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ACT TWENTY-SEVEN - Guardian Arc: Evil Isn't Genetic Part 3

-Previously-

"Guys let's morph!" Robin yells.

Everyone nods.

"Miles, get to safety." Wes orders.

Miles breaks eye contact with Mal for a second, "Ri- Right."

"Heroes Of Legends!" They all shouted.

-Now-

The rangers were all suited up and armed with their weapons. Mal motioned for Ulrich to drag Kiki over. As the three villains jump down to the sand with Kiki in Ulrich's grasp, Mal snapped her fingers and the rope extended just to tie Kiki around the large rock next to them. Mal had a puff of green smoke appear by her hands and she held a staff in her hands.

James was holding onto his recently polished hook, "You asked for it,"

Bentley looks at James, "For trusting you."

Ulrich spins his trident in his hands and slams it down in the sand, "Just hand over the morphers and maybe you can live."

Ericka pointed her blaster at Ulrich, "I'd rather fall."

Mal smirked, "That can be arranged."

Mal turns to the boys and they nodded at her. Ulrich charged forward, he avoided Ericka. He launched himself up and landed in front of Morgan, he elbowed Bentley in the face and then turned to swipe his trident at Morgan. Morgan dodged it and jumped back then blocked the trident with his spear. Morgan pushed hard with his own force against Ulrich.

James flipped over Bentley and landed by Ericka, she fired her blaster at the pirate. He used his hook to yank it out of her grasp. The blaster landed on the ground, and as James went to attack Ericka, in came Kristen. Kristen slashed her blades at James, he used his hook to avoid one of the swords and managed to dodge the other blade.

Wes reached into his quiver and fired two arrows at Mal. Mal dodged them and slammed her spear down, small puff of green smoke appeared and small little rock monsters came running toward Robin and Wes. Robin used her hatchet to slash them and destroy them. Mal jumped in the air and delivered a punch at Wes' helmet, causing him to fall to the ground. And then Mal roundhouse kicked Robin in the back.

From where Kiki was at, she was trying to get out of the hold. She looked inches from her feet was her morpher. She tried to reach for it, glancing back at the fight then back at the morpher. If only she was a few inches closer.

Mal pointed the staff in front of Wes' helmet, "Should've just handed over those damn morphers."

Miles, who was hiding behind a large rock near the side the rangers had arrived at, popped out. He ran over and managed to get in front of Mal. The rangers on the ground looked up a bit shocked and Wes even seemed a bit shocked at the recklessness his friend was doing. Miles stepped in front to look at Mal in the eyes.

"Malorie," Miles said.

Mal stared at him.

"Please," He begged, "Stop this madness."

Mal grabbed a hold of Miles' shirt collar, "No one orders me."

Miles looks at her, "Then that means your mother doesn't tell you want to do. You are you're own person."

Mal looks directly into his eyes.

"Mal or Malorie, whatever you prefer, it doesn't matter. You aren't your mother." Miles said.

Ericka looks up at Ulrich, "Neither are you. You aren't defined by your parents." Ericka said.

Ulrich looks at Ericka but said nothing.

Bentley looks at James, "You're not your father." Bentley said.

James looks at Bentley but says nothing.

Mal looks at Miles, "What makes you think we're different?" She asks.

"I see it in your eyes," Miles said, "If- If you wanted us dead, it would have happened by now."

Mal loosen the grip on Miles for second. Then there is a large earthquake. Mal, James, and Ulrich take a few steps back. Miles is pushed toward safety by Wes, as appearing in front of them is a large dragon. And next to the dragon is Maleficent. Maleficent turns to the three children of villains. Her eyes land on Mal.

"I am disappointed in your failure, Mal." Maleficent said, "You're not worthy to be my daughter."

Maleficent snaps her fingers and the dragon begins to attack. Maleficent then vanishes in a purple smoke. The rangers all rose to their feet to deal with this new dragon in front of them.

"Heroes of Legends! Power of Red Riding Hood!" Robin yells.

"Heroes of Legends! Power of Snow White!" Kristen yells.

"Heroes of Legends! Power of Sleeping Beauty!" Ericka yells.

"Heroes of Legends! Power of Mulan!" Bentley yells.

"Heroes of Legends! Power of King Arthur!" Morgan yells.

"Heroes of Legends! Power of Robin Hood!" Wes yells.

Robin's hatchet turns to a scythe, Kristen's twin swords become a large sword, Ericka wields his sniper blaster, Bentley's kanta turns into kamas, Morgan's spear turns into old fashion English sword, and Wes' bow and arrows remains but he gains a sheath with a sword in it. The rangers armed with new weapons began to charge at the dragon.

The dragon is breathing fire at the sand and the rangers. Ericka parked herself at a good location where she begins to fire blasts from her sniper blaster. A couple of hits missed but one hit the dragon well, knocking the dragon out from the sky and landing on the beach. Morgan and Wes with their swords in hands charged over at the dragon, the dragon's head rose and began to breathe fire at the boys. Kristen and Robin knocked the two guys down, Bentley jumped to the side and slashed his kamas at the dragon's face.

Miles gets up from his safe space and ran back over to Mal, James, and Ulrich. The three stood looking at the fight, and then Mal turned to see Miles touch the sides of her face.

"Mal," He spoke looking at her as if she still had blonde hair, "You need to stop this."

Mal looks at him, "This isn't my doing," She says, "It's my mother's."

Bentley is grabbed by the dragon and held down by the clawed hand. James winced when he hears Bentley yell in pain. Then Ulrich nearly jumped when he heard Ericka get launched by the tail of the dragon. The other rangers were being knocked down on the ground. The dragon began to fly up in the air. Though it looked hard for the dragon to do so because of Ericka's sniper blaster hitting its wings.

"You're good," He said, "I know you are and you need to believe you are good too."

Mal looks at James and Ulrich now. The two guys share the conflicted expression she has. Mal removes Miles' hands from her face and then marches forward. James and Ulrich remain by Kiki, who is still tied up, and Miles. Mal steps in front of the rangers all on the ground. The dragon was taking in a deep breathe to blow fire down to finish the rangers.

Mal extends her hands upward at the dragon, her eyes changed to green and her hands had green aura coming out of them. The dragon exhales the fire, and the fire did not hit the rangers instead Mal seemed to have made a shield to protect them. From where James and Ulrich were, they see the aura changing from green to purple, knowing Mal isn't fully in control of her powers. It was harder to control it, Mal finally had enough force to push the attack at the dragon which ended up destroying the dragon.

James and Ulrich ran over to Mal, James was the one who caught Mal. Her eyes return to blue, her hands still had a slight purple aura around it for a second before fading. Mal was exhausted and managed to stand after James caught her. It was at this time that the rangers all stood up and pointed their weapons at the three villains.

Ulrich looks at them, "You're welcome."

"We didn't asked to be saved by you," Wes said.

Mal stands up without James' help, "Ulrich, let the runt go."

Ulrich turns to Mal, "Mal?"

"Do it," Mal said.

Mal kept her eyes on Wes' helmet. Ulrich nods and walks over to the rock where Kiki was tied to. He untied it and grabbed the girl up, she brought her over to the ranger and kind of shoved her forward. Wes caught her first and began to hug her. The others were so happy by this, that Wes was reunited again with Kiki.

Mal began to back up with James next to her. Miles turned to go say something to Mal, but then heard shouting.

"Guys!"

"Look it's Kiki!"

Miles turned to see teenagers running over, its the Neo Defenders team. Miles turned back to see Mal, but she and the guys were gone. As well as the ship. Bentley and Ericka glanced up to see that Ulrich and James were gone, the two let out a deep breathe in mixture of sadness and frustration.
The Neo Defenders started hugging Kiki with glee that everything was okay.

"I'm so glad you're safe, Kiki." Spoke Verna.

Mel nods, "Ditto."

The Heroes of Legend team powered down and then Wes turned to look at Miles. He was staring at the ocean, no one else was there. No Mal. No ship. Nothing.

Kiki rubs sweat off her head, "Jeez, uh I should probably get something to drink- being a hostage really took a lot out of me." Kiki said and then faints.

Wes caught her and the others looked at her with concern.

"It seems like heat stroke," Ericka said.

Daniel nods and looks at the team, "We better get her to someplace to rest."

Robin looks at them, "We know of a place." She said.

With that the two teams began to leave the beach, Wes glanced back to see his friend still staring at the ocean. Wes shakes his head and moves on with the others.

-HEROESOFLEGENDS-

The two teams are at the basement. They were talking among themselves, which was mostly the introductions. Whereas Claudia was working on treating Kiki for heat exhaustion, she was giving the young teen some fluids and putting a cool rag on her forehead to keep her temperature down.

"I'm glad that you guys rescued Kiki. We were really worried about her." Ash said to them.

Aiden nods, "I agree but what really bothers me is how some guy told them deep secrets about you guys." Aiden said to them.

Kara looks at them, "Yeah I would have personally kick his ass for it." Kara said.

Wes frowns. Thinking back to what Miles did. He betrayed Wes' trust and they've known each other since they were kids. So it hurt him so much.

"I can't forgive him right now. We have been violated on our trust." Wes said and crossed his arms on his chest.

Ericka rubs her arm while looking down, "Yeah plus I should have never doubted my own teammates about my mom." Ericka said.

Morgan is just shocked about it, "Yeah it was right under our noses this whole time." He said.

Bentley frowns still thinking about it, "On top of it Miles says he was probably drugged or something and told them our deepest secrets". Bentley said.

Harry frowns,"That was his excuse for what he did. I do not know if I could forgive him after all of that." Harry said.

Liz nods, "Trust definitely gotten broken from that. Plus if Miles was drugged or even spelled, he probably had no idea what he was doing by telling the secrets." Liz said.

Tess then adds in, "That might be true Liz, but he hurt them especially Wes."

Mari nods "The important thing that Kiki is safe and sound. At least she is safe from those three." She said.

Mel seems confused by it, "I did not see any light with in their hearts when Verna, Kiki, and I were in town. If there was, I must have either missed it or it is so deeply hidden from me to tell." Mel said.

Daniel looks at Mel, "It is not your fault Mel. There is no way you could have known that." Daniel said to Mel.

Verna nods, "Yeah listen to your twin, Mel." Verna said.

The gang looks at them as they are caught off guard by it. It may have been the first time that Daniel and Mel had had this, the entire group were just staring them down to see if there was relations between them or what.

"Hold on did you just say twins?" Robin asks.

Daniel and Mel nods as they have a sheepish look on their faces. Ash and Kara nods in agreement.

"Yeah Daniel and I are twins and so is Ash and Kara. We found out about it recently." Mel said.

Daniel nods, "Yeah our adoptive parents separated us as babies. We are not as mad at them for it, but they both want to adopt the both of us but couldn't. Plus the same thing with Ash and Kara being separated as babies as well." He said.

Wes nods understanding, "I can understand and relate to being separated from biological family. Plus I appreciate you guys for being a true friend to Kiki, and I have to thank you guys for encouraging her to start the search to find me." Wes said.

Ash looks at Wes, "Your welcome Wes," Ash said to Wes.

Everyone was getting a bit jumpy and wanted to know how Kiki was doing, they all knew she would be fine because Claudia assured them all that her state wasn't something serious. Just some rest and some liquid and she should be fine. But that did not stop everyone from being a bit worried.

In the med bay, Kiki is resting from the exhaustion. Claudia is putting bandages around her wrist from the rope on her wrist at some point. Claudia was looking at Kiki more interested in her features, she looked to have similar bone structure to her son. She knows that her son isn't biologically her son but she thinks of him as blood. The more she looks at Kiki, the more she saw Wes in her.

As Kiki is coming to, she opens her eyes as she finds herself in a different place. She felt a cool rag on her head. She still felt a bit sluggish but felt much cooler than being out in the heat for hours or so.

"I am glad that you are awake. My name is Claudia Evans." Claudia said to Kiki.

Kiki looks at Claudia, "Thanks but where am I though?" Kiki asks Claudia.

Claudia looks at Kiki, "You're at the headquarters of the Heroes of Legends Power Rangers. I will tell the others that you are awake." She said.

Kiki nods as she looks at her. With that, Claudia left the room. Kiki laid back down on her back for a second. She took in a deep breathe. It is not long that the others walk in the med bay.

"You had us worried." Ash said to Kiki.

Wes nods looking at her, "Yeah Kiks, when I got the call from Rory- it pains me that you were targeted by them cuz." Wes said to her.

Claudia steps in, "Do you remember what happened?" Claudia asks Kiki.

Kiki nods recalling it, "Yeah I was at my locker at school. I was trying to get my homework out from it. All the sudden, my locker door closed like someone was trying to get my attention. That's when I saw them. They said that they were friends of Wes'. That pirate guy took my morphor from me and took me away." She said.

-FLASHBACK-

Kiki frowns as she is finds herself kidnapped. She is on the beach as she is being escorted by James and Ulrich as they have a grip on her. She is trying to get free herself.

"I am warning you right now. You will not get away with this." Kiki said to them.

Mal turns to face Kiki, "Getting away with things is what us villains does my dear." Mal glares at her.

As the boat appears in the water, they walk towards the boat. Kiki frowns as she being forced to go into the boat. As they make their way inside, James is getting the rope ready as they are tying her up. She notices that her morphor is in the hands of Ulrich's. As she sees the chance to try to get it back, Kiki stomps on the Ulrich's foot and shove on him. They see this as Mal uses her magic to knock her down.

"You are one of the defiant ones aren't you." Mal said to Kiki.

Kiki lands on the floor as James quickly ties her up. Kiki glares from James then straight up to Mal. Mal was looking down to Kiki with a similar glare on her face.

"It beats being a back stabbing bitch every time." Kiki said to Mal.

Mal glares at Kiki, "It is called being wicked." Mal said to Kiki.

Kiki kept her eyes on Mal, "Being wicked like a wannabe for the ultimate cool crowd." Kiki said to Mal.

Mal glares at Kiki as she is annoyed with her, "One more word out of you, and you will be gagged got it." Mal said to Kiki.

Mal kicks some stuff on the boat by her feet, it was an empty can. Kiki watches that she did get under Mal's skin. Mal walked over to James and Ulrich, crossing her arms on her chest and glancing over to Kiki before turning to the guy.

"That girl is a lot harder to crack than I thought." Mal said to them.

James nods, "You are telling me". He said.

-FLASHBACK OVER-

Kiki sighs as she finished telling them the story. Everyone listened and gave her support. Once Kiki finished she wasn't surprised that everyone was there for her for support and comfort.

"They did not torture me." Kiki said.

Aiden looks at Kiki shocked, "They didn't?"

"They just tied me up on that ship of theirs." Kiki said.

Kristen crosses her arms on her chest, "But why?"

"I don't think that they are deeply rooted in evil, but they are more misguided in more ways than one," Kiki said, "The power of observation is stronger than being all talk and no action. If they were evil, I would be in a bad shape right now". Kiki said to them.

Everyone is stunned by it as they look at Kiki.

Claudia turns to the others, "Alright, let's give her some more time to rest,"

Kiki shakes her head, "No- I mean I should be heading home. My dad must be worried sick."

Claudia sighs, "Alright. I'll contact Rory and let him know you're all on your way home." She left the room.

The others in the room were just so happy and hugged Kiki and even shook hands with each other.

-HEROESOFLEGENDS-

Miles sat on the sand in the beach. Walking over was a shadowed figure, Miles turned his head to see that it was Mal. He rose to his feet with glee to see she was alright. She looked like the girl he knew, with her blonde hair. But she was dressed in her villain attire. Mal looks at him with a sadden look.

"You're okay!" He said with glee.

Mal shakes her head, "Miles," She frowns, "Don't."

Miles looks at her with confusion, "Wha- What?"

Mal reached into her jacket pocket and handed him something, "This may help your case. I know I lied to you and put a spell on you to get what I wanted. It wasn't fair to you." She said.

Miles took what she handed him, "What is it?"

"It's the security camera from the roof," Mal said, "I had Ulrich hack into it to get all footage of us from the campus. It has us talking about me putting a spell on you to get that information." She said.

Miles looks at the small memory stick, "Mal?"

Mal takes a step back, "I can't stay here," She said, "So we're going."

"Wh- What?" He asks.

Mal looks at him, "This is how it's suppose to be. Villains don't get a happily ever after."

Miles looks at her with disbelief. Then Mal took a few steps forward and kissed him on the lips, catching him off guard. Mal then took a few steps back and looked at him, Miles could see tears rolling down the side of her face. Mal doesn't say anything else, but instead vanishes from the green smoke. Miles stood there for a moment longer, staring at where Mal once was. He held onto the memory stick and then put it in his pocket, he turned to look at the moon in the sky.

"I'll never forget you, Mal." Miles said with tears in his eyes.

(A/N: That's the end of the three part mini arc. Now from this point the guardians will be appearing! Which is going to be great! Also three people are going to be suffering broken hearts.

I'd like to put on the record that the three villains did get inspiration from Descendants but the idea of having villains having children fight the rangers was an idea I had for a while and decided this was the best story to do it. I had fun with this small arc and going into the main plot from this point may change relationships and have things rocky for a while with the rangers and trusting people.

Also check out LovingGinger30 and their series we do a lot of crossovers and Neo Defenders is their work. Until next time. -ICrzy)