(Author's Note: All right!! Part 2 is here! Okay, I lied when I said that this was only going to be two parts. There are going to be more cause I realized just how much was going to be in this story, so it's going to take longer for me to finish it…. Ah well!! Just as long as ya'll enjoy it, I'm happy!!! Well, on to Part 2 of the story!!)
The Guardians: Part II
By Kimberly Williams, a.k.a the Froggie Lover
Quanotora nudged Purowar upon seeing two humans suddenly materialize by the Great Willow.
"Purowar, look. Humans," he said, indicating to the alien people.
"Huh? Humans? Let's attack!" Purowar answered, taking up his bow from the tree branch next to him.
Quanotora shook his head. "No. Kaya-Brave said to wait for the Guardians, and then we attack. But we should attack now; the Guardians will never come. I don't see why anyone believes Dolter. He is a fool."
"Dolter is a shaman, Quanotora. Many think he is a fool, but truthfully, is smarter than we think," Purowar disagreed.
Quanotora glared at him. He may be smarter, but I am the one who shall marry Taiga.
"I say we call upon reinforcements. Purowar, go back to the village and get Creakaya's branch of the army. Ask for Sequoyale's as well. We may need much help with these humans," Quanotora commanded.
"But there are only two," Purowar responded.
"There may be, but they came from nowhere, they may have powers which require more than two opponents."
Purowar nodded to the general. "Yes, Quanotora."
Purowar ran into the village, out of breath. He immediately saw his two of his best friends, Creakaya and Sequoyale.
"Purowar!" they exclaimed upon seeing him.
"What is it?" Creakaya asked.
"Humans have been found by the Great Willow. They are not the ones we saw before; they moved location. These ones just came from nowhere!" Purowar answered.
"Will we need an army dispatch?" Sequoyale responded.
"Quanotora said bring both of your branches."
"Alright. Gather the warriors! I have a feeling that these humans shall give us trouble."
Within a few minutes, all of the soldiers of the two general's branches were assembled outside of the village walls. Then they moved out to the hideout location of Quanotora, but were not seen by two humans at the Great Willow.
"Are they armed?" Quanotora asked.
"Yes. We made sure of it," Creakaya answered.
"Good. Prepare to attack!" Quanotora commanded.
The two humans turned, hearing the general's order. Through the branches of the trees, they saw the tips of the arrows pointed at them.
"I thought we were supposed to be protecting them, not being the object of a hundred or more arrows," Adam whispered to Kim.
She nodded. "Well, I guess we didn't make too good of an impression."
"Causing me to know how my life's going to end."
Kim looked to him, the fear written in her eyes. Adam gave her an assuring smile, but inside, he was as afraid as she was.
"Humans!" a voice cried out to them. "Surrender or prepare to die!"
"No!" Adam responded defiantly.
Quanotora raised a hand to give the signal to begin firing, but was interrupted by the second human.
"Are you the Natives of the Second World?" Kim asked.
"What does it matter?" Creakaya answered.
"We have come in search of you. We are the Guardians," Adam replied.
The four generals exchanged a glance, and then jumped from the trees to the ground. They walked in front of Kim and Adam, skeptical.
"If you are the Guardians, then you would be in the village, rather than out here by the Great Willow," Sequoyale informed.
"Alpha didn't know the exact coordinates of the village, so he couldn't teleport us there. Could you show us the way?" Kim answered.
Sequoyale, Creakaya, and Purowar turned to Quanotora, who was above them in army command.
"Brad, what do we do? They could be lying," Purowar whispered.
"Wait a minute, Tom. Look at the suits they're wearing. It looks sort of like those uniforms that one team of superheroes wears…" Quanotora replied.
"The Power Rangers? From that one town in California… Um, Angel Grove?" Creakaya suggested.
"That's the one! Doesn't the legend say that the Guardians hold some sort of powers?" Sequoyale asked.
"It does," Quanotora answered. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, and looked up, as if looking to the heavens for guidance. "I guess we'll have to trust them."
The other three nodded. Quanotora turned back to Adam and Kim. "Alright. Follow us."
~*~*~*~*~
"Ay-yi-yi, Zordon! What are we to do? Zedd and Rita have attacked Angel Grove again! The Rangers will certainly need to Megazord if the monster grows!" Alpha V cried.
"I AM AWARE OF THE SITUATION, ALPHA. AND I HAVE PREPARED FOR THIS MOMENT. I ALREADY HAVE CHOSEN TWO NEW RANGERS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF ADAM AND KIMBERLY WHILE THEY ARE IN THE SECOND WORLD. THEIR TELEPORTATION COORDINATES ARE IN THE COMMAND CENTER'S DATABANK. PLEASE TELEPORT THEM IN."
"Yes, Zordon," Alpha answered.
He typed in the coordinates at the teleportation relay that had appeared on a small screen on one of the consoles. Seconds later, two female teens appeared in the Command Center. They looked around in confusion, and turned to Zordon.
"Whoa!" they exclaimed in unison.
"DO NOT BE ALARMED. I AM ZORDON OF ELTAR, AND MENTOR TO THE LEGENDARY POWER RANGERS. YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS THE NEW BLACK AND PINK RANGERS."
"Power Rangers? Whoa. You brought me all the way to America to make me a Power Ranger? I never knew they even existed. I thought it was just a tourist attraction," one of the females answered.
"YES, TANYA, THE POWER RANGERS ARE VERY REAL."
Tanya Sloan looked to the person she had teleported in with. "So, both of us are going to be Power Rangers? Why?"
"TWO OF OUR RANGERS, KIMBERLY HART AND ADAM PARK, WERE CHOSEN TO PROTECT AN ALIEN RACE CALLED THE NATIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD FROM A BARBARIC HUMAN RACE KNOWN AS THE CONQUERORS. TO FORM THE MEGAZORD, TWO NEW RANGERS MUST BE CHOSEN. AND I FIND BOTH OF YOU GREATLY WORTHY OF THOSE POSITIONS."
"Me, a Power Ranger? That's crazy!" the other female replied.
"AS CRAZY AS THAT SEEMS, IT IS TRUE. YOU ARE THE NEW PINK RANGER, KATHERINE HILLARD, AND TANYA IS THE NEW BLACK RANGER."
The two exchanged a glance. "Well, if that's the path you're choosing us for, then I'm in," Katherine said firmly.
"Yeah. Me too," Tanya agreed.
"EXCELLENT. ALPHA, COMMUNICATE WITH ADAM AND KIMBERLY, THEY STILL HAVE THE COINS, AND WE MUST RETRIEVE THEM."
"Yes, Zordon," the android responded, carrying out the command.
Suddenly, an image appeared on the Viewing Globe. It was of Adam and Kim in their Zeo uniforms.
^What is it Zordon?^ Adam asked.
"ADAM, YOU AND KIMBERLY MUST RETURN YOUR POWER COINS TO THE COMMAND CENTER IMMEDIATELY. ZEDD AND RITA HAVE ATTACKED ANGEL GROVE AND THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MEGAZORD IS NEEDED."
^Why don't we just return to Angel Grove? I'm sure the Natives can wait for us to destroy whatever monster it is that Zedd and Rita have sent down,^ Kim interjected.
"THAT NATIVES CANNOT WAIT, I AM AFRAID. I HAVE CHOSEN TWO NEW RANGERS TO TAKE YOUR PLACE. ADAM, KIMBERLY, I INTRODUCE TO YOU, TANYA SLOAN AND KATHERINE HILLARD."
The two girls stepped into the view of Adam and Kim. ^It's nice to meet you,^ Adam said, fighting back the tears that threatened to fall.
Tanya and Katherine nodded. "Thank you," they answered.
^Okay, we'll send back the morphers and the coins. Good luck guys,^ Kim said.
"THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. REMEMBER, YOU SHALL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE ON THE TEAM SO LONG AS I AM LIVING."
Kim smiled and nodded. Adam did his best to smile, and he nodded as well. A few seconds later, the Pink and Black morphers appeared in the center of the floor in the Command Center. Tanya picked up the Mastodon and Katherine picked up the Pterodactyl. They both held them at arm's length.
"Mastodon!" Tanya exclaimed.
"Pterodactyl!" Katherine cried.
Seconds later, the two were outfitted in the Black and Pink Power Ranger uniforms. Tanya smiled from underneath her helmet. Adam nearly choked on his breath when he saw Tanya call upon the Powers of the Mastodon and morph into the Black Ranger. It nearly killed him when he saw the Black Ranger uniform; for now it was similar to the Pink Ranger uniform, only black. He blinked a few times, as if trying to decipher if the situation was a dream or not. Kim seemed unaffected with the fact that someone else was wearing the Pink Ranger armor. Katherine and Tanya removed their helmets and smiled gratefully at Adam and Kim.
"Thanks," Tanya said.
^You're welcome,^ Kim and Adam said together.
Katherine only nodded, at loss for any sort of speech. Zordon smiled at the Guardians, which looked at him through the Viewing Globe.
"GOOD LUCK, MY RANGERS. AND MAY THE POWER PROTECT YOU."
^Trust me, Zordon. It will,^ Kim answered before the picture faded into darkness.
Tanya and Katherine turned back to Zordon. "So, what do we do now?" Tanya asked.
"NOW YOU MUST JOIN THE OTHER RANGERS IN BATTLE. YOU MUST REMEMBER THREE IMPORTANT RULES FIRST."
"What are those?" Katherine inquired.
"FIRST, YOU MUST NEVER ESCALATE THE BATTLE. SECOND, YOU MUST NEVER USE YOUR POWERS FOR PERSONAL GAIN. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, NEVER REVEAL YOUR IDENTITES UNLESS IT IS UNAVOIDBALE OR IT IS OF NECESSITY."
"Right."
Tommy turned away from the current monster after seeing two streaks of light land in an area not too far away from where the Rangers were fighting. After the colored lights had dissipated, the Black and Pink Rangers stood there, observing the battle.
"Adam! Kim!" Tommy called, making a run for the two.
But Tommy stopped short, seeing that the Pink Ranger was taller than the Black, and that the Black Ranger was wearing a uniform similar to the Pink's.
"Adam? Kim?" Tommy asked, taking a precautious step forward.
The Pink and Black Rangers exchanged a glance. "Um, sorry. They couldn't come back from the Second World, so Zordon picked us two take their place," Pink replied. Her voice had a thick Australian accent.
"You're not Kim and Adam?" Tommy inquired disbelievingly.
"Unfortunately, no. I'm Tanya, and this is Katherine," Black answered.
"Oh my God," Tommy muttered under his breath. Suddenly, he felt his knees weaken, almost to the point where he couldn't stand. "She's gone. And Zordon had to choose someone else to be the Pink Ranger." Tommy stared down at his hands, as if they would somehow give him the answer. "And Adam… One of my best friends… He's gone, too. Someone else is the Black Ranger now."
The three remaining Rangers on the battlefield looked over, and rushed to the scene upon seeing their leader fall to his knees.
"Tommy!" Aisha cried. She knelt beside him and rested a hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright?"
"They're gone…" he whispered, continuing to stare at the ground.
Aisha looked up and felt her heart stop as the Pink and Black Rangers stood before them. Instinctively, Aisha knew that neither of them were her lifelong friend or the friend she had just begun to have. She turned to Rocky, who only stared at the Rangers with shock. Billy tried to remain calm, but this was affecting him more than he could control. It wasn't that he hadn't seen his friends leave the team before, but the Power Transfer was different this time. This time, Adam and Kim hadn't gone to a peace conference to help the world in a different way. They had gone to another dimension of Earth, and were forced to give up their powers because the Megazord was needed in their part of the planet. I can't believe their actually not the Mastodon and Pterodactyl anymore. It didn't really faze me until now…Billy thought.
Suddenly, Tommy rose to his feet and looked back to the new Rangers before them. "Come on, guys. We've got a battle to fight," he said, taking on the role of leader again.
The other five nodded, three of them a little disoriented.
~*~*~*~*~
Adam kicked a nearby rock into the bottom of the totem poles around the central fire. Replaced!! Great. Just because I'm a Guardian now I'm not entitled to be the Black Ranger anymore… Damn it!!
Kim put a hand on his shoulder to try and comfort her friend. "Adam, it's okay. You're still the Mastodon. The Power is still inside you."
"No it's not! Didn't you see Tanya morph?? She became the Black Ranger!! The least Zordon could've done is picked Zack to replace me… But, no; he picked a newbie."
Kim took the very hand that she had placed on Adam's shoulder to slap him hard across the face. Some of the Natives turned to watch the scene, leaving their chores unattended to for the moment.
"Adam Park! I don't think you're even acting like the Black Ranger now!! If Zordon picked Tanya to take your place on the team, the least you could do is respect his decision, rather than stomp on it like he was Zedd or Rita picking someone to take your place!!!"
He let the words, and the pain, sink in. He sighed and leaned against the nearest totem pole, gazing at the etchings on the one beside it.
"You're right. I'm acting childish about the whole thing. If Zordon handpicked her, then I guess everything's all right with me… What about you? Don't you feel some sort of resentment towards Katherine?"
"Yeah, but I guess that you have to get used to it. I mean, when you first joined the team with Rocky and Aisha, for almost two weeks, I always saw Zack behind that Black Ranger helmet."
"And you saw Jason behind the Red Ranger helmet, and Trini behind the Yellow Ranger helmet," Adam finished.
Kim nodded. "Sorry."
"It's okay. At least we know how Rocky and Aisha are going to react."
"The same way you did and the same way I did."
Adam managed a chuckle. "More than anything else." He began to stare intently at the etchings on the totem pole next to the one he was leaning on. "Whoa…"
"What is it?" Kim asked, curiousified by Adam's sudden change in behavior.
"Look at this." Adam signaled her over, and she followed. On the totem pole, there were two pictures. The first depicted a frog and a dense jungle. The second showed a crane and a cyclone. Next to each symbol was a depressed space about the size of Power Coin. Adam made his Pheadocian Power Coin appear and put it in the spot next to the picture of the dense jungle.
"Kim," he said, turning to her. "Give me your Pheadocian Coin."
"Why?" she asked, confused.
"Just let me see it. I think I know what these symbols mean."
Kim handed him her coin after making it materialize in her hand. Adam then put the coin in the space next to the symbol of the whirling cyclone. Suddenly, the ground around them began to shake.
"What is that?!" Taiga cried, clutching Quanotora's hand and walking from inside the hut.
Dolter ran to his friend's side. "I'm not sure! It might have something to do with the Guardians!"
"And that would be?" Quanotora asked, impatient with the young shaman.
"As I said before, I'm not sure!"
Quanotora rolled his bright blue eyes and ran a hand through his lengthening blonde hair.
"And Purowar said that the shaman is supposed to be intelligent," he muttered.
Dolter glared at the giver of the comment. Then, out of the corner of his eye, Dolter noticed two large entities rising from beneath the ground.
"In the name of Naya…" Dolter whispered.
Before the three Natives, and the rest of the village, stood two large android Zords. One had a green breastplate and head, with golden coin in the middle that depicted a cyclone on a barren prairie. The other had a black breastplate and head with a golden coin in the middle that showed a dense jungle.
"The Elemental Zords…" Adam thought aloud.
"But I thought Dulcea didn't have any Zords for us," Kim replied.
"Well, if we're stuff of legend, then maybe over time, the Natives had developed Zords for us on their own."
Kim nodded and turned back to the totem pole. There were still the two other spaces next to the two other symbols. "Adam, what about these two extra spaces?"
"If the Pheadocian coins went next to the pictures of the cyclone and the jungle, then the Ninjetti coins must go next to the pictures of the crane and the frog."
"Right."
~*~*~*~*~
Cornigee smiled evilly as he saw the four Zords standing in front of the Natives' village. He turned to his top general, which awaited a response from him.
"What shall we do, Great Leader?" the general asked.
"We shall attack. The large machines must have the Natives distracted, making our victory all the sweeter. Now, tell me, do you think that their 'Guardians' have arrived?"
"It would be presumed. According to the legend, only they can summon those large beasts. I believe they are called Zords."
"Zords?" Cornigee rubbed his chin. "Alright. There are only two of them. It should be easy enough."
The general nodded. "Yes, sir."
Kim and Adam put their Zords back into the earth and turned to each other.
"Man, Zords. If the Conquerors ever pose a real threat, we can crush 'em with no problem!" Adam exclaimed.
Kim shook her head. "That wouldn't be fair. We can't just destroy them. That's not the Ranger, or the Guardian, thing to do. Listen to your spirit animal, he'll tell you the same thing."
"Yeah. You're right."
Suddenly, shouting could be heard outside of the village. Adam and Kim exchanged a glance and prepared to morph.
"Which one?" Adam asked.
"For now, Ninjetti. If we need more fire power, up to Zeo."
Adam nodded. They both held their hands to the sky and focused on their animal spirits.
"Frog!" Adam cried.
"Crane!" Kim exclaimed.
Seconds later, they both were in their Ninjetti uniforms. Upon seeing the Guardians morph, Dolter turned to Taiga, knowing the circumstances.
"Taiga, assemble the warriors from both sides. I believe the Conquerors are attacking."
Taiga nodded to her old friend then ran to her fiancée's side. "Quanotora, call upon all of your armies. I shall gather the Independent Army. The Conquerors attacking."
"Finally, the action has begun."
Cornigee charged into the Natives' village. He chuckled quietly at the sight before him as his army quickly caught up with him. They are unprepared. This shall be very simple. Cornigee thought. Only two Guardians; what sort of challenge could they possibly provide? Hmm… They are teenagers as well. That is very easy to see. The Natives expect teenagers to protect their village? It is to laugh.
"ATTACK!" Cornigee cried, surging towards the Guardians in attempt to rid of them first. "I shall take the Guardians! The rest of you: take the village!"
His army did as he instructed. The Guardians took defensive stances as he approached them. Cornigee raised his sword in preparation for the close-range fighting that would soon come.
(Author's Note: Alrightty!! That's Part 2 for ya!! I hope I didn't lose anyone's interest, but I hope that I gained it. I left you on a cliffhanger, and you'll still be in suspense when Part 3 is up!! Hehe. I'm evil. J Well, while you're waiting for Part 3, always remember: Long lives the Frog!! Peace!)