Chapter Nine: A Storm a Brewing

The five rangers stood motionless as Elgar perform another incantation. This time five orbs lit up instead of words. The five orbs form into a circle flying up into the air. Then like if something was winding them up. The five orbs shot across the sky landing in different areas. Once the orbs had taken their course of action the rangers were able to move once again. "What did you do this time Elgar?" Pink Ranger asks. Elgar looks up at the sky no longer seeing the orbs he smiles. "Well Pinkie you'll just have to wait and see." He replies.

"Whatever it is just like always we will put an end to it." Carlos said moving his hand in front of him. "But at what cost? It's not such much that you put an end to this plan. It's a matter of what it will cost you to stop it." Elgar said vanishing from the area. Within the city an orb in the air randomly shoots fire into various buildings. They ignite into a huge uproar of fire upon contact. "What do you think he meant by that?" Justin asks. The other rangers were just as clueless as Justin. "I don't know. I know that I don't like it." Carlos said. "Rangers there are major fires in the city. The fire department won't be able to do this on their own." Alpha said to the rangers in their helmets.

"We're on it Alpha" TJ said over the communicator. "I'll try to keep the fires down along with the fire department. Leaving the rest of you to get the people out to safety." TJ said. They nod their heads to the plan. Divatox stood on a top of a building watching the fires break out on to various buildings. She laughs as she watches the people run screaming for their lives. Elgar appears behind her with a tub of popcorn. "Isn't watching people run fro their lives fun to watch" he said offering her some of the popcorn. Divatox reach inside the bucket pulling out a handful of popcorn in her hand. She eats one then smiles. "Kettle Corn my fave. This plan was brilliant not even the rangers can stop me." She gloats.

The Lighting Fire Tamer pulls up near the first building as other fire trucks appear on the scene as well. The men and women of the AGFD leapt out of their trucks with water hoses dragging behind them. They connect their hoses to the fire hydrants on the streets and the water system they have on their trucks. The massive zord fires its hydro cannons on to the first burning building. Given its size and its sole purpose to take out giant size fires. The zord is able to bring the fire down to a small blaze. By this time the other fire trucks combine their efforts on to two beings, with fire raging to the same level as the Red Ranger dealt with.

Carlos leads the way into the building that was just extinguish by the Red Ranger's Rescue Zord. "Everybody ready?" Carlos said kicking the lobby door in. The inside had been burnt to a crisp. The upper level floors were giving way under the weight. "Hello." The rangers scream through the burned house. "Alpha are you sure there are life forms in here?" Cassie asks into her communicator. Piranatrons pop out of the ground ready to attack the rangers. "Don't answer that." Cassie said dropping her arm. Carlos pulls out his auto blaster. "Rangers the corners." Carlos instructs the rangers to fire at the weak points on the ceiling.

In the other buildings that actually houses real human beings. The other firefighters rush in and out bringing people out as fast as they can. The Red Ranger moves to the middle of the two burning buildings. Using one hydro cannon on one fire and the other cannon on the other fire. He takes more time to put these fires out than the first one. But he is gaining more progress than the fire department. The four-turbo rangers rush out of the building as the floors come crashing down on top of the piranatrons.

Smoke bursts through the glass windows raining down on the pavement. More piranatrons run down the street heading towards the rangers. "Can I even catch my breath?" Justin pants. Justin stands straight up bracing himself for the battle ahead of him. "Alpha I need the Star Racer and Thunder Loader at once." Red Ranger said from his cockpit. That assistant Robot did as the Red ranger had told him to do. Sending the two rescue zords into the city. But it was too late for the building on the left. Even though the fire was out the building had experience too much damage. TJ motions the Thunder Loader to move in to position. The top half of the building slides off landing on top of the carrier part of the rescue zord.

Justin slams a piranatron up against the wall. He knees his foe in the gut then spins him into two other piranatrons. "We can't keep this up." Justin said fending himself off from another double team attack. A green ball of energy knocks the two piranatrons away from the Blue ranger. The Green ranger rushes to his teammates side, his thunder cannon in hand. "I sent the girls into the next building. We have to buy them some time." Green Ranger said. "Right. Hand Blaster" Blue ranger said summoning his two weapons in his hand. The Star Racer was in Robot mode. Ashley commanded the zord to punch hole in the building with its right fist while the left arm held up the building. The right hand grabs the Wind Rescue and places it in the building. The back hatch opens up so that the people can climb in. The fire was raging inside the building. All but three people were inside. "My aunt and her sons are trap in the elevator." A young man yelled out. Ashley grab the Wind Rescue zord with the people inside and let it sit on the ground it drove off to the
Thunder Loader which was sitting the top part of the broken building up. "TJ I'm going in." she said, leaping inside the Smokey building. Using her Navigator to scan for the others. Finally she got to them. Using her Turbo sword she open up the doors up. "C'mon
let's get out of here." She said pulling them out on to the hand of the Star Racer Robot mode. She takes her seat back, while putting them down. She went back to zord mode.

"Miserable Rangers, they ruin everything don't they." Divatox said walking over to the ledge watching the rangers defeat her forces and help the fire department put out the fires. "So what are you going to do?" Elgar asks. Divatox balls up her fist purple energy fills her fist. "I have it. If I cause multiple disasters then
they will spread out that they will open for a full frontal attack. Read the last part of the incantation." Divatox said. Elgar pulls out a piece of paper and begins to recite the last part of the incantation. The five spheres begin to glow from their position. The sphere in the air that once shot fire now changes form from spraying fire to creating a black storm cloud. Green and Yellow energy surges through the clouds, forming lighting that begins to strike the trees in the park. More fires flare up only in the park. The lighting also strikes buildings creating green fires, dropping more building to the ground.

Another sphere glows in the Angel Grove Beach, causing the water to rise. Starting a very slow flood sweeping through the city. The next sphere glows from the mountain range of Angel Grove. A rockslide begins to fall from the mountain heading towards Angel Grove. The next sphere finds itself shaking the ground furiously. Telephone poles, street signs, billboards, and statues fall smashing into cars. A Captain Planet looking monster arouses in the park from the last sphere. "An evil doer job is never done." He said shooting the mountain. More rocks tumble behind the already massive rockslide. The rocks leave deep crater side holes behind them.

TJ watch the water slowly rise in the city. It would soon drown out the whole city. "The Zords aren't ready for water battle. "Rangers return to your zords we have much more to deal with now." TJ said. While the water was at their feet the four rangers leapt into their zord's cockpit. The firefighters had safely freed the people from the burning buildings. Carrying them off away from the rising water. "Sorry but there is nothing left we can do for the buildings." TJ said. Watching the last of them burn all the way to the water. "We're heading to the mountain side." Carlos said driving Thunder Loader out of the city. Ashley in Star Racer follows behind him.

"I'm getting a tingly feeling all over." Divatox said grabbing more popcorn. "Even their rescue zords won't be able to stop all my disasters." Divatox said watching the Siren Blaster head around the other side of the mountain. "Sonic Sirens" Justin said pressing a button in his cockpit. Blue sonic ring beams shoot a rocks heading down the mountain. The rocks become gravel instantly. On the other side of the mountain the plow arms of the star racer creates a deep trench along the side of the mountain. Some of the rocks fall into the trench, but the trench soon fills up. And the rocks continue to roll on down the mountain. Thunder Loader catches a few rocks in its carrier part. The Pink ranger teleports on top of the roof where the two spectators watch the ranger scramble around the city. "Well Divatox surprise to see you step out of your ship. You should really think the outfit over next time." Cassie said.

Divatox looks down at herself then back the pink ranger. "Elgar gets her." She screams. Elgar puts down the popcorn and charges at the Pink ranger. The Pink ranger flips over the monster landing next to the bucket of popcorn. She picks the bucket up as Elgar turns around charging at her from the backside. Pink Ranger back flips in the air turning the bucket upside down. She drops short placing the bucket on his head. She uses his back to thrust herself back into the air. She fires her blaster down at the two them. Divatox jumps from side to side. Elgar pulls the bucket off his head looking around for the Pink Ranger she was out of sight. Cassie leads a group of people out of their rooms down to the first floor where the Wind Rescue zord waits for them. Just in time as the building begins to crumble. Before the two can teleport off the rooftop. Divatox and Elgar finds themselves falling into the crumbling sky scarper.

In the middle of the park the monster known as Frenzy meditates on creating more disasters. "The Rangers may think they are winning but they have no idea what I'm capable of just yet." Frenzy laughs.

Justin watch, as their efforts seem to do little to stop the Divatox's spheres. "Everything is happening so fast. I just hope that all our efforts are not in vain." Justin said firing another sonic blast at the rocks. The water level continues to rise in the city. Wind Rescue and Lighting Fire Tamer drove down the middle of the flooding city. Water skids to the side of the two zords. Frenzy reach down scooping the water in his hand. A small pebble was at his foot, he picks that up as well mixing the two a mud ball is formed into the monster's hands.

"Check out my fast mud ball pitch." he said to Jetsam. He
pitches the ball at the mountain, the mud ball speared over the mountain
like chocolate syrup on an ice cream sundae. Now the rockslide became
a mudslide, which fill the trench quickly and soon move ahead of the
Star Racer, its wheels spinning. Ashley tried to get control but
even the Zord's tire traction was being overwhelmed but the mud. The
Thunder Loader shared the same fate as the Star Racer. The storm
cloud shocks the three-rescue zord. All stop moving. "TJ we've lost control of the zords." Ashley said. The mud rises up covering the rescue zords.

The lighting struck the mud somehow the energy in the mud harden the mud around the zords. Ashley and the other barely made it out of their zords. As they step out of their zords on to the hard mud, the black storm cloud stops firing lighting at the mud and targets the rangers. Moving at turbo speed the three rangers run down to the base of the mountain where they met the water rising up to them. "Well can't got that way." Carlos said.

"Water rising that's nothing let's spice things up." Frenzy said from the park. He whirls his hands up in the air. Wind picks up over the water creating massive waves within the city. Many homes and buildings where knocked into. Some of the rocks that where in water were move along with the water causing some damage along with the water. Red Ranger and his zord were moving some of the rocks into place forming a rock wall. This held back some of the water, giving the people time to run to the Wind Rescue zord. "Go Cassie Go." TJ yell as the water broke through the dam. He fires on the rocks trying to keep them in place so that Cassie and the others could make it to safety. The waves crash in to the zord. The Red Ranger holds on to his seatbelt as the zord is spun around in the middle of the street. A wave looms over the ranger and his zord. The water pulls the zord backwards as it continues to crash. The hydro cannons turn behind the zord. The pressure from the cannons pushes the zord from underneath crashing waves.

The zord skids across the water that hasn't risen to the wave's level yet. "Turbo Thrusters engage." TJ said pushing a lever forward. The Red Ranger's rescue zord catches up with the Pink Ranger's zord. TJ looks back in the rear view mirror as the water rises up into the city. He lets out a sigh as the city is engulfing into the water. "Alpha what's our status?" TJ ask.

"Well TJ the city is under water, the mud slide is still heading into the country area, lighting is still randomly firing, and the ground is still shaking. Everything is pretty much a disaster except for the park." Alpha said.