Wingzero: Once again, I start another chappie.
Zhane: Is that a good sign?
Andros: Yes.
Zhane: Why?
Karone: It means we'll be in making our appearance shortly.
Zhane: I knew that!
Andros: Sure you did.
Wingzero: *ignores them* I would have posted this sooner except SOMEONE reported my fic and my account is locked.
Zack: Wingzero does not own Power Rangers of any series, but she does own Lucaz.
After we had finished arranging the extra rooms into bedroom, it was time for dinner. Tommy and Kim still hadn't emerged from his bedroom. I wondered what they were doing behind those closed doors. Still, I shouldn't be nosing around in other people's personal lives.
Upon reaching the room, I heard three rangers arguing over something. Jason, Rocky, and Adam reached our dining area way ahead of me. Figures, Rocky would be the first one, followed by Adam. No, Rocky usually dragged Adam there. Jason made it there without someone pulling him. Even though Jason didn't love food as much as Rocky, he knew he had to eat a balanced diet in order to stay in top condition.
"What are you three arguing about?" I asked the trio when I reached the door. To my surprise, they had that box we had retrieved from the Power Chamber.
"We were tying to open it," Rocky admitted sheepishly.
"Did you check to see if there were any traps?" I asked, being very cautious. Who knows, my father could have placed trap to prevent evil hands from obtaining whatever was in it.
"I checked," Jason assured me. Being a former leader, he also took precautions.
"Good," I said while inspecting the box. What was in it? My father never told me, because he must have made it before my recent visit and after my last one. "Have you looked for any holes or locks of some sort."
"We already tried that," Adam said exasperated.
"We also tried to cut a hole in it using our laser and swords," Jason continued for Adam. "Nothing works against this thing."
"If you think about it, none of them would work," I mused, in which I received blank stares. "If it survived the destruction of the Power Chamber, then it would surely survive a laser."
"Why didn't we think of that?" Rocky slapped his forehead with his right hand.
"I don't think Zordon would have made it easy to open it," Jason said, reaching down and finger the symbol on it. "Whatever is in this. It must be important."
"I agree," Adam backed Jason up. "If we could only open it."
"If it were only that easy," Rocky sighed. "Then it would have been opened a long time ago."
I placed my hand on the symbol after Jason finished touching it. Suddenly, it started to glow a soft white color before blinding every one of us. Since I had sensitive vision, it took me longer to recover from the blinding light.
"I don't believe it," Rocky gasped as he found his voice before the other two.
"What is it?" I asked, trying to blink away the colored spots.
"Zordon had an extra morpher stored away," Jason found his voice after Rocky.
When I had my vision cleared, I found all three of them staring at the content of the box. Inside it, a single morpher laid untouched. This design resembled the turbo morphers, except it had a slight difference to it. I never knew there was a sixth turbo morpher. Looking at the inscription, I discovered it to be the purple turbo morpher.
"What does it say?" Adam asked me, curiously.
"This is the purple morpher," I answered the confused rangers. "Father never mentioned about creating a sixth morpher."
"He never mentioned to us either," Adam realized something was up. "When we switched from Zeo to Turbo, we had only five rangers. Carlos informed me they have been having a rough time with Divatox, but the Phantom Ranger saved them."
"My guess is that Zordon created a new morpher in response to the crisis, but they didn't use it, since the Phantom Ranger showed up," Jason mused over the information the green turbo ranger gave us. "He did it last time, when I was still the red ranger."
"You mentioned it to us," Rocky spoke up before his stomach made its presence known. "If you'll excuse me, I have a date with the synthetron."
The others rolled their eyes at the green lightstar ranger's antics. Sure, he did seem like a goofball and childish at times, but when it comes down to the wire, I couldn't ask for a better ranger. During our mission in the simudeck, Rocky showed me a different side to him. Although he has a fun and energetic personality on the outside, he felt pain, suffering, and loneliness inside. I wish I didn't have to recall the rangers, but I had no other choice.
"Who will hold onto it?" Adam asked while looking between me and Jason.
"I say Luc should hold onto it," Jason said with a final note to it. "After all you are leader of the entire power ranger team."
"Sure," I said hesitating after a few seconds. Why not? When I touched it, the mysterious box unlocked and opened itself. I picked it up and held in my hand, while inspecting it.
Soon, Rocky had placed all of our meals on the table. I had tucked away the new morpher into my pocket for safe keeping. The others chatted away about their adventures and reminisced about their past fights.
A short while after we had started eating, Tommy and Kim joined us with huge grins on both of their faces. Something has changed between the two of them. I wasn't sure what it was, but I was glad for the both of them, seeing as they were extremely happy.
"So what happened?" Rocky asked, while looking innocent.
"It was all a misunderstanding," Tommy answered the curious ranger as he punched in the code for their dinner.
"Yeah, we've sorted everything out," Kim continued for him.
"You two don't mind being on the same team?" I questioned them. I wouldn't be this curious unless it interfered with the team. I will not have this team fall apart, especially when we were going to go up against such an evil force.
"We don't mind," Tommy said trying to assure me everything was okay. "As a matter of fact, we decided to start going out." Both of them took a seat next to each other.
"How did you get back together?" Jason asked, very curiously. Why wouldn't he? Tommy was like a brother to him, and I was sure he didn't want to see Tommy getting hurt again.
"While I was in Angel Grove, I saw Kat had a crush on him," Kim explained her story. "By the time I had moved to the gymnastics training area and settled down, I thought I was being selfish in trying to keep a long distance relationship. I knew that Kat liked him, but I was holding him back so I sent him a letter saying that I found someone."
"But you see, she didn't," Tommy continued for her. "She made him up so I wouldn't feel bad when I asked Kat out on a date."
"So you both like each other?" Adam said.
"Yes," the couple answered. I would have never suspected them to end up like this. Maybe I thought of them as being friends but not girlfriend and boyfriend.
"Guess what?" Rocky asked playfully.
"What?" Tommy answered Rocky's question with another.
"You have to guess!" Rocky pouted.
"You know I'm not good at guessing," Tommy sighed as he tried to think.
"We found a sixth turbo morpher," I answered bluntly.
"No fair!" Rocky whined a little, which Adam and Jason started laughing. Kim eventually joined those two and laughed at the poor ranger.
"We had a sixth morpher?" Tommy questioned. His facial expression grew very serious.
"What color is it?" Her curiosity emerged full force.
"Purple," I answered her.
"We never had a purple ranger before," Kim said thoughtfully.
"That was because we never needed more than six rangers at a time," I said in response to her musings. The ranger team usually consisted of red, black/green, blue, yellow, and pink. If there was an extra ranger, it would be silver, gold, white, or green.
After we had finished dinner, Tommy and I held a meeting in my room to discuss the recruiting of the yellow and purple turbo rangers. He informed me that Aisha was still in Africa, helping the sick and injured animals. Even though it had been awhile since she departed, she and Kim kept in constant contact with each other. Aisha and a group of scientists had discovered a cure for a disease that was spreading like wild fire throughout Africa. Kim said Aisha had stayed behind, because she still wanted to help the animals. Also, she grown rather fond of the place and couldn't imagine leaving it, unless she was needed elsewhere.
Trini, on the other hand, had gone to college to get her degree in psychology. She and Kim kept in touch with each other. This should be easier than finding the former pink rangers. At least one of our members knew the exact locations of the former yellow rangers. Well, she knew at least two of them. I heard that Aisha and Kim were best friends, so naturally they would keep in contact. I wasn't sure about Trini, since I haven't met her.
The next day, we split up into two groups. The turbo rangers would search for Trini; while the rest of us will search for Aisha. I made my decision based on the fact that we lightstar rangers can cover a larger area with out galaxy gliders. Since Aisha usually was out of her village helping injured or sick animals, finding her will be much more difficult than searching a college.
Gliding over the African plains, I couldn't help but feel at home. True, I have knowledge way ahead of the rest of my kind, but I still enjoyed spending time in nature untouched by civilization. I often spent nights, sleeping in the tree tops. Those were the days, the care free days before he appeared. I don't know when or where. Out of nowhere, he brought death and destruction. Hardly anyone survived his attacks, and when they do, they were too frightened to say anything or could hardly speak without bursting into tears.
"You seem to be in deep thought," Rocky said breaking the silence.
"It's been awhile since I have seen nature untouched by civilization," I told him the truth while sighing. "As much as I am involved with science and technology, I still find pleasure in the simple things of life."
"What do you mean by that?" Jason asked, maneuvering his glider towards mine.
"Elves do not use science and technology," I answered him. "Have you ever read Lord of the Rings trilogy?"
"That's a great series," Jason commented.
"What are you two talking about?" Rocky asked, out of confusion.
"We are like those elves," I said before either of them could ask another question I continued. "You see Middle Earth does exist, but on another planet."
"That means there was a ring of power!" Jason gasped at the revelation.
"Yes, the fellowship of the ring also existed, but it was back then," I said with remorse. I had known Legolas before he made his journey with Gimli. "I know Legolas and Gimli before they departed across the sea."
"What about the others?" Jason asked, now very interested in my life.
"Boromir died before I could met him," I answered the curious gold ranger. "I met Frodo, Mithrandir, and Bilbo before they crossed, though it was a brief meeting. I helped Legolas and the other elves with the reforestation. Through Legolas, I met Gimli. Through time, I have met Sam, Pippin, and Merry."
"Wow, I thought that was only fiction," Jason said in amazement. "I would have never guessed that they were real living beings." Tilting his head, I knew he was confused. "Then how would the author know about the fellowship."
"Legolas told me, I told him," I answered his question.
"That does seem to make sense," Jason said, not arguing against my explanation.
Rocky remained silent the entire time. He had no clue as to what we were talking about. When I glanced over at the usually cheerful ranger, he had his scanner out and was trying to locate Aisha. I sighed before returning back to my scanner.
"Over there!" Jason called out to us. I discovered the gold ranger had moved away from the both of us and was heading towards a clearing. Peering over there, I also found several humans standing near a lion. However, the lion wasn't cooperating with them.
When we had reached there, we ran into Aisha, the former yellow ranger. She tried to help and sedate the creature, but no one could get close to it without getting injured or even killed. A few of the brave ones had gotten close to it, only to retreat to a safe distance.
"What seems to be the problem?" Jason asked, completely forgetting he was still morphed.
The humans turned around and gasped as they saw the gold ranger standing close to them. By the way they reacted to him I bet they haven't seen a ranger up close and in person before. Several murmurs and whispers traveled through the small crowd as we slowly approached the lioness, which I soon discovered it was a female.
"She's about to give birth, but she won't let us help her," Aisha spoke up for the crowd. Since she had been around power rangers before, she kept calm and cool; whereas her team mates were in several states of shock.
"I'll handle this," I said motioning for the others to stay back. When I had reached her, she slashed out with her claw. I nimbly dodged them and began trying to sooth her in my native language, sindarin.
She stopped thrashing around and allowed me to help her, though she wouldn't allow anyone else to come closer to her. In the end, I needed a bath. My uniform was stained red and we found Aisha. I hoped the others find Trini. Then we'll have to sort out who gets which morpher.
Later on that day, the Trini and Aisha spent the afternoon hanging out with their former team mates. They were talking about the good old days. I wished I had friends like them; then life wouldn't be as lonely or long as I thought it to be. Before they went on their trip down memory lane, I asked the other rangers to inform the newest rangers on our mission.
So here I was sitting alone in the simudeck. I spent a good hour practicing my swordsmanship before taking a break. Instead of going up against several opponents, I decided to work on my technique, because I thought I was getting sloppy. I used the forest stage as my practice grounds. Currently, I was sitting in a tree, watching the simulated creatures fly by. They had a much easier life. Heck, they didn't even exist.
"Legolas, why did I turn down your offer?" I quietly asked myself. He had invited me to join him on his journey, but I had politely declined. I told him that I needed to stay behind. He kept on asking me why, but I told him the fate of the universe depends on it. For at that time, I had started to sense a new threat rising over the horizon.
I absently pulled one of the trees seeds and threw it into the pond. As I watched the ripples flow away from the center, I tucked myself into a ball. If Father saw me now, he would be ashamed of me. For the first time, I felt incomplete, alone, and yes even scared. I felt completely lost.
The other rangers had something I didn't. They had friends and not just every day friends. They had true friends, friends who stick with you no matter what. I wished I had those types of friends, but alas, I had a long lifespan. In my youth I had several friends, but when they started dying one by one, I couldn't take it any more. I stopped making true friends. Then this happened. I felt this evil presence and I had to do something against it. I spent most of my life training in the fight against evil.
"Lucaz, why don't you join us?" Jason asked bringing me out of my thoughts.
"For what?" I asked curiously, while looking down at the gold ranger.
"We're just talking," Jason answered my question.
"Go ahead without me," I let out a small sigh.
Jason would not give up that easily. "I take it you don't have many friends."
"You can tell?" I said leaning against the tree.
"You seem distant from us," Jason said, sitting on a nearby rock. "When we are out on missions, you seem to be closer to us. When we come back, you distance yourself from us."
"I've been hurt several times in the past," I said, almost regretting what I just told him.
"You have to move on," Jason said, not understanding what I had meant.
"I'm talking about dying from old age," I leapt gracefully down from the tree. "Elves have a very long life span. I have seen children grow up and their children grow up. Heck, I have even seen their descendants have children."
"I don't understand how you feel but please help me to," Jason pleaded with me.
"Every time a close friend of mine dies, I lose a part of me," I informed him, while trying not to cry. I learned from past experiences that weak rangers get killed. Ever since I went out on my own, I had become a colder person to be around.
"I don't know what to say," Jason said, remorsefully.
"Don't say anything," I asked him. Our eyes locked onto each other's for a moment before I broke our connection.
"The others want to know who will receive the yellow morpher," Jason said quickly changing the topic, to which I was grateful for.
"No problem," I said turning off the simulation and headed out of the room with the gold ranger a step behind.
When I had reached the room, everyone turned to face me. They carefully watched me as I walked to the center of the room. I could feel their anticipation and excitement. They wanted to know who will receive which morpher. "After thinking, I have decided that Aisha will keep the yellow morpher and Trini will receive the purple morpher."
Both former yellow rangers stepped forward to receive their morphers. I handed them each a morpher and stood back as they literally explode with excitement. The others soon were in a group hug, as I watched from a safe distance.
'Happiness doesn't last forever. Enjoy it while you still can.' As I was about to turn away, I heard Jason whispering something to the others. What was he up to? Before I could say anything, every ranger surrounded me in a group hug. What?!?!
"Huh?" was all that came out of my mouth.
"Jason told us about your conversation," Tommy said, trying to sound cheerful. He had one arm around my shoulder in a friendly way. "You know we'll be your friends."
"Thanks but no thanks," I said, removing his arm.
"Why won't you accept our friendship?" Rocky asked. He looked completely hurt.
"Because in a hundred years, you'll all be dead, and I won't have aged," I almost exploded at the rangers. How would they know what it was like? They lived for less than twenty five years. I think the oldest was around that age, but I could never be certain.
"You never know what's going to happen in the future," Kim said, reminding me of her relationship with Tommy. True, we never thought they would get back together.
"We'll still be your friends, even in death," Aisha said, trying to break through my exterior.
"Please don't push us away, we want to help you," Trini practically pleaded to me.
"You can't help, no one can," I said, hanging my head. Suddenly, the floor looked a lot interesting than before.
"That isn't true!" Tommy snapped at me. "You have friends. We're not about to give up on you. One way or another we're going to help you whether you like it or not."
"I second that," Adam backed up his team leader.
"I'm not giving up on you," Jason said.
Why were they doing this? Can't they see I want to live in my own misery? I wanted to finish this mission and join the other elves, but I couldn't. There would always be evil as there will always be good.
A hand gripped my shoulder preventing me from leaving. "We're all here behind you."
I didn't see whose hand it was, because I wrenched away from the grip and took off. As an elf I had an advantage, when it comes to running. I opened my bedroom door and collapsed on my bed. Curling up into a tight ball, I could feel cool liquid drops on my face. I've never cried in my entire life. Why did I start now?
My door opened up to reveal the other rangers as they trooped in my room. Jason being the brave one flipped me to where he could see my face and gasped as he saw the tears streaming down my face. I couldn't see his face, but I can tell he was shocked. The other rangers remained quiet as Jason pulled me closer to him and allowed me to cry on his shoulder.
"No one is going to leave you. We promise, we'll stick with you until the end of time."
Wingzero: *sniffles* Such a sad ending. *bawls*
Ray: *comforts his girlfriend*
Rangers: *also crying since it was such a sad chappie ending*
DS: *sees everyone depressed and hands out several tissues*
Wingzero: So much character analysis.
Legolas: We're in your fic?
Wingzero: Uh no.
Legolas: Oh, okay.
Wingzero: Tell me what yah think. *sniffles*
Zhane: Is that a good sign?
Andros: Yes.
Zhane: Why?
Karone: It means we'll be in making our appearance shortly.
Zhane: I knew that!
Andros: Sure you did.
Wingzero: *ignores them* I would have posted this sooner except SOMEONE reported my fic and my account is locked.
Zack: Wingzero does not own Power Rangers of any series, but she does own Lucaz.
After we had finished arranging the extra rooms into bedroom, it was time for dinner. Tommy and Kim still hadn't emerged from his bedroom. I wondered what they were doing behind those closed doors. Still, I shouldn't be nosing around in other people's personal lives.
Upon reaching the room, I heard three rangers arguing over something. Jason, Rocky, and Adam reached our dining area way ahead of me. Figures, Rocky would be the first one, followed by Adam. No, Rocky usually dragged Adam there. Jason made it there without someone pulling him. Even though Jason didn't love food as much as Rocky, he knew he had to eat a balanced diet in order to stay in top condition.
"What are you three arguing about?" I asked the trio when I reached the door. To my surprise, they had that box we had retrieved from the Power Chamber.
"We were tying to open it," Rocky admitted sheepishly.
"Did you check to see if there were any traps?" I asked, being very cautious. Who knows, my father could have placed trap to prevent evil hands from obtaining whatever was in it.
"I checked," Jason assured me. Being a former leader, he also took precautions.
"Good," I said while inspecting the box. What was in it? My father never told me, because he must have made it before my recent visit and after my last one. "Have you looked for any holes or locks of some sort."
"We already tried that," Adam said exasperated.
"We also tried to cut a hole in it using our laser and swords," Jason continued for Adam. "Nothing works against this thing."
"If you think about it, none of them would work," I mused, in which I received blank stares. "If it survived the destruction of the Power Chamber, then it would surely survive a laser."
"Why didn't we think of that?" Rocky slapped his forehead with his right hand.
"I don't think Zordon would have made it easy to open it," Jason said, reaching down and finger the symbol on it. "Whatever is in this. It must be important."
"I agree," Adam backed Jason up. "If we could only open it."
"If it were only that easy," Rocky sighed. "Then it would have been opened a long time ago."
I placed my hand on the symbol after Jason finished touching it. Suddenly, it started to glow a soft white color before blinding every one of us. Since I had sensitive vision, it took me longer to recover from the blinding light.
"I don't believe it," Rocky gasped as he found his voice before the other two.
"What is it?" I asked, trying to blink away the colored spots.
"Zordon had an extra morpher stored away," Jason found his voice after Rocky.
When I had my vision cleared, I found all three of them staring at the content of the box. Inside it, a single morpher laid untouched. This design resembled the turbo morphers, except it had a slight difference to it. I never knew there was a sixth turbo morpher. Looking at the inscription, I discovered it to be the purple turbo morpher.
"What does it say?" Adam asked me, curiously.
"This is the purple morpher," I answered the confused rangers. "Father never mentioned about creating a sixth morpher."
"He never mentioned to us either," Adam realized something was up. "When we switched from Zeo to Turbo, we had only five rangers. Carlos informed me they have been having a rough time with Divatox, but the Phantom Ranger saved them."
"My guess is that Zordon created a new morpher in response to the crisis, but they didn't use it, since the Phantom Ranger showed up," Jason mused over the information the green turbo ranger gave us. "He did it last time, when I was still the red ranger."
"You mentioned it to us," Rocky spoke up before his stomach made its presence known. "If you'll excuse me, I have a date with the synthetron."
The others rolled their eyes at the green lightstar ranger's antics. Sure, he did seem like a goofball and childish at times, but when it comes down to the wire, I couldn't ask for a better ranger. During our mission in the simudeck, Rocky showed me a different side to him. Although he has a fun and energetic personality on the outside, he felt pain, suffering, and loneliness inside. I wish I didn't have to recall the rangers, but I had no other choice.
"Who will hold onto it?" Adam asked while looking between me and Jason.
"I say Luc should hold onto it," Jason said with a final note to it. "After all you are leader of the entire power ranger team."
"Sure," I said hesitating after a few seconds. Why not? When I touched it, the mysterious box unlocked and opened itself. I picked it up and held in my hand, while inspecting it.
Soon, Rocky had placed all of our meals on the table. I had tucked away the new morpher into my pocket for safe keeping. The others chatted away about their adventures and reminisced about their past fights.
A short while after we had started eating, Tommy and Kim joined us with huge grins on both of their faces. Something has changed between the two of them. I wasn't sure what it was, but I was glad for the both of them, seeing as they were extremely happy.
"So what happened?" Rocky asked, while looking innocent.
"It was all a misunderstanding," Tommy answered the curious ranger as he punched in the code for their dinner.
"Yeah, we've sorted everything out," Kim continued for him.
"You two don't mind being on the same team?" I questioned them. I wouldn't be this curious unless it interfered with the team. I will not have this team fall apart, especially when we were going to go up against such an evil force.
"We don't mind," Tommy said trying to assure me everything was okay. "As a matter of fact, we decided to start going out." Both of them took a seat next to each other.
"How did you get back together?" Jason asked, very curiously. Why wouldn't he? Tommy was like a brother to him, and I was sure he didn't want to see Tommy getting hurt again.
"While I was in Angel Grove, I saw Kat had a crush on him," Kim explained her story. "By the time I had moved to the gymnastics training area and settled down, I thought I was being selfish in trying to keep a long distance relationship. I knew that Kat liked him, but I was holding him back so I sent him a letter saying that I found someone."
"But you see, she didn't," Tommy continued for her. "She made him up so I wouldn't feel bad when I asked Kat out on a date."
"So you both like each other?" Adam said.
"Yes," the couple answered. I would have never suspected them to end up like this. Maybe I thought of them as being friends but not girlfriend and boyfriend.
"Guess what?" Rocky asked playfully.
"What?" Tommy answered Rocky's question with another.
"You have to guess!" Rocky pouted.
"You know I'm not good at guessing," Tommy sighed as he tried to think.
"We found a sixth turbo morpher," I answered bluntly.
"No fair!" Rocky whined a little, which Adam and Jason started laughing. Kim eventually joined those two and laughed at the poor ranger.
"We had a sixth morpher?" Tommy questioned. His facial expression grew very serious.
"What color is it?" Her curiosity emerged full force.
"Purple," I answered her.
"We never had a purple ranger before," Kim said thoughtfully.
"That was because we never needed more than six rangers at a time," I said in response to her musings. The ranger team usually consisted of red, black/green, blue, yellow, and pink. If there was an extra ranger, it would be silver, gold, white, or green.
After we had finished dinner, Tommy and I held a meeting in my room to discuss the recruiting of the yellow and purple turbo rangers. He informed me that Aisha was still in Africa, helping the sick and injured animals. Even though it had been awhile since she departed, she and Kim kept in constant contact with each other. Aisha and a group of scientists had discovered a cure for a disease that was spreading like wild fire throughout Africa. Kim said Aisha had stayed behind, because she still wanted to help the animals. Also, she grown rather fond of the place and couldn't imagine leaving it, unless she was needed elsewhere.
Trini, on the other hand, had gone to college to get her degree in psychology. She and Kim kept in touch with each other. This should be easier than finding the former pink rangers. At least one of our members knew the exact locations of the former yellow rangers. Well, she knew at least two of them. I heard that Aisha and Kim were best friends, so naturally they would keep in contact. I wasn't sure about Trini, since I haven't met her.
The next day, we split up into two groups. The turbo rangers would search for Trini; while the rest of us will search for Aisha. I made my decision based on the fact that we lightstar rangers can cover a larger area with out galaxy gliders. Since Aisha usually was out of her village helping injured or sick animals, finding her will be much more difficult than searching a college.
Gliding over the African plains, I couldn't help but feel at home. True, I have knowledge way ahead of the rest of my kind, but I still enjoyed spending time in nature untouched by civilization. I often spent nights, sleeping in the tree tops. Those were the days, the care free days before he appeared. I don't know when or where. Out of nowhere, he brought death and destruction. Hardly anyone survived his attacks, and when they do, they were too frightened to say anything or could hardly speak without bursting into tears.
"You seem to be in deep thought," Rocky said breaking the silence.
"It's been awhile since I have seen nature untouched by civilization," I told him the truth while sighing. "As much as I am involved with science and technology, I still find pleasure in the simple things of life."
"What do you mean by that?" Jason asked, maneuvering his glider towards mine.
"Elves do not use science and technology," I answered him. "Have you ever read Lord of the Rings trilogy?"
"That's a great series," Jason commented.
"What are you two talking about?" Rocky asked, out of confusion.
"We are like those elves," I said before either of them could ask another question I continued. "You see Middle Earth does exist, but on another planet."
"That means there was a ring of power!" Jason gasped at the revelation.
"Yes, the fellowship of the ring also existed, but it was back then," I said with remorse. I had known Legolas before he made his journey with Gimli. "I know Legolas and Gimli before they departed across the sea."
"What about the others?" Jason asked, now very interested in my life.
"Boromir died before I could met him," I answered the curious gold ranger. "I met Frodo, Mithrandir, and Bilbo before they crossed, though it was a brief meeting. I helped Legolas and the other elves with the reforestation. Through Legolas, I met Gimli. Through time, I have met Sam, Pippin, and Merry."
"Wow, I thought that was only fiction," Jason said in amazement. "I would have never guessed that they were real living beings." Tilting his head, I knew he was confused. "Then how would the author know about the fellowship."
"Legolas told me, I told him," I answered his question.
"That does seem to make sense," Jason said, not arguing against my explanation.
Rocky remained silent the entire time. He had no clue as to what we were talking about. When I glanced over at the usually cheerful ranger, he had his scanner out and was trying to locate Aisha. I sighed before returning back to my scanner.
"Over there!" Jason called out to us. I discovered the gold ranger had moved away from the both of us and was heading towards a clearing. Peering over there, I also found several humans standing near a lion. However, the lion wasn't cooperating with them.
When we had reached there, we ran into Aisha, the former yellow ranger. She tried to help and sedate the creature, but no one could get close to it without getting injured or even killed. A few of the brave ones had gotten close to it, only to retreat to a safe distance.
"What seems to be the problem?" Jason asked, completely forgetting he was still morphed.
The humans turned around and gasped as they saw the gold ranger standing close to them. By the way they reacted to him I bet they haven't seen a ranger up close and in person before. Several murmurs and whispers traveled through the small crowd as we slowly approached the lioness, which I soon discovered it was a female.
"She's about to give birth, but she won't let us help her," Aisha spoke up for the crowd. Since she had been around power rangers before, she kept calm and cool; whereas her team mates were in several states of shock.
"I'll handle this," I said motioning for the others to stay back. When I had reached her, she slashed out with her claw. I nimbly dodged them and began trying to sooth her in my native language, sindarin.
She stopped thrashing around and allowed me to help her, though she wouldn't allow anyone else to come closer to her. In the end, I needed a bath. My uniform was stained red and we found Aisha. I hoped the others find Trini. Then we'll have to sort out who gets which morpher.
Later on that day, the Trini and Aisha spent the afternoon hanging out with their former team mates. They were talking about the good old days. I wished I had friends like them; then life wouldn't be as lonely or long as I thought it to be. Before they went on their trip down memory lane, I asked the other rangers to inform the newest rangers on our mission.
So here I was sitting alone in the simudeck. I spent a good hour practicing my swordsmanship before taking a break. Instead of going up against several opponents, I decided to work on my technique, because I thought I was getting sloppy. I used the forest stage as my practice grounds. Currently, I was sitting in a tree, watching the simulated creatures fly by. They had a much easier life. Heck, they didn't even exist.
"Legolas, why did I turn down your offer?" I quietly asked myself. He had invited me to join him on his journey, but I had politely declined. I told him that I needed to stay behind. He kept on asking me why, but I told him the fate of the universe depends on it. For at that time, I had started to sense a new threat rising over the horizon.
I absently pulled one of the trees seeds and threw it into the pond. As I watched the ripples flow away from the center, I tucked myself into a ball. If Father saw me now, he would be ashamed of me. For the first time, I felt incomplete, alone, and yes even scared. I felt completely lost.
The other rangers had something I didn't. They had friends and not just every day friends. They had true friends, friends who stick with you no matter what. I wished I had those types of friends, but alas, I had a long lifespan. In my youth I had several friends, but when they started dying one by one, I couldn't take it any more. I stopped making true friends. Then this happened. I felt this evil presence and I had to do something against it. I spent most of my life training in the fight against evil.
"Lucaz, why don't you join us?" Jason asked bringing me out of my thoughts.
"For what?" I asked curiously, while looking down at the gold ranger.
"We're just talking," Jason answered my question.
"Go ahead without me," I let out a small sigh.
Jason would not give up that easily. "I take it you don't have many friends."
"You can tell?" I said leaning against the tree.
"You seem distant from us," Jason said, sitting on a nearby rock. "When we are out on missions, you seem to be closer to us. When we come back, you distance yourself from us."
"I've been hurt several times in the past," I said, almost regretting what I just told him.
"You have to move on," Jason said, not understanding what I had meant.
"I'm talking about dying from old age," I leapt gracefully down from the tree. "Elves have a very long life span. I have seen children grow up and their children grow up. Heck, I have even seen their descendants have children."
"I don't understand how you feel but please help me to," Jason pleaded with me.
"Every time a close friend of mine dies, I lose a part of me," I informed him, while trying not to cry. I learned from past experiences that weak rangers get killed. Ever since I went out on my own, I had become a colder person to be around.
"I don't know what to say," Jason said, remorsefully.
"Don't say anything," I asked him. Our eyes locked onto each other's for a moment before I broke our connection.
"The others want to know who will receive the yellow morpher," Jason said quickly changing the topic, to which I was grateful for.
"No problem," I said turning off the simulation and headed out of the room with the gold ranger a step behind.
When I had reached the room, everyone turned to face me. They carefully watched me as I walked to the center of the room. I could feel their anticipation and excitement. They wanted to know who will receive which morpher. "After thinking, I have decided that Aisha will keep the yellow morpher and Trini will receive the purple morpher."
Both former yellow rangers stepped forward to receive their morphers. I handed them each a morpher and stood back as they literally explode with excitement. The others soon were in a group hug, as I watched from a safe distance.
'Happiness doesn't last forever. Enjoy it while you still can.' As I was about to turn away, I heard Jason whispering something to the others. What was he up to? Before I could say anything, every ranger surrounded me in a group hug. What?!?!
"Huh?" was all that came out of my mouth.
"Jason told us about your conversation," Tommy said, trying to sound cheerful. He had one arm around my shoulder in a friendly way. "You know we'll be your friends."
"Thanks but no thanks," I said, removing his arm.
"Why won't you accept our friendship?" Rocky asked. He looked completely hurt.
"Because in a hundred years, you'll all be dead, and I won't have aged," I almost exploded at the rangers. How would they know what it was like? They lived for less than twenty five years. I think the oldest was around that age, but I could never be certain.
"You never know what's going to happen in the future," Kim said, reminding me of her relationship with Tommy. True, we never thought they would get back together.
"We'll still be your friends, even in death," Aisha said, trying to break through my exterior.
"Please don't push us away, we want to help you," Trini practically pleaded to me.
"You can't help, no one can," I said, hanging my head. Suddenly, the floor looked a lot interesting than before.
"That isn't true!" Tommy snapped at me. "You have friends. We're not about to give up on you. One way or another we're going to help you whether you like it or not."
"I second that," Adam backed up his team leader.
"I'm not giving up on you," Jason said.
Why were they doing this? Can't they see I want to live in my own misery? I wanted to finish this mission and join the other elves, but I couldn't. There would always be evil as there will always be good.
A hand gripped my shoulder preventing me from leaving. "We're all here behind you."
I didn't see whose hand it was, because I wrenched away from the grip and took off. As an elf I had an advantage, when it comes to running. I opened my bedroom door and collapsed on my bed. Curling up into a tight ball, I could feel cool liquid drops on my face. I've never cried in my entire life. Why did I start now?
My door opened up to reveal the other rangers as they trooped in my room. Jason being the brave one flipped me to where he could see my face and gasped as he saw the tears streaming down my face. I couldn't see his face, but I can tell he was shocked. The other rangers remained quiet as Jason pulled me closer to him and allowed me to cry on his shoulder.
"No one is going to leave you. We promise, we'll stick with you until the end of time."
Wingzero: *sniffles* Such a sad ending. *bawls*
Ray: *comforts his girlfriend*
Rangers: *also crying since it was such a sad chappie ending*
DS: *sees everyone depressed and hands out several tissues*
Wingzero: So much character analysis.
Legolas: We're in your fic?
Wingzero: Uh no.
Legolas: Oh, okay.
Wingzero: Tell me what yah think. *sniffles*