A/N: So I kinda goofed up. The Lost Epic before this chapter was supposed to go after this one.
"The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes." - Kingdom Hearts
Princess Winona sat in her throne chair, her eyes drifting as she dozed off. Suddenly, a strike of inspiration hit her. She reached into a black bag hanging from her armrest and pulled out a sketchbook with art supplies. She immediately began to draw with a small grin on her face.
"Princess, what is it you intend to do?" Kortan asked.
Steinrick explained, "Princess Winona has finally gotten inspiration to draw. You see, Kortan, her visualization ability is magnificent. She draws what she sees in her mind's eye and bases all her attack on a planet from the things she puts down in her book."
Within minutes, Winona was done. "Exactly, Steinrick." She flipped her book around and depicted a beautifully detailed portrait of herself standing behind a slightly older woman who was sitting in front of a few computer screens. Winona appeared to be pulling a chain of memories from the other woman's head as she continued to work.
"I don't understand," Kortan examined the portrait.
"You will soon, Kortan. Sonna, ready a squadron of Maligs. I would like to do this personally."
~Meanwhile~
"Find my journal," Tommy Oliver's voice echoed like a weak ghost. "Find my journal, Tony." Tony Winchester tossed and turned in bed, mumbling to himself. Images of strange monsters attacking flooded his dreams only for them to be beaten back by a group of five Rangers colored Red, Yellow, Blue, Black, and White. "Find my journal…"
At the same time, Parker was having troubles in his sleep as well. He found himself wandering a dark forest that was completely void of life. "Hello?" He called out, receiving no answer.
"Parker," a voice calmly spoke behind him. The boy turned around and gasped at what he saw.
"Kaldur?"
The alien who gave he and his friends their Ranger powers stood before him with a stoic expression on his face. "What're you doing here, Kaldur?"
"You called me here, or rather, your heart did."
"But, why?"
"Your questions will be answered, soon." Kaldur walked forward and placed his hand on Parker's left shoulder. From that contact, Parker felt a familiar chill run down his back. It felt natural, as if his body had craved the familial contact for so long and it finally got its wish.
"Who are you?" Parker whispered.
Kaldur grinned and said, "A city by the sea, you must go. Find the documents of one of Earth's greatest."
Parker woke up with a start and reached above his head yelling, "Kaldur!" He looked around, noticing he was in his dorm room on campus.
"Parker?" Jackson's voice asked. There was a shuffling sound of movement that led to a desk lamp turning on, partially illuminating Jackson's face. "You okay?" He asked his roommate.
"I had the weirdest dream…"
Jackson frowned at his lap and said, "You too, huh?"
"You've been having weird dreams?"
"For a while, yeah. I think we should tell the others in the morning."
"Yeah you're right."
~Cue Opening~
Outside a small cafe in a distant city, a woman with dark red hair was taking out the trash. Sighing after another long day at work, the woman looked into the night sky, deep in thought. A trash can fell onto its side, causing her to jump.
"Hello?" She asked slowly stepping closer to the darkness.
From out of nowhere, a hand grasped her, covering her mouth, preventing her from screaming.
The Rangers all met up at Chip's to discuss some predicaments they had been facing. Surprisingly, it wasn't just Tony, Parker, and Jackson who were plagued.
"A city by the sea," Sage relayed to his friends, "Something keeps telling me about it."
"Me too," Ren connected, "then, I'd see some Power Rangers fighting some monsters."
Erica continued, "I can't place them. I'm not sure which team they are."
"Alan," Sage asked, "why is this happening to us?"
Alan paced around a little, his chin in his hand. His brow was furrowed and his eyes darted as if he were calculating an equation that floated above his head. "You Six are connected to the Morphing Grid. If you're all dreaming about the same thing, the Grid is probably trying to tell you something."
Tony's phone went off, and he opened the screen. It was a text from his Mother and after reading it, grinned. "Okay I think I know what to do."
"What?" Erica asked.
"It's Headmaster's Holiday tomorrow, so no school. We go to where my Uncle lived: Reefside."
~Reefside, California~
"This is where he lived," Tony pointed to his Uncle's place on the edge of the city.
"Doesn't seem as big as I remember," Sage pointed out stepping up to the door.
"True, but there's gotta be a reason why our dreams led us here." Slowly, the boy in red opened the front door and led his friends inside. The Six searched the house on both floors and came up with nothing.
"There's nothing," Jackson concluded when they came together in the kitchen.
"Wait," Parker held up his hand to silence his friend. He closed his eyes and focused. He felt a pull of energy coming from way beneath them. When he opened his eyes, the irises were glowing blue instead of brown. In Parker's eyes, everything around him had a blue glow to it until his gaze rested on a mini model of a dinosaur skeleton. Unlike everything else in his field of vision, it was glowing a bright gold. Parker locked his fingers around the jaw and pulled it down. This caused a trapdoor to open up in the floor in front of the Rangers.
"Creepy," Ren whispered.
Jackson joked, "I didn't know your Uncle was also Batman, Tone."
Tony playfully hit Jackson's stomach before descending the stairs.
The Six found themselves upon a brightly lit room colored brown and amber. Computers lined one wall while other technologies were scattered around.
"Look," Erica said, pointing to the main computer monitors. She sat in the control chair and said, "Maybe we can find something here." She typed away at the keyboard and pulled up a file labeled, "The Journal of Thomas Oliver."
"That's it!" Tony explained, "That's what Uncle Tommy wanted me to find. What's in it?"
"It's encrypted," Erica told him, seeing a series of code protecting the file.
"What're you doing in here?" Asked an older man's voice. Alarmed, the Rangers turned to see a man in his early 30's. This man had caramel brown skin, dark eyes, and charcoal black hair. He wore a white button down shirt and black jeans.
"Wait," Jackson studied the man for a few seconds before his eyes widened in surprise. "You're Trent Fernandez!"
"Who?" Ren asked.
"Trent Fernandez! He's the artist and writer of the '7th Wonders' comic book series! I grew up reading his stuff!"
Trent flashed Jackson a friendly grin before asking again, "What're you guys doing in here?" However, upon stepping closer to the Rangers, Trent whispered, "You're the Skyward Force Power Rangers. Didn't recognize you Six for a little."
"But," Sage asked, "how-"
"I guess I should tell you guys that I'm the White Dino Thunder Ranger. We've been keeping up with your activities," Trent explained.
"We?" Ren echoed.
"Nevermind that," Trent said, "What brings you guys here?"
Tony explained, "We've been having these weird dreams. They led us here and we're trying to open my Uncle Tommy's journal. Think you can help us?"
"No," Trent shook his head. "I would point you to someone who can, but something happened."
"What?" Asked Erica.
"I came down here because an old friend of mine and my team's, Hayley Ziktor, disappeared last night."
"How'd she disappear?" Parker inquired.
Trent walked over to the main computer and pulled up surveillance from outside her Cybercafe. It showed Hayley being pulled into the back alley by none other than Princess Winona.
"Winona has her," Ren gripped the back of the chair and gritted her teeth.
Tony withdrew a red flashdrive from his Uncle's computer, which he stored the files on, and stuffed it in his pocket. "Trent, where's my aunt and cousin?"
"They're safe," Trent replied. "After Tommy disappeared, we moved them to keep them out of harm's way." This got Tony and Sage to relax a little bit.
Parker asked, "So we save Hayley and ask her to help us decrypt the files?"
"Exactly," Trent nodded. "Luckily, I can get you to her."
"How?" Sage asked.
Trent replayed the video and paused it when Hayley was dragged away. She and Winona disappeared in a bright green light. He said, "That green glow was an invisi-portal. There's only one place I can think of that these invisi-portals can take her to somewhere secure."
"And that would be…" Parker trailed off.
Trent simply answered, "Mesogog's palace. I'll tell you everything that happened to me and my team back in 2004."
~Mesogog's Palace~
"Do what I say!" Winona ordered Hayley, striking the woman with an energy whip. Hayley winced in pain before commenting, "You know, good manners can go a long way," before reluctantly getting to work. Mesogog's palace had been repaired by the Erebians over a period of a few weeks. Its techonology was salvaged enough to be rebuilt. Hayley was at a computer console typing an algorithm into action.
A small alarm rang, alerting Winona to a security feed of Trent in the city helping the Skyward Rangers.
"My, my, what a coincidence." She turned to Hayley and sternly ordered, "Keep working." She then walked over to Mesogog's old genetic randomizer and turned it on to create a new monster.
~Reefside~
"The portal should be around here," Trent led the Teens through Reefside High. "Just pretend you're my art students from a different town and you'll be okay."
"You're an art teacher?" Jackson beamed, "That's cool!"
The Rangers chuckled at Jackson being so close to one of his apparent childhood heroes.
Trent humored the boy and asked him about his acting career. "So you took a break to be a Ranger?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Don't need to call me that, Jackson," Trent laughed. His face fell when he heard a familiar ring in the air. "Stop," he warned, before looking in the courtyard. An invisi-portal opened up and it dropped off a dinosaur monster followed by a group of Maligs and Tyrannodrones.
Tony grimaced at the robotic dinosaurs and asked, "Old friends of yours?"
"Unfortunately," Trent muttered, taking a fighting stance.
The monster announced, "I am Mesogog 2." It resembled the original Mesogog's more mutated form except it had wings, bigger claws, and was colored completely black. It did not have the original's memories, though, as it was more animalistic.
"Attack!" The two foot soldier groups converged on the fleeing student body.
"Guys, the students!" Tony called out as he and his friends rushed forward.
"I got'em, Winchester!" Parker replied making a beeline to the right.
"I'll get the other side!" Erica informed, going to the left.
This left the remaining Rangers and Trent to take on the monsters in front of them. Ren kicked a T-Drone in the chest before punching a few away. Tony jump kicked two in a row and flipped another on its back. Sage summoned his Ninja sword and blocked a T-drone's claws. He swiped away, destroying a few. Trent easily avoided all attacks by the Maligs and T-drones before dispatching them with swift kicks and punches.
Parker pulled a blue bandanna out of his pocket and covered his mouth to conceal his face before flipping over a group of T-drones. He landed in front of a few students and as he did, he threw a few kunai into the first few. "Run!" He beckoned to the scared students. They nodded and took off, leaving the boy. He withdrew his wand and conjured, "Summon!" A spell circle appeared in front of him and released a flurry of daggers, impaling and destroying the attackers.
On the other side, Erica had used her Skyward Blaster to take down the numerous attackers, all the while using a pair of sunglasses to cover her eyes from the students she was protecting.
When the remaining soldiers were taken care of, the Rangers lined up in front of Trent.
"Ready, guys?" Tony asked.
"Ready!"
"Skyward Force, Transcend!"
~Morphing Sequence~
The Rangers withdrew their firearms and fired off a flurry of energy attacks. The barrage pushed Mesogog 2 back, but he stood firm. He stomped the ground, sending a shockwave that made the Rangers lose balance. He roared, and a sound wave struck them, causing sparks to fly in all directions.
"A sound attack, huh?" Tony asked. "Ninja Storm, Ranger Form!" He transformed into Ninja Storm Red and jumped up, sprinting on the air. "Ninja Air Blast!" He thrust his hands forward, sending a wave of wind outward, bouncing the monster's scream back at him before being blown into a stone column.
"Now!" Parker told the others. He and the rest of the team summoned the Star Shift: Bow and fired a barrage of arrows at Mesogog 2, utterly taking him down.
"Did we get him?" Ren asked. A slow clap rang around the courtyard, unnerving them. On top of the nearest building stood Princess Winona. "Very impressive, Rangers."
"Winona!" Erica identified. "Where's Hayley?"
"Why would I answer that?"
Trent said, "Don't lie. I know you have her!"
"Hm… I guess I should tell you. I have her in my new palace where your old enemy once was."
"I knew it," Trent muttered.
"Now that I've confirmed your theory, you seven owe me something."
Sage challenged, "Yeah? What would that be?"
Winona laughed, "I'm glad you asked." In the blink of an eye, she was gone. A split-second later, she appeared in front of Sage and kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying into a bench. She spun in a circle and, with one leg, managed to kick the rest of the Rangers.
"She packs a kick," Tony whispered before getting up and attacking her. She flipped over him and punched Ren before clashing hand-to-hand with Jackson and Erica. Parker jumped in and managed to kick her in the back, making her fall onto her front. However, she sprung up with a spin.
Ren clashed with her, the two matching each other as equals. Winona hopped over Ren's low spin kick and blasted her in the chest with magenta energy.
"Ren!" Tony jumped forth with his Ninja sword and sliced down, but she caught the boy's wrist. She grabbed Ren by the neck and said, "As a proper exchange for the info I gave you, I'll be taking these two." An invisi-portal opened up above them and absorbed all three of them.
The Rangers demorphed and looked to Trent.
"Looks like we won the gamble," Sage sighed.
Trent nodded, "We need to work fast. If we can hone in on Tony and Ren's signals, we can open our own portal to get to them."
~Mesogog's Palace~
"You're Hayley," Tony whispered. He and Ren were dumped on the floor behind Hayley. Winona had left to make some alterations to Mesogog 2. She also took the Rangers' morphers and tied the two up.
"Didn't think I'd meet the new Rangers," she replied.
"Hayley," Ren asked, "why did the Erebian's take you?"
"They want one thing: access to the archives of the Morphing Grid."
"Why?" Tony asked in shock.
"I don't know what they want to find, exactly. But, Tony, I do know from your Uncle that no evil force has ever had direct access to the Morphing Grid. The last evil that was able to do so was Dark Specter, but he was destroyed in 1998."
"Well, she's not gonna get her hands on it," Tony dug into his pocket and pulled out the flashdrive, "in a little bit, our friends will open up a portal and get us out of here. But in the meantime, can you open my Uncle's files?"
"That, I can do."
~Reefside~
The Rangers and Trent were sitting in a giant truck Hayley had designed to storm Mesogog's palace all those years ago. While Parker, Sage, and Erica were in the storage piece of the truck, Jackson sat in the front with Trent who was driving.
"You're awfully quiet," Trent pointed out.
Jackson huffed and nodded his head. "It's these dreams I've been having."
"The collective ones with your friends?"
"No, not just that."
"What do you mean?"
"For weeks now, I've been also having dreams of me attacking my friends."
~Flash~
Jackson, in his Ranger form, strikes his friends with his Echo Sword. They're trying to calm him down, but he's animalistically taking them down one at a time.
~Flash~
"It's the same almost every night. I don't wanna tell them… What if… What if I'm actually evil?"
Trent shook his head, "Jackson, I understand. Before I joined my friends, I was evil. I almost destroyed them so many times. And even after I was good again, I kept secrets from them that ultimately put a huge rift between us. Trust me; you're not evil. You should also tell your friends. They'll support you."
Jackson smiled gratefully. Before he could reply, Trent pointed forward, "There's the spot." The truck began to accelerate into a rock quarry. Trent hit an intercom button and said, "Parker, on my mark. 1...2...3… NOW!"
In the back sitting at a desk of computers, Parker hit a switch, opening the portal in front of the truck. When they safely passed through, the truck continued to accelerate.
Inside the palace, Winona groaned in irritation as she walked into the main room with Mesogog 2. "They found us TOO soon. Human! Are you done yet?" Hayley spun in the chair, revealing the screen. On it, a different program was running to open Tommy's journals, not open the Morphing Grid archives. Anger flooded her and she stormed forward.
"Not so fast!" Ren shouted, she and Tony shooting to their feet. They focused Heart Energy between their hands and expanded them. Together, they erected a wall of pink and red energy. Enraged, Winona and her lackey began striking the wall, but the Rangers held strong.
"Hayley!" Tony grunted, "finish the program!"
Outside, Maligs and T-drones fired projectile lasers at the truck, causing it to come to an abrupt stop. The Rangers burst from the back, Trent being held by Jackson, and all were unharmed.
"Let's do it!" Parker pointed forward, taking out a Ranger Star.
"SPD Emergency!" He and Sage transformed into SPD Blue and Yellow. "Jackson, Erica, take Trent inside and get the others!"
"Right on!" Jackson nodded. He, Erica and Trent went in one direction while their allies covered them with blaster fire.
Inside, Trent led the two through the maze, as he still remembered how to navigate it. T-drones stormed the halls, but Skyward Rangers transformed into their Zeo forms and dispatched them.
"Through this door!" Trent pointed at a pair of metallic doors.
"Right! Zeo Gold Staff, full power!" He thrust the staff forward and blasted the doors open. As he did this, Ren and Tony's shield fell and the two were knocked to Hayley's feet.
"NO!" Jackson cried.
Winona was about to deliver a fatal blow to the Rangers, but Trent appeared out of nowhere and kicked her side, sending her into Mesogog 2.
"Camouflage power," Trent explained, helping the Rangers to their feet. From the impact, Winona had dropped the morphers at Trent's feet. He handed them back to their owners. "You alright, Hayley?"
"I've been better," she replied handing the red drive back to Tony.
Tony and Ren morphed and engaged the two villains in hand-to-hand combat. Erica was kicked into a wall by Winona, but she wasn't going down.
"Now should be a good time," she whispered to herself. "Ren, get down. I'm gonna do it!"
"Are you sure?" Ren asked in a worried voice. "You've never used it for real before!"
"I'm sure!"
Ren dove away, leaving Winona confused. "Erica raised her arms and behind her helmet, both of her eyes began to glow a bright green. Green orbs appeared around her hands and she thrust them forward, sending streams of green energy forward. They crashed into Winona and sent her through a wall.
"That seals it," Winona groaned in pain. "I know what you are!"
"What?" Erica asked. "You do?"
"You're an Enerdite! This changes everything!" An explosion scattered everyone, forcing the battle outside. As this happened, Sage and Parker finished off the T-drones. Mesogog 2 threw Tony into his friends while Winona punched Ren repeatedly with glowing fists. She then kicked Ren onto her back and kicked her in the stomach, sending her scooting across the gravel toward the others.
"Nice try, pinky. But Sonna created this combat suit. You can't beat me."
"She's mine," Ren growled, drawing her sword.
"Go get her," Tony nodded. The two young women went off in one direction while the remaining Rangers stood to challenge Mesogog 2.
"Jackson," Trent put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "Show them how good you are." Suddenly, the Stars for the Dino Thunder Rangers floated in front of the Five and became their original colors.
"Trent…" Jackson whispered. The man nodded as a spirit incarnation of the White Dino Thunder Ranger overlapped with him.
"Thank you, Trent."
"Let's use our new powers!" Tony called out.
"Right!"
The Five loaded the Stars and called out, "Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
~Special Morphing Sequence~
The Five Rangers press the activation button and snap their arms to their sides as the Dino Thunder symbol appears over their chests. They jump into the air and do backflip while their uniforms change. They land, creating a crater under them. They stand straight up and the DT helmets replace their own.
~End Sequence~
"Tyranno!" Tony called out.
"Tricera!" Parker announced.
"Ptera!" Sage yelled.
"Brachio!" Erica called.
"Drago!" Jackson shouted.
"Power Rangers: Dino Thunder!"
Trent called out in encouragement, "Go get'em!"
~Cue Dino Thunder Opening Theme Song in the Background!~
"Maligs, attack!" Mesogog 2 commanded. The Maligs swarmed them, but the Five stampeded through them.
"Tyranno Staff!" Tony swatted one in the chest. He planted the end of the staff into the ground and spun around it, striking multiple enemies in a circle. A group of Maligs lined up and fired on him, but Parker stepped in the way. "Tricera Shield!" He blocked all the attacks without wincing from the impact. From there, Sage, Erica, and Jackson jumped over the two with their weapons.
"Laser Arrows!" Jackson called out, sending golden arrow bolts from his sword. He struck down the first few Maligs.
"Ptera Grips!" Sage glided down and slashed a line of Maligs while Erica dug the Brachio Staff into the ground. "Earth Strike!" The ground shook with a wave of energy that wiped out the rest of the Maligs.
"Rangers!" Trent called, "Go into Super Dino Mode!"
"Right! Super Dino Mode!" The Five, more energized, sprinted forth. Sage flew in the air with new wings under his arms and kicked Mesogog 2 in the chest. Parker sprinted forward and struck the enemy with his hands. Erica grabbed came around, grabbed the dino's arm and threw him over head. Together, Tony, Parker, and Jackson became wrapped in golden energy and rushed through Mesogog.
Meanwhile, Ren and Winona were going head to head with equal force. Their attacks were perfect mirrors of each other and their styles were similar.
"Who taught you to fight?" Winona demanded as her kick was easily blocked by Ren.
"My Mom!" She loaded her Star into her sword. "Transcended Wave!" Ren slashed down and struck Winona with a pink energy wave, sending her flying. "Interesting," Winona muttered before retreating into thin air.
Mesogog 2 was at the mercy of the others and was sent flying once more.
Trent instructed, "Combine your weapons!"
"You got it!" Tony nodded.
"Z-Rex Blaster!" The Five called out. "Fire!" The energy sphere pierced Mesogog 2 and destroyed him.
"Awesome job, guys!" Sage cheered as the Five reverted back to Skyward form. Ren met up with them and informed, "Winona got away."
However, Winona used the power of darkness to make the monster grow.
"Skyward Force Megazord!"
"Skyward Rider Megazord!"
"Let's give him a good one-two combo!" Tony instructed.
"Right!"
Sage held up the Star for Jungle Fury and loaded it into his pedestal. The others followed suit with their respective Stars.
"Skyward Force Megazord: Jungle Fury Formation!" The Elephant Zord appeared and assumed its combo with the Zord.
"Jungle Axe Stampede!" The Zord struck down with its axes, but Mesogog 2 blocked them and blasted the Zord away. The Rider lifted its guns and fired its lasers, but they simply bounced off the monster.
Erica raised the green SPD Star and asked, "How bout this?" The Delta Zord flew from the sky and replaced the Elephant.
"Skyward Force Megazord: SPD Formation!"
Together the two zords raised their respective firearms. "Double Laser Flash!" The Zords unleashed a flurry of shots and struck Mesogog 2 over and over. He laughed, "It's pointless!" And roared, sending a lava stream from his mouth and striking the Zords.
"The Zords are overheating!" Parker informed, checking the analysis on his pedestal screen.
"Not a problem," Tony said, raising the Red Guardian Star. "Lucky for us, Alan was able to get one of our aux zords back online. "Down-morphing new configuration for Skyward Force Megazord: Guardian Formation!" The Surfer Zord flew from the sky and combined with the Zord. The Megazord then released a huge sum of water that was able to super cool and break away the lava.
"It's still not enough power to take down the big ugly," Sage said. Trent's voice came through the com link. "Rangers, combine your Zords."
Taking the advice, they formed the Skyward Rider Megazord.
"Now," Trent instructed, "Use the Dino Stars."
At that moment, the Stars floated above their owners. "Ranger Stars, set!" The Five who had keys inserted them into their pedestals. "Let's go! Skyward Rider Megazord: Dino Thunder Formation!"
In a flash, a giant orange T-Rex zord appeared from thin air and knocked Mesogog onto his back. It had a silver tail drill that struck the monster's chest.
"Combine!"
The T-Rex Zord folded into humanoid form, the head being the chest, and sat where Striker was. Its tail became a sword while its claw and arms came together to form a shield.
"Ready!"
The Rangers withdrew their swords from their pedestals and inserted their Skyward Stars.
"Thunder Drill Strike!" The Megazord's drill sword glowed a bright orange and it dashed forward, digging its weapon into the monster's chest destroying it.
"Darkness: Purified." Jackson announced.
~HQ~
"Hayley's program unlocked the files," Tony explained to everyone, "but the files themselves will take a while to fully open."
Alan nodded his head, "Now we just need to find out what's on these things."
A Holoscreen appeared in front of the group revealing Tommy's face.
"My name is Thomas Oliver. If you're not me, then something is definitely wrong. In these journals, I will be explaining everything I've gathered in my time being active and inactive. These records, not only containing information on every species within the Order of the Meridian, but will also relay information on all the Power Ranger teams who have discovered their Piece of Light."
Everyone in the room was silent, one could hear a pin drop. At the back of the group, Jackson gripped his hands. He took Trent's words to heart, even to the point of hearing the man's voice in his head. He opened his mouth to admit the truth, but quickly closed them. However, he wasn't the only one troubled by something.
~Later that night, Finch Residence~
"What's this about, honey?" Mr. Finch asked his daughter. She had called he and her mother into the room. From the look on her face, they knew it was serious.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?"
"I need to show you something," Erica half whispered. She held up her right hand and made it glow with a bright green orb. She used her left hand to telekinetically lift the books of her desk, the books were accompanied by a green aura. She then extended the green energy from her right hand as if it were her arm and snatched the books out of the air.
"Sweetheart…" Mrs. Finch whispered in shock.
Mr. Finch nodded knowingly, "How long have you been able to do this?"
Erica replied, "Two months ago, in November. I've been practicing all this time… I just wanted to show you… Why aren't you saying anything?"
Mrs. Finch simply replied, "We were hoping you wouldn't develop like this."
This shocked Erica, "What? You knew?!"
Mr. Finch said, "You get it from my side of the family, Erica. You see, my mother, your grandmother, is an Enerdite. An Enerdite, or a Cosmo Sapien, is an alien being of energy. My father was human, so there was a chance I wouldn't inherit the power, which I didn't. It looks like it's very alive within you."
Erica was speechless. She was shivering, not from fear, but from relief.
"No matter what, you're still our daughter." Mrs. Finch sternly stated. "We'll always love you."
Erica cried and stumbled into her parents' arms. "I love you both so much."
Mr. Finch whispered, "We love you too, sweetie."
~Erebian Ship~
Winona had just finished a training session with Sonna. Her face was covered in sweat and she was breathing heavily.
"That will be all," Sonna nodded.
"Thank you," Winona bowed. "Next time I see the Pink Ranger, I'll take her down."
She walked into the main bridge of her ship and asked Kortan, "So?"
Kortan replied, "The data you retrieved from the castle isn't as efficient as what we could've gotten had the human opened up the Grid archives. However, the data from Thomas Oliver's journal could assist us."
Winona grinned in triumph. The computer in the palace copied the files that were decrypted and transferred them into the ship. The edge was beginning to be there's.
A/N: So yeah, Tommy's journal is found and thus starts his Lost Epic diary entries. Sorry about that! I'm a few chapters ahead so I write in order but sometimes I forget about it.
Next time: The Rangers let their bickering get in the way of their teamwork. When a mysterious being from Alan's past arrives, will they be able to beat him and his shockingly familiar powers?
Epic 25: The Space Hunter
Here's a little Perry trivia: "Enerdites" were mentioned in Cyber Fusion. This Saturday, January 16th, is Jared Gordon's (Next Legend Red) and my 19th birthday!
Speaking of Next Legend, I was rereading the story on my own and I've come to realize how far I've come as a writer. I started Next Legend when I was 15 and finished it at 17. Those two years helped me improve a lot! I've also improved much more since then. That being said, along with Skyward Force, I'll be rewriting and editing Next Legend to get it up to par with Cyber Fusion and Skyward Force. It'll mostly be the same story, but some paragraphs will be rewritten. If you haven't read the story, this is a good chance for you to! I might just make the rewrite its own story. Yeah, that sounds good. Alright, Later Days!