Terra Force
"Lacus"
Disclaimer: Power Rangers belong to Disney/Saban, Carri and her family belong to KJ with many thanks, the name Kaycea belongs to KSuzie with many thanks, everyone else is mine. The idea for a black metal ranger came to me from KJ's "Dark Inheritence"
A/N: Sorry its a short one, but everything else I have planned I want to go into the next chapter.
As always reviews are appreciated.
Kim sat at her desk, sitting before her were the latest designs she was working on for Ashley and Cassie. It had been two days since the explosion of the two zords, and Billy had been extensively searching for the two missing rangers. Unfortunately he hadn't been able to find anything. She had swore to herself that she was over Tommy and that there was no longer anything between them, but now that he was missing she wasn't so sure. She was worried about Jason too, Tommy just happened to occupy her mind more. What had happened to them? They knew that a red flash grabbed Tommy as he exited his zord, but what had it been? And what about Jason? As far as they knew he was still inside his zord when it exploded, yet when they raced to check the wreckage he was nowhere to be seen.
If it hadn't been for the monster that Elieara sent down, then none of it would have happened. Kim sighed as she pushed away from her desk and decided to go for a walk to clear her head. Ashley, and Cassie, would understand. A lot had happened, and later that afternoon they were all going to go out and search for them with their eyes, rather than the sensors. They obviously weren't doing any good, as Billy had yet to find something. She stopped by to tell her two bosses that she was heading out for a minute, then quietly began to walk around the block.
Elieara sat in her palace, staring at her knives. The other days attack had been a partial success, two rangers had been thrown out of commission. Jason, the human who had humiliated her, was now dead. The downside of her attack was that she had once again lost two minions. Neo and Maria had left during the battle, and she hadn't seen them since. She supposed she should attack again, seeing as how the rangers were down two.
"Nexarox, I want you and Goldar to lead an attack on the city and crush the rangers." She said with a devious smile spread across her face.
"Yes, of course my Queen. At once." Nexarox said as both he and Goldar bowed and walked off.
"I have to say," Goldar said as he and Nexarox made their way to gather an army of Kenpabots. "So far I like serving under her a lot more than I ever did Zedd and Rita. At least she has managed to take out two of the rangers. The two strongest at that." He let out a laugh as they entered the room where Zabi was making the Kenpabots.
"I've always enjoyed serving under her, as I know she will one day rule the universe." Nexarox said plainly.
"Right, well, let's get going."
Meanwhile, out floating above the Earth was a ship that contained three passengers.
"Can you believe we finally did it, Neo?" Maria asked as she looked over at her comrade.
Neo smirked beneath his scarf. Getting his hands on the Tiger coin had gone as smoothly as he had hoped. "Yeah, obtaining the coin was easy, for a dead man."
Maria laughed at his use of his so called official status. "That's right, by all counts you are dead, aren't you?"
"Of course, it was always the plan. Though it couldn't have been employed without you." Neo said as he removed his scarf from his face.
"Naturally, I am one of a kind." Maria said as she pulled her hood back, exposing her crimson red hair. "Luckily this guy created massive confusion and made it very easy to capture him. Tommy Oliver, descendant of Rey Le Creuset. The original red ranger."
"How long has he been unconscious?" Neo asked as he stepped forward to look at the man.
"About two days now. Ever since he self-detonated his zord in an attempt to kill his friend. It's a good thing that we were able to talk Elieara into that specific monster. The special powder it emitted from its head brought out the latent evil in his heart, though its effects are only temporary and have probably wore off by now. It served its purpose."
"True. Now we just need to make it to the planet Bidan and release Master Ulquiorra." Neo said as he walked over to the controls of the ship and began to plot their course.
"Of course, but why did we wait so long to leave?" Maria asked.
"I just wanted to see the futile attempts of the rangers, trying to find their friends. That's all."
Maria wasn't entirely satisfied with his answer, but it would have to do. Neo wasn't one to tell all, not when he didn't want to.
Down in the Command Center Billy was hard at work trying to find the two missing rangers. So far all his work hadn't produced any results. "Maybe if I...try searching for any type fo ships...it's always a possibility..." He said to himself as he changed it so that the scanners would search for incoming and outgoing ships. After a few minutes he heard the sound he'd wanted to hear for two days now, the scanners had found something. He quickly brought it up on screen and contacted the rangers.
A few minutes later the four remaining rangers were assembled and he showed them what he had found, telling them that they should get in the ship that Jason and Karone used and chase after the ship, as it held a signature that he assumed was Tommy's. Due to him having held so many morphers it made his signature extremely difficult to pinpoint, and sometimes even impossible to find. But thanks to him finding the ship and scanning it, he was able to find his signature.
"Right, let's go then." Kim said with determination. The red ranger in her was taking charge, now that both of the leaders were missing, she was taking up the role as leader. The others nodded and together the four of them teleported out, leaving Billy to stay and continue to search for Jason. After the others left the alarms sounded, and he quickly contacted the rangers that he had previously talked to in case they were needed to defend the city at all.
About thirty minutes later the four rangers found themselves rushing through the atmosphere to chase after the unknown ship. "You think Tommy's really on that ship?" Carri asked once they were safely in space.
"No doubt about it in my mind." Kim muttered, a slight smile crossing her face. Carri didn't miss the smile that creeped its way onto her friends face, she knew Kim still loved him, even if she wouldn't admit it. Once they found Tommy and Jason, and assuming neither one made a move, she was going to set them up on a date to make them get back together. She could tell that they each wanted the other, it was just a matter of pushing them in the right direction.
"What about Earth? Shouldn't some of us have stayed behind to defend it?" Rocky asked. He couldn't believe that the thought was just now crossing his mind.
"Don't worry, Billy has it covered. A few veteran rangers have already been called to defend Angel Grove in our absence." Karone said, assuring her teammates.
"Well alright then, let's hurry and get Tommy back!" Carri said enthusiastically as she squeezed Rocky's hand. "Hopefully Jason will be back by then."
The other agreed with her. None of knew why they were in such good moods, especially not with all that had happened. Perhaps it was because they knew Tommy was alive, and they could each feel that Jason was alive, they all knew that there was no way an explosion would kill him. He was too stubborn to allow himself to die like that.
He could hear birds chirping, and he could feel the suns warmth on his face. Jason Lee Scott sat up quickly, only to be gently pushed back down. Who was pushing him back down? "Oh my, you are awake. You know, you shouldn't move sit up so quickly like that, you could re-open your wounds." Said a female voice. He knew that voice, he knew it quite well.
"You're the one that saved me? But how?" Jason asked, his eyes still closed. He had met this woman during his time in space, not long before Karone joined him. He could always tell that she was interested in him, and he her. They just didn't really have the time for a relationship, what with him chasing after Elieara and her attending to her own problems at the time.
"Why yes, yes I did. I flew my ship over your battle field, and just as the explsion started I was able to teleport you out. You are actually quite lucky. Had I not been there you would have most certainly died."
Jason thought about that for a moment, he had forgotten about that. Tommy had been infected by the monster that he was fighting, and it turned him against his friends. The two friends fought for a while, then Tommy called on his new zord, the Roanoke. Jason was left no choice but to call on his new zord as well, the Duo. Not long into the zord fight, Tommy trapped Jason within his own zord and set his to self-destruct in an attempt to take Jason out with ease. He supposed he was lucky that she was there. But why was she there? "Lacus, what were you doing there?" He asked as he slowly opened his eyes to look at her. She was dressed in a purple coat that hung down to the middle of her shins, white boots that stopped just above her akles, a white skirt that stopped at her knees, and a white shirt. Her long, blond hair was tied back in a pony tail that hung midway down her back, while her bangs hung out over her forehead.
"I was there to inform you of what I found out about that guy your friend is interested in, Leon." She said quietly as she continued. "What I found out is most disturbing."
Jason sat up slowly. He was interested to hear this, even though Leon was dead it might do some good to hear what she found out. His curiousity was certainly piqued.
