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"So why are we here again Marcus?" Logan asked as Marcus sighs as the walked around the town of Ocean Bluff.
"Because of this. Remember Logan." He said taking out the letter that had been addressed to them. It was a rather strange letter for two different reasons.
The first being the return address which when they looked it up they came up with a pizza place located in the town. Second was that it came with a simple message addressed to the two of them.
'Come to this address if you want to find out what we know. C & R.' The note had said to them, and that was how they ended up in this other town.
"Fine fine fine, but why is it just us?" Logan asked.
"Because Sora is babysitting her baby sister, Sara went to see Lauren for training, AV and Jazz are having a family day, and Jason, Eva, and Chris are checking out these strange cards Chris bought." Marcus reminded him.
"Right. When he sent those pictures to Sora she texted him saying there was a ranger connection. Something about a Harwood County." Logan said and Marcus nods.
"If I recall that's the town that the Megaforce and Super Megaforce rangers protected, and I think Jungle Fury protected this town." Marcus thought.
"Hey. Think that a ranger maybe sent us this?" Marcus asked.
Logan shrugs "It's possible. Maybe Maya meet them sometime in the past." Logan said.
"I don't think so. If she did meet them then she would have sent us here without beating around the bush." Marcus said as they walked Logan taking out his phone to follow the map to where they needed to go.
"Okay I'll concede that point. Then maybe it's one of the other rangers that live in Legacy Hills that tipped this C and R off to us. There are plenty of them." Logan said.
"Yeah...now are we getting close?" Marcus asked.
Logan stopped and nods both looking up "Jungle Karma Pizza. This is the address." Logan says and the two walk in.
"Hello? Anyone here?" Logan called out when he saw that they were alone.
"For a pizza place it's rather quiet." Marcus says.
"That's because we're closed." A older man's voice says and the two turn coming face to face with two different individuals. Both men were older and clad in red and purple the purple clothed man having slightly long hair and a bit of a beard while the red clad man had shorter hair. Both bore a claw like symbol on the sleeve of the shirt they wore.
"Marcus and Logan Turner right?" The red clad man asked.
"Yeah, and who are you two?" Logan asked.
"He is Casey, and I am RJ." The purple clad man named RJ introduced them as he looked them over.
"Hmm...so your the two that Espella talked about." RJ says.
"Espella?" The two asked.
"She is a friend of RJ's, and a fellow veteran ranger." Casey tells them neither knowing who the two older rangers were talking about.
"Wait. So your both veteran rangers?" Logan asked and the images of Junger Fury Red, and Wolf appeared to them.
"Yes. I was also the mentor to the Jungle Fury rangers." RJ says to them.
"C and R...You guys were the ones that sent us that note right?" Marcus asked and they nod.
Logan crossed his arms "Alright. So why exactly did you call us here?" Logan asked as Marcus sighs shaking his head.
"Ahh yes...about that. We actually called you here for two reasons. Both of which have to do with your heritage, and your families." Casey says to the adopted brothers.
"Hmm?" This caught both's attention and Logan actually looked to be off guard. RJ signaled for the two to follow them.
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The four headed up into the loft of the place and glanced around "It's not much, but this was actually our HQ when I was a ranger." Casey says.
"Yeah yeah that's nice." Logan says and Marcus just sighs.
"I think what he's meaning to say is that we want to know just what it is you mean by our heritage and families." Marcus says to the two veterans.
"Right. Now how about we sit and chat." RJ says to them.
"As you may or may not know, but the Jungle Fury rangers were part of Pai Zhua, a rather secretive marital arts academy." RJ said.
Logan and Marcus shake there head actually not knowing that "Well the next few years were spent on making it more secure. Casey here is a good teacher." RJ continued.
Casey rolled his eyes "Anyways what he means to say is that there were a few particular students that I considered special. One was a man named Ross Geki." He said taking out a picture, and what Logan saw made him nearly fall out of his chair.
The person in the picture looked to be a teenager no older than eighteen. He had a slight tan to him with short military style cut chestnut brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a green athletic shirt with dog tags around his neck and jean shorts. He had several scars on his arms and legs, but the man didn't seem to be bothered by them from the looks of the picture.
"Logan...He looks almost just like you." Marcus says.
"No...no no no no no! NO! You can't be saying what I think your saying." Logan shouts in a panic his voice slightly quivering.
RJ sighs "I knew this wouldn't end well." he thought.
"He is...or was your father Logan." Casey says and Logan looked to actually be tearing up, but it was more in anger than anything.
Marcus caught the last part "Was? What do you mean by that?" Marcus asked after a few moments of hesitation.
"About seven years after our final battle the Pai Zhua came under attack by some unknown foe. Three of our teachers were killed. One was Ross Geki, and the others well..." RJ says then glances to Marcus who with that looked braced himself.
"They were Shawn and Chloe Lambert. Your parents Marcus." RJ finished.
Both grew silent, and after nearly five minutes of silence Logan gave a sad laugh "So...he didn't abandon me and mom like i thought." He muttered tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Logan?" Marcus asked.
"Growing up I never saw my dad much because of his 'job'. Then one day he just didn't...come back. After a year mom remarried, but that man...that man..." He starts and began to shake in anger as the memories came back to him.
"That man was a drunk and abusive! Worse yet was that he actually got my own involved in his habit and worse!" Logan continued and cried into his hands.
"I blamed my dad because if he had been there then there had been no way that my mom would have become what she did. I blamed him for years and cursed him for abandoning us." Logan continued.
"Perhaps it would have been for the best if I didn't know now what really happened." He finished rubbing the sleeve of his shirt against his eyes as he stopped crying.
Marcus brings his adopted brother in for a hug "...Actually the other reason we wanted to bring you here was to train you because what killed your parents might actually be involved in the current crisis to come here." Casey says to them.
"Huh?" Both said turning to face the veterans.
"Your parents were killed by a beast. It looked like some kind of werewolf, but it was much more in control of itself and spoke of coming to erase this entire time the next time it came." RJ told them.
The broke of there hug and froze in place and Logan grits his teeth "I can only think of one thing that fits that description." He says.
"Sirius." Marcus muttered and both look to each other before nodding and turn to the two.
"Please teach us." Marcus said to them.
"We aren't going to seek revenge, but we want to be ready to fight him when he comes again." Logan says and both nod.
"Alright, but we are going to be teaching you the same way were were taught." Casey says.
RJ smirks "So we won't be going easy on you." he said.
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In the Cursed Trinity's hideout Tiberius walked into the main room bowing before the three leaders "Is there a problem Tiberius?" Vulpecula asked.
"There is my lady and masters. Those rangers have nearly depleted our entire army, and now but two of our soldiers remain besides yourselves and us generals." Tiberius reports to them.
Trillion rubs his chin at this "Hmm...It will be no matter. We will continue as planned." He says.
"Yes sir." Tiberius says to him and gets up turning to leave.
"Stop. I have one more request for you Tiberius." Trillion says and Tiberius turns.
"Yes Master Trillion." he says.
"The next time you send out something to go after the rangers go with them. I want you to capture the crimson ranger and bring her here." Trillion says and grips his hands tightly on the throne.
"And if any harm should come of her..." He began, but cuts off and Tiberius gulps.
"R-Right sir. The crimson ranger will be brought here without harm." Tiberius replied and ran out.
Sirius looked to Trillion "Are you sure about this? She is still but a simple human child Trill..." he starts, but is hit by white energy and thrown back into a wall.
"Don't test my patience Sirius. I decide what is best, and this particular child is of importance to me." Trillion says irritated.
Vulpecula sighs "You should know better than to question Trillion, Sirius." She says with a sly grin as he gets up.
"Fine fine. We'll grab the kid before our plan moves forward." Sirius muttered and left to go after the Crimson ranger while the monster in Harwood County kept some of the rangers busy.
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Maya was in the HQ and was writing in a fairly new journal. A habit she picked up years ago and found it to be a good way to let loose any possible built up stress she had.
She was by herself so she began talking as she wrote "Today was rather unusual. I made another attempted to reconnect all the powers we had collected to the Morphing Grid, but as expected it didn't work. We probably need the remaining three powers in order to fix our part of the grid for our dimension." Maya says pacing.
"What was unexpected was that some of the ranger powers began to...for lack of a better term resonate." She said recalling earlier some powers that were doing so.
"That even included the powers of the team I'm mentoring. I have only one possible conclusion for this..." she continued on as she wrote nearly tripping.
"These powers are meant for something more in the future. Even the Neo Defenders, and Star Descendants powers had been reacting." she says and then sits down near the main console.
"I have very few options, but if anything I have an idea to help those in the future." She finished and turned the page thinking back to something more personal. A dream she had, but she could tell from it that it was possibly more and decided to write it down.
There will be one who seeks the greatest treasures of Earth. Wicked she is, and will capture the one who's blood possesses elements and virtues. A defender of orange scorned is approached as the last of San Roberto seek the aid of the orange defender. With a mind uncertain she will find those who will wield powers connected to the past. Black feathers dance as the Raven caws.
Maya closed her book and began to think to herself. She knew from experience with AV that visions have a meaning, and she knew something was going to happen in the future.
That also meant a new team of rangers, and if anything they would need something to help them with this foe.
"Well then...better get started on something." Maya muttered opening her book up and began sketching out ideas on the next page of her journal.
It was then that her phone rang and she picked it up "Maya here..." She says and is silent for a few moments.
"Sara's been what!" Maya exclaimed.
End of Episode 24 as well as the tribute/filler to Jungle Fury. Now I really would have done more, but I don't actually know this season that well, and well it felt kind of stupid. Though I did drop a few more things this chapter, but even with two monsters left that will just leave the Cursed Trinity and the three generals. As for why Trillion wants the crimson ranger well...you will find out sometime soon. So until next time this has been decode9!