Chapter Eleven: Spheres Everywhere
TJ was running along the beach. It was dark and the stars cast a light glow on the sand and water. Something was pushing him closer to his destination something was chasing him. What is was he wasn't sure but the only thing he could do was run. Run until his heart would explode. He stops running for a moment when the Turbo and Rescue Megazords come to his aid. The mysterious giant monster stops behind the red ranger. Upon first glance the monster's face is blurred to the African-American teen's eyes. The two megazord begin to fight the monster head on. The sounds of giant metal clashing together roared through the beach. Sparks rain down on to the beach. TJ was finally able to look up at the battle. He watches in horror as the two megazords went down shattering into pieces almost as if they were made of glass.
Before anything else could take place TJ's left arm shook. He looks over at his shoulder wondering what was wrong with him. His name rang in his head, getting louder and annoyed more each time. "TJ" the voice said. His arm jerk forward he felt himself falling. Not for a long time a rather short stop. Thump was the sound he made once he landed on the floor. "Are you ok?" the voice said changing from annoyed to concern. "Fine" he moan obliviously stun from the fall. He rolls on to his back facing upward. An Asian American descent female stands over him. She extends her hand down at him. He reaches up grabbing the hand pulling him up.
"How is Justin doing on project?" TJ ask finally on his foot.
"He's coming along but it might be a while. One thing that he has been able to do is find a frequency the spheres are running on. Which means he can locate the rest of them." She said. She notices his collar is drench in sweat. "Is everything ok?" she asks.
"Yeah." He said not sure of what she was aiming at. "I didn't get that badly shock as much as the zord did. I hated watching it sink down to the bottom of the ocean. But sometimes things must be sacrifice in order save the day." He mutters. Figuring that was the answer she was looking for.
"I didn't mean with what just happen. I'm talking about like is there something going on with you inside. When I came in to wake you. It seem like you were running for your life and you made these faces. Not your most attractive faces either." She jokes.
"What I'm TJ I'm always attractive." He replies. "Just dreaming" he answers.
"Dreams are nice and calm. You didn't seem like someone who was having a dream. It seems more like a night-"Cassie started to say. That was until Carlos popped his head inside the room. "C'mon you two Justin has found the next sphere's location." He said his head easing back out of the door. TJ starts to leave the room first; Cassie hoping to finish their conversation follows behind him.
The chamber doors open into the main chamber as the pink and red turbo teens step into the main room. "So what is this I hear about finding the location of the next sphere?" TJ ask holding up his arms. "Justin has lock on the wave lengths of these spheres. He can pinpoint the remaining spheres to their exact location. Only problem is that he can't actually teleport it here without draining too much power for the chamber. "Ashley reports.
"So we have to do another recon mission." TJ said summing up Ashley's report. She winks at his answer. "Ok so where is the next one?" he ask.
"I hope you're up for a hike." Justin said smiling from ear to ear. TJ looks down at his foot luckily he wearing his boots.
"Rangers be careful remember the sphere gives off an incredible about of energy that can be deadly to you all." Dimitria reminds them.
"We will be. Shift into Turbo!" TJ cries. The five teens morph into their ranger suits and teleport from the chamber to the outside of a cavern in the mountains. The storm cloud appears outside the cavern as well. Green energy leaps around the cloud until it finally decides to fire at the rangers. TJ pushes Ashley out of the way of the blast. She falls on her back sliding across the cavern. She watches the blast knock the other three rangers on to their sides.
The blast causes the opening of the cavern to be sealed off by falling rocks. Their headlights automatically switch on. "Don't worry TJ we're fine." Green Ranger said standing up. The Red ranger walks over to the Yellow ranger helping her up. "TJ what are you doing?" Ashley asks.
"What?" he questions. She shakes her head walking away from him. "Well let's find that sphere?" he said walking ahead of the group.
"So the fact that we are sealed in doesn't bother you?" Justin asks running up to the Red Ranger. The ranger doesn't answer the question. "Ok" Blue Ranger said following behind to the group. "Something is not right with him." Blue ranger comments. The group looks at the Yellow Ranger she holds up her arms. "I know what you guys know." She replies.
"Something's up for sure. I went to wake him and he was having some kind of nightmare. When I ask him about it he avoided the question. When I was about to call him on it again, we got the word about the next sphere." Pink ranger said. A green light shines off in the distance. "We're getting close." TJ yells back to the group. The red ranger takes off at a massive speed becoming a red blur down the cavern.
"What's his rush?" Carlos asks trying to catch up behind him.
"Beats me. I wouldn't have guessed him being excited over an evil magical item." Justin said. TJ running at the speed that he was found the sphere floating in the middle of the cavern. The green light was almost too bright even for him to see through is visor. The sphere shot a green beam of energy to the top of the mountain. The sound of rocks sliding down the mountainside was heard. "Well my ranger powers along can't do it." He said pulling out another key. "Double Shift Mode" he said inserting the key into his morpher. His new ranger suit appears on him.
The other rangers appear catching up with him as he reaches down to pick up the sphere. "TJ noooo" they yell. But he doesn't head their objections picking up the sphere anyway. "Hurry teleport me and the sphere while I have control." He said. Almost as if it wanted to prove the ranger wrong, the sphere fires energy into the red ranger's suit.
"Justin does something." Yellow ranger cries. Justin presses a button o his silver device teleporting the sphere and the Red Ranger out of the cavern back to the chamber. The sphere lands in the tank next to the water sphere, while the red ranger lands on a table in another room.
The Red Turbo Ranger lands inside a fire filled building. What he takes to be a girl is drape in a cover. "Miss. Just hang on tight I'll get you out of here." He said walking up to the girl. A fire rail lands behind him. He jumps forward standing behind the girl. He goes to pull over the drape only to find the girl was really Divatox. She kicks the Red Ranger into a burning beam. "Divatox?" TJ said pulling himself off the beam.
"Ranger it's over your friends had already fallen and your sages are down too." Divatox laughs pointing to her left side. The Red Ranger gazes through fire seeing his teammates without their powers lying on the ground. Dimitria and Zordon stuck in their tubes. TJ shook his head in disbelief at what had just occurred. His suit faded away of his body as she continue to laugh.
TJ rises up quickly his chest beading with sweat. He looks down from the cot over at his red shirt lying on the ground. He looks down at his body, a huge band-aid patch along his left ribs. He tries to turn but feels pain shooting up his left side. He plops back on the table. "Computer open communication line to the main chamber. I want to know that's going on." TJ said. The computer did as the red ranger had command allowing him to hear what was going on in the main chamber.
"Well as you can see even his power up wasn't able to protect him for very long." A voice said. TJ recognize it as Justin's voice.
"He hold on for like five seconds then his body lit up like a Christmas tree." Carlos said. "So if that's his power up protecting him. Our suits won't be able hold on for one second." He adds.
"Well at least we don't have to worry about the rock slides. Except for the storm clouding seems to be taking over for that. Those lighting blasts get stronger each time. I'm afraid the element is going to become just as dangerous as the sphere." Justin said.
"Getting this sphere out of the air isn't going to be easy like the other two." Carlos said.
TJ summons up his strength sitting up once again. He slides off the end of the table grabbing his shirt. He slowly eases into his shirt. "That storm cloud has been the cause of main disasters." He mutters.
"How you holding up kid?" Cassie said entering the room where TJ should have laid. She looks over the room finding no trace of the wounded teen. She runs out of the room running into the main chamber. "He's gone," she said.
"I found him," Justin said pulling up the image of the Red Ranger in Lighting Cruiser. "TJ I strongly recommend that you return to the chamber at once." Carlos said taking command of the situation.
"That's a negative Carlos. Lighting Cruiser is the only thing we have that could take out this air sphere. And I feel fine." TJ replies.
"I can't deal with him like this." Carlos said removing his finger from the communication line. Lighting Cruiser reaches twenty feet of the sphere. This sphere like the others tries to protect it self but shooting green energy bolts at the ranger. TJ steered the car in all sorts of direction trying to avoid the blast. Out of the many blast only five actually hit the car.
"Oh if I could just blast you out of the sky I would be so happy. In fact if I destroy you then the cloud has to stop" TJ assumes. "Fire" he said. All the weapons systems on the vehicle fires on the sphere, smoke builds around the sphere. The vehicle hovers in the air waiting to see the sphere fall to the ground. Instead a massive green wave of energy hits the car. Spinning the car in the middle of the air.
"If I was one to curse this would be the time." TJ said gaining control of his flying vehicle. More lighting bolts strike the car. Now smoke forms around TJ and his vehicle. "Well it worked once so he goes nothing Double Shift Mode!" TJ yells leaping out of his car. The two lances appear in his hands. He knocks the lighting bolts away from him as he dives for the sphere. He spins around as more bolts head his way.
Using the tips of his lances the red ranger pushes the sphere near his car. "Spin out" he said. Spinning around vertically like a spinning top he moves over to the car. A red tractor beam shoots from the car drawing in the sphere to the car. TJ lands in his seat back in his regular red ranger suit. "Mission accomplish see nothing to worry about.
Once again to prove the ranger wrong the sphere refuses to go down without taking the ranger down with him. A green beam surrounds the vehicle. "Your not taking my car like you did with my zord." TJ yells. The sphere starts to fry the flight systems. Lighting Cruiser spins downward at the ground. TJ tries to gain control of his vehicle. His mind wonders back to losing his rescue zord to bottom of the ocean.
"Crash and Burn Ranger. Crash and Burn" Elgar cheer watching the Cruiser head towards the ground at a rapid rate. "It's only a matter of time before it's all over." Elgar said.
"Have no choice but to get this thing out of here." TJ said still wrestling with the controls. TJ moves his right hand from the steering wheel to the small control panel. He presses a button shooting the sphere out of the car into the air. A blue beams hits the sphere stopping it in the air. TJ lands the car a bit roughly but he is safe and the sphere lands in the tank with the other spheres.
"So that takes care of the rising water level, rock and mud slides, and a storm cloud. The only thing left is the earth quakes which we really can't tell is going on since everything is under water." TJ said looking from a rooftop that was barely above water.
"I guess this is the time Phantom Ranger spoke of. I wonder are we still heading into the worst. Though I can't imagine what could be worst then having to abandon your city. Or heading into good era." TJ said.