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CHAPTER 12
Cry for Help
Zeek and Lina landed on solid ground as the bright light from the portal disappeared. Lina looked around, a little unfamiliar with her surroundings.
"We are still in Angel Grove aren't we?" she asked. Zeek nodded.
"I had to bring the emergency here to avoid suspicions," Zeek explained.
"What? So what's the emergency?" Lina asked.
"Well, we kind of are," came a familiar voice. Lina turned around and for a second, forgot that there was an emergency needing her as a ranger. Before her stood her brother, cousins, and friends. A smile spread instantly across her face as she was so excited to see them. She basically jumped into their arms, enveloping them in hugs.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so glad to see you guys….wait, what do you mean you're the emergency?" she asked, remembering why she had jumped realms early.
"We only said kind of," Corey said defensively. Lina gave them a look that told them that they had better explain fast or they were in trouble. Seth gathered up the strength to tell his sister.
"Alagor escaped into this realm along with nearly his entire army of Dones," he explained. Lina's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
"WHAT? HOW!" she bellowed, demanding an explanation. The guys had expected this reaction but were still blown away by it.
"We don't know Lina, we can only detect so much activity," Lex pleaded. Lina put her hands to her head, trying to concentrate and focus, processing what her teammates were telling her. The guys hesitated to tell her the rest of the news.
"There's something else you should probably know," Barry said. Lina put her hands on her hips and stared at her teammates.
"I can't wait to hear this," she said sarcastically. Luke approached Lina with a saddened and sorrowed look.
"They've kidnapped Samantha and are holding her hostage in this realm," Luke explained. Lina instantly looked confused on top of being borderline hysterical.
"Samantha? The…the Samantha I babysit? The six-year-old Samantha?" Lina asked, pleading her eyes at Luke. He only silently nodded. Lina was not sure how to react. She cared a lot about Samantha, almost like a daughter, but that was a concern on top of the fact that Alagor was an issue and the fact that it would be hard to explain to six-year-old their identities and why she was in another realm.
"We're sorry Lina," Lex said.
"Don't be sorry. We can only do so much without asking for help, which is something we need to do now. Zeek, we're in the Space Ranger realm, right?" Lina asked of their mentor. Zeek silently nodded.
"I will be available when you need me. Just call," he said before disappearing. Lina growled at his typical behavior but turned back to the situation at hand.
"Okay, you guys have been rangers long enough to know the general outline of this particular season of Power Rangers, and besides that I'm not going to take the time to explain it to you. We are going to split up and take no more than thirty minutes trying to track down any Space Ranger we can find. We will meet back at the Youth Center, Juice Bar, whatever it's called after that time. Call over the communicator if necessary…NOW GO…Sam doesn't have much time!" Lina ordered in her best leader voice. The boys had learned when it was a good idea to question Lina's leadership choices and now was not a good time. She was doing the best she could and the boys knew they couldn't do a better job.
Corey and Barry ended up searching inside the mall. They tried not to dawdle in their quest, searching as fast as they could for any sign of a space ranger, only to run into a group of Dones. People ran left and right, screaming in fear and the two boys ensued a fight. They were doing okay, but the fight was getting the best of them.
"Why are there this many in one location?" Barry asked.
"Wish I knew," Corey commented as he side kicked one done. Suddenly, a flash of yellow and pink entered the scene as Cassie and Ashley took over the fight.
"You might want to get to safety now," Ashley told them, mistaking them for civilians before going back to help Cassie. The boys just smirked.
"That's okay, we'll just help," Barry said. They both went into the hand motions.
"STORM CALLERS! GO!"
"Power of the Tornado!" Barry cried, morphing into his yellow suit.
"Power of the Tsunami!" Corey called, morphing into his white suit. All four rangers fought, but Cassie and Ashley couldn't help but wonder where these two new rangers came from.
Seth and Lex had wondered over to the area around Angel Grove High School and was searching the ground over for the third time.
"Anything?" Lex asked his cousin.
"Nothing, nobody in sight," Seth replied.
"Don't you DARE call ME a nobody," declared Astronema with Quantrons. The boys shifted into defensive stances.
"What do you want with us?" Lex asked.
"You've peaked my interested by your method of transportation here, so I want to know your powers. Quantrons, GET THEM!" Astronema ordered. Before the Quantrons could carry out their orders, two figures flipped over Lex and Seth. It was Zhane and TJ.
"Your fight is with us Astronema," Zhane said.
"Leave civilians out of it," TJ ordered. Astronema smirked.
"I'd hardly call THEM civilians. DESTROY THEM!" she cried, this time the Quantrons running towards the rangers.
"Let's shift it into high gear, fast," Seth said. He and Lex went through their hands motions as TJ and Zhane fought in civilian form.
"STORM CALLERS, GO!"
"Power of the Monsoon!" Seth cried, morphing into the Blue Monsoon Ranger.
"Power of the Hurricane!" Lex cried, morphing into the Green Hurricane Ranger. They instantly ensued the fight, causing TJ and Zhane to be stunned. When they got a free moment away from Quantrons, they turned to each other.
"Care to join them?" Zhane asked.
"Why not? Let's Rocket!" TJ cried. He morphed into the Blue Space Ranger while Zhane morphed into the Silver Space Ranger. They fought alongside Lex and Seth, not knowing how much they should trust these mysterious new rangers. Meanwhile, Luke was covering an area around the place that he still considered the Youth Center. He sighed in frustration as he again found nothing on his second go around.
"Looking for something?" asked a dark voice. Luke darted around into a defensive stance, only to come face to face with Alagor. Alagor laughed as Luke glared at him.
"Where's the rest of your team ranger? Did they wise up and decide to hide from me?" he asked. Luke sneered.
"Hardly!" he cried before beginning to shift into his morphing motions, only to be interrupted by a flash of red.
"HIYA!" cried Andros as he kicked Alagor down. He landed on his feet and faced the new enemy.
"Who are you? What do you want?" he demanded of the new threat. Alagor got to his feet, anger blasting through him.
"Trust me, you are going to need help. STORM CALLERS, GO!" Luke cried.
"Power of the Lighting!" he cried, morphing into the Black Lightning Ranger. Andros was torn between being ready to fight the new enemy and staring in awe at the mysterious new ranger.
"You aren't the ranger I'm after anyway!" Alagor screamed at Luke before disappearing into a portal.
"Aw man, not again!" Luke cried. Meanwhile, Lina was running frantically through the park searching for any sign of the four former Turbo Rangers, Andros, or Zhane. She had been running around for about twenty minutes straight before collapsing onto a bench to catch her breath. She stood back and looked around as she waited for her breathing to slow down. She didn't notice the figure approaching her from behind until a hand landed on her shoulder. She gasped as she was turned around by the person, only to come face to face with a laughing Carlos.
"Long time no see Lina," he said while laughing, as Lina's face broke into a smiling scowl.
"Carlos, you scared the crap out of me!" Lina declared before enveloping him into an excited hug. She had missed him during the time warp that was like three months squeezed into five seconds. Carlos hugged her back, happy to see an old friend. But Lina snapped back to reality, remembering her mission and broke away from the hug. She looked up at the now Black Space Ranger with pleading eyes.
"I need your help and your teammates. Something's happened," she said to him. Carlos' face fell.
"What is it?" he asked, genuinely concerned. A sinister laugh interrupted them. They both turned to see Alagor, surrounded by Dones. Clutched in his hands was a bounded Samanatha.
"LINA!" cried the little girl, frightened for her life.
"SAM!" Lina cried before running for her.
"LINA STOP!" Carlos cried.