The Coming of the Fire Storm
Chapter 12
In My End, Is My Beginning, Part II
The Megaflame Megazord had combined the Phoenix and Salamander zords together. The Phoenix formed the wings on the back, the head and the top half of the torso. The Salamander was the feet, legs, arms and the bottom half of the torso.
The Megazord charged towards the alien. It moved ever so gracefully for being made of metal. In its right hand, it carried a magnificent sabre, embossed with the Fire Ninja Academy symbol. It slashed at Road Crush with all the force Tammy and Sydney could muster, making him fly backwards.
"You evil little menaces!" exclaimed Road Crush. "You'll pay for that, and I mean it!" His eyes turned a menacing shade of red, as if a raging fire was burning inside. Suddenly, his hat flew off his head and landed on his left hand. It began to grow in length, and before long, it resembled a lance used in medieval jousting. A bolt of lightning flared on the tip of the lance as Road Crush ran towards the Megaflame, slashing and slamming with all his might.
Tammy and Sydney felt the pain of their already damaged megazord, but they didn't falter, even for a second. Both minds were fixed upon the task.
"Come on, you overgrown freak!" shrieked Tammy. "Come and get us!" Road Crush growled at the ranger's insolence.
Road Crush slammed the point of his lance into the ground, sending powerful energy waves to the other rangers lying a short distance away.
Blake suddenly became very rigid. He jumped to his feet and screamed at the top of his lungs, he was so much pain. All his power, all his energy was being drawn from him, and relocated to Road Crush. Armour appeared on his arms and legs, with the navy thunder symbol emblazed on each piece. Blake collapsed, all life had left him.
"No, Blake!" cried Hunter, and he rushed to his brother's side. He grabbed his hand, and tried to find a pulse, but there was nothing. Tears began rolling down his cheeks.
"You didn't like that, didn't you?" Road Crush sneered. "See what happens when you mess with me?"
Out of the blue, both Tori and Dustin clutched their chests, gasping for breath. Tori's hair went on end, as if she were receiving an electric shock. Dustin clenched his fists, coughing and spluttering. Bright blue and yellow light soured from their mouths, and into Road Crush's remaining hand. A huge dangerously spiked mace appeared, bearing the symbols of water and earth. Tori fell onto Blake and Dustin onto her. Both were dead.
"Megaflame Megazord, Lightning Mode!" cried Sydney, trying to wave aside the fact three of her best friends were dead. They had to keep on fighting, or Blake, Tori and Dustin would have died in vain.
"Whatever life throws at you, keep fighting, and you'll eventually break free," the Fire rangers said to themselves, remembering words they'd long forgotten.
"Don't give up, Tammy!" came Shane's voice from the ground.
"You can do it, Sydney!" yelled Cam.
Tammy and Sydney seemed to read each other's minds. Both girls were thinking the same thing. They knew how to defeat him.
Both rangers took off their helmets, and closed their eyes. They held the crests on their chests, the fire symbol.
"Sensei, if you can hear us," they whispered, "we're fulfilling your prophesy. We remember your words. Send us the power to stop this force of darkness. Send us the power of hope..."
Everywhere was silent, except for the gentle sounds of the tiny waves breaking against the shore. Road Crush began to feel worried.
An echoing hum surrounded the area, and brilliant white light lit the darkness of the beach. Tammy and Sydney were lifted out of the megazord on landed on the sand. They held hands, eyes still shut.
"Whatever you're doing I'll stop it!" yelled Road Crush, deciding there and then to put his new weapons into use. He swung his mace in the air, and slammed it into the sand, shaking the ground around him.
He thrust into the air once more, and brought it down upon the two fire rangers. Well, that's what it looked like. The pure white light surrounding them repelled the attack, turning the mace into dust.
Suddenly, Tammy and Sydney's eyelids flew open. Their normally blue and green eyes were no longer there. Their eyes were flooding with the same bright white light. It made them look extremely ghostly. Their hair was flying backwards in the wind.
Road Crush began to disappear, bit by bit. First, his new lance, mace and armour vanished into thin air. Back with the other rangers, Blake, Tori and Dustin all took one huge breath, they were alive!
Hunter, Shane and Cam were stunned. They stared at the ghost like fire rangers in utter amazement.
Road Crush was no more. Tori, Dustin and Blake were coming around, and Tammy and Sydney were lying in the sand, motionless, and the gentle waves covering their feet.
All was quiet.
Tiny orbs of light left Tammy and Sydney's mouths. They rose up to the clouds, and into the new sunset lying on the calm water.
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Tammy awoke to find herself is a place shrouded in light. Sydney lay beside her, still knocked out.
"Sydney!" Tammy tried to shake her friend awake. "Sydney! Wake up!" She stirred.
"Wha...what?" she murmured as she woke up. She sat up and looked around, Tammy kneeling beside her.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"I don't know, Syd" Tammy replied.
"You are in a place between life and the afterlife" a gentle voice answered them. Sydney got up with the help of Tammy and the two of them saw, emerging from the light two figures - one tall and dressed in a black robe; the other slightly shorter, but dressed in a white robe. Both of their faces were covered by hoods so that the Fire Storm Rangers couldn't see who they were.
"Who are you?" Sydney asked the beings.
"Friends," replied the black robed figure. He had a deep, but soothing voice that was firm, but gentle at the same time. "But we cannot converse. Your time has not come yet, as you sacrificed yourself to fulfil a prophecy made by the ancient Ninjas. Go now!" And with that, Tammy and Sydney collapsed. The white figure then held out her hands and transformed Sydney and Tammy into Pink and Purple orbs, which flew away into the sky, and entered the bodies of the Fire Rangers back on Earth.
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Sydney felt very groggy. She tried to open her eyes. She heard voices above her.
"Sydney? Sydney, wake up, please!"
Her eyes fluttered open, and Sydney was faced with the figures of the other rangers standing above her, including Tammy. Hunter grabbed Syd's hand, and helped her up.
"We did it, Sydney!" exclaimed Tammy. "We defeated Lothor AND Road Crush!" Sydney's face broke into a smile, and she let out a cheer.
"Yes!!"
"Let's go celebrate!" said Dustin. "You know, we'll buy you dinner, and umm, thank you for saving our lives!"
"Yeah, sure, that sounds good," said Tori. "One question, though; we though you'd gone too. Who saved you?"
The Fire Rangers were confused. They remembered seeing someone, or something.
"You know, I'm not exactly sure," Tammy said slowly. "It's a mystery to me."
But Sydney knew, she just decided not to say, not just yet.
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A/N
I know this chapter was a little corny, but please give me feedback. One more chapter to go!