A/N: Ah, the evacuations... this was one of the hardest scenes to write,
other than the last chapter of this, but I think it turned out pretty
well...
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5: 08 am:
Kelsey slowly came to, noticing that the room around her was slightly spinning.
" Kelsey? Please wake up. Kels?" It was Chad, dabbing a wet paper towel to her face. She nudged it away from her face.
" What happened? I thought I was about to be kidnapped..." Chad's expression went from frightened to sheepish.
" Sorry about that Kels. I didn't want you to wake anyone up with you shouting, so I put my hand on your mouth, when all of a sudden you fainted." Kelsey blushed a dull pink.
" Well... well, what are you doing up this early, huh? Trying to scare the heck out of me?"
" No. I wanted to see the sunrise. Who knows the next time I'll be able to really admire it?" Kelsey raised her eyebrow skeptically.
"What? I can be sensitive!" He offered a hand to help her up, but she shook her head.
" I can get up myself, and when does the sun rise?"
" 4 minutes."
" Then c'mon. I for one don't want to miss it." She walked off, leaving Chad to pick his jaw off the floor.
'That girl is one unpredictable person.'
~*~
Unbeknownst to them, Wes was already awake, as he and Jen spoke about the long day ahead.
" I can't believe the evacuation is today." He murmured, watching Jen strap a blaster to her thigh.
" What time are we leaving for Stone Canyon?"
" We told the mayor that we'd be there by at least noon, so we all should leave here at 10: 45." Jen adjusted her black leather pants and looked down at where he was sitting.
" Hmm, five hours until then. What are we going to do with all that time?" Wes grinned and grabbed her waist. Pulling her into his lap, he kissed her neck.
" I have a few ideas honeybunch."
5:49 am:
As the sun finally peeked over the horizon, Joel woke up to find himself fiancéeless.
" Ang? Angie, are you here?" Not caring that he was only wearing his green plaid boxers, Joel walked into the hallway, only to run into the woman in question by accident.
" Ooh. Are you going to walk around in your underwear every morning?" Angela asked, trailing her fingers down his chest.
" No. I didn't know where you were, so I thought I'd go looking for you."
" Oh aren't you sweet?" cooed Kelsey, as she and Chad walked past.
" What are you doing up this early? Seducing Chad or something?" It took hard work on Chad and Angela's part to pry Kelsey off a whimpering Joel, who was barely keeping his boxers on.
7: 00 am:
" Hey Cass?" TJ peeked into the room that Ashley and Cassie shared. Ashley looked up from her magazine.
" She's in the shower. What's up Teej?"
" Oh. I just wanted to ask her about something. It's not important, so don't worry about it."
" Hey TJ, I have a question for you."
" Okay, should I be worried?"
" No. How long have you had a crush on Cassie?" TJ's eyes bugged out.
" SHH! Don't say that so loud!" Ashley looked smug.
" I knew it."
" What did you know?" Cassie walked in, her long hair dripping, and smiled at TJ.
" Hey Teej, what did Ashley know?"
" Nothing!" And he hurried out the room. Cassie looked over at Ashley, who in trying to keep her laughter inside, was turning the magazine pages at record speed.
" Okay then."
8: 20 am:
As time was running thin, Alyssa walked down the main street one last time, watching as the small Angel Grove businesses pack for the move. After spending most of the morning so far making breakfast for everyone and practicing Kung Fu with Jason, Alyssa just had to get away and into the fresh air.
" Miss Enrile!" Alyssa smiled as a student of hers, Leslie Johansson, came up to her, her bright red curls bobbing up and down as she ran up to her kindergarten teacher. After a quick hug, Alyssa decided to state the obvious.
" Leslie! How are you doing and what are you doing here?"
" Mommy and Daddy said that everyone in Turtle Cove has to stay in Angel Grove, until we all spend time in a cave together!" Leslie clapped her hands at the prospect.
" Leslie Marie! Stay away from that woman!" Mrs. Johansson scooped up her daughter and glared at Alyssa.
" You unnatural person! Why don't you and your Power Ranger friends go fight in the desert, and leave us all be? It's you all these monsters want, but it's us citizens that are paying for it! And you, pretending to be a teacher and filling our children with silly stories! Stay away from my family!" Mrs. Johansson hurried off, leaving a shocked Alyssa standing in the middle of the street.
Was that really Mrs. Johansson? The same woman who congratulated Alyssa on her fine teaching skills? The same who Alyssa joked with at the parent/teacher conferences?
" Hey Alyssa. What are you doing standing in the middle of the road?" Eric came pulling up in Taylor's beloved yellow convertible.
" Morning Eric..." Alyssa explained what just happened, before thinking about something.
" Hey Eric? How did you get Taylor's car?" The Red Quantum Ranger grinned.
" I asked, and she said I could for a while," Alyssa raised an eyebrow.
" Okay, so she gave me permission 4 days ago, but hey? She didn't say how long 'a while' was! Anyways, hop in and will head back to HQ." She thought for a moment, before getting into the yellow car.
" So why are you out so early, or early for you?" Eric's normal waking time was about 11.
" Well, I woke up and couldn't fall back asleep, and decided to take a drive around."
" Oh? So are you nervous on how today will go?" No answer. The rest of the drive was silent, with Alyssa still anticipating the answer.
9:00 am:
" Hey Kim, come here." Trini called over, as she adjusted a final wire in the Crane zord.
" Wow! You got it to work?" The taller woman nodded.
" I managed to get it functioning with your power coin instead of your Spirit animal. We should have all the zords working by D-day." Kim hugged Trini tight.
" You rock Trini. Have you seen Jase? I need to talk to him before we leave."
" No, he, Taylor and Carter went off early this morning to talk to the Stone Canyon police. We're meeting them there, so I'm afraid your question will have to wait."
" That's fine. I was just going to ask him about whether I should wear my green bra or my orange for the move."
" Please tell me you aren't serious."
" What do you think?" With a smile, Kim walked off to have breakfast.
9:45 am:
" Tommy! Jason just sent a message that you all have to be there in half an hour due to a big change in plans." Said Circuit, flapping her wings anxiously.
" Oh great..." Tommy pressed his communicator so that everyone would hear him, " Hey guys, everyone has to be in the Power Chamber in... 5 minutes." Switching the frequency so that he only contacted Billy and Trini, Tommy spoke again.
" Are you guys ready to bring out your new project?"
" Yeah. We're coming." Tommy scratched his head and sat down. Why couldn't anything go right for once?
9:50 am:
" The Cranstons and Ms. Fairweather have been working really hard, and so that we be safe today, they made us each blasters." Adam tossed everyone a firearm with a handle in his or her respective colors, while Carrie was tossed an orange colored laser gun and Miss Fairweather received a purple one.
" You two are going to stay and protect the Command Center in case of any intruders. We don't know if the Council knows of our whereabouts yet." After that, he walked over to Tanya, handing her hers.
" Here you go Tanya. I know you're still mad at me, but can you at least talk to me? I miss you."
" If you ever get mad at me without hearing me out again, I swear I'll never forgive you, but I missed you too," She whispered, before hugging him tightly.
" Deal."
" The blasters will send out a stream of colored light, similar to a laser, and are quite lethal, so be cautious," Billy continued talking, as he looked at his own, " Also, after approximately 10 shots, you'll need to recharge it, by pressing it against you morpher, or in my case, my power coin. This will drain you for about 30 seconds, so be sure to have someone guard you as you reload. That's about it. Oh, and here are some bandannas. Since we'll be unmorphed, these will help civilians spot us if we're needed." He gave everyone correspondingly colored bandanna, which some tied around their upper arm, while others tied it around their necks or covering their hair.
" Ready to go?" Dana asked, picking up her backpack filled with medical supplies. Everyone nodded and in a flash, they all beamed out in a rainbow of colored light
~*~
10:15 am:
" Hey, you got my message. It turns out Master Evil got a whiff of our plans, so he set up a force field with a 3 mile radius around the caves. No car can pass through without being destroyed. If we're going to do this, we'll have to go by foot." Jason explained to the group.
" To be the safest, I thought of something we do in the military," Taylor spoke up.
" If we spilt up into groups, we can have all the Pink Rangers guard the front, Yellow Rangers can have the rear assault covered, then Red and Blue on one side, and the others on the other side. That way, the citizens will be safe in the middle in case the enemy strikes." With a quick ponder, the plan was agreed upon, and the Rangers walked towards the force field wall.
" The people are waiting at the edge of the force field. It's time." Everybody set their phasers and walked up to the nervous crowd, whose mayor was filling them in on the game plan.
" Positions guys." They all went to their places surrounding the citizens, and looked at Tommy and the other Red Rangers.
" Let's move out."
~*~
11: 30 am:
After over an hour of trudging through the hot desert, everyone was beginning to feel the effects of the heat.
" We had to do this on the hottest day of the month," Lucas muttered to himself, as he wiped his forehead of sweat.
" I know, huh?" he turned and saw a cute redhead look at him, clad only in a bikini top and short shorts.
" I'm Grace. Who are you?" Lucas gave a big grin. ' Maybe the trip won't be as bad as I thought it would be."
" Lucas Kendall."
" Nice to meet you. Oh! You're a Power Ranger? So that's why I don't recognize you!" The two began chatting, until they heard a commotion ahead.
" Eric?? What's going on??" Lucas yelled to the man a ways ahead of him.
" COGS!" Hearing this, Aisha, who was behind Lucas, scrambled up onto a tall rock.
" Oh hell." An army of Cogs encircled the crowd as far as her eyes could see. Jumping back down and running through to the front of the mass, which wasn't an easy task, Aisha grabbed Tommy's arm.
" Tommy, there are thousands of Cogs around us, what should we do?" Tommy thought for only a moment.
" Go tell the Pink Rangers to keep leading the civilians to the caves. No matter what, they have to get them there. That's there top priority. Now GO!" He yelled, just as 30 Cogs started to attack him. TJ saw and threw 4 of them off.
" Than-!" It seemed like a dam burst. The Machine soldiers were flooding into the crowd, injuring the people as fast as they could.
" No matter what, just keep following the person in front of you!" Rocky shouted to the civilians, as he hook punched a Cog out of the way. He pulled out his blaster, but when he tried to use it, nothing happened.
" Shit!"
" Keep in your ranks Rangers!" Cole bellowed, hitting the Cogs with the hilt of the gun.
" Watch out!"
" Oh dear God!" The evacuation to the caves had gone from an easy mission to all out chaos in a matter of minutes. A part of Kim was ready to break down and start crying, but the larger part told her to remember her duties a Power Ranger, and the orders that Aisha had delivered.
" We have to get to the caves! C'mon everyone! Just half a mile more!" Everyone kept moving, despite the fact that there was fighting all around them. They had to keep moving... they were almost there.
Noon:
" A few more steps," Penny soothed Anna, whose arm and neck was bleeding from a Cog attacking her. They had managed to get to the front, where the action was less.
" You don't have to baby me Pen, I'm not a child. And besides, aren't I supposed to be helping you?" Anna asked weakly.
" No, and don't worry. I like babying you."
" Oh! Penny! I can see the entrance to the caves!" They walked quietly, until Penny felt a cool dampness fall over her.
" We're inside! Oh Penny, we're safe!"
~*~
The Power Rangers rested for a moment before trekking back to Stone Canyon.
" It looks horrible around here," murmured Kat, as she looked at the scattered remains of Cogs around the desert.
" Who cares? If the world gets taken over, this will be considered clean," Zack tried at a feeble joke. The others would have glared at him, if only they weren't so tired.
" We got lucky," said Max, " No one was injured seriously. Dana said that the worst one was due to heat stroke."
" God, can we just teleport out of here?" groaned Justin.
" I tried. No good," sighed Carlos.
" And just think... we get to do this all over again in 8 days. Oh joy," Eric muttered sarcastically.
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A/N: Okay, let me clear a couple things up.
One, did you know that Keith Robinson, the man that plays Joel Rawlings, also plays Nathan Walker on American Dreams?? I didn't know that! I'm dense...
Two, I'm sorry that this chapter is so scattered about, but I wanted to give all sorts of POVs, and to show you how some of them got ready for the day.
Three, so that you can picture what they're wearing, Jen and Karone are both wearing their black leather outfits, while the others are wearing their casual clothes from the series (i.e. Wes is wearing his white undershirt and his red button up shirt, like in the series. Yup) Can you visualize it? Yes? Good. So, until I update next time... Bye!~ Alli
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5: 08 am:
Kelsey slowly came to, noticing that the room around her was slightly spinning.
" Kelsey? Please wake up. Kels?" It was Chad, dabbing a wet paper towel to her face. She nudged it away from her face.
" What happened? I thought I was about to be kidnapped..." Chad's expression went from frightened to sheepish.
" Sorry about that Kels. I didn't want you to wake anyone up with you shouting, so I put my hand on your mouth, when all of a sudden you fainted." Kelsey blushed a dull pink.
" Well... well, what are you doing up this early, huh? Trying to scare the heck out of me?"
" No. I wanted to see the sunrise. Who knows the next time I'll be able to really admire it?" Kelsey raised her eyebrow skeptically.
"What? I can be sensitive!" He offered a hand to help her up, but she shook her head.
" I can get up myself, and when does the sun rise?"
" 4 minutes."
" Then c'mon. I for one don't want to miss it." She walked off, leaving Chad to pick his jaw off the floor.
'That girl is one unpredictable person.'
~*~
Unbeknownst to them, Wes was already awake, as he and Jen spoke about the long day ahead.
" I can't believe the evacuation is today." He murmured, watching Jen strap a blaster to her thigh.
" What time are we leaving for Stone Canyon?"
" We told the mayor that we'd be there by at least noon, so we all should leave here at 10: 45." Jen adjusted her black leather pants and looked down at where he was sitting.
" Hmm, five hours until then. What are we going to do with all that time?" Wes grinned and grabbed her waist. Pulling her into his lap, he kissed her neck.
" I have a few ideas honeybunch."
5:49 am:
As the sun finally peeked over the horizon, Joel woke up to find himself fiancéeless.
" Ang? Angie, are you here?" Not caring that he was only wearing his green plaid boxers, Joel walked into the hallway, only to run into the woman in question by accident.
" Ooh. Are you going to walk around in your underwear every morning?" Angela asked, trailing her fingers down his chest.
" No. I didn't know where you were, so I thought I'd go looking for you."
" Oh aren't you sweet?" cooed Kelsey, as she and Chad walked past.
" What are you doing up this early? Seducing Chad or something?" It took hard work on Chad and Angela's part to pry Kelsey off a whimpering Joel, who was barely keeping his boxers on.
7: 00 am:
" Hey Cass?" TJ peeked into the room that Ashley and Cassie shared. Ashley looked up from her magazine.
" She's in the shower. What's up Teej?"
" Oh. I just wanted to ask her about something. It's not important, so don't worry about it."
" Hey TJ, I have a question for you."
" Okay, should I be worried?"
" No. How long have you had a crush on Cassie?" TJ's eyes bugged out.
" SHH! Don't say that so loud!" Ashley looked smug.
" I knew it."
" What did you know?" Cassie walked in, her long hair dripping, and smiled at TJ.
" Hey Teej, what did Ashley know?"
" Nothing!" And he hurried out the room. Cassie looked over at Ashley, who in trying to keep her laughter inside, was turning the magazine pages at record speed.
" Okay then."
8: 20 am:
As time was running thin, Alyssa walked down the main street one last time, watching as the small Angel Grove businesses pack for the move. After spending most of the morning so far making breakfast for everyone and practicing Kung Fu with Jason, Alyssa just had to get away and into the fresh air.
" Miss Enrile!" Alyssa smiled as a student of hers, Leslie Johansson, came up to her, her bright red curls bobbing up and down as she ran up to her kindergarten teacher. After a quick hug, Alyssa decided to state the obvious.
" Leslie! How are you doing and what are you doing here?"
" Mommy and Daddy said that everyone in Turtle Cove has to stay in Angel Grove, until we all spend time in a cave together!" Leslie clapped her hands at the prospect.
" Leslie Marie! Stay away from that woman!" Mrs. Johansson scooped up her daughter and glared at Alyssa.
" You unnatural person! Why don't you and your Power Ranger friends go fight in the desert, and leave us all be? It's you all these monsters want, but it's us citizens that are paying for it! And you, pretending to be a teacher and filling our children with silly stories! Stay away from my family!" Mrs. Johansson hurried off, leaving a shocked Alyssa standing in the middle of the street.
Was that really Mrs. Johansson? The same woman who congratulated Alyssa on her fine teaching skills? The same who Alyssa joked with at the parent/teacher conferences?
" Hey Alyssa. What are you doing standing in the middle of the road?" Eric came pulling up in Taylor's beloved yellow convertible.
" Morning Eric..." Alyssa explained what just happened, before thinking about something.
" Hey Eric? How did you get Taylor's car?" The Red Quantum Ranger grinned.
" I asked, and she said I could for a while," Alyssa raised an eyebrow.
" Okay, so she gave me permission 4 days ago, but hey? She didn't say how long 'a while' was! Anyways, hop in and will head back to HQ." She thought for a moment, before getting into the yellow car.
" So why are you out so early, or early for you?" Eric's normal waking time was about 11.
" Well, I woke up and couldn't fall back asleep, and decided to take a drive around."
" Oh? So are you nervous on how today will go?" No answer. The rest of the drive was silent, with Alyssa still anticipating the answer.
9:00 am:
" Hey Kim, come here." Trini called over, as she adjusted a final wire in the Crane zord.
" Wow! You got it to work?" The taller woman nodded.
" I managed to get it functioning with your power coin instead of your Spirit animal. We should have all the zords working by D-day." Kim hugged Trini tight.
" You rock Trini. Have you seen Jase? I need to talk to him before we leave."
" No, he, Taylor and Carter went off early this morning to talk to the Stone Canyon police. We're meeting them there, so I'm afraid your question will have to wait."
" That's fine. I was just going to ask him about whether I should wear my green bra or my orange for the move."
" Please tell me you aren't serious."
" What do you think?" With a smile, Kim walked off to have breakfast.
9:45 am:
" Tommy! Jason just sent a message that you all have to be there in half an hour due to a big change in plans." Said Circuit, flapping her wings anxiously.
" Oh great..." Tommy pressed his communicator so that everyone would hear him, " Hey guys, everyone has to be in the Power Chamber in... 5 minutes." Switching the frequency so that he only contacted Billy and Trini, Tommy spoke again.
" Are you guys ready to bring out your new project?"
" Yeah. We're coming." Tommy scratched his head and sat down. Why couldn't anything go right for once?
9:50 am:
" The Cranstons and Ms. Fairweather have been working really hard, and so that we be safe today, they made us each blasters." Adam tossed everyone a firearm with a handle in his or her respective colors, while Carrie was tossed an orange colored laser gun and Miss Fairweather received a purple one.
" You two are going to stay and protect the Command Center in case of any intruders. We don't know if the Council knows of our whereabouts yet." After that, he walked over to Tanya, handing her hers.
" Here you go Tanya. I know you're still mad at me, but can you at least talk to me? I miss you."
" If you ever get mad at me without hearing me out again, I swear I'll never forgive you, but I missed you too," She whispered, before hugging him tightly.
" Deal."
" The blasters will send out a stream of colored light, similar to a laser, and are quite lethal, so be cautious," Billy continued talking, as he looked at his own, " Also, after approximately 10 shots, you'll need to recharge it, by pressing it against you morpher, or in my case, my power coin. This will drain you for about 30 seconds, so be sure to have someone guard you as you reload. That's about it. Oh, and here are some bandannas. Since we'll be unmorphed, these will help civilians spot us if we're needed." He gave everyone correspondingly colored bandanna, which some tied around their upper arm, while others tied it around their necks or covering their hair.
" Ready to go?" Dana asked, picking up her backpack filled with medical supplies. Everyone nodded and in a flash, they all beamed out in a rainbow of colored light
~*~
10:15 am:
" Hey, you got my message. It turns out Master Evil got a whiff of our plans, so he set up a force field with a 3 mile radius around the caves. No car can pass through without being destroyed. If we're going to do this, we'll have to go by foot." Jason explained to the group.
" To be the safest, I thought of something we do in the military," Taylor spoke up.
" If we spilt up into groups, we can have all the Pink Rangers guard the front, Yellow Rangers can have the rear assault covered, then Red and Blue on one side, and the others on the other side. That way, the citizens will be safe in the middle in case the enemy strikes." With a quick ponder, the plan was agreed upon, and the Rangers walked towards the force field wall.
" The people are waiting at the edge of the force field. It's time." Everybody set their phasers and walked up to the nervous crowd, whose mayor was filling them in on the game plan.
" Positions guys." They all went to their places surrounding the citizens, and looked at Tommy and the other Red Rangers.
" Let's move out."
~*~
11: 30 am:
After over an hour of trudging through the hot desert, everyone was beginning to feel the effects of the heat.
" We had to do this on the hottest day of the month," Lucas muttered to himself, as he wiped his forehead of sweat.
" I know, huh?" he turned and saw a cute redhead look at him, clad only in a bikini top and short shorts.
" I'm Grace. Who are you?" Lucas gave a big grin. ' Maybe the trip won't be as bad as I thought it would be."
" Lucas Kendall."
" Nice to meet you. Oh! You're a Power Ranger? So that's why I don't recognize you!" The two began chatting, until they heard a commotion ahead.
" Eric?? What's going on??" Lucas yelled to the man a ways ahead of him.
" COGS!" Hearing this, Aisha, who was behind Lucas, scrambled up onto a tall rock.
" Oh hell." An army of Cogs encircled the crowd as far as her eyes could see. Jumping back down and running through to the front of the mass, which wasn't an easy task, Aisha grabbed Tommy's arm.
" Tommy, there are thousands of Cogs around us, what should we do?" Tommy thought for only a moment.
" Go tell the Pink Rangers to keep leading the civilians to the caves. No matter what, they have to get them there. That's there top priority. Now GO!" He yelled, just as 30 Cogs started to attack him. TJ saw and threw 4 of them off.
" Than-!" It seemed like a dam burst. The Machine soldiers were flooding into the crowd, injuring the people as fast as they could.
" No matter what, just keep following the person in front of you!" Rocky shouted to the civilians, as he hook punched a Cog out of the way. He pulled out his blaster, but when he tried to use it, nothing happened.
" Shit!"
" Keep in your ranks Rangers!" Cole bellowed, hitting the Cogs with the hilt of the gun.
" Watch out!"
" Oh dear God!" The evacuation to the caves had gone from an easy mission to all out chaos in a matter of minutes. A part of Kim was ready to break down and start crying, but the larger part told her to remember her duties a Power Ranger, and the orders that Aisha had delivered.
" We have to get to the caves! C'mon everyone! Just half a mile more!" Everyone kept moving, despite the fact that there was fighting all around them. They had to keep moving... they were almost there.
Noon:
" A few more steps," Penny soothed Anna, whose arm and neck was bleeding from a Cog attacking her. They had managed to get to the front, where the action was less.
" You don't have to baby me Pen, I'm not a child. And besides, aren't I supposed to be helping you?" Anna asked weakly.
" No, and don't worry. I like babying you."
" Oh! Penny! I can see the entrance to the caves!" They walked quietly, until Penny felt a cool dampness fall over her.
" We're inside! Oh Penny, we're safe!"
~*~
The Power Rangers rested for a moment before trekking back to Stone Canyon.
" It looks horrible around here," murmured Kat, as she looked at the scattered remains of Cogs around the desert.
" Who cares? If the world gets taken over, this will be considered clean," Zack tried at a feeble joke. The others would have glared at him, if only they weren't so tired.
" We got lucky," said Max, " No one was injured seriously. Dana said that the worst one was due to heat stroke."
" God, can we just teleport out of here?" groaned Justin.
" I tried. No good," sighed Carlos.
" And just think... we get to do this all over again in 8 days. Oh joy," Eric muttered sarcastically.
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A/N: Okay, let me clear a couple things up.
One, did you know that Keith Robinson, the man that plays Joel Rawlings, also plays Nathan Walker on American Dreams?? I didn't know that! I'm dense...
Two, I'm sorry that this chapter is so scattered about, but I wanted to give all sorts of POVs, and to show you how some of them got ready for the day.
Three, so that you can picture what they're wearing, Jen and Karone are both wearing their black leather outfits, while the others are wearing their casual clothes from the series (i.e. Wes is wearing his white undershirt and his red button up shirt, like in the series. Yup) Can you visualize it? Yes? Good. So, until I update next time... Bye!~ Alli