Disclaimer: I own Amber, Cora, and Amy. Also The Wizard. Alexis Darling belongs to Rachael West and is used with her permission. This does not impact "Streaks of Purple". The rest of the ranger things belong to Saban.

"I can't believe Zack rejected you." Cora whispered to Kimberly as they were working on tracking the Sword of Power.

Kim shrugged, trying to ignore the lump in her throat. "He's right though. He's committed to Angela, and why should the fact I admitted I love him changed that." She replied.

"I know." Cora admitted. "But it still must hurt."

Kimberly tried to swallow the lump in her throat again. "Yeah, it does."

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The Wizard had been chanting a spell in what sounded like Japanese or Chinese, but no one could tell because if that was the language he was chanting the language before the renaissance.

Smoke started to form from out of nowhere, being everywhere at first but I gradually to the form of a brown, scaly horned demon, holding a sword that made to be looked of bone. "You have summoned me and so I have come. What is your purpose?" the demon asked.

"I want you to destroy these teenagers." The Wizard instructed as he showed an imaged of the Power Rangers from their last battle, just before they had went back to the Megaship.

The demon bowed. "It shall be done."

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Tommy, Kat, Amber, and Jason had transported to a spot in Angel Grove where it was rumored that a crystal had been placed thousands of years ago. It was also rumored this crystal could recharge their powers.

Amber seriously doubted this though.

"So is this thing supposed to be underground?" Jason asked as he looked at Tommy.

"I'm not sure." He admitted.

"I'm not reading anything with an unusual signature." Kat reported as she rose from the ground, holding what looked to be a scanning device. "If something is here, then it's concealed from us."

"I'm not sure that this crystal even existed." Amber said, shaking her head. She couldn't help but feel maybe she was getting negative after everything that had happened. She hoped not.

"That would be the problem with legends." Tommy agreed.

"So what do we do now? I don't think the crystal is here." Jason said, just as the demon that the Wizard had summoned formed behind them and raised his sword.

"We should." Kat started and then noticed the demon. "Jason, look out!" she yelled.

Jason ducked and rolled just as the sword would have decapitated him. He rolled up beside Amber as Tommy came to stand beside Kat. "What is that thing?" Kat asked.

"It must be a demon." Amber said, narrowing her eyes at it.

"Rangers, I am here to destroy you once and for all."

"I don't think so." Jason said, and then called out, "Guys, it's time for Ninja Ranger power."

Kat and the guys stood a moment later in their ninja suits. The demon looked less than petrified.

Amber leapt out and aimed a kick right at the demon's chest, but he caught her foot and twisted her on the ground. He then tried to crush her chest with his foot but she rolled out of the way.

Jason and Tommy tried to punch the demon together, but he blocked it with his sword and then round housed both of them. The guys fell backwards.

Kat tried now to go over him and try to confuse him so Amber could get a blow at him, but as she tried to jump over him the demon caught her foot and threw her into Amber, who was just about ready to take a fighting stance.

"I don't think we can defeat this thing." Jason pointed out as the guys ran to check on the recovering girls.

"No, really." Amber commented rhetorically as he helped her up

"We need to get out of here." Kat said.

"I agree." Tommy said, and they teleported a moment later, just in enough time to avoid a blast from the demon's eyes.

"Rangers!" the demon shouted. "Rangers, get back here!"

*********************************************************************** The four rangers had come to the bridge to warn them of the demon, but they had it on the view screen and had apparently seen the fight they had just lost.

"I see you met our newest friend." Amber said.

"Yeah, we saw it." Alexis assured her as she helped Amber to a seat on the bridge.

"That thing is still on the surface." Ashley said as she moved out of her chair so that Jason could take it.

"Rangers!" They heard the demon howl. "Come back down here at once. I will not leave until I have killed you all!" To prove his point, he destroyed a parked car and started his way toward the city.

"What do we do?" Cassie asked, turning to look at Andros.

Andros stared at the screen for a minute. "We can't fight that thing, we'd be killed almost instantly. But we can't let that thing attack the city and hurt people." He said after a moment.

"Then we don't have much of a choice." TJ added, looking at all of his friends, old and new.

Alexis looked at the demon as it destroyed another parked car and sent a few birds scattering. "Then we better get this over with, I'd rather not delay our imminent death." She commented sarcastically.

It was then that the demon was blasted from behind. The Rangers all looked at the screen, and couldn't believe what they saw.

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One minute the demon had another car targeted. He was powered up and ready to blast it when he was shot from behind. When he turned around, he was almost startled.

Five teens stood in front of him. A blond girl wearing pink. A brunette girl in a yellow tank and black shorts. A black guy wearing what looked to be a cowboy get up. A guy with short brown hair in red and a guy with short black hair in blue.

"What is this?" The demon questioned, as he looked closer at them.

"I don't know where you came from." The guy in the red stated, stepping forward a little. "But we are going to stop you."

"Bring it on." The demon stated

He turned to look at his friends. "Dana, Kelsey, Joel Chad, are you ready?" he asked them.

The girl in the pink nodded. "We're ready Carter." She responded.

"Lightspeed.Rescue!" they all called out.

Carter transformed into a red ranger suit, Chad into blue, Joel into green, Dana into pink, and Kelsey into yellow.

They all stood in their fighting stances, ready to take on the demon.

The demon looked less than impressed. "Do you humans think you can destroy me?" he questioned.

"We're about to find out." Carter, now dressed as the Red Lightspeed Ranger, said as he stepped forward.

"I am not a mere demon, fools. But if you are Power Rangers, then it is my job to defeat you all!" The demon threatened and then charged toward the Rangers.

Carter jumped over the demon as it flew toward them, Joel and Chad sidestepped the demon and kicked it in the back, causing it to stumble forward so Dana and Kelsey could kick it in the chest. Carter then shot the demon in the back with the Rescue Blaster.

The demon rose and faced the Rangers. "Very clever, but you truly have no chance of defeating me." He told them.

"Carter, we need to find the other Rangers." Dana reminded him.

"I know, but we can't leave him to harm the city." Carter said.

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"Did I just hear her say then need to find us?" Alexis asked her, turning to look at her friends.

"That's what I heard." Jason said. "Maybe they found away to restore our powers."

"There is only one way to find out." Andros said, looking at the screen. "And that is to go down and ask."

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"Some of us could distract him while the rest go find the other rangers." Joel suggested to Carter.

The red Lightspeed Ranger shook his head. "Too dangerous. We have absolutely no idea what that thing is capable of." He countered.

"On that you are right." The demon promised and shot at the Lightspeed Rangers. This time they were unable to dodge the attack. It struck them and they fell back.

"You may have more power than your counterparts, but I will still defeat you all." The demon promised as he stepped closer toward the Rangers.

Which was when Amber and Alexis jumped over a bench and each of them landed a kick straight into the demon's chest. He fell back and they ran to join their friends, who had gone to the side of the Lightspeed Rangers.

"Are you guys okay?" Kat asked leaning next to Dana and looking up at Carter.

Dana nodded. "Yeah." She said.

Carter looked at Tommy and Andros. "We have a way for you to restore your powers." He said.

"How?" Tommy asked him.

"You." Carter started.

"Enough." The demon interrupted and shot at the Ranger's, causing them to split into two.

"That was close." Jason said, looking to see if the ones who had moved with him were okay. All he could see was Amy and Kimberly, but they were fine and he figured the others were too.

From the other side Tommy agreed, "Yeah, we got to get rid of this thing." He also looked to his sides, seeing Kat and Cassie standing beside him.

"You fools don't have what it takes to defeat me." The demon promised them.

"We'll see about that." Carter said and then looked at Joel and Chad. "Let's try the Mega Battle Armor and the Trans Armor Cycle."

"Right." Joel and Chad agreed.

Chad and Joel got on either side of Carter and called out, "Mega battle!"

Carter called out, "Trans Armor Cycle, armor mode."

The three Rangers were now standing in front of the demon, and despite the fact he did not look intimidated, Carter decided to go through with it. "Alright, guys. Ready." They raised their blasters. "Aim and fire!"

When the weapons fire struck out at the demon, it sent him back but did not destroy him, which was what they were hoping for. In fact it rose and looked ready to fight again.

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The Wizard had been mildly surprised to see the Lightspeed Rangers show up, but in all admittance he thought they were probably the most useless of the Power Rangers. He of course had no wish to test this theory and so he called, "Return here at once, we shall take care of them later."

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Although the Rangers never heard his call, somehow the demon did. He just looked at the Rangers and said, "This isn't over, Rangers. The war has only begun."

The three Lightspeed Rangers aimed at him again but he vanished. "Man, that sucked." Joel said.

Andros turned to Carter. "Thanks for deflecting him. But what do you mean you can restore out powers, and why did you take that thing on by yourselves?" he asked.

"Because we don't have a choice. You guys aren't in the condition to." Kelsey replied.

"She's right." Ashley admitted.

"You can restore our powers, how?" Carlos asked.

"We can't restore your powers." Dana told them. "But word travels fast, and we figured out that Cherubae can."

Jason looked confused. "How?"

"Why didn't I think of it before?" Karone asked herself, pounding her right fist into her left palm. "How could I have forgotten?"

Andros looked over at her sister. "What is it, Karone?" he asked her.

"Cherubae is a warlord. She isn't evil though. She once existed in a galaxy not far from Earth. The Machine Empire devastated it. She possesses an item called the Turnstone. It can restore our powers. The only problem is the Turnstone is not in a specific alignment. It will allow anyone to use it." She explained.

Amber shook her head. "Doesn't sound like we have much of a choice." She admitted.

"We can keep the Earth safe while you guys are gone, and we even have a few friends we can call upon." Carter told them all. "You guys just worry about your powers."

Andros nodded. "Right. Thanks guys, we'll be back as soon as possible."

The Wizard had listened to the Ranger's conversation and had grown shocked. "The Turnstone. At last we have it's location. We cannot allow the Rangers to use it. I must have it." He said, turning to the demon.

"It shall be done." He promised. Sorry this story was so late, so many things, including the holidays and unfamiliarity with the Lightspeed Rangers, kept this from going easily. The next ones should be easier though.