A/N: Man, I took forever with this episode. So sorry, guys. What with break and all and being all busy and stuff, I totally lost my inspiration for a little while. Hopefully I'll be able to write the next ep faster. This one is also a bit shorter than most chapters, but it's still good, and I hope it's worth the wait!

And now, without further ado, I give you chapter 16 of Power Rangers Element Storm. Enjoy!

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Episode 16: The Trienith Rangers part 2

Will put up his sword and blocked the attack from Rufus. Their weapons made a loud clanging noise as they clashed together, each Ranger forcing their weapon at the other with all their strength. At last, Will pushed Rufus away with his sword, making the Chaos Ranger stumble backwards a few steps. He quickly recovered and swung a powerful blow at Will's chest with his lance. The Trienith Red Ranger was unable to block it and it connected with his side hard, sending him flying off to the right, the breath knocked out of him.

Meanwhile, Jud had focused his efforts on Dan, who had come up to help Will. Before he could do anything, though, Sean ran up to him and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Dan, you go help Tiz," he said, sounding a bit breathless. "I'll take care of Jud." The Red Ranger just nodded and ran off to where Jorge and Tiz were fighting still. Sean watched him go, then he turned back to his friend. "Jud, I really wish I didn't have to fight you. You're my best friend." He clenched his fingers tightly around his bow as he waited for Jud's response.

"Correction, Sean," the Trienith Green Ranger said. "I was your best friend. Now, I have returned to the person I'm supposed to be: Cirin of Trienith. In this form, I would never have met you. Now I'm the way I was meant to be, not some pathetic Earthling."

"How you were meant to be, Jud?" Sean asked, his voice thick with pain and slight anger. "No, this is not how you were meant to be. You were never meant to be evil. You were good on Trienith, fighting against the ones you are working for now."

Jud hesitated for a moment, thinking, not really knowing what to say. At last, he spoke. "Stephen is my master now, and you will not question it again!" With that, he rushed forward with his daggers, zigzag slashing them against Sean's chest. Sparks flew from the area that was hit as Sean flew back in pain. He struggled to his feet, wishing to be anywhere but here at that moment. Aiming his bow at Jud, he quickly shot a rain of energy arrows at him, each one hitting him at different arrows and causing sparks to fly from his suit. Jud flew backwards into one of the trees surrounding the park. He then fell forward on his stomach and lay motionless. Sean stared at him for a moment, wondering if he had really defeated him. He stepped towards him cautiously, lowering his bow. When he was only a few feet away from him, he stopped, about to speak. Suddenly, Jud leapt to his feet quickly and caused a large chunk of earth to come up and he threw it at Sean. The White Ranger tried to blow it away with a strong gust of wind, but his former friend was too strong for him, and the earth hit him hard. He collapsed to the ground and demorphed, now unconscious.

Beth was not far away from them, still fighting with Kimber. She held her daggers tightly in her fingers as she waited for her enemy to strike. She did not have to wait long as Kimber rushed forward and slashed her with her sai before she could dodge or block. She stumbled back a bit but she soon recovered and swiped her daggers at Kimber. The Trienith Yellow Ranger dodged the attack easily, jumping to the side. She then shot a beam of Light Thunder at Beth, but she was able to roll out of the way and dodge it. Rolling back to her feet, the White Ranger jumped in the air and flipped over Kimber. Landing on the other side of her, she kicked backwards at her before she had a chance to do anything. This did not have much effect as Kimber recovered quickly and turned to face her. But, she saw that Beth was not looking at her. She had just seen Sean lying demorphed and unconscious near Jud, who was standing over him. Calling out her friend's name loudly, she ran over towards him, forgetting for a moment about her own battle. She got to him quickly and knelt beside him, not caring about anything else that was going on. Suddenly, she felt an amazingly strong surge of electricity jolt through her body, and she demorphed as well, falling unconscious onto Sean's chest.

Tiz and Dan did not notice this as they stood on either side of Jorge, who was holding his trident and looking at each of them in turn. Grinning from under his helmet, he aimed his weapon at Dan first, shooting out a blast of Light Water at him. Although the Red Ranger tried to avoid them, he was unable to and they hit him hard. Tiz tried to take advantage of this distraction by moving in with his sai, but before he could get close to him, Jorge whipped around and shot water at him as well, sending him flying backwards a few feet. Both Earth Rangers recovered quickly as they stood up again. They looked around their enemy at each other and nodded. Then, they ran towards him swiftly. Jorge couldn't stop both of them at the same time, so he chose Dan, attempting to shove him away with his trident. But, Dan blocked it with his sword and pushed hard into him, sending him closer to Tiz, who slashed at his side with his sai. Sparks flew as Jorge cried out in pain, falling to his knees. Before the others had a chance to do anything, he stood slowly and dropped his trident, putting his hands up towards his sides, palms facing the Rangers. Strong bursts of Light Water shot out of them, throwing his enemies to the side hard. Dan, who was weaker against water, simply fell to the ground and demorphed. Tiz flew straight into a tree and he screamed in pain as he connected with it. Then, he too fell down and demorphed, unconscious like his friends.

Peg was not far away from them, still fighting with Angela. The two were close to each other now, fighting with their weapons. Angela was using her bow to hit and block rather than shooting arrows with it. Thrusting it at Peg's trident, she forced the edge of it in between to of the spikes on the trident. She then twisted it sideways, causing Peg to let go of the trident and it to fly in the air behind her. The Blue Ranger was about to go get it when Angela began shooting arrows at her, causing her to cry out in pain and stumble forwards. The Trienith White Ranger moved closer to her, intending to hit her in the back with her bow, but, before she could do anything, Peg rolled over on her back and sent a strong blast of Water at her adopted sister, causing her to fly up in the air and backwards a few steps. Peg jumped quickly to her feet and grabbed her trident again. Although Angela landed on her feet, she was still quite weakened. The Blue Ranger ran straight up to her, setting the tip of her trident on her chest. Hesitating sadly a moment, she shot a powerful burst of Water out through her trident, sending Angela flying back into a tree. She then fell forward and demorphed.

Will was not faring so well against Rufus. He shot blast after blast of Light Fire at him, missing every time as the Chaos Ranger dodged his attacks. He finally decided to give this up and he was about to attack him with his sword when he suddenly paused, looking around the park. He saw that all of his Rangers besides Peg were lying on the ground, demorphed and unconscious. Crying out in alarm, he ran over to Dan, who was closest to him. He called his name loudly, shaking him gently and trying to rouse him. His efforts had no effect, though, and he stood up again and turned back to Rufus.

"Oscuro, you have won for today," he said. "But I promise you it will be different next time."

The Chaos Ranger demorphed and grinned at his enemy. "You're right about one thing, Adus," he agreed. "We have won today. But next time will be no different. We will destroy you and your pathetic team." As he spoke, the Trienith Rangers walked over to him, each demorphed as well. Jorge was holding an unconscious Angela in his arms, looking at her, obviously concerned. Rufus looked around at the Rangers standing near him. "Let's go, Cirin, Feanaro, Alassea, Anaia." As he said their names, the five of them teleported away, each glowing their respective colors.

Will sighed deeply, turning to Peg, who was now kneeling beside the unconscious form of Dan, soft tears shining in her eyes. She looked up at the Trienith Red Ranger sadly.

"I guess we'll have to get them home somehow," she said, letting her eyes shift to the bodies of each of her friends. Will nodded, gently lifting Dan into his strong arms.

"My car is still waiting in the parking lot not too far away," he said. "We'll take them back to the café to recover." Peg said nothing in response as she walked over to Beth and picked her up. Strangely, her friend was surprisingly light, and she carried her after Will to his car.

A wide grin was spread across Stephen's face as Rufus and the Trienith Rangers appeared in the tower. He walked over to Jud and put a hand on his shoulder, nodding to him.

"You did an excellent job today," he said. "Next time, you will destroy them, and our plan will be complete. We'll take over this pathetic planet once and for all." Looking around the room, his eyes fell on Jorge, who was still holding Angela in his arms. He sighed. "Go and rest now. Tomorrow, we will take care of them."

"Yes, Pyric," Jud replied with a smile. "We will destroy them tomorrow."

He motioned for the others to follow him and they went downstairs to the second to the top floor. There were extra rooms there where they were staying. Jorge took Angela to her room and gently laid her on her bed. Brushing a stray hair out of her face, he leaned down and kissed her. Then, he left the room and closed the door quietly behind him.

About an hour later, the Rangers were sitting around their special table, Will and Del sitting on chairs on the far side of it. Will had closed the café for the rest of the day, deciding that after a loss like that he couldn't bear to work. Dan, Peg, and Tiz were sitting on one side, the Red and Blue Rangers holding hands under the table. On the other side, Beth was leaning her head on Sean's shoulder. He had an arm around her and he was stroking her hair gently. Even though they had lost miserably today, Beth was perfectly content at this moment. All was silent for a moment, until Peg spoke at last.

"I can't believe we lost today," she commented softly, sighing.

"I know," Dan agreed, looking at Will. "Your team was so strong…"

Will laughed grimly. "They aren't my team anymore," he replied. "Eighteen years ago on Trienith they were my team. Now they're just Rangers fighting for the wrong side." He sighed and looked away. "Something is wrong," he whispered, sounding as if he was talking more to himself than the others. "Stephen must have them under some kind of control, or they wouldn't be doing this."

Ignoring this comment, Del smiled the most encouraging smile he could muster. "Don't worry, guys," he said, his voice kind and reassuring. "You'll get them next time."

"I hope you're right, Del," Tiz said, biting his lower lip. "We won't be able to take many more beatings like that."

"Yeah," Beth agreed. "We were lucky this time. They left after they beat us. Next time they might not leave until they…" she cringed a little, not wanting to say the word, "d-destroy us."

Sean gently tightened his grip around her. "I won't let them destroy you, Bethy," he said, smiling down at her. She smiled at him as well, but she couldn't help still being a little bit afraid.

Dan looked over at the Trienith Red Ranger again. The latter was staring off into space, obviously deep in thought. "So, what do we do now, Will?" he asked. There was no response. Dan raised his eyebrows. "Will?" Still nothing. Rolling his eyes, Dan waved a hand in front of Will's face. "Hey, I'm talking to you!" He laughed a little as Will jumped out of his trance-like state and looked at him.

"Huh? What did you say? Sorry, I was kind of in my own little world." He forced a small smile.

"What do we do now?" Dan repeated his question, trying not to sound annoyed at his mentor.

Will sighed. "Well, I guess some training wouldn't hurt us," he said. "Perhaps if we worked to hone our powers a bit, we could do better against them next time."

The others nodded. Peg smiled grimly.

"So, when do we start?"

The Trienith Rangers were currently in Jud's room, Kimber and Angela sitting on the bed while the boys stood. Jorge was standing next to Angela, who was on the edge of the bed leaning against his legs as he gently stroked her hair. She was still exhausted from being defeated by Peg, but she was better off now that she had had some rest.

At this moment, the room was silent. Each of them seemed to be lost in their own thoughts, unwilling to share them with the others. At last, Jud spoke up, moving his eyes from the ground to the faces of his team mates and folding his arms across his chest.

"We sure kicked butt today," he said, grinning widely.

Kimber smiled, glancing up at him. "Yes, we did." Her voice was cheerful. "That Green Ranger was so easy to beat! We'll destroy them in no time."

Jorge laughed. "I was able to win my battle, and I was fighting two of them at once. Adus sure has a pathetic team."

"Yep," Jud agreed. "And he himself was easy when I was fighting him. He's really lost his touch in his old age." The others laughed with him at this, even though they knew that Will was not all that old, being only 36.

Angela was the only one who did not react to any of this. She remained silent, her eyes closed, leaning contentedly against her boyfriend. Her mind was not in the room. It was elsewhere, wandering back to memories that now seemed so distant. Surprisingly, they were not memories of Trienith, as were now filling the minds of her team mates. She was thinking of her life on Earth and all the fond memories with her adopted sister. Peggy had always been so close to her, and the girls had gotten along so well. It hurt to have to fight with her, but for some reason, she had to obey Stephen's orders. Of course, it was mind control, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Dan and Tiz stood in one section of the café facing each other. It was Will's idea that they each pick a partner to spar against, and, not surprisingly, the Red and Yellow Rangers opted to fight each other. In the center of the large room, Beth and Peg were preparing to spar, and on the other side, Will and Sean were going to go at it. Del was sitting on a stool behind the counter, watching the matches from a safe distance.

Tiz grinned at Dan. "This is going to be fun."

With that, the Rangers morphed.

"Element, Fire!"

"Element, Water!"

"Element, Wind!"

"Element, Earth!"

"Element, Thunder!"

"Element, Light Fire!"

Immediately after morphing, Tiz called out his weapon and charged at Dan, slashing him quickly across the stomach. Now behind him, he slashed across his back too, then he pushed his sai into his back, making him stumble forward. The Red Ranger recovered after a moment and called his sword as Tiz was trying to strike again. He blocked the attack with the blade of his sword and pushed Tiz back. The Yellow Ranger stumbled back a little bit, but he quickly recovered and pointed his sai at Dan, shooting a beam of Thunder at him. Dan dove out of the way and shot Fire at him with his sword. Tiz blocked it with his weapon and ran towards his adversary. He acted like he was going to hit him with his sai, and Dan prepared to block it. But, when he got near him, Tiz jumped up and kicked him in the chest as well, doing a back flip off of him. Dan fell over onto his back his sword flying away from his hand. He began to laugh suddenly, unhooking his helmet and taking it off. He smiled at his friend, who now towered above him.

"Great battle, man," he said as Tiz helped him stand.

"Yeah, that was pretty good," Tiz agreed. "You got your butt whooped though!" He laughed as he took off his helmet as well. The two of them went over to the counter and sat on two of the stool, watching the other battles that were going on.

To their right, Will and Sean were still fighting. Sean was shooting a rain of arrows at his sparring partner, and Will was unable to dodge them. After a while of this, he allowed himself to fall onto his back, causing Sean to miss him. He leaned his head up and pointed his sword at Sean, shooting a ball of Light Fire out of it directly at his bow, causing him to drop it. The White Ranger picked up his weapon again quickly and ran towards Will, hitting him across the chest with it while he was trying to get up. This knocked him back down of course. To be fair, as this was only a sparring match, Sean helped Will up and the two continued to fight. Sean used his bow as a sword and he blocked the attacks from Will's sword. Suddenly, the Trienith Red Ranger pushed at Sean's weapon hard, sending him flying back a few feet and causing him to drop the bow. Now weaponless, the White Ranger had a better idea. Waving his hands in the air, he created a powerful but small tornado in front of him. Then, he sent it flying towards his opponent, who got caught up in its powerful winds. Sean held him there for a few moments before releasing him. Will fell to the ground and demorphed. He got up soon afterwards, laughing.

"Very nice, Sean," he said, smiling. "You have gained much more control over your powers than the first time you used them." Sean just nodded at him and the two Rangers went over to the counter and sat next to their team mates.

Directly in front of them, Beth and Peg were in the midst of their battle. Peg was swiping at Beth mercilessly with her Trident. The Green Ranger was able to avoid some of the attacks and block others, but most of the blows hit her regardless of her attempts. At last, Beth leapt into the air, flipping over Peg and landing behind her. Before she had a chance to turn around, Beth jabbed her daggers into her, then she sliced them diagonally across her back. Peg stumbled forward a bit, but she quickly caught her footing and spun around to face her opponent, who was now standing fairly close to her. She quickly put her hand against Beth's stomach and shot out a powerful stream of water, causing Beth to fly backwards into the counter, hitting between Dan and Tiz. She landed on a stool, but she lost her balance and fell forward onto her face, demorphing.

Taking off her helmet, Peg rushed over to see if she was alright. Sean, who had now demorphed, jumped off his stool and kneeled by Beth, taking her into his arms and calling her name loudly. She laid there motionless for a moment before slowly opening her eyes. She smiled weakly at Sean and then up at Peg.

"Man, you're strong," she said in her usual cheerful voice. "I'm just glad I'm on your side." She laughed, and the others laughed with her.

Rufus sat in his room on his bed, staring off into space. This was all too weird. The very people he used to fight and hate were now on his side. It seemed too much to handle. He leaned forward a bit, placing his head in his hands and letting his mind wander. A few minutes later (even though it felt like hours), Erica came into his room and sat next to him, looking at him with concern in her eyes.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked, her voice soft and gentle, so unlike her normal demeanor. "Shouldn't you be happy? I mean, you guys were awesome today."

Rufus let out a soft sigh and looked up at her, smiling a bit. "I am happy about that," he said, putting his arm around her and holding her close as their eyes still met. "But, it's just so weird. We used to hate the Trienith Rangers. They were our enemies, and the only thing stopping us from fulfilling our plan and bringing disharmony to the Elements on our planet. But now, I'm supposed to fight with them? It just seems so wrong. And I know Stephen has them under some kind of mind control, but I can't help but have this sinking feeling that, somehow, they're going to betray us and go back to Will. Then where would we be?" He paused for a moment and stroked her hair gently, sighing again. "Don't worry, Erica," he continued. "If they do betray us, I promise I won't let them hurt you."

She smiled and snuggled deeper into his embrace, knowing that what he said was true.

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A/N: Haha The Trienith Rangers kick ultimate booty! I hope you liked it! Leave a review!