Old Demons
Chapter Six
Tossing and turning in his bed, Tommy sat up with sweat pouring his face. He looked around and sighed when he realized he was still in his room.
Turning on his lamp, Tommy swing his legs over the bed and shook his head. But no matter how many times he shook, he still couldn't get the image of Rita out of his mind. He could see her petting Katherine in her feline form as she laughed.
"Come to me," she echoed.
Standing up, Tommy stumbled a bit as he made his way over to his bathroom to freshen up. Rumbles of thunder echoed outside as rain smacked against the window.
Walking out of the bathroom, Tommy slip on some clothes and pulled back blinds just as lighting flashed. The trees swayed back and forth fiercely as the rain poured. With his headache back, it made it impossible to sleep. His mind was in a constant fight between light and the dark, but the problem was, the dark was winning.
Down in the Dino Cave, Hayley was typing away on her keyboard as images and video popped up all over her monitors from people running from monsters in the city to explosions, fires and building getting destroyed all over town. The news reports kept asking one question: where are the Power Rangers?
Putting her hands through her hair, Hayley couldn't believe all the chaos that was going on. They couldn't possibly stop all of this at once.
"Well, this is bad," a voice said from behind her.
Spinning around in her chair, Hayley looked up to see Tommy looking back at her.
"They're everywhere, monsters, Tyrannodrones, and Putties. I don't even know where to begin."
"First things first. Where is everyone?" Tommy asked.
"Kira is at the school, While Connor and Ethan have split up to handle the threat to the rest of the city," Haley said.
Swing back around in her chair, Hayley typed on the keyboard as one screen shows the Red Dino Ranger, another show the blue Dino Ranger while the last one showed the Yellow Dino Ranger. Tommy's eyes narrowed. He noticed Ethan and Conner were doing their best to hold off the threat while helping people get to safety. Sighing, Tommy knew what he had to do, and he didn't like it one bit.
"I have to go help them, but I have a feeling I won't be coming back." Tommy said.
Hayley nodded, for she had that feeling as well. Typing on the keyboard, the back of the Dino Cave opened up as a Black ATV appeared by the entrance.
"Go and good luck."
Tommy nodded and backed up a bit before getting into his stance.
"Dino Thunder Power Up."
Transformed, Tommy jumped onto his ATV and zoomed off out of the lab as the doors closed behind him.
Hayley watched Tommy zoomed off out of sight but it didn't take long for an for another alarm rang throughout the cave. The screen changed, showing dozens of Tyrannodrones and Putties banging at the entrance of the cave.
Pressing the red button under the console like she was told, Hayley stood up. She grabbed two Dino blasters as she took a deep breath. Looks like no one was going to be coming back here.
Back at Reefside High School, Kira and Katharine were still staring at each other. Both women pulled back into their fighting stance and the moment a flash of light struck, both women ran at each other. With each punch and kick, they both matched each blow for blow as neither to getting the upper hand. Soon both women perform spin kick that landed on each other's chest knocking them both back.
Breathing hard, both women stared at each other. Katherine still had that smile across her lips, which caused angered Kira.
"You're good, but that won't be enough to ride out this storm." Katherine said.
"We'll see," Kira said.
Katherine punched at Kira, aiming for her chest, but Kira blocked it. Kira kept trying to push her back, but Katherine's punches were getting faster and harder. Katherine smirked as she reared back and punched hard, breaking through Kira's guard as she stumbled backwards, slamming into the lockers. Following up with a with a solid kick to the chest, Catherine smirked as she watched Kira stumbled back clutching her chest.
Gritting her teeth, Kira glared at Katherine, who had a smirk across her lips.
"You're angry that's good but you're not channeling it in the right way." Katherine said amusingly.
"Shut up."
Of course, she was angry. She was angry at the chaos that was happening in the city. That she almost lost her friends, and that Mesogog was teaming up with Rita. But most of all, she was angry that she couldn't land a blow on Katherine, just infuriate her.
"Dino Thunder Power Up!" Kira yelled.
Kira transformed into the Dino Thunder Yellow Ranger. She was going to beat her, no matter what.
"About time, Shift Into Turbo!"
Katherine turned her wrist and pulled out a key and with a fluid motion place the key into her Morpher. Soon, a pink light formed around her body. Once the light diminished, Katherine was standing there with an aura of dark energy around her and she struck her infamous pose.
"Wind chaser Turbo Power."
Kira charged at Catherine, knocking her through a wall into the cafeteria, slamming her down onto a table.
Katherine pushed Kira off and on to another table but Kira got right back up. Breaking the able in half, Kira charged at Katherine again that when she saw it, a yellow aura lining Kira's body. As the two continued fighting, Kira's aura grew brighter and brighter, much to Katherine's amusement.
"Come on, is that all you got?" Katherine said, goading her.
Kira's punches grew faster and faster until Katherine could no longer keep up. With her heart racing and mind focused on one thing, Kira jumped back and planted her feet on the floor. As her aura meter reached full. Katherine, struggling to stand upright, looked out as Kira let out a scream.
The scream rolled across the cafeteria, pinning Katherine to the wall as it shattered every window and glass in the cafeteria, but it didn't stop there, for it covered the entire school. All the Tyrannodrones and Putties in the halls shook violently as they turned to dust. Even the ones out in the parking lot were destroyed.
Once the wave disappear and exhausted Kira stood there demorphed. Holding our arm, Kira kept pinching herself to keep her eyes open. Looking over at Katherine, Kira saw her slid down the wall on to the floor. While she had a smile on her face, it disappeared the moment she let out a cough.
Kira dragged herself over to Katherine and, upon getting a closer look, she noticed her clothes were ripped from head to toe with a burse on her left cheek, bruises left cheek.
"You did it well done," Katherine said, before coughing again.
"What?" Kira said, confused.
"You can and will survive this storm, that I can be sure."
Before Kira could say another word, a dark white and gold light formed around Katherine and she was gone.
Dragging herself out of the cafeteria and into the hall, Kira made her way to the mains doors. She made it outside the main doors of the school when her legs gave out. She expected to his the ground, but she didn't.
"I got you," a familiar voice said.
Kira leaned her head back as a small smile formed across her lips. It was Hayley helping her stand. The two continued moving until she was in a Jeep.
"I glad to see you," left Kira's lips.
Hayley smiled, helping Kira into the front seat. She shut the door and ran over to the driver's seat. The moment Hayley stared up at the jeep and zoomed off, Kira's eyes closed as sleep finally claimed her. Hayley sighed.
"Rest. You deserve it."
Meanwhile, in the city, an exhausted Ethan charged toward a Monster who was keeping a group of kids into action Ethan smacked the monster hard enough that the kids ran away but not before the monster slashing at his chest with his claws causing Ethan to stumble backwards trying to regain his footing.
But Ethan refused to back down as he grit his teeth as a blue aura lined his body. The monster charged forward, punching and kicking him, but it seem it wasn't making a dent as an armor seemed to form around Ethan, which only made the blue line around him grown brighter. Gritting his teeth and breathing hard, Ethan shouted as the blue light exploded, knocking the monster back.
The monster screamed as it hit the ground and turned to dust. Ethan turned around when he heard a noise behind him. He turned around and, within moments, spotted another set of monsters heading his way. Holding up his fist, Ethan took a deep breath. He wasn't sure how he was going to fight them, but he would do his best.
Relief washed over Ethan the moment he sat Dr. Oliver and his ATV blasting at the monsters. Before he knew it, Ethan was sitting on the back of the ATV and zooming off away from the monsters.
"Thanks Dr. O," Ethan said
"Don't mention it," Tommy replied.
Tommy kept zooming thought the city for he hand another ranger to find.
Conner stood there fighting off monster Putties and Tyrannodrones. Hi body ached. His mind was all over the place he had to protect himself while also making sure others were safe. But it wasn't looking good. For every monster he defeated, two more would pop up in its place.
Glancing the area, he noticed it was free of people and he could finally get out of here, but there was a problem Zeltrax and Elsa were walking towards him on either side. With very little energy left, he wasn't sure if he could get away, let along fight. His eyes widen when he spotted Rita and Mesogog as well. Yeah, this wasn't good. He thought he's trapped. He needed some help, and fast.
Backing away slowly, Conner swallowed hard, but the moment he bumped into someone, he froze. Was it a monster? He thought, or worse. But the moment a few Putties ran toward him, Dr. O appeared in front of him, slashing at them and with a few rough kicks, the Putties were on the ground and disappeared. Relief washed over him. He was so glad to see him, but he noticed how he was staring at Rita, who waved at Tommy.
"Dr. O?"
"Yeah, I am still here Conner come we need to get you two out of here." Tommy said.
Conner turned around to see an unconscious Ethan on the back of a ATV. When Tommy went toward the ATV, he held his head, balling up his fist. He shook off the pain as she took a few deep breaths and made it back to the ATV. He wouldn't be taken yet, not until he finished what he needed to do.
"Do you have a plan?"
"Yes, getting all of you out of here," Tommy replied.
"What about you?" Conner asked.
Tommy simple remained silent. Before Connor could protest, a honking noise caught his attention. He turned around to see Hayley in a jeep. Tommy glanced back at her in the driver's seat.
"Get in the Jeep," Tommy instructed.
"Dr. O, let me help." Conner said.
"Not this time. You need to leave," Tommy said.
Connor nodded as he headed toward the Jeep with Tommy hold and unconscious Ethan. Conner opened the back door and helped Ethan inside. Fastening his seat belt, Conner hoped in the back of the Jeep as well. Hayley and Tommy shared a brief glance before he looked at Kira, Connor, and Ethan. Slapping the Jeep, Haley turn the vehicle around and zoomed off. She looked in the rear-view mirror as Tommy look on. Conner screamed out to Tommy as Hayley kept driving, blinking away her tears.
Tommy watched as the last light of his life and the darkness wraps itself around him like a tight blanket.
"I'm sorry," Tommy whispered.
Looking down at the ground, he felt something brush against his leg. He is a white cat looking up at him. Picking the cat up, he gently scratches behind her ears. Purring, she nuzzled his cheek. Turning around, Tommy noticed Rita standing with Mesogog beside her. Smiling, Rita extends her hand out to him.
Moving closer, Tommy set the cat down and took a hold of Rita's hand.
"My empress," Tommy said, followed with a bow.
"Welcome home," Rita said with a smile.
