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AN: Hello readers! Here's chapter 3 of Silver Hope 2! Enjoy and please leave a review! Thanks! Also, a quick note, the space rangers appear in this chapter, minus Zhane and Karone at this time.
Silver Hope 2: Enemies Return
Chapter 3: The Element of Surprise
{Location: The apartment of Zack Taylor and Tanya Sloan-Taylor. New York, New York.}
An all too familiar six-tone beeping sounded from Zack Taylor's wrist. Tanya Sloan-Taylor's eyes met his with the same eerie glance.
"Man, it's been a long time since this thing has gone off," Zack said.
"If it's going off, then that means what's going on in Angel Grove is related to some evil force," Tanya deduced. Zack nodded and answered.
"This is Zack, is that you Billy?" Zack asked.
"Hey Zack, we've got trouble. I need you and Tanya to be ready to teleport soon," Billy said.
"K Billy, give us about an hour to pack and talk to our bosses," Zack said.
"It's Zedd, isn't Billy," Tanya said.
"Yes, but I will explain the rest when you get here," Billy replied.
"Zack out," Zack said, as he and Tanya became very busy.
~*~*~*
Kat sat in deep thought, while Billy shuffled around the chamber. Her memories floated back to that defining night almost seven years ago. The night Cestria had nearly killed her, but had been defeated and imprisoned inside a space canister. The pink zeo ranger couldn't shake the horrible feeling that she had in the pit of her stomach. She was afraid that Zedd wasn't the only back for revenge.
"Kat? Kat, are you okay?" Billy asked, trying to get her attention.
"Huh? Oh, sorry, I zoned out there for minute," Kat said.
"What's bothering you?" Billy asked.
"Um...it's nothing really," Kat replied. Billy took her hand and led her upstairs to their bedroom.
"Now will you tell me?" Billy asked her now that they were alone.
"I think she's back Billy. I have this horrible feeling. She's back," Kat said, as she fought the tears. Billy pulled her into a hug.
"I really hope that she's not, but if she is, I promise that I won't let her hurt you. And this time, I will make sure she's defeated for good and that she never bothers us again," Billy promised. He kissed her passionately, before they went back to the power chamber.
By the time they got down there, Zack and Tanya were ready to teleport in. Billy initiated the sequence, and the final members of the ranger team arrived in a stream of black and yellow.
"Tanya!" Kat said, as she hugged her friend. Tanya hugged her back.
"It's so good to see everyone, even though I wish it were under better circumstances," Tanya said. Billy pulled out two cases and opened the first one. The six morphin rangers lined up, ready to accept the power once again.
"Man, I never thought I'd be seeing this thing again," Zack said, as he picked up the black mastodon coin.
"Back to action," Kim said, as she took the pink coin.
"Time to remind evil why they don't mess with earth," Aisha said, as she took the blue coin.
"The earth needs the power rangers again," Trini said, as she took the yellow coin.
"Zedd will never win, no matter what he tries," Jason said, as he took the red coin.
"Good will prevail over evil once again," Dulcea said, as she took the white coin. Then Billy picked up the other case. Inside were the five element gems, which were completely void of color.
"I have found out that the element gems, unlike any other ranger power, are not bound by color; but only by element. For this reason, I was able to choose the colors. I chose what I believed each of you would like best, which also happen to be the colors that Zordon gave you," Billy explained.
"But I thought that the elements adapted to the zeo colors because of our elements," Adam replied.
"The element will still be it's own color, like Rocky will have blue water, but it has nothing to do with his suit color," Billy clarified.
"Kat, I thought you'd like to keep pink. Besides, I think you look good in pink," Billy said.
"Oh do you now?" Kat asked playfully. Rocky began coughing obnoxiously.
"Pipe down Rock, or I'll make you the brown ranger," Billy retorted. Rocky stopped.
"Ewww...," Rocky said. Billy handed her a new wrist communicator. These are our new communicators/morphers. To call on your powers, cross your arms in front of you and call out: Zeo Pink-Power of Wind," Billy said. Kat nodded and clasped the wrist communicator on her wrist and gave her old one to Billy.
"Tanya, I kept yellow for you. To call on your powers, cross your arms in front of you and call out: Zeo Yellow-Power of Sun," Billy told her. Tanya nodded and replaced her old communicator with the new one. Billy stepped up to Rocky next, who was pouting.
"I'm not going to be the brown ranger, am I?" Rocky asked. Billy chuckled.
"No Rocko, I thought you'd like red better," Billy said.
"Really?! I'm the red ranger again?" Rocky said with excitement.
"Yep, and to call on your powers, cross your arms in front of you and call out: Zeo Red-Power of Water," Billy said, as he gave Rocky his communicator/morpher.
"Adam, I'm giving the black back to you. To call on your powers, cross your arms in front of you and call out: Zeo Black-Power of Earth," Billy said. Adam nodded with a smile.
"And Tommy, I'm restoring you to white. To call on your powers, cross your arms in front of you and call out: Zeo White-Power of Fire," Billy said.
"Thanks man," Tommy said, as he accepted the wrist communicator.
"What about you Billy? Are you still silver?" Adam asked.
"Yes, because I am still tied to the silver zeo crystal. But my element gem has changed my suit to match yours," Billy replied. The rangers morphed after that to see what their new suits looked like.
"This is too cool Billy," Rocky said.
"Thank Kat too, she helped design them," Billy replied, as he removed his helmet. Kat's suit was now a light, creamy pink, complete with a skirt. It was solid in color, except for white gloves and boots. On the boots and the back of her gloves was the symbol of wind, which looked like whirling cloud, which was sky blue. Her helmet face took on the symbol as well.
Tanya's suit was a sunny yellow, complete with a skirt. It was solid in color, except for the white gloves and boots. On the boots and the back of her gloves was the symbol of sun, which was in fact a yellowish/orange sun. Her helmet face took on the symbol also.
Rocky's suit was red, like it had been in the Morphin days. It was solid in color, except for the white gloves and boots. On the boots and the back of the gloves was the symbol of water, which was in fact sapphire blue and the shape of a giant wave. His helmet face took on this shape also.
Adam's suit was black, like it had been in the Morphin days. It was solid in color, except for the white gloves and boots. On the boots and the back of the gloves was the symbol of earth, which was the earth itself, and blue and green in color. His helmet face was a perfectly round circle, also representing the earth.
Tommy's suit was white again, like Zordon had given him. It was solid in color, except for black boots and gloves. On the boots and back of the gloves was the symbol of fire, which was a flame, and red in color. His helmet face was also shaped like a flame.
Billy's suit hadn't changed that much, since it was still bound to the silver zeo crystal. It was still bluish silver and had a chest plate. His boots still had the wings of Pegasus on them, but the back of his gloves now had a silver lightning bolt on them. And in the center of his chest plate, he had a silver lightning bolt also. His helmet face now had sleek, cunning, wolf eyes. The zeo rangers demorphed and decided to go upstairs and get something to eat, and assess ways they could find to perhaps recognize their enemies.
~*~*~*
{Location: Zedd's new lair; concealed in the mountains of Angel Grove}
"Oh Zeddy, this idea to go out on the town tonight is great!" Rita said, as she twirled in her black dress.
"Yes my queen, and soon people will bow to our feet at the sight of us," Zedd replied.
"Shall we see what is up in Angel Grove?" Rita asked.
"Yes, I do hope it is amusing," Zedd chuckled. Zedd and Rita peered into the viewing globe. They peered at the Cranston residence, only to find that the rangers were about to have visitors.
"Zeddy, are they who I think they are?" Rita asked.
"Yes Rita, things are going better than I could have ever hoped for," Zedd replied, with an evil smile.
~*~*~*
{Location: The Cranston Residence}
"I don't know if I can do this," Cassie Chan said.
"Come on Cass, we have to face them," Carlos replied.
"Yea, besides, it's me that they don't like," Andros said.
"Listen, we never did anything wrong and they're just going to have deal with it," T.J.. said.
"But they WERE Zordon's chosen, we need to mindful of that and treat them with respect. I think going in there and starting a fight is the last thing we should do," Ashley said.
"Ash is right, we need to go in and offer our help," Andros said. T.J. nodded and rang the doorbell.
~*~
"I'll get it honey," Kat said, as she went to answer the door. But who she saw on the others side was not a group she expected to see.
Kat's mouth gaped open.
"Katherine, I know that we're probably not welcome, but we just want to make amends," Cassie said to the woman who had given her the power.
"Angel Grove is in trouble again, and we think it's time that we all join forces," Carlos said.
"Who's at the door baby?" Billy asked, as he came over to her. But when he saw whom it was, his jaw clenched in anger and his eyes ran cold like ice.
"What the hell do you want?" Billy asked, with a dangerous calm in his voice.
"We're here to make amends and offer our assistance now that evil has returned to Angel Grove," Andros said.
"This matter concerns earth rangers. Space rangers deal with matters concerning space," Billy said coldly. Andros flinched at the iciness in his voice.
"Listen, can't we put all this behind us?" Ashley asked.
"All right, come in and we can try and work this out," Kat said, trying to be civil.
Billy and Kat led the space rangers into the living room. This cause Tommy and Jason to bolt up from their seats, while the others only became tense.
"We're here to make amends. Rangers should fight among each other," Carlos said. Jason and Tommy sat down, as did the space rangers.
"I think it's time to put things behind us, Zordon would have wanted us to," Andros said. The moment he had said that, he regretted it.
"I don't think you have any idea what Zordon would have wanted," Jason spat.
"Look Andros had no other choice. There was nothing any of you could have done if you had been there," T.J. said irritably.
"Maybe not, but we could have said goodbye! Zordon was like a father to me. He changed my life for the better. And I couldn't say goodbye, because we weren't good enough to deal with space matters," Billy said, as he turned away from the rest.
"Why can't we just let it rest? I think it's about time you got off your high horse! We went through hell and back with Dark Spector. You have no idea how much we had to endure, and still we'll always live in the shadow of Billy Cranston and the Morphin and Zeo rangers!" T.J. yelled, losing his temper. What happened next was something none of them suspected. Katherine Cranston slapped T.J. Johnson across the face.
"How dare you! Billy and I have been through hell with Ivan Ooze, Rita and Zedd, and most of all Cestria. Now they're back and we don't even know how to recognize them because they have human appearances. Zedd is back...and I think Cestria...is too. And I'm afraid Zedd... is after... our baby," Kat choked, as tears began to stream down her face. Billy pulled her close.
"Kat, I promise you that I won't let them near Wesley," Billy said.
"Look Kat, I know that you're scared for your son, but you had no place slapping T.J.," Cassie said, as she let her anger out.
"T.J. had no place attacking my husband. Billy has done nothing but hold this team together through thick and thin!" Kat retorted.
"Billy, Katherine, the last thing that I wanted to do was destroy Zordon. And I know that you're all amazing rangers, but space really isn't a pleasant place," Andros said.
"Who do you think you're talking to? We have had our fair share of unpleasantness," Tommy said angrily. A familiar six-tone sound cut through the thick tension in the room. Billy looked down at his wrist in confusement. He wondered who would be contacting him, because all the rangers were already here. And he wasn't sure if any of the other ranger teams' communicators worked on the same frequency. Apprehensilvely, Billy answered the call.
"This is Billy," he answered.
"Yes, hello William," an unfamiliar male voice acknowledged.
"Who is this?" Billy demanded.
"I don't know, your guess is as good as mine," the voice replied.
"You think these little games are going to work? They aren't, so why don't you just show yourself," Billy said.
"Now that's no fun," the voice mocked.
"I think you need not worry about who I am, but worry about what is happening in your town," the voice said, before he stopped communication.
Tommy flipped the television on and switched to a news station.
~*~
"Downtown Angel Grove is complete chaos! About an hour ago, mechanical bird creatures began invading downtown and causing chaotic explosions. Various fires have been created and buildings are being evacuated! But we don't have enough man power! The mayor of Angel Grove is calling for the power rangers' help. After seven years of peace, a mysterious evil has come to Angel Grove. Many are against calling the help of the power rangers, but we see no other choice. We need the power rangers," the news woman reported.
"The Tengucogs," Adam whispered.
"That coward! Why won't he just show himself!" Jason said angrily.
"It's time guys," Billy said.
"But Billy, who is going to stay with Wesley, Steve, and Kelly?" Kat asked.
"I already took care of that," Rocky said, as he came in with Bulk, Skull, and another young man, who looked to be about 20 years old.
"Hey guys, recognize me?" he asked.
"Justin?" Kat asked.
"Whoa, someone sure grew a lot," Tanya said. Billy smiled at the former second blue zeo ranger.
"Welcome back Justin," Billy said.
"Thanks, but you guys better get downtown," Justin suggested. Billy nodded.
"Ready guys?" Billy asked. The others only nodded, their thoughts on the battle.
"We're coming too, whether you like it or not," Andros said.
"Let's Rocket!" the space rangers called in unison. Billy clenched his jaw, but put his anger aside.
"It's Morphin Time!" Jason called.
"White Tiger!" Dulcea called.
"Mastodon!" Zack called.
"Pterodactyl!" Kim called.
"Triceratops!" Aisha called.
"Saber-toothed Tiger!" Trini called.
"Tyrannosaurs!" Jason called.
"It's Morphin Time!" Billy called for the first time in seven years.
"Zeo Pink-Power of Wind!" Katherine called.
"Zeo Yellow-Power of Sun!" Tanya called.
"Zeo Red-Power of Water!" Rocky called.
"Zeo Black-Power of Earth!" Adam called.
"Zeo White-Power of Fire!" Tommy called.
"Power of Pegasus, Power of the Wolf, Silver Ranger Power!" Billy called.
The seventeen rangers teleported to downtown Angel Grove to answer the call of the citizens.
~*~*~*
The rangers arrived and split up. Half of them were fighting the Tengucogs, while the other half were going in and getting people out of the buildings.
"Adam, we can help put the fires out. You can call your sand attack, and I can douse the fires with water," Rocky said.
"Great idea Rock," Adam replied. Rocky called his aqua cannon, while Adam called his earth axe. Together, Adam and Rocky helped the fireman put the fires out.
Soon, most of the fires were put out and the Tengucogs disappeared. After that, the rangers were mobbed by the press, but they quickly teleported back to the Cranston residence.
~*~*~*
The rangers powered down and began to discuss what Zedd could possibly be planning.
"What did Zedd just gain by that?" Adam wondered.
"I don't know. When Zedd pulls this kind of stuff, he's usually there to gloat," Tommy said.
"He was there gloating, we just can't tell him from everyone else around him," Billy said.
"He won't let us know until he chooses to," Andros said.
"So no matter what, they have the element of surprise on us," T.J. said.
"Thanks, but we'll handle this," Billy said.
"You need us," Andros said, as he got in Billy's face.
"Stop it! Both of you! Until we defeat Zedd, we all need to work together. After that, you two can feel free to rip each other apart," Trini reasoned. Billy and Andros both relented, seeing as it was best for their teams.
"Well, it's late, so everyone can bunk down here. We'll put the kids in Wesley's room, and then each couple can have a room. For those of you who are not married, the girls can have one room and the boys can have another," Kat said. The tired rangers agreed and retired to their rooms for the night.
~*~
Rocky, Aisha, Tommy, Kim, Billy, and Kat tucked their kids in before retiring to their own rooms.
"Man, how did things get so out of control so fast," Billy wondered. Kat put her hands on his shoulders and sighed.
"I don't know, things have been so peaceful for so long. I guess nothing lasts forever," Kat replied.
"Nothing except this," Billy said, as he kissed her gently. Kat smiled and snuggled into his embrace.
"Definitely," she replied, as they went to bed for the night.
AN: Hope you liked it! Thanks for reading, and please leave a review. Chapter 4 should be up soon! Later!