Ok then. Here's the second chapter. More explanation and stuff, so the fi hasn't really started rolling yet. It will soon, action starts in chapter three, and so does the romance and drama and angst etc. Everything a good fic needs.

Jenny: Thanks for the first review. I'll try to get the chapters out faster for yas n.n

Jorgitosbabe: Glad you think the fic's so great. I am to please.

Funk in Fishnet: Love your login name. Yeah, I thought the fight scene was funny. Don't worry, there will be more of Dray and Acacious fighting.

amethyst8: Thanks for the advice. I myself thought it was a little redundant. I'll ty to tone it down n.n

Just a Bit Early

Chapter 2: 100 years?!?!

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"Our help?" echoed nine voices in unision.

"Yeah. We need you to help us kill some lacky of that bitch that put us here, so we can finally go home." Dray adjusted his position on the nearby tree.

"God dammit Dray! I told you to fucking quit bagging on my mom!" Acacious snarled, turning to face the white haired male.

Dray sent him a cocky glance, sly smile crawling across his maw, "Oh yeah? I can't believe you're still defending her after all these years. What are you, some freaking pansy mommas boy?"

"UGH!" Acacious lunged at him, tackling the crimson clad boy to the ground. Off they were again, in another brawl.

Sarah groaned, "Please excuse them. Dray has fun pissing Acacious off. Ever since their nasty break up, they haven't exactly gotten along well." Before they could say anything, she clarified her last sentence, "Yes. They are gay. If you have a problem with that, then keep it to yourself."

That shut a few questioning mouths.

"Ummm. Excuse me... But before we get all into detail and stuff... Exactly how long have you been here? Dray over there mentioned years." Tori pointed out.

Mike stepped forward, and slipped into a seatedposition next to Sarah, "Well, We've only been here for about five years, that includes myself, Cole, Eve, and Dray. Acacious has been here about twenty, and Sarah here has been around this place for a 100."

"A hundred?" Hunter frowned, "Not to mention, you guys like, look our age."

"Sarah's immortal, so she doesn't change. Acacious is a demon, so he doesn't either, and since Eve doesn't technically exist, she doesn't age. Mike, Dray and I, well, we haven't aged at all for some reason. The only one we can think of is that Charken and Falissi want to keep us alive so they can torture us more." Cole spoke up, as he leaned back in his chair.

"I totally exist Cole. Just not in your way." Eve sent him a mock glare, "Don't forget, I could easily call on Lana to kick your ass."

"Yeah yeah."

"Lana?" Shane questioned.

Sarah sighed, "Look, before this goes any further, since I'm sick of answering questions, let's get to the point. As you've been told, we're rangers. I was brought here originally 100 years ago, because of Charken. I will explain that sometime later. This was supposed to be my own little private torture room, where Falissi, Acacious's mom, could watch me die a slow, lonely death. I managed to dissapoint her again and again. I'm not that easy to kill." She paused a moment, "So she shoved Acacious here, since she found out he was gay and all. She's quite the bitch, from what you have probably gathered. Needless to say, it was the company I needed to strive."

"And since Sarah and Aca were doing so well, she decided to drag us all into the picture. Eve because she represented a challenge, and humans, since we're easiest to kill."

"Wait. A hundred years? You've been here a hundred years?" Kira gaped.

Rubbing her head, both shoulders slumped, "Don't remind me. It hasn't exactly been a piece of cake. Acacious has only been here for twenty, so I was alone for eighty. Not exactly a dream come true. Uh, pardon the pun."

"Fortunately for us, since Sarah has been here so long, she's figured out many ways to manipulate this dream world." Mike cut in, "For example, she can conjur up food, clothes, accessories, bedding, forcefields, and even heal our wounds when need be."

"Anyway, if I can continue without being interrupted." Sarah shot Mike a glare, "When the rest of the crew joined Acacious and I five years ago, I discovered something that changed us all. For the better, I guess. You see, I had carried around a charm bracelet for the longest time, and as soon as all of us grouped together, it suddenly exploded, and each of us found eachother in possession of an amulet with the charm placed inside." She dragged hers out from underneather her shirt and showed them the small black gem on a silver chain. Inside it rested a charm shaped as a velociraptor.

"We each took on the power of an animal. I kept the utahraptor, Mike took the cerberus, Cole and the felinix, Eve and the unicorn, Acacious and the drake, and Dray gained pheonix. These powers enabled us to 'morph' as you term it, and to call upon our newest companions. They are in place of your so-called zords, which we do not possess. However, we don't get many gigantic sized monsters around here. Plus, when we 'morph' we don't exactly re-appear in spandex."

"Wait a second. How come, if you're trapped here, that you know all about our world?" Finally, a decent question from Conner.

Ever stepped forward, "As an illusionist, my body is half ghost, if you may. I am able to phase between dimensions for a short time, which is how I was able to give you those marbles. That's what Cole meant as me not existing. I don't exactly breath, or have a heartbeat." She smiled slightly, "But I can be destroyed, and injured, as you can see." She traced a scabbed over cut upon her cheek.

"Hey Sarah. How about a presentation?" Dray sided next to her, rubbing a bruise forming upon his right cheek. He had finally manage to escape Acacious's grasp. Well, they had called a draw, since they were both pretty beat up.

She sighed, "Fine fine. Let's go." She stepped back, and all of them lined up, gems settled about their necks. Sarah with black, Cole with blue, Mike with yellow, Dray with red, Eve with a clear gem, or white, and Acacious following with orange. Automatically, all of them crossed their arms across their chests and shouted, "Anibattle...." Then, arms were thrusted diagonally downwards, slightly distant from their bodies, "Synthesize!"

Each were surrounded in a glow of their color, before fading to reveal themselves. To begin with, Sarah stood, donned in tight, black leather pants, and a mid-drift, black leather, lace up tank top covered her bodice. Black boots rested on her feet, and her brown hair was streaked in black, several places. Like, tiger stripes. To top off her accessories, a chain belt wound it's way around her waist, each small loop carrying a small kobutan, or a spike. Each arm, from the wrist to the elbow was coated in a thick silver cuff, and the rest of her bare, left arm, was wound in black bandages.

Cole stood, now dressed in black baggy pants with blue swirls tainting them. A light blue, long sleeved shirt tppped him off, and to overlay it was a short-sleeved shirt of silver chainmail. One one hip rested a short sword, and the other seated a dagger. Each cheek was now painted with a blue triangle under his eyes.

Mike, another male, yellow ranger, had on black pants, lined in yellow thread, and a short sleeved, yellow shirt, which a black, long-sleeved, fishnet shirt residing underneath it. Each wrist carried a thick bracelet, with a matching yellow gem, and tied about his waist was a black belt, and off of it hung two ulaks, or half circle blades.

Beside him stood Eve, dressed in a tight, white mini-skirt, and tall, knee-high white boots. Her top was covered in a white tubetop, and draped over the entire outfit was a long-sleeved dress of chainmail, ending at the end of her skirt. Two katanas were strapped across her backside, in brilliant white cases, and her black hair was done up into a neat bun.

Acacious came next, and his outfit was about the same. Dressed in nearly identical pants as before, black with fire rising from the bottom, it was topped off with a matching vest only, to reveal his chest and stomach, where around his abdomen rested six black tentacles, wrapping themselves around his waist. His black scales were ever prominant, and the black snake that had rounded his neck before was a permanent tattoo, the head ending below his right eye.

And finally stood Dray, the man in red. His pants were a deep crimson color, with black pockets, and two black stripes rounding each leg at the bottom. He wore a tight, sleeveless black shirt, a crimson bird, wings flared, spread across the front. Each hand was covered in a fingerless black gloves, small spikes protruding from each knuckle.

"Dude. That is totally sick." Dustin's jaw dropped.

"No masks." Trent commented.

"No need for them. We're the only real people here." Eve shrugged.

"You guys look like a cross between mid-evil times and gothic punk." Ethan glanced them over.

Sarah shrugged, as her wings slowly unfolded and stretched out. She was getting tired of holding them back. Now, at their full length, each wing was about as long as she was tall. Everyone gawked in amazement, until she furled them back up again, "Want to see our animal friends?"

Nine heads nodded eagerly.

She snapped out, "Vast!" With a flicker of her amulet, the creature appeared in all it's splendor beside her. Standing six feet tall, and nearly twenty feet from nose to tail tip, the creature was horrifying. A dark, brownish red skin covered the ancient dinosaur, and it's back was etched in scraggly stripes, from it's back bone, down it's sides. A wicked head held a maw full of large teeth, and both feet carried a massive, curved claw.

With a hiss, it snapped it's jaws lightly, and cocked it's head, one yellow looking eye peering at the audience it carried.

"Ash!" Came Mike's cry, and with a flicker, appeared the three headed beast beside him. Smaller than it's fabled size, it stood two and a half feet tall at the shoulders, black in color, bodies and heads resembling a pitbulls. Each head had flaring, red eyes, and large, saliva dripping teeth curved over the skin of the jaws.

"Fathiel!" Cole's bonded appreaded beside him, a snow leopard in appearance, shoulders reaching a height of three feet, wicked blue eyes peering out from underneath large ears, a tuft of featheratop each of them.

"Lana!" The gorgeous unicorn appeared beside Eve, standing sixteen hands high and pure ivory, gigantic, two foot long, golden horn spiraling from it's forhead. Long white mane, and white feathered, or furry feet, accented the large beast.

Acacious smirked as he called his creature forth, "Asonyth." Appearing beside him was a massive, fifteen foot long snake, with enormous black feathered wings expanding from alittle below it's large head.

Finally, Dray called his forth, "Lycea!" A screech, nearly as bad as Kira's when she chose to use her ability, caused everyone to cover their ears as the creature appeared. The pheonix resembled a Great Heron, but stood with a regal head reaching a height of five feet. Orange, red, and yellow feathers blended in to make the plumage of this creature, wispy tendrils extending from it's wings giving the bird a frail appearance. It's tail was extremely long, nearly four feet in length, of long, floating tendrils. A fluff of feathers atop the head resembled a crown, and beady black eyes lay full of fire, watching each and every person with great interest.

Sarah surveyed the shocked teens before them, and then smirked, "I bet you're wondering why, exactly, we need your help, huh?"

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I know, it's a little redundant in description and stuff, but this way I don't have to do it all in the next chapter, etc. Well, mostly everything is introduced. There will be much action in the next chapter. Yus yus.. Sorry this was out so late. School started, and I got caught up in things. Review please!