Author : Wild-Melody
Disclaimer : *sighs* Doesn't this ever get boring? I no own…never will and probably never shall. All you lawyer types happy now?
Summary : The Rangers deal with Lord Zedd and Rita on a daily basis, but what happens when a new evil enters the melee? An evil far stronger than anything the Rangers have dealt with so far?
Genre: Mystery, Supernatural, Drama, Action/Adventure and of course romance…it's got a bit of everything it would seem! LOL
Pairings : I guess you'll just have to read to find out
A/N : I'm still trying to work this baby out, especially with the ban on accidents. That's a hard one for me. Chalk up accident #15 for Wild-Melody. $4500 worth of damage…I've come to the conclusion that cars and deer just don't go well together. Go figure…happy reading
Thanks to all who have read, and to those few who have reviewed.
This Chappie is dedicated to Irina, for all the stuff she puts up with from me.
TWO SIDES OF A COIN
PART 1 : JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY
Chapter 1 : Enter the Evil
The sun had made its appearance about two hours earlier, the battle had been fought within the exploding colors of pinks and purples of its rising. The splendor of the sunrise had been lost on the six teens charged with protecting the city. This seemed to be the norm in their lives, missing so much while at the same time giving so much. From one extreme of the spectrum to the other.
But this was an everyday part of their lives. Battles at unholy hours, in the dead of night or in the burgeoning morning's light. Pain beyond belief, but a feeling of euphoria. To say they had lives would be an understatement, for more often than not they would disagree with such an assumption, defending the city was their lives, and always would be. It would be the death of them, or perhaps they would be the death of it. Either way, it mattered not, for they were devoted to what they did…most of the time.
Angel Grove, California
8:14 am
Katherine Hillard's apartment
"Damn, I'm telling you we need to petition Zedd and Rita to stick to some kind of schedule for these attacks!" Aisha complained as she glanced at herself in the mirror. "No more early mornings!"
Kat glanced at her watch and smiled, "Eight's early in the morning for you?" she asked sweetly.
Aisha glanced at the blond girl from the mirror and stuck her tongue out. "When it's on the weekend, yeah it is. Besides, I think it started closer to six." She returned to her reflection in the mirror of Kat's bathroom. "There should be some sort of law against such things!"
"I'll make a memo and send it to Zedd and Rita next time I have a chance, but I wouldn't count on them listening," Kat responded, which only earned her a light smack on the arm. "Since when have they ever listened to a thing we've said?"
Aisha paused a second to think about this, "Next to never I would say." She finally answered. She met Kat's gaze as the phone out in the living room began to ring, it's shrill sounding ordering not to be ignored. "You always get calls this early in the morning?"
"Probably some telemarketer," Kat answered, her clear blue eyes darkening in anger. "I wish I could send them a memo about not calling me!"
"Like that would ever happen," Aisha responded smartly. "They have about as much brains as Zedd and Rita do."
Kat just looked at her as she walked out into the living room, "Hello?" she asked as she picked the phone up, ready to give whoever it was an earful.
"Kat?" Came a familiar voice that she just couldn't place right away.
"Yeah," Kat responded, "And you might be whom?"
The other person laughed, "You mean to tell me you've been away from Australia long enough that you'd forget your favorite cousin's voice?"
"Isabel? Or Brenda?" Kat asked back, a smile tugging at her mouth. She knew exactly which twin it was, but couldn't resist asking, knowing it would drive Isabel nuts. She and her twin sister could be no more different than day and night.
"Who do you think silly?"
"Has to be Brenda," Kat responded, but she couldn't hide her smile any longer.
"HEY!" Came the indignant cry over the phone.
"Oops, must've been wrong, that sure sounded like Isabel to me," Kat laughed. "So, what makes you call this early in the morning?"
"Morning?" Isabel questioned, "It's more like late evening."
"Morning here," Kat responded.
"Yeah, sure…time difference."
"You didn't forget, so you can quit trying to play the innocent routine, besides, Aunt Deb wouldn't let you call if it was late and she makes sure you check what time it is here."
"And treats me like I'm 12 instead of 22, you forgot that part," Isabel complained.
"So, what did you call for anyhow Iz?" Kat questioned.
"Just to see what you were up too and how things were going," Isabel responded.
"Actually, I was just getting ready to meet some of the gang, if Aisha will ever finish up in the bathroom!" Kat made certain she yelled that loud enough for her friend to hear.
"Beauty takes time!" Came back Aisha's reply.
"Actually, I called to find out when you're going to be visiting again." Isabel said.
Kat froze as she watched Aisha walk out of the bathroom. How could she possibly leave anytime soon? So much was going on with Zedd and Rita. She may not be a Power Ranger, but she helped out in everyway she possibly could. She couldn't leave, not right now. There was a darkness falling on Earth and it would take every single one of them to stop it from spreading. Ranger and non-Ranger alike.
Aisha stared at her, noticing her sudden look of worry. Everything all right? She mouthed.
Kat nodded her head, then turned her attention back to her cousin. "It'll be a little while longer, there's a lot to be done here yet. Hey, I hate to cut you off short, but I gotta run, Aisha's ready to go. I'll call you sometime later, if it's not to late."
"Ok, I'll catch you later then. Bye bye." With that, the line clicked and Kat was greeted with the dial tone.
Aisha watched her friend, "Is everything all right, you looked a bit worried there?"
"Nah, it's fine. I was just thinking. If you're ready, let's go."
*** *** *** *** *** ***
Half an hour outside Angel Grove, California
8:18 am
United Airways, Jet #128
"We will be reaching Angel Grove Airport in approximately half an hour, please return your seats to their upright positions and start your prelanding preparations," the captain's voice thundered over the PA system.
"You think he could tone that thing down a bit?" Zack asked and pretended to clean his ears out as he gently shook his head. "He's trying to make me tone deaf!"
Trini glanced over to look at Zack, "And you're not already?"
Zack just glared back at her, "At least Ree isn't insulting me!"
Riana just glanced over at him, "Not yet, but give me some time Zack. I just haven't figured anything insulting to say yet, but I will."
"What is this, gang up on Zack day or something?" Zack asked, and made of face of mock hurt. "The cruelty!"
"You asked for it bro," Jason finally said, but he didn't look over at Zack, his gaze remained straight forward.
"Thanks for your help there Jace!" Zack said, "I don't know where I'd be without you."
"Glad to be of help," Jason replied, and had a hard time keeping the laughter from his voice. Zack just continued to glare at him.
Zack turned his eyes back to Trini as a devilish grin appeared from no where on his face. Trini regarded him wearily, a questioning look crossing her features, but suddenly apprehensive about voicing her thoughts. Zack's grin only widened. "So, Tri," he began slyly as he draped an arm across her shoulders.
"Zack?" she questioned as she looked directly into his obsidian eyes.
"Have you talked to Wolf-Boy lately?" he asked, his grin only getting bigger with each passing moment.
Trini regarded him coolly, her eyes showing nothing of what she was truly feeling. "No, I haven't Zack. Have you?"
Zack smiled smugly, "No, I just thought you would have."
*** *** *** *** *** ***
Derby, Australia
8:27 pm
Bryant Household
"So?" Brenda asked from her position on the bed. She turned the volume down on her CD player and placed both feet on the floor as she turned to face her sister.
Isabel turned from the blank computer to regard her sister, "So what?" She asked.
"What did Kat have to say?" Brenda asked, putting her magazine aside for a moment. "What's the news from the United States?"
"Not much," Isabel answered. "She was kind of busy, getting ready to go out with some friends."
"Oh," was all Brenda said.
Isabel turned to glance at the clock in their room, just a bit before 8:30. "I'm bored," she finally said, turning her full attention to her twin. "The car picked a fine time to blow it's motor," she sighed, her crystal blue eyes suddenly going to the ceiling and finding something of immense interest there.
"It didn't blow the engine, the engine seized up," Brenda pointed out.
"Well still, we're out of a car till it's fixed." Isabel sighed.
"Change the oil more often and we wouldn't have this problem," Brenda said, a smirk crossing her face.
"Hey, don't try to pin it on me, you drove it just as much as I did! Besides, it wasn't either one of ours fault, the previous owner didn't take very good care of it."
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Butch had said it probably had been a few years since it had last had it's oil changed. It was to be expected I guess." Brenda agreed.
"He did say one of two things would happen: it would either drive perfectly fine or else he had knocked some debris loose in the engine and it would seize it up…guess the latter was to be." Isabel glanced at the clock once more: 8:45. "I'm still bored though!"
"Complaining about it won't get you no where. Why don't you see who's online right now?"
"'Cause that jerk Chris might be on and he bugs me to no end!"
"Have you told him you're not interested?"
"Yes!" Isabel said, becoming exasperated. "A thousand times over, he just won't seem to take the hint."
"Men," Brenda sighed.
Isabel just glared at her twin. "I think I'll just go to bed," she finally sighed. "It's not like we can really do anything. Mom won't let us borrow her car."
"Gee, wonder why."
Once again, Isabel sent a death glare toward her sister. "And what's that suppose to mean?"
Her sister snickered, "Miss I Was Only Doing 40," Brenda began.
"Well, I was," Isabel replied indignantly.
Brenda choked back a fit of laughter, "Yeah, 40 over the speed limit!"
"Well, what's the sense in having that much horsepower under the hood if you don't use it?"
"So people like you who think they're suppose to fly like the wind don't kill themselves…or anybody else for that matter."
"I'm not a dangerous driver, that's you."
"I've only hit one telephone pole!"
"Yeah, six times! Not to mention putting the car through the garage door-"
Brenda cut her sister off in mid-sentence, "It's not my fault the door opener malfunctioned."
"You are suppose to check to make sure the door opened, or did you forget that?"
"I thought you were going to bed?"
"I am, g'night."
*** *** *** *** *** ***
30 miles outside Derby, Australia
10:53 pm
The shadows in the distance wavered, like the air writhing in the heat. Electricity danced in the air, crackling and arcing from tree to tree and moments later an earth shattering boom echoed through the still of the night. Two beings stepped out from the distortion.
"Where are we?" The first said, her voice a mere purr.
"Not where we're suppose to be, I believe," the second responded. His eyes glowed red in the night, fires of molten lava burned within their depths.
"But where is here?"
"I believe it's what the humans call the 'Outback'." the second answered.
"Then we are far from our destination."
"Angel Grove," the second hissed. His eyes suddenly flared, "We have little time to accomplish what we set out to do. Come now, and get it right this time or there will be consequences to be paid."
With a muttered word, the two beings disappeared much the same as they had come. The loud crack of thunder to mark their departure resounded off of the far mountains and surged over the dry landscape like an avenging firestorm. Then all was quiet.
Well, love it? Hate it? Let me know!
How did you like the ending? Wondering who our latest evil foes might be? Keep wondering, 'cause you might not find out for a few more chapters.
Now, onto the Shout Outs…
Craneandfroglover : my guess from your penname is that you like the pairing of Kim and Adam. I'm glad you liked the story and hopefully you'll continue to like it.
Hartfelt : *glares right back* And what if I decide to destroy the Zords? You forbid me to have any accidents, you gotta give me some kind of leeway here! As for how I handle the story, I think even you shall be surprised! *evil laughter echoes through room*
Pink Crane : it's nice to get to meet Brenda alive and well, isn't it? As for the Zords…who knows what my mind will come up with, just expect some interesting things to occur where the Zords are concerned. I like total and utter devastation.
ScarletDeva : Thank you so much! You put up with so much from me, yet you're always there to listen to me complain when things just don't want to go my way. This story is all for you! Hope you enjoy everything that is bound to occur…as well as the few hidden scenes that won't been seen here.
