Chapter 5: Weather or not

Chelbell2016:

Sorry it took so long. I do want some more reviews before I continue.

*Kick into overdrive*

Courtney's POV:

We are all preparing to leave for St. Lucia. This is where Neptune's sword has lead us. Everyone is excited.

"Nothing like a mission to a Caribbean Island paradise," Will says as he and Ronny sit side by side.

Rose gives him a look from where she is sat.

"Yeah," Ronny agrees with Will and I smile at the two from where I am standing. "The beach is a little slow for me, unless I'm flying through the sand on a dune buggy."

I laugh.

"I prefer to swim myself," I tell them.

"I don't think we'll be seeing any dune buggies where were going," Rose points out ruining the mood. "The southern part of the island is dense jungle and forest."

"Party pooper," I joke.

Mack enters the room.

"This is so amazing," he says as he carries his red duffel bag. "Traveling deep into Uncharted territory to locate a powerful jewel before the forces of evil can find it and use it against humanity. Oh, is this high adventure or what?"

Dax suddenly jumps into the air and lands on the duffel bags.

"Not so fast," he replies and I notice he has a blue satchel bag in his hands. "I read that st. Lucia is haunted."

Rose tries to reassure the blue ranger. "That's just folklore Dax."

Mack realized what Dax has in his satchel.

"Are those marbles?" He asks the blue ranger.

"Not just any marbles," Dax replies. "They're my lucky marbles."

"And don't worry Dax," Mack says. "We're power rangers. We're unbeatable."

I shake my head at the red ranger.

"Mack not even power rangers are unbeatable," I inform him.

He frowns at my tone.

"What do you mean?" He asks me.

Without thinking it my mind flashes to the day I watched the bodies of my brother, father and godfather float to the ground dead.

I don't notice the house shaking until I feel a hand on my shoulder. I look around and see the worried face of my father. He motions to the house.

I try and calm myself. It takes a few minutes but I am able to get my powers under control.

"Sorry," I say to my friends.

They all give me a look that says don't worry about it.

My dad squeezes my shoulder and motions for me to come with him.

I sigh but do as I am told. We head out and he looks at me.

"What happened in there?" He asks me gently.

I sigh once more. "Bad memories."

He raises an eyebrow.

"About what?" He asks me.

"About what the master did to you, Bowen and Daggeron."

He sighs and pulls me in for a hug. "You cannot protect everyone Athena."

I ignore that. I decide to go back to my friends as we will be leaving soon. But then we are alerted to trouble and we take off.

*Kick into overdrive*

we jump out of the SHARC and go running towards Motor is holding a man.

"We've gotta help him!" Rose states and I nod.

As we run I speak to my team.

I'll save the driver," I tell them. "You guys go after Motor."

I tell at the lava lizards as I got one away from the driver.

"GO!" I tell the driver as I pull him away.

He moves away but I have to grab him again as the lava lizards move to attack us.

Two strike me and I fall to the ground.

"Now you've made me mad," I say pulling out my drivemax sabre and my Triassic sword.

I jump at the Lava lizards and strike one of them. I turn and kick another before striking him in the abdomen.

I keep fighting but more seem to come. I pull out my wand and send some fireballs there way.

But because my magic was dormant for so long and they are made of lava it bounces back at me.

What I didn't notice is the driver was behind me and he goes rolling across the ground and over the cliff.

I go to help him but the lava lizards grip me by the arms.

"NO!'' I yell.

Luckily Will jumps over us.

"I'll get him," he tells me.

He uses his hovertek cycle and saves the man that nearly died because of me.

I then spot some lava lizards going for a machine of some sort.

"STOP!" I bellow moving towards the monsters.

I raise my hand and send them flying. But as I turn there is a blast of electricity and I raise a shield. I feel the weakness of it but it does the job.

I see that the Lizards have what they came for and I am really annoyed at myself for letting them get it.

Moltor approaches them.

"Nice try, power rangers," he informs the six of us. "Lizards, you know what to do with the machine."

He then walks off and both he and the Lizards disappear. I feel complete rage at myself now.

*Kick into overdrive*

We arrive back at the command center.

"That was brutal," Will says and I nod my head in agreement.

"I feel like all four of my tires are blown out," Ronny says and I glance at her as she sits down.

My dad walks over to me but I avoid his gaze.

Mr. Hartford turns in his seat to look at all of us.

Rose glances at me. "You ok, Courtney?"

I sigh.

"No I'm not Okay," I reply and my dad sighs now. "I blew it. If it wasn't for Will..."

I stop not wanting to think about what would have happened.

"Don't be so hard on yourself," Will says. "Thats why theres six of us."

"But I have magic," I say glancing at my dad before turning away. "Or at least I used to. I guess I blew that too."

Dad looks as if he is going to say something but Dax speaks first.

"What did Moltor want with that guy?" He asks all of us.

"He didn't want the guy," Rose points out. "He wanted a subatomic energy generator."

Mr. Hartford nods. "Thats exactly right Rose."

"But why?" My dad asks the question we all want to know the answer to.

Before anything else is said Spencer walks in.

"Sir..." he says and I look up to see him drenched and holding some sort of plant. "This weather is relentless. First, the sun cooks my daises. Then this downpour washed away my favorite melons. Something is terribly wrong."

I frown wondering what is happening out there. Mr. Hartford brings up the weather forecast and we all listen.

"Stifling heat and massive rainfall seemingly out of nowhere have washed out roads and knocked out power around the globe," the news woman says. "The national guard has been called in to regulate the chaos."

Spencer looks around giving us all a look that says: 'See what I mean.'

"Whatever hes doing," Mr. Hartford says bringing us back to Moltor. "Its connected to this inclement weather. I'm putting the jewel quest on hold."

The others all look shocked.

"What?" Will asks him.

"I have a new zord to help you battle," Mr. Hartford says before turning to Mack. "Its got your name on it."

Mack nods looking excited.

We watch as Mack begins to power up the drill driver. As it goes downhill I know I should encourage him to try again but I don't feel as if I could do any good. My dad seems to never take his eyes off of me but I avoid his gaze once more.

Mack finally returns to the command center looking a little disappointed.

"I couldn't do it," he says and then he looks at me. "Maybe you should have this zord. You're the one without one."

Mr. Hartford shakes his head. "You will have to try again Mack."

Mack looks unconvinced.

"Maybe I shouldn't be a ranger," he says before walking off.

"Athena?" Dad says and I turn to him. "You should go after him."

I shake my head. "Why? I should have stuck to my decision. And never became a leader. My magic is useless I nearly got that guy killed. I should add it to the list of people who nearly died because of me."

I then walk off myself. I go out into the garden and think about the beloved leopard who always helped me when I doubted myself.

Azantys.

I sure missed him. I mean I love Brightstar and cotastros and even fireheart. But Azantys had been there for me since the very beginning.

But this wasn't his home. He had been trapped here and cursed to live on this planet.

Until I set him free.

And it was the hardest thing I ever had to do.

Before I can think more into it I get alerted to more trouble and I take off with the other after I morphed.

*Kick into overdrive*

We get to the battle and begin to fight the Lava lizards. I split off to fight my own. I kick one turn and strike another. One goes to slam his sword into me but I block.

Mack comes over to assist me and we both manage to do a good job against the Lizards.

"Drive defender!" Mack and I call using our weapons to shoot them.

Two get blasted back but one more runs at the two of us. I move away from Mack as another comes towards me. I raise my hand and send it flying into the air. I then jump high and strike down upon it hard.

It hits the ground and explodes.

"What are you doing to the weather?" I hear Mack ask.

"I'll never tell you!" The Lizard retaliates.

But we all have to duck out of the way as purple lightning begins to hit the ground all around us. The lava lizards blow up and I turn to my friends.

"What was that?" I ask them hoping for an answer.

A gust of wind sends us all flying back and I groan.

"The weatherman said sunny and warm," Dax says with a hint of amusement in his voice. "What does he know?"

"Funny Dax," Ronny replies but I am not amused.

We all gasp as Moltor comes towards us. He laughs evilly.

"My weather machine has made me powerful," he says and I frown.

"And a little nuts," Will retorts.

"After I destroy you," he begins. "My brother will respect me. Do you have any last words before I push this machine to its limits and destroy the living world."

"You can't do that!" Ronny protests in anger.

"Yeah," Rose agrees walking forwards. "You'll drown the entire planet."

"Thats right pink ranger," Moltor agrees and this is obviously his plan. "Engage the machine."

The monster begins but I decide to do something.

"Come on rangers!" I tell my team and we prepare to attack.

We begin to sword fight with Moltor and the others are soon down. I manage to hold my own.

"You really do not want to challenge a ninja to a sword fight," I warn him kicking him back and blocking his next strike. "Because you.. will... loose."

I emphasize each word with a kick and he goes stumbling backwards. He growls at me.

Moltor's machine begins to work but something goes wrong.

"This doesnt look good," I say to my team.

The top of the machine comes off and begins to spin really fast. Then a snow storm begins.

"I haven't seen this much snow since my mum lost her powers," I say to myself.

"It can't be!" Moltor says clearly angry about the turn of events.

"The machines doing it on its own," Dax points out the obvious.

"We have to stop it!" Will says to all of us.

"What have you done?" Mack asks him. "You lost control of your own evil device!"

The said device glows green and doubles in size.

"I don't know what to do!" Moltor says and he is clearly lost.

Dax goes to run off but I stop him.

"WAIT! Get some extra power," I say before turning to Mack. "I'm going back to the command center."

I flame back to the command center just as they send for the zords.

The five zords arrive and I stand beside Mr. Hartford as we watch them go into battle. They try to get a lock on the machine but Dax cannot do it as it is moving so much.

There is a sudden avalanche coming their way.

"GUYS GET OUT!" I yell out to my team.

Mack is the only one who gets out and the others are covered in the avalanche. We can no longer see them.

"NOO!" I yell out.

*Kick into overdrive*

Mack arrives back at the mansion but I cannot take my eyes off of the screen hoping beyond hope that my friends are okay.

"Mack," Mr. Hartford says when he sees his son enter the room.

"I told you not to send me out there," Mack says and I sigh. "Look what happened. I lost the rest of the team."

"Mack..." I say but he ignores me.

"It's not over yet," Mr. Hartford reminds him. "The drill driver can dig them out."

"I can't drive that thing," Mack reminds his dad before turning to me. "You do it."

"No mack," I say and I look around at the other occupants of the room. "It's you that needs to do it."

I then leave the room and go outside.

I hear footsteps and turn to see my father approaching.

"Athena... why won't you do it?" He asks me.

"Because another person nearly died because of me today," I remind him. "Not even my magic or ninja skills did any good."

He sighs and walks towards me.

"Athena when you use your magic more it will become less dormant," he informs me. "But until then you must rely on your team to give you support. And in return you must give them support."

I nod and think about what he says.

I go and find Mack.

"Hey Mack," I say when I see him in the lounge. "I think you should try again."

"But Courtney," he says. "I tried and it didn't work."

"Then try and try again," I tell him. "And you keep trying until you succeed."

He sighs and we both go to the command center.

*Kick into overdrive*

We are there only a few minutes when the alarms go off.

"I think we've got them sir," Spencer explains and we all move over as they come up on the screen. "Yes. Only on video. No audio communication."

They are all calm and doing different things to keep themselves occupied until they are rescued.

"They're not scared," Mack points out clearly shocked. "Why aren't they scared?"

I glance behind me and smile. "Because they know that we are going to save them!"

"She's right," Mr. Hartford says. "They believe in the two of you."

"And so do we," My dad adds.

"I never doubted you for a second red and white rangers," Spencer says.

Mack glances back at our friends. "They really believe in us."

"Obviously," Mr. Hartford says before looking at me. "Are you two going to prove them wrong?"

I looked at Mack and he knew that we both were ready. He sighs before holding his hand out to his dad.

"Give me back my tracker," he tells his dad. "I got a hole to dig."

I decide to try something.

Astral projection.

I concentrate on the view of my friends and I feel this weird sensation. Then I am inside Rose's zord.

"AWWWWW!" She screams before seeing me. "Courtney how did you do that?"

I look at her screen to see the others looking as confused as her.

"It's called astral projection," I tell all of them smiling. "Only my spirit is here. Now this power drains me so I can't stay long. I just want you to know Mack is on his way."

I get back to my body and I stumble into my dads arms who had been trying to call me.

"Athena?" He asks and he notices my drained look. "You OK?"

I nod and explain what I did.

"Sounds like your sorceress powers are slowly coming back," he says sounding proud.

I turn to the screen just in time to see Mack get the drill driver moving. I smile glad that he could do it.

"I'm coming rangers," he says out loud.

He struggles but he finally finds the team and they break out before destroying the weather machine. I smile and praise my team from here.

*Kick into overdrive*

We are now getting ready to leave for St. Lucia again. Hopefully without anyone interfering.

Mack bursts into the room with Spencer carrying bags not too far from him.

"Are we going to get the jewel or what?" Mack asks sounding excited once more.

"My father always said 'It's not whether you fall down'," Dax says to us and he drops himself over the back of the sofa making me snort. "'It's whether you get back up'."

I laugh and turn as my dad enters the room.

"Okay," he says smiling at me. "Now you are slowly getting control of your powers I am returning home. But I have a message from mystic mother."

My eyes widen. "What is it?"

"She says an old friend is coming back," he says cryptically with a smile. "And he can't wait to yell at you for taking another ranger journey without him?"

Now my eyes are wide as saucers. "You mean..?"

"Yep," he says. "Azantys is coming back. He will be here as soon as possible."

I cannot believe it. My dad and I hug once more and I cannot keep the smile off of my face.

I turn back to the others to see Dax talking to Will about the curse.

"I'm not superstitious," Will says slowly. "But we can use all the luck we can get."

We all look at each other and then begin to make a move towards Will.

"Well then give it to us," Mack says as we approach.

We all fight over the bag of marbles in Wills hand. Another fun filled day in the office.

*Kick into overdrive*

Chelbell2016:

Sorry it took me so long I needed a break from power rangers fanfic. But I am back now and I will continue this as well as my other fanfic stories. Please review.

This chapter was posted on the 01/06/2017 at 2:57