Chapter 3
Kira
landed hard on the cold ground after she had made her way through the
invisi-portal. She looked around and noticed she was in Mesogog's
lair. As she crept around the corner and peered through the corridor,
she could see Mesogog sitting down on his throne. "What does
that mutant want with Skyler?"she thought to herself as she
tried to remain hidden. Kira watched as the stranger threw the
unconscious Skyler down on the table and strapped her down. "Where
is her power?"asked Mesogog to the stranger. The stranger turned
around revealing his face to Kira. Her mouth dropped down as she saw
it was Damien. "I can't believe it! Damien is working with
Mesogog,"she thought to herself. Damien leaned down and pulled
Skyler's necklace off. The strength of his pull broke the lock on
her thin gold chain. Damien held the turquoise pendant in his cold
hand and squeezed it into his palm. This is the power of the
turquoise phoenix ranger; ready for the energy transformation
sequence,"he said. Mesogog hissed in pleasure as he took the
pendant out of Damien's hand. "Excellent Zabia. With this new
found energy, I will be able to make my powers almighty and begin to
create my dino restructuring of Earth." Kira listened closely to
Mesogog. "Zabia? Damien is Zabia! I have to warn the
others,"thought Kira in a panic. As Kira maneuvered her body,
Mesogog was able to hear her feet shifting. "I feel we are not
alone here. Go take a perimeter around the premises. I will prepare
the energy transformation sequence for the phoenix power,"said
Mesogog. Zabia walked towards the corridor where Kira was hidden.
Kira had to think fast or else she would be seen. She slipped her
body into a thin crevice in the wall and began to breathe heavilly.
As Zabia walked by, he didn't notice the hidden Kira and walked
through an invisi-portal. Kira removed herself from the crevice as
Zabia completely disappeared through the invisi-portal. Kira peered
back through the corridor and began to watch Mesogog's every move
again.
As the crowd had finally left Haley's Cyberspace, the
only ones remaining were Thea, Damien, Conner, Ethan, Trent, Tommy,
and Haley. "That was an amazing performance today Thea,"said
Trent in excitement. "Thanks! I hope we can come back and do it
again sometime,"said Thea with a smile. Haley came out from behind
the counter and began to put the stools up on the counter and chairs
up on the tables. "I hope you guys will be coming back. That was an
awesome performance. I have never seen a crowd get so worked up like
that before." Thea got up off the stage with Damien on her arm. "I
was surprised with how much they liked our performance. We don't
normally get that much applause,"said Damien. Tommy looked at
Damien in shock. "That's impossible. You guys are amazing and
deserved every ounce of applause you received today." Thea clung
harder to Damien's arm as her face began to turn red. Conner sat
alone on the couch as he looked down at his small red soccer ball
clung close to his chest. Tommy leaned his attention towards Conner.
"Excuse me,"he said as he walked away from Thea and Damien.
Conner didn't look up from his ball when he saw the silhouette of
Tommy's shadow on the floor. Tommy sat down next to Conner and
didn't take his eyes off of him. "Something the matter
Conner?"asked Tommy. Conner sighed and looked up at his friend.
"All I wanted was to simply ask her out and I blew it. I had to be
a moron and ask about her hand,"Conner complained. Tommy looked at
him cluelessly. "Who?"asked Tommy. "I tried to ask Skyler,
Damien's sister out on a date but I just wasn't thinking,"said
Conner. "Sorry Conner. I wish there was something I could do,"said
Tommy with a consoling tone. Conner looked up from his soccer ball
and looked Tommy in the eye. "I have never felt this way before
Tommy. I mean, I have had girlfriends but none of them make me feel
this way. I just get all nervous around Skyler and I can't describe
what I feel. Have you ever felt this way before?"asked Conner.
Tommy pondered for a moment and remembered his high school days; he
remembered Kim. He pictured her smiling face in his head. She had
those beautiful hazel eyes and gorgeous hair that shimmered in the
light. She always had a beautifully white smile and wasn't afraid
to show compassion to others. As he continued to think about Kim,
another image popped into his mind. The image of Kim slowly
transformed into a picture of Kira. Tommy saw the picture of Kira in
his mind. Her beautiful blonde hair and her brown doe eyes stared
back at him. Kira smiled and blew a kiss. Little hearts appeared from
her palm and flew towards Tommy. The image reappeared of Kim and
stood next to Kira. They both looked at each other and blew a kiss to
Tommy. Kira's image slowly disappeared along with Kim's. "I
love you Tommy,"said Kira's image as it finally disappeared and
Tommy blanked out. "Tommy? Tommy,"said Conner as he waved his
hand in front of Tommy's blank face. Tommy didn't hear Conner.
"What did that mean? C'mon Tommy, it means you love Kira!
Doesn't it?"asked Tommy to himself. "Tommy, you okay?"asked
Conner. Tommy snapped back into reality with his head all confused
and throbbing. "Yeah, I'm fine. My head hurts a little. I'm
gonna go see if Haley has some aspirin,"said Tommy as he got up off
of the couch and walked behind the counter and down the hall to find
Haley.
As Thea loaded all of her stuff into her car, Damien
looked over Ethan's shoulder and watched what he was doing on the
computer. Ethan had a simulator set up on the computer. "Alright
Damien, If you adjust your arm like this, you will be able to nail
all five turns." Damien stared at the simulator as it demonstrated
how to do the turn. "Do you really think this will work?"asked
Damien. "Go try it and see if it works,"said Ethan pointing to
the stage. Damien set his dance bag down, took off his tennis shoes
and slipped on his jazz shoes. Thea put Damien's stuff over to the
side as she went over and watched him on the stage. "Damien, are
you sure about this?"asked Thea asked, skeptical about what Damien
was about to do. "Hey, it's worth a shot,"said Damien as he set
foot on the stage. Damien prepped for his turn; he put his right foot
behind him and his arms out in front of him in an L shape. Damien
pushed off with his right foot and began to spin. He nailed all five
turns and landed with his feet together. Damien stood dumbstruck and
so did Thea. Ethan smirked as he shut the all of the computers off.
"I told you technology rules!"said Ethan. "Awesome
Damien!"cried Thea as she jumped onto the stage and plopped herself
into Damien's arms. "Well, we'd better get going. I still have
to finish Tommy's filing." Thea jumped off the stage and grabbed
her bags. She looked around Cyberspace and found no sign of Skyler
anywhere. "Damien, where's Skyler?" "I don't know. I
haven't sen her since our performance. She was in front of the
stage and I was never able to find her afterwards. She's probably
gone home. She does have recital next week and has to work on her
number,"Damien said, reassuring Thea. Damien hopped off the stage
and grabbed his bag. "Bye guys,"said Thea as she walked out of
Cyberspace with Damien behind her. Ethan stood by the window and
watched Thea and Damien pulling away. Conner thought to himself for a
moment and got up off the couch and approached Ethan. "That's
strange. Kira went missing too after the performance. You don't
think something happened to them do you?" Ethan shrugged his
shoulders. "I have no idea,"said Ethan. Conner thought for a
moment. "What if something did happen to them? Maybe Mesogog
captured them. No, that's impossible, we would have known if
something like that had happened; it would have corrupted the whole
event. I wonder if it is that other guy Tommy told us about,
Zabia,"Conner thought. Conner knew Kira and Skyler were in
trouble and bolted into the back room to find Tommy and Haley.
Haley was rummaging through a cabinet while Tommy sat on a chair,
trying to ignore the pain in his head. "Hang on Tommy. I know I had
some Advil in here somewhere,"said Haley, getting frustrated
because she couldn't find the Advil. Tommy felt the throbbing pain
in his head getting stronger as he could still picture Kira in his
mind. Tommy put his hand to his head and began to press his fingers
into the throbbing area. "Here it is. Finally I found it,"said
Haley as she pulled the Advil out of the cabinet. She handed the jar
to Tommy. "Thanks Haley. You don't know how much I need
this,"said Tommy as he opened the jar and poured two Advil out.
Trent walked into the back room carrying a glass of water in his
hand. "Here Tommy, "he said, handing Tommy the glass. "Thanks
Trent,"he replied. Tommy put the two Advil caplets in his mouth and
washed them down with a gulp of water. "Is there something
bothering you Tommy?"asked Haley. "No, everything is fine,"he
replied. Haley rolled her eyes and began to walk away. "Tommy
Oliver I have known you long enough to know when something is fine or
not fine,"she said. "Trent, I'm gonna go check the monitors one
more time before we lock up." Haley walked around the corner and
into a small room filled with monitors with black and white screens.
Tommy shook his head and looked back up at Trent. "How the hell
does she know all that?"he asked. "Trent shrugged his shoulders.
"Tommy! Tommy, something's wrong Kira and Skyler. I just know
it,"said Conner. Tommy could still see the picture of Kira inside
his head and watched as the image shattered into small pieces. "Calm
down Conner. Ethan, what's he talking about?"asked Tommy. "I
don't know. One minute we were talking and the next he's freakin'
out,"said Ethan. "Conner, what's wrong?"asked Trent. Conner
looked around at everyone and took a deep breath before he said
another word. "Tommy! Come here! You have to see this!"cried
Haley as she came out of the room of monitors. Tommy got up out of
his chair and followed Haley back into room of monitors as well
Ethan, Conner and Trent. Everyone came into the back room and saw the
monitors. "Haley, what's going on?"asked Tommy. Haley fiddled
with the control pad and then pointed to the large screen in the
middle. "You have to see this footage. This was right after the
performance this afternoon." On the middle screen, showed the
footage of The and Damien. Thea had just hit her ending pose in the
splits as well as Damien in his high kick. "Watch where Skyler is
standing,"she said. Haley zoomed in on Skyler as she screamed her
heart out. She tried to make her way through the crowd when she was
captured. The stranger put his hand to her neck, silencing Skyler as
she fell back into his arms. "Who is that?"asked Conner. Haley
adjusted the image of the stranger to where they could see his face.
Conner was infuriated when he saw Damien's face. "It's
Damien!"he cried. "Well not really, that's Zabia. He's the
one assisting Mesogog. As long as Zabia is around, Mesogog has
power,"said Haley. "I'm gonna take this with us back to the
lab. Maybe we can find out who Zabia actually is and save Skyler and
Kira. "He has Kira too?"asked trent. Haley continued the footage
and pointed to the monitor. It was outside of Cyberspace. Zabia
called upon the invisi-portal and walked through. Tommy saw Kira on
the monitor as she walked through the portal after Zabia and Skyler.
"I can't believe she would put herself at risk like
that,"Tommy thought to himself. "Let's get to the lab.
Figure out who this guy is, and what he wants with Skyler and Kira.
Then, I'll try and contact Thea and let her know what's going on
as soon as we have more information,"said Tommy. Haley ejected the
cd from the main computer monitor and put it in a case. She held the
case in her hand and sighed.
Skyler awoke to find herself
strapped to Mesogog's table. Her head was throbbing in pain and she
had a hard time focusing. She could feel the cold touch of Mesogog
claws sinking into her shoulders, piercing her skin. The cold claws
mixed with the warm feeling of her blood. "Where am I?"asked
Skyler as she fought back the pain in her shoulders. She lifted her
head up and saw the gruesome face of Mesogog looking back at her.
Mesogog hissed in Skyler's face as she still wriggled on the table
in pain. "Who are you? What do you want with me?" Mesogog
loosened his grip on Skyler's shoulders now bruised shoulders. "I
have already gotten what I needed from you Phoenix Ranger. I have
your Power Pendant." Skyler looked down at her chest and didn't
see her pendant dangling from her thin gold chain. "What did you do
with my pendant?"asked Skyler. Mesogog tightened his grip on
Skyler's shoulders and listened to her wail in pain. "Your powers
are mine now. Admit it Turquoise Ranger, you are nothing with out
your Power Pendant to protect you and the other Phoenix Rangers have
no chance of finding you. You might as well surrender to me or face
an unpleasant death." Skyler felt tears welling up in her eyes but
refused to let them flow. Kira couldn't believe what she was
hearing. "Skyler is a Power Ranger? How is that possible? I have
to get her out of here and take to Tommy. He'll know what to
do,"she thought to herself. As Kira turned around, she saw
Zabia standing behind her. He reached out and grabbed her arm,
sending a surge of silver light and excruciating pain into her body.
Kira cried out in pain. "You must be the intruder. Mesogog will be
happy to see you,"said Zabia. Kira was too weak to fight back. The
pain got worse the longer Zabia held onto her arm. Zabia soon let go
of her arm and let Kira fall to the floor. Zabia leaned down and
pulled Kira up by the hair until she was fully standing. He held the
back of her arms with his other hand and lead her into Mesogog's
lab. Mesogog looked up at Zabia and hissed in joy. He released his
grip from Skyler's arms and let her blood seep out. His focus was
now redirected to Kira. "This is the one who has intruded the
premises,"said Zabia. "Well, if it isn't the Yellow Dino
Thunder Ranger, Kira,"Mesogog hissed. "What do you want with
Skyler? She hasn't done anything to you. Let her go!"Kira wailed.
Mesogog got close to Kira's face. "I don't think that is for
you to decide. This power that she possesses is just what I need to
accomplish my dino restructuring of Earth." Mesogog stepped back to
where Skyler laid on the table. "I have her ranger power in my
possession now all I need is her energy,"said Mesogog. He pulled
down a laser probe over her head and walked over to the control
panel. Kira writhed free of Zabia's grasp but couldn't free
herself. Kira looked at Skyler and saw the blood dripping from her
arms. Her eyes were unable to focus and she couldn't keep herself
from wailing in pain. "Oh my gosh! I have to help Skyler. I will
no let this creep get away with this,"Kira thought to herself.
Thea sat in the den of the house she and Damien shared. She had
Tommy's filing sorted into several piles and was ready to put
everything into folders. She looked over to the couch where Damien
laid asleep with a small beagle puppy on his chest. "Charlie, are
you hungry?"Thea asked the sleeping pup. Little Charlie lifted his
head up off of Damien's chest and looked at Thea. "C'mon, you
hungry?" Charlie walked down off of Damien's body and leaped off
the couch. The little puppy stretched his legs out and yawned.
"Damien, wake up,"said Thea. Damien continued to sleep on the
couch. Thea rolled her eyes and walked over to the couch and grabbed
a pillow. "Watch this Charlie." Charlie tilted his head as Thea
lifted the pillow over his head. Thea whacked the pillow hard on
Damien's head waking him up. "Damn Thea! What did you do that
for?"asked Damien. "I need to go drop Tommy's filing off at his
house. Can you feed Charlie and give him his bath?"asked Thea.
Damien rolled his eyes and got up off the couch. "Why do I always
have to bathe the dog?"asked a frustrated Damien. "Because I do
everything else around the house and all you do is sleep,"said
Thea. Damien got up off the couch and walked into the kitchen with
Charlie trailing behind him. Thea put all of Tommy's filing into
the container and carried the box out to her car. She put the
container on the ground, unlocked her car. Damien stood in the
doorway and leaned on the door frame. "Alright, I fed the dog. Now
let's go give Tommy his papers quickly,"said Damien as he jumped
into the car. Thea walked back up on her deck , closed the door and
locked it. Thea got into her car and put the keys into the ignition.
"What made you want to come?"asked Thea as she pulled out of the
driveway. "What? Do you think I am going to wash the dog by
myself?"asked Damien. Thea rolled her eyes. "I would assume you
would." Damien yawned and leaned his chair back.
"Have you
got anything Haley?"asked Tommy down in the lab. Haley turned
herself around in the computer chair and sighed. "I haven't
figured out who Zabia is but I have figured out where he has taken
Kira and Skyler,"she said. Ethan, Conner, and Trent bolted up from
where they were sitting in the lab and walked over to the computer.
Haley pulled up the scene on the cd where Kira followed Zabia outside
of Cyberspace and showed where the portal lead. "Kira and Skyler
are at Mesogog's lab. I can probably teleport you there with you
gems but I don't know if they have enough power left in them. It
seems way too risky. "We have to try something,"said Tommy.
"Tommy wait! Let me see if I can get us some more information first
and then we will decide. For now, using your gems to teleport you
will have to be last resort." Conner sighed. "I can't believe
there isn't anything we can do. I feel so helpless." Trent began
to think and then came up with a plan. "Haley, wouldn't it be
easier to teleport them back to us?" Haley turned her chair around
again. "What do you mean?"asked Ethan. "Well think about it, if
we could use our gem powers to teleport them back to us,"said
Trent, trying to sound convincing. "That actually sounds like a
good idea,"said Haley turning back to the computer. "Yes! It
looks like it will work but we are going to need a little more power.
We need another power source; another ranger." Everyone looked at
each other. "Haley, where do you expect us to find another
ranger?"asked Conner, trying not to be cocky. Haley glared at
Conner. "Unless we find another power source, we can't get them
back. Maybe...Yes, this might work. You need to morph." "Why
do we need to morph?"asked Trent. "You have more power as rangers
than you do right now, demorphed." Haley got up out of her chair
and grabbed a silver container. "Everyone, get your gems,"said
Haley. Conner, Ethan, Tommy, and Trent pulled out their dino gems and
handed them to Haley. Haley placed the gems into the container and
sealed it shut. Attaching some wires to the container and connecting
them to her computer, Haley was ready to restore the gems. "Stand
back everyone,"said Haley as she pressed the enter key on the
computer. The silver container began to glow red, blue, black and
white.
Thea parked on the sidewalk near Tommy's house. Damien
climbed out of the car and opened the trunk. Thea climbed out and
pulled the filing box out of the trunk. "Okay, I just need to find
Tommy and give him his filing. Then we can go home and find out where
the heck Skyler went,"said Thea. Damien gently grabbed Thea by the
arm and pulled her back before she reached the door. "Thea, maybe
Tommy isn't the one that can help us fight Zabia. Do you really
think it is smart to trust someone we don't know well?"asked
Damien as he held his pendant in his palm. Thea smiled. "I know I
can trust Tommy. I had overheard him talking with the others that he
needs help fighting Mesogog and Zabia has teamed up with him. You
know I would never let you down Damien. Trust me." Damien leaned
closer to Thea as she did to him. Their lips locked into a kiss. As
Damien leaned his head back, he spoke quietly. "Do you really think
he can save me?" They locked lips again for a short kiss and then
Thea spoke. "I know he can. Zabia will not win. You will be saved."
They smiled gently at each other. "C'mon, we have to give Tommy
his filing,"said Damien. Thea walked with Damien up to the door.
Damien knocked; there was no answer. "Is he even home Thea?" Thea
turned around and saw Tommy's black jeep in the driveway. "His
car is here. He has to be home." Damien tried knocking again and
there was still no answer. "See if the door is unlocked,"said
Thea. Damien turned the doorknob and let the door fly open. "Let me
just drop this off in his room,"said Thea. Damien followed Thea
through the house. "Tommy? Tommy,"called Thea but got no answer.
"Here's his room. Thea placed the box of filing on his bed. "Let
me just write him a quick note,"said Thea as she pulled out a pen
and piece of paper from her pocket. Damien looked around the room in
awe. "Wow! Tommy has some really neat interests. Look at all the
dinosaur artifacts he has,"said Damien. "Alright, finished the
note. Ready to go?"asked Thea. Damien wasn't listening to her; he
was too busy looking at the interesting dinosaur sculpture Tommy had
on his desk. Damien gently stroked the sculpture with his fingers.
"This sculpture is amazing Thea. Look,"said Damien as he fiddled
with the teeth. Damien pressed down on the dinosaur jaw and opened
the door that lead to Tommy's lab. "Damien! What did you do?"Thea
cried. "I didn't mean to do anything,"said Damien.
"Okay,
the gems are restored,"said Haley from the lab. Tommy walked over
to the silver container and opened it up. He found their gems
attached to their silver bracelets. Tommy grabbed the bracelets from
the container and handed everyone their bracelet. "Okay guys, get
ready to morph,"said Haley. Conner, Ethan, Tommy and Trent put
their bracelets on their wrists. Thea walked over to the steps of the
lab and listened in on what they were saying. "Dino Thunder Power
Up!"cried the guys as they morphed into their ranger form. Thea
watched in amazement. She turned her head back to Damien and tried to
say something. "Damien...Their Power Rangers,"said Thea.
She turned her head back around and looked at them. Damien walked
over to where Thea stood and peered over her shoulder. "Okay, I
have found an invisi-portal close by here and am resetting it's
coordinates to lead them directly here,"said Haley. Damien began to
scoot closer to Thea as her feet slipped closer to the edge of the
stairs. Thea lost her balance and fell down the stairs. Thea fell
down both flights of stairs and landed hard in front of Tommy's
feet. "Thea?"said Tommy. Thea stood up in front of the black
ranger. "I'm sorry. I could have sworn that this was Tommy
Oliver's house but I guess I was mistaken,"said Thea. Tommy put
his hand on Thea's shoulder as she was turning around to leave.
"Thea, I am Tommy." Tommy took off his helmet and looked at Thea
with a smile on his face. "Wow!"she said. The other rangers took
their helmets off and revealed their identity to Thea.
"Your...Your all rangers?" Tommy starred at Thea and stroked
the loose hair out of her face. "I know this is a lot to take in
right now but you have to listen to me. Thea, Skyler and Kira have
been captured my Mesogog and-." "Zabia,"said Thea. Tommy looked
at Thea confused. "How do you know about Zabia?"asked Tommy. Thea
signaled for Damien to come down the stairs. Damien stood next to
Thea and smiled. "Will you step back please?"asked Thea. The
rangers all stepped back. Thea looked at Damien and they nodded heads
at each other. They took their necklaces off and held their pendants
in their palms. "Phoenix Rangers, Take Flight!"they cried out in
unison. The other rangers watched in awe as Thea and Damien
transformed into Power Rangers. "Purple Phoenix,"said Thea.
"Silver Phoenix,"cried Damien. "You guys, this is perfect! Now
we have plenty of power to teleport Skyler and Kira back,"said
Haley.
Kira couldn't stop staring at Skyler. "Good bye
Turquoise Phoenix Ranger,"said Mesogog as he flipped a switch and
turned on the laser. Skyler struggled underneath the laser, trying to
fight it's power but it was too strong. "NO!"cried Kira as she
fought her way out of Zabia's grasp. Kira pushed, Zabia to the
floor and ran over to Skyler. Mesogog tried to get Kira away from the
laser. Kira kicked Mesogog out of the way and he knocked the laser
out of sync. The laser shot all around the room, hitting Mesogog,
Zabia and Kira. The laser knocked Mesogog and Zabia unconscious but
punctured a wound in Kira's stomach. Kira fought back her pain and
unhooked Skyler from the table. "Kira, what's going on?"asked
Skyler. "Don't worry, I'll get you out of here,"said Kira.
Blood seeped from her stomach and dripped onto the floor. "Please
Tommy! You have to be able to get us out of this. I know you
can,"thought Kira as tears began to fall down her face. Skyler
tried to focus her vision. "Hold on, my pendant,"she said. Kira
looked down at the unconscious Mesogog on the floor, Skyler's
pendant in his hand. Kira reached down and pulled it from his grasp.
Kira held Skyler up as she tried to prevent her blood from spilling
out of her stomach.
"Alright rangers, concentrate your
energy,"said Tommy. All of the rangers began to focus their energy
on calling upon the invisi-portal. Conner had a red glow around him,
Ethan had a blue, Tommy, had a black, Trent had white, Thea had
purple and Damien had silver. It wasn't long before and
invisi-portal appeared in the center of the room.
Kira tried to
lead Skyler down the hall of Mesogog's lab. They were both bleeding
all over the floor. "Hang on Skyler, I'll get you out of this.
Kira saw the portal beginning to appear in the hallway. "Yes!
Tommy, I knew you could save us,"she thought. Kira limped over
to the portal with Skyler in her arms. Once they pierced through the
portal, they found themselves in Tommy's lab. "Kira!"cried
Tommy as he grabbed her from off the floor. "Skyler!"cried Damien
as he rushed to her side. Both girls continued to bleed all over the
floor. Tommy held Kira in his arms. Kira looked up at Tommy and just
smiled. "I knew you could get us out of this,"she said. Tommy
looked at Kira's blood stained shirt. "Haley, get help! She's
bleeding!"cried Tommy. Kira passed out in Tommy's arms. Damien
held onto Skyler but she couldn't even stand up straight. Her
energy was drained from Mesogog's laser. Skyler fell unconscious
into Damien's arms. Haley rushed out of the room and walked into
the back of the lab. "Quick, bring them in here,"said Haley.
Tommy picked Kira up and brought her into the back. Damien did the
same for Skyler. Haley revealed a new extension to the lab. "I just
put this extension in. It's a hospital wing. Nothing fancy but it
will work for them now until we can get some real help,"said Haley.
The hospital wing didn't have much except two beds. Tommy laid Kira
gently down on one bed and Damien put Skyler down on another. Haley
rushed to Kira's side. "We have to get Kira to stop bleeding.
Tommy reach into that drawer and pull out the towels and bandages."
Tommy did as he was instructed and pulled out a towel and a stack of
bandages. Haley grabbed the towel from his hand and pressed it
against Kira's wound. "Ranger's power down,"said Tommy as he
demorphed. "Power down,"said the other rangers in unison. Haley
tried to lift Kira up. "Help me get her shirt off,"she instructed
Tommy. Tommy held up Kira's right side and Haley held her left.
They gently lifted Kira's shirt off, revealing her white bra. Tommy
gently supported Kira's back as she was laid back down on the bed.
"Hold the towel on her stomach. Make sure you put pressure on it
but not too hard,"instructed Haley. Tommy nodded his head and held
the towel on Kira's stomach. Haley then turned her attention to
Skyler. "I need a damp towel and some bandages,"said Haley.
Conner rushed over to the drawer and pulled out more bandages and a
towel. Conner gave Haley the bandages. He put the towel in the sink
and ran some cold water on it. He handed the towel to Haley and she
rubbed the towel gently on Skyler's shoulders, revealing the claw
marks where Mesogog pierced her skin. "She should be okay. I'm
gonna wrap her shoulders and she should heal slowly." Skyler could
feel the warm touch of Haley's hands on her wounds but didn't cry
out. Her eyes slowly began to open and she focused her attention on
Thea's face looking over her. "Thea, what's going on,"Skyler
asked with a raspy voice. Thea felt tears well up in her eyes. "I
am so sorry this has to happen to you Skyler. I hate to see you like
this. Don't show her your upset Thea. You don't want to scare
her,"she thought to herself. "Skyler...you have had a
bit of an accident but everything is going to be just fine,"said
Thea. Skyler smiled and slowly began to move her head. "Do you
remember anything that happened?"asked Haley as she continued to
wrap Skyler's bruised and wounded arms in the bandages. Skyler
shook her head no and then looked down at her neck. "My pendant.
Where's my pendant?"she asked. Haley finished wrapping her arms
and then pulled out two ice packs. She wrapped the ice onto her arms
hoping the swelling would go down. "Don't worry, we'll find
your pendant,"said Haley as she then turned her attention to Kira.
Tommy had climbed onto Kira's bed and sat behind her, letting her
head rest gently on his chest. Tommy held the towel onto Kira's
stomach and kept trying to get her bleeding to stop. Kira finally
awoke to find herself in Tommy's arms. She could feel his touch
against her arms and snuggled her body close to him. "As long as
Tommy is here beside me, I know I will be fine,"thought Kira.
Tommy began to stroke Kira's hair out of her face and he whispered
to her. "Kira, it's gonna be alright. I promise." Kira lifted
her arm up and pulled Tommy's hand down to her face. She held his
hand in hers and put it close to her heart. Tommy smiled at her and
kissed her head lightly. "I don't know if there is anything we
can do for her Tommy,"whispered Haley. "There has to be! Haley,
we have to try something!"cried Tommy. "I don't know what to do
Tommy,"said Haley. Thea looked down at her pendant and held it
close in her hands. Skyler lifted her arm and could feel the pain
burning but ignored it as she grabbed Thea's hand, pulling it away
from her pendant. "Thea, there is something we could do for Kira.
Use your powers,"said Skyler. Her voice was so raspy, it was barely
above a whisper. "Skyler, I don't think there is enough power for
you and Kira,"said Thea as tears began to slowly escape her
eyelids. Skyler held Thea's hand close to her heart. "I don't
need it. I will be fine but Kira needs your help. She risked her life
for me; she deserves to be saved,"said Skyler. Thea nodded her head
and let Skyler's hands go. Thea walked over to Kira's bed and
removed the blood soaked towel from her stomach. Thea removed her
pendant from her neck and cupped it in her hands. She blew on the
phoenix gently and watched as a purple glow surrounded her hands.
Thea's hands had a purple glow as well as her pendant. Thea gently
pressed her hand onto Kira's wound and held it there for a few
seconds. Kira didn't feel any pain at all but a refreshed feeling
rushing through her body. Thea removed her hand from Kira's wound
but could still see the imprint of her hand glowing purple. Thea
grabbed her pendant and blew on it gently again. The phoenix on her
pendant flew off and gently laid down on the palm of the glowing hand
on Kira's stomach. The glow subsided and the phoenix dissolved into
Kira's flesh along with the glowing imprint, healing Kira's
stomach. All that was left was a small scratch. Kira no longer felt
pain in her stomach but her energy still felt drained. Thea's
pendant and hands stopped glowing as she felt weak and started to
collapse on Kira's bed. Haley and Trent caught Thea by the arms and
held her up. "Your gonna be fine Kira,"said Thea. "Thea, what
just happened?"asked Ethan. Thea finally regained enough strength
to stand up on her own but she still leaned on Trent so she wouldn't
collapse again. "As the Purple Phoenix Ranger, I possess the power
to heal and rejuvenate as well as the power to control lightening.
Damien possesses the powers of shape shifting as well as force fields
and Skyler possesses the power of telekinesis. I used most of my
powers on Kira so that is why I collapsed. I was just weakened. Our
pendants protect us from harm, most of the time so I'll be
okay,"said Thea. Thea put her pendant back around her neck and sat
down on the edge of Kira's bed. "You'll still feel sore for a
little while but you'll be just fine,"said Thea as she rubbed her
hands on Kira's leg. "Well, we'll get out of here so you and
Skyler can rest,"said Haley. Skyler had already drifted off to
sleep with Damien by her side, stroking her hair. Kira lifted her
body up so Tommy could get up out of the bed. Tommy got up and helped
lay Kira down again. He kissed her gently on her forehead and looked
into her beautiful doe eyes. "I'll be back soon. Get some rest."
Kira nodded and drifted slowly off to sleep. Everyone exited the
hospital wing and left Kira and Skyler alone. Tommy lead everyone
upstairs into his house. He looked out the window and noticed how
late it was. "You know, why don't you all crash here for the
night. That way you don't have to go out at night and we can keep a
batter eye what Zabia and Mesogog are doing. I have a guest room and
two sofa beds. There's plenty of room,"said Tommy. "I think
that's great. Damien, we can stay with Skyler and make sure she
will be okay,"said Thea. Damien nodded. "That's fine with me as
long as it's okay with Tommy." "It's no problem. Besides, I
think this will work out for the best anyway. We can keep an eye on
Kira and Skyler and then maybe we can find a way to give our gems
more power,"said Tommy. "I think I know where we can do that.
It's a long shot but it just might work. Tomorrow, we'll go into
the petrified forest and I will show you all how to restore your
powers to their full potential and if we play our cards right, we may
be able to get everlasting
power ,"said Thea.