THE REASON - Part Twenty: White Little Secrets
Summary: The Rangers have found their match in a new enemy, the evil White Ranger. How will Tommy comfort the teens about their first loss? And how will a certain pink ranger react after she finds out who the Rangers really are?
Disclaimer: Power Rangers are not mine, though I wish they were, like so many of us out there. But it can't. Yet, the story I can claim to be my own because it's my own original work. Straight from my mind. To Hoobastank and the reason for why this reason got so far, thanks. To all affiliates of the show, where would I be? To the inspiration set by the other writers who has come into the PR fanfic world, we are all rangers at heart. To anyone else I'm forgetting, my apologizes. Don't sue me please! I have no money to give, only my creativity as collateral.
A/N: Thank the heavens above, I made it. I finally made it to "White Thunder Pt. 1" But of course, had to tweak it a little just so it would make sense to me. Don't worry, it's all pretty much there for the most part. But enjoy. You all know the deal. Tell me how it is, how you like. If you want more.
"What kind of lies and truths can break apart friends? How hard will it impact those around you who want answers too?" –Eclyptyk Neo
Dr. Oliver was in his lab observing a rock fragment he found in the forest a few days ago. Though, he wasn't as successful as he had hoped, there was still evidence of dinosaur fossils in the rock.
Then the alarm sounded off, filling the room, indicated a disturbance in the area.
Dr. Oliver looked up from his work, turning to a near by screen. A cloud of smoke filling the area of the disturbance, a shadow disappearing into the mist. "Who's that?" he turned away, removing his glasses and placed a hand on his chin. "Petrified forest? What could be going on out there?"
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Time passed.
Dr. Oliver was using a fossil finder from his lab to screen the area, but couldn't get anything. The area was still smoking as the rocks displaced a recent explosion. He heard the scuffling from his students as they walked into the opened area.
"Hey, Dr. O." Conner was the first to say something, pushing his hands into his pocket. "We came as soon as we heard."
Dr. O let out a sigh as he looked around the area with great concern. He never recalled being in the area before, or making out any readings here.
"So, what's up? What'd you find?" Ethan asked.
Dr. O ran the scanner passed the smoking rocks, but found nothing. "I don't know. Could be anything." He shrugged, turning to look at his students. "The reading are so intense, this meter can't seem to register them."
"What kind of energy?" Conner furrowed his eyebrows.
"The same that's in your morphers." Dr. O concluded as he took a step over the rocky mess.
"Are you saying there was a dino gem in here?" Kira grew interested.
Dr. O shook his head, frowning. "Not anymore. But there was. It appears as if someone must have awoken it."
"I thought you had all types of stuff to detect this kind of stuff. Gems or dino eggs or whatever." Kira asked.
"I do. But someone must have hidden this one." Dr. O said sadly. "When the cloaking device deactivated, the reading were off the scale."
"So, is this good news or bad news?" Conner pulled his shoulders up in question.
Dr. O let out another sigh. "Guess that depends on who's got the gem."
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Hours passed.
The teenage rangers were already taking a brutal beating from their newest enemy, the White Ranger. And he was making it clear that he didn't want to deal with them at all. He was bad to the bone, taking no chance for the rangers to offer their assistance to his anger management.
Kira and Ethan pulled out their guns and fired at the White Ranger, but their shots were deflected back at them. They fell to the ground, groaning.
"No!" Conner cried, as he ran to his fallen teammates. "You guys. He's too strong."
Ethan was getting angry and frustrated. None of them had ever been defeated, and this was the first beating any of the three rangers had faced that they could not defeat. Ethan didn't like it one bit as he pushed Conner aside, getting to his feet again. "That's it. No more shit. This party's over."
But the familiar call from their mentor had stopped Ethan from making another attack. "No wait. Ethan, stop." He pulled Ethan's blaster away. "What's the matter?" Ethan huffed, taking the gun back.
The Rangers walked over to their mentor, confused at his gesture to stop the fight. "Look, I've been in the situation before. And he may have powers we're not capable of dealing with." He turned to the White Ranger, who was growing impatient with the loss of battle. "We don't want to hurt you. That's not why we're here. Just tell us why you're here."
"Let me see," the White Ranger thought for a moment. "To defeat you?"
"That does it," Ethan forced out, setting a run for their foe.
"No doubt. Let's get this poser." Kira agreed quickly, following suit.
Tommy called out to them. "No, wait. Stop." But it was too late.
The blue and yellow ranger were brushed away easily by the evil white ranger, and went flying through the air onto the parking lot down below. They groaned in pain, slowly rising to their feet as the white ranger jumped down to join them.
"You guys are really pathetic." the White Ranger teased. "Have a nice flight?"
Ethan huffed again at the rude comment, trying to think of another plan of attack. Kira never thought that they'd meet their match in a fellow ranger.
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Kim was taking a stroll through the city, cutting through a parking lot to head for the park in the distance. She figured it was the best way to rid herself of the emptiness she was feeling. Yet, there was a strange eerie silence in the area. She looked around, only to be surprised by two fallen people in colored uniforms. The blue and yellow ranger. They hit the pavement hard as she jumped behind a parked car, watching intently.
The rangers got to their feet as another mysterious figure joined them. A White Ranger.
"Whoa. Now, there's a white one?" Kim said quietly. "But he looks like an adversary. Uh-oh." She could only make one conclusion. An evil ranger.
"You guys are really pathetic." the White Ranger teased. "Have a nice flight?"
The Blue Ranger scrambled to his feet, fists clenched tight. "He's gonna pay for that!"
He was the first to come charging at the evil ranger, but took a beating that sent him into a parked car. The Yellow Ranger followed suit as she came crashing down beside him. The White Ranger didn't appear amused at the lack of a challenge. The two rangers scrambled to their feet, but their legs could barely hold them up. They were weakening. They weren't going to make it that much farther.
"Ethan, any thoughts?" the Yellow Ranger questioned quickly as the White Ranger approached them.
"Got it covered." he pulled out his primary weapon. "Tricera shield."
"Good call." the Yellow Ranger agreed, pulling her own out. "Ptera grips."
"Ethan?" Kim furrowed her eyebrows as she watched the fight rage on. "Isn't he that black teen that Tommy seems close to?"
The two rangers came charging at their aggressor, but got caught by his block. Using his morpher as an advantage, the White Ranger began to drain their powers as their weapons came crashing down on him. The energy that gave them their powers began to glow and pass, disrupting what hold they had left to hold their Ranger form together. The White Ranger disposed of them like rag dolls as they came crashing to the ground.
They demorphed in the process, feeling the drain of power in their body. Pain running all over them. They groaned, cowering in pain of the loss.
Kim jumped back startled, covering her mouth to avoid screaming. The two rangers, now, weakened on the ground were Ethan James and Kira Ford. And she had grown closely acquainted to them. She wanted to help. But had no way to. She could only watch and catch her breath.
"Brutal." Kira caught her breath, trying to get to her feet. "That's not what I had in mind."
Ethan grabbed his shoulder wincing in pain. "You're tellin' me. No doubt." He turned to look at his fallen comrade, seeing the same pain he felt inside. "Looks like it's game over."
Kira looked over at him, shaking her head. She looked up to see the White Ranger turn away as the Black Ranger came to meet him. "Not yet."
The Black Ranger called out to the fallen rangers. "Kira! Ethan!"
The White Ranger took a step forward, sword resting on his shoulder. "C'mon. Bring it."
The Black Ranger didn't hesitate as he came charging at the white fiend, staff ready to attack. But the White Ranger blocked his attack with his morpher and began to drain the energy out of the skilled black ranger as he had done to the two rangers now cowering in pain on the ground.
"I'll take yours, too." the White Ranger hissed as the drain pulled the Black Ranger into the air. The White Ranger could feel the surge of power fill his body as he took out the Black Ranger. He threw out his sword to attack the weakened ranger as he came down. "Now, go. I'm done with you."
The Black Ranger hit the ground, demorphing. The drain of power pulled him into a stiffened mess as he held his chest. He forced out a breath, but could find no strength to move. No beating could match up to the pain that ran through his veins at that moment. At the defeat he wanted to avoid. And he had played on both ends of the field. Evil and good. But now, he never felt or could rid himself of his own past mistakes as he recalled his time as the enemy. The evil green ranger. Nearly ten years ago.
Kim nearly fainted, feeling the rush of lightheaded mayhem run through her. There it was. The truth to her question. Who was the Black Ranger? It was none other than her lover--Tommy Oliver. And she never felt so crushed to see him as weakened as he was. She wanted to cradled him in her arms, but couldn't seem to move.
Then the Red Ranger made a mid-air attack on the White Ranger, sending him to the ground. The White Ranger growled, turning to his next challenger.
"Tell me. I want some answers now." The Red Ranger commanded. "What do you want from us?"
The White Ranger didn't answer as he charged toward his red foe. The Red Ranger caught the kick trying to force it back down.
"You're messing with the wrong dude. I'm giving you one last chance. Tell me what you want." The Red Ranger forced out with determination.
But again, the White Ranger refused to answer him. He pulled out his weapon and slashed the red one, weakening him. It was enough to throw the red ranger off-balance and a chance for the white ranger to kick him away. The red ranger went flying through the air, crashing into a distant wall.
He crashed to the ground below, following his counterparts in losing control of his ranger powers and demorphed. He collapsed into an exhausted heap as he felt the pain rush into his body.
Kim forced out another breath as she saw the last ranger reveal himself. Conner McKnight. The boy who seemed to flirt with her, or apply a friendly gesture. She couldn't help but play along, just to see Tommy annoyed at her gesture. The leader of the team. The Red Ranger. She had made the suspicion that they were in fact the team, but now the evidence was right in front of her. She was right. But she wasn't really mad. Only frightened and scared. Upset. And concerned with each of them and how they were handling the loss. Especially Tommy.
The other rangers managed to get to their feet as they helped their fallen red comrade to his feet.
"You all right?" Tommy asked, holding him as he assisted in supporting him up.
"Yeah, I think so." Conner forced out a painful breath. "I'll live."
The White Ranger strode away, but turned to face his enemies one last time. He pointed his sword to them. "You've been warned, Power Rangers. If you know what is best, you'll stay out of my way or be destroyed."
The White Ranger turned away and disappointed into the sky with a flash. Each ranger took a step forward as he departed, shaken at the comment. They all looked away, escaping into a world they thought would never exist. A loss. One less battle to call a victory. Their first. The teens. Their mentor had been through defeat so many times in the past, he just wasn't sure how he could comfort them.
Tommy clasped Conner's shoulder, trying to be reassuring. "Guys, we got big trouble."
The three students nodded firmly.
Ethan looked off into the distance beyond his teacher's back, catching his breath. "That's not the only thing."
The others looked at him, watching his eyes and following it to the distance. Each ranger stiffened as the familiar face of a petite woman in pink approached them. Tommy took two steps forward, but fell back one as he felt his knees weaken.
"Tommy?" Kim could only say as she came crashing into his arms.
He slowly wrapped his arms around her, exchanging another worried look with his students. He didn't seem to let her go, or really wanted to. He didn't know what to do. At that moment, he was glad not to see her on the battlefield. Glad that she hadn't faced the same fate as he and his proteges did. He felt several tears escape his eyes as he felt his love's drain his shirt. Oh shit, Tommy. You gotta lotta explainin' to do.
Kim tightened her grip around him, pulling him as close as she could to her. She was glad to find him all right. Glad to find that his students were just as tough as him to walk away from the fight with something to learn.
The three young rangers looked at each other in turn relaying a small smile to see the close connection between the two older rangers.
To be continued...
A/N: Oh, does this little revelation have Tommy and Kim back together with no more problems? Please! The guy lied to her about him being back in uniform. Of course, she isn't happy. Not after the promises about being honest with each other. So, how does she take it? Find out in the next chapter. And it isn't very pretty. But than again, I'd say that considering I'm the writer of the story. Later daze.
Summary: The Rangers have found their match in a new enemy, the evil White Ranger. How will Tommy comfort the teens about their first loss? And how will a certain pink ranger react after she finds out who the Rangers really are?
Disclaimer: Power Rangers are not mine, though I wish they were, like so many of us out there. But it can't. Yet, the story I can claim to be my own because it's my own original work. Straight from my mind. To Hoobastank and the reason for why this reason got so far, thanks. To all affiliates of the show, where would I be? To the inspiration set by the other writers who has come into the PR fanfic world, we are all rangers at heart. To anyone else I'm forgetting, my apologizes. Don't sue me please! I have no money to give, only my creativity as collateral.
A/N: Thank the heavens above, I made it. I finally made it to "White Thunder Pt. 1" But of course, had to tweak it a little just so it would make sense to me. Don't worry, it's all pretty much there for the most part. But enjoy. You all know the deal. Tell me how it is, how you like. If you want more.
"What kind of lies and truths can break apart friends? How hard will it impact those around you who want answers too?" –Eclyptyk Neo
Dr. Oliver was in his lab observing a rock fragment he found in the forest a few days ago. Though, he wasn't as successful as he had hoped, there was still evidence of dinosaur fossils in the rock.
Then the alarm sounded off, filling the room, indicated a disturbance in the area.
Dr. Oliver looked up from his work, turning to a near by screen. A cloud of smoke filling the area of the disturbance, a shadow disappearing into the mist. "Who's that?" he turned away, removing his glasses and placed a hand on his chin. "Petrified forest? What could be going on out there?"
-----
Time passed.
Dr. Oliver was using a fossil finder from his lab to screen the area, but couldn't get anything. The area was still smoking as the rocks displaced a recent explosion. He heard the scuffling from his students as they walked into the opened area.
"Hey, Dr. O." Conner was the first to say something, pushing his hands into his pocket. "We came as soon as we heard."
Dr. O let out a sigh as he looked around the area with great concern. He never recalled being in the area before, or making out any readings here.
"So, what's up? What'd you find?" Ethan asked.
Dr. O ran the scanner passed the smoking rocks, but found nothing. "I don't know. Could be anything." He shrugged, turning to look at his students. "The reading are so intense, this meter can't seem to register them."
"What kind of energy?" Conner furrowed his eyebrows.
"The same that's in your morphers." Dr. O concluded as he took a step over the rocky mess.
"Are you saying there was a dino gem in here?" Kira grew interested.
Dr. O shook his head, frowning. "Not anymore. But there was. It appears as if someone must have awoken it."
"I thought you had all types of stuff to detect this kind of stuff. Gems or dino eggs or whatever." Kira asked.
"I do. But someone must have hidden this one." Dr. O said sadly. "When the cloaking device deactivated, the reading were off the scale."
"So, is this good news or bad news?" Conner pulled his shoulders up in question.
Dr. O let out another sigh. "Guess that depends on who's got the gem."
-----
Hours passed.
The teenage rangers were already taking a brutal beating from their newest enemy, the White Ranger. And he was making it clear that he didn't want to deal with them at all. He was bad to the bone, taking no chance for the rangers to offer their assistance to his anger management.
Kira and Ethan pulled out their guns and fired at the White Ranger, but their shots were deflected back at them. They fell to the ground, groaning.
"No!" Conner cried, as he ran to his fallen teammates. "You guys. He's too strong."
Ethan was getting angry and frustrated. None of them had ever been defeated, and this was the first beating any of the three rangers had faced that they could not defeat. Ethan didn't like it one bit as he pushed Conner aside, getting to his feet again. "That's it. No more shit. This party's over."
But the familiar call from their mentor had stopped Ethan from making another attack. "No wait. Ethan, stop." He pulled Ethan's blaster away. "What's the matter?" Ethan huffed, taking the gun back.
The Rangers walked over to their mentor, confused at his gesture to stop the fight. "Look, I've been in the situation before. And he may have powers we're not capable of dealing with." He turned to the White Ranger, who was growing impatient with the loss of battle. "We don't want to hurt you. That's not why we're here. Just tell us why you're here."
"Let me see," the White Ranger thought for a moment. "To defeat you?"
"That does it," Ethan forced out, setting a run for their foe.
"No doubt. Let's get this poser." Kira agreed quickly, following suit.
Tommy called out to them. "No, wait. Stop." But it was too late.
The blue and yellow ranger were brushed away easily by the evil white ranger, and went flying through the air onto the parking lot down below. They groaned in pain, slowly rising to their feet as the white ranger jumped down to join them.
"You guys are really pathetic." the White Ranger teased. "Have a nice flight?"
Ethan huffed again at the rude comment, trying to think of another plan of attack. Kira never thought that they'd meet their match in a fellow ranger.
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Kim was taking a stroll through the city, cutting through a parking lot to head for the park in the distance. She figured it was the best way to rid herself of the emptiness she was feeling. Yet, there was a strange eerie silence in the area. She looked around, only to be surprised by two fallen people in colored uniforms. The blue and yellow ranger. They hit the pavement hard as she jumped behind a parked car, watching intently.
The rangers got to their feet as another mysterious figure joined them. A White Ranger.
"Whoa. Now, there's a white one?" Kim said quietly. "But he looks like an adversary. Uh-oh." She could only make one conclusion. An evil ranger.
"You guys are really pathetic." the White Ranger teased. "Have a nice flight?"
The Blue Ranger scrambled to his feet, fists clenched tight. "He's gonna pay for that!"
He was the first to come charging at the evil ranger, but took a beating that sent him into a parked car. The Yellow Ranger followed suit as she came crashing down beside him. The White Ranger didn't appear amused at the lack of a challenge. The two rangers scrambled to their feet, but their legs could barely hold them up. They were weakening. They weren't going to make it that much farther.
"Ethan, any thoughts?" the Yellow Ranger questioned quickly as the White Ranger approached them.
"Got it covered." he pulled out his primary weapon. "Tricera shield."
"Good call." the Yellow Ranger agreed, pulling her own out. "Ptera grips."
"Ethan?" Kim furrowed her eyebrows as she watched the fight rage on. "Isn't he that black teen that Tommy seems close to?"
The two rangers came charging at their aggressor, but got caught by his block. Using his morpher as an advantage, the White Ranger began to drain their powers as their weapons came crashing down on him. The energy that gave them their powers began to glow and pass, disrupting what hold they had left to hold their Ranger form together. The White Ranger disposed of them like rag dolls as they came crashing to the ground.
They demorphed in the process, feeling the drain of power in their body. Pain running all over them. They groaned, cowering in pain of the loss.
Kim jumped back startled, covering her mouth to avoid screaming. The two rangers, now, weakened on the ground were Ethan James and Kira Ford. And she had grown closely acquainted to them. She wanted to help. But had no way to. She could only watch and catch her breath.
"Brutal." Kira caught her breath, trying to get to her feet. "That's not what I had in mind."
Ethan grabbed his shoulder wincing in pain. "You're tellin' me. No doubt." He turned to look at his fallen comrade, seeing the same pain he felt inside. "Looks like it's game over."
Kira looked over at him, shaking her head. She looked up to see the White Ranger turn away as the Black Ranger came to meet him. "Not yet."
The Black Ranger called out to the fallen rangers. "Kira! Ethan!"
The White Ranger took a step forward, sword resting on his shoulder. "C'mon. Bring it."
The Black Ranger didn't hesitate as he came charging at the white fiend, staff ready to attack. But the White Ranger blocked his attack with his morpher and began to drain the energy out of the skilled black ranger as he had done to the two rangers now cowering in pain on the ground.
"I'll take yours, too." the White Ranger hissed as the drain pulled the Black Ranger into the air. The White Ranger could feel the surge of power fill his body as he took out the Black Ranger. He threw out his sword to attack the weakened ranger as he came down. "Now, go. I'm done with you."
The Black Ranger hit the ground, demorphing. The drain of power pulled him into a stiffened mess as he held his chest. He forced out a breath, but could find no strength to move. No beating could match up to the pain that ran through his veins at that moment. At the defeat he wanted to avoid. And he had played on both ends of the field. Evil and good. But now, he never felt or could rid himself of his own past mistakes as he recalled his time as the enemy. The evil green ranger. Nearly ten years ago.
Kim nearly fainted, feeling the rush of lightheaded mayhem run through her. There it was. The truth to her question. Who was the Black Ranger? It was none other than her lover--Tommy Oliver. And she never felt so crushed to see him as weakened as he was. She wanted to cradled him in her arms, but couldn't seem to move.
Then the Red Ranger made a mid-air attack on the White Ranger, sending him to the ground. The White Ranger growled, turning to his next challenger.
"Tell me. I want some answers now." The Red Ranger commanded. "What do you want from us?"
The White Ranger didn't answer as he charged toward his red foe. The Red Ranger caught the kick trying to force it back down.
"You're messing with the wrong dude. I'm giving you one last chance. Tell me what you want." The Red Ranger forced out with determination.
But again, the White Ranger refused to answer him. He pulled out his weapon and slashed the red one, weakening him. It was enough to throw the red ranger off-balance and a chance for the white ranger to kick him away. The red ranger went flying through the air, crashing into a distant wall.
He crashed to the ground below, following his counterparts in losing control of his ranger powers and demorphed. He collapsed into an exhausted heap as he felt the pain rush into his body.
Kim forced out another breath as she saw the last ranger reveal himself. Conner McKnight. The boy who seemed to flirt with her, or apply a friendly gesture. She couldn't help but play along, just to see Tommy annoyed at her gesture. The leader of the team. The Red Ranger. She had made the suspicion that they were in fact the team, but now the evidence was right in front of her. She was right. But she wasn't really mad. Only frightened and scared. Upset. And concerned with each of them and how they were handling the loss. Especially Tommy.
The other rangers managed to get to their feet as they helped their fallen red comrade to his feet.
"You all right?" Tommy asked, holding him as he assisted in supporting him up.
"Yeah, I think so." Conner forced out a painful breath. "I'll live."
The White Ranger strode away, but turned to face his enemies one last time. He pointed his sword to them. "You've been warned, Power Rangers. If you know what is best, you'll stay out of my way or be destroyed."
The White Ranger turned away and disappointed into the sky with a flash. Each ranger took a step forward as he departed, shaken at the comment. They all looked away, escaping into a world they thought would never exist. A loss. One less battle to call a victory. Their first. The teens. Their mentor had been through defeat so many times in the past, he just wasn't sure how he could comfort them.
Tommy clasped Conner's shoulder, trying to be reassuring. "Guys, we got big trouble."
The three students nodded firmly.
Ethan looked off into the distance beyond his teacher's back, catching his breath. "That's not the only thing."
The others looked at him, watching his eyes and following it to the distance. Each ranger stiffened as the familiar face of a petite woman in pink approached them. Tommy took two steps forward, but fell back one as he felt his knees weaken.
"Tommy?" Kim could only say as she came crashing into his arms.
He slowly wrapped his arms around her, exchanging another worried look with his students. He didn't seem to let her go, or really wanted to. He didn't know what to do. At that moment, he was glad not to see her on the battlefield. Glad that she hadn't faced the same fate as he and his proteges did. He felt several tears escape his eyes as he felt his love's drain his shirt. Oh shit, Tommy. You gotta lotta explainin' to do.
Kim tightened her grip around him, pulling him as close as she could to her. She was glad to find him all right. Glad to find that his students were just as tough as him to walk away from the fight with something to learn.
The three young rangers looked at each other in turn relaying a small smile to see the close connection between the two older rangers.
To be continued...
A/N: Oh, does this little revelation have Tommy and Kim back together with no more problems? Please! The guy lied to her about him being back in uniform. Of course, she isn't happy. Not after the promises about being honest with each other. So, how does she take it? Find out in the next chapter. And it isn't very pretty. But than again, I'd say that considering I'm the writer of the story. Later daze.