A/N: Well here is the next chapter. I will have the next one up soon to as it is already written just needs to be proofread. I hope you like this chapter and I will be posting a link to my Polyvore soon so you can see most of the outfits Neve wears. Anyways I hope you all liked this chapter, the next is going to be quite different from the episode. Anyways R&R!
Green with Rage
Chapter 21: Fighting Spirit.
Only a few days after Zeltraxs' defeat Hayley had found a possible way to fix Tommy, allowing him to demorph. Unfortunately it had not worked and for the last few days Kim, and Neve had been living with an Invisible Tommy. It made it very uncomfortable for Neve and Kim, not knowing exactly where he was since they could not see him. Neve stayed out of the house as much as possible because it simply freaked her out though she also didn't want to hear her parents...activities. Sometimes they forgot to be quiet.
"Sup Hayley," Ethan called as he, Kira, Conner, Trent and Neve walked in. "Where's Dr. O?"
"Not that we'd be able to see him if he was here," Kira added and Neve rolled her eyes as she looked around and saw the raising and falling work out equipment.
"Hey guys," Tommy greeted from where he was working out.
"This is just too weird," Neve said shaking her head and Kira nodded.
"Very," the Yellow Ranger agreed.
"Dr. O, no offense, but what's the point of building your biceps if nobody's going to see them?" Conner asked. Kim frowned, she could think of very good reasons.
"That's the reason why I called you here," Tommy stated getting up, not that they could see this.
"No he called you all here to watch him do something stupid, more so then usual," Kim said crossing her arms and rolling her brown eyes. Tommy sighed.
"What?" everyone chorused, and Neve looked at the general area her father stood in.
"What does she mean Dad?" she asked.
"What she means is Hayley found a way to bring me back to normal," Tommy explained.
"That's great," Kira said with a smile. Neve frowned she wanted her father back to normal, she really did but something didn't seem right.
"So, what are we waiting for?" Ethan wondered as he looked at the others.
"Wait, how do you plan to pull this off?" Trent asked suspicious, about as much as Neve herself was and Kim sighed shaking her head.
"Hold on everybody," Hayley cut in. "Tommy I told you, I think that remolecularizer may make you visible again, but I haven't found a power source strong enough for it yet."
"I've been thinking about that," Tommy said picking up a black box and Neve stared at it with foreboding as Kim walked over to the play pen to get Davie.
"Trent can you take Davie upstairs, I don't want him here for this," Kim asked and Trent nodded. He wanted to stay here and make sure Dr. O would okay but he knew Kim had a better reason for staying and David couldn't stay up there alone.
"Sure," he said and as he walked up the stairs Tommy handed the box to the redhead.
"Maybe we should use this."
"No way forget it!" Hayley stated after opening the box and seeing the contents. Everyone leaned over to get a better look and Neve gasped. Inside was the Black Dino Gem.
"Dad, you can't use this! It's to dangerous!" Neve practically yelled as she tried to find where her Father would be standing. She almost jumped in fright when she felt arms wrap her in a hug and then she sighed and basically hugged air – at least that was what it looked like to everyone else.
"We got to try something," Tommy stated, pulling back from the hug and walking over to Hayley and the gem. "Everything will be fine, Neve. You've just got to believe it will."
"Tommy your Gem might be to powerful! Besides the White and Green gems yours is the most powerful," Kim told him though she had no idea if she was even talking to him or air.
"Powerful being the key word," Hayley agreed sighing. Sometimes she wondered if Tommy hadn't taken to many blows to the head in his thirty-one – almost thirty-two - years.
"I have no idea how your body will react to it. It's way too risky."
"We don't have a choice," Tommy pointed out. He went to lay on one of the medical tables and Kim covered him with a blanket and Kira and Neve stuck electrodes on him.
"I don't like this, at all," Neve said shaking her head.
"For the record, I still think this is a bad idea," Hayley said.
"Agreed, but I'll do anything to get him visible again," Kim agreed, though she worried this could backfire on them.
"And for the record, I agree with them," Kira said, and Tommy smiled and nodded, though no one could see this.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine," Tommy told them. "What could go wrong?"
"You just had to say it," Neve said sighing.
"See you soon Dr. O," Ethan said and sighed. "Literally I hope."
"Initiating sequence," Hayley said as walked over to the device and turned the it on as they all stood back. Tommy's heart rate and breathing picked up pace only seconds latter and they all looked on worried.
"What's happening?" Kim asked, her eyes wide and worried.
"Is everything okay, is that supposed to happen?" Kira asked looking from Tommy to the device and Hayley.
"Oh god," Neve muttered, her eyes wide. She knew this was a bad idea.
"It's overloading!" Hayley cried as Tommy began to struggle and toss around on the table. "He's receiving full charge!"
The machine then sparked and exploded in places and Hayley quickly shut it off as Tommy became visible again.
"His dino gem's destroyed," Hayley said as she lifted the tray and glass casing it was in.
"Tommy?" Kim and Hayley questioned.
"Tommy answer me!" Kim ordered, her eyes filled with tears as she ran to his side.
"Can you hear me? Daddy!" Neve asked as she lowered her ears to his chest. He was breathing, but he wouldn't move or wake up.
"Daddy?" she question as her lip trembled and she and her mother lets a few tears loose before Hayley came to Kim's side to comfort her and Kira to Neve's to help the younger girl. While that happened Conner and Ethan went up to get Trent to help them get Tommy into the car. David would have to come with them.
xXx
"What's wrong with him doctor?" Kim asked. Because of his age David couldn't come in so Hayley stayed in the waiting room with him while the Rangers all crowded around the bed.
"To tell the truth, I have no idea Kimberly," he replied. "His vitals are stable. His brain patterns are wildly erratic."
"Is my dad going to be alright?" Neve asked as she looked at the Doctor with tear filled eyes and he sighed.
"I won't lie to you, your dad isn't responding to our treatments to get him out of it." Dr. Walsh stopped and sighed. "The longer he stays like this the more at risk he is."
"Thanks Dr. Walsh," Kim said and Neve knelled down beside the bed and laid her head and arms beside her father, a tear or two falling as she silently prayed he'd be okay. Dr. Wlash nodded and walked out of the room.
"He'll be okay, he has to be," Kira said as tear fell from her eyes as walk and Conner wrapped his girlfriend in his arms as Kim walked over and pulled Neve up though she didn't want to at first as she clutched at the sheet but finally after some comforting words from Kim she let go and turned to hug her mother and sob silently.
It was then a news report interrupted the awkward silence. They were warned of an attacking monster and the Rangers all sighed.
"We'll stay with him," Kimberly said and Neve looked at her father before going to stand with the other four teens.
"We'll be back as soon as we can," Conner declared and the five teens left.
xXx
Tommy's mind:
"Hello? Hello? Anybody?" Tommy called as he stood in the middle of a desert. The odd thing was it looked mildly familiar but he couldn't place how.
"What is this place?" he asked as he looked around as he walked.
"Hello Tommy," a figure in red called and Tommy turned quickly around to be faced with Zeo Ranger V, a great shock to him. "Remember me, Zeo Ranger five? Don't tell me you forgot already." He walked closer.
"But that's impossible," Tommy said as he looked at himself confused.
"Oh it's possible," Another ranger replied, this it was female and she wore Pink. It was Neve. "And we're still as strong as ever. Question is, are you?"
Tommy recognized the tone of voice, it wasn't kind or like Neve's usually was unless she was really pissed or in battle with a monster. The only other time her voice even remotely sounded like that was when she was evil. He blinked though, why or how had she come to be here? He understood why Zeo Ranger five was but the Pink Spirit Ranger? That didn't make any sense.
"What is this?" Tommy asked finally, shaking his head. "I'm not going to fight you!"
"Then I suppose you will be destroyed," the Red Ranger declared. It was then the Red and Pink Rangers attacked and the fight began. Tommy blocked a blow from the Red Ranger only to be struck buy the Pink one in the side and then the Red one spun him around and onto the ground. But Tommy managed to bring the Red Ranger with him and they wrestled on the ground before he kicked the Red Ranger off and jumped to his feet in time to jump a sweep kick and flip away from a tornado kick delivered by the mirror image of Neve's first Ranger form.
After a while, Tommy managed to win. "I see you got a lot of fight left in you, but is it enough?" he vanished. The Pink Ranger stood in front of him and tilted her head.
"Your good, still as good as our last fight. Tell Neve, Nix said hello," the Pink Ranger said and dissolved in pink and green light and sparkles of some sort that made his eyes shut from the brightness.
"Wait!" he called. "What are you talking about?"
He shook his head and gasped as he appeared in a forested area made of up of mostly greens and white light somehow. He looked around as an echo of his own voice spoke his name and laughed in a almost good natured version of his evil laugh – almost.
"Something tells me I'm not in Reefside anymore," Tommy said to himself as he stood in the middle of a forest.
"We're in Angel Grove," a voice cackled as he landed in the forest. "You finally cut that hair, huh Tommy?"
"White ranger?" Tommy questioned shocked as he stared at one of his most treasured powers. "But your powers were destroyed!"
"You can't keep a good ranger down," the White Ranger replied.
"Not again," Tommy groaned and the Ranger chuckled.
"For old time sake," the ranger challenged. The two fought, and after what seemed like an eternity Tommy won.
"Impressive," he mused. "Now we'll see if you can face your toughest challenge." He disappeared after this and leaving Tommy alone. He sighed looking around.
"Like that wasn't tough?" he asked confused.
xXx
The Rangers had all returned after cleaning up a bit. Neve was beside her mother who was still at her fathers side. The Rangers had just lost their first major battle, and in the process they were rendered unable to morph. They were all watching as the doctor came back in to check on Tommy.
"Is there anything you can tell us?" Kimberly asked and Dr. Walsh sighed and shook his head.
"No change, I'm sorry," the doctor apologized and left the room once more.
"Oh Tommy, come on you have to pull through this," Kimberly said as she held his hand in hers. Neve bit her lip and forced tears back, she had cried enough she refused to continue crying over this. He would be alright, he was her dad, he was always fine.
"I wish there was something we could do," Kira said and sighed. "I feel completely helpless."
"Dr. Oliver's pretty tough Kira," Conner pointed out a hand on the middle of his girlfriends back. "I mean he gave me a C- on my term paper."
Kira smiled and chuckled as Neve smirked at her friend/brother.
"He was being generous," Neve told him and Conner smiled and rolled his eyes.
"There just has to be something we can do," Kira muttered and Neve bit her lip, maybe there was. But before she could say anything a news report came on. .
"I had a feeling he would be back," Ethan sighed.
"There's nothing we can do about it," Trent said helplessly and Conner tightened his hands into fist. There had to be something.
Xxx
Tommy's Mind:
"Okay, this is weird," Tommy said as he walked around but in some sort of weird field with a green like mist and coloring. "Even by ranger standards."
A moment latter Tommy gasped slightly as a very familiar dagger appeared next to him and he looked at it. He grasped it and looked at his opponent a grim smile on his face. "I thought I might run into you."
"It's been a while Tommy," the Green Dragon Ranger snarled almost pleasantly as he approached. "I see you switched to basic black."
"It seems to work for me," Tommy said as he shrugged.
"Let me guess, you want to fight?" he asked almost mockingly.
"You guessed right," the Green Ranger answered. Tommy glared slightly at the sight, he was still not totally over the fact he as the Green Ranger had come so close to killing Neve when she was the Pink Ninja Storm Ranger and still had nightmares occasionally. He would enjoy this, he thought as the two lunged into a fight. Neither noticed three faint glows enter the scene.
xXx
"Guys, what if we helped him along. Gave him more strength to do whatever it is he is going. When I was in my coma I had to fight myself and the Green and Pink Mighty Morphin Rangers. Maybe it's the same for him, if it is I think as Ninjetti we can help him," Neve finally spoke pulling them away from bashing news report. They all looked at her in shock.
"But besides Kim, we can't morph using the Ninjetti," Kira pointed out and Neve smiled.
"That didn't stop you guys from helping me turn good again. We don't need to morph, we just need the power of our animal spirit. Even if we can't morph yet, we are still Ninjetti," Neve replied and they all looked at each other and nodded.
"It's worth a try," Kimberly said and they all made a circle around Dr. O's bed after making sure to let Hayley know to guard the door. The last thing they needed was to reveal their identities. Standing tall they each closed their eyes and concentrated. One by one they began to glow their respective Ninjetti color but only Kim retained a morph and in a golden and their color glow their animal spirits shot out and into Tommy with a cry.
xXx
Tommy was thrown into a tree and staggered to his feet in time to dodge a kick and noticed the glow intensify as the animal spirits, the Crane, Dragonfly, Raven, Nightingale, Mountain Lion and Fox appear and move around him and then attack the Green Ranger. Tommy watched as his counterpart fell and groaned as whispered voices came to him.
"Come back to us Tommy," Kim's voice said as the Crane flew by and disappeared into him.
"Please fight for us Daddy," his daughter voice as the Dragonfly disappeared as well.
"Be careful Dr. O. We need you," Kira's voice and then the Nightingale disappeared as the Mountain Lion roared.
"Don't die dude, who else will give me C's in class?" Tommy chuckled as Conner's voice came and the Mountain Lion disappeared as well.
"Stay strong Dr. O, we got your back," Ethan said and Tommy grinned as the fox vanished leaving only the Raven to fly around him crying out.
"Remember, never give up," Trent said and the Raven disappeared as well. Tommy grinned and smirked as the Green Ranger.
xXx
After only minutes the Rangers returned to normal, Kim unmorphed as she and the others breathed out and they watched as Tommy glowed once in white and black before returning to normal.
"Do you think it worked?" Kira asked and Neve nodded.
"I think so, now all we can do is wait," Neve replied and Kim nodded as the boys returned to listen to the news report and Conner growled.
"That's it," Conner decided shaking his head. "You guys can stay here and watch this but I can't."
"Hold up," Ethan called.
"We're going with you," Kira followed them.
"Hey, don't forget me," Neve said. Kim sighed, she couldn't leave Tommy even if she did have her powers. She wished her gem could work for one of the others but that was impossible, unless Neve could because of her DNA but then it was much to dangerous to try.
"You don't stand a chance without your powers," Kim said and the Rangers shook their heads.
"That wouldn't stop Dr. O," Ethan said determined. Kim smiled, he was right, it wouldn't. It hadn't stopped him from helping during the countdown and it wouldn't now – if he were up that was.
"And it's not going to stop us," Trent finished.
"Be careful," Kim told them and they nodded before running out.
xXx
Tommy's mind:
It was a hard fight but soon he had won, by not giving up and Tommy blinked as the Green Ranger held out a hand to help him up. He took it and stood looking in confusion as the four Rangers appeared once again.
"What was that, I don't understand?" Tommy questioned and Red Ranger spoke.
"You haven't been fighting us, you've been fighting for your life."
"And you've proven that your will to live is stronger then any Ranger Power," the White Ranger finished.
"Shocking, really let's get this over with," the Pink Ranger spoke and he could practically see her roll her eyes behind the visor. The other three Rangers chuckled amused and held out their hands at the same time as the Pink Ranger and in them were separate pieces of the Black Dino Gem.
"These belong to you," the Pink Ranger said and Tommy smiled and picked them all up in his left hand and they begun to glow and fuse back together.
"But why is Neve here?" he asked before they could disappear. 'Neve' laughed and Tommy winced reconsigning it from the times his daughter was evil and as a more feminine version of his own.
"First of all, you can call me Nix. I'm not technically Neve. I am the evil that lies within her. Just as Dragon boy here lies within you. Of course the difference was that Lothor's spell awaken an evil Neveah was born with, because of you and Kimberly. That evil became me, something Neve calls Nix." Tommy's eyes widened at the Pink Rangers admission but she wasn't finished.
"While your evil is not really evil. It's neutral, it can be swayed either way. It is the way the Dragon Coin has always been," Neve told him.
"And two?" Tommy asked trying to process everything said.
"Lets just call it a favor," she replied and Tommy frowned.
"What for, I didn't ask for a favor," he said and Nix's visor snapped open letting Tommy see her interesting pink and brown eyes. It was like a swirling vortex of bright pink in her brown iris and he gasped, it had never done that before.
"I never said the favor was yours daddy," Nix said bother voice was almost like a blending of Neve and Nix – good and evil. "She doesn't even realize she is doing this, at least not that a part of her was placed her along with me. Usually I wouldn't agree to helping anyone, but it got me out of the dreary black hole we call a mind," Nix hissed the last part and her visor closed and she disappeared.
"Tell Neve she owes me," Nix's voice snapped even though she was gone.
"That is some daughter we have there Tommy," the White Ranger spoke.
"She'll be a legend some day," the Red one agreed.
"For good and evil it seems, that's our girl," the green one cackled and then they began to back away.
"Good luck, Black Ranger," the White Ranger said and they began to disappear as well. It was only moments latter he to disappeared.
xXx
Quarry:
The Rangers all groaned as the stood up after the last blast threw them down. Neve gripped her ribs where she had hit a large rock falling down and pulled it away to see a little blood on her hands. Lifting her white tank top and bright pink cascade vest up – the tank top which had the green word, Slytherin over the chest and a Slytherin snake next to it almost like a question mark. She could see that It was torn a tiny bit and as she inspected the wound she cursed. It would need cleaned out, thankfully it was not too deep, but it hurt as she could barely stand on her own as she leaned on Trent.
"Neve," he muttered seeing the blood and she cursed as the others came to her side as well.
"Dammit, this was one of my favorite shirts," she hissed the pain finally sinking in. It was just a moment latter thatTommy came out of nowhere and kicked it as well. He looked at the four on the ground and the two standing.
"Dr. O!" Conner called.
"You're alive?" Kira said almost like a question but you could hear the happiness in her voice. Neve grinned and moved to run to him but let out a strangled cry as her side ribs protested and she fell to her knees clutching her bleeding side. Tommy gasped upon seeing the red spot build on his daughter side at her ribs and turned glaring at the monster.
"Not for long," the monster interrupted and Tommy sneered at the monster.
"Your going to pay Terrorsaurus!" Tommy yelled and the others watched as Tommy morphed into the black ranger. The morphed Ranger launched an attack on the Terrorsaurus and after a few hits and being thrown back and landing in a crouch Tommy stood and called on super dino mode.
"Whoa, when did he get super dino powers?" Conner awed and Neve smiled. She had gotten hers when the White Ranger clone had appeared and her mother had gotten hers when her own clone appeared. Thankfully her own clone was not as powerful since it was not made exactly like Trent's and the Combined powers of Kim and Neve had been able to destroy the clone.
"I don't know but he picked a good time to bust them out," Ethan answered. They all grinned as Tommy's energy orb struck the Terrorsaurus and the monster exploded. As Tommy came to stand with them sparks of colored lights came from the ruble and into their morphers and the morphers were functioning again.
"Sweet we got our powers back!" Ethan cheered and Neve groaned, almost the whole side of her tank top was crimson red now. Maybe it was deeper then she first thought.
"Neveah," Tommy said and moved forward to take the wounded girl from Trent. Once she was in her fathers arms the lightheaded dizzy feeling got to be to much and she fainted. Tommy caught her and the others gasped and rushed forward.
"Neve, Dr. O!" Kira called as they came to his side and Kira checked for a pulse. It was strong but sort of...slowing? She was no doctor so she didn't know how to diagnose it.
"Okay what was that about?" Conner asked and Tommy looked at them.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Tommy stated, he knew they had helped him but they had only been in his mind in spirit, they had not been able to see anything but Tommy.
"You didn't think I'd give up that easily did you?" the Terrorsaurus cried as it became thirty feet tall.
"Think you three can finish this guy while I get Neve to a hospital?" Tommy asked. The three primary colored rangers nodded and morphed while Trent and Tommy took one last look at them as they called forward Super Dino Powers and left. It was only seconds latter that they won the battle, destroying the Terrorsaurus for good.
xXx
"Okay, let me get this straight," Ethan began as they finished hearing the story. "Three of your old ranger powers and one of Neve's came to you in your dreams?"
"And you had to fight them to get your life back?" Conner asked.
"This is awesome!" Ethan explained and the four teens began to talk at once. Tommy and the other chuckled though Neve was being forced to sit still in Kim's chair as the older woman stood beside her making sure she didn't try to move to much. That rick she had landed on, well it had bruised three of her ribs and a large section of flesh before piercing a four inch deep hole in her side below her ribs. She had been lucky, or so the doctor said after ten stitches to patch her up. Needless to say she wouldn't be fighting for a good week to give time to heal. Thank god for Ranger healing.
"Guys," Tommy stopped them. "No, I just want to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart. For hanging in there with me through all of this, I don't know if I would have fought as hard in the end if it had not been for you guys helping me out. It was tough. But you guys came through. It means a lot to me."
"We'll always be here Dad," Neve said smiling at him and he grinned back.
"But he's right," Kim started smiling at the teens and Hayley nodded.
"You guys should be proud of yourselves," Hayley finished.
"Your all true Rangers," Neve told them and even if she was younger, and not as experienced as her parents she was still a veteran compared to them and it meant a lot to them to hear it.
"Dude, are you crying?" Ethan asked Conner who shook his head.
"No," Conner replied. "We're just really glad to have you back Dr. O."
Everyone grinned and laughed at the feeble attempt to hide that he been close to tears. The events of the day had effected them all, to the other teens Tommy was their mentor and like a father to them and to Neve and Kim he was truly their family, and of course Hayley was the older – though not much older as she liked to remind him - sister he had never had. Tommy knew then that if they could get passed something like this, then there was nothing that could stop them in the end.