Chapter 36: An Early Summer Vacation
Out on a secluded beach outside of the city, Alan was walking towards a cave at the bottom of a rocky cliff. Alan walked inside with his headlight turned on and continued on deeper into the cave.
"I don't understand why Keeper wanted me to come out to this cave," Alan said as he sighed.
Alan squeezed through a narrow path and came into a small room in the cave. Alan pulled out a sheet of paper from his pocket and looked down at it.
"The instructions say the thing I'm searching for should be down a path where the walls are covered in ancient paintings about this artifact," Alan said to himself as he walked across the room and headed down a path on the other side.
Alan looked over to the left and saw paintings lining down the wall.
"Looks like some cave people once lived here," Alan said as he continued looking at the paintings.
Alan looked over and saw a painting of a man holding something in his hands as the sun shined brightly down on him.
"So this artifact has some kind of effect on the sun," Alan said as he continued down the path.
Alan looked over once again and saw a painting of a monster standing tall over of group of dead people.
"Some kind of monster was the cause of this then?" Alan wondered as he came up to the end of the path.
Alan walked into the room at the end of the path and saw skeletons lying on the ground around a pedestal.
"There's the artifact," Alan said as he slowly made his way towards the artifact.
Alan looked closely at the small statue resembling a man holding the sun in his hands. A loose stone under Alan's foot suddenly shifted.
"What was that?" Alan said in confusion as he stepped back away from the pedestal.
A hole opened on the ceiling allowing sunlight to shine down on the statue.
"Oh crap," Alan said in astonishment as the statue began glowing.
Purple smoke was released from the statue and left the cave through the hole in the ceiling.
"What was that?" Alan said in confusion.
Alan grabbed the statue off the pedestal and took off back towards the path.
"I hope I didn't cause something bad to happen," Alan said as he hurried down the path.
Out on a nearby beach where people were enjoying themselves, the purple smoke from the cave began taking possession of multiple items on the beach. A man on his surfboard fell into the water as his surfboard was pulled away from him by the smoke.
"What's going on?" A woman said in confusion as her umbrella was pulled out of the ground.
The items began circling around the smoke as the smoke began forming a humanoid shape. The beach items combined with the smoke and transformed into a monster in front of the people on the beach.
"I have been revived!" The monster shouted as she laughed evilly.
People began running away in horror as the monster continued laughing.
"Where do you people think you're going?" The monster said in confusion. "I, Leisure, shall bring you the greatest feeling in the world!"
Leisure fired a blast off into the sky towards the sun as people continued running away. The blast hit the sun and caused it to begin glowing brighter.
"What's going on?" A surfer said as he walked out of the water.
The man suddenly began smiling as he laid down on the beach in the sand.
"Man, these rays feel great," The surfer said as he continued smiling.
"That's right; these rays are the greatest feeling!" Leisure shouted as she walked off and left the surfer by himself as he lied in the sand.
Minutes later, Alan returned to the base where Tracey, Tyson and Landon were chatting. Keeper walked into the room and saw Alan holding a small statue in his hand. Keeper gasped as Alan sat the statue on his desk.
"What?" Alan asked Keeper as he looked over at him.
"That statue is cursed!" Keeper told Alan.
"Why didn't you tell me that before sending me after it?" Alan asked Keeper.
"I didn't send you to retrieve it, I sent you to make sure it was still protected by my defenses," Keeper told Alan.
"Oh, there were no defenses aside from a switch that released some spirit," Alan said to Keeper.
"Alan, you have put the Earth in grave danger," Keeper said to Alan.
"Settle down, we'll stop whatever this thing is before it can cause anything," Alan said as an alarm began going off.
"Looks like this thing has caused something," Tyson said as he rose from his seat.
Alan walked over to his computer and brought up a video feed. Leisure was standing in the middle of the street laughing at the lazy people lying around her.
"What's going on?" Alan said in confusion.
"That monster has altered the sun's rays to where anyone who is touched by them becomes lazy," Keeper told Alan.
"And the others are all out there," Tracey told everyone.
"How do we keep the rays from affecting us?" Landon asked Keeper.
"Do not step into sunlight," Keeper told Landon.
"That puts us at a major disadvantage already," Tyson said as he sighed.
Alan sat down in his chair and groaned.
"This is my fault," Alan said as he looked down.
"Hey, we can still fix this problem as long as we're not affected by the sun's rays," Landon told Alan.
"That monster will never come after us though," Alan told Landon.
"Then we can wait until it becomes night time," Tyson said to the others. "We'll attack then,"
"That's not going to work," Keeper told Tyson. "This monster's power will prevent that from happening,"
"That makes absolutely no sense!" Alan said in disbelief.
"Wait, does that mean the Earth stops rotating?" Landon asked Keeper.
"As if it became lazy itself, yes," Keeper told Landon.
"Crap, then we can't waste any time," Alan said as he rose from his seat.
Inside of the control room of Sledge's crashed ship, Heckyl was watching video footage of Leisure attacking the city. Heckyl watched closely as humans ran by not noticing Leisure while wearing swimming gear.
"What is going on in the city?" Heckyl said in confusion.
"Some ancient creature was awoken and it appears to have altered the sun's rays," Fury told Heckyl.
"Not only that, the Earth has stopped rotating too," Wrench said to Fury and Heckyl.
"These people are acting like they're on vacation," Heckyl said to Wrench and Fury.
"Should I go and investigate?" Fury asked Heckyl.
"Yes, that would be great," Heckyl told Fury as he noticed some of the Dino Charge Rangers on the screen.
"I will return if I find anything," Fury said as he walked out of the room.
"So, not even the Energems can protect the Rangers from this beast's powers?" Heckyl said as he began snickering.
Out on the beach, Alex and the others were running around having fun together. Leisure walked out onto the beach and saw the group of teens enjoying themselves as she laughed evilly.
"Soon this entire planet will die from exhaustion and starvation due to my powers!" Leisure shouted as Fury walked onto the beach behind her.
"So, you actually managed to hinder half of the Rangers," Fury said to Leisure.
Leisure gasped as she quickly turned towards Fury.
"Who are you?" Leisure asked Fury. "And why haven't my rays affected you?"
"I guess aliens are immune to your powers," Fury said as he shrugged his shoulder.
"What do you want then?" Leisure asked Fury.
"I want you to find the other Power Rangers and do the same to them as you did to those five," Fury told Leisure.
"Woo, here I come ocean waves!" Eli shouted as he ran out into the water as he laughed in joy.
"What's so special about them?" Leisure asked Fury.
"You can find out when you take the rest of them out," Fury said as he snickered.
The other four teens ran out into the water and joined Eli as Leisure looked over at them.
"One way to bring out the Rangers is to cause destruction," Fury said to Leisure as he clenched his fist.
"Alright then, I'll head back into the city and call them out," Leisure said as she began walking away.
"Good," Fury said as he watched Leisure walk away.
Fury turned back towards the Rangers and saw that they were gone.
"Wait, where did they go?" Fury said in confusion.
"Hey Fury, join in on the fun!" Dante said to Fury as he walked by listening to music on his phone.
"You brats are even more annoying than before!" Fury shouted in frustration as the five Rangers began circling around Fury dancing to the music coming from Dante's phone.
Down in the Ranger's base, Alan was watching a video of the five affected Rangers irritating Fury as he continued working on something. Tyson walked up behind Alan and looked at the video on the screen.
"Looks like Fury still can't handle them," Tyson said as he chuckled.
"It looks like aliens like Fury aren't affected by the rays either," Alan told Tyson.
"So that means any of Snide's goons can show up and keep us from stopping this monster," Tyson said as he sighed.
"Yep, that's correct," Alan told Tyson as he rose from his seat.
Tracey and Landon walked over as Alan picked the statue up off the table.
"Alan, would the rays still affect us if we were in our zords?" Landon asked Alan.
"I doubt it, but I have something else," Alan said as he revealed a pair of sunglasses sitting on his desk.
"Alan, that's just a pair of sunglasses," Tyson said as he crossed his arms.
"Yeah, but they have been modified," Alan told Tyson. "Put these things on before you morph and you should be safe from the rays,"
"That sounds fine I guess," Landon said as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Two of us should go after the monster while the other two go make sure Fury doesn't hurt any of the others," Alan told the others.
"Alright, I guess I'll go with Landon to stop Fury," Tyson said as he began walking away.
Tracey looked down at Alan's hand and saw him holding the statue.
"What's that supposed to do?" Tracey asked Alan.
"I'm going to try and seal that freak back in this," Alan told Tracey.
"Are you sure you can do that?" Tracey asked Alan.
"No, but we can only hope it does," Alan said as he and the others headed out of the base.
Back out in the city, Leisure was firing blasts from her eyes and hitting the buildings and vehicles around her as she laughed evilly. Leisure came up to a group of people who were playing in the water shooting out of a hydrant and prepared to attack them.
"Hold it!" Alan shouted as he and Tracey ran out into the street already morphed.
Leisure turned around and saw the Aqua and Purple Rangers standing behind her.
"Ah, so you must be who that cat was talking about," Leisure said to Alan and Tracey.
"We're going to give you a chance to fix the troubles you've caused before things get rough," Tracey said to Leisure.
"I haven't screwed anything up," Leisure said to Tracey. "I want to see this world burn just like all the others I've destroyed,"
"That's not going to happen," Alan said as he revealed the statue.
Leisure began laughing as the people behind her continued playing in the water.
"That statue won't help you at all," Leisure said to Alan.
"Then I guess we have to do this the old fashioned way," Alan said as he tossed the statue aside.
Vivix rose from the ground and surrounded Leisure causing her to become confused.
"Who are these guys?" Leisure said in confusion.
"This shouldn't be a problem," Tracey said as she took off towards the Vivix.
Tracey pulled out her Dino Saber and began attacking the Vivix as she ran past them. Alan pulled out his morpher and began focusing on Leisure. Leisure looked around in confusion as Tracey continued fighting the Vivix.
"How are my rays not affecting you?" Leisure shouted as she ran up and tackled Tracey.
Tracey fell to the ground and dropped her saber from the attack. Tracey jumped back to her feet and saw Leisure fire a pair of blasts towards her.
"Summer is my least favorite season!" Tracey shouted as she jumped over the blasts.
Alan began firing blasts at the Vivix around Leisure and began knocking them away. Tracey jumped towards Leisure and kicked her in the chest sending her crashing into the side of a car.
"Oh, you've made a bad mistake!" Leisure shouted as she fired a powerful blast into the sky.
Alan watched the blast shoot up into the sky in horror as Leisure began laughing. All of a sudden, the sun's rays began growing stronger.
"What did you do?" Tracey asked Leisure.
"She intensified the sun's rays!" Alan shouted to Tracey. "No one will be able to survive this intense heat,"
"That's right; all you humans will soon be burnt to a crisp!" Leisure shouted at Tracey and Alan.
Out on the beach Fury was still being annoyed by the five Rangers as they were enjoying themselves after being affected by Leisure's rays. Tyson and Landon ran out onto the beach already morphed and saw Fury swing his sword at the others.
"They could get badly hurt if Fury lands a blow," Landon told Tyson.
"Oh, I know," Tyson said as he aimed his morpher on his wrist at Fury.
Tyson fired a blast from his morpher and hit Fury's sword. Fury's sword flew up into the air and landed in the water as the five Rangers began laughing.
"Damn you!" Fury shouted as he saw Tyson and Landon run up.
"Guys, get out of here!" Landon said to the others.
"No way man, it's summer time!" Nathan shouted as he laughed.
"It's not summer!" Tyson shouted in annoyance. "It's spring you idiot!"
"Yeah, sure it is," Alex said as he laughed.
"You guys are missing out on the fun!" Sam shouted as the sun's rays became harsh.
"What's going on?" Landon said in confusion.
"Looks like Tracey and Alan caused that monster to do something," Tyson said as Fury began approaching them.
"You will not stop me from taking their Energems!" Fury shouted at the two Rangers.
"Let's find out," Tyson said as he inserted a Dino Charger into his saber.
Landon quickly inserted a Pachy Charger into his morpher and aimed it at Fury.
"Dino Charge Morpher, Pachy Blast!" Landon shouted as he fired a blast resembling his zord at Fury.
The blast struck Fury as Tyson began running towards Fury.
"Ptera Saber!" Tyson shouted as he prepared to strike Fury. "Final Lightning Strike!"
Tyson ran by Fury and struck him with his saber causing Fury to scream in pain. Fury backed away from the Rangers holding his stomach in pain.
"I will return when each of your bodies are burned to a crisp by that monster's powers," Fury said to Tyson and Landon.
Fury quickly teleported away and left Tyson and Landon with the others.
"Come on, we need to get these guys out of the sun," Tyson said to Landon as he went to grab Sam.
Sam moved away from Tyson and took off running away along with the others.
"Guys, now is not the time for games!" Tyson shouted as he and Landon went after them.
Back in the city, Alan and Tracey were watching the Vivix collapse to the ground around Leisure. Alan began snickering as Leisure looked down at the Vivix in confusion.
"What's happening to them?" Leisure said in confusion.
"The heat from the sun is frying them," Alan told Leisure.
"But how?" Leisure said in confusion.
"You intensified the sun's rays to where the Vivix couldn't handle the heat," Alan said as he pulled out a Dino Charger.
"She's all yours," Tracey said to Alan as she stepped back.
"With pleasure," Alan said as he nodded.
"I'm immortal you fool, you can't stop me!" Leisure shouted at Alan.
"Dino Super Drive Charger!" Alan shouted as he activated the Dino Charger.
The Dino Super Drive Saber suddenly appeared in Alan's hand as Leisure stood by watching.
"Dino Super Drive Mode!" Alan shouted as he inserted the Dino Charger into the hilt of his saber.
The saber flashed in an instant and transformed Alan into Dino Super Drive Mode.
"Alan, hurry," Tracey said as she began breathing heavily.
"The heat is starting to get to Tracey," Alan said to himself. "I need to make this quick,"
Alan took off running towards Leisure as Leisure began firing blasts from her eyes at Alan.
"You won't last long in this heat!" Leisure shouted at Alan as she swung at Alan with her arm.
Alan leaned back and avoided Leisure's arm.
"I only need to last long enough for one certain thing," Alan said as he jabbed Leisure with his saber.
Leisure fell back to the ground holding her stomach in pain. Alan quickly turned around and looked back at the statue lying on the ground.
"Come on," Alan said impatiently as Leisure rose back to her feet.
Alan turned back around and saw Leisure fire a blast at him. He quickly blocked the blast with his saber and sent it flying towards the statue.
"Wait!" Leisure shouted in horror as she watched the blast fly towards the statue.
The blast hit the statue and caused the statue to begin glowing.
"Ah, looks like those cave paintings were right," Alan said as he lowered his saber.
Leisure's body began glowing as purple smoke was being pulled from her body.
"I will not return to that prison!" Leisure shouted as the beach supplies began falling off the body.
"How did Alan know that would work?" Tracey said in confusion.
"The statue needed to be heated up severally," Alan told Tracey. "It's basically using her very own powers against her,"
"I will return another day!" Leisure shouted as all the purple smoke was sucked into the statue.
The sun's rays began dying down as Alan demorphed and walked over to the statue.
"You're never escaping again while we're around," Alan said as he smirked and picked up the statue.
"What're you going to do with it now?" Tracey asked Alan.
"Put it where it can never release that monster again," Alan told Tracey. "It was released once sunlight touched the statue, so that means we lock it away somewhere underground,"
"Wait, are you considering taking it to the base?" Tracey asked Alan.
"I guess so," Alan said as he shrugged his shoulders.
Down on the beach, Tyson and Landon were standing over the other five Rangers who were lying in the sand exhausted from their adventure. Alex looked up at Tyson and Landon and sighed.
"What happened this time?" Alex asked them.
"You partied with Fury," Tyson said as Landon began chuckling.
"Man, I'm sunburnt like crazy!" Dante shouted in horror as he rose to his feet.
"I can't even move my arms without feeling the pain from these burns," Eli said as he leaned up.
"Same here," Sam said in pain as she looked down at her red arms.
"Just be glad Alan and Tracey fixed things or else you'd all be burnt carcasses lying on the beach," Landon told the others.
Back in the Ranger's base, Alan placed the statue inside of a vault and closed it as the others stood back watching. Alan turned towards the others and saw looks of pain on the sunburnt teen's faces.
"Maybe you guys should use some sunscreen next time," Alan said as he walked by and patted on Alex's shoulder.
Alex screamed in pain as Tracey, Tyson and Landon began laughing.
"That's not cool!" Alex shouted at Alan.
"Settle down red, we've been through enough today," Tyson told Alex as he walked by him.
"So, there are more than just prisoners from Sledge's ship hiding on the planet," Tracey said to everyone as they walked back into the main room.
"Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if something else gets involved with us," Alan said to Tracey.
"Please, don't jinx it," Sam said in pain as she sat down in a chair.
"Please, the chances are slim," Alan said as he chuckled.
Out in deep space, a ship was slowly flying past a planet. Inside the ship was Singe who was standing inside of a dark room by himself. A door suddenly opened up and caught Singe's attention.
"My lord, we will soon be arriving on Earth," Singe told a mysterious being who was standing in the darkness.
"Good, Snide doesn't know what he's dealing with," The being said as his eyes began glowing.
"And neither do those pathetic Power Rangers," Singe said as pressed a button on the control panel.
The ship blasted off and sped off into the distance.