Author's note: Are there still reviewers out there??? I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't but I'm hoping that those of you that are still around will like the new direction I've decided to take with this story.
CoolDiva: I finally decided to take a shot at updating this again, I hope it's passable.
traci26: So this chapter took a lot longer to get out than I anticipated but I hope you'll like it.
AJ: No, Corin won't be telling Trini's secret just yet, but you can bet it won't be an easy one for him to keep, especially around his Dad.
"Alright Naomi, you've kept us in suspense long enough, what's this big plan you have to distract the witch from figuring out who we are?" asked Hugh.
"Haven't you ever heard of that human saying, patience is a virtue," Naomi responded.
"Our kind doesn't believe in virtue, so cut the crap and tell us what you're planning," said her mother.
"I've spent a lot of time spying on the witch and her friends and they have this habit of hanging out in the desert…" Naomi started.
"Yeah so, lots of teenagers do that," said Hugh.
"If you would let me finish, I was about to say that this particular place in the desert where they hang just happens to be the former site of the Power Chamber which the history books say was the headquarters for the Power Rangers," Naomi told him.
"So your friends like to hang out at the former site of the Power Rangers, I still don't see why this is of any relevance to us," Hugh replied.
"It's relevant to us because my "friends" aren't just any ordinary teenagers, they happen to be the kids of former rangers who I'm sure would like nothing better than to follow in their parents footsteps," Naomi explained.
"Wait a minute, if I'm following your devious little mind the way I think I am, you're proposing that somehow we distract the witch by making her and her friends power rangers?" Cassandra questioned.
"That's exactly what I'm proposing," Naomi said.
"That's your big plan, to somehow bring power rangers to Angel Grove, you're even loonier than I thought," Hugh told her.
"I hate to say it but I think he's right," Cassandra replied.
"Oh really, then what if I told you that the witch's whitelighter is none other than Trini Kwan, former citizen of Angel Grove and a former power ranger herself, all we have to do is give them a reason that the power rangers are needed again and they'll be so focused on protecting Angel Grove they'll totally forget that someone is after the witch," Naomi responded.
"She might actually have a point," said Cassandra after a few minutes of silence.
"What makes you so sure the witch won't just decide to take care of things herself without involving her friends?" Hugh questioned.
"Because she won't do anything to risk exposing the fact that she and her family are witches," Naomi answered.
"This plan is so crazy it might actually work," Cassandra said with a laugh.
"Only one way to find out," said Naomi.
"A little higher on your side Nathan," Aliyah told him.
Nathan and Corin were both standing on ladders each on the side of a banner that they were hanging in the youth center for the upcoming school dance.
"How does it look now?" Corin asked.
"That's perfect," she told them.
"It looks good," said Charity who looked up at the banner as she joined them.
"Tell me again, how we got roped into decorating for the dance," said Nathan once he and Corin had climbed down from the ladders.
"That would be because of Casanova over there," Halli said as she pointed to where AJ stood on the other side of the room flirting with Kate Riley who was the dance committee chairperson.
"Hey AJ, do you think you could stop flirting long enough to actually give us a hand," Nathan called out to his best friend after Kate walked away.
"Kate wanted me to tell you that you guys are doing a great job," AJ said as he joined them.
"Yeah, WE are," Nathan retorted.
"Come on girls, I think there are a few more balloons that need hanging," Aliyah said as she dragged Halli and Charity away from the boys.
"You better have asked Kate to the dance already because if I've been doing all this work for nothing I will seriously kick your ass," Nathan told AJ once the girls had left.
"Chill out dude, I haven't asked her yet but I'm working on it and besides it's not as if you've asked Halli yet," AJ replied.
"Wait, I didn't know you were going to ask Halli to the dance," said Corin.
"Yeah, I was thinking about it, that doesn't bother you does it," Nathan replied.
"No, of course not, I'm actually going to the dance with Naomi, I just didn't realize you felt that way about Halli," Corin told him.
"Are kidding, he's been crushing on Halli since her family first moved here, he just hasn't gotten to spend a lot of time with her cause she's always with you," AJ informed him.
"Halli and I are just friends, so you've got nothing to worry about," Corin assured Nathan.
"Wow, this place actually looks nice," Naomi said as she entered the youth center and joined the girls.
"Hey Naomi, we were wondering what happened to you," said Charity.
"Oh yeah sorry for not getting here sooner, I had some family stuff to deal with," Naomi told her.
"It's cool, the boys have done most of the work anyway," said Halli.
"I can't believe it's the first dance of the school year and I don't have a date," Charity complained.
"But I thought high school guys were supposed to have a thing for cheerleaders," Naomi responded.
"Yeah they do, for varsity cheerleaders, you're so lucky that Corin already asked you," Charity replied.
"I know but I think I might owe that to Halli, thanks for putting in a good word for me," Naomi said with a smile at Halli.
"All I did was tell him you were interested, he did the rest," Halli replied.
"So Naomi's pretty excited about going to the dance with you," Halli said a while later as she and Corin were outside getting more decorations from one of the teacher's car.
"Yeah, I'm excited too, it should be fun, I'm not much of a dancer but Aliyah promised to show me a few moves," he told her.
"If you want I could probably come up with a spell that might help," Halli joked.
"That's OK, I think I'll stick with non-magical solutions for now," Corin replied.
"Ah, what the heck are those things!" they heard someone shout.
"Run for your lives!" shouted another followed by other voices shouted for help.
"What's that all about," Corin wondered.
"Come on, let's go check it out," Halli said as they dropped the boxes they were holding and ran towards all the commotion.
"Let the fun begin," said Naomi from where she stood watching the two.
"I don't believe this," said Halli as she and Corin came upon the scene.
"What are they?" Corin asked seeing that the people were running from a group dressed in all black who were throwing energy balls.
"Demons," Halli answered.
"Are you sure?" Corin questioned.
"Trust me, I know demons when I see them, I've got to do something," said Halli as she ran to the nearest demon and started distracting them from the innocents.
"I just had to make friends with a witch didn't I," Corin said with a sigh as he ran to help her.
"Why aren't you using your powers?" Corin asked Halli as he kicked one demon and then punched another.
"Too many innocents around, I can't risk the exposure," Halli replied back as she continued to fight.
"Oh my gosh, Naomi, what happened to you?" Aliyah asked as Naomi walked back inside holding her arm which appeared to have been hurt.
"You guys, there's something really freaky going on out there, I went to see what was taking Halli and Corin so long and there were these weird looking things out there throwing what looked like balls of energy at everyone and I was just trying to help this little girl get out of the way when one of them hit me," Naomi said her voice trembling as she spoke.
"Oh no, Halli and Corin are out there," said Nathan as he ran for the door.
"Nathan, wait up," said AJ as he ran after him.
"Naomi, are you sure you're OK?" Charity asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, it doesn't really hurt anymore," Naomi told her.
"Alright, Naomi you stay here, come on Charity, there might be others who were hurt," said Aliyah as she pulled Charity towards the door.
"Shouldn't we call the police or something?" Charity asked.
"Somehow, I don't think the police are equipped to handle those," Aliyah replied as they came upon the scene and watched as one of the energy balls narrowly missed hitting Corin in the shoulder.
"Neither are we," said Charity as two demons appeared on either side of her and grabbed her by the arms.
"Let go of her!" Aliyah shouted.
"Aliyah, watch out," said Charity as another demon kicked Aliyah in the chest and sent her flying backwards.
"Hey, nobody picks on my sister but me," said AJ as he came to his sister's defense.
"I assume you called the council together because of the situation in Angel Grove?" Jonas questioned Kheel.
"You assume correctly," Kheel responded.
"I take it sending in a coven of the most powerful witches is out of the question," said Roland.
"We can't risk the exposure," said Sandra as Trini appeared.
"You asked to see me," said Trini as she stood before the council.
"You are aware of the situation in Angel Grove?" Kheel asked.
"Yes, I was about to intervene on my charges' behalf when I got your call," Trini told him.
"Unfortunately, doing so would risk exposing magic," said Jonas.
"You can't expect me to just sit back and watch while demons run loose in my hometown," she said.
"No, of course not, I have spent time studying the history of Angel Grove and I think there's only one thing to do," said Kevin who was one of the youngest Elders.
"We trust you know what to do with this," said Odin as he handed Trini a box.
"Guys, you have to get out of here, you don't know what you're messing with," said Halli as she blocked an attack with her arm.
"Neither do you," Nathan responded.
"Actually, she's the only one of us that does," Corin said under his breath as he was knocked to the ground.
"I said let me go!" yelled Charity who finally managed to get one of her arms free and then flipped one of the demons to the ground.
"This is so not a fair fight," remarked AJ as he was thrown to the ground.
"Ouch!" screamed Aliyah who was hit in the arm by an energy ball and soon landed next to her brother.
"I don't know how much more of this we can take," said Nathan as one by one the friends ended up in a pile and the demons disappeared.
"My arm hurts," said Aliyah.
"Just be grateful that was a low voltage ball otherwise it could've been much worse," Halli told her.
"How do you know it was low voltage?" Nathan questioned.
"Because, if it had been full voltage it probably would've killed her," Corin answered quickly covering for Halli.
"I just want to know where those things came from," said AJ as the group was suddenly orbed away.