Chapter 6 : When Five Isn't Enough

Justin had just arrived in Mariner Bay. He was there with his father to visit an old friend of his. All Justin had learned about his father's friend was that his name was Chad Lee and that he was some sort of hero in this particular part of the city. He also found out that Chad was very young. Much, much older than his father is and he wondered silently to himself why his father would associate with someone half his age.

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Justin was less than enthusiastic when he found out what his father had planned for him. It turned out that his father had enlisted him in a lifeguard training program and this Chad Lee was to be his instructor. His father thought that Chad would be the best person to fulfill such a task.

They drove to the beach; the sun was still high up in the air and the warm afternoon air made Justin sweat just a little. A man wearing blue shorts awaited them at the edge of the beach where the road and the sand met.

Justin's father greeted the man with a simple handshake and urged Justin to do the same.

Justin hesitated a little, but eventually approached the man and shook his hand. Chad was tall and had a light tan with the looks of a guy who probably worked on Baywatch. There was much sand in his dark hair and the sun made each tiny grain sparkle like a shimmering diamond. "You must be Chad," he said. "I'm Justin. It's nice to meet you... I guess.."

"It's nice to meet you too Justin," Chad responded although he was a bit more enthusiastic about it. "I'll be your trainer from now on. Hope you know how to swim."

Justin made no response, but as soon as he looked over his shoulder his father had already jumped back into his car. "Take care son!" his father yelled from afar. "I'll come back to pick you up in about 3 weeks! Chad here will take care of you."

Before Justin could make any objections his father had already turned on the ignition and drove off, leaving Justin there all alone with his strange new "friend". "Three weeks of life guarding stuff.. I can't wait...," he shook his head and rolled is eyes then turned to the man who'd be his guardian for the next three weeks.

It had to be that moment when he was about to ask Chad something that a loud explosion ripped through his ears. Aside from the explosions were also screams of distressed citizens and sirens wailing.

"Stay here kid," Chad commanded. He reached in his small bag located on the floor,
for a shirt. "I'll be right back." Quickly putting on the blue garment, he ran towards the source of the noises.

Justin was left totally alone now, but he felt the need to follow Chad. He sensed that something was wrong and that he was needed. For a brief moment he thought about going against Chad's instructions and that he shouldn't go and follow him. It didn't take long for him to realize that whenever there was danger, instructions were not important. Especially when there was the possible chance that people's lives were at stake. He knew something was wrong and the ever-growing urge to do something about it overwhelmed him. Without delay, he ran towards the direction he saw Chad run off to. He ran until his feet ached, only to be encouraged when the screams of victims filled the air. He kept running even as the buildings threatened to collapse around him. He ran until he reached Chad who was standing there watching three power rangers fighting a dark man.

"What are you doing here?!" Chad asked the younger boy standing beside him.

Justin was tired and breathed in air heavily. "Whether you choose to believe me or not is totally up to you. But I am needed here." He looked over to the scene of the battle. Three rangers fought a man wearing a heavy dark coat. He only recognized the pink Zeo ranger, who he knew as Katherine, but the other two were complete strangers to him. Neither side was winning. The outnumbered enemy could handle the three rangers who attacked him. But Justin knew he wouldn't be able to stand the power of a fourth ranger coming to their aid. He stood ready to fight; his itching hands fighting the urge to activate his morpher. When he could no longer keep it in, he finally yelled, "Shift into turbo!".

The key to his morpher slid easily into its proper spot. A blue lightning surrounded Justin, making him grow taller and more powerful with each extra inch added to his original height. His head was then covered in a blue helmet resembling the front of his zord, the Mountain Blaster. Soon the blue turbo ranger took the place of the small boy.

Chad stood there in awe as he witnessed a small boy turn into a power ranger. He pushed the thought aside and thought about the current situation. Preparing his own morpher, he yelled the words "Lightspeed Rescue!" Chad was engulfed in a blue and white shield of powerful energy and was soon in his blue ranger costume once again

Justin who was still stood beside Chad nearly jumped at the revelation. Chad Lee was a power ranger! The blue light-speed rescue ranger to be more specific.

The two blue rangers stood side, prepared to join the battle taking place before them.

"Stop right there," Chad came running. His gun was prepared to shoot at the dark assailant.

"We're coming guys!" Justin ran beside Chad; his turbo hand blasters aimed and ready at the man in dark costume.

The other rangers turned their heads towards the newcomers to see who they were.

"Justin can that be you?" Katherine asked. Suddenly a hard kick landed on her abdomen, sending her flying towards a large pile of rubble.

Before Onslaught could strike again, the gold ranger intervened with a hard punch to the man's helmet, knocking him down to the ground. But he quickly jumped back to his feet, only to be fired upon by the blue and red light-speed rangers. The blue turbo ranger ended it with a powerful drop kick which sent the man flying through the air until he hit a large building.

"Excellent... Just as I suspected," Onslaught said weakly as he struggled to stand up. He walked slowly towards them with a limp on his right leg. He stood in place and began to laugh. "You are powerful... But not powerful enough!"

His laugh grew louder as he stretched his right arm straight above his head. The sky grew darker and a strange energy began to form on his raised right hand. The ground shook and tiny rocks began to fill the air. The energy began to grow into a large black ball, almost twice the size of the enemy's own body. The ground shook harder each passing second and the energy kept growing.

The rangers all stood in place, amazed at the power this man wielded. They did not move for they did not know what such power could do to them. It almost seemed as if the dark energy hypnotized them and prevented them from moving any further. All they could do was prepare themselves for the oncoming attack.

A grunt could be heard as Onslaught hurled the heavy ball of energy towards the rangers. The dark power engulfed them, sucking away whatever energy they had in them.
Their screams could be heard as it sucked away their powers. And before they knew it, the five rangers lay on the floor in their human forms, weakened and unable to fight back.

Onslaught reached for their morphers, taking them one by one and placing them in a small bag where he kept the previously stolen morphers from his other missions. He laughed as he used his telekinetic powers to lift each of the limp bodies into his ship.