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CHAPTER 32 It Begins

The rangers had no real choice but to settle back into their normal lives as much as possible. Being there longer than they expected, the veteran rangers moved out of Tommy's house and into a hotel, but only for a few days. Zordon allowed Anton Mercer to show through him. Anton arranged for the rangers to stay in a house on property he owned right between Tommy's house and the school. The Storm rangers began to stagger a little from traveling back and forth between Blue Bay Harbor while the Dino rangers struggled to keep their grades, ranger duties, and hobbies up. The veteran rangers kept themselves busy with constant training sessions. They knew their powers were not as stable as the current rangers, so they had to rely more on their martial arts abilities. All the rangers collapsed after another week. It was Thursday and they still had one more day to suffer through before the light shone through with the presence of the weekend. Tommy came down the stairway and saw all his friends. He chuckled.

"So what are all of your plans tomorrow night?" he asked.

"SLEEPING!" chorused the Storm and Dino rangers.

"What they said," chorused the veteran rangers.

"No it's not. You guys need a break from the routine and I want to see all of you at the spring dance tomorrow night," he said, throwing flyers at all of them. Hunter didn't budge as a flyer landed softly on his stomach. He was slumped over on a couch with his arm around Leila. She was leaning on him, using him as a pillow. Hunter took his hand and arched the flyer to his face.

"Could be fun to do something different," he said, looking over at Leila.

"I'm in," she said.

"Just like old times, huh babe?" Adam asked, putting his arm around Aisha. Aisha rolled her eyes and smiled. The other rangers laughed. Tommy came up behind Kimberly and put his arm around her shoulder.

"Care to chaperone with me, Ms. Hart?" he asked, suavely.

"Why, I'd love to Mr....oh, I'm sorry...DR. Oliver," she replied. Tommy leaned in and kissed her softly.

"Awww," Dustin and Devin chorused together. Tommy grabbed a pillow and threw it at them. This started a chain reaction pillow fight amongst all the rangers, past and present. They all laughed together. The next night, the gymnasium was blasting with music and was decorated from ceiling to floor. All the guys were watching Zack dance with all the girls in a circle.

"Go Zack, go Zack!" they chanted as he showed off his moves.

"Hey guys, let's get back in there before he steals our girls," Adam said jokingly. Trent, Blake, Hunter, Jason, and Tommy followed him onto the dance floor. Zack danced with some other girls.

"Hey Kira, who are those girls Conner's dancing with?" Katherine asked. Kira looked over and stifled a laugh.

"Half the cheerleading squad," she replied. The music suddenly turned to salsa and Hunter and Leila broke out. They started doing a sexy, fast pace, hip moving salsa routine.

"Whoa! Go Hunter!" Dustin cried.

"Yea, Leila!" Kira and Ethan cried. Leila suddenly felt something go off in her like a time bomb.

"ROCKY DUCK!!!" she screamed over at the food table. Rocky was caught a little off guard but suddenly, Tyranodrones appeared out of nowhere, landing right on the food table. Rocky rolled out of the way and popped back up in a fighting position. The students and teachers screamed and ran out of the gym in a mob. Some rangers led them out while others fought off Tyranodrones. Leila ended up in one corner, fighting off Tyranodrones in her heels and dancing dress. She didn't realize how far she was from the others until it was too late. Bronchonaut appeared in front of her, cornering her with no way out.

"LEILA!!" Trent and Hunter cried. Leila was scared. She hadn't gotten a good control on most of her powers, and she was stunned by his presence. Bronchonaut grabbed her neck and began to squeeze, cutting off her air. Leila gripped his hands, trying to get him off her neck.

"No stupid spells this time little girl. Your powers are mine," he hissed. Leila was scared, but suddenly she dropped to the ground. She recovered to realize Bronchonaut had been knocked over by...Hunter. Leila herself was a little shocked by Hunter's sudden power but he was enraged. He began to fight Bronchonaut with everything he had. With one punch and kick after another, Hunter managed to knock Bronchonaut down.

"Guys, morph, let's finish this!!" he cried.

"Don't bother!" Bronchonaut said right before disappearing, along with the Tyranodrones. Hunter was angry that he couldn't stop them from disappearing. He recovered and ran over to Leila as she stood up, clutching her neck. They walked over and met the other rangers halfway.

"This is getting old," Shane said.

"We HAVE to do the plan...tonight," Leila said. All the other rangers swallowed hard. As much as they were willing to do this, they were scared at the thought of losing their powers, some for the second time. They all went home for a little while. Hunter went to Leila's house with her.

"I hope this works," she said as he held her.

"It will. Go get changed and we'll head over to Dr. Oliver's," Hunter said, kissing her head. Leila kissed him on the lips and ran upstairs. Meanwhile, the other vets had changed and were over at Tommy's.

"Tommy do you think this will work?" Kimberly asked. Tommy sighed.

"I hope so beautiful. For everyone's sake," he said. Ten minutes passed and all the rangers who were coming there were at Dr. Oliver's house. They made their way over to the park where they met the other rangers, plus Hayley and Zordon/Anton.

"Dad..I mean, Zordon, what are you doing here?" Trent asked.

"I, as Zordon, will lend my services by releasing my spirit into the energy ball you rangers create with your powers," Zordon/Anton explained.

"But Zordon, you can't leave!" Billy pleaded.

"I must Billy. The fate of the world is far more important. Besides, with any evil that may come in the future, I can rest knowing the world is in good hands," he said to the rangers. Tori looked over at her fellow teen female rangers.

"You girls ready?" she asked Kira and Leila.

"Yea," Leila whispered.

"We need to have a SERIOUS girls day out after this," Kira said

"I heard that," Aisha chorused. All the girl rangers laughed while the boys chuckled.

"Okay, let's do it," Leila said.

"You heard the lady," Jason said. All the former Morphin rangers gathered on one side while the Dino rangers gathered on the other. The Storm Rangers created a third side while Tommy and Leila made up a forth side, being rangers from different teams.

"Is everybody ready?" Leila asked. The rangers chorused.

"Let's do this," Hayley whispered.

WHAT will happen? Will the plan work? What is to come with any outcome of the plan? Find out in Chapter 33. I promise more action in the next chapter. Please R&R.