Chapter 4: The underwater world
Chelbell2016:
Ok so next chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
*Kick into overdrive*
Courtney's POV:
Me and my team are picking up a book for Mr. Hartford. Will is not happy and is really beginning to bug me.
"A waste of man power," he says and I roll my eyes. "Why would Andrew send the six of us to grab a single book when I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself?"
I am getting annoyed with his me, me, me attitude all the time.
"Think of it like a field trip," Rose says.
"If there's one thing I know about my dad," Mack says from beside me. "He's got a reason for everything."
I sigh. Fathers are a sore subject for me right now. Dad hasn't gone back to rootcore. He keeps waiting for me to use my magic.
"Yeah well," I say thinking about my father. "Some fathers will not give in till they get what they want."
Mack nods his head.
"Hey guys," Dax says and we all look to him. "Check this out."
He does a hand stand on a wall. He then goes into a cartwheel and lands on his feet on the others side.
We all clap in praise.
"That was awesome!" Ronny says.
Will doesn't say anything just walks away. We follow him to see he saved a man in broad daylight. Has he ever heard of secret identity?
"Hey," Ronny says annoyed. "What's the big idea of running off without us?"
I nod my head. "And you shouldn't morph and demorph like that."
"Sorry guys," Will says but he doesn't sound very sorry. "But I'm used to working alone. What can I say? I'm a one man show."
He smirks and begins to walk off.
"I'm gonna punch him," I warn my friends.
Mack pats me on the shoulder and we begin to follow Will as we head back to the base.
"Oh, good you're back," Mr. Hartford says as we walk down into the base. "While using the satellite to comb the ocean floor, I think I found something of interest."
Dad glances over at me. I give him half a smile. We all notice what Mr. Hartford has in his hands.
"That's the same book," Will points out. "You sent us to get a book you already have."
"I thought I misplaced it," Mr. Hartford says. "Thanks, anyway. Good job."
"What did you find dad?" Mack asks.
Dad presses a few buttons on the control and an image comes us.
"Atlantis?" Rose asks for confirmation.
"We're not entirely sure," dad says. "But we think so."
"Look at this," Mr. Hartford says going over to the globe and pointing something out to us. "If the telemetry is correct, these ruins are over 10,000 years old."
"So what?" Ronny asks. "My socks are that old."
"Atlantis was the domain of Neptune, god of the sea," Rose explains.
"And a possible resting place for one of the jewels," Mr. Hartford agrees with her. "I'm getting a very faint jewel signature here."
"Looks like we're going swimming," Dax says and I laugh at his enthusiasm.
"I'll go alone," Will says. "I'll be much faster."
I go to step forward but dad puts a hand on my shoulder.
"Hey, no way hotshot," she says to him. "I'm coming to."
"We're all going," I say and Will does not look happy.
"She's right," Mr. Hartford says. "It's dangerous out there Will. You'll need your team."
"But," Will starts but I cut him off.
"You don't work alone anymore," I say to him. "You need to accept that."
"If you find something down there," Mr. Hartford says as dad releases me from his death grip on my shoulder. "Use your trackers to source the jewels. I'll fuel the SHARC and the flight plan is programmed into the mainframe. Stick to the flight plan. You don't want Flurious or Moltor following you."
We all nod our heads in agreement.
Dad reminds me to be careful and that my magic might be unstable and then we leave.
*Kick into overdrive*
We are now in the SHARC on our way to Atlantis. Ronny and Will are at the front.
"This is so sweet," Ronny says. "I can't wait to turn off that auto-pilot."
"Why wait?" I hear Will say to her and I sigh. "Let's see what this puppy can do."
"Don't even think about it," I warned him as he reached for the controls. "Mr. Hartford says stick to the flight plan."
"I'm not used to people telling me no," Will says to me.
"Well get used to it," Ronny says and then both of us speak. "No!"
I thought he wouldn't. He does and we the aircraft is moving really fast.
"WILL! YOU IDIOT!" I yell in anger really wanting to hit him right now.
"We are now free to fly around the world!" Will cheers.
"Ok IM GONNA KILL HIM!" I yell and Will looks a little scared.
"Deviating from flight plan!" The computer says.
"Oh, this is such a bad idea," Ronny pointed out.
Then it seems like we are caught up in a storm. I raise my arms and hold us steady but I can feel how much pressure it is putting on me trying to keep the plane stable.
"Will, you better run when I get off of this plane!" I tell him and Mack looks at me.
"Where'd this storm come from?" Will says.
"Hang on back there!" Ronny tells us.
"To what?" I say as I concentrate. "I am keeping this plane upright."
"Do we have any choice?" Dax asks.
"Ronny," I say.
When she looks at me I motion for her to turn the autopilot back on as I cannot keep this up for much longer.
"Enough is enough Will," she says as she does as I say.
We land on the beach and I drop my arms in relief. We get off and I walk over to Will, having had enough.
"YOU need to learn the value of teamwork!" I yell and he moves back. "If YOU EVER put the team in jeopardy like that again... you wont be on it. NOW GROW UP!"
I then turn away breathing heavily.
"Just a little dizzy," Dax says as he stumbles around.
Will opens up his tracker.
"Next time, you want to take a detour," Dax says stumbling over to Will. "You might want to tell the rest of us."
He then collapses.
"Actually," I say still glaring at Will. "Just don't take a detour."
*Kick into overdrive*
I stay with Mack in his zord, Dax is in his zord. The other three are in rose's zord on the way to the ruins of Atlantis.
We have communications on.
"Hey I think we're close," Ronny points out.
"There it is," Will says when they reach it. "Well done Rose, I'll take it from here."
"Uh, nobody drives my zord," Rose informs him.
"Okay have it your way," Will says although clearly not happy.
"I'll engage the hydro claws," Rose says.
"See?" Ronny says to will. "Rose knows."
"Rose knows books," Will says and I roll my eyes at him. "I know adventure."
"Be careful guys," I say when they are there. "Remember those ruins are over 10,000 years old."
"You don't want to upset Neptune, the god of the sea," Dax agrees.
"Or anyone else for that matter," Ronny says to Will. "For example a certain rainbow ranger."
I smile a little. As I have been three different coloured rangers the others call me the rainbow ranger.
"Please," Will says and I see that he is a little scared. "I don't believe in myths."
"Remember guys," Mack says as Ronny and Will prepare to leave. "You're looking for the great temple."
"The jewel should be inside," I say to them.
Rose manages to get an opening for Will and Ronny.
"Will," I say as nicely as I can. "Take Ronny with you in case something goes wrong."
"Right," Ronny says.
Ronny and Will have now gone through.
"Be careful, guys," Rose says as the others take off to the temple. "Mack, Courtney, I'm a little worried about Will."
I sigh. "So am I."
"He'll be fine you guys," Mack says. "He's just used to working alone."
A few minutes after they go in the whole ground begins to shake.
"Oh no!" Mack says. "I think they're in trouble."
"The whole place is rising up!" Dax says.
"Get me out of here!" Rose says.
I flame to the beach and attempt to help Rose to get her zord out. But my dormant magic didn't want to let me. I manage to lift her zord to the surface. Luckily Dax manages to get her out of the area. Mack gets Will and Ronny out.
I look up and see the Atlantis temple has risen.
"There they are," Dax says as he Rose and I reach where Will and Ronny are climbing out of the dirt.
"I've lived in some dumps," Ronny says as they shake themselves off. "But this is ridiculous.
"Will, Ronny, are you guys all right?" I ask just as Mack joins us.
"Yeah," Will says sounding annoyed. "I had it under control."
"Oh, really?" Dax says sarcastically.
I sigh.
"If that's control I'd hate to see trouble," I say to him.
Will glares at me and I gladly return it.
"Oh, Courtney," he says placing his hand on my shoulder. "I've been doing this sort of this for a long time."
I shove his hand off of my shoulder.
"And I've been a ranger for a long time," I snarl and Mack pulls me away. "Now quit the attitude. Otherwise you will see how scary a pissed of ninja and mystic can be."
I think I had fire in my eyes I was that angry. Will turns away from me.
"Okay," he says as he walks by me. "Things don't always go as expected. You have to be ready to improvise."
Ronny gets to her feet and runs over to him.
"Improvise?" She asks as she gets closer. "Is that what you call it?"
"Ronny," Mack scolds her. "So, what about the jewel?"
I look to the two that had been in the temple.
"Well, I think we can assume the temple is booby-trapped," Rose points out. "We should go together."
I nod my head in agreement.
Will and Ronny race past us shouting. "Me first!"
*Kick into overdrive*
When we get in the temple Ronny and Will are going off without us and really starting to bug me.
"Will, Ronny!" I say trying to get them to slow down. "Slow down!"
"This way, come on," I hear Ronny say to us.
We run through a tunnel. We end up in a room where the ceiling is so low we have to crouch to move. We follow our fellow rangers to a room with a bridge that is about 100 feet above lava. I look across and I can see something glowing on the other side. Great. I see that Ronny is holding on to Will who is about to fall.
"The jewels on the other side," Ronny tells us.
"We got it," I say to her.
As we walk across the bridge the rest of it begins to collapse.
"The bridge its crumbling," Dax points out.
"The whole bridge is giving way!" Rose says.
We just make it across in time.
"That was a bit too close!" Ronny points out from where she and Will are on the floor.
We look and see that the glowing object is some sort of shell.
"I don't know what it is," I say to the others. "But it's definitely something."
"It's from Neptune," Rose explains. "Dax, scan it."
He does so.
"86 that's a high reading," he says.
"Grab it!" I tell him.
"Okay," he agrees.
He goes to grab it. Suddenly the cocoon goes flying and seems to multiply. We don't know which one is real.
"This wont be too hard," Will says and I raise an eyebrow at him. "All I have to do is figure out which one is real."
Mack cuts him off.
"This is just like my book," he says glancing at all the cocoons. " 'The Barron's betrayal' I bet it's a chain reaction."
"Wait stop!" Will says as Mack reaches for the closest one.
He pushes it and all of the cocoons begin to blow until there is only one left. Obviously the real one.
"That's cool," Dax states.
"I knew it!" Mack says.
"Well done Mack," I praise.
Will of course has to get involved.
"I don't believe it," he says in anger as he walks towards Mack. "Mack, I was figuring out what to do."
"WILL!" I yell wanting to slap him. "You are not the only member of this team."
He has to react.
"Maybe I should be!" He says and I growl.
Before I can say anything He knocks Ronny and she goes flying over the ledge. We all begin to freak out.
"RONNY!" Will says before jumping off after her.
He grabs her around the waist.
"Zip line," he says and he uses the tool to pull them up to the other side.
I notice that Ronny grabbed the cocoon on her way. Once he is safe Will grabs the cocoon off of Ronny.
"You guys are cramping my style," he says glancing back at us. "I'll open the cocoon... alone."
He then takes off.
"Will!" Ronny calls after him.
Mack turns to us. "I'll talk to him."
I nod knowing it is not a good idea for me to right now.
"I'll flame us guys out of here," I say to him and he nods his head in agreement.
"We'll meet you outside," Mack says.
"Roger that!" I say.
Rose, Dax, Ronny and I take off.
*Kick into overdrive*
When we get outside there is an uninvited guest waiting for us.
"Flurious!" Dax exclaims as we face Flurious and his chillers.
"Going somewhere?" Flurious questions.
"Wouldn't you like to know," I retort.
He sends a blast and I raise a shield. Unfourtanetly I'm unpractised and it goes right through sending all four of us to the ground.
"I hate it when my fathers right," I say remembering what Leanbow said about my powers.
We quickly get up and begin to fight the chillers.
I jump over a group of them and turn to face them. I kick one and jump away from a strike. I pull out my drive defender and begin hacking my way through all of them. I then use my fire power to destroy them. But it drained me a bit.
"Ok," I say to myself as I breath heavily. "The next time I want to abandon my powers. I should remember this day."
I notice after a few minutes that both Will and Mack have joined us. I hope everything is ok now.
I meet with Mack and we turn to Flurious.
"Flurious," Mack says.
"Is that all you got?" I taunt as the other four turn to face him as well.
"Give me the jewel!" He demands and then he raises his arm. "Rise up and destroy the rangers."
We look to see that the temple has become alive and is going to attack us.
"Any Ideas?" Dax asks.
"Yeah!" Mack says. "It's zord time."
I nod and motion for the others to go. I'll call Brightstar or Cotastros if we need backup. The zords arrive and the others take off into them.
Will tries to say something but Ronny reminds him it's a team effort. After a bit of battling they take to the drivemax megazord. After a few words and a lot of action the temple is destroyed. Once and for all.
*Kick into overdrive*
We all arrive back at Hartford mansion. Before we all go in I stop Will.
"I just wanted to say," I pause and sigh. "I'm sorry. I've been a ranger so many times I forget what it's like to be new. I also feel like it is my duty to protect my team. When someone places the team in jeopardy. I've been known to overreact."
He nods.
"I'm also sorry," he says and I am shocked. "I am so used to working alone that I let myself become sure that I should be the only one here."
I nod and hold out my hand.
"Friends?" I ask.
He smiles and takes my hand. We shake hands.
"Friends," he agrees.
We go downstairs and everyone is cheering at how well we did. I smile at my dad and he returns it.
"How'd it go?" Mr. Hartford asks.
Spencer smiles from behind Mr. Hartford.
"Great," I reply.
"We found Atlantis and brought back a cocoon," Rose explains the days adventure. "Massive sensory readings."
We all nod in agreement but Will looks like he is still upset by his own actions.
"Fantastic!" Mr. Hartford says. "We'll keep Atlantis to ourselves for it's own protection. Will, any problems along the way?"
I share a look with my father but don't say anything. He knows what I'm like.
"We had some problems," I say to Mr. Hartford. "But we sorted them out... as a team."
"Good. Glad to hear it," Mr. Hartford says. "Now, let's see what you found."
Will glances at Rose. "Mind doing the honours?"
I smile as he passes her the cocoon.
"That's what I'm here for," she agrees. "One powerful jewel coming up."
She opens the cocoon and inside is not the jewel but a scroll. From my knowledge of scrolls it is definitely very old.
"That's not a jewel," Dax says disappointed. "What a rip-off!"
"It's an ancient scroll," I explain taking it out.
"The next piece of the puzzle," Mr. Hartford says.
*Kick into overdrive*
Courtney's POV:
Ok so another chapter. Sorry it took me so long to upload. I really cannot stand the next episode so I am going to leave it but there will be some friction between Miratrix, Camdor and Courtney as they are all ninja's.
Next chapter: Weather or not.
This chapter was posted on the 24/04/2017 at 21:53