Chapter 9: Confrontations, Breakups and Stories
Disclaimer: I don't own them and even if I could afford to own them I would only want Jason David Frank (Tommy), Jorgito Vargas Jr. (Blake), Adam Tuominen (Hunter), and Daniel Southwood (Eric). They are just too good looking for their own good…sigh, But alas I don't own them Disney and Saban do. I only own the idea of Serenity, her design, and that's it. Her powers are taken from the show sailor moon, that's where I got the idea from, when I was babysitting a six year old. P.S: Any and all songs used from here on out I DO NOT OWN THEM, NOR DID I WRITE THEM, they are just being used for the story; I am not making any thing from them. Thank you Bunny P.S: In my last chapter the song I used was Damage by TLC.
Set about three to four months after the ending episode. Few changes though the rangers still have their powers, Marah is on the side of good dating Dustin, Blake and Tori are still going strong. Kapri and Vexacus are now in control of Lothor's ship and are trying to take over the universe. The academy's are back along with all the students.
A few quick notes on a few things through out the story:
(((())): are scene changes
"….." speaking
…: telepathic thoughts
'…'thinking
: Time Skipping
When we last left our beloved rangers they had just witnessed the defeat of Vexacus at the hands of the mysterious fighter and with the retreat of Kapri the identity of the mysterious fighter had been revealed. This is where we now find ourselves, with six very shocked rangers and whole lot of explaining to be done.
"Oh my god" Tori murmured
"I can't believe it's her" Shane commented
"I know what you mean bro. How could we have missed this?" Blake questioned
"I don't know Blake, I could never lock onto an energy signature, if I had I would have been able to trace it to her" Cam said.
Dustin still in a little bit of a shocked dazed walks slowly toward the young lady in question. "Nity, is that you?" he gets no response. "What are you doing here? What's going on?" again he gets no response. He walks closer to Serenity and as he gets closer, Serenity moves slightly back and readies herself for a fight. Dustin sees this and takes a step back. "Whoa sis calm down. It's me Dusty don't you know who I am?" But Dustin had already come to the conclusion that his sister had no idea who he was or who anyone was, the look in her eyes told him that much.
"Guys I don't think she knows who we are." Dustin called back over his shoulder.
"What are you talking about Dustin, she knows who we are." Hunter said walking toward where Dustin stood. But the closer he got to Dustin the more agitated Serenity got.
"Hunter wait! Don't come any closer. She really doesn't know who we are, look into her eyes they are completely blank. It's like she's in a trance or something" Dustin said.
Hunter stopped in his tracks and took a closer look at Serenity and saw what Dustin was talking about, her eyes did look blank. But that did not do anything to placate Hunter. He tried once again to get closer to both Dustin and Serenity, but it only caused for Serenity to raise her sword and become defensive.
"HUNTER!" Dustin yelled "Don't come any closer alright. I already told you she doesn't recognize any of us. Now STAY where you are, I'm going to try and talk to her and see if I can't get her to snap out of it."
While this was going on Blake had been able to sneak around behind Serenity and was preparing to attack. After a minute of hesitation Blake charged at Serenity, but before he got to her Dustin saw what he was doing and yelled out a warning.
"BLAKE NO! Serenity watch out" Dustin screamed. Noticing this Serenity turned just in time to evade Blake's attack and launch one of her own.
Blake was hit head on and he flung back at least 10 feet. Seeing what happened to Blake the other rangers charged Serenity all except for Dustin who was trying to get them to stop.
"Guys no! Wait she doesn't know what she's doing. She's confused" Dustin yelled, but the other rangers ignored him and continued their fight with Serenity, which was not going their way.
Serenity was to say the least kicking some ranger ass. She had pushed the rangers into a small group was preparing for a final attack. Standing up straight Serenity threw her sword into the ground and clasped her hands together in front of her chest and started chanting in another language. The rangers watched in aw as Serenity started to float above the ground where she hovered for a few minutes before she snapped open her eyes. A collective gasp went around as everyone saw that Serenity's eyes were now white and with a few movements from her hands she launched an attack that the rangers had no chance of dodging.
"FIRE BIRD SOAR! THUNDER DRAGON ROAR!" Serenity yelled. Soon out of no where it seems a bird made of fire and a dragon made of lighting and thunder appeared and raced towards the rangers. The rangers tried to dodge but they were leveled by the ferocity of the two attacks.
Dustin who had been standing by watching the whole scene take place raced to the aid of his fellow rangers. "Are you guys ok? Holly shit I can't believe what just happened."
"Well neither can I" said Shane as he struggled to get to his feet.
"Yeah no kidding" said Tori. "Where the hell did those things come from I feel like I was burned and electrocuted at the same time"
"I don't know but I think you guys should stay here, I'm going to try and talk to her. Maybe I can get her to snap out of this trance" Dustin said.
"No Dustin, I don't think that that is a good idea. You could get hurt or worse, I know that she is your sister but it's obvious that she doesn't know who we are and she is irrational right now" Cam got out through gritted teeth.
"Look I know that it's a big risk but I gotta try" Dustin said as he stood up and power downed.
"Dustin what are you doing bro?" Blake cried out.
"Are you crazy, re-morph before you get yourself killed" shouted Hunter.
But Dustin did not listen to any of them; he simply continued to walk toward Serenity, who was still floating in the air as if waiting to see what the rangers would do before attacking again.
"Serenity can you hear me?" Dustin asked. "Sis come on it's me Dustin, don't you recognize me?" The only response Dustin received was the slight turning of Serenity's head in his direction. "Come on sis it's me Dusty don't you remember me? I'm your brother, don't you remember how when we were kids and we were learning how to ride motto and you fell off your bike after you crashed into the wall and you were knocked unconscious? I was so scared because I thought you had really gotten hurt that I jumped off my bike as it was still going and I ran over to you. But by the time I got to you, you were already coming to and I just wrapped my arms around and I wouldn't let go because I was so afraid you were going to leave me and I started crying and you just looked at me and placed your hand on my head and do you remember what you told me?" Asked Dustin who was nearly in hysterics.
During Dustin's speech Serenity had slowly been lowering toward the ground and now she was completely standing on the ground with Dustin now in front of her. "Do you remember sis? Do you remember what you said to me that day? Because I do, I have never forgotten what you said. You said to me that day at the track that you would never leave me no matter what. You told me that no matter what you would always be with me. You PROMISED me that you would always be with me!" Dustin exclaimed, but still not getting a response from Serenity that showed she remember him, so Dustin tried one last time. "Serenity…Nity…Sis, please you never break your promises, don't start with this one, please you gotta remember, you just have too." Dustin cried reaching up and taking Serenity by the shoulders and looking into her eyes, which had by now returned to normal.
Serenity just silently regarded Dustin and tilted her head to the side slightly, while never losing eye contact with him. And in that instance while looking into Dustin's eyes, something in Serenity clicked and she was once again herself. Dustin also saw the change and tried reaching out to her again.
"Serenity? Can you hear me? Do you know who I am?"
"Dusty…?" she said slowly "Where…where am I? What happened? What's going on?"
Dustin was so happy to hear that Serenity recognized him, that he didn't answer her right away. He just scooped her up into his arms and hugged her for all he was worth.
"Oh god sis I thought I had really lost you this time."
"Dusty what happened? Why am I here?"
"You mean you don't remember sis? You don't have any idea what happened?"
"No, that last thing I remember was being in my kitchen because I was going to make some lunch and then the next thing I know I'm here and I have no idea how I got here or what has happened" Serenity said trying to remember what had gone on, when all of the sudden Hunter pushed Dustin out of the way and got into Serenity's face.
"I'll tell you what happened! We were getting or butts kicked by Vexacus and Kapri and then all of the sudden you showed up, took out Vexacus sent Kapri packing and then you turned on us. You nearly killed us and you didn't even flinch, you didn't even care that you were going to kill us. US! Your friends, you tried to kill me, the person that you supposedly love!" Hunter yelled in Serenity's face.
"Hunter…" Serenity said quietly before Hunter cut her off.
"NO! Don't you 'Hunter' me. How could you do this? How could you keep something like this from us… from me? There you were bitching at Dustin for keeping stuff from you, when you were doing the exact same thing! You know what Serenity you are nothing but a hypocritical bitch and I never want to see you again, if I do it will be way too soon!" Hunter yelled before streaking off, leaving a very pissed off Dustin, a stunned group of rangers and one heart broken woman.
"Come on" Cam said "We should get back to ninja ops before anything else happens" There was a collective nod before everyone ninja streaked back to ops. Dustin slowly walked back over to Serenity wrapping his arms around her, before turning and heading back to ninja ops.
Ninja Ops:
"Dad are you here?" Cam called out as he and the other rangers made their way down the stairs into ninja ops.
"Yes Cam I am here. I also saw what took place in the field of battle"
"Ok good, so we can get right to the point then" Cam replied turning to look at Dustin and Serenity, who were now making their way down the steps of ninja ops.
With his arms still around Serenity, Dustin carefully lead his sister to the sofa where he sat her down before joining her himself. All the other rangers took up occupancy on the other side of the room, each still unsure of Serenity and what she might do. The only one who seemed unafraid of her beside Dustin was Sensei Kanoi. He walked right over to Serenity and placing a gentle hand on her shoulder asked her to explain what had happened.
"Child please help us understand what has happened to you and what caused this change in you." Sensei Kanoi asked.
But before Serenity could open her mouth a new voice arose from the shadows. "There is no need for the child to speak I will tell you what it is you wish to know about her and gifts." Everyone turned to the where the voice came from and in a flash of blinding light a beautiful woman materialized, dressed in a pure white gown that reached the floor and billowed out around her, her hair was such a pure blonde that it was almost silver in color, her skin was flawless and the color of ivory. In all she was like a goddess descending from the heavens.
"Who are you? And how did get in here?" asked a very shocked Cam.
"My dear boy there is no place that I cannot go and there is no technology that can prevent me from doing so" replied the woman. "As for whom I am, I am the goddess Selene, guardian deity of the moon and this young woman here." Selene said while motioning toward Serenity.
"Wait a minute I'm confused" said Tori "You're a god of the moon and you are Serenity's guardian?"
"Yes that's right" replied Selene.
"But how can that be? I thought that God's and Goddess's were all fiction. You know make believe" asked Blake.
"I will get to that all in due time my boy, but right now it is my understanding that you are all confused by some events that transpired earlier today." Selene questioned.
"Confused… how about you try down right stumped" Shane spoke.
"Well it's really quite simple, the millennium crystal felt the presence of evil and it became active and by becoming active it took conscious control of its owner and did what it was made to do." Selene said.
"And what exactly is it made to do?" Tori asked.
"Why my dear girl it is made to protect the universe for evil" Selene replied. Blank stares were all that met Selene as she said this. Sighing she decided to start from the beginning.
"Many millennia ago, when God and Goddess ruled the planets and the universe it was known as the Silver Millennium, I was the ruler of a great kingdom on the moon. The other Gods and Goddess were my advisors, there was Mercury the goddess of wisdom, Venus the goddess of love and beauty, Mars the god of war and fire, Jupiter the god of thunder and lighting, and there were others but they where not really active in my council only when it was needed. We lived and ruled our planets in peace and harmony, until one tragic day when evil enter our universe from somewhere deep in space". Selene paused here for a moment to collect herself before continuing. "The guardians of the outer planets were the first to fall, each meeting a horrible death at the hands of this evil, and soon it came upon my kingdom. The other gods and goddess joined me in battle, but we soon realized that we were no match for this evil and there was only one thing that we could do. We had to activate the millennium crystal and hope that we could bind the evil and prevent it from spreading. With the added powers of the planet guardians I activated the crystal, the crystal's power was immense and exhausted the guardians' and mine life force, but we were successful, we were able to trap the evil in another dimension. The planet guardians died that day each had given their life force to help me activate the crystal, so with my last little bit of power I made a wish, I wished that the crystal would be sent to someone who was pure and strong in case the evil ever escaped. I wanted to make sure that our efforts were not in vain. The god Cronos, the god of time heard my wish and he took the crystal with him the stream of time. He sent the crystal into the time stream knowing that it would fulfill my wish and find the chosen one, the one who would save the universe if the need ever arose." Selene finished up her story and was met with looks of disbelieve and astonishment.
"So what you're telling us is that Serenity here is this chosen one you spoke of?" Sensei Kanoi questioned.
"Yes the crystal traveled through the time stream until found the one soul that was pure and strong. Until it found the one soul it knew would not and could not be corrupted by evil." Selene responded.
"But this is not the first time that evil has attacked, why is the crystal only being activated now?" questioned Shane a murmur of agreement was voiced by the others.
"Because up until now Serenity was not ready to wield the power of the crystal, if the crystal had activated before now it would have killed her, in fact it still could kill her if used at maximum power" Selene answered.
"Ok, so how come she attacked us? How come she did not recognize us?" asked Dustin from his place next to Serenity.
"She did not recognize you because she was not in control of her own body, Serenity until now has been unaware of the power that she wields. When ever the crystal sensed evil, it would take over Serenity's subconscious mind. Serenity did not know that she was meant to protect the universe from evil, but the crystal has always known its purpose and in order to complete that purpose it would do what was necessary." Selene said.
"So what happens now that Serenity knows about the crystal?" asked Tori.
"She will be given all the knowledge that they crystal holds and she will know when she is needed and she will go defend this world and all others." Selene said.
"What about her powers, what were those things she sent to attack us" asked Blake.
"Those were just some of the powers of the Mars and Jupiter. When the crystal was sent into the future it kept the powers of the gods and goddess and now Serenity wields those powers. From Mercury she was given wisdom and some control over water, from Venus she received beauty and the power to wield light a weapon, from Mars she was given the knowledge of war and the ability to control fire, Jupiter gave her strength and the power over thunder and lighting, the power of the moon is also something she holds, no powers were given from the outer guardians for they are to strong for her to wield." Selene explained to the group.
"Interesting, that would explain why I could not lock on to a signal there are so many different powers in Serenity that my computer could not lock on to one of them." Cam stated
"Yes that is why, but it was also the crystal the prevented you from finding her. It protects her identity from all who try to find her. It must do this or else it could mean the end of the universe as you know it." Selene said.
"What do you mean it could mean the end of the universe?" Shane asked
"The millennium crystal has enough power init to destroy the entire universe and then rebuild it in the image of the person who wields it" there was a collective gasp from the rangers at this news. "Now imagine if Serenity and the crystal were to fall into the hands of evil, no one would be safe and no one could stop the forces of evil". Selene stated
"But I thought you said that the crystal found someone who could not be corrupted by evil?" questioned Tori
"Yes that's true Serenity can not be corrupted by evil, but she can be taken and forced to do someone's biding and if she is weak enough the crystal can be taken from her, and wield by the forces of evil if they contain enough power." Selene responded.
The group was silent for a long while no one knowing what to do or say. Each one of them was letting this new found news sink in. It was Serenity who finally broke the silence. "So this is my destiny then? I am to be the guardian of the universe; this is what I was born to do?"
"Yes my dear. I know it is a lot to take in, but you have the knowledge of the crystal you know I speak the truth and you understand why this must be, why it was you the crystal chose. I know a great responsibility has been placed on your shoulders and I know how hard this is for you, for I once carried the same burden on my shoulders, but I know you can do this; I have faith in you to keep up my work. I know that you will serve the universe well, and when your time has come just send the crystal back to Cronos and he will know what to do." Selene said "I have to leave you know my dear for my time here is coming to a close, but you can still reach me and you know how if you need to" Selene glided over to Serenity and placed a feather of kiss on her head, before she disappeared.
After Selene disappeared no one moved or said a word. They all were letting this new information settle in their minds and in their hearts. The silence was shattered by the sound of skirts swishing together. Everyone looked up to see Serenity (who was still transformed) get up and walk away from the couches before turning to face everyone.
"I'm sorry" she said " I know that there is no excuse or reason that I could give to make you forgive me for my actions toward you today, but my apologies and my word to help you whenever you need it are all I can give you." With that said Serenity turned and walked out of Ninja Ops, no one saying anything or making a move to stop her not even her own brother, and with this knowledge in her heart Serenity let a tear fall as she ascended the steps.
AN: Okay, Okay, Okay… I know this has been long, long, long, loooong over due. I finally got a free moment from school and I was able to pound out another chapter. I'm sorry that it's not as long as the others but I just had to give you guys a cliff hanger. I don't know when I will get the next chapter out, I promise though that I will try my hardest to get it out sooner then I did this one. Like always please let me know what you guys think, I really due appreciate your reviews and I read them all the time for inspiration. School is almost out for the summer just a couple more weeks and when I get home I will have more time to write, so please don't give up on me I love all my reader and hope you keep reading. So until next time please enjoy… Luv ya all Bunny
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