A/N: So sorry this took so long, guys! I know it's not long according to some others, but it's long for me lol Anyways, I hope you like this chapter. It's fun. And a cliffhanger! w00t!
It seems like people are losing interest in this fanfic. I haven't been getting many reviews latelysigh Oh, well. Even if people don't read it anymore, I'll still finish it, since I have the rest planned out. Please post a review, guys. Even if it's like "Nice chapter, update soon" or something. It means a lot to me to just know that people are still reading this.
And now, without further ado I give you Power Rangers Element Storm Chapter 15. Enjoy!
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Episode 15: The Trienith Rangers Part 1
Rufus awoke, his eyes opening slowly as his hand went automatically to his head, which was aching severely. Looking around, he found that he was in his bed, most likely Erica's doing. The latter was now sitting in a chair next to him, leaning over onto the bed, now sleeping herself. The boy smiled at her and stroked her hair gently for a moment before climbing out of bed, being careful not to wake her.
His thoughts roamed back to the events of yesterday. He had been defeated by the Rangers, which was of course horrible for him. But, that wasn't the strangest thing that had happened the day before. Walking quietly out into the other room, he saw immediately that strange thing that had caused him to pass out yesterday. Four of the Trienith Rangers, their one time enemies on their home planet, stood at attention in the center of the main room as Stephen stood near them, talking. Rufus could not hear exactly what he was saying, but he didn't care. All he cared about was knowing what in the world was going on.
"Feanaro, Cirin, Alassea, Anaia…" He practically breathed out their names as he looked at each of them in turn. Finally, he tore his eyes away from them and looked at his leader. "Stephen, what is…what are…how are they here? How is this possible? I saw you destroy them…"
His words were cut of from a laugh from Stephen. The Trienith Rangers, who were now in more normal positions, laughed as well.
"Destroy them?" The leader of the Chaos Three sounded almost shocked that Rufus had said that, although the younger boy could tell that he was being sarcastic. "No, I could never do that. Destroy such power when it can be used to help us achieve our goals? Never."
"But, that last blast, on Trienith, they were gone after it hit…" Rufus continued, his confusion evident in his voice.
"Yes, they were gone, but not destroyed, by any means." As Stephen said this, he walked over to Rufus, an almost sickening smile on his face as he put his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Come. I will explain everything."
He proceeded to do just that, telling Rufus exactly what he had told the Trienith Rangers themselves yesterday. When he was finished, Rufus just stared at him in shock, hardly believing what he had just heard. Stephen noticed his look of disbelief and he smiled at it.
"Oh, it's all true," he said, sounding very pleased with himself. "I never told you or Erica because I didn't want to get your hopes up about this, but now you know." Walking back over to the four teens, he turned to face Rufus. "I think I'll send down my new Rangers today. They can prove their worth by destroying Adus and the Earth Rangers for us. Ah, yes," he added, looking back at the Trienith Rangers. "Today will be a good day."
The sun shone brightly in the cloudless spring sky, warming the world below it with its powerful rays. In the large, spacious park near the kindergarten, children ran and played in the grass and on the swing sets while parents sat nearby and watched. It was after school for most kids, so the park was rather crowded. This didn't bother Beth and Sean as they strolled side by side along one of the paths that led around the grassy area of the park. They had just dropped Marie off at her afternoon kindergarten, and they decided to go for a walk before heading over to the café to meet their friends. They were silent right now, neither one really knowing what to say.
After a while, Sean stopped suddenly and turned to face Beth, who stopped as well. He looked down into her eyes as he brushed a stray hair out of her face gently. Biting his lip and thinking for a moment, he spoke at last.
"Beth, we've been friends for a long time now, and…there's something I've been meaning to tell you," he began, trying not to show his nervousness in his voice. The girl in front of him looked at him expectantly, her eyes shining with anticipation. "Bethy, I…I…" But, before he had a chance to finish, a large group of Crodus appeared around them. Sean sighed loudly as the two of them jumped into fighting positions. "These guys just have perfect timing, don't they?"
Beth nodded grimly, and the two began to fight. As a Crodu approached her, Beth kicked it away into another near it, turning immediately to punch another one to the side of her. Running towards one, she flipped over it and kicked backwards, sending it flying onto its face. Suddenly, she was grabbed from behind by one of the Crodus, but she bent down and flipped it over her shoulder, punching it in the chest as it landed on its back. Before she had a chance to block it, another Crodu came and kicked her hard in the side, making her fall over in pain.
Sean ran in towards the Crodus surrounding him and did a roundhouse kick to the chest of the nearest one. He elbowed backwards into one he sensed behind him, then he did a back flip over it and pushed it into others before him. While he was doing that, a Crodu came from behind and kicked him in the back, making him fall forwards. Before he could get up, the Crodus began viciously attacking him. After a moment, he sent out a strong blast of wind, making his enemies fly away from him. Taking the opportunity to stand, he decided they needed some help.
Using his morpher as a communication device, he called the Trienith Red Ranger. "Will, Beth and I are being attacked by Crodus at the park. We need your help."
"On our way, Sean." Will's voice sounded blurred and tinny through the morpher, but it was enough to reassure the White Ranger.
Beth had not gotten up yet from when she had been kicked to the ground before, being unable to do so because of the reign of attacks by the surrounding Crodus. Sean noticed this and ran over towards her, causing another strong blast of wind to get rid of the Crodus. He reached down and helped her up gently. The two exchanged an almost shy smile for a moment before looking away.
"Hey, maybe we should morph," Beth suggested, glad that they were far away from the jungle gym where most of the people were. Sean nodded.
"Element, Wind!"
"Element, Earth!"
The now morphed Rangers continued to fight the Crodus until they heard a familiar voice call out their names. Turning to look, they saw Dan Peg, Tiz, and Will running over to them. It was obvious that the Red Ranger had been the one to speak. As they came up, he spoke again.
"Ready, guys?" The others nodded, and they prepared to morph.
"Element, Fire!"
"Element, Water!"
"Element, Thunder!"
"Element, Light Fire!"
As soon as they were morphed, the Rangers moved in on the Crodus, helping their friends fight. Dan went for two Crodus who were currently attacking Beth and he grabbed their shoulders, yanking them back towards him. He kicked backwards at them as they fell over hard. Beth nodded her thanks and the two of them continued to fight.
Will saw that there were still three Crodus on the other side of Beth, looking as if they were about to grab her. Neither the Green or Red Ranger noticed this, it seemed. The Trienith Red Ranger ran quickly over to Beth, flipping over her and onto to the Crodus who were attempting to attack her. As the four bodies collapsed to the ground, Will rolled off of the Crodus and stood up, shooting a blast of Light Fire at them before they had a chance to do the same. As Beth saw what had happened, she called out a thanks to Will, who nodded before continuing to fight.
Not too far away, Peg and Tiz ran over to the large circle of Crodus around Sean, who was trying desperately to fight them off, beginning to feel exhausted from his efforts. In unison, the Blue and Yellow Rangers flipped over the heads of two of the Crodus, landing in the circle next to their friend.
"Are you okay, Sean?" Tiz asked, having to yell over the sounds of battle. The White Ranger nodded.
"Good timing, guys," he said, his smile showing in his voice. The three Rangers moved towards the edges of the circle around them and began to fight away the Crodus forming it. Peg kicked one of the Crodus in the shin, making it trip forwards into her arms. She caught its hands and swung it around, hitting the other nearby Crodus and causing them to them to tumble over like bowling pins.
On the other side of the now diminishing circle, Tiz stood facing the three Crodus who were focusing on him, the smirk on his face hidden by the visor on his helmet. Holding his hands out a few inches in front of him, he sent small bolts of Thunder out from his fingertips, shooting straight towards the Crodus. The electricity jolted through them, making them writhe in pain before at last collapsing to the ground, motionless.
Next to him, Sean decided to use his Element again too. He put his hands out in front of him as the four Crodus that faced him stood staring, prepared to fight. The White Ranger formed a small tornado behind them where they could not see it, then he began slowly drawing it towards them.
"Hey," he said to his enemies, trying to hide the laughter in his voice. "Look out behind you!" After glancing at each other, confused, the Crodus turned around to see the ever growing tornado coming closer and closer to them. Before they had a chance to run, they were swept up in the powerful winds, spinning around with the twister. Sean lifted them high into the air with his tornado, at last dropping them when he figured they were high enough.
As they fell to the ground, they seemed to dissipate in a mist of purple. Looking around, Sean and the other Rangers saw that all the Crodus were disappearing in the same way. Soon, there was no trace of the strange creatures to be seen.
Demorphing, the six Rangers grouped together. Beth was panting a little, still really tired from the long fight. She leaned against Sean, who now stood next to her. Smiling, he put his arm around her almost automatically.
"What do you suppose that was about?" Beth asked, trying to hide her happiness at the position she was now in.
"I don't know," Will answered grimly. "But I have a feeling that that was probably just a prelude to something bigger. The Chaos Three rarely send down just Crodus to attack without having some bigger plan. We need to keep our eyes open."
Dan nodded. "Yes, we do," he agreed. "But, whatever they have planned, I hope they do it soon. I don't like this feeling of foreboding."
Suddenly, as if right on cue because of what Dan said, an explosion went off behind them. Turning to look, the six Rangers saw the last thing they expected to see at that moment. As the dust and fire from the explosion cleared, four familiar people were seen walking towards them slowly, strange, eerie grins on their faces. When they were close enough to be in earshot, Peg was the first to speak.
"Angela? Jorge?" Her voice was full of confusion and uncertainty. Sean spoke next, echoing the inflections in her voice.
"Jud? Kimber?" He looked at his friends curiously, wondering what in the world was going on.
Suddenly, much to the surprise of the six people watching, Jud began to laugh, an evil, dark sounding laugh that seemed to ricochet off of the surrounding trees.
"Those are the names you have known us by," he said, his voice sounding evil and deep, unlike his normal, cheerful voice that Sean knew so well. It sent a chill up the White Ranger's spine. "But they are not our real names," he continued, his eyes falling on Sean as he noticed his reaction. "We are not only the people you know us as. We are also the Trienith Power Rangers."
Hearing this, Will almost collapsed, unable to believe that this was true. At the moment, he could not even speak as he continued to stare unbelievingly at his former team mates.
The next person who spoke was Jorge, who had an evil grin spread across his face. "My real name is Feanaro, and I am the Trienith Blue Ranger." He then turned to Angela, who stood next to him.
"I am Alassea, the Trienith White Ranger," she said, turning to Jud.
"I am Cirin, the Trienith Green Ranger." He turned at last to Kimber, who looked specifically at Will as she spoke.
"And I am Anaia, the Trienith Yellow Ranger."
At last, Will found the strength to say something, his eyes glued on Kimber. "H…how is this possible?" he asked, his voice soft and breathy. "I saw Pyric destroy you on Trienith. All of you…" he added, looking around at his other former team mates.
Jorge was the one who answered. Before he did, though, he let out a hideous laugh. "Ah, this is where we see the genius of Stephen, our master." Will's heart skipped a beat as he heard the last two words, but he said nothing, dying to know how they had survived. Jorge proceeded to explain everything that he had been told the day before by Stephen, emphasizing and reiterating Stephen's "genius" as he called it. The six Rangers across from him could only stare in awe, hardly believing what they were hearing.
After a long silence that seemed like an eternity, Will spoke again, the words coming out slowly and painfully. "So…You've been alive all this time, and here on Earth. You've been living entirely new lives, not knowing anything about your past life on Trienith. And now, Stephen must have you under his control." He paused, looking away for a moment before turning back to the Trienith Rangers. "Guys, don't follow him. He's evil. He's the one who did this to you. It's his fault…"
Suddenly, he was cut off by a stream of electricity hitting him in the chest. Kimber stood directly across from him now, holding her hand out towards him, her fingers still tingling with the aftermath of her attack.
"No, Adus," she said, her voice sounding cold. "It's not Stephen's fault. It's yours. You didn't save us. You didn't protect us from his attack. You were our leader, and you should have stopped him. It's all your fault."
A shudder of guilt flowed through Will's body as he closed his eyes, unable to fight back the tears that were forming. "I know," he said softly, hanging his head. "I tried to stop him, but I couldn't. I…"
"Exactly," Angela said. "You couldn't. You were too weak, and you still are. Now you must suffer for letting this happen to us."
Jud took a step forward. "Ready, guys?"
"Ready!" they answered in unison.
"Element, Light Water!"
"Element, Light Wind!"
"Element, Light Earth!"
"Element, Light Thunder!"
Doing their morphing motion, the four of them morphed into the Trienith Rangers. Grinning from under his helmet and folding his hands across his chest, Jud stepped forward a bit more.
"This is your fault, Will, so now you and your Rangers will pay!" With that, he called out his weapon, daggers similar to Beth's but a bit lighter in color. The Trienith Green Ranger rushed towards his Earth counterpart and slashed her viciously with the daggers. She flew backwards into Sean, knocking him over and landing on top of him. She had twisted around in mid air, so now she was lying on top of him on her stomach, still wincing from the pain. When she realized where she was, she blushed reflexively and stood up quickly, cringing from the pain. Tiz reached down to help Sean up, and then the three of them turned back to the Trienith Rangers.
Will put his hands out towards the four Rangers before him. "Stop," he said in a demanding and firm voice. "Your problem is with me, not them. Leave them out of this!"
Kimber laughed a little. "No can do, Adus," she said, her smirk evident in her voice. "We have orders from Stephen to destroy you: All six of you. And we must obey our leader." Pulling out a sai much like Tiz's, she sent out from the tip a powerful blast of Light Thunder, striking the Yellow Ranger head on. He stumbled back a few steps, surprised by the power of the attack. He hadn't expected Light Thunder to be so powerful against him since Dark Thunder was the opposite.
Shaking off the pain, he grinned at Kimber. "Two can play at this game, girly," he said. "Guys, it looks like we're going to have to fight them," he added, turning to his team mates. "Let's morph." The others nodded grimly.
"Ready?" Dan cried.
"Ready!" the five voices called out together.
"Element, Fire!"
"Element, Water!"
"Element, Wind!"
"Element, Earth!"
"Element, Thunder!"
Will hesitated a moment, unwilling to purposely fight the people who had once been so close to him. Sighing, he knew that he had no choice, and he would have to fight them.
"Element, Light Fire!" The Trienith Red Ranger finished the morphing call, and all six Rangers morphed into their respective colors.
"Might as well call out our weapons, guys," Dan suggested. They others nodded.
"Red Fire Sword!"
"Blue Water Trident!"
"White Wind Bow!"
"Green Earth Daggers!"
"Yellow Thunder Sai!"
"Light Fire Sword!"
The Ranger's weapons appeared in their hands and they got into fighting positions. Will sighed deeply before running in to attack, motioning for the others to follow. He went first for Jud, trying to slash him with his sword. Jud blocked it with his trident and threw Will backwards. The Trienith Red Ranger fell on his back, and Jud took the opportunity to stab at Will's chest with his trident. Sparks flew off of his suit as he was struck repeatedly with the tip of the trident. After a few painful moments, Will was able to kick Jud's shins, causing him to topple over in pain. Getting up quickly, he waited for the Trienith Green Ranger to stand before attacking him again. As soon as Jud was on his feet, Will slashed his sword across his chest, causing sparks to fly from his suit. Then, he pushed forward and made Jud fall over again.
Peg stared painfully at Angela, hardly believing that she now had to fight her adopted sister who she had known her whole life. But there was no choice, she knew. She would have to fight back.
"Angela," she said, her voice mixed with pain and half-sarcasm. "I don't want to fight you, but I guess I have no choice."
Angela snickered in answer. "Let's go, sister." Her voice was evil and sarcastic sounding, and Peg hated the way it sounded compared to the usual cheerful and happy voice of her sister that she knew so well.
The Trienith White Ranger wasted no time loading an energy arrow into her bow and shooting it at Peg. She shot out several arrows at her, causing her to stumble backwards as sparks flew from her body. Gripping her trident strongly in her fist, she swiped it in front of her, blocking Angela's arrows as they flew towards her. Angela stopped, groaning a little in anger at this. Running up to her, she swung her bow towards her, hitting her hard in the chest with the thick white metal. Peg started to fall backwards, but before she really fell, Angela went behind her and hit her in the back, making her fall forwards instead. She fell flat on her face, crying out in pain. Getting up again as quickly as she could, she pointed her trident at Angela, shooting out a blast of Water at her. She dodged it by doing a barrel roll out of the way.
Not too far from them, Sean and Tiz were fighting with Jorge. Dan had gone off to help Will fight Jud. The White and Yellow Ranger didn't mind. They figured they'd have no problems with the Trienith Blue Ranger. They stood on both sides of him, surrounding him in a way. Jorge laughed.
"Two on one, eh?" he said in a sarcastic tone. "No problem." He made a thumbs up sign with his right hand, grinning invisibly under his helmet.
Holding his trident firmly in his hands, he pointed it out in front of him, spinning around quickly. As he spun around, he shot Light Water out of the tip of his trident with strong pressure. The water hit Sean and Tiz hard every time it reached them, hurting them immensely with its strength. This went on for several moments until at last Sean was able to dodge the water by diving forward on his stomach. Tiz saw this and did the same. From his position on the ground, Sean shot an energy arrow at Jorge, causing him to stop spinning and fall over. Tiz took this opportunity to hop to his feet and run over to Jorge with his sai. He tried to jab the tip of the hilt into the chest of the Trienith Blue Ranger, but his enemy rolled out of the way in time and leapt back to his feet. Sean began shooting more energy arrows at Jorge, but he quickly dodged each one as he moved closer to Sean. When he was right in front of him, he brought the top of his trident down on the White Ranger's head, causing him to fall to his knees in pain. While his back was to him, Tiz slashed his sai across it, causing sparks to fly off of him.
Next to them, Beth stood facing Kimber. She held her daggers tightly in her fingers as she nervously prepared herself to fight the Trienith Ranger in front of her. She did nothing yet, waiting for her enemy to attack first. Kimber had no problem with this, and she ran forward quickly with her sai, trying to slash Beth with it. The Green Ranger flipped over her and out of the way, kicking backwards as she landed behind her. Kimber stumbled a few steps but she soon recovered and kicked backwards herself, hitting Beth in the shins and making her almost fall forward. She managed to stay on her feet though, and she turned around and stabbed at Kimber with her daggers in the sides. Kimber clutched the offending areas in pain. She then pointed her sai at Beth and shot out a beam of Light Thunder, causing the electricity to surge through Beth's body as she screamed in pain. It was too much for her, and she collapsed backwards, nearly falling unconscious.
Before anyone had a chance to do anything else, a large flash of purple light filled the area. As the light faded, the menacing form of the Chaos Ranger became visible, walking slowly towards them. When he was close enough to be heard, he let out a deep and evil laugh that echoed throughout the trees in the park.
He scoffed a little, looking at the Rangers who had ceased their battles to stare at him. "Four against six, eh? Not exactly fair, now is it? Allow me to help even up the odds." With that, he ran in to where Will was and prepared to strike him with his lance.
Stephen smirked deviously as he stared out through the telescope at the battle at the park. Erica stood near him, unable to see what was going on, but guessing that it was good based on her leader's reaction. She sighed softly, a smile on her lips. It looked like the Trienith Rangers were actually going to be able to defeat their enemies. If that happened, all their pain and suffering and defeat would soon be over.
She still didn't entirely trust Stephen, especially since he had kept such a huge secret from her and Rufus. She figured he had a reason for it, but still, he should have told them, she thought. Walking away quietly and going back into her room, she decided that it didn't matter. As long as they defeated the Rangers and achieved their goals, nothing else in the world mattered.
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