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Ranger, this story is non-profit, and is used for entertainment reasons
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Authors Note: sorry for the long delay in this last chapter, I had a real bad case of writers block but thanks to my guy, it's over. So enjoy. And wait for the next fan fiction starring our newest couple.
The rangers stared wide eyed at the opening doors to the vault. From the widening gap they could see the interior. It was dark, not only that the light from the hall didn't or couldn't penetrate the darkness. It looked like a black hole, total absence of light.
"Creepy, in a fascinating way." Billy said, "Now that we have uncovered the vault, we should determine who it is that is to accompany Andrece to recover her lost essence."
"There is no reason I can't go alone." Andrece said still staring at the vast darkness before her.
"Logic would dic-"
Mystic travelers, welcome. A feminine voice filled the room, but did not echo. I am the spirit of the vault; I am the one to send you to either your victory or your doomed fait. The soul of the one from the dark must enter with their true soul mate. The one being that holds the special bond of body, mind, and heart. They must enter the darkness and call to the essence with their hearts and memories. Step forth and begin your final challenge.
"I guess you were right Billy." Tommy said as the voice faded. "But who is it?"
Glancing around their small group everyone seemed beyond nervousness or excitement. They all wanted this game to end, but they all knew the real price if they selected wrong. That error would trap them there in the game forever.
Suddenly Zack snapped his fingers. "I got it!" he seemed to shout.
"Who do you think is should be?" asked Trini, she had yet to come to her own conclusion.
"It's got to be Kim." Kimberly and Andrece shot him a look of utter confusion. "You two are like sisters, you do almost everything together. You're so close."
"I guess, but I am close to all of you. But I don't think Kim and I are that linked. Do you?" Andrece asked turning to the shorter girl in the pink ranger uniform.
Kimberly shook her helmeted head, "No…Zack you may have a good idea but I don't think it's me."
"Who could it be then." Asked Jason.
"Duh boy, it's you." Kimberly replied smiling behind her visor. Jason cocked his head to one side showing his confusion. "You and Drece are so close, you were the first to really befriend her, and you were the one who she said drew her back to the land of the living. And besides not one of the rest of us can beat how you feel about her."
Jason began to blush behind his own dark visor, and was glad that no one could see his reddening face. Clearing his throat, he turned to Andrece, "What do you think?"
She shrugged, "It's the best suggestion thus far. I just want this to end to tell you the truth."
Jason turned back to the rest of the rangers, "Okay, Drece and I will go and find her soul, you guys make sure that the Griffin doesn't wake up and if it does just put it right back to sleep. We'll be back as soon as we can." The others nodded and turned from the vault back to where the unconscious Griffin lay. Jason and Andrece walked side by side in step with each other into the cold darkness of the vault.
As soon as they crossed the threshold they were engulfed with the darkness. Andrece reached out for Jason's gloved hand and held it tightly in her own. Looking around and seeing nothing Jason stepped forward, their boots making solid clicks on the marble floor.
"Jason..?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you remember the day we met?"
"Of course I do. Why?"
"I was just thinking of all the stuff we've been though. It's been amazing and yet how it started was so simple. We literary had a run in with each other."
Jason chuckled, "Yeah I can still picture the look of your face when you came running down those stairs just before you crashed into me. You looked so surprised."
"I was running down those stairs to keep from falling, I tripped on the last one and you just happen to be there. I was so humiliated and embarrassed about knocking you down until you started laughing."
"It was too funny not to laugh. Zack, Billy and Tommy and I had been talking about girls and I think it was Zack who said the beautiful ones never fall into the laps of guys like us. And then boom there you were, in my lap." His laughter faded into the darkness as he let the memory fill him mind.
"Do you remember our first battle?"
"Yeah I was so scared; I thought we were going to have a reply of the evil ranger scenario again. Wow was I glad when you started blasting the putties instead of us."
"You know before that battle, and after I had my powers I use to follow the power rangers from fight to fight. It was just that day I had to join in. You were down and out numbered."
"You really helped turn the tides for that one. Those putties just wouldn't stay down. I swear my back still hurts from where Goldar blasted me in that fight."
"Humph…I never thought I'd be the one to rescue the Red Ranger from battle."
"It was right then when I saw you charge in that I knew there was something special about you, something beyond being a new ranger and saving my life."
They slowly walked in silence for a moment or two, and then Andrece spoke again, "Jason I'm sorry for what happened up at my Aunt's ranch."
"Huh?"
"When Flame threw you, and you got hurt. I'm sorry."
Jason let go of her hand and hugged her shoulders, "Don't worry about it, if that hadn't happen then we wouldn't be as close as we are now."
"Honestly it wasn't until the moment I saw you hit the ground that I knew how I really felt about you. That's when I learned that I couldn't live without you."
"I learned that I couldn't bear living without you when you…you died. I was so lost; I lost my drive to do anything. I was so happy when you came back. And I'm still happy that you're here." Jason looked in the general direction he thought Andrece was facing, a few images flashed though his mind, and he shook his head to clear them away and cleared his throat. "Ahh… this is nice Drece but shouldn't we be focusing on finding your soul?"
"Don't worry we have been. Remember what the voice said, the travelers need to use their hearts and memories to call for my soul. Well by remembering everything we have been calling to it. See?"
Jason looked up and straight ahead. There in the center of the darkness was a pin prick of light, it was growing stronger by the second, and coming closer too. "We've done it." He said in a hushed voice.
No!" screamed a woman's voice. It bounced off the stone walls of her chamber. "No! No! NO!!" she stomped around her small room. Fists clenched in anger. "Firs they turn out to be the people from the legend, then they learn the prophecy, then they go and beast my poor Griffin to unconsciousness, and now they actually enter the vault and find the soul! This can't be happening to me. I am not supposed to fail!"
A soft chuckle removes Katanga from her rant. "Things getting out of hand?"
"Back of child" she hissed, "There is nothing but a slight change in my plans."
The 'child' pushed himself away from the door way he had been leaning on, "Face it witch you have failed. Now it is time that you take your punishment and hand the task over to someone more qualified then you."
"My time is not up! Thy majesty knows nothing of the latest events. I still have time."
"Oh poor naive Katanga, thy majesty knows all that has happened, she knows of your failure to do even the simplest task correctly. Now it is time for you to step down, and for I to save the kingdom." The sly man cackled in delight as a black vortex opened beneath the witch, she cursed his name and screamed as it swallowed her whole.
Rubbing his hands together as one would before a feast of all favorite foods; he looked at the game board. "This will end then your real challenge shall begin; enough with this cat and mouse."
The light came closer still and when it was within arms reach it shattered into millions of different colour specks, as each speck fluttered down, they touched Andrece and entered her. She began to glow with a radiant light. As the last speck touched her the darkness of the vault vanished, and the two rangers were standing before their friends.
"That didn't take long." said Zack as he wrapped Andrece in a hug.
"What? How long were we gone for?" asked Andrece.
Billy glanced at his morpher, "Umm about ten seconds total. Why?"
"I guess that the time in the vault is different then out here." Jason said to Andrece. She nodded in agreement. Turning to the rest of their friends, "How about we get out of here?"
"I am all for that. Hopefully the dance isn't over." Kimberly said.
"Too late for that Kim," Trini said sadly. "But hey we can all get together at my place and finish our own dance?"
"Sure, that's better then nothing."
"Alright gang, let's go home." Tommy said, in unison they teleported to the command center. An hour after telling Zordon what had happened the rangers each went home to change and then went to Trini's.
As the soft slow music played from the stereo in the basement of the Kwan residence, Jason hugged Andrece closer. "Well Drece, we did it again. We faced the worst evil had to offer and we beat it." Andrece smiled up at him. They swayed a few moments to the rhythm of the song. "You know Drece, when we were talking of our past, and the big things that had happened. I noticed I had never told you how I really felt. I want to do that now."
Andrece silenced him with her finger tips on his lips. "Jason I know how you feel, you've said it in your own way a few times already, so for a change why don't you show me?"
Jason looked down into her sea green eyes and saw the mischievous sparkle there. "Very well." With that he kissed her, his arms wrapped around her waist, her arms encircling his neck.
*Flash* the pair were disoriented by the sudden intrusion of light. They broke apart and glared in the direction the light had come from. As the after images danced before their eyes they could make out the smiling face of Zack.
"Sorry guys, it was so a Kodak moment. I couldn't let it pass." He chuckled. Jason made a pretend lunge for Zack and sent the youth laughing away.
The rangers were whole once more, a new stronger bond had been built between the Silver and Red, that bond would be placed under extraordinary pressure in the time to come. But for that brief night, nothing else beyond the walls of the basement mattered to the seven heroes, except for having fun.
PLEASE R&R
THANKS.
Authors Note: sorry for the long delay in this last chapter, I had a real bad case of writers block but thanks to my guy, it's over. So enjoy. And wait for the next fan fiction starring our newest couple.
The rangers stared wide eyed at the opening doors to the vault. From the widening gap they could see the interior. It was dark, not only that the light from the hall didn't or couldn't penetrate the darkness. It looked like a black hole, total absence of light.
"Creepy, in a fascinating way." Billy said, "Now that we have uncovered the vault, we should determine who it is that is to accompany Andrece to recover her lost essence."
"There is no reason I can't go alone." Andrece said still staring at the vast darkness before her.
"Logic would dic-"
Mystic travelers, welcome. A feminine voice filled the room, but did not echo. I am the spirit of the vault; I am the one to send you to either your victory or your doomed fait. The soul of the one from the dark must enter with their true soul mate. The one being that holds the special bond of body, mind, and heart. They must enter the darkness and call to the essence with their hearts and memories. Step forth and begin your final challenge.
"I guess you were right Billy." Tommy said as the voice faded. "But who is it?"
Glancing around their small group everyone seemed beyond nervousness or excitement. They all wanted this game to end, but they all knew the real price if they selected wrong. That error would trap them there in the game forever.
Suddenly Zack snapped his fingers. "I got it!" he seemed to shout.
"Who do you think is should be?" asked Trini, she had yet to come to her own conclusion.
"It's got to be Kim." Kimberly and Andrece shot him a look of utter confusion. "You two are like sisters, you do almost everything together. You're so close."
"I guess, but I am close to all of you. But I don't think Kim and I are that linked. Do you?" Andrece asked turning to the shorter girl in the pink ranger uniform.
Kimberly shook her helmeted head, "No…Zack you may have a good idea but I don't think it's me."
"Who could it be then." Asked Jason.
"Duh boy, it's you." Kimberly replied smiling behind her visor. Jason cocked his head to one side showing his confusion. "You and Drece are so close, you were the first to really befriend her, and you were the one who she said drew her back to the land of the living. And besides not one of the rest of us can beat how you feel about her."
Jason began to blush behind his own dark visor, and was glad that no one could see his reddening face. Clearing his throat, he turned to Andrece, "What do you think?"
She shrugged, "It's the best suggestion thus far. I just want this to end to tell you the truth."
Jason turned back to the rest of the rangers, "Okay, Drece and I will go and find her soul, you guys make sure that the Griffin doesn't wake up and if it does just put it right back to sleep. We'll be back as soon as we can." The others nodded and turned from the vault back to where the unconscious Griffin lay. Jason and Andrece walked side by side in step with each other into the cold darkness of the vault.
As soon as they crossed the threshold they were engulfed with the darkness. Andrece reached out for Jason's gloved hand and held it tightly in her own. Looking around and seeing nothing Jason stepped forward, their boots making solid clicks on the marble floor.
"Jason..?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you remember the day we met?"
"Of course I do. Why?"
"I was just thinking of all the stuff we've been though. It's been amazing and yet how it started was so simple. We literary had a run in with each other."
Jason chuckled, "Yeah I can still picture the look of your face when you came running down those stairs just before you crashed into me. You looked so surprised."
"I was running down those stairs to keep from falling, I tripped on the last one and you just happen to be there. I was so humiliated and embarrassed about knocking you down until you started laughing."
"It was too funny not to laugh. Zack, Billy and Tommy and I had been talking about girls and I think it was Zack who said the beautiful ones never fall into the laps of guys like us. And then boom there you were, in my lap." His laughter faded into the darkness as he let the memory fill him mind.
"Do you remember our first battle?"
"Yeah I was so scared; I thought we were going to have a reply of the evil ranger scenario again. Wow was I glad when you started blasting the putties instead of us."
"You know before that battle, and after I had my powers I use to follow the power rangers from fight to fight. It was just that day I had to join in. You were down and out numbered."
"You really helped turn the tides for that one. Those putties just wouldn't stay down. I swear my back still hurts from where Goldar blasted me in that fight."
"Humph…I never thought I'd be the one to rescue the Red Ranger from battle."
"It was right then when I saw you charge in that I knew there was something special about you, something beyond being a new ranger and saving my life."
They slowly walked in silence for a moment or two, and then Andrece spoke again, "Jason I'm sorry for what happened up at my Aunt's ranch."
"Huh?"
"When Flame threw you, and you got hurt. I'm sorry."
Jason let go of her hand and hugged her shoulders, "Don't worry about it, if that hadn't happen then we wouldn't be as close as we are now."
"Honestly it wasn't until the moment I saw you hit the ground that I knew how I really felt about you. That's when I learned that I couldn't live without you."
"I learned that I couldn't bear living without you when you…you died. I was so lost; I lost my drive to do anything. I was so happy when you came back. And I'm still happy that you're here." Jason looked in the general direction he thought Andrece was facing, a few images flashed though his mind, and he shook his head to clear them away and cleared his throat. "Ahh… this is nice Drece but shouldn't we be focusing on finding your soul?"
"Don't worry we have been. Remember what the voice said, the travelers need to use their hearts and memories to call for my soul. Well by remembering everything we have been calling to it. See?"
Jason looked up and straight ahead. There in the center of the darkness was a pin prick of light, it was growing stronger by the second, and coming closer too. "We've done it." He said in a hushed voice.
No!" screamed a woman's voice. It bounced off the stone walls of her chamber. "No! No! NO!!" she stomped around her small room. Fists clenched in anger. "Firs they turn out to be the people from the legend, then they learn the prophecy, then they go and beast my poor Griffin to unconsciousness, and now they actually enter the vault and find the soul! This can't be happening to me. I am not supposed to fail!"
A soft chuckle removes Katanga from her rant. "Things getting out of hand?"
"Back of child" she hissed, "There is nothing but a slight change in my plans."
The 'child' pushed himself away from the door way he had been leaning on, "Face it witch you have failed. Now it is time that you take your punishment and hand the task over to someone more qualified then you."
"My time is not up! Thy majesty knows nothing of the latest events. I still have time."
"Oh poor naive Katanga, thy majesty knows all that has happened, she knows of your failure to do even the simplest task correctly. Now it is time for you to step down, and for I to save the kingdom." The sly man cackled in delight as a black vortex opened beneath the witch, she cursed his name and screamed as it swallowed her whole.
Rubbing his hands together as one would before a feast of all favorite foods; he looked at the game board. "This will end then your real challenge shall begin; enough with this cat and mouse."
The light came closer still and when it was within arms reach it shattered into millions of different colour specks, as each speck fluttered down, they touched Andrece and entered her. She began to glow with a radiant light. As the last speck touched her the darkness of the vault vanished, and the two rangers were standing before their friends.
"That didn't take long." said Zack as he wrapped Andrece in a hug.
"What? How long were we gone for?" asked Andrece.
Billy glanced at his morpher, "Umm about ten seconds total. Why?"
"I guess that the time in the vault is different then out here." Jason said to Andrece. She nodded in agreement. Turning to the rest of their friends, "How about we get out of here?"
"I am all for that. Hopefully the dance isn't over." Kimberly said.
"Too late for that Kim," Trini said sadly. "But hey we can all get together at my place and finish our own dance?"
"Sure, that's better then nothing."
"Alright gang, let's go home." Tommy said, in unison they teleported to the command center. An hour after telling Zordon what had happened the rangers each went home to change and then went to Trini's.
As the soft slow music played from the stereo in the basement of the Kwan residence, Jason hugged Andrece closer. "Well Drece, we did it again. We faced the worst evil had to offer and we beat it." Andrece smiled up at him. They swayed a few moments to the rhythm of the song. "You know Drece, when we were talking of our past, and the big things that had happened. I noticed I had never told you how I really felt. I want to do that now."
Andrece silenced him with her finger tips on his lips. "Jason I know how you feel, you've said it in your own way a few times already, so for a change why don't you show me?"
Jason looked down into her sea green eyes and saw the mischievous sparkle there. "Very well." With that he kissed her, his arms wrapped around her waist, her arms encircling his neck.
*Flash* the pair were disoriented by the sudden intrusion of light. They broke apart and glared in the direction the light had come from. As the after images danced before their eyes they could make out the smiling face of Zack.
"Sorry guys, it was so a Kodak moment. I couldn't let it pass." He chuckled. Jason made a pretend lunge for Zack and sent the youth laughing away.
The rangers were whole once more, a new stronger bond had been built between the Silver and Red, that bond would be placed under extraordinary pressure in the time to come. But for that brief night, nothing else beyond the walls of the basement mattered to the seven heroes, except for having fun.
PLEASE R&R
THANKS.