AN: Sorry for the long wait... Enjoy! And don't forget to review! Oh yea big battle scene in next chapter... ~~{{cLuE}}~~ Ninja Storm and Wild Force!
Chapter 9 : When Dreams Tell of a Dark Future
"Leo look!" Mike said in a somewhat excited tone. His eyes saw something in the distance; a sign that there may be hope on this hopeless planet. "Check it out," his fingers pointed towards the direction where he had seen the strange signification. "There's smoke rising into the air!"
Leo looked towards the direction Mike was pointing to and saw exactly what Mike saw. What he saw almost filled him with hope. Beyond the trees, a cloud of smoke was beginning to make its way upwards towards the sky. Where there was smoke there had to be fire, he thought. But before he could say anything Mike had already run off into the woods, heading towards the direction where they saw the rising smoke. He began to run after Mike, slightly annoyed that his brother kept ditching him whenever they spotted some sort of clue on how to get off this forsaken planet. But he somehow understood the reason Mike was in such a hurry. Mike wanted to get off this planet as much as he did and even the slightest clue was significant in completing this task. Without any further delay, Leo ran after his brother, avoiding stray branches and roots along the way.
Leo caught up with his brother, though he had a hard time doing so because he ran into a row of branches along the way and tripped on a large root protruding from the ground. Mike had always been the best at everything when it came to the two of them and being athletic was one of his most valued traits. Leo was slightly envious of Mike at times, but he learned that some people were just born perfect. He was glad his brother was one of those people and respected him greatly for it.
They finally reached a large, grassless clearing. To their amazement, the clearing was a thriving village with many different races of people living a normal life out in these abandoned woods. The village looked a bit primitive and straw huts were used as their homes. It looked like the spitting image of a town built in the dark ages of the planet earth, the only difference was that there were many different races of people inhabiting this village, peacefully co-existing with each other. When the two of them arrived, many of the villagers stopped in their tracks with a look of fear in their expressions. There were many though, who did not even notice them coming and continued to mind their business.
"Excuse me," Mike tried to get their attention by raising a hand in the air. The villagers just looked at him like he was an alien from a different planet or something like that. Villagers carrying their fruit baskets simply dropped their belongings to the ground and ran inside the nearest huts. "We haven't come for trouble," Mike explained. "We only ask for your help." Again he was ignored. The only replies were the terrified expressions of the fleeing villagers.
The feeling of hopelessness began to fill Leo's heart again. Maybe these people couldn't understand them, making it virtually impossible to ask for their help. He sighed deeply as the hope inside him began to slowly disintegrate.
To their surprise, an elderly man began to slowly approach them. He was gifted with a shiny, white beard, growing long on his chin. This man was sturdy and well built, a surprising trait not commonly found in a man his age. "Please leave if you wish to cause trouble," he asked them nicely. "These people deeply love this village and they will do what is necessary to protect it."
"We don't want any trouble," Leo told him. His voice was honest and kind and he hoped it would help the man believe the words he was saying. "We only came here to ask for your help. We have been imprisoned by a man called Onslaught Evir."
The man sadly closed his eyes. "More victims," he sighed. "I thought this would have stopped by now."
A voice came from behind him. "Father?" it said. Mike and Leo looked to see who it was. They saw a young boy, probably in his late teens, coming over to the elderly man. He had a darker skin tone than the elder, and somewhat resembled him in looks. There was no doubt this young man attracted many girls in the place where he came from. "What is it now father?"
"It's nothing DreAn," the old man said to his son. "Go back home and wait for me there," he instructed kindly. "I won't be long."
The teen heeded his father's words and turned towards the village. His father looked at him with concern as he disappeared into one of the huts. After seeing his son had safely returned home, he turned his attention to the two strangers standing before him. "Forgive me for my rudeness. I am Neva Tian from the planet KO-35 and founder of this village." He slightly bowed his head as a sign of his respect.
"I'm Mike Corbett and this is my brother Leo," Mike introduced and bowed his head to honor this man's tradition. "We're from the planet Mirinoi."
"It is unfortunate that you have been chosen as Onslaught's newest victims," he said to them. "And I am sad to inform you that the only way in and out of this planet is through Onslaught's ship."
"There must be another way," Leo said, now feeling more hopeless than ever. If this man was telling the truth, he would never be able to see his friends or the beautiful planet of Mirinoi again. "There has to be something else other than that big piece of junk Onslaught uses for transportation!"
"I'm afraid there isn't," The honesty in his voice was enough to convince the two that this planet would become their permanent homes. "I myself have been a prisoner here for over a decade. I was one of the first of Onslaught's victim's and since then I have been trying to find some way to get out of here. I have found no way out and even communication to outside worlds is impossible. That is why I founded this village."
"So everyone here is a prisoner," Mike figured out. He sighed and his shoulders began to drop as if some heavy burden was suddenly placed on him. But unlike Leo he still had a small amount of hope left in him. Hope that his friends would eventually come to his aid. "We'll get you and everyone else out of here! I promise you that."
Such words of hope and encouragement were merely worthless words to Neva. He wanted to believe what Mike was saying, but he had heard those words so many times from other prisoners and they always ended up to be pointless and useless words in the end. "I wish I could believe you," he said kindly. "But please do not make promises you cannot keep."
"This is a promise I intend to keep, old man," Mike assured.
"I will hold you to your promise then."
As the two conversed, Leo's head began to spin rapidly. He was feeling dazed and drained. Sleep threatened to take over his body and before he knew it he collapsed on the floor only to be caught by Mike.
"Leo, what's wrong with you?" Mike's asked worriedly as he helped his brother regain balance. When Leo made no reply, he placed a cool hand on Leo's head and was startled by how abnormally warm it was. "Leo your burning up."
"I-It's no-nothing Mike don't worry about it," Leo lied. His body felt weak with every word he said and he wanted so bad to go to sleep. Giving in to his body's desires, he gave into unconsciousness.
Mike reached for Leo's body again before he hit the ground and possibly injure himself. He knew Leo lacked the strength to walk on his own and carried him with his arms. He looked at the man who only watched the current events take place. "Please help me," Mike pleaded. "I don't know what's wrong with him."
"Bring him inside my home," Neva suggested as he turned to walk to the same house the younger boy had previously disappeared into.
Mike followed him obediently while carrying Leo's languishing body in his strong arms. He observed Leo's face and noticed it had the look of pain upon it. He felt powerless to do anything about it and felt like he was failing everybody including himself. He couldn't even complete the simple task of getting them off this planet.
The hut they entered was a small home. It was a simple dwelling with only few furnishings. There was a large cushioned bed in the corner made of wood and made soft with the feathers of local birds. In the center of the house there lie a plain table with two chairs by its side and much like everything else it was also made of wood. A tiny window facing east was their source of sunlight and their view to the outside world. The teen Mike had seen earlier sat by the window reading a book. When the boy noticed them walk in, he got up and put his book down. He approached his father and simply asked "Father what's going on?"
"Prepare the bed DreAn," Neva instructed the young boy. "I'll go get the healers and you can help our guests." Neva then walked out the door and left his son to tend to the guests.
DreAn hastily prepared the bed for the guests as it was still unmade from earlier uses. "Bring him over here ," DreAn said while preparing the bed. Mike approached him slowly, sill carrying Leo's Limp form in his arms. When he finished he motioned for Mike to put Leo on the bed.
Mike steadily placed Leo's body on the soft bed where he could finally get some comfortable rest and have time to recover from whatever it was that was affecting him. He stared down at Leo who's face had become an unusually paler color than before . He fervently hoped that whatever sickness had overcome Leo was not as serious as it looked. He sat down by Leo's side, feeling the need to watch over him while he recovered.
DreAn watched the older man's face fill with worry as he watched the other man on the bed. The scene looked somewhat familiar to him, but he pushed the thought aside. "He must mean a lot to you huh?" he asked with curiosity which could clearly be distinguished in his voice. "Even if he doesn't, it sure seems like it."
"Actually he means the world to me. Even if he doesn't see it," Mike told the young man who stood across him, who watching him with a curious look in his eyes. "He is my brother and even if he gets me into crazy and unbelievable situations like this, it doesn't change anything."
"I see," DreAn said though his voice was a bit distant. He turned away from them and walked towards the window, looking far into the horizon. "I know exactly how you feel," he said. "I also have a brother on my planet, KO-35. His name is Erad and I believe he is still there, angry at my decision to come here."
"How long have you been here?" Mike asked politely. He found a slight interest in this kid's story and was interested to hear more of it.
"I've only been here for two whole months," he replied, his gaze never leaving the distant horizon. "I came here with the intention of saving my father, the man you know as Neva Tian." He took a deep breath and sighed. "Erad begged me not to go, fearing I might suffer the same fate as my father and never return. Now I feel like I have been a failure to him." DreAn tore his gaze from the window and began to walk out the door. "I'll go get my father," he said before leaving. "You should let your brother rest for now."
Mike was then left alone with just Leo. Worried eyes watched over Leo carefully, waiting for any sign of recovery. Mike placed a cool hand on Leo's warm forehead hoping it would help cool him down. Mike was beginning to grow impatient with Neva and the healer that was supposed to be here a while ago. He hoped they would soon arrive before anything serious happened to Leo.
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Leo found himself floating in the void of space in his red ranger form. The jet jammer which he depended on greatly floated in pieces right beside him. His body felt weak and useless and he let himself float endlessly into space. Before his eyes, lie the planet Mirinoi, the planet where he and his friends made their homes. His eyes wandered to familiar black object orbiting around the planet. It was Onslaught Evir's ship and it glowed an unusual bright white, making its dark features more visible.
Leo's movements were slow, even if he wasn't controlling any of them. It felt like minutes before he even moved a single inch. He could feel something terrible was soon to happen and he reached for his quasar saber, intending to use its power to strengthen him. He panicked when he couldn't find it anywhere, not even when he called for it. And that was the last of his worries. He was filled with horror when he witnessed the dark object fire an intense beam of white light towards the planet, destroying it upon impact.
Before he could react a bright pulse of light suddenly blinded Leo's vision and brought him out of the endlessness of space. He closed his eyes to ease the pain the brightness was causing his sensitive eyes to feel. As the light dimmed down, he slowly opened his eyes only to find himself in a completely different setting with forty-five rangers floating around him. All of them, including himself, were suspended in mid-air each with one of nine colors on their outfits and from different generations.
Leo only knew sixteen of them personally. Five of them were his own teammates, Mya, Kendrix, Damon, Kai and Mike. He called out to them, hoping to get their attention. "Mya! Damon! Kai! Kendrix! Mike!"he called to them. His call was left unanswered. "Mike!" he called out again, this time hoping to get his brother's attention. Still there was no reply and Leo was left to wonder why they didn't hear his call.
Suddenly, powerful waves of multicolored energy began to rise into the air; each wave coming from a different ranger of that particular color. Leo watched them closely, unaware of what was happening. As the process continued, each of the rangers identities were slowly being revealed. Leo was horrified when he realized what exactly was happening. The rangers' were beginning to lose their powers as wave after wave of energy was being emitted. "Mike!" Leo tried to call to his brother once again, but to his disappointment, no reply came to him. Before he knew it, the process was complete, but it wasn't over yet. This time their bodies were next, fading much more quickly than their powers. In a matter of seconds their bodies completely faded into absolutely nothing, leaving Leo completely alone.
The only time Leo had felt so completely alone was when he thought he lost Mike. But now Mike was truly gone. He tried to suppress the deep sadness he felt, but it wouldn't subside. Why couldn't he have gone with them all? Why did he have to be all alone? His thoughts were interrupted by another flash of bright light, this time being more powerful than the last. Pain mixed with the tears in his eyes as he struggled to open them again. He was brought to yet another location, this one being more familiar than the last. It was the planet earth, standing before Leo and just as beautiful as the last time he saw it. Watching the earth brought back warm memories of his childhood, of his old friends and Mike and no matter how hard he tried to keep them back, the tears just kept falling from the thought of such memories.
Leo's eyes widened as he saw a familiar object orbiting the earth's moon. The same white glow surrounding the ship was much more luminous and looked more deadly than before. The object suddenly stopped and a powerful blast was directed towards the moon. The moon was sent flying out of orbit and was in the brink of colliding with the earth. Leo stood there unable to do anything about it. But he knew there was nothing he could do and he turned away from the scene of destruction that would be the earth's end. A loud explosion ran through Leo's ears as earth and moon became one and he was sent flying through space.
Leo floated endlessly through space, the events that just happened still fresh in his mind. He let the tears flow freely as he was left there to die, alone. He wished that something would happen soon to put him out of his misery. A loud scream escaped his lungs, hoping it would prevent him from going insane, until Mike's voice suddenly awakened him from the dream world.
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"Leo! Wake up!" Mike began to shake Leo's stiff shoulders in the attempt to wake him up. The healer had already arrived hours ago and concluded that Leo had only contracted a common jungle fever and that it would soon subside with some rest. Leo was sweating at an amazing rate and he was uttering words that Mike could barely make out. "Leo!"
Leo suddenly jumped and broke down into tears. Mike caught him before he fell off the bed and placed a comforting arm around his shoulders. "What's wrong Leo?" Mike asked in a worried tone.
Leo wiped the tears from his eyes. He felt slightly embarrassed and ceased to cry. "It was just a dream," he said as soon as he realized Mike was still alive and well. He looked around and found himself in a strange new setting and a strange new bed with Mike sitting beside him. There were two others in the room with them, but during the time he was asleep, he had totally forgotten their names. "It was just a dream," he repeated.
Mike was relieved Leo was all right. He thought the healer's skills were not as useful as the doctors back on Mirinoi, but he had no others to turn to. Mike playfully punched Leo in the arm and urged him to rest. But there was a slight feeling of uneasiness growing inside Leo as he thought about the dream. Something inside him kept telling him that there was more to the dream than he thought. But he didn't have the knowledge or the power to decipher its true meaning and concluded that it was just a dream.
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AN: Damn this chapter was hard to write because my word processor kept messing up and I kept losing information that I worked so hard to put in here! If it wasn't for that I would have had this chapter up sooner! But don't worry. I'm already hard at work on the next chapter and it won't take as long for me to put it up as this one...
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Chapter 9 : When Dreams Tell of a Dark Future
"Leo look!" Mike said in a somewhat excited tone. His eyes saw something in the distance; a sign that there may be hope on this hopeless planet. "Check it out," his fingers pointed towards the direction where he had seen the strange signification. "There's smoke rising into the air!"
Leo looked towards the direction Mike was pointing to and saw exactly what Mike saw. What he saw almost filled him with hope. Beyond the trees, a cloud of smoke was beginning to make its way upwards towards the sky. Where there was smoke there had to be fire, he thought. But before he could say anything Mike had already run off into the woods, heading towards the direction where they saw the rising smoke. He began to run after Mike, slightly annoyed that his brother kept ditching him whenever they spotted some sort of clue on how to get off this forsaken planet. But he somehow understood the reason Mike was in such a hurry. Mike wanted to get off this planet as much as he did and even the slightest clue was significant in completing this task. Without any further delay, Leo ran after his brother, avoiding stray branches and roots along the way.
Leo caught up with his brother, though he had a hard time doing so because he ran into a row of branches along the way and tripped on a large root protruding from the ground. Mike had always been the best at everything when it came to the two of them and being athletic was one of his most valued traits. Leo was slightly envious of Mike at times, but he learned that some people were just born perfect. He was glad his brother was one of those people and respected him greatly for it.
They finally reached a large, grassless clearing. To their amazement, the clearing was a thriving village with many different races of people living a normal life out in these abandoned woods. The village looked a bit primitive and straw huts were used as their homes. It looked like the spitting image of a town built in the dark ages of the planet earth, the only difference was that there were many different races of people inhabiting this village, peacefully co-existing with each other. When the two of them arrived, many of the villagers stopped in their tracks with a look of fear in their expressions. There were many though, who did not even notice them coming and continued to mind their business.
"Excuse me," Mike tried to get their attention by raising a hand in the air. The villagers just looked at him like he was an alien from a different planet or something like that. Villagers carrying their fruit baskets simply dropped their belongings to the ground and ran inside the nearest huts. "We haven't come for trouble," Mike explained. "We only ask for your help." Again he was ignored. The only replies were the terrified expressions of the fleeing villagers.
The feeling of hopelessness began to fill Leo's heart again. Maybe these people couldn't understand them, making it virtually impossible to ask for their help. He sighed deeply as the hope inside him began to slowly disintegrate.
To their surprise, an elderly man began to slowly approach them. He was gifted with a shiny, white beard, growing long on his chin. This man was sturdy and well built, a surprising trait not commonly found in a man his age. "Please leave if you wish to cause trouble," he asked them nicely. "These people deeply love this village and they will do what is necessary to protect it."
"We don't want any trouble," Leo told him. His voice was honest and kind and he hoped it would help the man believe the words he was saying. "We only came here to ask for your help. We have been imprisoned by a man called Onslaught Evir."
The man sadly closed his eyes. "More victims," he sighed. "I thought this would have stopped by now."
A voice came from behind him. "Father?" it said. Mike and Leo looked to see who it was. They saw a young boy, probably in his late teens, coming over to the elderly man. He had a darker skin tone than the elder, and somewhat resembled him in looks. There was no doubt this young man attracted many girls in the place where he came from. "What is it now father?"
"It's nothing DreAn," the old man said to his son. "Go back home and wait for me there," he instructed kindly. "I won't be long."
The teen heeded his father's words and turned towards the village. His father looked at him with concern as he disappeared into one of the huts. After seeing his son had safely returned home, he turned his attention to the two strangers standing before him. "Forgive me for my rudeness. I am Neva Tian from the planet KO-35 and founder of this village." He slightly bowed his head as a sign of his respect.
"I'm Mike Corbett and this is my brother Leo," Mike introduced and bowed his head to honor this man's tradition. "We're from the planet Mirinoi."
"It is unfortunate that you have been chosen as Onslaught's newest victims," he said to them. "And I am sad to inform you that the only way in and out of this planet is through Onslaught's ship."
"There must be another way," Leo said, now feeling more hopeless than ever. If this man was telling the truth, he would never be able to see his friends or the beautiful planet of Mirinoi again. "There has to be something else other than that big piece of junk Onslaught uses for transportation!"
"I'm afraid there isn't," The honesty in his voice was enough to convince the two that this planet would become their permanent homes. "I myself have been a prisoner here for over a decade. I was one of the first of Onslaught's victim's and since then I have been trying to find some way to get out of here. I have found no way out and even communication to outside worlds is impossible. That is why I founded this village."
"So everyone here is a prisoner," Mike figured out. He sighed and his shoulders began to drop as if some heavy burden was suddenly placed on him. But unlike Leo he still had a small amount of hope left in him. Hope that his friends would eventually come to his aid. "We'll get you and everyone else out of here! I promise you that."
Such words of hope and encouragement were merely worthless words to Neva. He wanted to believe what Mike was saying, but he had heard those words so many times from other prisoners and they always ended up to be pointless and useless words in the end. "I wish I could believe you," he said kindly. "But please do not make promises you cannot keep."
"This is a promise I intend to keep, old man," Mike assured.
"I will hold you to your promise then."
As the two conversed, Leo's head began to spin rapidly. He was feeling dazed and drained. Sleep threatened to take over his body and before he knew it he collapsed on the floor only to be caught by Mike.
"Leo, what's wrong with you?" Mike's asked worriedly as he helped his brother regain balance. When Leo made no reply, he placed a cool hand on Leo's head and was startled by how abnormally warm it was. "Leo your burning up."
"I-It's no-nothing Mike don't worry about it," Leo lied. His body felt weak with every word he said and he wanted so bad to go to sleep. Giving in to his body's desires, he gave into unconsciousness.
Mike reached for Leo's body again before he hit the ground and possibly injure himself. He knew Leo lacked the strength to walk on his own and carried him with his arms. He looked at the man who only watched the current events take place. "Please help me," Mike pleaded. "I don't know what's wrong with him."
"Bring him inside my home," Neva suggested as he turned to walk to the same house the younger boy had previously disappeared into.
Mike followed him obediently while carrying Leo's languishing body in his strong arms. He observed Leo's face and noticed it had the look of pain upon it. He felt powerless to do anything about it and felt like he was failing everybody including himself. He couldn't even complete the simple task of getting them off this planet.
The hut they entered was a small home. It was a simple dwelling with only few furnishings. There was a large cushioned bed in the corner made of wood and made soft with the feathers of local birds. In the center of the house there lie a plain table with two chairs by its side and much like everything else it was also made of wood. A tiny window facing east was their source of sunlight and their view to the outside world. The teen Mike had seen earlier sat by the window reading a book. When the boy noticed them walk in, he got up and put his book down. He approached his father and simply asked "Father what's going on?"
"Prepare the bed DreAn," Neva instructed the young boy. "I'll go get the healers and you can help our guests." Neva then walked out the door and left his son to tend to the guests.
DreAn hastily prepared the bed for the guests as it was still unmade from earlier uses. "Bring him over here ," DreAn said while preparing the bed. Mike approached him slowly, sill carrying Leo's Limp form in his arms. When he finished he motioned for Mike to put Leo on the bed.
Mike steadily placed Leo's body on the soft bed where he could finally get some comfortable rest and have time to recover from whatever it was that was affecting him. He stared down at Leo who's face had become an unusually paler color than before . He fervently hoped that whatever sickness had overcome Leo was not as serious as it looked. He sat down by Leo's side, feeling the need to watch over him while he recovered.
DreAn watched the older man's face fill with worry as he watched the other man on the bed. The scene looked somewhat familiar to him, but he pushed the thought aside. "He must mean a lot to you huh?" he asked with curiosity which could clearly be distinguished in his voice. "Even if he doesn't, it sure seems like it."
"Actually he means the world to me. Even if he doesn't see it," Mike told the young man who stood across him, who watching him with a curious look in his eyes. "He is my brother and even if he gets me into crazy and unbelievable situations like this, it doesn't change anything."
"I see," DreAn said though his voice was a bit distant. He turned away from them and walked towards the window, looking far into the horizon. "I know exactly how you feel," he said. "I also have a brother on my planet, KO-35. His name is Erad and I believe he is still there, angry at my decision to come here."
"How long have you been here?" Mike asked politely. He found a slight interest in this kid's story and was interested to hear more of it.
"I've only been here for two whole months," he replied, his gaze never leaving the distant horizon. "I came here with the intention of saving my father, the man you know as Neva Tian." He took a deep breath and sighed. "Erad begged me not to go, fearing I might suffer the same fate as my father and never return. Now I feel like I have been a failure to him." DreAn tore his gaze from the window and began to walk out the door. "I'll go get my father," he said before leaving. "You should let your brother rest for now."
Mike was then left alone with just Leo. Worried eyes watched over Leo carefully, waiting for any sign of recovery. Mike placed a cool hand on Leo's warm forehead hoping it would help cool him down. Mike was beginning to grow impatient with Neva and the healer that was supposed to be here a while ago. He hoped they would soon arrive before anything serious happened to Leo.
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Leo found himself floating in the void of space in his red ranger form. The jet jammer which he depended on greatly floated in pieces right beside him. His body felt weak and useless and he let himself float endlessly into space. Before his eyes, lie the planet Mirinoi, the planet where he and his friends made their homes. His eyes wandered to familiar black object orbiting around the planet. It was Onslaught Evir's ship and it glowed an unusual bright white, making its dark features more visible.
Leo's movements were slow, even if he wasn't controlling any of them. It felt like minutes before he even moved a single inch. He could feel something terrible was soon to happen and he reached for his quasar saber, intending to use its power to strengthen him. He panicked when he couldn't find it anywhere, not even when he called for it. And that was the last of his worries. He was filled with horror when he witnessed the dark object fire an intense beam of white light towards the planet, destroying it upon impact.
Before he could react a bright pulse of light suddenly blinded Leo's vision and brought him out of the endlessness of space. He closed his eyes to ease the pain the brightness was causing his sensitive eyes to feel. As the light dimmed down, he slowly opened his eyes only to find himself in a completely different setting with forty-five rangers floating around him. All of them, including himself, were suspended in mid-air each with one of nine colors on their outfits and from different generations.
Leo only knew sixteen of them personally. Five of them were his own teammates, Mya, Kendrix, Damon, Kai and Mike. He called out to them, hoping to get their attention. "Mya! Damon! Kai! Kendrix! Mike!"he called to them. His call was left unanswered. "Mike!" he called out again, this time hoping to get his brother's attention. Still there was no reply and Leo was left to wonder why they didn't hear his call.
Suddenly, powerful waves of multicolored energy began to rise into the air; each wave coming from a different ranger of that particular color. Leo watched them closely, unaware of what was happening. As the process continued, each of the rangers identities were slowly being revealed. Leo was horrified when he realized what exactly was happening. The rangers' were beginning to lose their powers as wave after wave of energy was being emitted. "Mike!" Leo tried to call to his brother once again, but to his disappointment, no reply came to him. Before he knew it, the process was complete, but it wasn't over yet. This time their bodies were next, fading much more quickly than their powers. In a matter of seconds their bodies completely faded into absolutely nothing, leaving Leo completely alone.
The only time Leo had felt so completely alone was when he thought he lost Mike. But now Mike was truly gone. He tried to suppress the deep sadness he felt, but it wouldn't subside. Why couldn't he have gone with them all? Why did he have to be all alone? His thoughts were interrupted by another flash of bright light, this time being more powerful than the last. Pain mixed with the tears in his eyes as he struggled to open them again. He was brought to yet another location, this one being more familiar than the last. It was the planet earth, standing before Leo and just as beautiful as the last time he saw it. Watching the earth brought back warm memories of his childhood, of his old friends and Mike and no matter how hard he tried to keep them back, the tears just kept falling from the thought of such memories.
Leo's eyes widened as he saw a familiar object orbiting the earth's moon. The same white glow surrounding the ship was much more luminous and looked more deadly than before. The object suddenly stopped and a powerful blast was directed towards the moon. The moon was sent flying out of orbit and was in the brink of colliding with the earth. Leo stood there unable to do anything about it. But he knew there was nothing he could do and he turned away from the scene of destruction that would be the earth's end. A loud explosion ran through Leo's ears as earth and moon became one and he was sent flying through space.
Leo floated endlessly through space, the events that just happened still fresh in his mind. He let the tears flow freely as he was left there to die, alone. He wished that something would happen soon to put him out of his misery. A loud scream escaped his lungs, hoping it would prevent him from going insane, until Mike's voice suddenly awakened him from the dream world.
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"Leo! Wake up!" Mike began to shake Leo's stiff shoulders in the attempt to wake him up. The healer had already arrived hours ago and concluded that Leo had only contracted a common jungle fever and that it would soon subside with some rest. Leo was sweating at an amazing rate and he was uttering words that Mike could barely make out. "Leo!"
Leo suddenly jumped and broke down into tears. Mike caught him before he fell off the bed and placed a comforting arm around his shoulders. "What's wrong Leo?" Mike asked in a worried tone.
Leo wiped the tears from his eyes. He felt slightly embarrassed and ceased to cry. "It was just a dream," he said as soon as he realized Mike was still alive and well. He looked around and found himself in a strange new setting and a strange new bed with Mike sitting beside him. There were two others in the room with them, but during the time he was asleep, he had totally forgotten their names. "It was just a dream," he repeated.
Mike was relieved Leo was all right. He thought the healer's skills were not as useful as the doctors back on Mirinoi, but he had no others to turn to. Mike playfully punched Leo in the arm and urged him to rest. But there was a slight feeling of uneasiness growing inside Leo as he thought about the dream. Something inside him kept telling him that there was more to the dream than he thought. But he didn't have the knowledge or the power to decipher its true meaning and concluded that it was just a dream.
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AN: Damn this chapter was hard to write because my word processor kept messing up and I kept losing information that I worked so hard to put in here! If it wasn't for that I would have had this chapter up sooner! But don't worry. I'm already hard at work on the next chapter and it won't take as long for me to put it up as this one...
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