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That's why fan fiction exists! Also, I don't own the songs Hope for the

World by The Mighty Raw and Are you Ready? By Devo.

AN: Thanks for all the reviews! Here's chapter 12, enjoy and please leave

a review! Thanks!

Silver Hope

Chapter 12

Katherine yawned as her eyes fluttered open. She found that she was still

on Billy's couch and thoroughly wrapped in his arms. She pecked him on

the lips. Billy's eyes opened.

"Wow, what a way to wake up," Billy said with a smile. Kat giggled as she

kissed him again.

Summer had just started and they knew it would be one of the best

summer's ever.

The phone rang and Billy picked it up.

"Hello," Billy said into the receiver.

"Hey Bill, what's up?" Tommy said.

"Hey Tommy, not much, just woke up actually.

"Well, why don't you get your swim stuff, and Kat and meet us at Ernie's

beach cafe," Tommy said.

"Sounds great, Kat and I'll meet you there soon," Billy replied.

"Ok, see ya there," Tommy said as he hung up the phone. Billy told Kat

about the plans. He got his stuff and then stopped at Kat's house so she

could get her stuff. After that, they headed for Ernie's summer cafe

on the beach.

"This is great!" Kat said as they got out of Billy's car.

"Yea, let's go," Billy said.

"Hey guys!" Kat called.

"Hey you two!" Aisha called. Billy and Kat joined the others, which

included the whole gang. Even Dulcea, Bulk, and Skull.

"Billy, will you rub some sunscreen on my back for me?" Kat asked

sweetly. Billy blushed, but then gladly obliged. The girls laid out in the

sun, while the boys swam and canoed.

Kat got up to go to get a drink. As she was walking, Billy snuck up behind

her.

Kim saw the prelude of a prank, and attempted to warn Kat.

"Kat, watch out!" Kim called. Kat looked behind her. But it was too late.

Billy swooped her up and began carrying her towards the lake.

"Oh no, Billy, put me down!" Kat told him. Billy only smirked as he ran into

the lake and dropped Kat into the water, soaking her. Billy stood over

her, smirking at the beauty of his handy work. Kat looked up at her

boyfriend with a look in her eyes that said: You better run.

Billy saw the look and bolted off through the sand. Kat was hot on his

heels, determined to get him back. Billy ran, but stopped when he found

four other girls in his path. Kim, Trini, Aisha, and Tanya weren't going to let

him get away. Kat caught up and wrapped her arms around his

shoulders. Billy turned and faced her.

"You are so bad. What am I going to do with you?" Kat asked him. Billy

smirked.

"I don't know, what do you do with bad boys like me?" Billy asked.

"Something like this," Kat replied as she kissed him.

"Remind me to be bad more often," Billy said. Kat smiled and playfully

smacked him in the stomach.

Suddenly, Cestria appeared with seven other people.

"This day was perfect until she showed up," Kat mumbled.

"Why don't you get lost fish girl," Tommy said.

"I just came to introduce Zedd's new fighting force to you," Cestria said.

"You're the new fighting force? What happened? Did Zedd finally run

out of pathetic monsters?" Aisha asked.

"Not quite. Zedd is taking a new approach. I have gathered humans

that hate the power rangers, and Zedd has equipped them with special

powers and enhanced fighting skills. Let me introduce my team," Cestria

began.

"I'm sure you all know Sean. Now onto new members.

This is Jeff and Jessie Baker" Cestria said. Jeff and Jessie were brother

and sister. They wore black leather and looked like bikers.

"Jeff and Jessie hate people in general. They basically joined us for the

power," Cestria said.

"I'm sure you remember Violet, don't you Billy? Things didn't work out for

you guys. She thinks that you didn't give the relationship a chance. And

her sister was killed in an attack recently, so she doesn't like the rangers

much. But she knows that you are reserved for me Billy," Cestria said with

a smirk.

"This young woman is Chloe Carter. Her father was killed in an attack,

and her mother is in a coma because of an attack. She never really has

liked the power rangers, but she wants revenge for her parents," Cestria

said. Chloe was tall, with long dark hair and chocolate eyes.

"This is Kyle Taylor. He's Sean's cousin, and shares his hate for you

rangers," Cestria said. Kyle was taller than Sean, but resembled him.

Cestria came to the last member, whose back had been to them the

whole time. He had a black bandana tied around his head, ninja style.

"And I'm sure you are all familiar with him, especially you Billy," Cestria

said as he turned around. The rangers' eyes widened and they all

gasped.

"Meet Wil Cranston, your clone Billy," Cestria said.

"Hello Billy, I'm back," Wil said with a smirk.

Kat unconsciously grasped Billy's arm tighter as Wil approached her. He

came within inches of her. Billy intervened by standing protectively in

front of her.

"I must say, we have good taste," Wil said as he backed away. Billy

glared at his clone.

"So you've shown us you're scary little group, now why don't you leave,"

Adam said.

"Without a fight? I don't think so," Cestria said, as the members of the

group began to pick their opponents.

"Should we morph?" Kim asked.

"No, we outnumber them. Let's see what we can do before we have to

morph," Billy replied. The others agreed and went into fighting stances.

A hoard of Tengucogs and Arachnids appeared.

Tommy, Dulcea, Trini, Zack, and Tanya went after the Tengucogs and

Arachnids, while the other rangers took on one of Zedd's new fighters.

Jessie faced off against Aisha. Aisha threw a fury of punches at

Jessie, but she blocked every one of them.

"Is that the best you got little girl?" Jessie asked. Fire burned in Aisha's

eyes. She was not a little girl. Aisha delivered a spin kick and knocked

Jessie to the ground. Jessie quickly regained her composure. This battle

was far from over, and Aisha knew it. With monsters, she was never afraid

of hurting them. But these people were human. Even if they did work for

Zedd, they were still human.

Jeff took on Jason. Both were intense fighters. Jason could tell by

his style that Jeff knew how to fight even before joining up with Zedd. Jeff

was able to match Jason blow for blow. No matter what he tried, Jason

couldn't land a blow, but so far Jeff couldn't either.

Kim had known Chloe Carter since grade school. They had been

cheerleaders together, but had a falling out when Chloe and the other

girls chose to exclude Aisha from their club.

"Chloe, why are you doing this?" Kim asked.

"Because of you and your stupid friends, my father is dead. And my

mother may as well be. You could have stopped the attacks!" Chloe

yelled.

"Chloe, we did everything in our power! You should be angry with Zedd!

He killed your father!" Kim yelled.

"No! He's given me power and shown me the side that I'm meant to be

a part of," Chloe said as she punched Kim in the gut. Kim's breath

caught, but she retaliated with a punch to Chloe's jaw. The two girls

continued to fight each other furiously.

Kyle faced off against Rocky. Rocky wasted no time in laying his

best moves on Kyle. But Kyle managed to match Rocky.

"What do you hope to gain by defeating us? This is senseless" Rocky

asked.

"We don't hope to defeat you. We hope to murder you," Kyle replied

coldly.

"Well, you're in for one hell of a fight," Rocky said as he fought more

intensely. He managed to land a few blows, but the fight was still far from

over.

"You won't win this time Adam. Not like you did in the

tournament," Sean said.

"We'll see Sean," Adam replied.

"And after I'll kill you, maybe I'll spare that gorgeous girl of yours," Sean

said evilly. Fire burned in Adam's eyes.

"Stay away from Trini!" Adam growled.

He launched himself at Sean with

burning rage. He would not let them destroy his future, and the earth's

future.

"After I kill you kitten, Billy will finally be mine," Cestria said.

"Billy will NEVER be yours. I want you to get that straight," Kat growled.

"Oh he will be. And until he is, I will haunt you both," Cestria said. Kat

went into fighting stance, but Cestria remained still.

"I'm not going to waste time with fists like the others," Cestria said as pink bolts of power exited her fingers and hit Kat. Kat screamed out in pain.

The pain brought Kat to her knees. Cestria smiled evilly as she watched

Kat agonize in pain.

Billy fought Wil in hand to hand combat. Fighting his own face felt

very odd. His clone knew all his moves and was matching him. Billy

heard Kat cry out and his eyes darted to her position. Wil caught him off

guard and punched him in the chin. Billy fell to the ground. He decided

that it was time.

"Guys regroup!" Billy called.

Tommy, Dulcea, Trini, Zack, and Tanya were able to hold off the

Tengucogs and the Arachnids and regrouped.

"Let's morph guys so we give the others time to morph!" Tommy called.

"Right!" they called.

"White Tiger!" Dulcea called.

"Mastodon!" Zack called.

"Saber-toothed Tiger!" Trini called.

"Zeo Ranger 2-Yellow, Power of Sun!" called Tanya.

"Zeo Ranger 5-Red, Power of Fire!" called Tommy.

Dulcea went to help Jason. She faced Jeff, allowing Jason to

regroup with the others.

Tanya took over for Aisha against Jessie, while Trini took over for Kim

against Chloe. Zack took over for Adam and Tommy took over for Rocky.

Jason, Kim, Adam, Rocky, and Aisha regrouped.

"All right guys, it's Morphin Time!" Jason called.

"Pterodactyl!" Kim called.

"Triceratops!" Aisha called.

"Tyrannosaurs!" Jason called.

"Zeo Ranger 3-Blue, Power of Water!" Rocky called.

"Zeo Ranger 4-Green, Power of Earth!" Adam called.

Billy landed a good kick in Wil's gut. He took the opportunity and

flipped away from him and prepared to morph.

"Power of the Wolf, Power of Pegasus, Silver Ranger Power!" Billy called as

he crossed his arms in front of his chest.

Rocky and Adam double-teamed Wil, while Billy went to help Kat.

Kat's vision became blurry as she began to lose consciousness. The

pain was too much. But suddenly, it stopped. She looked up, her vision

becoming clear again. She could see Billy blocking Cestria's power jolts

with his metallic armor.

Cestria growled and ceased her jolts. She regrouped with her team

"Let's show the rangers our costumes," Cestria said. As she said that, they

transformed into ranger-like costumes. Each costume was a solid color

with a black Z on the belt buckles. Each helmet face was shaped like a

half circle.

Cestria's was dark pink, Wil's was midnight blue, Sean's was jade green,

Kyle's was maroon, Chloe's was dark purple, Jeff's was black, and Jessie's

was orange.

Billy helped Kat up.

"Are you okay?" Billy asked.

"Yea, I'll be fine. It's Morphin Time!

Zeo Ranger 1-Pink, Power of Wind!" Kat called.

"How did they get ranger powers?" Aisha wondered.

"I don't think these powers have anything to do with the morphing grid.

My guess is Zedd just simulated suits for them and gave them powers,"

Billy replied.

The rangers, evil and good, fought each other furiously. But bringing

themselves to destroy these people was not possible. Because they were

people, not monsters like they had faced in the past.

But the rangers would discover that human beings were the worst kind of

monsters.

The battle soon grew to a stalemate and the evil rangers retreated back

to Zedd's palace. The exhausted rangers of good teleported back to the

power chamber.

"Zordon, my clone has returned. How is that possible?" Billy asked.

"YOUR CLONE WAS PROBABLY NEVER DESTROYED. BUT WHEN HE WAS

FOUND OUT, ZEDD PROBABLY LOCKED HIM AWAY UNTIL HE WOULD BE

NEEDED AGAIN," Zordon replied.

"Zordon, how are we supposed to fight humans? That's insane," Tommy

said.

"I AM AFRAID THAT THIS IS INDEED A TROUBLING SITUATION. BUT YOU MUST

DO YOUR BEST RANGERS," Zordon replied.

"Kat, you took some hard hits out there. I want to run some scans on

you," Billy said.

"Billy, I'm fine, really," Kat said.

"Sorry Kat, you're not leaving here until I make sure your okay," Billy

replied. Kat sighed in defeat and followed Billy into the medical wing.

"We'll see you guys later at the juice bar," Tommy said as he and the

others teleported out.

The medical scans showed nothing and Kat was fine.

"Should we go to the juice bar now?" Kat asked.

"We can if you want, or we can go somewhere and be alone," Billy

replied in a soft tone. Kat smiled.

"Hmm...I think I'll take choice B," Kat replied as their lips met. Kat and Billy

exited the medical bay and back into the main chamber.

"Billy, I have just received a transmission from Edenoi. Prince Dex and the

Edenites have driven Count Dregon out of their solar system. Edenoi has

been liberated.

"That's wonderful. I'll bet that makes you happy Alpha," Billy said.

"Heh, heh, finally my home planet is free," Alpha replied.

"PRINCE DEX HAS ASKED FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF A SKILLED ENGINEER TO

HELP REPAIR THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND GET THEM UP TO SPEED. I TOLD HIM

THAT YOU WERE THE BEST," Zordon said.

"I'd be honored to help Zordon, but do you think that it's wise for me to

leave Earth at this time?" Billy asked.

"I think the rangers will be okay. I am sending Kat with you. Many

Edenites need a gentle soul to look to. I think Kat is the perfect candidate

for that," Zordon said. Kat smiled.

"Okay, we'll go Zordon, but make sure you call us if the others need us,"

Billy said.

"I WILL BILLY. I WILL INFORM THE OTHERS OF THE SITUATION. YOU MUST

LEAVE NOW," Zordon said.

"Don't we need to pack?" Kat asked.

"Don't worry, I have already taken the liberty of teleporting things you'll

need here. I packed them in these suitcases," Alpha said.

"Thanks Alpha," Billy replied.

"PREPARE FOR LONG-RANGE TELEPORTATION," Zordon announced. Billy

Kat nodded as they were teleported away in a stream of pink and silver.

"GOOD LUCK BILLY AND KATHERINE," Zordon said with hope.

"Zeddy! Billy and Kat are off somewhere!" Rita yelled. Zedd used

his infrared vision to track them.

"It appears that they are going to Edenoi," Zedd replied.

"Why would they being going there again?" Rita asked.

"Prince Dex has defeated Count Dregon. Billy and Kat must be going to

help with damages," Divatox replied.

"We should attack earth Zeddy!" Rita said.

"No Rita, not yet. We will wait a few days. Then four of our evil rangers

will attack earth with a few dozen monsters, and the other four will go stir

up trouble on Edenoi. That way Billy and Kat won't be able to return to

earth. Separated, they don't stand a chance!" Zedd exclaimed.

The other villains cheered as they began to make plans for their next

assault on the power rangers.

AN: Hope you liked it! In the next chapter, things turn for the worse as the

evil rangers attack earth and Edenoi. Can the rangers succeed, or has

Zedd finally won. Find out in the next chapter! Later!