Power Rangers Elementalists: TTEOTY Chapter 15: Ficlet Fest, a power rangers fanfic

Summary: A change of scenery is supposed to do Justin some good, but not when the Power won't leave him alone. Time changes people; war does it more quickly. Not even Justin's former teammates will be able to help what awaits.

Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers in all of its incarnations, Justin and the others that you recognize belong to whoever owns legal ownership of them now. It's just everyone that you don't recognize that are mine. Jessica is a one-shot girl from Mighty Morphin' from the episode "Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun" and I couldn't remember her name, but she's a character that popped out among the children of Power Rangers. Lina's fighting skills specialize in Ryu from Street Fighter and his attacks, which are not mine either. Jace and his mother, Ami, have ninja skills and titles that are variations of those of Naruto, which I do not own. Stargate Command and members do not belong to me as well. Everything crossed over during the "Temporal Disturbances" series does not belong to me.

References: None.

Notes: Sorry, I have to scrap the Ninja Storm idea. It just didn't work out.

The "Recruiting Groups" Series

Lightspeed Rescue

"We're asking you to join our group."

Silence met this proclamation.

Trini Kwan sighed as she looked upon Captain Mitchell, official head of the Lightspeed Rescue program and Angela Fairweather, designer of most of the Lightspeed Rescue Rangers' equipment. She gave a side glance at Billy, who had scrupulously run maintenance on the Zords and weapons, adding touches he'd learned from Aquitar and materials from space, and ran her fingers up his arm.

He relaxed slightly, tension draining slowly from his stance.

"Ms. Kwan? Mr. Cranston?" For once, Captain Mitchell had no words to speak with.

"Captain Mitchell, I am a member of the Main Council. We're currently assembling any heroes we can find." Tired eyes found their way to the Captain Mitchell's face. What the Captain found there disturbed him immensely. "I'm merely asking. You have no obligations whatsoever. You can continue just being a part of the government and ignoring all the NID calls." Surprise flickered across the man's hardened face. "But please, just consider it."

"Why..." Fairweather looked mildly distressed as she gazed upon her comrades, her friends whom she had worked side by side with. "Why the secrecy?"

"It is a Ranger group's rite of passage to fight one war on their own," stated Billy softly. "Baptism by fire. We only intervene in the most desperate circumstances, like when Trakeena attacked. It is... proof that a Ranger team's strong and has a unity that cannot be denied."

"We help in our own little ways," added Trini. "We silently updated and reinforced some of the weapons and fixed up slight bugs in programming. Most of the work was your peoples, though, overall."

Fairweather and Captain Mitchell turned away, conversing for a short while. It was only a few minutes before Mitchell turned back.

"What exactly do we do in this... Council?"

Stargate Command

"Grandpa?" Ashley Hammond looked slightly worried as she came across her grandfather tied up in a chair with special bonds. "You're the hostage?"

General George Hammond merely gaped at his granddaughter holding a weapon that shouldn't exist on Earth.

"Ashley?" General Hammond found his voice. "What are you doing here?"

"Um, saving you?" The young woman laughed weakly. Aiming carefully, she shot with her Astro Blaster and destroyed the bonds that held the General down. "Now let's get out of here. The others should be taking care of them now."

"Others?" He echoed and followed his granddaughter, only to watch as three colored figures ran through the group of Tollans, a race that were hostile to Rangers, and destroyed them completely. "What?"

"You're not morphed?" Black appeared in front of them.

"Grandpa, meet my comrade, Black Astro. Black Astro, meet my grandpa, apparently General of Stargate Command and protector of the Chapp'ai."

He stiffened and looked down at Ashley with a guarded look. "How did you know that?"

"We're the Council of Earth's Defenders." Ashley giggled lightly before falling serious. "Now's a good of time as any, I guess. We would like you to join us in our quest to protect Earth from threats, whether from space or from the Earth itself. The Main Council already approved to adding you in and we've got people already placed, but we're seeking a formal treaty."

The General was at a loss for words.

"You can take your time. It's just that the next time you might have to deal with spaceships or something, we've got powerful friends."

"I'll have to think it over, but... Council of Earth's Defenders?"

"Established only a few years ago." Blue Astro walked up to them.

"But it's the fastest growing independent group." Pink Astro added. "We've got friends on many planets and are connected all over the galaxy."

"The government..."

"...doesn't know about us past the President and a few others." Ashley finished. "However, if you ask the President that Yellow Astro Power Ranger requested this on behalf of the Yellow Sabertooth-Tiger Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger, he'll understand."

"The President?" General Hammond stated in disbelief.

"The President." She confirmed before turning to Black Astro. "Report to Yellow Mighty Morphin' Ranger that Stargate Command has been contacted." She then turned to Pink Astro. "Report that mission is complete."

The two nodded before teleporting away in streams of light.

General Hammond looked slightly pale.

"Council of Earth's Defenders?"

The "Unexplained 'Temporal Disturbances' Comment From Jace During Chapter 11" Series

Charmed

Adriana groaned, rubbing her head. Dammit, that had hurt. Badly.

Once she got her bearing, she heard sounds around her. It sounded like sounds of battle. Reaching out with her senses, she heard people. And a lot of yelling.

"Phoebe! I thought that you said there were three demons!"

"There were three in the premonition I had!"

"Less taking people, more vanquishing!" There was a brief sound of a miniature explosion and Adriana opened her eyes.

She was surrounded by three women, each where they could defend her. One woman was flicking open her hands at random intervals, making a humanoid man blow up each time. There was a second who was calling out "Fireball!" and making said fireball disappear into blue pinpoints of light before the light went inside of the fireball's creator, forcing an explosion from the inside. A third was dodging fireballs and kicking the men away. At one point, she took one of two bottles she held and threw it, the man disappearing in a flash of smoke and fire.

Gathering her wits about her, Adriana raised her hand and called upon her magic. It was easier to do it in Ranger form, but she didn't have time right now. "Crushing Wind!"

The three women stared as lances of silver energy rained from the sky, acting like wind. Each burst of power vanquished one of the men until there were few remaining.

Adriana flicker her hands open, making each man explode until there were none left save the three women and one teenage girl.

"Uh, hi?" Adriana winced mentally.

"Who exactly are you?" The one with the pretty blue lights power half-asked, half-demanded.

"I was just fighting a spirit by the name of Warpion with my friends and," she glanced around, "ended up here. Where am I?"

"San Francisco, California." The woman who did the kicking prompted.

"Okay..." Adriana closed her eyes and felt the magic in the air around her. While it was mainly the same, there was a different tint to it, something that she wouldn't have noticed had she (and the rest of the Elementalist Rangers for that matter) not immersed themselves in the worlds' magic daily. "I don't think I'm supposed to be here. The magic's completely different. I think I managed to get warped into a different reality."

"You're a witch?" The woman with the exploding power asked. "You're pretty young."

"I'm fourteen and I'm more like a mage," admitted Adriana. "I need to find a place where I can read up on dimensional travel." She forlornly looked at her pockets, suddenly realizing that she had no money.

"Do you need a place to stay?" The one who fought with her feet asked.

"Phoebe!" The woman with the sparkling lights elbowed her.

"What?" Phoebe asked, her tone slightly irritated. "She just demonstrated that she can handle herself if a demon attacks and she has no place to stay! If we let loose a fourteen year old with no records, what do you think will happen?"

There was silence before the woman who could make things explode intervened. "It's all right with me."

"Oh, I don't mean..." Adriana started to protest, but it died on her lips as the woman turned to her.

"You're coming and that's final." She stated firmly.

Adriana nodded meekly. She then looked up, her eyes shy. "May I ask your names?"

"Piper Halliwell." The woman who apparently had the final say introduced.

"Phoebe Halliwell." The woman that first invited her spoke.

"Paige Matthews." The final woman finished.

"Adriana Budinski." Adriana smiled.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Cassy griped silently as she stood, rubbing her back. Warpion had demorphed her upon entrance to its warp and the resulting fall had hurt like a bitch. She would use magic to heal it, but she might need the energy.

Looking up, Cassy tested the magic in the air. The energy was different than her own, much different than what was at home. She was in another reality, the Ranger concluded. Or dimension. It was hard to tell sometimes.

Seeing nothing but forest around her, she sighed and picked a random direction. If she was lucky, she could meet people who could help her find her way home.

Cassy snorted at her own thought.

She didn't trust luck anymore. Most Rangers, after the first two months, didn't. After all, by then, they found out that luck hates Rangers.

Cassy felt more than heard the presence of beings around her. Human, if she could guess. Spirit would be her second choice. Either way, their auras were tightly compact and gave off the heat of flame, though nowhere near Justin's level.

Before she could blink, she was surrounded.

"You are trespassing on Fire Nation colonial land," said one, looking the most important of the bunch. "State your name and business, otherwise you will be arrested."

The Purple Ranger knew instinctively that these men weren't to be trusted.

"My name is not for you to know," spoke the teen defiantly, "as I am merely searching for my way home."

"You will have to be taken into custody," ordered the same man. "Any attempts to resist will be met with firebending."

Firebending? Cassy silently questioned. One of the men advanced onto her and tried to grab at her arms.

He was met with a kick to the face as Cassy leaned forward, slamming her foot upward. The impact awakened his comrades and they released bursts of flame at her. Using her remaining strength, she leapt upward and let the blast of flame flow beneath her.

"Icicle Fall!" She shouted, drawing on her Ranger magic. As she fell, Cassy spread her arms wide and let loose multiple icicles upon those who had attacked her. She cushioned her landing with magic spread into her legs, watching her opponents melt her icicles with their flames, turning to her.

But she was ready.

"Ice Tornado!"

She was instantly surrounded with icy winds, chunks of frozen water hidden inside the blinding gales. The attackers were immediately thrown back as Cassy shifted her energy, casting another spell to make her escape.

"Frost Illusion!"

With a silhouette behind her, she poured pure magic into her body, leaping clear out of the tornado. Rolling to absorb the impact, she ran as fast as she could once she could stand. Despite her efforts, she heard footsteps behind her. Her battle-trained mind registered five people. So she only managed to keep about half of them busy. They were good.

Cassy ran for all she was worth, releasing non-lethal chunks of ice behind her as she went. As a general rule, Rangers of the Light didn't kill sentient beings unless they were forced to. And trying to arrest her for trespassing wouldn't be considered bad, even if it was inconvenient.

All of a sudden, a huge white beast flew down. Two boys and a girl were riding and the taller boy was holding his arm out to her.

"Get on!"

Trusting maybe a little too quickly, Cassy leapt, catching an icy gale in order to put less strain on her savior.

Catching her breath, she turned to her rescuers. One boy was young, probably a few years younger than her, and bald. The other boy was probably older than her and looked strong. The last was a girl, probably related to the older boy, and, if she could guess, around her age.

"Thank you."

"No problem." The girl smiled warmly. "Why were you being chased by firebenders though?"

"Ah," Cassy scratched the back of her head guiltily, "I just suddenly landed here. I was with my friends a few minutes ago and then I was there." She gave a half-shrug. "Then those guys attacked me and I attacked back and ran."

"So, you don't know where you are?" The girl asked.

"No, sorry." She lowered her eyes.

"Well, my name's Katara." The girl smiled. "This is my brother, Sokka." The older boy gave a wary half-smile. "And this is Aang."

The smaller boy looked up and Cassy knew that she had a prankster on her hands. But the curious look on his face made Cassy flinch slightly.

"Are you a waterbender?" Aang asked. "Because you used all those ice moves!"

Cassy fidgeted slightly before thinking about what Lina would do in this situation.

"Hi, I'm Cassandra, but call me Cassy. I'm not from this world, but another one where I have the ability to use ice magic, which is what you saw there."

Later, Cassy would reflect that maybe Lina's up-front manner wasn't the best, even if things eventually worked out in the end.

Naruto

Alex's first instinct when he touched the ground was to sink through it. Gasping, it took more effort than it usually did. The earth knew him enough by now to willingly offer its protection and warmth upon contact, except when the ground had been contaminated. This earth felt alien and Alex wasn't sure where he was anymore.

Still, the ground welcomed him, if grudgingly. It took a dip into his magic, but it was fine.

There, Alex waited. He was taking in deep, even breaths. He didn't know where he was and he couldn't sense any of his friends' presences. Tentatively, he called out with his mind. -You guys there?-

Silence answered him.

He sighed fretfully and shifted in the earth, letting its warmth-filled embrace soothed him. He could stay in the earth for as long as he wanted, but it would solve his problem.

Silently, Alex reached out with his magic, feeling the tremors of the earth for any sign of movement. He had noticed some wrights, but they were quickly disappearing. Soon after, the area where he had fallen was empty.

Releasing himself from the earth, Alex had only a moment's breather before his danger senses kicked in.

"Stone Barrier!" He quickly called, slamming his hands together, which instantaneously formed a rock wall around him to block the projectiles thrown his way. "Stalactite Rain!"

In retaliation, he conjured spires of rock that fell into the trees. He noticed blurs moving around, but only with magical sight did he see people. Three were younger than him with one older.

Lashing out with his magic, Alex ensnared the only female of the group inside a stone hand, enforced to be near unbreakable. Alex absently noted the older one and the spiky-haired black boy were throwing projectiles that had no effect on his wall. His barrier was special; he could see out of it like glass, but it was mere granite to the rest of the world.

The blonde boy was trying to free the girl. Alex absently captured him as well as he made more stalactites fall from the sky.

His instincts flared up at that moment and Alex sunk into the earth, just as the silver-haired man broke through his wall with something powerful. Alex ran, moving as far away as he could. He didn't want to fight, not without knowing who he was fighting. Even then, Ranger rules and his own morality constricted him. Thus, he ran as far away as he could, letting the earth take him until it could take no more and he was forced to the surface once more...

...right at the feet of a man with a scar over his nose and his hair tugged into a ponytail.

Instantly, Alex slammed his hand over the man's mouth, his eyes less calm now. "Please! Let me explain! I suddenly appeared here and I don't know what's going on and then I was attacked and I had to run and now I'm here!"

The man looked puzzled before he managed to speak. Words that definitely weren't English spewed out of his mouth as Alex frowned.

He recognized the language as Japanese, but the dialect eluded him and he couldn't understand completely. He activated the latent translation spell that came with all Rangers and managed to catch the tag end of the words.

"..and you'd better tell me who you are."

Alex frowned before sighing. "I'm Alex Mai."

"Which Hidden Village?" The man asked.

He furrowed his brow, hoping that the man understood by his confusion. "Hidden Village?"

A few moments passed before a loud voice shouted out.

"Iruka-sensei!" (1)

Alex stiffened at the voice even as a blonde blur leapt at them.

A familiar silver-haired man called out sharply. "Stay back!"

The blonde kid from before froze, noticing the teen.

Alex cursed, pouring his magic into his feet. He leapt clear into the air, catching one of the laundry poles as three kunai—Alex could see them clearly now—flew in the space that he had occupied before. Perching on the pole itself, Alex glared down at the people below him.

"Okay. I don't know how the hell I got here. All I know is that the earth is different and you people are attacking me."

He folded his hands together and called upon his sorcery. He disappeared in a flash, only to reappear in the presence of one of the strongest, least-tainted powers in the area.

The "power" was a woman with an abnormally large bust accompanied by several guards.

He clapped his hands and shouted a few words in Chinese, freezing the guards.

The moment he got in front of the woman, he started babbling in a panicky tone that was different from his usual. "I'm sorry I had to do this, but it was the only way I could get here what with all the people attacking me but I barely hurt them and I don't even know where I am because of a stupid spirit and the earth isn't the same and it doesn't like me as much and I'm confused!"

It took a moment for the woman to process what was being said.

"I think that I can help you." She leaned against her desk, a not-quite-right smile on her face. "My name is Tsunade, Hokage of Konoha. So, who exactly was it that you hurt?"

Yoroiden Samurai Troopers

Lina cursed as she looked at the darkening sky.

Warpion had vanished, having teleported away to lick his wounds. Right now, she was on the manual look out along with Jace and Justin for their missing teammates.

And it wasn't going too well.

They weren't answering their mental plain calls and precious few other things could be found about their whereabouts.

She did NOT want to think that they were dead. Not after all the other people she had lost.

She couldn't be left alone again. Not after Jason.

Lina's eyes closed as she breathed a soft sigh.

The quiet that came with the inner monologue was what saved her.

Lina's ears perked up and then she was on the move, ducking an arrow fired at her head. She curled her fists and then shouted "Hadoken!" while releasing a blue fireball. It found its mark in a green armor that gained a new hole in the process. Through the opening, a black mist escaped, leaving an empty shell behind.

"The hell-" Lina's instincts flared and she backflipped, dodging the chain sickle headed her way. The moment her foot hit the ground, she jumped hard to the left, avoiding the sword coming at her back.

"Spark Whip!" Her hands flying together, she yanked them away as if holding a string before swinging her right arm over their head, a steam of lightning forming in her grasp that did little but keep away the swarming forces.

Lina kept the attack up, stalling for time. -Guys! I need help!-

-Lina? What's the matter?- Justin's voice floated back.

-I'm being attacked by unknown forces! There's too many and I can't morph!-

-We're on our way!- Jace's mental voice shouted and Lina gave a grunt as her spell disappeared.

She slammed her open palm on the ground, sending lightning magic through her hand. "Spark Web!" Lightning magic flashed around her, streaks of stray electricity pulsating through their bodies. She focused more on drawing out the effects of the spells rather than their strength because she wanted to wait for backup.

Well, backup came. Just not in the form she was expecting.

"Rai Ko Zan!" A stream of green lightning cut a wide swath in the area and Lina looked up.

Several armored figures were cutting through the enemies like butter and the one in the green armor landed next to her.

The green one said something to her and Lina realized that it was a he in there, with blonde hair and one violet eye visible. He said something else, but it was in a language that she couldn't understand.

Lina shook her head and thrust her left arm out. "Element Morph! Gold Thunder Power!"

Morphing into her Ranger form, she was suddenly taller than the man in the green armor.

With the Power fueling her, the rest of the forces were wiped out quickly.

Lina demorphed as the five armored people reverted to a lighter armor form.

The teenagers (she could tell that now) gathered around her, speaking in a language that she didn't understand, but barely recognized as Japanese.

Jace appeared in a burst of smoke, his hands still in the last seal needed to perform the warping jutsu. His ears perked, hearing his native language.

"We have translation spells you know." Jace spoke in what would have been in a dry voice if it had been anyone but him.

Lina blushed sheepishly as she silently activated the latent one.

"Just how old are you?" was the first thing she heard.

"I'm fourteen!" growled Lina. "What about you?"

They looked surprised, but the one with black hair quickly replied. "Fourteen as well."

Lina looked speculatively at them. "You're pretty tall for fourteen-year-olds." She shrugged. "Not that that matters. Just what exactly happened here?"

"Demon soldiers." The teen with auburn hair prompted. "Where are we? We weren't here before."

"Boston, Massachusetts." Seeing no recognition, Lina elaborated. "United States of America?"

"We were in Japan!" shouted the ashen-haired teen among them.

Jace raised an eyebrow as Justin ran in.

"My name's Lina." The only female among them nodded. "That one is Jace." The Aqua Ranger waved. "And that's Justin." The panting telekinetic nodded.

"I'm Ryo." The black haired teen started. "Seiji's the one in green. Shin's the one in light blue. Shuu's in the orange. Touma's in the dark blue. We don't know what's going on."

Lina looked carefully at Justin, shooting words down the mind link. -Should we?-

-I don't think Kamion will mind.-

"Well, we have a place you can stay until this is all sorted out." assured the girl.

Before anyone else could move, they all teleported away.

Mahou Sentai Magiranger

"Fire residing in the core of the earth, I call upon thee to do my bidding!" Justin folded his hands, a magic circle appearing beneath him. He drew out his magic, orange sparkles spinning around his body. "Rise up and claim thy reward!"

Molten magma burst from the ground, slamming into the weird creatures around him. They were vaguely insect-like, but humanoid and were really annoying.

Did he mention that his magic barely affected them? The only things that managed to get through were his actual spells rather than the extensions of his inner magic.

He slammed with his telekinesis and sent them flying back several feet. With his leg, he swept some more, but he was quickly being outnumbered and overpowered.

-Help!- He shouted through the mental link, but loud grunts were his reply. Lina and Jace were just a tad bit preoccupied as well.

He took a fierce blow to the gut and that was all it took for them to swarm him. It was all he could do to block out the pain.

That was when two loud voices shouted over the area. "Tenkuseinto! Ware wa ni mahou no chikara yo!" Flashes of red and pink fluttered across the area. "Mahou Henshin! Maagi Magi Magiiro!" (2)

An ethereal voice whispered "Maagi Magi Magiiro" across the area as two figures stepped out and Justin recognized them as Rangers.

"Kyuukyoukyaku no elemento! Momoiro no Mahoutsukai! MagiPinku!" (3)

"Moeru hoono no elemento! Aka no Mahoutsukai! MagiReddo!" (4)

Blessed flame coursed through the area and what little hit him, Justin drew into his reserves. He silently activated his translation spell as he raised his left arm. "Element Morph! Orange Fire Power!"

Now in Ranger form, his magic gained much more strength. Teaming up with the male MagiRed, they let loose a stream of flame that decimated the rest of the enemies, leaving the female MagiPink for cleanup.

Demorphing, Justin stared up at the much taller teen. "Uh, thanks for the help?"

MagiRed sheepishly scratched his head. "No problem. But would you mind telling us where we are?"

"United States of America." He stated promptly.

Slacked jaws were his answer.

-We've got more dimensional misplaced people.- Justin sent wryly.

-MagiBlue and MagiGreen are over here.- sighed Jace.

-MagiYellow.- Lina replied. -Control Base?-

-We just sent the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers back three days ago.- Justin knew the others could hear his grimace. -It'll take a while before we lock onto their exact reality.-

Jace sighed. -Let's do the same thing.-

"My name's Justin." He smiled an amicable smile.

"Kai!" replied MagiRed.

"Houka-chan at your service!" MagiPink grinned.

"Well, you're not alone in your distress. A couple of people had the same problem a few days ago. Don't worry, you'll be fine. We just have to find out exactly where you came from." Justin gave a nod. With a cheeky smile, they were swallowed up by columns of orange, red, and pink.

Angel: The Series/Buffy: The Vampire Slayer

Jace looked at the men before him with a raised eyebrow.

Well, they wouldn't wake. Taking in one man's rugged appearance and scarred throat, Jace knew that he was a fighter. If he could hazard a guess, one that usually was able to wake at the lightest touch.

The other was one-eyed. Or had been. He'd healed worse than a missing eye before (where did people think the power to heal all the dead people came from? Sure, there was the Elementalist treaty that stated that all innocents that died during the Elementalist Wars would be revived, but to build new bodies and animate them took time and magic that the Earth Powers simply did not have), though it had taken a while to get through all the old scar tissue and regrow the organ. Still, he had two eyes now. Except them still wouldn't wake.

Maybe it was the magic. One man had nearly died. He did have fatal wounds after all. Well, had. And the other had just had his eye regrown.

Being a priest had its perks.

Jace cocked his head to the side as he examined his hands. They still had traces of white sparkles across them, a testament to the intense healing he had put the men through.

Jace knew from experience that poking battle-hardened men with his finger was liable to get him killed, so he went with the next best thing.

He took a stick and poked the man with the scarred throat with it. Several times. Hard.

Nothing happened.

Frowning, Jace turned instead to the other man. A solid poke yielded no results.

Jace sighed. He was not going to kiss them, even with the slight chance of a Sleeping Beauty spell. And he was far from a prince.

"Wake up!" He shouted, trying for a voice deeper than the one that made him sound like a cute eight-year-old. Even in the grips of puberty, his voice still refused to change or even crack!

The formerly one-eyed man shot upward, gripping for a weapon that wasn't available.

"Only a kid." The man sighed.

Jace immediately grew offended. "Hey! I'm not that much of a kid!"

"Look," the man started, only to finally realize something. "My eye!"

The other man on the ground groaned. "Where?"

Jace smiled brightly. "You're in Boston, Massachusetts!"

The man with the regrown eye froze as the man on the ground shot up, wincing as he did so.

"I was in Africa!"

The man with the scarred throat shook his head. "I was just... I was killed..."

"Almost." The Aqua Ranger shook his head. "I managed to heal you in time though. And replace your eye." He added to the right.

"Wesley?" The other man gaped, turning.

"Xander?" Wesley asked, rubbing his head. "How did you?"

It was here than Jace inputted his comments. "Recently, we've had some dimensional problems. Several of my friends vanished into realities and people from other realities appeared here." He shook his head slightly. "It's been a constant battle trying to find my friends with only half of our six-person force and dealing with whatever other things appear due to dimensional shifts."

There was a beat of silence.

"So, what type of things that do bring with you? Armored soldiers? Random foot soldiers? Creatures of the Apocalypse?"

The two men glanced at each other before Xander shrugged.

"Vampires, if anything."

Jace pouted for a moment then looked thoughtful. "What kind of vampires? Easily killed by flames, electricity, and holy objects?"

"In a nutshell," replied Wesley in a wry tone.

"They won't be a problem." Jace dismissed readily, knowing that, unless otherwise states, his healer magic, Justin's fire magic, and Lina's thunder magic would take care of them easily. And if they didn't, there were also decapitations, general beat downs, and, well, lasers. "Look, we have a base. I'll take you there."

"Where?" Wesley managed to speak before they disappeared into three columns of light; one aqua and two gray.

The "Slices of Life" Series

Teal'c versus "Kid"

Colonel Jack O'Neill paused at the scene before him.

An average teenager stood before Teal'c in a loose t-shirt and pants, carrying nothing but a sword. From what Jack could tell, the teen was only seventeen, if that.

And he was planning on going against Teal'c.

Oh boy.

Maybe the Jaffa would hold back.

As swords were raised, Jack hoped that he would. And he had to wonder just who the kid was. Not anyone could get into the base, but the kid wasn't identifiable.

A few minutes later, the Colonel couldn't help but be astonished. The kid had just beaten Teal'c without breaking a sweat, placing one foot on the Jaffa's chest with the point of his sword at his throat.

Damn, who was he?

"You don't read into double feints enough." The teen said softly. "I didn't need to use my powers. Read ahead a little farther—just a little more would help immensely, Teal'c. You seem to be better with staves. Maybe I could get Jace here next time."

"Right, JustinStewart."

Full Moon

Justin hummed as he conjured a ball of fire. Making them spin around himself in a way that entranced the viewers, he turned to his friends.

Jace was creating little flying turtles of water, sending them around the room. Small bubbles accompanied the creatures as they flew, followed by Jace's giggles that were quickly developing into a tenor.

Cassy also went cute, but turned fluffy. White snow bunnies hopped up and down as Cassy herself was surrounded by sparkles of frozen air. Her laughs echoed freely in the room.

Alex was developing rock statues, using sand to wear away them in the correct places to form figurines. While he didn't have the artistic flair of Jace, his own abilities were not to be underestimated.

Lina put on a flashy light show, harmless sparks of electricity lighting the air. She formed constellations and pictures with the energy, displaying her talent in her magic.

Adriana astounded all with little funnels of wind, sending them spiraling just at the tips of her grasp before drawing them back in.

The audience consisted of a good majority of the Council of Earth's Defenders and various affiliates, including several government officials. All were entranced by the harmless and dazzling display of power that was usually used to hurt.

Justin grinned. They didn't mind putting up a show like then when the full moon amplified their already substantial powers.

He sent his fireballs up above their audience, making them spin faster in a dizzying display of movement.

Oh, sometimes he just loved doing this.

Especially when he got to see the President himself with a shocked, glazed look on his face.

Innocence Lost - Rated R for Allusions to and Stated Sex and Rape of Different Kinds

Lina shook her head, staring at the cell walls. They'd been careless, more careless than usual. It led to them being captured, placed all in the same cell.

Not that it helped matters.

The doors were shut with magic. They were enspelled to funnel any supernatural energy being used in the room into the Morphing Grid. That crippled most of them immediately, ruling out their Ranger magic, Alex's sorcery and dance magic, Jace's ninjutsu and healer magic, Cassy's energy magic, Justin's chi, Adriana's molecular magic, and her own fighter magic. It was an inanimate object as well, making Cassy's acupuncture a moot point. There was also psychic shielding, blocking what reserves both Justin and Adriana had.

Oh, and did she mention that they couldn't morph either?

Not that it would have helped: the magic that they would have used to morph would have created a loop going from the Morphing Grid, into them, then back into the Grid. It potentially could kill them.

Her musings were interrupted by Jace's soft voice. "I recognize them."

All attention turned to him as Justin stiffened, his eyes wide.

"They're?"

"Yeah." Jace shivered softly and Alex carefully wrapped his arms around his younger brother. "The Rexians."

Cassy, Justin, and Adriana had their breaths released in silent whooshes.

"Rexians?" Alex cocked his head to the side.

Lina leaned forward, placing an arm on Cassy's shoulder. She didn't like the way she trembled, as if holding in a hidden pain. Her mind, though her mental empathy, was assaulted with the fear and shame the name caused in Cassy: Justin, Jace, and Adriana were stronger in hiding their emotions.

"During the war, they managed to capture us," spoke Jace in a low tone. "But at that time, they told us exactly what they were doing to do." He stopped, a choked sob being caught in his throat. In response, Alex clutched his slightly younger brother closer.

Justin shook his head quickly, glancing at the boy. "You don't have to..."

"They told us that they were going to have us raped until we were broken," broke out Adriana bluntly. "They had no qualms about breaking Good Rangers with any means necessary."

Their Ice Ranger breathed a shaky sigh. "We ended up taking as many of each others' virginities as we possibility could—it was all we could do."

Jace buried his face into Alex's chest. The Earth Ranger's eyes met Lina's, similarly shocked.

"That included me and Jace and Adriana and Cassy," added their leader quietly. "They had tentacles go at us first. Then actual warriors, both male and female."

"We managed to break out before they got farther," Adriana's eyes lowered, "but those were bad enough."

Lina and Alex couldn't find any words to say. Searing hot anger flashed through Lina's senses and a burning desire to hurt the Rexians took precedent in her mind.

As the door opened, Lina found strength in herself to punch out the entering Rexians, much to the surprise of the rest of the Rangers.

"C'mon guys." She flashed a quick smile to her teammates. "I'm not letting anything happen to you guys this time."

Grateful smiles were sent her way as the six Elementalist Rangers escaped.

Memorial

A huddled figure crunched through the frosty snow, with another to the side. This person was small, in the embrace of someone taller, being shielded by the larger frame.

Kneeling at one of the gravestones, a light, male voice whispered. "I'm sorry Hikari."

"Kyle," voiced the distinctly male voice, "you know that... You know that we weren't ourselves."

"I know Lan, I know." Brown eyes were clear as they looked into Lan's similarly colored ones. "But it still hurts. Knowing that I killed Hikari, that I hurt our friends."

"I understand it," reminded Lan, "because I went through it as well when I killed Lance. We all did."

"Yeah," echoed a female voice from the side, "with Jade."

"It will hurt, but we can do a lot of good to make up for it!" voiced a lighter female voice from the side. "I think that good people like Melissa would be happier with us trying to repent rather than wallowing in self-pity."

"Christy, Amanda." Lan and Kyle nodded, the latter breaking out into a smile.

There were crunches to their left as a tall Caucasian man and an average African woman entered, similarly dressed in heavy clothing.

"I guess we all had the same idea," there was a wry smile on the man's face, "huh, Lisa?"

"You're right, Jake." agreed the woman.

Jake went over to one of the gravestones, carefully wiping the snow off the name. "I think you'd be happy with our decisions now, Brady. You were a good leader."

Lisa followed him, kneeling in front of one more. "I hope you're happy wherever you are, Orion, knowing that people like Lina have your powers."

The six Planetary Avatars looked at each other before Kyle broke the silence.

"How's your relationship going, Jake? Lisa?"

"Fine." Lisa smiled. "You and Lan?"

"As well as any gay couple could be." Lan shrugged. "We haven't drawn any fire yet, but we've got Justin and the rest on our side."

Amanda spoke next. "It's great for us as well. Christy and I in the same situation as Kyle and Lan, but we'll get through it."

"Good, good." Jake turned to the gravestones, many of them, each for a deceased for the side of good. "Don't worry. This galaxy is in good hands."

The clouds parted at that moment, soft sunlight shining down on the Field of Fallen Heroes.

Finale - Power Rangers S.P.D.

Commander Anubis "Doggie" Cruger looked around him, stretching out all of his highly toned senses. No one was in the area and that suited him just fine. Quickly and quietly, he slipped into a hidden passageway of the base, adding in retinal and genetic scans as well as several passwords and then came to the final lock. He carefully inserted one of his specially crafted keys, feeling magic at the tips of his hands. With a twist, the lock to the most secret and the most protected room of the whole S.P.D. base opened.

Inside was an intricate room filled with runic circles. He stepped in, his boots making no sound on the magical floor. Cruger raised a hand in greeting, caressing the orange stone beneath his fingertips once he reached the center of the room.

"Justin, my master," whispered the S.P.D. Commander, "how long will you sleep?" Encased in the orange stone was a man, only twenty-three in Earth years. Brown hair fell over closed eyes, a slightly muscular build shown to the world. The man was naked, curled up in a fetal position with his head on his legs.

He was one of the stipulations placed by the Council of Earth's Defenders on the installment of a S.P.D. Headquarters on Earth.

He was Justin Stewart, holder of the Orange Fire and Red Eruption Elementalist Powers.

He was his master.

"You've been like this for more than a decade," sighed one of the last survivors of Sirius. "You and your friends." Five more columns filled with people surrounded Justin, in colors of aqua, brown, gold, silver, and purple.

Many years ago, he had just been promoted in the S.P.D. He had been young, cocky. Like most of the galaxy, he had underestimated most Earthians, seeing their short life-spans and ignorance of most of the galaxy with limited space travel.

Justin had, one day, come to where he had been trained, Orange Fire Sword at his waist. He had been hotheaded and secure in his skills. In his arrogance, he had challenged Justin to a duel, calling into question the, at that time, teen's right to hold a sword.

He had been subdued barely a minute into the duel.

Cruger had, not much later, found out that Justin had been a certified Blademaster at fourteen Earth years. He was sufficiently cowed and Justin had taken the young Siriusian under his wing.

He had learned so much from the man.

The Commander sighed, running his hand over the stone beneath his fingertips. Over time, he had developed a love for his master, one of a teacher and disciple relationship. And, despite his cold outer demeanor, he really wished he could see and interact with his teacher after so long. Many years had passed since he and his friends had been placed in a magical sleep, long enough that many of his peers in the Council had retired from active duty, unable to keep up the strain of battle in their aging years.

There was so much he could tell the man, so many things to update him on.

Cruger sighed again. He knew, logically, that they wouldn't wake up soon. They would only awaken once their life-force had healed from their previous draining, leaving them locked away in a healing sleep. Even so, his heart yearned for that companionship once more.

His internal clock told him that he had to move. He had spent too long going over old memories.

Gathering up his emotional mask, Cruger walked out of the room, sealing it behind him.

In his haste though, he never noticed Justin's fingers start to move, brief flames flickering around the appendages. One brown and orange eye slowly started opening, though not completely just yet.

It would take a while, but he was waking up.

And then, the Power Rangers Elementalists would be reborn once more.

(1) Teacher Iruka. That sounds extremely weird, as well as Mr. Iruka (considering that Iruka is his given name) and just Iruka fails to capture the teacher-student relationship. I consider it best left untranslated.

(2) Heavenly Saints, give us the power of magic! Magic Transformation! Maagi Magi Magiiro! Untranslated because Justin doesn't understand Japanese. Maagi, Magi, and Magiiro are spell words.

(3) The element of the blowing wind! Pink Magician! MagiPink! Read (2)'s note. Translation thanks to TV-Nihon.

(4) The element of the burning flame! Red Magician! MagiRed! Read (2)'s note and (3)'s notes.

This story is complete. I thank you for your time and patience as I've experimented with different styles, trying to find my niche. I realize that this isn't the best, but I couldn't have done it without all your support. Thank you.

As you've probably realized as you've been reading, there have been many inconsistencies in this story. I will fix those, in a new story. Look for "Power Rangers Elementalists: Redux"! It will address plot inconsistencies, changes in writing style, and poor writing in general. As such, it will all be posted together, complete. Hope you look forward to it!

The End!

For real this time!