DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Power Rangers. I do, however, own the characters of Gahaleigh, Belstan, Denlione, the Tinneanites, Angelina Gomez, Andie Pridgen, Katie Oliver, Anthony, Keema, Win, Alexa, Daniel, the planet Denlar, Garrett Till, Kasi Freedmon, Principal Wingard, Anderson Marks, Alison Hutchinson, and Dr. Vestwick.
"Oh…" Katie said as she stared around the startlingly new planet. This certainly was not what she imagined seeing.
"My…" Tommy said.
"What the hell happened here?" Anthony blurted out as he looked around the center, seeing everything was utterly destroyed. He then looked down through the floor, which was surprisingly clear. He could not see any rangers below him, so where were they and how could they allow this to happen?
"Tony, I'm sure that they'll explain it when they get back. It's probably something that they couldn't prevent, you know that. Things aren't exactly good right now," Keema said as Anthony scanned the faces of the other rangers and noticed that Katie held the same expression as his. Damn it. He didn't expect his own prophecy to come true this time around.
"I don't think that they're coming back," Win said as he looked around the center, while Alexa and Keema glared over at him. They didn't want to say that because they were afraid it might just push Anthony over the edge.
"Neither do I, they weren't very interested in staying when they heard we were leaving. Katie, come with me. The rest of you stay here, we'll be back soon enough," Anthony said as Katie walked off after him and the other rangers exchanged glances. Why had Anthony chosen Katie, the least experienced ranger, to go with him?
"Why her? Why not one of us instead?" Tommy asked as the Dycon rangers exchanged a glance. They all knew exactly why Katie was chosen by Anthony to go with him, but no one wanted to admit that to them. They were not sure how well it would go over with the other rangers.
"It's a long story and I'm sure that you have heard enough of those lately. I don't think us telling you another one will solve anything," Keema said as they all nodded. They could not argue that point.
"I think that we need to know what it is, so we can know how to handle this situation. If you're worried about it, we need to be worried about it," Tommy said, protectively, as Keema looked down at the ground. They were going to kill her when they heard this story.
"There was a prophecy made here, years ago and no one thought very much of it for a very long time. It seemed that it was never going to come true," Keema said as she started looking around the center for the actual prophecy, which Anthony had received upon his eighteenth birthday, as was the custom here.
"That was until the day that Anthony was born. The first set of conditions that the prophecy states were met that day and things haven't been the same since then," Alexa said the other rangers continued to look confused.
"A ranger couple had given birth to a male child with purple eyes. Even here purple eyes are generally unheard of, except for Anthony. He fit into a prophecy that everyone tried to ignore," Win said as Tommy, having heard many of these prophecies, could dimly see where this might be going, but he still kept quiet.
"But that only met the first condition of the prophecy. Anthony's parents kept it a secret from him for years. They didn't want him to have all of that to deal with. It was enough that his parents are two of the greatest rangers that have ever lived. He didn't need anything else on his shoulders," Keema said, as she couldn't find the written prophecy, which made her think Anthony had taken it with him.
"Then he was asked to come to the ranger academy here. The instructors search for the children of the planet that have the most potential to become rangers. He was the first child of a ranger couple that was ever accepted into the academy," Daniel said as Kim and Jason exchanged a glance. They were starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel, but they still didn't see where they came into the picture. This prophecy seemed to only deal with Anthony and maybe Katie; they couldn't be sure about that yet though.
"But still the prophecy was not completed. He had to be chosen for a ranger team," Win said as he looked over at Keema, who had sighed. This was the part that none of them wanted to tell the rangers of Earth.
"It was mostly complete when he became the blue ranger, in his first station on a ranger team," Keema said as she turned to face the others. "Now it has been completely fulfilled. The son of Power Rangers, whose eye color is purple and first ranger color is blue, travels to a foreign planet to help save his own from sure destruction. Meanwhile he finds love and marries, leaving Eltar forever."
"So it's Katie," Tommy said, skeptically as Keema nodded her head yes and Conner sat down on the nearest bench. He had had the hunch that things were not right and now he knew that they weren't right.
"So why didn't he just start going at her back on Earth?" Conner asked, angrily, as Keema looked over at him. She could sympathize with what he was feeling, but that would not do them any good. "He had to know when he first saw her what all of this meant."
"He was in a relationship and no matter what the damn prophecy says, he was going to have the decency to not do anything while he was in a relationship of his own. I broke up with him about a week ago. There was no denying what we all saw going on," Keema said as they looked over at her.
"So what's he doing now?" Tommy asked as the Dycon rangers exchanged a glance, they were sure that the other rangers were not going to like to hear this.
"Why can't he just ignore the prophecy?" Conner asked as Tommy looked over at him and gave him a sympathetic look. They all wished that they could ignore the prophecies made for them sometimes, but this was not one of those times.
"He has to believe it, Katie is the only one that can truly help us and he knows that. He knows why this has to be done," Daniel said as the other four rangers stared at them, in shock, before Tommy let out a frustrated groan. He had never wanted for Katie to be put in the middle of something like this. He had never wanted for his family to be placed where they were going to get hurt.
"So why are we here?" Kim asked as the Eltarian rangers tried to think of a way out of saying the full truth.
"You're here to help them fall in love," Win said as they stared at them and then looked at each other. These rangers must be pulling their leg and they would just reveal the joke in a matter of seconds.
(! #$&&$#!)
"What do you need me for?" Katie asked as she walked beside Anthony and he gave a furtive glance at the wall, hoping that it would give him some answers.
"You're the only one that can really help us," Anthony said as he took in a deep breath, as he was mentally smacking himself for doing this to the rangers that had taken them in and cared for his own rangers. He had thought that he would be able to fight the prophecy made for him, but it was very obvious to him now that there was absolutely no way that would happen. Even he had feelings, if he was only smart enough to recognize that was what it was.
"Sure. It makes perfect sense that a ranger that has absolutely no experience is the only one that can save you from utter destruction. What else is going on here?" Katie asked as they walked out of the center and into the open air. "Oh my goodness."
"Yeah, that's what I thought you would say," Anthony said as he watched her look around at the scenery, which was quite different from that of Earth. It also bought him a little bit more time to try to think of what he should say. "I need to tell you something."
"What?" Katie asked as she looked over at him and then continued to take in the scenery around her. She had never seen a place like this in her entire life.
"There is a prophecy about me," Anthony said as Katie looked over at him, wondering where she came into this prophecy. She knew that he wouldn't be wasting his breath if she didn't come in somewhere.
"Why does that matter? I have a hell of a prophecy hanging over my head as well right now and I'm not talking about it," Katie said as Anthony nodded his head then grabbed her hand and pulled her down a different path.
"It's not the same type of prophecy, Katie. I wish it was and I wish that it would not cause a lot of destruction, but that seems like the only thing that it will possibly do," Anthony said, sounding ashamed, as Katie looked over at him and sighed.
"But why do I need to know about it, Andy?" Katie asked, as Anthony looked over at her, surprised that she would not call him by his full name or Tony, like most people did.
"It concerns you as well," Anthony said as Katie stared over at him and then nodded her head that he could go on. "It really comes down to the fact that I am supposed to fall in love with someone from a foreign planet and marry them. The person I marry will be able to bring peace to Eltar."
"And how do I fit into this?" Katie asked as Anthony gave her a long look. She was no where near that stupid, but she sure seemed to want to play that card at the moment.
"I'm sure that you can imagine a way that you fit into it Kate, if you think about it long enough," Anthony said as Katie's shoulders slumped and she looked over at him. He had to be kidding her.
"But why now? We're both in relationships," Katie said as Anthony shrugged his shoulders. He thought it was cruel as well, but what could they do? They couldn't fight this, as he had already tried and as much as he wanted to dismiss it, he knew that Katie had been doing the same thing.
"I'm not and I'm not going to ask you to break things off just because of a stupid prophecy," Anthony said as Katie looked over at him. What had been the point of him talking to her if he didn't want her to do that?
"Andy, why else would you talk to me about it?" Katie asked as they walked up to a house and she looked over at him, utterly confused.
"My parents still live on this planet and they know the full extent of the prophecy. Now we have to find out what has to be done to save this planet. If you're up to it," Anthony said as Katie looked over at him and then nodded her head that she would be fine with this, although it seemed to be the most insane thing that she had ever done.
"Is this your parents house?" Katie asked as Anthony nodded his head yes and Katie gulped. She hadn't thought that she would be meeting them within seconds of finding out that they even existed.
"They're not that bad and we don't have much of a choice about this. We have to find out what it is going to take to save this planet," Anthony said as Katie nodded her head and then looked at the house again, filled with fear. "Hey, they know that I didn't plan on coming back with someone who could help and someone I actually like. Don't worry, okay?"
(! #$&&$#!)
"I want some questions answered," Conner said as the other rangers looked over at him. He had the right to be angry with Anthony and pissed at the rest of them for not giving him a warning, but they had all thought that it would not be the rangers of Earth. Even Anthony had gone as far as to say that there was no need for them to really look for anything there.
"We'll answer what we can, but even we don't know everything," Keema said as Conner just shook his head and then looked at his fellow rangers. Kim and Tommy were deep in conversation and Jason was watching Conner, knowing he might snap or even worse.
"Why is it that our powers have a prophecy and now this happens and this prophecy is more powerful than the first?" Conner asked as Keema looked at the ground.
"We also received the powers of the Tinneanites, actually it was just me and Anthony. The rest of this team are new to this. I was the pink ranger and he was the blue ranger. We took it to mean that we literally had to look out for each other, just as you have taken it, but we both knew about the other prophecy. It seems that that is the pairing of pink and blue that the prophecy was talking about, not the two of us," Keema said, sadly as Conner nodded his head.
"Should I just go ahead and break up with her, just to make it easier on the two of them?" Conner asked as Tommy looked over at him. He had never seen Conner give up on something he wanted this easily.
"Conner, why are you so resolved that this is the only way?" Tommy asked as Conner looked over at him. "You've never given up on something before."
"Dr. O, I'd be lying to you if I was to say that I love Katie with all my heart. She's a great friend and it could have become something more, but who wants a planet to be destroyed because they aren't willing to give up something," Conner said as all of the other rangers looked at him, completely confused as to what had inhabited Conner's body. They had expected him to fight to the death over this. "And I met this girl back home."
"Name," Tommy said, simply, as Conner looked over at him. He was not sure he wanted to discuss this with Katie's brother, but Tommy didn't seem upset. "Come on Conner. You might as well tell us all who she is that you like. You sure as hell are going to have to tell Kate, you know that."
"Kasi. She's in Katie's grade," Conner said as Tommy let out a long sigh and then smiled. He knew that Kasi had liked Conner since last year and at least he was not chasing someone that would never feel the same.
"Thank God you are not pissed about this, otherwise this team would be falling apart," Tommy said as the others laughed.
"So you are truly fine with everything that has happened?" Daniel asked as Conner nodded his head yes and then smiled up at them.
"I respect Katie enough to know that she is going to do what's right by me and I know that there is nothing you can do to stop a prophecy. Some of us have already tried that," Conner said, as he looked over at Dr. O and Kim and the both of them looked at the floor.
"Hey we had just seen each other for the first time in a decade, I think we had the right to be a little bit apprehensive about jumping back into a relationship," Kim said as Jason and Conner laughed. The two of them should have known that there was no way they would stay away from each other forever, it just seemed that it did not sink in well.
"I just hope all of this goes well," Keema said as Win gave her a hug and she nestled closer to him.
"So do I, but you know that if Anthony is working on it, we'll be all right. He's never failed this planet before," Win said as Keema nodded her head and then looked around the empty building. She hated to have to admit that they were the only rangers left that could save this planet and that they would be losing Anthony soon after this mission was completed.
AN: Tell me what you think! I'd love to get some feedback on the newest twist!