Chapter 4: Meeting the New Enemy

Ann and her friends were walking to the library to study when a black light appeared in front of them. The light faded and the Dark Wizard stood there.

He had on black boots, black pants, a long black jacket, black shirt, black vest, a black cloak, and a black mask.

"Hello, Power Rangers, allow me to introduce myself. I am the Dark Wizard," he stated. They got into defensive stance.

"Well, pack your bags, because you're going right back where you came from," Jack stated. (AN: I just love that line in Power Rangers: The Movie.)

Ann gasped as the Dark Wizard lifted his hand and black sparks left his hand and at Jack. "JACK!" Ann yelled. She ran over to him when he hit a building. "Jack, are you okay?" She asked.

"I'll be fine," he replied.

Then minions appeared around them. "I'd like you to meet my friends, bye-bye," the Dark King laughed. Ann screamed when a minion grabbed her, but she kicked it away. She did a few black flips and landed next to Jack and Teresa.

"Okay you guys. ANIMAL POWER!"Jack yelled.

"BLACK TIGER! BLACK RANGER!"

"COYOTE! PINK RANGER!"

"SNOW LEOPARD! BLUE RANGER!"

"CHEETAH! YELLOW RANGER!"

"EAGLE! RED RANGER!"

"POWER UP!"

The minions attacked them again, but this time they were able to beat them. Two minions grabbed Ann's arms, but Ann back flipped and threw them together and groaned when black liquid landed in front of her. "Okay, that's disgusting," she groaned.

Teresa gasped when she was surrounded by minions. "Hold on, Teresa," Brock stated.

"I'm trying, bro, I could use your help right now," Teresa stated.

Brock came into the circle and smiled at his sister, even though she couldn't see it. "Ready for a spin, sis?" He asked.

"You got it," she replied.

She grabbed onto his hands and he spun her around, making her fly off the ground and hit the minions. Black liquid surrounded them, then evaporated. "Now that's what I call power," Teresa stated. She and Brock clasped hands before running off to fight.

Jack and Alex were then stuck together. "Roll over," Jack insisted. He bent down and Alex rolled over his back and kicked a minion. "Eagle claw," Jack called. A claw then appeared on his fist and he aimed at the minions. "EAGLE SCRATCH!" He yelled. He spun around and then the claw flew off his hand and at the minions, making them burst into liquid. The claw flew back onto Jack's hand. "Whoa! That was cool," he commented. A minion came at Alex and Alex pulled out his own weapon, a staff.

"BLACK TIGER GASH!" He yelled.

The staff had the black tiger on the front, it opened it's mouth and Alex hit the minion and it actually looked like it bit the minion. "Cool!" He gasped.

Another minion came at Ann. She went to scream, but instead of a scream, a howl came from her mouth. It knocked the minion to the ground before exploding into liquid. "Cool, a coyote howl," she commented.

Teresa went to run from a few minions when she found that she was halfway across the field. "Cool! I can run cheetah speed!" She gasped. She then ran back and the minions didn't know what hit them.

Brock was being chased by minions and he closed his eyes. He then disappeared. "Whoa! Cool, camouflage!" He gasped. He then beat the minions while in camouflage. Teresa grinned and stood next to her brother.

"Nice, snow leopards do camouflage easily," she commented.

Ann screamed when a minion threw her and she hit the ground. "Ann!" Jack gasped. He jumped to save her, when he felt like he was flying. "Sweet," he commented. He grabbed the minion that was about to finish the sore Ann. The minion was then destroyed.

Alex was having a hard time defeat the last batch of minions. He then did the most strangest thing a human being could ever do, he crouched down and pounced. Claws appeared on his cloves and he finished them off. "Black tiger jump," he stated.

"POWER DOWN!" They all yelled together.

They came out of their uniforms. "That's what I call power," Ann commented. She then looked at her watch. "Uh, guys, we better get home," she informed. They nodded and went their separate ways home.

Ann ran into the house and saw her parents standing there. "Before you start yelling at me, we were attacked..." she started.

"We know you were attacked, we saw it," Tommy finished.

"You did?" She asked.

Kimberly walked over to her daughter with a smile. "We did see it, and we're very proud to see how you took care of it," Kimberly replied.

"You're proud of me?" Ann asked.

Tommy nodded and they both hugged her. "We are both very proud of you," Kimberly stated.

Brock and Teresa arrived home and opened the door. "DAD! WE'RE HOME!" They called in unison.

"I'M IN THE GARAGE!" Billy called.

They walked out into the garage to see Billy working on something. "What are you working on dad?" Teresa asked.

"Tommy explained that unlike his old Dino Morpher, your morphers don't have communicators programmed into them. You may need one just in case you're in trouble," Billy replied.

They stood next to their father to see the new communicator he created. They could tell it was for Ann, because it was pink. "I have been working on these since I came home. Yours are in the cases on the bench over there," Billy informed. They walked over and picked the communicators up. Of course they were yellow and blue.

"These are really neat, thanks, dad," Brock commented.

"Yep, you can bring the rest of the communicators to your friends tomorrow," Billy stated.

He was finished and then he looked at his kids. He then had a goofy grin on his face. "What?" Teresa asked.

"You both look like you've been rolling around in mud," he replied.

They looked down at themselves to see that their clothes were a mess. "Go clean up, I'll be done with Jack's communicator in just a minute," Billy assured. They walked inside and Billy looked over at the photograph of his late with a heavy sigh. "You would be proud of our kids, Trini. I know I am," he murmured. He put his goggles back over his eyes and went back to work.

Jack ran into the house panting and Kat walked over to her dirty son. "Calm down, Jack, you act as if you were running in a race," she commented. Jack fell into a chair with a sigh.

"I realized that I was late for my curfew after school," he mentioned.

"We know you are. However, your father and I understand what you're going through. Remember, we had to miss a few curfews when we were in high school," Kat assured.

"Oh, yeah," Jack mumbled.

Kat smiled at her son and then threw him a bar of soap. "That's a sign for go take a shower," she quipped. Jack laughed and went upstairs. Jason walked up behind his wife and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Jack's upstairs," she informed.

"I know he is, and Karen is doing her homework," he stated.

Kat smiled and leaned against him. They were both very proud of their son doing what they used to do when they were in high school.

Alex burst through the door to find his dad in the living room. "Dad, is mom home?" He asked.

"Consider yourself lucky, she isn't home. However, I understand why you're late," Zack replied.

"I would have been home earlier, but the Dark Wizard got us caught up," Alex stated.

Zack nodded and sent Alex upstairs to get cleaned up before Angela got home.