Chapter 12
Kira's P.O.V.
Spending time with Adam was a blessing. He and I had become really good friends during our time with Operation Overdrive. "Kira, Adam," a familiar Australian accent called out. Xander Bly stood at the door.
"Oh my God!" I shouted and run to him, jumping into a hug. I regretted it, of course, as my new tattoo flared with pain, but it was so good to see him again after everything that had happened.
"I'm glad I found you first," he smiled that award-winning Xander smile at me. Even with the way I felt about Tommy, that smile could make almost any girl's heart melt, especially if they knew the man behind it. "I have some friends here to see you, love."
"Who?" I asked, having gotten used to him hitting on me during the first day of our time together.
"Udonna, Leanbow, and Nick are here as well as a friend from Japan. We could feel the magical surge from your little accident all the way out in Briarwood."
"Oh," I sighed.
"Cheer up," he smiled, lifting my chin to meet his eyes, "green magic is my specialty after all."
"Do you really think you can help her, Xander?" Adam asked, stepping up beside us.
"If she doesn't mid letting me see the mark, I should at least be able to stop the pain. Kira," he paused, "that is a curse mark. Even Udonna and Leanbow can't remove it. We can try to stop it from ever harming you though, I promise you that much."
"It saved my life," I said, despite thinking now that I wished it hadn't. Without Tommy…
"The Mystic Mother is wise in all she does," a tall, older, brunette woman offered. She had entered while we were talking. I knew before I asked that she must be Udonna. Nick I recognized from Xander's pictures and he looked so much like his father. They were easy to place. The man with the gold and purple hair was harder.
"I know you three," I said, deciding not to argue the workings of whoever the Mystic Mother was, "but who are you?"
"My name is Yugi. I'm from Japan," he smiled a smile that didn't fit someone of his age, very childish. He extended his hand and I shook it. "Do you have somewhere more private that we can talk?"
"Our…my hotel room. It's upstairs. If you'll all just follow me."
"Just Udonna and myself if you don't mind," Yugi said softly, but I could tell he wasn't really asking a question, "there are some parts of this conversation you may not want the others to know. If you do, it is your place to tell them, not mine."
"Very well," I felt uneasy, but if Udonna was with us nothing should go wrong, "if you will follow me." I gave Adam a nod to tell him I was okay as we walked out of the small lobby. The climb up to my room felt rather awkward. The Japanese man's eyes were what bothered me. Not only did they stay locked on me at all times, but they seemed both childish and thousands of years old at the same time. His eyes reminded me of Mesagog. I unlocked the door and showed them in, taking a seat on the bed myself.
"So?" I asked nervously and impatiently.
"Kira, tell me, do you know anything about the Nazca Lines around the planet?" Yugi asked.
"I think Tommy mentioned them in one of his lectures. They are…geoglyphs…in Peru I think." I tried to answer his question, but high school was still a decent amount of time ago.
"That is true," he smiled and I felt a small chill go up my spine, "however, there is much more to it than that. Almost 5,000 years ago there was a great battle between creatures known as the Earthbound Immortals and an entity known as the Crimson Dragon. The Immortals declared themselves Gods over the Earth. Through complex magic the Dragon Star came and saved the people of the ancient world. Most of the Immortals were destroyed. Seven were sealed into the earth, thus the name Earthbound."
"What does this have to do with me?" I interrupted.
"I'm getting to that," Yugi chuckled, "when the Dragon Star came, it entered during a battle between the Immortals and an old friend of mine, the Pharaoh Atem."
"How could you have," I began. Udonna shook her head at me and I fell silent.
"Atem summoned his most powerful allies to fight them. The three Egyptian Gods, Slifer, Obelisk, and Ra attacked at once, but against seven immortal creatures they weren't strong enough. The energy was diverted by darkness and the resulting explosion caused a piece of the Dragon Star to break and absorb that evil. An eighth Immortal was born, the Emerald Dragon. After the Egyptian Gods and the Crimson Dragon and his children defeated the Immortals, seven were sealed in the earth as I stated before. The Emerald Dragon was not of this world. His spirit was sealed into a golden coin. The Crimson Dragon fired it into space, aiming for the sun to rid the world of the evil forever. Here is where Udonna comes in."
She picked up immediately, "An asteroid collided with the coin as it was launched into space, making it crash into the moon instead of the sun. When Rita Repulsa was released, she found the coin and used its energy to turn Tommy into the first green ranger. Six years later, when Zordon's wave of good washed over the universe, it purified Rita and her husband. She became the Mystic Mother, the bearer of all good magic. However, there is a part of the story I missed.
At one of the high points of his power, Lord Zedd sent Tommy and the other rangers back in time. He cloned Tommy and made the two fight. The green ranger powers were passed to the clone and faded from history. The Mystic Mother retrieved the coin after Tom's death. She called Tommy to her to save you by infusing you with the dragon's energy. That mark on your chest is the same as the lines that have held the Earthbound Immortals for all of these years."
"That's a lot to take at once," I whispered, truly shocked, "what does that mean for me?"
"If the Mystic Mother needs you, she will call on the power inside you to aid the world. I suspect that Tommy feared the worst of her as she had once been Rita Repulsa, and that is why he fled." Udonna spoke softly, but I felt anger flare inside me.
"How do you know he left? Magic again?" I shouted.
"Actually, I ran into your friends in the bar and they told me," she placed her hand on my shoulder. A cool calm washed over me.
"As for your health, the dragon spirit will keep you strong for a long time," Yugi explained, "it's like a super vitamin. Just try not to put yourself in any mortal danger that you can't handle. If you were to die unnaturally, the dragon will be released."
"That's good information to give a power ranger," I almost growled.
"As for the pain," he continued as if he hadn't heard me, "Xander has volunteered and Atem will amplify his powers."
"Who is this Atem guy?"
"He is a 5,000 year old Pharaoh who lives in the Millennium Puzzle around my neck." As he spoke, a golden, upside-down pyramid appeared on a chain hanging from his neck.
"Of course it's something like that," I groaned.
AN: Sorry it's been so long guys. And sorry no Tommy in this chapter. It's really just long due exposition. I'm going to try my best to work on this in the coming weeks, so stay tuned and may the power protect you.
