Chapter Four Fortress

Orbiting the moon the defeated minion of Lord Voltair return to then base with there tails between there legs. As they land the huge mass of rock begins to move.

"Ampite I told you not to come back until Earth was blanketed in darkness!" the dark Lord demands

"But sir let me explain we ran into some unforeseen Earth is no longer defenseless." Ampite said as he was shacking in his boots.

"Ahhh the fool is still around and still causing my problems!" Voltair began to shout shaking the whole mountain and causing some Zapits to fall into the darkness of space. "Dario you and your weaklings will not keep me at bay for long!" he shouts into the vastness of space.

The five stood there stunned at there defeat in a flash of light the five found themselves back in the museum. Professor Carson still stood where he was when the rangers morphed all his years of study he strived to find answers to questions and this was the first time he had ever came across something he couldn't explain and it just floored him his jaw still hanging open for he was still in the spot he had been standing in.

"Uhh can I just take the bus next time I can't just keep jumping like that because I think I left my stomach back there?" Dwight said holding his abdomen. "Can you tell me how to take this helmet off cause I really hate to puke in this thing?" Dwight said while still looking for some sort of a switch on the helmet.

"Just say Power Down and you will return to you normal state." Dario said with a bit of a chuckle. "What Ampite said was fight. This war is far from over and its not going to be an easy fight you five must come together as a team and hone your skill for I have faith in you but you must have faith in yourselves and each other and we will once again bring peace to the land." Dario said still talking thru the morphers.

"Power Down!" the five said in unison as Dwight ran off to find a trash can.

"Just who is this great lord? How did our ancestors defeat him? Why as he returned after all these years?" Jake was rambling off a series of questions when he was stopped by Anne.

"God you ask too many questions! How do you expect him to answer if you don't shut up.!" she yelled as she plugged her ears. "Great now you got me doing it." she said as she leaned against the wall.

"Its ok Angela it's in his nature but he brings up a valid point close your eyes rangers and I will show you your enemy." the rangers closed there eyes as Dario instructed. A beam of white light shot out of there morphers and on to there foreheads and the final battle of there ancestors played like a movie in front of there eyes. There faces turned to disgust as they saw the face of evil. A look a relief came across there faces as the sealed Voltair into mountain and sent him to space but it only faded into a look of fear as they saw there elders die in order to win.

"I that going to happen to us!" Mia said as she began to tremble with fear. "I don't want this responsibility if it means I have to die." She her voice cracked as she sat on the ground.

"You misunderstand you elders did not have the power that you now wield in order to defeat him and they had to link there powers to there life force and the converging powers created the Ion Crystal with out there sacrifice Earth would now be defenseless. Do not be saddened by there death but make there sacrifice worth it by final ridding the universe of this evil." Dario said to his stunned rangers as the beams of light faded.

"Wow that's an amazing tale but it don't think that you need me here anymore." Professor Carson said as he began to make his way out of his exhibit. Suddenly his body began to glow with a white light. "I swear I won't tell anyone what I saw!" he said while he began to float.

"Worry not my great great great grandson. For you also have a purpose I can not stay on this plain of existence for long with out help." White light shot out of the morpher and all hit the professor and the white light that surrounded professor's body faded. "Now we are one your sage like wisdom you were also a needed asset for the team." Dario voice came out of Professor Carson's mouth.

"How! What!" the professor's voice cried out in shock.

"Ok that's just weird like something out of Sci-fi." Kenta said as he took a step back for the professor.

"Calm your self." he said as he waved his hands and a portal appeared on the far wall. "Now if you'll all follow me I shall take you to where I shall be watching over the city."

The five followed him thru the portal but Dwight was hesitant. "Uhh just to give you guys a heads up I'm still a bit queasy." he said still looking a bit green.

"Maybe you should have been the Green Ranger instead of the orange." Kenta said as he knew the Dwight would have said the same thing if he was feeling sick.

"Welcome to the our temple a place that only exist to us no one else knows of its existence." he said as he the rangers faces were shocked as they saw what looked like a large piece of glass floating in the middle of the large room. On the wall were carvings of battle that the original warriors had fought.

"Wow would you look at this detail." Jake said as he ran to the wall and pushed his glasses back on his face. "If I had some paper I'd would so do a rubbing of this."

"Sigh I see that Jake has switched back to geek mode." Anne said as she sat down in one to the chairs that were around the table.

"When did he switch out?" Dwight said as he admired the view out a nearby window. "So you can watch the city from this window?" he asked Dario.

"Yes that is one way." Dario said as he pointed to the piece of glass and images of the city appeared on it. "And this is another." He's eyes turned for a solid white to a normal blue eyes. "Now you expect me to just tell the museum that the crystal disappeared and to stay here and watch the city?" Carson's voice came out. "Well yes and in return I will give you artifacts that no human eyes have gazed upon in centuries." Dario said. Suddenly a light came on in a room off to the side and the Professors eyes grew big. "You got a deal!" he said as he ran to the room like a child on Christmas Day.

"Well that settles that." Dwight said as the five relaxed.

"Oh no you guys!" Mia said as she jumped up out of her chair. "What about the field trip they must be worried about us."

They all shot up and ran thru the portal and the museum to the entrance where there teachers were waiting and they all gave each other a glance and a smile as they entered the bus and returned home.

Back in space. "Ampite for your failure I'm going to take back the energy I gave to you and use it on a warrior I hope that can get the job done." as he began to drain Ampite ashes came out of the mass of rock and formed a body of a huge creature. The beast took the form of a giant car battery. "Ah Dranious you have taken a new form I assume caused by our new energy force. I want you to go to earth and do what Ampite couldn't.

"Oh course sir." he said with a bow only to have his arm fall off. "Uh sir is it ok if I wait until my body becomes whole once again." he said looking down at the Ampite who was collapsed on the ground.