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CHAPTER SIX: REVELATIONS
"Back up, Dave. You're saying that its your DAD doing all this?" Derak said in disbelief. After all, Dave's dad had been the one who gave Dave the stone in the first place. "Yeah. Only he knows that I'm Irish." Dave said as he stood facing the window. "Okay, look, tommorow Kira is coming here. Meet her at her house and drive her here, then go deal with your father." Ian said. Dave nodded; he was sick of always having to re-emerge from dimensional limbo to fix something his dad was doing.
At Kira's house, she was currently trying to remember who had drawn the picture. She had taken the note to Hayley for handwriting analysis, and had drawn a blank. There was a knock on her door, and in walked Conner. "You still trying to figure out who drew that?" he asked sympathectically. She nodded and continued to stare. Then something odd happened: something appeared in the back round, like it had always been there. She blinked, and so did the drawing. "Kira? You okay?" Conner asked, seeing the look on her face. Kira looked at him, and nodded. Her audition was tommorow.
In a darkened room, a man sat on a throne over looking a pool of water that showed what his target was doing at the moment. She was still staring at that stupid drawing his son had done of her three years ago. She was hopeless. For some damned reason, his son Dave always had an affinity with the yellow ranger. That was about to change. "Scorpina, are you ready?" he asked hoarsely. The yellow armored female warrior nodded and began sharpening her sword. Her loyalty to him was unwavering, after he had freed her from that damned prison she had been locked in after her rock was destroyed. If his lan was a success, then the power rangers would never exist. All they had to do was destroy a ranger from each generation...
The next morning, Kira woke and got dressed for her audition. As she walked down the driveway, a pitch black Infernus opulled up. The door opened, and out stepped Dave. "Are you ready?" he asked. She nodded and got in the passenger's seat. With a squeal of the tires, he tore off down the street, breaking as many traffic laws as he pleased. Taking a glance in the rear view mirror, he swore when he saw the flashing lights. Kira looked over at him, and began to remeber something like this, except their hands were glued together or something. "Have we met before?" sje asked suddenly. "Possibly." came her reply. Then it hit her. "Dave?" she breathed. He smiled; she remembered him. "Yeah. Now, go do your audition." he said as he pulled up in front of the building. "Where are you going?" she asked. "I have a family matter to attend to." he said as he pulled out.
Back in his father's fortress, the man in question was training with the sword of darkness, the blade Rita had given Tommy while he was the evil green ranger. Taking down yet another target, he stopped breifly to catch his breath and wipe the sweat from his face. If he was right, Dave would be here soon, and try to defeat him. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a pale blue Dreagon Gem. True, he had given Dave the Black Shadow Dreagon stone, but he had only done it because he had found a more powerful one. Well, that wretch of a son of his would soon find out how weak he really was.
Kira had just finished singing her signature song, "Freak You Out", and was enjoying the appluase she was recieveing. The lights went out suddenly, and their was a cliche evil villian laugh as they came back on. There stood scorpina, her blade across Kira's throat. As she was about to kill her, a yellow bolt of energy knocked the blade away. Looking toward the door, they all saw the last person they expected standing there: it was Ashlee. And she was pissed. "Let her go, insect woman." she snarled as she charged up another bolt to be fired. Scorpina charged at her, Kira forgotten. She was met by a savage onsluaght of praying mantis style punches and kicks as Ashlee released all the rage she had bottled up over the years, from dying in that car crash, to Gruum trying to make her his slave. Pulling out her gem, she did the dino thunder hand motins while shouting "Sun Storm Dragon, Power UP!" there stood the yellow ranger that Kira had become breifly, wielding the wild force yellow ranger's sword. She and Scorpina began exchanging blows again. Ian grabbed Kira's wrist and pulled her toward the door while yelling "Come on!" Kira broke free and morphed, and joined Ashlee in the battle against Scorpina.
The wall suddenly caved in, and in stepped Goldar and Rito. Ian and Derak morphed as well, and began going sword to sword with the pair. When it became apparent that the three evils were no match for the rangers, they used the oldest trick in the book: call for reinforcements. As putties, tyrannodrones and tengas poured into the room, Ian's pyschic vision gave him a startling peak at the future. Before he could think of what it meant, he was tackled by a group of tengas. A wave of white light blasted them to pieces, allowing Ian to get up. "You look like you could use some help, bro." a familiar voice said. In front of him stood Justin, Anthony, Dr. Oliver, Conner, Trent, and Ethan, all morphed and ready for combat. Ian grinned under his helmet, and nodded. Now they actually stood a chance.
Dave pulled up in front of a seemingly abandoned building, and felt the presence of his father deep inside. He didn't want to do this, but he had no choice. If he didn't, who would? Besides, if he let this continue, then odds were, eventually he would succeed, and he couldn't have that. Dave pulled out his Dreagon gem, and sighed. This used to be his father's, so he would know it's every weakness. "Going somewhere?" a voice sneered from the shadows. "Get out of my way, Ecliptor. I'm not in the mood for your bullshit." he said quietly, drawing his sword, and placing the Dreagon Gem on the hilt. The result? Him morphing, and the blade of his sword being made entirely of lightning. Ecliptor looked amused, then lunged forward, slashing his sword. Dave dodged and dealt a powerful kick to Ecliptor's side, sending Astronema's general staggering backwards a few feet as the electricity on the blade of Dave's sword disappated, to reveal his version of the Shadow Sabre. Out of desperation, Ecliptor threw a smoke ball onto the ground, rendering the area completely black. Dave closed his eyes, letting the silent hiss of the shadows around him be his eyes. There was a flash of movement to his right, but he remained motionless, knowing Ecliptor would attack soon. There! Dave stepped aside, and stabbed. The blade impaled Ecliptor, killing him instantly. There was a clapping sound from the doorway. Dave turned to see Darkonda standing there, with his sword drawn. Dae growled. Just how many of their old enemies had his fool of a father revived? With a sigh, he fell into his stance and prepared for another battle.
Back at the recording studio, Zeltrax had joined the battle, along with the evil Trent clone. Anthony had resumed his role as the leader, and along with Tommy, was calling the shots and laying waste to his opponents. Justin gutted another puttie, and flung the body onto the floor with the others. He looked around, and found the only things left alive were the leaders. "You haven't seen the end of us, rangers!" Scorpina yelled as they teleported away. Anthony turned to leave, when he heard Derak, "Thank you. I won't tell Dave." he said quietly. Anthony nodded as he, Justin, and Ashlee began to shimmer and then vanish. He had discovered a long time ago that his two superior rangers were like Ashlee, a physical projection of their former selves. Ian had found out the next day, and the two had promised not to tell Dave. For some reason, the black ranger was really sensitive about this sort of thing.
Back at the dark fortress, Dave stood over a beaten and bloodied Darkonda, preparing to deal the final blow. As the blade swung down through the air, he heard a voice, which stopped him cold. "Mom?" he whispered, instead kicking the downed alien with enough force to shatter a storm window. Stepping over the dying creature, he picked up Darkonda's sword, and threw it straight at his car. The result? a massive explosion that looked like it would've killed him. He could feel his power over the Grand Arcanum returning, but with none of its previous corruption. Walking forward, he failed to notice the tracking device Darkonda had placed on him during their fight.
In the throne room, his father sat upon the throne with the group of his generals standing before him, minus the two Dave had just sluaghtered. To say he was angry was an understatement. He wordlessly raised his right hand, and fired a blast of lightning at the group of generals, incinerating them. It was of little consequence; soon he would be going farther back, this time to the start of it all: when Rita Repulsa had just been unsealed. And then, he would destroy the dragon rangers, and the power rangers. All was ready. He stepped out of the shadows, revealing his face to be one that most would never suspect.
Who is Dave's father? Why did he start doing this? It's all here next time!
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