Well, here it is, the last part of the mother of all chapters...Enjoy.
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Tommy, Kira and Ethan had been busy fighting off one of Mesogog's monsters and Elsa. They were able to destroy the monster, leaving Elsa standing there. They prepared for her to attack, but she just stood there. She looked at the rangers with a sneaky smile.
"Good bye rangers." She said, and with that she left through an invisportal.
"Okay, what was that?" Ethan asked.
"Not sure." Tommy said. They all powered down.
"Is it just me, or was that monster way too easy?" Kira asked, looking at the other two.
"Yeah, the thing barely put up a fight." Ethan said. Tommy looked pensive for a second.
"Something doesn't feel right." He said.
"What?" Kira asked. He blinked and looked at the two teens.
"I think they were just distracting us." Tommy said. "Where are Conner and Naomi?" He asked.
"They probably went to Cyberspace." Kira said.
"Wait…..You don't think..?" Ethan began. He didn't even bother to finish his sentence as the three of them ran off in the direction of Cyberspace. Once they got their, the three of them burst in. They all froze. Tables and chairs were overturned, as if there had been some sort of fight. Kira's eyes widened when she saw Conner.
"Oh my god." She gasped, running to his side. They heard someone moaning. Tommy and Ethan looked over and saw Haley trying to sit up. They went to her.
"Haley, are you okay?" Tommy asked he supported her back and head.
"…….Where's everyone?" She asked.
"Kira's taking care of Conner." Ethan said.
"No," Haley said. "Kim, Trini and Naomi." She said. Ethan jumped to his feet and began searching around the café. He then went out the back door. Kira gently turned Conner onto his back, she put his head on her lap.
"Conner, Conner, wake up." She said gently. Tommy helped Haley get to her feet and had her sit down in one of the chairs. He then went over and tried to help Kira revive Conner. Ethan ran back in.
"I can't find them, anywhere." He told them. Conner's eyes slowly opened. He looked up at Tommy and Kira.
"Oh, my head.." He muttered. Kira and Tommy both helped him sit up. He leaned against the counter. Kira grabbed some napkins and wiped up some of the blood from his face.
"What happened?" Tommy asked Haley and Conner. Conner blinked as the fog in his head cleared. He looked at the others.
"Mesogog." He said. "Mesogog's got Naomi, Kimberly and Trini." He said.
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"Naomi." Said a voice. "Sweetie, wake up." Naomi's eyes slowly opened as she regained consciousness…Although she didn't remember losing consciousness in the first place. She blinked a few times as her head began to clear. She saw Kimberly's face.
"Dr. Hart?" She said. She slowly sat up and looked around. The place was dark with a slight odor of chemicals. She saw that they were in some sort of cage……..And then realized it wasn't on the ground. She slowly got up and walked to the side of the cage and looked through the bars. There was some sort of rope that was holding the cage up which was connected to some type of harness. The harness had a chain that led down to a pulley. She then looked down. She expected to see the floor…..But there was no floor below them. Right below them was a wide chasm. Inside the chasm was just darkness. "Oh my god." Naomi said. Her knees gave out as she slowly slid back to the floor of the cage. She turned around and saw Kimberly sitting in the center of the cage and Trini sitting huddled in the corner. "Wh-Where are we? What happened? The last thing I remember were those things grabbed us." Naomi said, a tremble in her voice. Kimberly sighed. She went over and put an arm around Naomi's shoulders.
"I don't know. My guess is they knocked us out at some point, probably so it would be easier to get us in this thing." She said.
"Mommy, I'm scared." Trini whimpered. She slowly crawled over to them. Kimberly took her and set her in between herself and Naomi on her lap. She put her other arm across Trini's mid-section and placed her hand on Naomi's shoulder where her other hand was. Naomi put her arms around Trini's waist and held her close to herself and Kimberly. The three of them sat huddled together, waiting for what might happen next.
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The others were in the lab, trying to figure out where Mesogog might've taken the girls. Haley was working at the computers, trying to find something…..Anything that could give them a clue.
"You got anything yet?" Tommy asked her.
"No." Haley said. "I'm getting the same thing I was getting the last time you asked me ten seconds ago, nothing." Haley said.
"Well, keep looking." Tommy said. Haley looked at him.
"Tommy, we'll find them." She assured him. Tommy sighed and walked up to his house and into the living room. Conner was lying on the couch with his head on Kira's lap while Ethan anxiously paced back in forth. He stopped when he saw Tommy come in.
"Anything?" Kira asked. Tommy shook his head. Ethan gave a pained sigh and continued pacing. Conner looked at Ethan and Tommy.
"I'm sorry." He said to them. "I should've been able to protect them. It's all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself for this." Kira said gently, sweeping his hair off his forehead.
"Kira's right. It's not your fault." Tommy said. Ethan didn't say anything. Tommy went over to him and put a hand on his shoulder, forcing him to stop. "Ethan, calm down." He said. Ethan gave him an incredulous look.
"Calm down?" Ethan asked. "Calm down? How can you say that?" He brushed Tommy's hand off his shoulder. "How can you be so calm right now? They've been kidnapped!"
"I know that." Tommy said. "Don't you think my insides are churning and I'm scared out of my mind right now? But pacing around my living room isn't going to bring them back. We need to keep a level head right now." Tommy said.
"I can't keep a level head right now." Ethan said. "Mesogog's got my girlfriend."
"And my fiancé and her daughter." Tommy said. "Just sit down and take a deep breath."
"I don't understand." Kira said. "I mean, why would Mesogog take them?"
"Because we care about them." Ethan said.
"Yeah, but why them? I mean, why not Haley too? There's got to be more to it then that." Kira said. Conner looked up at the others. There's something…….Something more………..I can't……..I can't remember………. He thought.
"They probably took Naomi because of all the run-ins she's had with them and the fact that she was the first one to find out Trent was the white ranger." Tommy said. Mesogog………Mer………Mercergog………………Mesocer…….Conner squeezed his eyes shut has he tried to make sense of his thoughts.
"Naomi makes sense, even Kimberly makes sense, but why Trini?" Kira asked. Conner's eyes suddenly popped open. I remember! He sat up quickly. "Conner?"
"Mercer is Mesogog!" He exclaimed quickly. The others looked at him.
"What?" Tommy asked.
"Anton Mercer……..He's Mesogog." Conner said. Tommy literally felt his heart stop.
"And he's Trini's father." He muttered softly to himself. His head quickly shot up as he ran back down to the lab. Ethan and Kira looked at each other and then followed, leaving Conner there on the couch. Tommy quickly ran down the steps. "Haley, try narrowing down the search to buildings owned by Mercer Industries." Haley looked up at him.
"What?"
"Just do it." He said.
"Okay." Haley said. Tommy stood next to Haley. Kira and Ethan soon showed up and stood on the other side of her.
"Why would Mesogog be using Mercer Industries' property?" Haley said.
"Because Mesogog and Mercer are the same person." Ethan said.
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Back in the cage, Kimberly was holding a still crying and whimpering Trini while Naomi, feeling anxious and scared, began pacing around the cage. Kimberly was trying her hardest to remain calm for Trini's sake.
"Where are they?" Naomi asked aloud.
"Don't worry, Tommy and the others will find us." Kimberly assured her.
"No, not them. I mean them, the jerks who put us in here." Naomi said. She tightly gripped two of the bars and leaned her forehead against it. "We've been here for over an hour, and that's without counting whatever time passed while we were out cold, I can't take it anymore. What's going to happen to us? Are they just going to keep us here like little canaries or drop-"
"Naomi." Kimberly said sternly. She slowly slid Trini out of her arms. Trini whimpered and tried to cling onto her mother. "Hang on, sweetie." She said. She stood up and walked over to Naomi. She stood right next to her and leaned her head close to hers. "Look, I'm scared too." She whispered.. "But right now all I care about is making sure you and Trini are safe."
"We're in a human birdcage over a chasm, I really don't think we're safe right now." Naomi replied in a deadpan tone.
"And you being negative isn't going to change that." Kimberly hissed. "I am trying to keep my daughter from being hysterical, and you're not exactly helping. So you've got two choices. Either you sit down with me and Trini and try to calm down, or you shut up." Naomi blinked and looked at her, surprised by the harshness of her tone.
"Fine." Naomi said through clenched teeth. She sat at the far corner of the cage. Kimberly sighed and sat back down with Trini.
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"Tommy, I think I've got something." Haley said. Tommy, Kira and Ethan, who had been off in different places of the lab, anxiously waiting news, all ran over to her.
"What is it?" Tommy asked. Haley had a map on the screen, she pointed to a location.
"This is one of Mercer Industries' labs. I've been picking up some strange atmospheric activity going on there. It might be where he's holding the girls."
"Might be? Might be isn't good enough." Ethan said.
"I can't exactly do an accurate location reading on the girls. I'm just going by anything that's out of the ordinary." Haley said.
"All right, let's go." Tommy said. They heard stumbling from the stairs and all turned to see Conner trying to come down the stairs. He gripped the railing with one hand and used the other to support himself on the wall.
"Wait," he said. "I'm going with you."
"Conner, you're hardly able to stand." Kira said. She went over to him. "Just stay here." She said, cupping his face in her hands. Conner shook his head, freeing himself from her. He slowly walked over to Tommy.
"Dr. O, please, let me help."
"Conner, you're still recovering and you just got beat up by tyranadrones, you can't-" Tommy began to explain. Conner's face contorted into that of anger.
"Bull shit!" He yelled. "I'm part of this team. I'm sick and tired of sitting on the sidelines. Trini, Dr. Hart and Naomi are in trouble, and I'm not going to sit here and just twiddle my goddamn thumbs and wait until you come back!"
"You're not strong enough yet." Tommy said, trying not to let Conner's tone and words make him angry.
"You're not stopping me." Conner said defiantly. Tommy looked at him. He really didn't want to go where he was thinking of going, but Conner's stubbornness left him no choice.
"You were weak at Cyberspace." Tommy said. "You got beat too easily, resulting in the three of them getting taken. Do you think I'm going to let you go out there in an even worse state and risk not only your life but their lives as well?" Everyone stared at Tommy, shocked he'd be so cold about it. "So it's best if you just stayed here." Conner's jaw tightened.
"I know it's my fault." Conner said. "And that's making me want to help them even more. I don't care what you say, I'm going." He said. He turned on his heel and went to leave the lab.
"Conner?" Tommy called after him. Conner spun around.
"What?" He asked in an angry tone.
"Since you're so determined in going, we might as well try and give you some kind of power boost so you don't end up repeating what happened in Cyberspace." Tommy said. He walked off to one of the computers, leaving the others still stunned. After a while, they came to the conclusion that the most effective boost would have to come from Tommy, Kira and Ethan's gems.
"Won't this leave us a little weak to fight?" Ethan asked. Tommy shook his head.
"You might not be at full capacity strength, but more then enough." Haley chimed in.
"All right, let's do this." Conner said. The rangers all gathered around. Kira, Ethan and Tommy each put their wrists in a circle. The three gems slowly began to glow as blue, yellow and black beams of light shot out from them. The three beams twisted into each other making a mixture of the three colors. After that, the now unified beam hit Conner right in the chest, causing him to fall back a bit. The others quickly broke the circle and ran to his side.
"Are you okay?" Kira asked. Conner sat up.
"Yeah." He said. "More okay then ever." He said.
"Good, it worked. Let's go." Tommy said.
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Mesogog, Zeltrax, Elsa and Trent all walked into where the girls were being held. Although, Trent was more hunched over and walking like some type of ape. Mesogog looked at the three of them and smiled.
"And how are my little birdies? Done any singing?" He asked.
"Fuck you, creep." Naomi spat at him. Mesogog laughed.
"Such a spirited girl." He said. He looked at Kimberly. "Reminds me of you all those years ago." He said. Kimberly simply glared at him and held Trini to her tighter. "You must be wondering why it is I've brought you here." He said.
"We figured it was because you're an evil psychotic monster." Naomi said.
"Naomi, be quiet." Kimberly hissed, afraid she'd get Mesogog mad enough that he might do something.
"Below you," Mesogog said, going into a speech as if he didn't pay a single thought about what Naomi said. "Is a portal. At the end of said portal is a little dimension I've created. A barren wasteland where my creations roam free. Consider it practice. My preparation for bringing on the age of the dinosaur to every living creature on this miserable planet. My little pets are so desperate for fresh meat. Shall we test how long ordinary humans fare against them?"
"You're using us as guinea pigs in your experiment with playing God?" Kimberly asked, utterly disgusted.
"Ah, dear Kimberly, of course not." He said. "I would consider you to be lab rats, if anything." He said before giving an evil laugh.
"Fine, you can use me in your little test, but let Naomi and Trini go." Kimberly said.
"I'm sorry, the chasm as already been set to automatically close once three people are in it. You wouldn't want this to stay open, would you?" He asked sarcastically.
"And what makes you think this will work?" Naomi asked. "Newsflash, the good guys always come and save the day." She said. Mesogog glared at her.
"I'm getting sick of your voice." He said. He pulled one of his arms back and sent a ball of energy in Naomi's direction. Naomi barely had time to move before it slammed against the cage, making it creak and sway. Naomi shrieked as she stumbled backwards by using her feet and hands. Kimberly grabbed her and put an arm across her chest, holding Naomi to her by her shoulders.
"Oh god, oh god." Naomi said. "Dr. Hart, remind me to always take your advice." Naomi said, panting from fear. Kimberly sighed.
"Will do." She said.
"So, in situations like this, the good guys do come and rescue the captives, right?" Naomi asked. "I mean, they usually find a way to make it to the location with just seconds to spare, but they do get here, right?"
"Everything's going to be all right." Kimberly assured her. "I know Tommy, he and the others are probably on their way here as we speak." Come on, Handsome, don't' make a liar out of me. Kimberly thought to herself.
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The rangers roared to the location Haley gave them on the raptor cycles. Tommy rode ahead with the others behind him. Conner sped up a bit and caught up to Tommy so they were riding alongside one another.
"Dr. O." He said. "I just wanted to apologize for exploding on you like that." He said. Tommy gave him a quick sideways glance. He turned back to the road ahead of them.
"I should be the one apologizing. I didn't mean it when I said this was your fault. It's not. The only ones to blame are Mesogog and his freaks." Tommy gripped the handle bars of his bike. And when I get my hands on you, Mesogog, you'll wish you never met me. He thought to himself, wanting to rip Mesogog/Anton to shreds for kidnapping his family and for causing all the pain to Kimberly in the past.
"We'll get them back." Conner said, as if he knew what Tommy was thinking. "We'll save them." He said. Tommy didn't say anything, but took comfort in Conner's words.
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"Begin lowering the cage." Mesogog said loudly to Elsa who was standing by the pulley.
"Yes master." She said. She began turning the crank. The cage slowly got closer and closer into the chasm.
"No!" Naomi screamed, running to the side of the cage that faced where Elsa stood. "Stop!" Naomi pleaded. Trini screamed.
"Shh, shh." Kimberly said, holding Trini even closer. "its okay, it's okay, daddy's going to come get us, you'll see." She said gently, trying to sooth her child. Come on, guys, get the led out! She mentally screamed. Suddenly a blast hit Elsa, sending her stumbling backwards and releasing the crank, making the cage come to a sudden stop.
"What is the meaning of this!" Mesogog bellowed. All eyes turned to the entrance of the building where Tommy and the other rangers stood. Tommy held his blaster up, signifying he was the one who shot Elsa. Naomi and Kimberly's hearts leapt at seeing them standing there. Trini looked up.
"Daddy!" She yelled excitedly, glad to see he was there to save them. Mesogog spun back around towards them.
"HE IS NOT YOUR FATHER! I AM!" He bellowed angrily. He shot a blast at the cage. It hit the door and caused the cage to rock back and forth. The girls all screamed as they gripped onto the bars to stay steady.
"What kind of father scares his daughter like that?" Conner spat out at him. Mesogog looked at them. He gave an angry growl.
"ATTACK!" He yelled as a few dozen tyranadrones appeared behind him. Zeltrax and the tyranadrones rushed at the rangers. They began to engage in battle. Trent stood back, watching it all take place with the same blank look on his face. Mesogog looked over at Elsa and gave her a curt nod, telling her to continue. Elsa nodded and returned to her previous place at the crank and continued turning it.
"Tommy!" Kimberly screamed. Tommy looked up and saw them being lowered.
"We'll hold these guys off, you go help them." Kira said as she kicked a 'drone. Tommy nodded and quickly ran up the ladder leading to the catwalk where Elsa stood, cackling as she turned the crank. Elsa looked at Tommy.
"Ah, Black ranger, you've come to have a perfect view of the destruction of your precious loved ones." She said with mock sweetness. Tommy slowly brought out his brachio sword.
"I'm afraid that won't be happening." He said lowly. Elsa stood back, releasing the crank, causing the cage to stop short again. She brought out her sword, ready to do battle. Tommy charged at her, his sword held high. Elsa let out a loud cry as she put her sword up, blocking his from making contact with her. Tommy kicked her. She stumbled backwards. Tommy continued coming at her as she jumped back onto her feet. The two began their own battle. Mesogog saw that Elsa was currently occupied and hissed.
"This is taking to long." He said to himself. He looked at the rope that attached the cage to the harness. He smirked evilly as he pulled his arm back and sent a blast to the rope. The girls in the cage shrieked as the cage shook. Naomi fell forward, slamming into the door of the cage which had been damaged from Mesogog's previous blast. The extra weight against the door caused the lock to break. Naomi screamed as she fell backwards. She quickly grabbed onto one of the bars on the door.
"Naomi!" Kimberly shrieked. Ethan, who was fighting Zeltrax, dodged his sword and looked up to see Naomi hanging onto the cage.
"Help!" Naomi screamed. Kimberly's heart raced as she slowly made Trini get behind her. She hooked one of her arms around one of the bars in the back of the cage and leaned forward, trying to present her free hand to Naomi. She stretched as far as she possibly could.
"Naomi! Grab my hand!" He said. Naomi was now barely gripping the bar on the door with her fingers.
"I can't, it's too far!" Kimberly sat back. She looked at Trini as she unhooked her arm from the bar. She then gripped it tightly with her hand.
"Sweetie, I need you to hold onto my wrist. Whatever you do, don't let me let go of the bar, okay?" She asked. Trini slowly nodded. Kimberly took Naomi's arms and made her hook one of hers around the bar. "Hold on tight." She said. Trini clasped her mother's wrist in her small hands as tightly as she could. Kimberly slowly slid out and reached for Naomi again. Even with the added length, she still didn't reach Naomi completely. "Naomi, you're going to have to reach for my hand." She said.
"I can't!" Naomi screamed.
"Yes you can!" Kimberly said. "I'm not going to let you fall, now reach for my hand." Kimberly said. Naomi slowly let go of the bar with one of her hands. She reached up for Kimberly's outstretched hand. Above them, the rope began to break from Mesogog's blast. Naomi reached up as far as she could. Their fingertips barely touching. "Come on Naomi, just a little more." She coached. A strand of the rope snapped, causing the cage to jerk. Naomi screamed as she fell a bit, her hand out of Kimberly's reach. Her other hand slowly began to loose its grip on the bar.
"I can't hold on much longer!" Naomi yelled, panic filling her voice. Ethan looked at the others. None were in the position to help her. Tommy was busy fighting off Elsa. Every time he managed to knock her down, he tried to get to the crank, only to have Elsa jump up and tackle him, keeping him from his destination. Conner and Kira were swamped with tyranadrones and he himself was battling Zeltrax.
"Come on, blue ranger, fight!" Zeltrax roared as he swung his sword at him. Ethan tore his eyes away from the cage and continued battling Zeltrax. He heard one more shriek, followed by Kimberly yelling.
"Naomi!" She yelled. Ethan looked and saw Naomi loose her grip on the bar and begin to fall.
"No.." He said. Time seemed to go into slow motion as he kicked Zeltrax in the chest, sending him sprawling on his back. Ethan ran as fast as he could towards the chasm, building up momentum. He jumped, his arms and legs moving in a running motion, moving him forward. He grabbed onto Naomi as she fell. The next thing Naomi knew, she was thrown onto the floor by the edge of the chasm. She rolled backwards a bit. She sat up, not understanding what just happened. She gasped as she saw Ethan holding onto the edge, about to fall.
"Ethan!" She exclaimed. She ran to him and grabbed each of his wrists with her hands. "Hang on!" She said. She strained as she tried to pull him up. Mesogog turned to Trent.
"Take care of them." He ordered. Trent grunted. He ran to the chasm, his animalistic mentality giving him the ability to jump to the other side.
"Look out!" Ethan said, seeing Trent coming. Naomi looked up and rolled away, just barely missing Trent's fist as it slammed down. It made a hole in the floor. He grunted and pulled his hand free. He fixed Naomi with a dark glare as he slowly made his way to her. Naomi crawled backwards, moving away from him.
"Get away from her!" Ethan yelled, trying to maintain his grip. Back up in the cage, Kimberly pulled herself back and held onto Trini. The rope continued to snap a bit more.
"Tommy!" Kimberly screamed. "The rope's breaking!" Tommy just finished elbowing Elsa in the face, knocking her out. He ran to the crank.
"Hang on." He said. He turned the crank, bringing the cage up. Naomi slid backwards as Trent swung his fists at her. As Naomi continued scurrying backwards, her hand brushed up against a piece of wood. She turned to see it was one out of a small pile of 2x4s. She looked up just in time to lean back and miss another one of Trent's incoming fist. He swung it into the wall. The plaster broke and dust flew about as his fist broke through it. Naomi took this as her chance. She grabbed onto the 2x4 and got up on her feet. She brought it up and hit Trent as hard as she could in his chin. The boy fell back, his fist slipping free from the broken wall.
"Do not fuck with me, monkey boy!" Naomi snarled. Trent got up, he kicked her hard right on her kneecap. Naomi groaned as she fell down to one knee. Trent turned away from her and slowly made his way to Ethan. Naomi gave a loud growl as she forced herself to stand. "Don't you dare take another step!" She yelled. She charged at him, the 2x4 raised high above her head. Trent turned to her. Even though he was reduced to the mentality of an animal, Trent did still have a sense of self preservation. He saw Naomi coming at him and raised his arms up about his head to block the incoming blow. Naomi slammed the 2x4 down she felt it make contact when suddenly a white spark emerged, sending Trent flying back into a wall and knocking Naomi off her feet. She slowly got up and shook her head. She looked at Trent and saw him slumped against the wall unconscious. She dropped the 2x4 and went back to Ethan.
"What happened?" Ethan asked.
"Not a clue." Naomi replied. Tommy continued bringing the cage up, but the rope snapped again. Kimberly looked up at Tommy. She saw that the cage wasn't too far from him. She looked back at Trini, whose face was pale and tearstained.
"It's okay, baby, its okay." She said. She took Trini's hand and slowly led her to the door of the cage. "Tommy!" She called. "We're close enough to you, don't pull the crank anymore." She said. Tommy stopped. "Okay, you're gonna have to pull us up individually by hand. The rope can't take the our weight much longer." She said.
"All right." Tommy said. Kimberly kneeled down to Trini.
"OK, sweetie, we're almost out of here, you just need to climb up and daddy will grab you." She said. Trini shook her head.
"I'm too scared." She said. "I'll fall."
"I'm going to hold onto you until he's got you, you won't fall." She said. Part of her wondered how much weight her word carried, seeing as she swore to Naomi she wouldn't let her fall, but Naomi fell anyway. Trini gulped and slowly nodded. "Okay." Kimberly said. She took Trini's hand and led her out of the cage. Trini grabbed onto the outside of the cage once she was out. Kimberly held onto the edge so she could hold onto Trini. She looked up and saw Tommy leaning over the edge of the catwalk, his arms stretched. "Okay, climb up to daddy." Kimberly coached. Meanwhile, back on the ground, Mesogog saw the spark that hit Trent and Naomi and knew exactly what it was. He growled loudly and jumped over the chasm. Naomi had some success in pulling Ethan up. She now held onto one his hands with both of hers and he had his other hand on the floor, giving Naomi assistance by pushing himself up.
"Almost there." Naomi said as the only part of him still hanging in the chasm was from the chest downward. Mesogog stalked up to Naomi and gripped the back of her hair tightly, causing her to let go of Ethan, making him fall back down, he held onto the edge. "AH!" She screamed as her hands flew back to her hair. She tired to pry his hand off, but his large claws dig into her hair. Mesogog pulled her head back, dragging her backwards on the floor.
"You disgusting worm, have you any idea what you've done!" He snarled.
"Let me go!" She screamed. Over at the cage, Trini was mere inches away from Tommy's grasp. She reached her hand up, straining to reach him. Kimberly carefully watched, her heart in her throat, afraid that at any moment Trini would fall.
"Got'cha!" Tommy said as he grabbed onto her hand. He pulled her up in his arms, pulling her over the railing. Trini threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. Kimberly let out a long breath, relived that Tommy had her. She couldn't help smile a bit, relieved that she was safe. Tommy hugged her and set her down. He turned back to the cage. "OK, Kim, your turn." He said. Kimberly nodded slightly to herself. She carefully edged out of the cage and grabbed onto the outside. She slowly climbed up, Tommy's outstretched arms her destination. "Come on, Beautiful." Tommy said. Kimberly reached the top of the cage when the cage jerked. She looked up to see the rope was on its final few strands. She quickly jumped, her arms out and she grabbed onto the bottom bar of the railing. She slammed into the bottom of the catwalk. She felt her chin and lip scrape against it and she could taste blood in her mouth from biting her tongue from the impact. Tommy leaned over and went to grab her hand when the rope finally broke and the cage began to fall. The rope flailed about as it began to fall past Kimberly. She took a deep breath and went to reach for Tommy's hand when she suddenly felt something pulling her down. She gasped and looked down to see the rope had become wrapped around her legs, and the weight of the cage was pulling her. "Kim!" Tommy exclaimed, seeing her predicament. Tommy finally grabbed her hand. "I've got you." He said. He tried pulling her up, but she was still being pulled down by the cage.
"Mommy!" Trini yelled. Kimberly grunted as she tried to break free from the rope by swinging her legs back and forth, but it didn't help, all the while, she was slowly slipping out of Tommy's grasp. Tommy strained to hold onto her. Kimberly looked up. Tommy was now just holding onto her fingers. She looked into his eyes. Just a few more seconds and she'd fall. Tommy knew this too.
"No!" He yelled. Kimberly continued slipping.
"Tommy, take care of Trini." She whispered before she slid from his grasp. Tommy watched, unable to speak, as Kimberly disappeared in the chasm. Mesogog threw Naomi to the floor. She got up and backed up against the wall.
"You." He said lowly. "You've interfered in my plans far too much for my liking." He said. Ethan tried to pull himself up but could only get up to his chest. He had to save Naomi. That's when the idea hit him. He groaned as he pushed himself up as far as he could and looked up.
"Hey, Mesogog!" Ethan yelled. Mesogog turned his head, just in time to see Ethan grab onto the bottom of the long black leather robe he wore. The creature was caught off guard and quickly lost his balance when Ethan gave a hard pull. He threw Mesogog over his shoulder and into the chasm, but Mesogog wasn't about to go without a fight. He gripped Ethan's ankle. "AGH!" Ethan yelled as he felt Mesogog's claws dig into the ranger uniform. "Get the hell off me!" Ethan yelled. He kicked his free leg, getting Mesogog in the face. Mesogog growled and pulled at Ethan, using him to climb out of the chasm. Ethan saw that within seconds, Mesogog would be back there, attacking Naomi again, he couldn't let that happen. He wouldn't let that happen. Ethan looked at Naomi as she went to grab his hand. "Good bye, Naomi." He whispered. He pushed himself off the edge.
"Ethan!" Naomi screamed. Ethan and Mesogog fell into the darkness.
"No!" Elsa shrieked, she regained consciousness and watched Mesogog fall. She disappeared, along with Zeltrax and the tyranadrones as the ground began to shudder and shake. Naomi stumbled back. Tommy grabbed Trini and quickly ran down to the floor. Kira and Conner saw him.
"We've got to get out of here!" Conner yelled over the loud rumbling. Tommy saw Naomi still on the other side. He handed Trini to Kira.
"I'll get her, you guys get Trini out of here!" He said. He was forcing himself not to sink to the ground and curl up in a little ball at that moment and cry. He was the leader. He had to be strong. He watched Kira and Conner run out of the building. He turned and jumped over the chasm, the piece of the edge he landed on crumbled below his feet. He began to fall but soon felt someone grab onto his arm. He looked over, expecting to see Naomi, but was shocked to see it was Trent. His expression was still blank and his eyes were still glazed over, but he began to pull the black ranger up. Tommy caught sight of Trent's wrist and noticed that the gem was missing from his morpher. He looked up into Trent's eyes. Is Mesogog's hold on him broken? Tommy asked himself. Tommy just pulled his legs up onto the ledge when the chasm closed up. He spun around and stared at it, all there was now was solid concrete floor. The rumbling and shaking stopped, and the room was silent.
"No!" Came a shriek. Tommy turned to see Naomi beat her fist on the floor. "Open up!" She sobbed out. "Open up!" She slammed both fists down over and over again. She sobbed as she fell forward, putting her head on her fists. "Give him back!" She pleaded. Tommy went over to her with Trent following him. Tommy knelt beside her and Trent stood at her other side, just looking at her. Tommy took her shoulders in his hands and pulled her up. Naomi turned and buried her head in the his chest, her arms going around his neck. Tommy held her to him as he felt his own tears slide down from inside his helmet.
THE END
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Authors' notes:
BECKY: Yeah, you read correctly, 'THE END'. What, were you waiting for the happy ending? Bah, happy endings……So overused………This is the end of the story, so deal with it.
TEAL: This is the beginning of the end...
BECKY:….All right, all right, there's gonna be a sequel……but we're gonna make you wait for it! Mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!