A/N: Thanks to juzblue and lil Cwick for your kind reviews! Here's chapter 2. Enjoy!

Episode 2: The Jade Crystals part 2

In a seemingly abandoned tower just outside the town, three figures stood in random places in a large, circular room on the top floor. One was glancing through a telescope. He was about 24 years old, and he had short, jet black hair. His face was stern and cruel, and he had a small scar above his right eye. He wore long, crimson colored pants and a black shirt with flames going up the sides and on the short sleeves. His name was Stephen, and he was the eldest of the Chaos Three. He wielded the power of Dark Fire, and was the strongest amongst his companions.

A girl of about 20 stood in another part of the room, far away from Stephen. She had long, flowing blonde hair that was now in a ponytail behind her head. Her face wore an expression of indifference; she looked neither angry nor happy right now, only a bit bored. She wore light blue pants similar to Stephen's, and a black shirt like his with blue bubbles in place of the fire. Her name was Erica, and she was the second oldest of the Chaos Three. She had the power of Dark Water, and although her power was great, she had to admit that she was the weakest in battle.

The last figure was a boy who was also 20. He had short brown hair and a face that was kinder than those of his companions. His pants were dark yellow, and his black shirt had thunderbolts up the sides and on the sleeves. He also wore a necklace with a locket on it, but it was tucked under the collar of his shirt. His name was Rufus, and he was the youngest of the Chaos Three, although only a few months younger than Erica. He had the power of Dark Thunder, and he was also extremely powerful, but he knew that his power could not compare to Stephen's.

The room was silent as Stephen continued to watch through the telescope. At last, Erica felt that she had to break the silence.

"What do you see, Stephen?" she asked, walking over to him. "Has our monster destroyed them yet?" Stephen looked away from the telescope and glared at her.

"No," he said simply, looking back through the telescope. "They destroyed him."

"What!" she cried, pushing him aside and glancing through the telescope herself. Sure enough, she saw, to her horror, that all that was left of the monster was a pile of ash. The teens were nowhere to be seen. "Where did they go?" she asked. Stephen growled at her and pushed his way back to the telescope.

"They went inside," he said. "Will found them." Rufus came over to the other two.

"Did they use their powers to defeat Ubetic?" he asked, using the name they had given to the monster before they sent it to fight. Stephen simply nodded, focusing the telescope so that he could see inside the café, where the five teens were sitting around a table in a dark room, waiting for Will to tell them what was going on. "Great," Rufus said with a sigh. "Now, they'll get their morphers and then we'll have no hope. I knew attacking this planet was a bad idea. We should have just stayed on Trienith…" His voice stopped abruptly as Erica slapped him upside the head.

"And stayed in hiding?" she asked, glaring at him as he rubbed his head. "Or did you forget that we are wanted back home? At least on Earth no one knows who we are, and we're safe for now."

"And, we have a new planet to try and conquer," Stephen added, looking up from the telescope and smirking evilly. "These humans are defenseless, while the people of Trienith were ready for our attack. These teens are new to their powers, and, chances are, we'll still be able to defeat them. They are just kids, after all." He chuckled a little and turned to Erica. "It's time to conjure up another monster, Erica," he said. "Can you come up with something?"

Erica smiled. "Of course I can," she said. "Just give me a few minutes." With that, she strode out of the room and to her bedroom, laying on her bed and trying to think up the strongest monster she could.

The five high school students sat at the rectangular table in the dark room behind the wall in the Overclocked Café. The only light came from an electric lamp in the middle of the table. It did little to pierce the blackness of the room. All one could see were the faces of those sitting around the table. Will stood at one end and looked at the teens. He took a deep breath and cleared his throat before beginning.

"I'm sure you're all wondering what just happened to you out there," he said, his eyes moving from face to face as he spoke. "To explain that, I'll have to go back a bit. There are five main elements in the world: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, and Thunder. These elements keep peace in the world. As long as they are in harmony, equilibrium, the world is safe from their terrible power. But, if something happens to disrupt that harmony, disaster will strike in the world in which this happens.

"To prevent this from happening, the five elements choose at birth people to give their powers to. The person is selected not because of their birth but because of the person they are destined to be. The people who are chosen will have the power and protection of the elements their whole lives. They grow up and live normally, not even knowing they were chosen, until they are needed, until something happens to disturb equilibrium. Then, the elements grant the people they chose the ability to control them in limited ways, enough to stop whatever is causing the disharmony and to repair equilibrium.

"For centuries, there has been no major disturbance of the elements. No one has known who was chosen, because the chosen people were not needed. Until now. The Chaos Three have come to earth." Will paused, waiting for someone to ask who the Chaos Three were. He did not have to wait long.

"Who are the Chaos Three?" Tiz asked. Will couldn't help but smile a little before continuing.

"The Chaos Three come from the planet Trienith. They have the powers of the Dark Elements, evil versions of the good elements that protect all planets. Although there are five good elements, there are only three Dark Elements: Fire, Water, and Thunder. In the Chaos Three, there's Stephen, the oldest and most powerful, who has the power of Dark Fire, Erica, the second oldest and least powerful, who has the power of Dark Water, and Rufus, the youngest and second most powerful, who has the power of Dark Thunder.

These three tried to conquer their own planet, but they failed, and they had to live in harmony for many years. Now, they have come to earth to try and take over it, by using their Dark Elements to destroy the good ones. If they do that, the equilibrium between the elements will be broken, and the world will be under the power of the Dark Elements, and therefore under the power of the Chaos Three. When they sent that monster down, the elements knew that it was time to come forth, and to bring out the powers inside of their chosen people. Those people that they chose are you five."

Silence filled the room as Will said this. The teens looked at each other, confused. They couldn't believe what they were hearing. For what seemed like hours, but was really only a few minutes, no one spoke. At last, Dan felt he had to say something.

"But, why us?" he asked. "Of all the people in the world, why did the elements choose us?"

"As I said, the elements choose people based on who they are destined to become. Dan," Will said, looking at him, "because of your fiery personality and your strong leadership skills, you were chosen by the Element of Fire. Peg, because of your intense, independent personality, you were chosen by the Element of Water. Tiz, because of your strong, solemn personality, you were chosen by the Element of Thunder. Beth, because of your kind, gentle personality, you were chosen by the Element of Earth. Sean, because of your brave, powerful personality, you were chosen by the Element of Wind." Will looked at each of them as he told them their elements. They didn't know how he knew all their names, but they decided not to question it.

"So, now what?" Peg asked after a pause. "We can't just keep attacking them the way we did today, can we?"

"Yeah," Dan said. "That battle took a lot out of us."

"That's because the powers given to you by the elements are limited," Will said. "You can use them all the time, but you can only do big attacks like the ones you did today if you focus all your energy on it. That's why you felt so exhausted after the battle. After those attacks, you won't be able to use your powers again for a while, at least not in such a powerful way."

"Wait," Tiz said. "What if they attack again before we can recharge, or whatever? We won't be able to do anything, will we?" Will smiled and pulled something from under the table. It was a medium sized, metal box. He opened it to reveal five, multicolored wristwatches.

"That's what these are for," he said, as the others looked into the box.

"What are those?" Beth asked.

"These are your Power Ranger morphers," Will said.

"Power Rangers?" Sean asked, confused. "We're Power Rangers now?"

"Yes," Will replied. "If you will accept it. These morphers draw their power from your elements, and they will only work for you. You are earth's only hope now. Will you accept these morphers and the chance to save the world?" He gave each of them a serious look in turn, and the room was quiet as they thought over everything they had heard that day. At last, Dan reached forward and grabbed the Red wristwatch, strapping it on his left wrist.

"I'm in," he said simply. The others looked at him for a second before following his example. Peg took the Blue morpher, Tiz took the Yellow one, Beth took the Green one, and Sean took the White one. When they had all strapped on their morphers, they looked at Will expectantly.

"Now what?" Sean asked.

"Now, we wait for them to attack again. I have a feeling that we won't be waiting long."

"I've got it!" Erica came out of her room, smiling proudly. She walked up to Stephen. "I have the perfect idea for a monster." Rufus came over to where they were standing.

"So, let's create this thing, shall we?" he said, grinning. Stephen just nodded, and the three got into a circle, putting their hands up within inches of each other. They closed their eyes and focused, Erica focusing the hardest. It wasn't long before something started to happen. A figure appeared in the middle of the circle, fading in from seemingly nowhere. Each of the Chaos Three began to glow Red, Blue, and Yellow respectively. The light from each of them swirled around the figure that was appearing before them. It quickly came entirely into being. It was all black and it had strange markings all around it. A large, gold sword appeared in its hand. The Chaos Three put their hands at their sides, going back to normal positions. Stephen looked the new monster up and down.

"It looks strong, Erica," he said, smiling approvingly. "You have done well. He should be able to defeat them, especially since they've just used up all of their power. Send him to Earth," he added, turning to Rufus. He walked over to the telescope and gazed inside it. Rufus nodded, and looked at the creature.

"Your name shall be Kirax," he said, smiling. With that, the monster teleported away, landing right in front of the café. Suddenly, Stephen cried out in anger.

"No!" he yelled. "Will has given them their morphers!"

"What!" Erica cried. "How is that possible?" Stephen didn't answer. He continued looking through the telescope angrily. "Now what hope do we have?" Erica sighed.

"There is still hope," Rufus said, sounding as if he meant it. "Kirax still has a chance to beat them." Erica turned and looked at him silently for a moment. She sighed again.

"I hope you're right."

The five teens rushed outside, Will following behind them. He had just finished telling them everything they needed to know about being Power Rangers when they heard an explosion outside. Sure enough, there was Kirax, slashing at cars with his sword. When he saw the teens, he turned to them and grinned. Dan stepped forward, a defiant look on his face. Looking back at his friends, he smiled.

"Let's do this, guys!" he cried. "Element, Fire!"

"Element, Water!"

"Element, Wind!"

"Element, Earth!"

"Element, Thunder!"

Each of the new Rangers called out their respective elements. With that, five Power Rangers stood in place of the teenagers who had been standing there before. Each one had a suit that was their color, and they had on their chests a symbol showing their element. They wasted no time, and they rushed in and started fighting with Kirax.

Somehow, each of them found that they could suddenly use karate in ways they never knew they could before. They figured it must be the power of the elements that gave them that ability, so they didn't question it and they continued to fight with the monster. He was strong, though, and his sword was a great advantage for him. Will saw this, and he knew that the Rangers needed help.

"Call on your weapons!" he cried. They nodded at him.

"Red Fire Sword!"

"Blue Water Trident!"

"White Wind Bow!"

"Green Earth Daggers!"

"Yellow Thunder Sai!"

With that, the weapon they called out appeared in their hands. They stared at their weapons in awe.

"These are so cool!" Beth said, grinning from under her helmet. She rushed forward and attacked the monster with her daggers. Sean began shooting arrows at Kirax, causing sparks to fly off of him. Peg stabbed the creature with her trident, and Tiz attacked with his sai. Although their weapons were very helpful, none of them were a match for Kirax's sword.

"Let me try, guys!" Dan said, facing Kirax. The others just nodded to him and backed away. Dan walked up to Kirax and began fighting him with his Fire Sword. After a while, Dan threw Kirax's sword from him. Kirax stepped back, scared. Without his sword, he was powerless, he knew. Dan looked around at his teammates.

"Let's put them together, guys," he said. They nodded. Dan held his sword out straight in front of him. Peg put her trident on top of it, the sharp end facing forwards. Sean then put his bow sideways towards the top of the trident. Beth put her daggers on the undersides of the bow, the blade facing backwards. To top it off, Tiz placed his sai on the top of the bow. Dan held the weapon by the hilt of his sword, and the others stood beside him.

"Ready, aim, fire!" they called, all at the same time. A large blast of energy shot out of the sword and from the daggers and hit Kirax right in the chest. The monster collapsed immediately and exploded, leaving no trace of it ever having been there. The Rangers cheered over their second victory of the day.

Stephen growled over their second defeat of the day. He couldn't believe that the new Rangers had destroyed two monster of his so quickly. It wouldn't happen again, though, he decided. Next time, the Rangers wouldn't stand a chance. He would make sure of that. Stephen brushed past Erica, who was standing near him, and he stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him.