Hoping For A Better Future
Chapter Six
Rocky
Everyone in the Power Chamber stood silent as Aisha threw up for the second time since we'd followed Zordon's command to meet here. Adam had brought her trash can, so she wouldn't be vomiting on the floor. Alpha wouldn't be exactly happy with that.
"Zordon, is there any reason that Aisha is suddenly sick?" I asked, turning towards the one who had been my mentor for the past three years.
"IT COULD BE THAT DIVATOX HAS MANAGED TO POISON HER, SEEING THAT SHE IS A WEAKNESS TO THE TEAM."
"A weakness?" Kim asked.
"YES. SINCE SHE IS A FORMER RANGER, AND A GREAT FRIEND AND ALLY TO YOU ALL, THAT WOULD BE A WEAKNESS. I AM AFRAID DIVATOX SAW THAT BEFORE WE COULD COMPREHEND IT."
I exchanged a glance with Adam, then looked at Aisha. A pang of guilt hit me in the stomach. Why didn't Divatox poison me? Why Aisha? I sighed and a tear escaped my eye. I didn't even bother to wipe it away.
Suddenly, a streak of blue appeared in the Power Chamber. Before it faded, I instinctively knew that it was Justin. I was right.
"Zordon, what's going on?" he asked. "Why did you call me here? Did Divatox attack Angel Grove?"
"IN A SENSE, SHE DID."
"Huh?" he asked, confused.
Then, Aisha bent over the trash can and began vomiting again. The guilt I had felt earlier came back, but this time it didn't fade. Justin turned around and looked at Aisha upon hearing her throwing up.
"Who is she?" he asked.
"THAT IS AISHA CAMPBELL. THE SECOND YELLOW RANGER, TANYA'S PREDECESSOR."
"There was a Yellow Ranger before Tanya? Wow. I was under the impression that Tanya was the only Yellow Ranger."
Kim sighed. "Well, if there was a Pink Ranger before Kat, don't you think that there could be a Yellow Ranger before Tanya?"
Justin rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I never really thought about it."
I turned back to Zordon. "Zordon, is there anything we could do to help Aisha?"
"I AM AFRAID NOT, ROCKY. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING HER TO BE SICK, THEREFORE WE CANNOT MAKE AN ANTIDOTE."
"Oh."
Before anyone else could say anything, the alarms of the Power Chamber began screeching.
"Ay-yi-yi!" Alpha cried.
"What is it?" Tommy asked.
"IT SEEMS DIVATOX HAS SENT PIRANHATRONS TO THE PARK AND THEY ARE ATTACKING INNOCENT PEOPLE."
"We're on it, Zordon," Tommy replied.
Before Tommy could say, "Shift into Turbo," I saw Aisha's eyes close, and then her body go limp.
"Aisha!" I cried, running to her. Adam and Kim were on my heels.
I put her in my arms and tried to fight back the tears that had gathered. I hoped with everything in me that she was alright.
"Zordon, she unconscious," Tanya said.
"No shit," I muttered.
Adam gave me a strange look, but I shrugged it off.
"RANGERS, GO TO THE PARK AND DEFEAT THE PIRANHATRONS. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT AISHA, SHE IS IN GOOD CARE HERE."
"Right, Zordon," Tommy answered. "Shift into Turbo!"
The other four Turbo Rangers stepped back and posed for the morphing sequences.
"Mountain Blaster Turbo Power!"
"Desert Thunder Turbo Power!"
"Dune Star Turbo Power!"
"Wind Chaser Turbo Power!"
"Red Lightning Turbo Power!"
I winced upon hearing Justin call upon the Mountain Blaster's Powers. After everyone was morphed, they teleported out to the park. Kim and I exchanged a glance and she went to watch the battle from the Viewing Globe.
Chapter Six
Rocky
Everyone in the Power Chamber stood silent as Aisha threw up for the second time since we'd followed Zordon's command to meet here. Adam had brought her trash can, so she wouldn't be vomiting on the floor. Alpha wouldn't be exactly happy with that.
"Zordon, is there any reason that Aisha is suddenly sick?" I asked, turning towards the one who had been my mentor for the past three years.
"IT COULD BE THAT DIVATOX HAS MANAGED TO POISON HER, SEEING THAT SHE IS A WEAKNESS TO THE TEAM."
"A weakness?" Kim asked.
"YES. SINCE SHE IS A FORMER RANGER, AND A GREAT FRIEND AND ALLY TO YOU ALL, THAT WOULD BE A WEAKNESS. I AM AFRAID DIVATOX SAW THAT BEFORE WE COULD COMPREHEND IT."
I exchanged a glance with Adam, then looked at Aisha. A pang of guilt hit me in the stomach. Why didn't Divatox poison me? Why Aisha? I sighed and a tear escaped my eye. I didn't even bother to wipe it away.
Suddenly, a streak of blue appeared in the Power Chamber. Before it faded, I instinctively knew that it was Justin. I was right.
"Zordon, what's going on?" he asked. "Why did you call me here? Did Divatox attack Angel Grove?"
"IN A SENSE, SHE DID."
"Huh?" he asked, confused.
Then, Aisha bent over the trash can and began vomiting again. The guilt I had felt earlier came back, but this time it didn't fade. Justin turned around and looked at Aisha upon hearing her throwing up.
"Who is she?" he asked.
"THAT IS AISHA CAMPBELL. THE SECOND YELLOW RANGER, TANYA'S PREDECESSOR."
"There was a Yellow Ranger before Tanya? Wow. I was under the impression that Tanya was the only Yellow Ranger."
Kim sighed. "Well, if there was a Pink Ranger before Kat, don't you think that there could be a Yellow Ranger before Tanya?"
Justin rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I never really thought about it."
I turned back to Zordon. "Zordon, is there anything we could do to help Aisha?"
"I AM AFRAID NOT, ROCKY. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING HER TO BE SICK, THEREFORE WE CANNOT MAKE AN ANTIDOTE."
"Oh."
Before anyone else could say anything, the alarms of the Power Chamber began screeching.
"Ay-yi-yi!" Alpha cried.
"What is it?" Tommy asked.
"IT SEEMS DIVATOX HAS SENT PIRANHATRONS TO THE PARK AND THEY ARE ATTACKING INNOCENT PEOPLE."
"We're on it, Zordon," Tommy replied.
Before Tommy could say, "Shift into Turbo," I saw Aisha's eyes close, and then her body go limp.
"Aisha!" I cried, running to her. Adam and Kim were on my heels.
I put her in my arms and tried to fight back the tears that had gathered. I hoped with everything in me that she was alright.
"Zordon, she unconscious," Tanya said.
"No shit," I muttered.
Adam gave me a strange look, but I shrugged it off.
"RANGERS, GO TO THE PARK AND DEFEAT THE PIRANHATRONS. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT AISHA, SHE IS IN GOOD CARE HERE."
"Right, Zordon," Tommy answered. "Shift into Turbo!"
The other four Turbo Rangers stepped back and posed for the morphing sequences.
"Mountain Blaster Turbo Power!"
"Desert Thunder Turbo Power!"
"Dune Star Turbo Power!"
"Wind Chaser Turbo Power!"
"Red Lightning Turbo Power!"
I winced upon hearing Justin call upon the Mountain Blaster's Powers. After everyone was morphed, they teleported out to the park. Kim and I exchanged a glance and she went to watch the battle from the Viewing Globe.