all in agreement that we need to help Aliyah, and that's where Dai Shi's plan comes in. If he can use Rebecca to manipulate white lightning, making it seem that Aliyah is attacking the academies..."

"He can disrupt the ties that bind us," Tor finished.

"Exactly," Tyler nodded.

"So what do we do?" Dustin asked.

"We have to find and stop Rebecca," said Shane.

"Or destroy her," Aliyah said.

"What?" the Ninjas gasped. "Aliyah -"

"You don't get it!" Aliyah said quickly. "She's not going to stop, and it's not just the prophecy she'll destroy, it's millions of innocent lives. If the prophecy isn't in tack by the time I get to the final fight with Dai Shi then I don't stand a chance at defeating him. I need the help of the combined academies to heighten my powers. I need to put a stop to this as soon as I can, and I don't care who I have to go through in order to do that."

The Ninjas were silent as Aliyah lowered her gaze. Aliyah had never wanted the prophecy that seemed to dictate her life, so they weren't really that surprised at her outburst. But her determination to take down her sister, if need be, scared them.

After a beat, Tori squeezed Aliyah's hand and looked to Tyler. "What do you need?" she asked.

"We wanted to make sure everything was alright here before we head over to the Thunder Academy," Tyler said. "We're going to see if there is any residual energy left behind from the attack."

"And then what?" Dustin asked.

"We follow it back to its source," Aliyah replied.

The Wind Ninjas exchanged looks and nodded.

"We'll come with you," Shane said.

"What about your students?" Tyler asked. "You can't just leave them."

"We can abandon you either," Tori said. "If Dai Shi is trying to manipulate Rebecca to destroy Aliyah then we have a duty to help, especially if it is our academy is one of the three that keeps her safe in the final fight."

Aliyah looked away quickly. She hated the idea of her friends needing to be there to protect her. Not that she wasn't grateful for their protection, but she hated the idea of anyone getting hurt because of her. She didn't mind getting hurt if it meant protecting them, but if her friends got caught in the crossfire then she'd never be able to forgive herself.

Tyler hesitated and nodded. "OK," he said. "I'll go call Hunter, tell him we're on our way."

Shane nodded as Tyler left the hall.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Dai Shi smirked as Camille led an exhausted looking Rebecca into the main room. Her hands were bound in front of her so that he could see what she was doing at all times, the last thing he wanted was for his newfound pet to get loose and escape. She had potential in her to be a good dark warrior, potential that she was wasting on the good side. All he needed to do was break her.

"What did you do?" Rebecca snapped the second she saw Dai Shi. She grunted as Camille shoved her onto her knees in front of the master.

"Watch your tongue," the chameleon warned.

Dai Shi held up his hand to silence Camille. "I'm creating a great warrior," he told Rebecca. "You should be grateful I could easily destroy you."

"I wish you would," Rebecca said. "I don't find it grateful that you are trying to turn me against my calling. I was not born to be a dark warrior."

"You were born to be a guardian," Dai Shi said. "A guardian to a brat that does not deserve you. Your powers are just as legendary as the saviours, but no one realises just how legendary yours can be. A pure controller of darkness, using it for the light side, imagine how terrifying you could be if you unleashed your true potential? The saviour wouldn't stand a chance against you."

Rebecca glared at Dai Shi. "I choose to use my darkness to protect my sister," she said.

"Your sister is weak against the darkness," Dai Shi snarled. "That is why you were born with its power. I'm surprised you managed to control it."

"I've had a reason to control it," Rebecca said. "I can't afford to unleash it around her."

"Exactly," Dai Shi grinned. "The highest velocity of your darkness unleashed around the saviour and she'll die before she even realises what is happening."

Rebecca shook her head. "You're too late," she said. "My darkness won't be able to touch Aliyah now, the academies are united behind her, and their combined powers will protect her from me and you. You lose!"

Dai Shi laughed. "You think so?" he asked. He stood and moved quickly towards Rebecca, pulling her to her feet and staring down into her eyes. They reflected fear back at him. He grinned. "Your fear amuses me. Do you want to know what I did, guardian? I am using you... using your powers, you're magic. I'm using you to destroy your sister from the inside." He pushed her back and turned his back on her. "For an academy just beneath the elites, the Thunder Academy fell pretty quickly."

"No..." Rebecca gasped as his words sunk in.

Dai Shi met her gaze and smirked. "Let's see how your friends at the Wind Ninja Academy fare, shall we?" he asked.

"No!" Rebecca argued. "You can't."

"I already have," Dai Shi said. "Porcupongo!"

The doors behind Rebecca opened and as she turned to see a Porcupine monster walk in. Her eyes widened as he shot at her with a poisonous dart, striking her in the shoulder. Rebecca cried out as she fell to her knees, her world blurred and she felt the darkness creeping in from the far corners of her mind. She tried to resist but found the effort to be pointless.

She was Dai Shi's puppet, and there was nothing she could do about it.


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Chapter updated Sunday, January 01, 2017 at 6:54pm