Hey everyone! Here's Trini's quest. Hope you like! I don't own the rangers or the riddle (JRR Tolkien owns that), and everything else is the property of my imagination. So their!

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When Trini finally opened her eyes, she was stunned to see her clothes were torn and blood covered. There was a large gaping hole in her chest and she could see her own beating heart. She blinked.

"What the.?" she murmured, gently touching the edge of the hole. She grimaced. She looked around and couldn't contain gasp at her surroundings.

It was a crater. A very large, very deep, crater. And as she looked around, she saw all the rangers standing around a body. Trini slowly walked over, subconsciously knowing who it was. Even knowing who it was, it was still a shock.

Kim, Jason, and Billy, were kneeling on the ground, sobbing over Trini's body. Tommy, Kat, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha were standing but both Tommy and Adam looked like they were about to collapse. Aisha was holding onto Kat, who in turn was holding onto Tommy. Billy was sobbing into his hands, not accepting any comfort and Kim was sobbing relentlessly into Jason's chest. Rocky was holding his arm with appeared broken and tears were streaming down face. Zack and Tanya were nowhere to be seen.

"That's because, they, like you, are already dead. And I'm Merridoc." Trini looked up into the eyes of twenty something man in medieval clothing. He was watching the scene with grim determination.

"How?" she asked, trailing off. He understood though.

"Zack will die first. Scorpina will kill him. Tanya will die next, she'll be caught in a fight between Scorpina and Rita, who will not like the fact Scorpina hadn't left Zack for Zedd and her to kill. Rita will get rid of Scorpina, but Tanya as well. Then it's you. Divatox will leave a bomb in the middle of this suburb of Los Angeles. You'll go to the bomb and attempt to buy time while the rangers will evacuate the town. Half of them will make it, including you, before the bomb goes off. You'll have been well out of ranger of the blast but a large ball of melting lead will.you can see." He finished. She looked down at her chest and grimaced.

"So none of this has happened yet, but it could?" she asked. He nodded; pleased to see she had understood so quickly.

"How can we stop it?" she asked. He frowned.

"Now I can't tell you that but I can give you some advice. Something you'll remember. Evil is as evil does. The ranger code will fail, but the power will still be yours. Remember that; evil is as evil does." He told her. She frowned.

"Evil is as evil does. The code.We'll have to break the code and escalate a battle." She whispered. Merridoc's expression remained neutral. She shook her head.

"Do I have to fulfill a quest?" she asked quietly. He smiled wryly.

"Do you want to?" She grimaced.

"Not really. To be honest, quests are tiring. And they're always the same." She added. Merridoc smirked.

"True. Very well, since you have been a ranger, it proves you can fight. You have somewhat overcame your fear of heights, so we can leave out the Tests of Soul and Body. However, you have to have at least one test. Answer a riddle and you have completed the quest." She gave him an incredulous look.

"That's all? I mean, not that I'm upset or anything but why?" She asked confused. He smiled.

"As you said before, the tests are always the same. Sometimes they changed, such as for Kimberly, Adam, and Billy. But for you and Zack, it's mostly an informative quest. Jason's will be completely different. The Powers know that you are qualified for the powers. They've known since you first came into this universe." He told her. She rolled her eyes and refrained from asking why they had tested them so much then. Merridoc's lips twitched.

"Here's the riddle:

This thing all things devours;

Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;

Gnaws iron, bites steal;

Grinds hard stones to meal;

Slays kings, ruins town,

And beats high mountains down." he finished. She bit her lip, trying to remember where she had read that riddle before because she knew she had. Suddenly an image of Billy dressed up as Gandalf and Kimberly as Arwen presenting there summer reading project came to mind. She grinned, the two had read JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The riddle was from The Hobbit. She cast her mind back, trying to remember what the answer was. Finally, it hit her.

"Time; it's time." she told him. He smiled and disappeared. A gasp made her look up. Kim was staring up at her in shock. Trini winced.

"Hi Kimmie." She gave a half wave as the others looked up. Kim and Jason scrambled to there feet.

"Trini? But." Kim looked back at the body then back at her best friend.

"You're dead." Billy stated flatly. Trini grimaced.

"Yeah, so I've been told. Listen, I don't know why you can see me, but remember, don't lose hope. I, Zack, and Tanya may be gone but it doesn't mean alls lost. Keep fighting, for me. And since you destroyed the mall you can't use shopping as an excuse not to fight." She teased Kim. Kim blanched.

Trini watched amusedly as Kim gazed at part of the smoking crater that had once been fairly well known suburban mall and whimpered.

"We destroyed the mall? I fought on the wrong side." The rangers snickered as Kim pouted and Trini faded from mortal sight.

When she reappeared she was back at the plateau. She quickly looked down and was relieved to see she still had a chest and not a bloody hole. Looking around, she smiled at the blue and green rangers. She remembered Merridoc's advice but nothing else the mysterious man had told her. She frowned.

"Evil is as evil does. The Ranger code." She trailed off as Billy looked up.

"Trini?" She smiled grimly.

"Just trying to make sure I don't forget some advice I got." She told him. He nodded, but she distinctly heard him mutter something like Andros under his breath. She ignored it and looked over the plateau, waiting for the others to awake.

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Congrats to: Andrea, Arlene444, and Wild320 for getting the quote right! It was said by Dawn at the end of the BtVS Finale. *Tear* Spike went poof! But Yay! He's back on Angel! In lots of pain, but he's back! And to: Pitbossheather, SilverRider, Andrea, and Bleu-Wolfie for getting the name of the author right! Hope you all liked this chapter!

I know this chappy has been somewhat shorter than the others, the reason is below. Also, when I started writing the sneak peak, I ended up writing the entire chapter. It'll be up in three days, on Thursday.

Here's the sneak peak for the next chappy, the last quest! Yay! No offence but trying to get six different quests is not easy. However, they'll soon be done so I can get on to some better stuff. I know it wasn't exactly easy for, the readers, either. Anywho, the Sneak Peak.

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"Auntie Eowyn, Uncle Elrond, good to see you." The young brunette woman told Jason's parents. The young blonde man nodded her agreement. Eowyn laughed softly.

"I'm your cousin, not your aunt. And it's been what? Fifteen minutes?" She asked. The girl giggled.

"So what, I still like calling you Auntie since you are older. Who's the cutie?" She asked, motioning to Jason who blushed. The boy elbowed the girl.

"Stop, we're dead, remember? He's living. It's like a vampire falling in love with a slayer."

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