Power Rangers: Different Shades

by AdrianTepes001

It's almost the same story as told once before, with the same characters and some new ones, all in different shades..

2. Chapter 2

Power Rangers: Different Shades Chapter Two of the Prologue.

Author's note Yes I know, it's 'Breath of Doom' not 'Breath of Darkness'. I'll fix it. For now, enjoy the second part of the prologue.

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Zordon watched with concern over the team of teenagers he had recruited to protect the Earth. Jason, ever the leader quietly conversed with Zack, the team's unofficial second in command. Billy and Trini were at the command center's controls, trying to process and analyze the data from this latest battle. Alpha 5, his loyal robotic assistant, was tending to Tommy with a worried Kimberly standing nearby. Although the Green Ranger had been freed from Rita's control very recently, Zordon had come to regard him as closely and highly as he had any of the rangers he had chosen.

"Alpha, is he all right?"

"According to the scanner yes. It looks like his armor deflected most of the attack."

"Thanks Alpha."

The automaton nodded, and walked back to the consoles where Billy and Trini were still working. Kimberly stepped closer and took Tommy's hands in her own. "Are you really okay?"

"Yeah, I'm good."

"Tommy..."

"Zordon," Zack got everyone's attention as he addressed the group's mentor, "Who were those guys?"

"I DO NOT ZACK. RITA IS A CUNNING OPPONENT AND MAY HAVE BEEN HOLDING THEM IN RESERVE UNTIL THIS TIME. WHAT HAVE THE SCANNERS REVEALED BILLY?"

"The initial scan revealed high levels of Rita's energy signature."

"Anything else?"

"We'll know more when the deeper scan results are computed."

Jason broke his silence, "So we don't know anything really about these guys. We don't even know if they're human or not."

"The girl who attacked me looked human enough" Trini offered.

"RANGERS, IT IS WITHIN RITA'S POWER TO DISGUISE HER MONSTERS IN ANY FORM SHE WISHES. IT WOULD BE BEST TO WAIT FOR THE RESULTS OF THE DEEPER SCAN BEFORE DECIDING ON A COURSE OF ACTION."

Scant seconds after Zordon finished, the command center alarms started going off. "Oh man, now what."

"The sensors have detected one of Rita's monsters in Angel Grove," Alpha informed them, "I'll bring it up on the Viewing Globe." A few button presses later, a somewhat familiar face appeared on the globe, and a concerned look came across Jason's face.

"King Sphinx. Again."

"RANGERS. IT APPEARS THAT RITA HAS RECREATED HER KING SPHINX MONSTER ONCE AGAIN. PROCEED WITH CAUTION AS THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT NEW ABILITIES SHE MAY HAVE GIVEN HIM."

"We'll be careful. Ready guys?"

The other rangers nodded in agreement. "All right, It's back to action."

With that the rangers teleported from the command center as Zordon and Alpha watched.

The rangers landed in the mostly deserted industrial section of Angel Grove. Huge, empty buildings gave testament to what had once been a fairly busy part of the town. Currently they were vacant as the city had been unable to decide what to do with them. Walking the streets, Jason felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up. As such it was a relief to run into King Sphinx and his group of Putties. The creature drawn from the sands of Egypt snarled and sent the Putties into battle against the rangers first.

As the teens battled Rita's foot soldiers, King Sphinx watched with interest while leaning against the wall. Jason finished off the putty he was dealing with a straight punch to the face. Stepping beyond the toppled creature he advanced towards Rita's resurrected monster. "Long time no see Red Ranger. This time you won't be so lucky."

"Luck had nothing to do with it. I beat you once and I'll do it again."

Behind him, the other rangers assembled waiting for the word to attack. King Sphinx saw this, took a step towards them and froze. His body convulsed briefly confusing Jason and the others. Then he started sinking to his knees. As King Sphinx touched the ground, a huge gout of flame erupted, incinerating him, leaving nothing but ash. As the fire died down, Jason caught sight of what had been behind the monster and his stomach immediately tied itself into a knot. Standing around the corner were the mysterious teens and their leader was facing him again, "As I said before Red Ranger, this is only the beginning."

With that, the leader let loose a blast of fire that Jason barely had time to dodge. Behind him the other rangers scattered and Jason was aware they were also being engaged in individual combat before the teen was upon him, attacking. Tommy's attacker from the mountains had leaped directly at the Green Ranger as soon as the battle had begun. Warily, he found himself and his opponent circling each other.

"Traitor. You betrayed the Empress."

"I didn't betray anyone. Rita isn't my Empress even if she is yours."

"Those who would turn against the Empress shall be punished. It is my duty to destroy you, Tommy Oliver."

"Yeah, well give it a try."

So saying that he and the teen charged each other and began exchanging a series of quick kicks and punches. A few feet away Trini squared off the young woman that had attacked her on the mountainside. Mindful of that battle, the Yellow Ranger addressed the girl before her, "Look I don't know what you're up to but I'm not going to let you destroy Angel Grove."

The girl seemed to consider her words before answering, "I have no interest in harming Angel Grove," she paused to run a hand thru her hair then she made backhand motion and a bolt of greenish-yellow energy blasted Trini off her feet. "Harming you on the other hand, will be a joy."

Zack was getting anxious, he was doing his best to avoid any contact with the large teen. But the boy was quicker then he appeared and had learned something of Zack's style from the first confrontation. Reluctantly the Black Ranger tried to sweep his attacker off his feet only to have his foot caught. Zack then felt like a lawn dart as the teen spun around and hurled him thru the air. He bounced off a nearby car to hit the pavement and got to his feet slowly. 'Man these guys just won't quit.'

Kimberly took an awkward stance against the girl standing before her. The female teen seemed to study her for a bit and merely shifted her arms into position. She stepped closer to the Pink ranger feigned an attack with her left arm and instead kicked at Kim's leg. On reaction, Kim moved her leg back and then kicked forward into the girl's stomach. The teen showed no reaction to blow, instead extended her hands, palms outward at Kim. A flash of purplish energy sent the Pink ranger backwards.

Billy rolled to his feet and took up a defensive stance as his attacker approached him. As soon as he was within a few feet, the teen dashed forward and threw a kick at the Blue Ranger's head. Billy ducked and retaliated with a kick of his own, aimed at the other's legs. The sweep connected and he knocked the boy to the ground. 'If he reacts like the others', Billy feinted to his left and then rolled to his right, the gamble worked and the teen's blast missed him completely. As his opponent got to his feet, Billy risked a warning, "Look out, they always use their powers after being hit."

A few feet away Jason heard his warning and dodged at the same time. Thus far he and the teen had been evenly matched. Neither had been able to score a clean hit on the other despite their best efforts. Jason had held off summoning or using either of his weapons until he could get a clear shot. Now with Billy's warning, he tried a new tactic as he deflected another punch. "I guess the sun got in your eyes on that last punch huh?"

"I haven't seen the sunrise or sunset since my birth Red Ranger. And you won't see anymore." He punctuated his sentence with a punch aimed at Jason's helmet. Jason was counting on this and dodged out of the way letting the fist slam into the wall behind him. He watched as his opponent tried to remove his hand from where it had been embedded. Jason summoned his Power sword and prepared to strike as his communicator sprang to life.

"POWER RANGERS RETURN THE COMMAND CENTER IMMEDIATELY."

"Zordon? These guys came out of nowhere."

"JASON. THAT IS WHY I HAVE CONTACTED YOU."

Reluctantly the Red Ranger lowered his weapon. "Come on guys, let's go." The other rangers regrouped around him and then teleported away. Seething the trapped teen ripped his hand free from the wall.

Jason and the others rematerialized in command center still morphed. He powered down first and then looked up at his mentor. Behind him, Billy and Trini were headed towards the console where Alpha was standing, "Zordon, why did you call us back? We had those guys on the ropes."

'THAT IS WHY I SUMMONED YOU FROM BATTLE JASON."

"I don't believe this."

Jason turned his attention to Billy. The Blue Ranger was standing holding a printout in his hand. "This is the analysis of the deep scan performed by the computer. According to this, they're human."

Kimberly interrupted, "Guys look at the Viewing Globe". The group turned their attention to familiar device as what looked like a news report was airing. Alpha quickly increased the volume. "To repeat our top story is the unexplained disappearance of six teenagers from around the world. They were in the area and disappeared from their tour bus." The camera cut briefly to a scene of the bus on the side of the road before returning to the anchors face, "The six teenagers were from around the globe and we again urge our viewers if you see them to call the police immediately." The screen flashed to pictures of the six missing teenagers lined up onscreen and all of the rangers took a deep breath.

The pictures of the missing teenagers were the mysterious teens that had attacked them in Rita's name. "But how, they threw like ice and lighting at us."

"Ice and electromagnetism actually."

"Billy?"

"According to the computer readouts. High levels of Rita's magic residue were detected on each of them. I theorize that Rita has transmutated normal humanoid vessels with the ability to manipulate as create and un-create multiple forms of energy and matter."

"Huh?"

"What Billy means," Trini began, "is that Rita changed them somehow and that now they can use special powers like the ones they used against us."

"Affirmative. If these readings are correct, then the highest readings come from those teens that were engaging Jason and Tommy."

The Green ranger was still staring at the viewing globe. His focus was on the face on the boy that had attacked him. "I can't believe she would do this… Again."

"Tommy," Kimberly gently touched him, "It's not your fault."

Jason tried to refocus on the matter at hand, "What do we know about these guys, Billy?"

The Blue ranger was making some notations on the printout. Several minutes went by before he answered, "I've been able to generate an overall estimate of their abilities and have some theories about them but I'll have to conduct more extensive tests at my lab for firmer results."

"That's fine Billy what do you have now?"

"They seem to have enhanced physical attributes as well as increased agility. Individually they also seem to have special powers over one form of energy." He looked up to see everyone following him intently. "The girl who attacked Kim appears to have some sort of mental powers."

"Meaning she's crazy?"

"No apparently she moves objects by the force of her mind alone. Telekinesis I believe that ability is called."

"Oh." "The other girl that Trini faced, she can manipulate Electromagnetism, using it as a weapon and shield." The Yellow ranger nodded in agreement.

"The male that engaged me can apparently can generate and utilize wind as a weapon."

"Yo Billy, what about the big guy? I hit him hard a couple of times but he didn't seem to slow down at all." The Blue ranger studied the printout more closely, "If I'm interpreting this correctly Zack, he can absorb kinetic energy and use it to increase his strength and other capabilities."

"Meaning that every time I hit him, all I did was make him stronger?"

"Correct."

"Billy what about the last two," Jason inquired quietly. "According to the news, they were brothers" He added.

"That makes sense. Both brothers have manifest energy manipulate and usage as a primary ability. And they have developed a secondary ability that appears more physical in nature."

Tommy spoke, "Well according to the news, their names are Jack and Ken. Jack was the one that attacked me."

"It seems he is the one that generate cold and literally the freeze the air around him. In addition, he seems to have developed two separate sets of claws per arm."

"Two? I've only see the ones that come out of the back of his hand."

"He has an additional set located near his elbow on each forearm. Those blades more closely a shark's dorsal fin in shape."

"And the other one? Ken?"

"Just as Jack can use the cold as a weapon, he can use heat and fire. His abilities in that area seem to be equivalent to Jacks. In addition, it appears he can tougher or harden his skin to the point where even something like the Blade Blaster can't cut it."

"He deflected the Power Sword too" Jason provided.

"The girl that attacked me is named Elizabeth, the boy that attacked Billy is named Sheng. The brothers are Jack and Ken. Which leaves the Brian as the one that fought Zack and Sakura as the girl Kimberly faced' Trini finished.

"One question, Ken, the dude Jason was fighting, he never opened his eyes during the fight. What's up with that?"

Billy scanned the printout before answering, "According to this, he's been blind since birth." He looked up at Jason, "Opening his eyes wouldn't do him any good."

"Yeah he didn't seem to needto either."