AN: A short summary of this chapter.......... Girls kicking ass really turn me on!
If you really want to know what happened to Ryan you get to find out when you get to the next chapter. I will not post up the next chapter which is by the way, already finished and ready to be posted, until I get a few good reviews on this chapter. So make sure you read this chapter! And review! So.... In a day or two hopefully the next chapter will be done. And as for what Leo did to get he and his brother into that mess, well you'll find out later.
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Chapter 16: When a Little Delay Leads the Alien Rangers Astray
On Mirinoi....
"We must not worry about the galaxy rangers for now," Delphine advised Karone who couldn't shield her mind from Delphine's telepathic powers. "I am sure that whatever trial they are facing, they will surely prevail."
"You're right," Karone had no other choice but to agree. The idea of going after her friends and helping them was a constant thought in her head, but she knew it wasn't a good idea to leave the group after what Delphine had told her about the current events on the planet earth. She could only hope that her friends weren't suffering the same fate as the other rangers on earth. "We should go to earth before things get worse," she said.
"Then let's go!" Aurico suggested, sounding impatient. Karone could sense that the red ranger was growing anxious and was using all his power to stay serious. She didn't have much knowledge of Aquitians and this whole experience was a learning process for her. She wasn't telepathic either but she could tell the others were sensing it. "We've no time to waste," he said.
"Then prepare to teleport to earth," Delphine announced. Karone looked at the new device on her right hand that Cestro had given her earlier. "Teleportation devices ready."
The six rangers of Aquitar all activated their teleportation devices and soon materialized into six rays of colored light. The lights began to travel upward at immense speeds and out of Mirinoi's clear green atmosphere. Each ranger hoped to arrive on earth before things got any worse, but Karone was more worried about her friends. After all they were her former team mates and her family. She kept her ears open for any sound from her communicator, hoping to get a message from the galaxy rangers.
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Somewhere in Blue Bay Harbor....
"Hunter!" Blake yelled as he rushed over to his fallen brother's side. One of the mechanical droids had managed to take down Hunter and he lay motionless on the floor. Blake managed to strike down the droid, but the more powerful general droid stood there waiting for them to take down the last of his troops. Blake was already tired. He and his brother had to take down an entire army of droids and their energy was pretty much depleted. He knew it would be the end of them if he didn't continue to fight. Blake held tightly to his weapon and lunged at the general, hoping to strike him down. He was pushed back by the sheer strength of the generals metallic parts and landed beside Hunter.
"Hunter, you've got to get up!" Blake said as he struggled to get back on his feet. Hunter made no response and the general towered over Blake before he had the chance to get up with his blaster pointed at his head. Blake was left no other choice but to stay still and surrender to the general in fear of further endangering their lives.
He remained like that for what seemed like such a long time with the tip of the blaster still pointed directly at his face. He had never been so afraid in his entire life. Usually in situations like these, Hunter would always come to his rescue. This time Hunter was on the floor, unaware of that his younger brother was in trouble again.
"Hold it right there!" came a faraway voice from atop one of the surrounding buildings. Blake looked up, but couldn't see the source of the voice. The general looked away too in search of the voice, giving Blake the chance to escape. Blake rolled away from the droid, taking his brothers unconscious form with him without the general droid noticing.
"Over here," said another voice much more different from the last. The voice sounded like a female human submerged in water, but also held some sort of authority. "Right above you!" came a third voice, similar to the last but sounding much deeper.
The general looked high into the sky and still saw nothing... Unfortunately for him, he wasn't looking hard enough.
Six figures dressed in ranger attire fell slowly from the sky with each of their swords drawn. They didn't look like they were falling, they looked more like they were gliding. The general stood his ground, not intimidated at all by their larger group. He looked down and was enraged by the disappearance of his two hostages, but he had other things to worry about. The rangers fell faster and faster and they were so close to the him that he attempted to fire at them. He missed. The rangers had disappeared into thin air and the general stood there in awe and wonder.
Just when he thought they had all disappeared they mysteriously appeared again, this time surrounding him with their swords pointed directly toward him. The general leapt up into the air to escape their attack, but was forced back down to the ground when the black ranger took a hold of one of his mechanical legs. The red ranger placed his foot over the general to prevent him from moving any further.
"Stay where you are!" the red ranger said, pushing harder down with his foot to prevent the general from making any other movements. "We have a few questions for you."
"I'm sorry," said the droid general. His reply was followed by a very loud beeping sound. "But that does not compute. Self destruct sequence in 5............4............3........."
"Run!" the pink ranger yelled. "It's going to explode!" She began to run as fast as she could away from the droid general to avoid the coming explosion while the other rangers followed her lead. A loud bang and a disastrous explosion followed, destroying the surrounding buildings and reducing them to rubble. The six rangers of Aquitar were scattered throughout the area by the sheer force of the explosion. The were covered up in rubble but they soon emerged unharmed and wiped themselves clean of the dirt that blanketed their suits. They looked around in search of the two other rangers they had seen earlier, but there was not a sign of them anywhere.
Tideus used his telepathic powers to search for them. It took him a while to search for their minds, but he soon found them . "They're still here," Tideus said. "I don't know where, but they are still here and alive. Not in good condition but still alive."
The search for the two missing rangers began...
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Almost an hour had passed but the search for the two rangers was yet to end. They had turned over piles of rubble hoping to find the rangers under there, but their efforts had brought them nowhere and nothing but exhaustion and fatigue.
"Guys, I think I found something!" Karone announced. She began to dig through the rubble when she thought she had seen something. She dug deeper and deeper and was finally relieved to find two rangers buried underneath the rubble, still breathing but unconscious. "Come check it out. I think they might need some serious help."
The other rangers stopped their search and ran to Karone. There were large amounts of rubble hindering their paths but their enhanced speed and agility helped them overcome their obstacles. Soon enough the rangers made it to Karone's side where she stood over the two rangers.
Just when they thought the two rangers were unconscious they heard a grunt escape the navy colored rangers mouth. "Help- my brother..." he said weakly. He sounded as if speaking was too much for his weakened body to take. "Please..." he begged. His visor came off, giving him the opportunity to breath. Painful coughs escaped his throat and his breaths were deep and labored.
"Are you all right?" Aurico asked him. He was a bit concerned when the human attempted to rise and fell back on the ground. Aurico used his quick reflexes to catch the human before he landed. "Don't overdo it my friend," he advised him, helping the navy ranger to his feet. "We need to get the both of you out of here."
"Who are you?" the navy ranger asked, examining the six rangers crowding around him. "I owe you my life. Thank you."
"We're the rangers of Aquitar," the pink ranger replied.
"And we're here to save the earth once again," the red ranger continued, giving the navy ranger a pat on the shoulder. "That is the pink ranger Karone of KO-35," he said, as he began to look at the other rangers. "That is Delphine, the white ranger of Aquitar, Cestro, the blue ranger of Aquitar, Tideus, the yellow ranger of Aquitar, Corcus, the black ranger of Aquitar and you can call me Aurico the red ranger of Aquitar." Aurico reached out to shake his hand but the other rangers just bowed their heads.
"Welcome to earth," said the navy ranger but his voice was still weak. "My name is Blake, the Navy Thunder ranger. That is my brother Hunter, the Crimson Thunder ranger. My brother and I- " a cough escaped his throat, but he continued. "We were in search of our comrades, the wind rangers. All we know is that they were under attack and in need of our help."
"We have planned to gather the remaining team of rangers on earth," Delphine pointed out. "This new enemy we hear of, he does not work alone. Not even one team of rangers will be enough to stop his army."
"I don't know anything about this new enemy," Blake admitted. "The last I heard, he had managed to capture two members of a ranger team called Wild Force."
"I thought the Wild Force powers had been returned to the Animarium," Cestro said. He knew quite a lot about every team of rangers on earth and in the entire galaxy. He had heard that the Wild Force powers had been returned to the Animarium when the threat of the orgs was finally laid to rest. If the Wild Force powers had been reactivated then the enemy they were facing was more dangerous than they thought.
"I don't know anything about that," Blake replied. Unlike Cestro he knew nothing about the other team of rangers.
"Back to our original conversation," Delphine interrupted.
"I have gathered much information from my contacts," Aurico said. He sadly cast his eyes down. "The list is pretty long. I don't think you'd want to hear it."
"I don't think I'd want to." Blake said. He let out another cough which sounded worse than before. "How could so many rangers be captured?"
"As I have mentioned earlier," Delphine said. "His army is massive and those few rangers could not have taken down such a large army by themselves. "His army is composed of thousands of mecha droids, human-like robots with great strength. Although weak alone, they are almost unstoppable as a group. They are commanded by five general droids, droids ten times as powerful as one droid. We managed to destroy one of them today. The rest are scattered throughout the earth in search of the other rangers. And even if they were able to take down the army of droids they still have to go through Onslaught."
"But that is not all," Corcus interrupted Delphine's incomplete explanation. Blake stood there, attentively listening to the story finding the black ranger more interesting than the white. "Evir Onslaught, the man we currently speak of, is only one of three extremely powerful beings who work for a far more powerful foe."
"Sounds like the power rangers don't stand a chance," Blake said. "There's three of them and we can't even manage to defeat one of them. What if the combined powers of the rangers isn't enough?"
"I'm afraid I don't know how to answer your question," Delphine said. "But we cannot give up so easily. We are power rangers. For those in trouble hope is easily found for we are the bringers of hope and the people depend on us to bring it to them. We must work together as the beacons of hope in a darkened world. That is why we must seek the aid of the other rangers and bring an end to evil. Then and only then will the world be at peace once again. Do you understand what it is I say?"
"Yes I do," Blake answered, though the white ranger's words sounded like riddles to him. "What do you know about the others? Why aren't the other two here with him?" he asked her. This time he hoped to get a reply that he could actually understand. He was relieved when the pink ranger answered in the white rangers stead.
"It is likely they will come here very soon," Karone answered for Delphine in her Astronema tone of voice =P. "Once that happens we may not be able to stand a chance."
"And as for your other question," Cestro continued. "The other two wander the universe in search of power. When the need arises, Evir Onslaught will ask for their aid. Their names are Revi Ambush, an intergalactic trader of illegal weapons and goods and Irev Slaughter, an assassin wanted in over fifteen different galaxies for the kidnap and murder of innocent victims. Together the three are an invincible team, each representing one of the following: strength, knowledge and stealth. This planet is fortunate enough to not have encountered the other two."
"Yes, but for how long," Blake added. He and the other rangers became silent after that. The silence was both deafening and frightening at the same time. It felt like the calm before the storm and maybe it was.
"Wait!" Blake suddenly realized something. "Hunter needs some serious help. Please!" he begged. "We need to get him to a doctor soon!"
"Don't worry about it," Tideus advised him. "We have Cestro here. He's one of the medical healers back on Aquitar. He'll have your brother back to normal in a matter of hours."
"Do what you can," Blake said.
"We haven't forgotten about you Blake," Corcus reminded him.
"You look pretty beaten up," Karone added. She looked deep into the navy rangers eyes without him noticing. She couldn't help but think he was a little cute for a human. She shook her head, thinking herself crazy for falling for a human. She shook the thought out of her head. What an inconvenient time to meet up such a good looking ranger. "We have to check out those wounds," she said. "Are you sure you're all right?"
"Yes, I'm-" Blake didn't finish. Instead he collapsed and began to fall to the ground again until Karone caught him this time. She stared at the navy ranger for a while. She had never seen someone look so cute when they were asleep except maybe Zhane but Zhane's loud snoring was certainly a turnoff.
That was definitely the least of their problems. They heard a loud noise above them and when they looked up to see what it was, they were filled with fear. Karone's heart began to beat faster than normal when she saw it. Hovering right above them was a black spacecraft which cast its evil shadow upon the rangers. It looked like the spacecraft had been there for a while. They must have been so caught up in their conversation that they failed to notice its presence. The six rangers were overcome with fear and though Karone could not feel it, the other five rangers could sense it from each other. A quick flash of light shot straight down from the ship and materialized into a human shaped figure covered in black. An evil grin covered his face and his arms were loosely crossed.
Karone wanted to look into the mans eyes. It was easier for her to understand her friends and enemies when she looked into their eyes. But this man wore a helmet that covered half his head, preventing her from seeing his eyes. Her heart still beat heavily and she feared that it was beating so loud that Onslaught was able to hear it. She hoped he couldn't hear it. This was after all her first mission as a ranger of Aquitar and she didn't want to screw it up.
"Welcome, rangers of Aquitar," he said, cupping his chin but still smiling widely. "I was hoping that you would arrive here sometime. I didn't expect it to be so soon."
"Get the two of them out of here," Karone told the four male rangers. She looked at Delphine who seemed to understand what she was doing. "Delphine and I can handle this."
"We do not want to take any risks!" Tideus argued. He didn't seem to understand what Karone was planning. His telepathic powers must have been impaired by the fear that suddenly filled him during Onslaught's arrival. "We cannot lose any other rangers!"
"It's OK Corcus, Well be fine." Karone assured him. "Don't worry about us. We will regroup later."
The four male rangers shook their head, disapproving of the idea. It was clear that they didn't want to risk the loss of other rangers because it wouldn't do any good to their plans. With the loss of more rangers the enemy would have an even bigger advantage.
"You must go now!" Delphine implored. "Just think. If we all fail he will have an entire team of rangers in his captivity. We need to buy you some time to escape for now. Then you can organize the remaining rangers on earth."
The other rangers hesitated, but they knew they had no other choice. Karone handed over Blake to Aurico and Corcus who placed the Navy ranger's arms over their shoulders to make it easier for them to move him out of there. Cestro and Tideus lifted the crimson rangers off the ground and did the same. "Come, let's get them out of here," Aurico said. He took the lead along with Corcus and the other two followed closely behind them. "We'll have to continue without Karone and Delphine. I have no doubt in their abilities," Aurico said. The four of them ran off into the distance with the burden of the thunder rangers slowing them down. Fortunately they were away from the threat of Onslaught but at the same time too far to give any aid to their friends. They knew it was the right decision but somehow they felt that something bad would end up happening. Cestro was more worried about Delphie than Karone and truthfully, he didn't care what would happen to Karone just as long as Delphine was all right.
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"I really love fighting female rangers," Onslaught's smile widened as he stepped closer and closer to the two rangers before him. "The agility. The speed. It's all used so skillfully that it's deadly. It is said that women are the most dangerous being in the galaxy. I certainly hope you two are no exceptions."
"Shut up and fight us Onslaught," Karone yelled, getting really annoyed at Onslaught's meaningless words. She couldn't help but agree with Onslaught's opinion. "You may have taken down other rangers," she said "But you have no idea who you're messing with this time."
Delphine stood silent, concentrating on the oncoming battle and making only slow movements around Onslaught. Even though you couldn't really sense it or see it Delphine was probably one of the most impatient Aquitian you could ever meet. She made the first move and removed her sword, attempting to strike Onslaught and strike him hard. She didn't miss. As a matter of fact she had a record of never missing her targets. Karone and the other rangers envied her greatly for her deadly talent.
The attack completely threw Onslaught off guard and he was thrown back with great force. He quickly got back on his feet though and bared his disgusting teeth. "You fail to disappoint me," he said rushing towards Karone with his fists ready. He attempted a punch and didn't miss, but he didn't hit her either. Instead he hit a decoy pink ranger suit which fell slowly to the ground.
"And you fail to impress me," Karone said, suddenly appearing over his head. She struck him hard with her sword, knocking him off balance. She landed back on the ground and Delphine followed up with a drop kick, making Onslaught fall to the ground.
"Argg!" Onslaught roared as he lifted himself off the ground. "Females...."
"Oh, we're definitely more than that," Delphine reminded him, sounding more confident than ever. "We're the rangers of Aquitar and we will defeat you."
"Is that so?" Onslaught stood there in wonder and unbelief. "Then show me!"
"I can assure you we will," Delphine replied. She turned her attention to Karone who seemed to understand Delphine's intention. "Ready Karone?" Karone nodded her head and replied with "Ready."
Together the two said, "Rangers of Aquitar power up! Power of water, power of light, powers unite!"
"White Aquitar Ranger power up!" Delphine yelled before she leapt up into the air with her sword ready. She drew out a left pointed triangle with her sword which was followed by an intense explosion of blinding white light. The attack sliced through Onslaught's thick clothing and was followed by a display of sparks flying through the air, but Onslaught was still left standing. He held tightly onto his shoulder because that was where the blow landed.
Karone knew it was her turn this time and that she had to end it. "Pink Aquitar Ranger Power up!" she shouted. With tremendous speed and with her sword tightly held in her hands, she ran to Onslaught. When she was close enough to strike she drew out her symbol, a star, with her weapon. It was followed by an eruption of marvelous pink light that sent Onslaught flying halfway through the city. He landed on an unstable building that collapsed upon impact and burying him underneath.
"We must depart from this place," Delphine gestured for Karone to follow her.
"Right," Karone agreed, following the instructions of her leader. The two began to make their way to the city limits, running as fast as they could. They hoped the other rangers were still close so they could catch up and get the hell out of this forsaken city. But Delphine felt a wave of dark energy behind her. When she looked back to check up on Karone a dark energy wrapped itself around Karone. In the distant horizon Onslaught stood, his smile still visible even from afar. The dark energy seemed to coming from him. Delphine stopped to help Karone but she could not do anything to help her escape its grip. Karone pushed her away and told her to go and help the other rangers, but Delphine refused to leave her comrade behind. "Leave now!" Karone begged. "Don't let the same happen to you! Find my brother Andross, he is unaware of the current situations. He will certainly be a great asset to the upcoming battles!"
Delphine had no choice but to listen to Karone and finally let go. She turned away from Karone and ran to the city limits where she saw the vague figures of the other rangers. She was disappointed in herself for not being able to do anything. She felt unworthy to lead the team after what just happened. "I will return for you Karone," she whispered silently to herself. "I will not leave you in evil's grip." She remembered Karone's last words about her brother Andross and she wouldn't fail to find him. The pink ranger's wishes would not be ignored.
She finally caught up to the others who stopped as soon as they saw her coming. "We've lost Karone," she told them sadly. "We cannot do much for her now, but continue on our original plans. We must bring Onslaught's reign of terror to an end."
The other rangers didn't say a single word and just looked at Karone with their heads cast downwards. Even if their helmets concealed their expressions, the telepathic powers of an Aquitian could sense just about everything that went on in others' minds. The long silence was almost too much for Cestro to take. He had disapproved of the idea of Karone being an addition to their team from the beginning. He didn't feel any sympathy for Karone and his emotions remained neutral. He shielded his mind so that the other rangers could not sense it.
"We have to leave this place now," Aurico broke the long silence. "Onslaught is still near. We may become his next victims."
"You're right. Prepare to teleport," Delphine readied the others. "Silver Hills will be our destination this time. It has not yet been hit by any of Onslaught's attacks. The silver guardians have managed to push back some of the forces that attempted to invade the city. The army of droids have not yet come back but their absence will buy us some time. Cestro, you cannot do anything for these two rangers at the moment. We may find the help these two thunder rangers need in Silver Hills."
The five rangers all nodded and activated their teleportation devices. All of them, including the two injured thunder rangers, materialized into rays of bright light and headed west of Blue Bay Harbor where Silver Hills was located.
To be continued......
AN: WHOA! This was the longest chapter I have ever written for ANY story I have ever written. That's really surprising! Oh yea! I just bought a thunder morpher today! I'm so happy!!! I can't stop playing with it! It's so much fun! LOL!
If you really want to know what happened to Ryan you get to find out when you get to the next chapter. I will not post up the next chapter which is by the way, already finished and ready to be posted, until I get a few good reviews on this chapter. So make sure you read this chapter! And review! So.... In a day or two hopefully the next chapter will be done. And as for what Leo did to get he and his brother into that mess, well you'll find out later.
Oh yea... One little comment... Did anybody like Lightspeed Rescue or did the majority of PR viewers hate it? I for one thought Lightspeed Rescue was an AWESOME season...
Chapter 16: When a Little Delay Leads the Alien Rangers Astray
On Mirinoi....
"We must not worry about the galaxy rangers for now," Delphine advised Karone who couldn't shield her mind from Delphine's telepathic powers. "I am sure that whatever trial they are facing, they will surely prevail."
"You're right," Karone had no other choice but to agree. The idea of going after her friends and helping them was a constant thought in her head, but she knew it wasn't a good idea to leave the group after what Delphine had told her about the current events on the planet earth. She could only hope that her friends weren't suffering the same fate as the other rangers on earth. "We should go to earth before things get worse," she said.
"Then let's go!" Aurico suggested, sounding impatient. Karone could sense that the red ranger was growing anxious and was using all his power to stay serious. She didn't have much knowledge of Aquitians and this whole experience was a learning process for her. She wasn't telepathic either but she could tell the others were sensing it. "We've no time to waste," he said.
"Then prepare to teleport to earth," Delphine announced. Karone looked at the new device on her right hand that Cestro had given her earlier. "Teleportation devices ready."
The six rangers of Aquitar all activated their teleportation devices and soon materialized into six rays of colored light. The lights began to travel upward at immense speeds and out of Mirinoi's clear green atmosphere. Each ranger hoped to arrive on earth before things got any worse, but Karone was more worried about her friends. After all they were her former team mates and her family. She kept her ears open for any sound from her communicator, hoping to get a message from the galaxy rangers.
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Somewhere in Blue Bay Harbor....
"Hunter!" Blake yelled as he rushed over to his fallen brother's side. One of the mechanical droids had managed to take down Hunter and he lay motionless on the floor. Blake managed to strike down the droid, but the more powerful general droid stood there waiting for them to take down the last of his troops. Blake was already tired. He and his brother had to take down an entire army of droids and their energy was pretty much depleted. He knew it would be the end of them if he didn't continue to fight. Blake held tightly to his weapon and lunged at the general, hoping to strike him down. He was pushed back by the sheer strength of the generals metallic parts and landed beside Hunter.
"Hunter, you've got to get up!" Blake said as he struggled to get back on his feet. Hunter made no response and the general towered over Blake before he had the chance to get up with his blaster pointed at his head. Blake was left no other choice but to stay still and surrender to the general in fear of further endangering their lives.
He remained like that for what seemed like such a long time with the tip of the blaster still pointed directly at his face. He had never been so afraid in his entire life. Usually in situations like these, Hunter would always come to his rescue. This time Hunter was on the floor, unaware of that his younger brother was in trouble again.
"Hold it right there!" came a faraway voice from atop one of the surrounding buildings. Blake looked up, but couldn't see the source of the voice. The general looked away too in search of the voice, giving Blake the chance to escape. Blake rolled away from the droid, taking his brothers unconscious form with him without the general droid noticing.
"Over here," said another voice much more different from the last. The voice sounded like a female human submerged in water, but also held some sort of authority. "Right above you!" came a third voice, similar to the last but sounding much deeper.
The general looked high into the sky and still saw nothing... Unfortunately for him, he wasn't looking hard enough.
Six figures dressed in ranger attire fell slowly from the sky with each of their swords drawn. They didn't look like they were falling, they looked more like they were gliding. The general stood his ground, not intimidated at all by their larger group. He looked down and was enraged by the disappearance of his two hostages, but he had other things to worry about. The rangers fell faster and faster and they were so close to the him that he attempted to fire at them. He missed. The rangers had disappeared into thin air and the general stood there in awe and wonder.
Just when he thought they had all disappeared they mysteriously appeared again, this time surrounding him with their swords pointed directly toward him. The general leapt up into the air to escape their attack, but was forced back down to the ground when the black ranger took a hold of one of his mechanical legs. The red ranger placed his foot over the general to prevent him from moving any further.
"Stay where you are!" the red ranger said, pushing harder down with his foot to prevent the general from making any other movements. "We have a few questions for you."
"I'm sorry," said the droid general. His reply was followed by a very loud beeping sound. "But that does not compute. Self destruct sequence in 5............4............3........."
"Run!" the pink ranger yelled. "It's going to explode!" She began to run as fast as she could away from the droid general to avoid the coming explosion while the other rangers followed her lead. A loud bang and a disastrous explosion followed, destroying the surrounding buildings and reducing them to rubble. The six rangers of Aquitar were scattered throughout the area by the sheer force of the explosion. The were covered up in rubble but they soon emerged unharmed and wiped themselves clean of the dirt that blanketed their suits. They looked around in search of the two other rangers they had seen earlier, but there was not a sign of them anywhere.
Tideus used his telepathic powers to search for them. It took him a while to search for their minds, but he soon found them . "They're still here," Tideus said. "I don't know where, but they are still here and alive. Not in good condition but still alive."
The search for the two missing rangers began...
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Almost an hour had passed but the search for the two rangers was yet to end. They had turned over piles of rubble hoping to find the rangers under there, but their efforts had brought them nowhere and nothing but exhaustion and fatigue.
"Guys, I think I found something!" Karone announced. She began to dig through the rubble when she thought she had seen something. She dug deeper and deeper and was finally relieved to find two rangers buried underneath the rubble, still breathing but unconscious. "Come check it out. I think they might need some serious help."
The other rangers stopped their search and ran to Karone. There were large amounts of rubble hindering their paths but their enhanced speed and agility helped them overcome their obstacles. Soon enough the rangers made it to Karone's side where she stood over the two rangers.
Just when they thought the two rangers were unconscious they heard a grunt escape the navy colored rangers mouth. "Help- my brother..." he said weakly. He sounded as if speaking was too much for his weakened body to take. "Please..." he begged. His visor came off, giving him the opportunity to breath. Painful coughs escaped his throat and his breaths were deep and labored.
"Are you all right?" Aurico asked him. He was a bit concerned when the human attempted to rise and fell back on the ground. Aurico used his quick reflexes to catch the human before he landed. "Don't overdo it my friend," he advised him, helping the navy ranger to his feet. "We need to get the both of you out of here."
"Who are you?" the navy ranger asked, examining the six rangers crowding around him. "I owe you my life. Thank you."
"We're the rangers of Aquitar," the pink ranger replied.
"And we're here to save the earth once again," the red ranger continued, giving the navy ranger a pat on the shoulder. "That is the pink ranger Karone of KO-35," he said, as he began to look at the other rangers. "That is Delphine, the white ranger of Aquitar, Cestro, the blue ranger of Aquitar, Tideus, the yellow ranger of Aquitar, Corcus, the black ranger of Aquitar and you can call me Aurico the red ranger of Aquitar." Aurico reached out to shake his hand but the other rangers just bowed their heads.
"Welcome to earth," said the navy ranger but his voice was still weak. "My name is Blake, the Navy Thunder ranger. That is my brother Hunter, the Crimson Thunder ranger. My brother and I- " a cough escaped his throat, but he continued. "We were in search of our comrades, the wind rangers. All we know is that they were under attack and in need of our help."
"We have planned to gather the remaining team of rangers on earth," Delphine pointed out. "This new enemy we hear of, he does not work alone. Not even one team of rangers will be enough to stop his army."
"I don't know anything about this new enemy," Blake admitted. "The last I heard, he had managed to capture two members of a ranger team called Wild Force."
"I thought the Wild Force powers had been returned to the Animarium," Cestro said. He knew quite a lot about every team of rangers on earth and in the entire galaxy. He had heard that the Wild Force powers had been returned to the Animarium when the threat of the orgs was finally laid to rest. If the Wild Force powers had been reactivated then the enemy they were facing was more dangerous than they thought.
"I don't know anything about that," Blake replied. Unlike Cestro he knew nothing about the other team of rangers.
"Back to our original conversation," Delphine interrupted.
"I have gathered much information from my contacts," Aurico said. He sadly cast his eyes down. "The list is pretty long. I don't think you'd want to hear it."
"I don't think I'd want to." Blake said. He let out another cough which sounded worse than before. "How could so many rangers be captured?"
"As I have mentioned earlier," Delphine said. "His army is massive and those few rangers could not have taken down such a large army by themselves. "His army is composed of thousands of mecha droids, human-like robots with great strength. Although weak alone, they are almost unstoppable as a group. They are commanded by five general droids, droids ten times as powerful as one droid. We managed to destroy one of them today. The rest are scattered throughout the earth in search of the other rangers. And even if they were able to take down the army of droids they still have to go through Onslaught."
"But that is not all," Corcus interrupted Delphine's incomplete explanation. Blake stood there, attentively listening to the story finding the black ranger more interesting than the white. "Evir Onslaught, the man we currently speak of, is only one of three extremely powerful beings who work for a far more powerful foe."
"Sounds like the power rangers don't stand a chance," Blake said. "There's three of them and we can't even manage to defeat one of them. What if the combined powers of the rangers isn't enough?"
"I'm afraid I don't know how to answer your question," Delphine said. "But we cannot give up so easily. We are power rangers. For those in trouble hope is easily found for we are the bringers of hope and the people depend on us to bring it to them. We must work together as the beacons of hope in a darkened world. That is why we must seek the aid of the other rangers and bring an end to evil. Then and only then will the world be at peace once again. Do you understand what it is I say?"
"Yes I do," Blake answered, though the white ranger's words sounded like riddles to him. "What do you know about the others? Why aren't the other two here with him?" he asked her. This time he hoped to get a reply that he could actually understand. He was relieved when the pink ranger answered in the white rangers stead.
"It is likely they will come here very soon," Karone answered for Delphine in her Astronema tone of voice =P. "Once that happens we may not be able to stand a chance."
"And as for your other question," Cestro continued. "The other two wander the universe in search of power. When the need arises, Evir Onslaught will ask for their aid. Their names are Revi Ambush, an intergalactic trader of illegal weapons and goods and Irev Slaughter, an assassin wanted in over fifteen different galaxies for the kidnap and murder of innocent victims. Together the three are an invincible team, each representing one of the following: strength, knowledge and stealth. This planet is fortunate enough to not have encountered the other two."
"Yes, but for how long," Blake added. He and the other rangers became silent after that. The silence was both deafening and frightening at the same time. It felt like the calm before the storm and maybe it was.
"Wait!" Blake suddenly realized something. "Hunter needs some serious help. Please!" he begged. "We need to get him to a doctor soon!"
"Don't worry about it," Tideus advised him. "We have Cestro here. He's one of the medical healers back on Aquitar. He'll have your brother back to normal in a matter of hours."
"Do what you can," Blake said.
"We haven't forgotten about you Blake," Corcus reminded him.
"You look pretty beaten up," Karone added. She looked deep into the navy rangers eyes without him noticing. She couldn't help but think he was a little cute for a human. She shook her head, thinking herself crazy for falling for a human. She shook the thought out of her head. What an inconvenient time to meet up such a good looking ranger. "We have to check out those wounds," she said. "Are you sure you're all right?"
"Yes, I'm-" Blake didn't finish. Instead he collapsed and began to fall to the ground again until Karone caught him this time. She stared at the navy ranger for a while. She had never seen someone look so cute when they were asleep except maybe Zhane but Zhane's loud snoring was certainly a turnoff.
That was definitely the least of their problems. They heard a loud noise above them and when they looked up to see what it was, they were filled with fear. Karone's heart began to beat faster than normal when she saw it. Hovering right above them was a black spacecraft which cast its evil shadow upon the rangers. It looked like the spacecraft had been there for a while. They must have been so caught up in their conversation that they failed to notice its presence. The six rangers were overcome with fear and though Karone could not feel it, the other five rangers could sense it from each other. A quick flash of light shot straight down from the ship and materialized into a human shaped figure covered in black. An evil grin covered his face and his arms were loosely crossed.
Karone wanted to look into the mans eyes. It was easier for her to understand her friends and enemies when she looked into their eyes. But this man wore a helmet that covered half his head, preventing her from seeing his eyes. Her heart still beat heavily and she feared that it was beating so loud that Onslaught was able to hear it. She hoped he couldn't hear it. This was after all her first mission as a ranger of Aquitar and she didn't want to screw it up.
"Welcome, rangers of Aquitar," he said, cupping his chin but still smiling widely. "I was hoping that you would arrive here sometime. I didn't expect it to be so soon."
"Get the two of them out of here," Karone told the four male rangers. She looked at Delphine who seemed to understand what she was doing. "Delphine and I can handle this."
"We do not want to take any risks!" Tideus argued. He didn't seem to understand what Karone was planning. His telepathic powers must have been impaired by the fear that suddenly filled him during Onslaught's arrival. "We cannot lose any other rangers!"
"It's OK Corcus, Well be fine." Karone assured him. "Don't worry about us. We will regroup later."
The four male rangers shook their head, disapproving of the idea. It was clear that they didn't want to risk the loss of other rangers because it wouldn't do any good to their plans. With the loss of more rangers the enemy would have an even bigger advantage.
"You must go now!" Delphine implored. "Just think. If we all fail he will have an entire team of rangers in his captivity. We need to buy you some time to escape for now. Then you can organize the remaining rangers on earth."
The other rangers hesitated, but they knew they had no other choice. Karone handed over Blake to Aurico and Corcus who placed the Navy ranger's arms over their shoulders to make it easier for them to move him out of there. Cestro and Tideus lifted the crimson rangers off the ground and did the same. "Come, let's get them out of here," Aurico said. He took the lead along with Corcus and the other two followed closely behind them. "We'll have to continue without Karone and Delphine. I have no doubt in their abilities," Aurico said. The four of them ran off into the distance with the burden of the thunder rangers slowing them down. Fortunately they were away from the threat of Onslaught but at the same time too far to give any aid to their friends. They knew it was the right decision but somehow they felt that something bad would end up happening. Cestro was more worried about Delphie than Karone and truthfully, he didn't care what would happen to Karone just as long as Delphine was all right.
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"I really love fighting female rangers," Onslaught's smile widened as he stepped closer and closer to the two rangers before him. "The agility. The speed. It's all used so skillfully that it's deadly. It is said that women are the most dangerous being in the galaxy. I certainly hope you two are no exceptions."
"Shut up and fight us Onslaught," Karone yelled, getting really annoyed at Onslaught's meaningless words. She couldn't help but agree with Onslaught's opinion. "You may have taken down other rangers," she said "But you have no idea who you're messing with this time."
Delphine stood silent, concentrating on the oncoming battle and making only slow movements around Onslaught. Even though you couldn't really sense it or see it Delphine was probably one of the most impatient Aquitian you could ever meet. She made the first move and removed her sword, attempting to strike Onslaught and strike him hard. She didn't miss. As a matter of fact she had a record of never missing her targets. Karone and the other rangers envied her greatly for her deadly talent.
The attack completely threw Onslaught off guard and he was thrown back with great force. He quickly got back on his feet though and bared his disgusting teeth. "You fail to disappoint me," he said rushing towards Karone with his fists ready. He attempted a punch and didn't miss, but he didn't hit her either. Instead he hit a decoy pink ranger suit which fell slowly to the ground.
"And you fail to impress me," Karone said, suddenly appearing over his head. She struck him hard with her sword, knocking him off balance. She landed back on the ground and Delphine followed up with a drop kick, making Onslaught fall to the ground.
"Argg!" Onslaught roared as he lifted himself off the ground. "Females...."
"Oh, we're definitely more than that," Delphine reminded him, sounding more confident than ever. "We're the rangers of Aquitar and we will defeat you."
"Is that so?" Onslaught stood there in wonder and unbelief. "Then show me!"
"I can assure you we will," Delphine replied. She turned her attention to Karone who seemed to understand Delphine's intention. "Ready Karone?" Karone nodded her head and replied with "Ready."
Together the two said, "Rangers of Aquitar power up! Power of water, power of light, powers unite!"
"White Aquitar Ranger power up!" Delphine yelled before she leapt up into the air with her sword ready. She drew out a left pointed triangle with her sword which was followed by an intense explosion of blinding white light. The attack sliced through Onslaught's thick clothing and was followed by a display of sparks flying through the air, but Onslaught was still left standing. He held tightly onto his shoulder because that was where the blow landed.
Karone knew it was her turn this time and that she had to end it. "Pink Aquitar Ranger Power up!" she shouted. With tremendous speed and with her sword tightly held in her hands, she ran to Onslaught. When she was close enough to strike she drew out her symbol, a star, with her weapon. It was followed by an eruption of marvelous pink light that sent Onslaught flying halfway through the city. He landed on an unstable building that collapsed upon impact and burying him underneath.
"We must depart from this place," Delphine gestured for Karone to follow her.
"Right," Karone agreed, following the instructions of her leader. The two began to make their way to the city limits, running as fast as they could. They hoped the other rangers were still close so they could catch up and get the hell out of this forsaken city. But Delphine felt a wave of dark energy behind her. When she looked back to check up on Karone a dark energy wrapped itself around Karone. In the distant horizon Onslaught stood, his smile still visible even from afar. The dark energy seemed to coming from him. Delphine stopped to help Karone but she could not do anything to help her escape its grip. Karone pushed her away and told her to go and help the other rangers, but Delphine refused to leave her comrade behind. "Leave now!" Karone begged. "Don't let the same happen to you! Find my brother Andross, he is unaware of the current situations. He will certainly be a great asset to the upcoming battles!"
Delphine had no choice but to listen to Karone and finally let go. She turned away from Karone and ran to the city limits where she saw the vague figures of the other rangers. She was disappointed in herself for not being able to do anything. She felt unworthy to lead the team after what just happened. "I will return for you Karone," she whispered silently to herself. "I will not leave you in evil's grip." She remembered Karone's last words about her brother Andross and she wouldn't fail to find him. The pink ranger's wishes would not be ignored.
She finally caught up to the others who stopped as soon as they saw her coming. "We've lost Karone," she told them sadly. "We cannot do much for her now, but continue on our original plans. We must bring Onslaught's reign of terror to an end."
The other rangers didn't say a single word and just looked at Karone with their heads cast downwards. Even if their helmets concealed their expressions, the telepathic powers of an Aquitian could sense just about everything that went on in others' minds. The long silence was almost too much for Cestro to take. He had disapproved of the idea of Karone being an addition to their team from the beginning. He didn't feel any sympathy for Karone and his emotions remained neutral. He shielded his mind so that the other rangers could not sense it.
"We have to leave this place now," Aurico broke the long silence. "Onslaught is still near. We may become his next victims."
"You're right. Prepare to teleport," Delphine readied the others. "Silver Hills will be our destination this time. It has not yet been hit by any of Onslaught's attacks. The silver guardians have managed to push back some of the forces that attempted to invade the city. The army of droids have not yet come back but their absence will buy us some time. Cestro, you cannot do anything for these two rangers at the moment. We may find the help these two thunder rangers need in Silver Hills."
The five rangers all nodded and activated their teleportation devices. All of them, including the two injured thunder rangers, materialized into rays of bright light and headed west of Blue Bay Harbor where Silver Hills was located.
To be continued......
AN: WHOA! This was the longest chapter I have ever written for ANY story I have ever written. That's really surprising! Oh yea! I just bought a thunder morpher today! I'm so happy!!! I can't stop playing with it! It's so much fun! LOL!
