Negabully's words had little effect on Liam but he was definitely bigger and stronger than the kid. If he can't crush the boy mentally, he'll crush him physically. Negabully raised a fist and pulled it back to strike at the defiant boy.

Erika and Kaila were in the car observing how Liam will react to the bully after school. Kaila was ready to step in again if needed. Kaila was watching with a pair of binoculars observing the boy named Randall going towards Liam. Kaila saw Liam's nervousness as the bully approached and then she saw a brave and confident look on his face talking to the other boy. A few seconds passed and the two boys just stood there. Kaila held her breath hoping there won't be a physical altercation. The last thing she needs is for a physical altercation to break out and it all comes back on her for giving him the advice in the first place.

Things took an unexpected turn when Negabully showed up and began harrassing the boys. "We got trouble. Kaeleigh, you stay in the car, we will go get some help." Kaila told the young girl as she and Erika got out of the car and ran to a hidden area. "Let's do this!"

"Let's call the others." Erika advised, using the communication feature of her power crystal to connect with the other rangers. "Guys, we got trouble at the elementary school. Negabully has shown his ugly face again. We need your help!"

Erika and Kaila made sure there was nobody there to see them morph before doing their morphing sequence.

"Yellow Holy Power!"

"Purple Holy Power!"

The girls made their way to the monster and its victims. Negabully looked like that he was about to strike Liam for standing up to the monster. It looked like Negabully's power had no effect on him and the brute is resorting to physical force to take down the small boy.

The girls produced their crystal blasters and aimed at the monster's back like they did the previous day.

Unbeknownst to the girl rangers, four dark circles appeared on the ground behind them and necros emerged from those dark circles. The necros pounced at the purple and yellow rangers, taking them to the ground before sitting them up in a kneeling position with their arms held behind their backs. The crystal blasters have since fallen to the ground and dematerialized.

A dark flash of fire appeared before the two rangers and Scourge appeared. "Trying to get the drop on Negabully twice in a row, eh, girlies? We got the drop on you this time. You are so predictable."

Scourge called to the monster. "Leave the kiddies be, Negabully. We have the ones that you want to take out your frustration on. Have at it with them!"

Negabully felt conflicted on what to do. He wanted to put that little boy who stood up to him in his place, beneath him, but Scourge caught some bigger fish for him to deal with. Negabully remembered his attempt of rebellion in the temple and how Scourge easily overwhelmed him with his brute strength. It would not be wise to defy Scourge's direct orders or he may be vaporized. "You're lucky I'm going to spare you, you little punk! I got bigger fish to fry with the Power Rangers we have caught with your help! Thanks for acting as the perfect bait!" Negabully laughed and turned and made his way over to Scourge and the captive girl rangers.

While the monster turned his attention away from the young boys, one of the teachers ran out to help get the boys to safety. Liam helped the teacher pick Randall's weakened body up and the two carried the boy indoors.

From the car, Kaeleigh saw the teacher and Liam helping the other boy indoors. She began to worry about Kaila and Erika who have not returned. Thoughts ran through her mind playing scenarios of that monster getting them or those dark shadow beast things that captured the yellow and purple rangers got them.

She knew Kaila told her to stay in the car, but she had to get out and help the teacher and Liam get the other boy inside and take cover. She figured she would be safer under the teacher's watch than all alone in the car. She opened the car door and ran over to the group of the teacher, Liam, and Randall.

"Kaeleigh, what are you doing out here? Come on, we got to get inside the school!" The teacher scolded the little girl for her unwise decision. Kaeleigh led the way and held the school door open for the teacher and Liam to carry Randall's weak body inside.

When the group made it inside the school building, the teacher and Liam put Randall's body on a bench right inside the doors. The teacher rushed to the office that also housed the nurse's office to retrieve some kind of pillow to place Randall's head on and something to eat to give him some energy.

When the teacher was out of earshot, Randall opened his eyes and looked at Liam who was at his side. Randall recalled the terrifying monster stealing his energy with his insults. The monster was right: he is pretty lonely and all he wanted was friends. He used to be the new kid in elementary school and he was rejected by some 'cool' kids. Maybe that was what led him to be a bully, he was hurting and he wanted others to hurt too. He now saw that bullying is wrong. What really surprised him was Liam standing up for him and helping getting him inside the school building. Liam defended him and stuck by him even after all his treatment towards him. A great part of him wanted to tell Liam thank you and reach out to him and be his friend, but another part of him is scared of being rejected again. What if this defending him and helping him and then rejecting his offer of friendship was one big plan to get revenge on him for all the treatment he had given Liam since he came to Crescent City Elementary? He would deserve something like that for being such a mean bully, but his pride is preventing him from accepting such a humbling experience.

"You girly rangers are going to get a real taste of my special power!" Negabully's eyes turned scarlet and a grin grew on his face. "Purple Ranger, you are so unsure of yourself all the time. You care too much about what people think and you don't take charge for yourself. Ha! Your dreams don't even suit such an insecure person like you! You are WEAK!"

"Don't listen to him, Purple! He's trying to get in your head!" Kaila called out to her partner in crime who is beginning to look shaken by Negabully's words. A visible stream of energy began to escape from the purple ranger flowing into the monster's large mouth on his abdomen. The purple ranger began to slump.

Negabully turned his attention to the yellow ranger and began thinking of some deliciously mean things to say to her. She is going to be a tough nut to crack and not easily shaken like the purple ranger. "Now, how am I going to destroy you, yellow ranger? I want to suck up all of your energy for the Court of Darkness. Your purple friend was just an appetizer. I think I should dine on your other colored friends before I feast on you for a very sweet sweet dessert. Yeah, that does sound like a great plan!" The monster laughed like a maniac thinking about the devious plan stealing the energy of the power rangers before stealing the yellow ranger's energy. He imagined her energy will be the most delicious of them all.

While the monster was imagining defeating the Power Rangers, three blasts of energy hit him in the back, derailing his thoughts. "Ouch! Really, Rangers?! How did I fall for that again?" The monster used his hands to fan the scorch marks on his back before turning to see the red, blue, and green rangers with their crystal blasters poised at him. "You are going to pay for that, jelly bean squad! I am going to crush you! Necros, arise!"

Four dark circles appeared on the ground in front of Negabully and necros rose to the surface from the circles. Negabully pointed at the three male rangers. "Attack them!" The necros rushed at the group of three rangers with Negabully joining the fray. The rangers' sneak attack got under his skin figuratively and he wanted to blow off steam by pounding some rangers into a pulp before stealing their energy.

The red, blue, and green rangers proceeded to enter the fray against the attacking necros and monster. There was a mixture of punches and kicks between the rangers and necros. It seemed the tide of battle favored neither side until Negabully swung things into the favor of the evil forces. Negabully threw powerful punches at the rangers, catching the green ranger in the chin, the blue ranger in the chest, and the red ranger in the stomach. Each punch emited sparks upon impact with each rangers' armor. Each ranger was thrown backwards with each punch. "Things are about to get really bad for you, Rangers! Give me your energy!"

Kaila struggled against the hold of the necros that held her and Erika as she watched her teammates struggle in their fight against the necros. Negabully definitely gave the necros a great advantage over the three rangers. She wanted to help even the odds against the shadow creatures and the hideous monster, but the necros kept her in place. She looked at the purple ranger next to her who is still weakened from having her energy stolen. Maybe if she distracted the monster, the guys will have a chance to get a sneak attack in on him. "Hey, Negabully! Why don't you just come after me? I'm the one you really want! Come at me, ugly!" Maybe the insult will strike a nerve in the monster. She held her breath hoping that she is getting the intended effect to draw him away from her friends.

"You wait your turn, Yellow Ranger!" Scourge went behind the yellow ranger and kicked her down to the ground and planted a foot on her back to keep her from getting up. He drew his dark sword and planted the edge into the ground right near her head to make the point perfectly clear. "Another word from you and you will be in a world of pain. You know what, I'll just let you watch your friends suffer." Scourge knelt down and forced Kaila's head to be looking in the direction of her friends now being held by the necros struggling against their grip.

Negabully turned his head towards the yellow ranger who called out to him. He had a mind to devour her energy right on the spot, but he knew better than to disobey Scourge's orders. He watched as Scourge forced her to the ground and her head facing him and the rangers. Scourge nodded to Negabully to continue the mission.

Sabin, Alex, and Chaice never had a chance to launch a sneak attack on the monster as the necros pounced on them and held them in the same kneeling position that Erika and Kaila were in. The boys tried to break free from the grip of their captors but to no avail. They had no choice but to wait for Negabully to do his thing to them.

Negabully's eyes glowed scarlet and he seemed to be playing a game of eeny meeny miney moe in his head trying to decide which ranger to incapacitate first. He went with the blue ranger first. "Ah, Blue... the little Australian so far away from home. The timid young lad who can't even stand up for himself especially to his father. Have you told him your dream yet or are you just going to let him continue to run your life? I wonder what he would think of you being a Ranger. And your 'friends' are not the kind he would approve of. Ha! I can hear him roasting you big time! You are a pathetic little thing! You will never get to live your dream, you will be living your father's dream and yours will die!"

The blue ranger stopped struggling as Negabully's words took effect on him. He lowered his head as if to look down in shame.

Sabin and Chaice racked their minds to think of something to uplift Alex before his energy is stolen from him. Sabin called out to him first. "Don't listen to him! You are not pathetic! No matter what he says, you are not pathetic!"

Chaice didn't know what to say. He honestly did not know the specifics of Alex's relationship with his father. Alex never really talked about him much around his friends. It seems that Alex's father is a sore spot for him. Chaice continued to think of the words of encouragement to say.

Before Chaice could think of something to say, Alex crumbled and a stream of energy escaped from him right into the monster's large mouth. Before falling into a slump, Alex managed to utter a disheartened apology to his friends. "I'm sorry, mates..."

Negabully rubbed his belly after dining on the blue ranger's energy and he turned to face the green ranger. "Oh, Green Ranger... the pariah of the city. Everyone in this city has turned against you, but if only your ranger friends knew what exactly happened to your brother on that day, they would most certainly turn on you too. I'm surprised that you were even chosen to be a Power Ranger. What was Zircon thinking calling such a person like you! He must be desperate! Ha!"

Negabully's words hit Chaice especially hard especially when he made mention of his deceased brother Quinton and what happened. He did admit that his brother died in an accident that he could have saved him from but failed to do so. He left out some details that may influence the way that his friends look at him. The stream of energy escaped from Chaice right into Negabully's large mouth and Chaice slumped over.

"And now the Red Ranger... the leader of the Power Rangers. You don't impress me. You let your friends fall victim and you were powerless to stop me. What kind of leader are you? I bet I could lead better than you! No wonder you quit your football team, you couldn't handle the pressure of being a football player and it won't take long for you to crumble under the pressure of being a Power Ranger. You may as well turn in your power crystal right now. You are a terrible leader! You have led your team in a very bad place under my thumb! It's all your fault! Your little brother is such a foolish little thing to look up to you! You are nothing to look up to, you are something to look down to! Ha!"

Sabin tried with all his might to resist Negabully's power to steal his energy. He kept trying to think of positive thoughts and thinking that all that Negabully says is a lie. Even with all of his positive thinking, he couldn't help but think that he could have done something to prevent the capture of the rangers. They were too predictable and unprepared and it led to their capture. The last line of defense against Negabully and the Court of Darkness is going to fall because of him and his poor leadership. Sabin began to negatively critique himself and it caused him to give in to Negabully's power.

A stream of energy escaped from Sabin into Negabully's large mouth. Sabin began to slump like the other rangers. He looked at Kaila a distance away. He suddenly came up with an idea to use the crystal communication feature to contact her. He spoke out hoping that his words will reach her. "You are our last hope, Kaila. Stay strong! We know you are..." He slumped to the ground right after he got the message out. Four rangers are down and Kaila is the last bastion standing against Negabully and the Court of Darkness.

-To Be Continued-