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A/N : Hi all, don't ask where this chapter came from, 'cause honestly, I don't have a clue! It was running around in my head after some major pain bashing…painkillers are good for something but they put some really heavy-duty weird type story ideas in your head! At least I'm feelin' no pain…or anything else for that matter…*sighs* Oh well, glad to know you're still hanging in there with me.
Before I go on to the story, I have got to thank a few people first. As always Hartfelt, I appreciate all your comments…but girl, keep you opinions to your self! Just kidding…but quit busting on my Eagle! The rest of you are probably confused, just as you should be, but Hartfelt knows exactly what I'm talking about. ScarletDeva, hope your computer is up and running soon. Cant' wait for the next chapter of any of your stories. To Achlys, Kylara, Krazymelmo, Reeta, Nicole and Lastat's Chick, thank you for the kind reviews. You'd be amazed at how well a good review can push a writer to complete the next chapter! Hope you all enjoy, and as always, please, please, please and I mean please REVIEW!!!
'Kay, now that I'm done talking your ears off, you can get onto the story. Enjoy!
THE POWER RANGERS IN :
THE HARDEST THING I EVER DID : PART II
Chapter 11 : The Summoning
Kimberly slowly opened her eyes, anticipating the pain she knew was sure to come. The pain didn't explode in her head like she had expected, neither did she feel any type of discomfort as would have been expected from sleeping on a hospital bed. In fact though, she felt utterly at peace.
As her eyes carefully surveyed the hospital room, she suddenly realized that something was terribly out of place. Her eyes opened wide in shock as she took in the scene before her.
Sitting atop one of the wooden back chairs, seeming to all the world like it owned the place, was a Crane. And not just any Crane, but a PINK Crane!
What's going on here? Kim thought silently to herself, never taking her eyes off of the Crane before her. That…that isn't suppose to be here. It's just not supposed to be possible.
The next thing she noticed was that the whole room was bathed in a pale pink light. This is way to strange.
"Your chick is confused Crane," Kim heard a high pitch voice say, the call of a bird echoing around the words.
Kim sat up in the bed, bracing her body with her arms, which were locked at the elbows for support. Her eyes glanced around as she sought out the source of the voice. She turned her brown-eyed gaze toward the monitoring equipment, that appeared inactive at the moment, to her left, just behind her, and noticed a purple Eagle perched there. The bird bobbed its head at her then blinked its dark purple eyes. "You have questions Crane chick?" The Eagle asked.
"Of coarse the chick has questions," Kim heard something growl from down beside her hospital bed.
Her eyes instantly darted to that spot on the floor and she felt herself gasp in surprise. There, curled up in a little ball, its snout now lying underneath a paw, was a blue Wolf. Almost as if it sensed her gaze upon it, it turned its bright blue eyes up toward her.
"Greetings Crane chick," the Wolf said, then returned to its previous position, muzzle tucked underneath its paw.
"H-hello," Kim said, unsure of what to make of what was happening. I'm asleep, I have got to be asleep. This is just a little bit to weird for me to actually be awake, she thought to herself.
"Nothing is to weird with what you have experienced in your life," a voice said from the foot of the bed.
She looked down to the foot of the bed and the black Frog sitting there. She had just opened her mouth to say something back to the Frog when another voice interrupted her.
"Or are going to experience in the future," A rough voice said from near the door. A great yellow Bear stood there, rubbing its massive back against the doorframe.
"Wha-what in the hell is going on here?" Kim cried in confusion. She glanced around at all the animals, red, purple, yellow and blue eyes stared back at her. "How can you hear my thoughts?" She asked quietly.
"All will be explained in time Crane chick," a voice hissed from near the Wolf. The Wolf raised his head and moved his ears in the direction of the voice. "You must have patience," the voice hissed from behind the Wolf, causing his ears to swivel in that direction.
"Who…?" Kim began as a black Rattlesnake slithered out from its hiding place behind the Wolf. Kim jumped in both surprise and shock, I don't think I even want to know whose spirit animal you are.
"That matters not," the Eagle said from her perch. "What is important is why we were summoned."
Kim's eyes darted to the purple Eagle, "Summoned?"
"Yes my chick," the Crane began, "you have summoned the spirit animals for a reason, we just need to discover the reason why."
"I didn't summon anyone," Kim said.
"Someone summoned us, or we wouldn't be here," a dark red Arabian Horse said from the center of the room, stomping a hoof impatiently. Kim looked at the Arabian speechlessly, not certain where he had come from.
"And if you did not summon us, why are we in your room?" A yellow Mustang asked from beside the Arabian.
Kim's eyes widened in surprise. "Now just wait one damn minute here!" Kim exclaimed. How in the hell can two horses fit in this room…not to mention the bear, and the rest of these animals.
Everything is not always as it would seem, a voice echoed in her mind.
"This is my room," Kim said grouchily. "And it's my confusion and I still don't know why the hell you're here so you'll excuse me if I decide that I'm the one who will be asking the questions."
"Did I not say the Crane chick would have questions?" The Eagle cried.
"That is not important nor the topic of discussion you Wedge-tail baboon," a red Ape said from near to the Eagle.
"Wedge-tail Eagle you great hulking ape!" The Eagle screeched as she beat her wings against the air.
"Oh great," someone purred from the foot of the bed. Kim's head whipped around and her eyes opened wide in terror. "They'll be at this until we leave this plain." The creature turned its eyes from the Eagle and the Ape to look at Kim, "Greetings Crane child," the large yellow Lioness purred.
"At least you got the Ape part right," Kim could hear the Ape saying to the Eagle.
The Eagle screeched in anger and clicked her beak together. "Why I even bother talking to you in beyond me…you're an ignorant…an ignorant…" the Eagle seemed at a loss for words and the Ape knew it.
"An ignorant what? Cat got your tongue?" The Ape ridiculed. "I never thought I would see the day that you were at a loss for words!"
"I certainly know that I do not have her tongue," The Lioness purred.
"And I know I do not," a Pink Jaguar said lazily from its spot on the floor, bathing in the strange pink light coming through the window.
"What my Eagle chick could possible see in-" The Eagle was cut off from her tirade mid word.
"Enough!" A strong voice boomed. "We have been brought here for a reason." The voice was cold and angry. "Ape, Eagle, that is enough, finish your petty arguments at a later time." A white Falcon came out of nowhere, perched majestically on the windowpane.
The Crane turned her pink eyes to the white Falcon, "Why have we been summoned? My chick has no clue as to how were summoned or why we are here."
The white Falcon turned his midnight black eyes to stare at the gathered group of spirit animals and the one human. "Kimberly Ann Hart, holder of the Pink Crane Powers," The Falcon began.
"I passed those powers onto Kat Hilliard." Kim said quietly.
The Pink Jaguar stepped forward. "In the quest you took all those long years ago, you were chosen to be the holder of the Pink Crane Powers. You and you alone, you may have passed them onto another, but they were and are still your Powers. You are the child of the Crane. Kat is the child of the Jaguar, I am her spirit animal."
Kim's eyes took in the rest of the animals. The yellow Bear, Aisha's. The black Frog, Adam's. The red Ape, Rocky's. The white Falcon, Tommy's. The blue Wolf, Billy's. These were all unmistakable, but it was the rest of the animals she was unsure about. Kat's spirit animal was actually the Jaguar…what about the rest of these animals?
The black Rattlesnake…that would have to be Zack's. He was the only other Black Ranger.
The red Arabian Horse…Jason? It had to be.
The yellow Mustang…that could be either Trini or Tanya, Kim wasn't sure.
The yellow Lioness…again, either Trini or Tanya.
Then Kim's eyes landed on the Eagle. The purple Eagle. There had never been a purple Ranger. The bright purple eyes met and held Kim's. "You wonder about me?" The Eagle questioned.
"I wonder about you," the Ape said from beneath his breath.
The Eagle just glared at the Ape. "Yes," Kim spoke up. "Who do you represent? There was never a purple Ranger that I know of."
"No there wasn't," the Eagle said, the sadness apparent in her voice. "My Power was lost long ago. But my spirit lives on, in one of your friends."
"There will be time for this talk later," the Falcon spoke up. "Right now we have to figure out why we were brought here and why to her."
"There is a great evil spreading," the Eagle said quietly. The smart-ass Eagle of a few moments ago was suddenly replaced by an Eagle of solemn tones and wisdom. She seemed different all of a sudden, suddenly wiser than the rest of the animals.
"What do you mean?" The Falcon asked. "How do you know this? What do you know that you have not told the rest of us?"
"I am an ancient spirit, as are all of us. Our existence reaches back far beyond the expanse of time, far beyond the beginning. We were considered old, even as this galaxy was forming. And it was during this early formation that a legend was begun. This legend, some of you may recall…others may have forgotten it. I know I would like to." The Eagle's eyes sought out the fiery red ones of the Ape. They met, clashed and held.
"The legend states…" The Eagle trailed off as something large and black suddenly appeared in the room and made a dive for her. Her wings spread in terror and she tried in vain to beat the sudden threat with her large wingspan. She felt cold terror grasp her heart as the unknown being's cold hands suddenly found their way to her neck.
Red eyes glared out from an indiscernible face. Black wings rose up from the creature's back and pearl white teeth gleamed in its mouth. Dagger-like claws grabbed for the exposed throat of the defenseless Eagle.
She screeched in alarm and clawed with her taloned feet, hoping to gain purchase and wound the horrible creature. "What was to come and pass will never be, this you will see," a cold voice whispered in her ear, for her alone to hear.
She screeched in terror, not liking the malice she heard in the creature's voice or the evil intent she read in its eyes.
Kim grabbed hold of her pillow and began beating the creature with it, knowing that the quite uncomfortable thing that had no right to be called a pillow wouldn't do much damage, but it might give the Eagle a fighting chance.
"If anyone is going to lay a hand on her loud mouth, it'll be me!" The Ape roared in anger just as he grabbed for the unknown assailant. The black creature disappeared, but his laughter was still echoing in the room.
"If I can not go after the spirit animal, than I will go after the person that holds the Ninjetti Power."
"No!" the Eagle cried just as she fainted.
Kim looked at the worried faces of the rest of the animals, "Who holds the Purple Power?" She asked.
"We don't know yet," the Falcon answered. "The Eagle can not reveal that to us until the holder of the Power finds it out for themselves. By then, it may be to late…"
Dum dum dum dedum dum…hmmm, and just who holds the Purple Power? I think you all may already know this, but you could be wrong considering the fact that I'm going to be adding a few characters in later chapters. We're so much closer to finding out what exactly is the secret. Plus, I've decide to add a few twists and turns to what would have been a perfect relationship for Isabel and Rocky. Expect a few rocks to roll into the road for Tommy and Kim too…I'm never very nice to my favorite characters. Catch you on the flip side! As always, make sure you have reviewed! I greatly appreciate it.