ANGELS ASCEND

by C.A. TURNER

Prologue:

Chortling happily, Divatox reflected upon her current situation. Rita Repulsa, Lord Zedd, the Machine Empire, and Queen Bansheera were out of the picture, Astronema was no longer any threat, and the Rangers were occupied elsewhere. She still had Master Org and his followers to contend with, but she'd deal with them in due time. For the time being, she had the field of evildoing all to herself. Divatox had somehow managed to capture the Angel gems, and was planning to use them to enslave the Earth.

That plan, however went down the drain, as a unknown blast of lightning struck the hovercraft she was on, causing her to drop the box containing the 9 Angel gems. "NOOO!" she screamed, and tried to retrieve them. She was only able to regain the Emerald gem. The other 8, Turquoise, Ruby, Onyx, Garnet, Topaz, Amethyst, Pearl, and Diamond, fell out of her reach, towards various parts of the Los Angeles area.

On the Animarium, Princess Shayla smiled happily at the outcome. Eight of the gems would reach their chosen ones. It was only a question of when.

PART 1: JILL, KELLY, AND SABRINA

Los Angeles, California:

A rarity was occuring: one of Divatox's monsters had left the confines of Angel Grove, and was attacking downtown L.A.. Zordon had sent the Morphin Rangers to destroy the Metropolitron, a monster with a penchant for the more stylish things in life, ma mainly destroying them. It also had a highly developed sense of vanity, thinking it was the prettiest thing alive. At this time, the 8 Angel gems had entered the L.A. area, falling to 5 different areas Three, however, fell in the same location, in front of the Charles Townsend Detective Agency.

Pulling up in front of the building was a lovely young, southern belle type woman in her mid-20's with wavy dark brown hair, exiting a remodeled yellow '68 Mustang. Behind it came a white and blue Mustang Cobra III. It's occupant, another young woman in her mid '20's, this time, a free-spirited California blonde with a unique hairstyle, hopped out. "Kelly! Wait a minute!" the blonde yelled.

Kelly Garrett turned and waived to her friend. "Jill, you're early. Any idea why Bree called us here?"

Jill Munroe smiled back "Beats me. Think it has anything to do with that thing tearing up Rodeo Drive?"

"No, the Power Rangers are there. That's up their alley. Most likely it has to do with this case we just finished. Good thing we put him out of business. Where is Sabrina, anyway?"

Just then, a third young woman arrived, this one with a sense of upscale sophistication about her. "Where were you?" Jill asked almost impatiently.

"Making sure Cass Harper got booked and put away. He's looking at 15-25, at the very least." Sabrina Duncan told her partners.

The three women worked for Charles Townsend as detectives, and were known as Charlie's Angels. Recruited out of the L.A. Police Academy, they helped Townsend solve baffling mysteries, their specialty being pulling congames on con men.

A flash of blue had caught Sabrina's eye. Looking down, she found a silver bracelet with a turquoise gem in its center. Kelly and Jill had each found similar bracelets, only one had an onyx center and the other, ruby. As each girl picked up a bracelet, a kind of electrical charge surged through them. Jill soon glowed a bright red, while Kelly took on a black aura, and Sabrina flashed blue. Images exploded in each woman's mind, then... unconciousnessness.

Kelly was the first to wake up barely a minute later. Jill and Sabrina also snapped to, and all three women had the same image, the Metropolitan attacking downtown Los Angeles ...and the Morphin Rangers. All three women had the same thought...

-They need us!- they thought, none of them sure where the thought was coming from. Standing up, they clasped their hands together, as if they were praying, then raising their wrists skywards, yelled "ANGELS ASCEND!"

Jill: RUBY RED ANGEL!

Kelly: ONYX BLACK ANGEL!

Sabrina: TURQUOISE BLUE ANGEL!

In thee colored flashes, they soon found themselves in flowing capes which almost resembled wings, skintight mini dresses, matching boots, and jewelled tiaras, each in their respective color. Concentrating, the capes became actual wings, which carried the women into battle.

Metropolitron was demolishing most of Rodeo Drive, sending people screaming in panic, demolishing Ferraris, Fancy storefront clothing stores, and general property

The Morphin Rangers promptly went to work against the monster, everyone punching and kicking the creature. Pink, Black, and Yellow Rangers each used their weapons against the Metropolitron, only to have him shrug each attack off. Purple, Red, and White Rangers each then had a shot at him, when it took an explosive device at them, it looked like a piece of Tiffany crystal. It exploded, throwing the three into the Blue Ranger.

Jason, the Red Ranger, was now officially pissed off. "Enough of this! Let's take this creep!" As one, the seven Rangers charged the creature, who then fired more Tiffany explosives at the Rangers. "Must you Rangers be so uncouth and uncivilised as to continue this? Really, attacking one such as I? It truly is in your best interests to surrender right now, before I truly lose my temper." the Metropolitron said, as he threw 3 more crystal explosives at them, only to have three colored beams hit them, on of blue, one of red, and one of black. On contact, the crystals dissolved into dust.

"No, creep! It's in your best interest to give up!" A woman in blue shouted.

"And we do mean now! By the way, you wanna talk taseless?" another woman, a blond in a red minidress shouted.

"And no class? Just look in the mirror!" a third woman in black, with wavy brown hair shouted.

"Ah, some late arrivals! Well, the more to kill, the merrier! And just who are you?" Metropolitron shouted, as he shot destructive beams from his eyes.

"For future reference, if you survive, we're the Power Angels! I'm the Turquoise Blue Angel!" As they spoke, the three created a jewelled shield which sent the beams right back at the monster.

The blonde woman in red then jumped into the air, aiming a ruby red sword at the monster, taking almost deadly aim. Swinging with presicion, the woman in red struck the Metropolitron right in it's Armanirlike skin. snatching it's Gucchi bag of weapons. "You won't need these where you're going. By the by, I'm the Ruby Red Angel!"

The woman in black fired a series of gloss black razor-sharp projectiles at the monster, each doing some serious damage. "And who are you?" the Metropolitron asked, obviously in serious pain.

"Thanks for asking. Onyx Black Angel, at your service, or rather, disservice!" The newcomers gave the Morphin Rangers a chance to recover. Tommy, the White Ranger, got the others together. "OK, guys, get your weapons together, and let the ...Angels know what's about to happen."

Trini, the Yellow Ranger, got to the Angels, and told them their plan. They added their weapons to the mix:

Zack (Black Ranger): "POWER AXE!"

Kimberly(Pink Ranger) :"POWER BOW!"

Trini : "POWER DAGGERS!"

Cindy (Purple Ranger): "POWER SLINGS!"

Tommy: "POWER SABRE!"

Billy (Blue Ranger): "POWER LANCE!"

Jason: "POWER SWORD!"

The Angels added their weapons:

Jill: "RUBY SWORD!"

Kelly: "ONYX CROSSBOW!"

Sabrina: "TURQUOISE BOOMERANG!"

The resulting weapon was the Gossamerblast. the combined 10 weapons had the desired effect, finishing off the metropolitron, for good. With the monster destroyed, some questions were asked, and the three newcomers took them back to the Townsend Agency to ask them.

Jason was first, asking "Who are you?"

"Sabrina Duncan." the Blue Angel spoke.

"Hi. Jill Munroe." the Red Angel grinned.

"Kelly Garrett. Nice to meet you." the Black Angel added.

Each of the Rangers introduced themselves, then Billy spoke of the Angel gems, which were stolen by Divatox, but were retrieved by Princess Shayla, an old friend of Zordon. The Princess then sent the gems into their search for owners. The only one unaccounted for was the emerald gem.

"We'd better get in touch with your mentor, Zordon, and see what he thinks about all of this. Soon, the 10 were at the Command Center, where Zordon filled them in on Divatox' plans to capture and rule Earth. "You must not allow this to pass. The other gems will find their destined owners. You must find the emerald gem. I will contact Princess Shayla and her Wild Force Rangers. We may need their assistance."

"Well, in any case, we didn't get much of a chance to thank you for your help. You three were lifesavers!" Zack told them.

With her trademark humor and twinkle in her eye, Jill lightly joked "Was I the Cherry Life Saver?"

Kimberly giggled "Is she always like that?"

Kelly smiled "That's nothing. You ought to see her when she really gets going. The girl's just short of insane."

Trini spoke up just then "You're going to be some interesting new allies. Welcome aboard."

As the Angels were being shown around the Command Center, Zordon's thoughts went to the next angel crystal. Who would get it next. Then, for some inexplicable reason, a pink haze filled his vision for 19 seconds ...then faded.

INTERLUDE: HAWKMAN, HAWKWOMAN, STEED & MRS. PEEL

While this was going on, Simon was visiting his parents and sister in London. While at a Museum of Natural History, he ran across...

"PUTTIES! I really don't need them right now! IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"

"DRAGONZORD! Ok, claybrains, let's get this over with!" and the fight was on. Simon slashed, smashed, and pummeled the putties, however...

"DAMMIT! There's too many of them!"

At this point, 2 Winged heroes entered the building, the man smashing as many as he could with his mace, while the woman used an ancient crossbow.

"Typical male attitude, these putties." The woman frowned.

"Shayera, not is not the time or the place. Let's just finish these things off!"

2 more newcomers entered the fray. "Steed! I saw these on the telly, they're called putties. Hit them in the 'Z' spot, that should do it." The woman, Emma Peel shouted. The man called 'Steed', promptly hit 2 of them with his brolly, then slammed them into each other. Mrs Peel had finished off her pack, while the Green Ranger, Hawkman & Hawkwoman took care of the remaining putties. "Not bad. Quite a rush." Steed finished.

"Proves one thing; if a woman truly ran England, things like this wouldn't happen." Hawkwoman declared.

This brought an angry response from Simon. "Really? And just how would you have handled the situation?"

"I would have at least tried to keep the damage to a minimum! That's more than I can say for most of the testosterone-charged nutjobs in charge!"

"Lovely. 2 of London's top agents, and Hawkman, and who am I talking to? The freaking Amazon Bitch Queen from Elm Street."

"What the hell did you just call me?!?"

Hawkman ended it right there before any punches were thrown. "Excuse me. A Zordon wishes to talk to you." He said to Simon.

Simon's expression changed instantly. "Simon calling Power Chamber. What is it Zordon?" he asked, his voice instantly assuming a formal tone.

PART 2: JULIE:

Red-headed Bronx beauty Julie Rogers walked into her apartment. Her roomate was out, which, given her current state of mind, was probably a good thing. At that point in time, being a model was nothing more than a pain in the ass.

"Whoever said that modeling is easy money was probably stoned." Julie was considering a change of vocation, possibly joining the L.A. Police Academy. At least they're really trying to do some real good. Prancing around in skimpy swimwear and pasties for high-priced old

Just then, a flash of pink caught her eye. Looking down, she saw the source: a silver bracelet with a pink gemstone in it's center. Not knowing why, she put the bracelet on, then put on the radio, ordering a pizza.

"Where did this come from? I don't remember having a piece like this in my jewel box.- Julie's thoughts then drifted to the news on the radio. A monster the Zeo Rangers faced, the Somnibot, was back, placing people into a deep sleep. The seven Zeo Rangers were on the case, but it didn't look good at that point.

Lifting her bracelet up, she looked at the pink gem in it's center. For an unexplained reason, Julie sat up in her chair, then charged out the door, thinking to herself -Somnibot! I can destroy him!-

Racing out of the building, then around the deserted corner, Julie then clasped her hands together in prayer,as they rose to the sky, she yelled...

"ANGELS ASCEND! GARNET PINK ANGEL!"

Like before, with Jill, Kelly, and Sabrina, Julie was soon clad in a skintight minidress, matching boots and a tiara, and a long flowing cape, all colored pink. Rising into the sky, she flew towards the business district.

Jamie Zedden, the Purple Zeo Ranger, was trying to stay awake. "Man, will someone please stop that droning!" she mumbled. She and the other Zeo Rangers had recieved a heavy dose of Somnibot's deadly lullaby. Even the Gold Ranger was vulnerable to resist the sleep-inducing ditty. "Rock-a-bye-, Rangers, Let yourselves droop. I'll take this town, and then..." Somnibot started.

Right then, at earsplitting levels, drowning out the Somnibot, blasted Guns 'N Roses "Paradise City'. "NO! Who did this? Who ruined nappy time?" Somnibot shouted.

A redheaded woman in pink stood before him, shouting "Hey, you! Nap time's over... and so are you!" She then ended the music.

"Whoever you are, I hope you made a Kodak moment of this, it's gonna be your last" The monster yelled, taking full aim at the woman.

"Sorry, can't hear you. I've drowned out any and all sound that comes from you. Now for your speakers..." "GARNET AXE!" One masterful swing trashed the speakers, allowing the Zeo Rangers to wake up, and quickly.

"Bring 'em together, guys! TJ Carter, the Red Zeo Ranger, bellowed. As one, they called on the Zeo cannon. Then...

Cassie (Pink Zeo): "ZEO 1 POWER CELL!"

Ashley (Yellow Zeo): "ZEO 2 POWER CELL!"

Justin(Blue Zeo): "ZEO 3 POWER CELL"!

Carlos(Green Zeo): "ZEO 4 POWER CELL!"

TJ : "ZEO 5 POWER CELL!"

Jamie: "ZEO 6 POWER CELL!"

Trey(Gold Zeo): "GOLD ZEO POWER CELL!"

"Let's add a new ingredient!" the woman in pink yelled. "GARNET CROSSBOW, ACTIVATE!"

Put together, the weapons fired a blast too terrifying to behold. Sommnibot was smashed to bits, then the crossbow weapon finished off what was left.

"Uh, thanks. Who are you?" Justin asked.

"I think I'm supposed to be a. Power Angel. I'm supposed to go to a place called 'The Animarium'? "

"I just got word from Zordon. We're supposed to be there too. Let's go!" Cassie shouted.

PART 3: KRIS

San Francisco was not her first choice for a Police Academy to join, but if Jill found out she was thinking of becoming a policewoman, there would be hell to pay, especially since she thinks she's in college to become a teacher. However, just like her big sister, Kris Munroe definitely had a real stubborn streak, and wouldn't let anything get in the way of what she really wanted.

As she was heading for her car to go to the SFPDA, Kris caught sight of a silver bracelet with a topaz gem in the center. Putting it on, she then had visions of both the Wild Force and Lightstar Rangers in a heated battle with former hero Aquaman, who was now trying to destroy all land masses. Another thought told her what to do.

Like Jill, Kelly, Sabrina, & Julie, Kris yelled...

"ANGELS ASCEND! TOPAZ YELLOW ANGEL!"

"Oh, god! This outfit is HIDEOUS! I gotta do something about this thing, but, first things first!" Kris bellowed, flying towards the battle.

Both the Wild Force Rangers and the Lightstar Rangers had their hands full dealing with water zombies, mind controlled sharks, and 50ft. tsunamis hurtling towards them.

"Why is he doing this?" Pink Lightstar Kat Hilliard asked.

"Damned if I know, but this jackass has to be stopped NOW!" a voice shouted from above. A woman dressed in a yellow minidress came shooting down from the sky, holding in her hands a topaz crystal. To the surprise of the Wild Force Rangers, she shouted, "I call upon the power of the stallion!"

A loud whinnying sound signaled the coming of a large zord in the form of a yellow Arabian Stallion. A loud whinny, with destructive sonic capabilities somehow ended the tsunamis.

"Call the Wild Force Megazord, now!" the Topaz Yellow Angel shouted.

Cole, Taylor, Danny, Alyssa, & Max shouted as one. "WILD ZORDS, DESCEND!" As one, the Red Lion, Yellow Eagle, Black Bison, White Tiger, and Blue Shark Zords came to Earth, and combined to make the Wild Force MegaZord. When this was done, Merrick & Samantha combined the Silver Wolf, Pink Cheetah, and Green Deer zords to form a new Predazord. Good thing, because the zombies had grown to zord size.

As one, Merrick & Samantha shouted "PREDATOR SPEED WAVE!" With the Cheetah replacing the Alligator as the Predazord's main body, it gained incredible speed, which it used against it's group of zombies. The wave did it's job, while the Wild Force Megazord rode astride the Stallion zord, attacking the water zombies, and destroying them.

Max, with help from Kris, freed the sharks from Aquaman's control, as Cole went against Aquaman. "Why are you doing this? You used to be a hero!" the Red Wild Force Ranger demanded.

"And what the hell did it get me? My own people want me dead! Your people are destroying everything on this planet! I don't give a damn about any of you anymore! I just want you all to DIE!!!"

Aquaman then tried to spear Cole with his harpoon hand. Cole, however, swatted it away like it was nothing more than a gnat. "LION CLAW, GATLING MODE!" The Red Wild Force Ranger then shot Aquaman full of holes, then summoned the Falcon summoner, aiming at the one time Sea King's head, between the eyes.

"You don't get it! All this destruction, the bloodshed, for some petty revenge? You are too deadly to be allowed to run around like this! It ends NOW!" With one shot, Cole nailed Aquaman, killing him instantly.

Kris saw the whole battle. "Kinda wish there was another way, but like you said, he's too deadly to be allowed free. How are you doing?"

Cole shrugged. "Hey, he was going to destroy every living thing on the planet. I'm not gonna pretend to be in mourning over it."

"Oh, a Princess Shayla is calling us to a place called the Animarium." Kris added.

"Looks like all we did was come along for the ride. You guys did all the work." Andros smiled.

"Still, I get the feeling there may be something for us to do. Let's roll." Kat grinned. Turning to Kris, she asked "Coming?"

"Of course.

INTERLUDE: DYLAN, NATALIE, ALEX, AND LIGHTSPEED RESCUE

"Tell me we didn't really fight Jason Voorhees." Dylan asked Carolyn Parker, the new Purple Lightspeed Ranger.

"Believe it." Dana said, looking at Joel with new respect. The Green Lightspeed Ranger was widely known to have an ego the size of a small planet. After watching Joel decapitate Jason with the demon's own hockey stick (unmorphed, at that), she was starting to wonder if it was undersized. The corpse had been dismembered so that Jason couldn't be ressurrected (Carter's idea) and was now being sent to several not quite legal meat factories (the kind that don't worry where the meat comes from).

That had been Kelsey's idea. Sometimes, she worried them.

"BTW, who are you three?" Carolyn asked the three newest angels.

Meanwhile, Carter Grayson looked at Ryan Mitchell and asked "The Animarium?"

"Yeah. Zordon wants us to meet the others there. Dana & I were raised on stories of it, but I didn't think it really existed. Let's roll. You three as well."

Alex frowned. "Go where?"

"Alex." Natalie frowned.

Kelsey giggled. "Well, one thing you can say about our line of work. It's never boring."

Chad frowned. "There are days when I could stand to be bored." he muttered, nursing a broken arm.

"Could you?" Carter asked.

Chad frowned. Carter was right. The only thing worse than being in such a fight was watching it, wishing there was something you could do. While demons like Bansheera and Jason were around, doing nothing was infinitely worse than doing something.

"You think we're gonna have to fight Freddy Krueger next?" Joel asked.

The Animarium...

The 5 Ranger teams, the Justice League, The Power Angels, and the Avengers all stood in the Forest, waiting for someone to make a comment. Finally, Taylor spoke up. "I think we need to do this more often."

"I agree. All of what just happened was for a reason. Mainly, for all of us to get together." Green Lantern smiled.

"That's the truth. There are going to be those cases where the situation is too big for one team of Rangers." Trini stated.

"Or the Justice League." Black Canary added.

"Or secret agents." Mrs. Peel frowned.

"Or Angels." Kelly added.

"Just shows how much we need to do this." Hawkman added.

"Speaking as a new member of the team of Angels, I would like to have seasoned help when needed. Almost like our own version of the Justice League Of America." Natalie spoke.

"There's a thought. We could call ourselves Justice League International." Flash smiled.

"No, we need something catchier, like...The Legion Of Super Heroes." Max spoke.

"No, I don't think so. Doesn't really say it for me." Zack countered.

"And I like having Justice in the name." Batman stated.

"Then how about this...there are 5 teams of Rangers, 2 Avengers, a team of Power Angels, and the JLA. How about Ultimate Justice." Kimberly & Wonder Woman spoke together.

"Works for me." Cole grinned.

"Ultimate Justice it is." Superman smiled, and everyone agreed.

Epilogue 1:

Divatox growled. 8 of the Angel gems were now used for good. She still had the emerald Angel Gem. Divatox snickered to herself. "Watch out, heroes."

Epilogue 2:

Kris Munroe, Taylor Earhart, & Kelsey Winslow were at a car dealership helping Taylor buy a new car. "If you ladies will excuse me, I have a date with a gorgeous hunk of muscle." Kris smiled.

"If it's that tennis bum Bart Ashtower, the muscle's all in his head." Kelsey giggled.

"He's a tennis pro, not a tennis bum."

Hopping into her new car, Taylor grinned "Your sister says he's a bum, and we'd better watch out for you. Ladies, I am on my way back to Turtle Cove. See you at the next meeting, unless you decide to elope."

"Later." Kris grinned.

Taylor sped off in her new car, calling Alyssa.

"Alyssa, you are not going to believe my new car, it is amazing!"

...But, that's another story.

THE END

TBC...by ??????

Dedicated to the memory of Duke Brown (1975-1999). One of the coolest people I've met on the Internet. May the Power Protect you, now and forever.

The End... for now