Welcome to the Neighborhood
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers, or anything familiar...
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They were about to reach him. To consume him. He could hear his parent's screaming for him to get out. He could hear the small Z crying in the basement. There was chaos. Bridge waved his hand in front of him, desperately trying to ward the flames away.
Something else happened. The green aura like thing appeared. And he realized two things. One he forgot to put his glove back onto his hand and he had just 'read' the 'fire's aura'. Two the fire wasn't real.
The fire was real. But the fire wasn't real. It was real to him because it was suppose to be. There was actually nothing there. It was all the monster's doing. He, it whatever, was making them relieve all their worst fears.
But there was nothing to be afraid of. It was all fake.
The fires faded. He had to tell the others not to be afraid. Bridge closed his eyes, trying to tell his friends. He didn't see himself glowing green.
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"Help!" Z cried, pounding on the white walls. "Help!" The air got thicker. It was harder to breathe. She started coughing uncontrollably. "Help..." She sunk slowly to the floor, feeling defeated. Pissed, she kicked against the wall as hard as she could, getting in return a spasm of pain running up her leg. "Help!" she tried once more, hardly able to muster up enough energy to call out.
Fear overwhelmed her. She could hardly keep her eyes open. Was she going to die? What was happening? Z started coughing again, the air was getting thicker. Never in her life had she felt so scared.
Don't be scared Z. "Br-Bridge?" Z looked around. She had heard his voice. There was a shining green light at the top corner of the room. It's fake. Everything isn't real. Believe me. This isn't real. There was hardly any air left in the room. And she trusted her friend. She closed her eyes. And thought about what Bridge said.
The room changed. She couldn't see the room changing, but she felt it. It was more of a feeling, that the room grew bigger and bigger. Then she realized something. The room wasn't really a room. It was just a bunch of space, coloured white. But she had immediately assumed that it was a room because she was claustrophobic, and she had given into something that wasn't real at all.
"Thanks Bridge," she whispered, glowing a deep shade of yellow.
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"Someone, anyone, please. Anyone there?" Sam stopped, panting. He had been running for ages. There was something chasing him. Something monstrous, dangerous, waiting for him to weaken so that it could eat him up. At the thought of the evil, Sam felt a surge of panic, giving him energy to run again.
It felt like hours, but it could have been merely a few minutes, when Sam tripped over something and fell. He winced, trying to stand. It really hurt when he put pressure on his right ankle. Had he sprained it somehow?
A roar called out behind him, reminding him that something was on his tail. "Oh no. Oh no. Oh no." Its footsteps grew louder, coming nearer and nearer. He kept quiet, hoping it, whatever it was, would simply just past by him and not hear him.
The footsteps stopped a few centimeters away from the quaking boy. Sam held his breath, hardly daring to breathe, tears of fear threatening to fall. He hardly dared to think anything at all, or feel any emotions, for fear of the thing being able to 'hear' his thoughts or sense him nearby because of the feelings he was emitting. Then he saw two balls, they looked like balls, of lights. Green and Yellow. Somehow they reminded him of Bridge and Z.
Don't worry Sam, everything isn't real. Was it Bridge? The monster thing. Phear or something. He- it, whatever, is just feeding on your fear. There's nothing to be afraid of. It's all an illusion. Sam shook his head, refusing to believe that everything was just fake. It seemed too real, it was too real. He could even feel the thing behind him, sniffing the air to catch the whiff of him.
Sammy, believe me. Kay? It's not real. Don't be afraid of nothing. It was Z. He was sure of it. I won't lie to you. It is all fake. Was his sister right? Trust me Sammy. I promise you, everything would be over as soon as you believe that this whole place is fake. Close your eyes and it'll be all over.
"Kay Z," said Sam. Closing his eyes, he tried to tell himself that the whole night mare wasn't real. He tried not to think about the monster nearby, or the fact that the whole place was shrouded in darkness. It isn't real. It isn't real. It isn't-
Sam sensed the place changing, lighting up and getting brighter. Unknown to him, he started glowing a shade of white.
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Thanks to evolution, humans could hold their breath much longer than a measly minute or two. In fact, they could hold their breaths for over seven minutes, the longest someone ever did without passing out was fifteen minutes! Syd could do ten. But obviously that didn't comfort the blonde. Already a few minutes had passed and she still hadn't found a way out.
She had tried everything, all the metals and materials she had clipped onto her belt. Even the diamond! But nothing worked. The glass pane, or whatever it was made of, was too thick, too strong. She couldn't escape.
Syd tried not to scream in despair. It would cost her a few minutes of her life she did. If weren't so wet, you'd see the tears running down her face. She was frustrated with herself. How could she not be able to escape from this? Besides frustration, she was afraid. Afraid of the situation she was in. Afraid of the fact that it seemed impossible to escape. She was afraid of dying underwater. Where nobody would find her. She pounded on the glass again, hoping against hope that it would actually make a crack. Even her strongest hit didn't work.
Doomed to perish. This is sooo cool! I never knew I could do this. Wow. I'm flying into people's minds! Whee... It was Sam's voice. In her head? Wow. This is just so cool. Hello Syd. Syd shook her head in disbelief. What the heck was going on? You're scared of drowning? I thought people in magazines weren't afraid of anything! Syd could head the surprise in Sam's voice. It kinda made her smile. She wasn't alone after all.
You still scared? Cause this whole place isn't real Pinky. The place thing is just made by that monster we saw in the park. That was Z. 'How many peoples' voices would there be in my head?' thought Syd. So wouldja hurry up and just say that the underwater thing isn't real so that we can get the heck out of here?
Cause we can't leave this place without everyone knowing that their fears are just illusions or we'd just be trapped here forever. I think... And Bridge? It was worth a shot. This isn't real. This isn't real.' The same thing that happened to Sam, Bridge and Z, happened to Syd. The water in the 'pool' drained away. Syd closed her eyes, glowing with pink light.
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Their laugher was continuous. Getting louder and mocking in the passing second. Then came the rotten tomatoes. Some idiot thought it would be funny to fire tomatoes at Sky. It pissed him off greatly, and it made the people laugh more and more. Their laughing changed into jeering and mocking.
He tried summoning up a force field to have a shield against the tomatoes. Instead of the usual blue shimmering force field that appeared was chocolate cake. Heaps and heaps of chocolate and icing and pastry fell onto him. Layer after layer of mud brown goop.
It made everyone laugh harder and harder. They started pointing and snickering at Sky. "Get a load of this fool," someone said. "He's such an idiot," said another. Sky felt like sinking into the ground. He was a fool. He tried to open his mouth to protest, to tell them off. But his voice was missing. He couldn't say a word. Green slime started pouring onto him from no where.
What the heck is this? He's afraid of embarrassment? Sky looked around, wiping the green and brown stuff out of his eyes, turning his head to find Syd. He had heard her voice.
Hi Sky! You're like the second person whose mind I can talk to! Isn't it really really awesome? It's so cool that like I can fly around and whoosh and stuff! Sam? Bewildered, Sky ignored the crowd's laughter. Did he hear his little brother's voice?
God, you're still so uptight about laughing at yourself huh? Something was seriously weird. That was Z's voice. You do know that everyone makes a fool of themselves some time right? And I thought-
You can lecture him later. Right now, we need to get him, then Jack. Then I think we would be able to get out of here. That was definitely Bridge's voice. Sky-
This place isn't real. And cause I'm getting really really tired of saying the same things over and over again-
Z... Sky just like, not think that where ever you are is real. Cause it's not. And cause if you do then you'd just be trapped there forever. Sky nodded blankly, trying to make sense of what his friends were saying. He was trapped in a night mare, that wasn't real. So technically there was nothing to be-
He didn't need to finish the thought. Everything was fading. The crowd, the chocolate cake goopy substance, the green slime, the everything was fading. He didn't know it but, as everything faded and he was closing his eyes, he was glowing a medium shade of blue.
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Lightning crackled ominously from the gloomy clouds, threatening to strike the next person who irritated it. The thunder boomed and its voice echoed all around the city. After all there wasn't a human being in sight, other than Jack.
He had been walking around for ages, to him it seemed. But there was no one in sight. There was no one to talk to. To communicate with. It was too quiet for the likes of him. He couldn't survive without human interaction.
Where were the others? Sky, Bridge, Z, Syd and Sam? Were they gone forever? Dead? The last thing he had remembered was that there was a monster, Phear, and it didn't really do anything to them. Then suddenly he was here. Where was here anyway? It couldn't be New Tech City.
"You're next..." said one of the wails, threateningly. "We'll get you next..." It was coming from in front of him. Then the thing, the voice, materialized. It was a ghostly figure. Not much of a body, just something shimmering. But it had an eerie, evil, dead aura. "I'm coming for you..." His, its, voice was high pitched, that sent chills down Jack's spine.
He was frozen to the spot. The figure seemed to have the power to render all his muscles useless. He found it even difficult to breathe. It was the figure which was causing everything. The ghostly thing reached for him. "You're dead Jack Landers..."
What is that? Sky. Aw man, Jack. He was shaking with fear, eyes wide open. The thing moved closer and closer.
That's so freaky... Next it was Syd's voice. Even if isn't real.
Okay... If I were him I'd start- Then Sam's.
Sam not helping! Z interrupted. Jack, that's not real. Something the others might have wanted to tell you before. There was no response. The sight of that thing was creeping Jack out too much.
Okay, for an illusion, that has to be the freakiest. But hey, it's an illusion, so it isn't there. So actually you're being scared of nothing. Which is kinda stupid, since if you're scared of nothing- then there's nothing to be scared of. Bridge tried reasoning. It seemed to reach Jack. He seemed less afraid.
Bridge is totally right. Besides, if Sam was able to escape from his night mare. So can you, since like you're older and all. And supposedly more 'superior'. Z continued.
Plus, that thingy thing thing isn't even hard. I mean it's just like shimmery air right? Sam added.
Jack took in a deep breath, thinking about what his friends said. It made sense. It truly did. But it just seemed too real. And scary.
Just trust us kay? There is nothing to be afraid of. Cause like that's just a stupid illusion created by that monster with glowy eyes thing. Bridge pleaded. He closed his eyes, not wanting to look at his surroundings. He zoned in on Bridge's voice. It isn't real. Nothing in this world is except for us. Bridge is right. They all are right.
An illusion can't be real because if an illusion is real, then it won't be an illusion. It would just be, well, real. So if the whole world was an illusion, then the whole world wouldn't be real. And if the whole world wasn't real, then why was he in it, since he was real? The wailings and the weird spirit things stopped talking. There was nothing eerie about the place anymore. He shone a bright shade of red.
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Vanessa gasped (You do remember her right?). She had been on her way to Z's house and she had seen the most amazing thing. There along one of the sidewalks, were her friends, and another teen. The teen was a female and had blonde hair, she was wearing pink and had quite long hair. But that wasn't the amazing thing.
The amazing thing was what Jack, Sky, Bridge, Sam and Z and the other girl were doing. They were... Was there a word? Glowing? Jack with red, Bridge with green, Sky with blue, Sam with white, Z with yellow and the other girl with pink. There was a feeling of immense power coming from all of them combined.
And besides them, there were two other figures. A girl, she looked around the same age as Sam, maybe slightly younger. The girl was dressed in gothic looking dress. A black dress, poofy sleeves, netting type sleeves, poofy skirt. Black on red. She had long brown hair that was let down. The girl looked really angry about something.
The other figure was an alien. Not trying to sound speciest or anything but, it was the ugliest alien Vanessa had ever encountered. It looked like a kindergartener had forgotten how some animals had looked like and simply matched a few animals' parts together.
"This day has gone from normal to weird," said the teen to herself, quietly watching from behind a tree.
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Where are we? asked Jack.
In space? I mean not space space as in the planets kinda space. I think just space. answered Bridge.
So how do we get out of here? questioned Syd.
We should be able to just teleport out or something. How did we come in? With the monster's help or something. But we kinda overcame his spell so we should be able to get out of here now. said Bridge.
As if on cue, they felt tingly and suddenly they disappeared.
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"That was really cool," said Sam. They were back in the park. "With the flying and the mind and the- They're still there." He frowned, spotting Mora and Phear.
Jack growled, spotting the two evil beings as well. "Great, this is just great. We escape the night mare place thing and now we have to deal with the two of them again..." He was definitely not in the mood to do any fighting after the ordeal in that place.
"Why? Why? Why do you have to foil ALL my plans?" shouted Mora, if she could, she would have just vaporized them. "Can't you just be defeated and STAY defeated?" she ordered.
"That girl is freaky..." said Vanessa to herself.
Mora smiled. "Hello girly, want to play?" she asked, spotting the teen hiding behind the tree. "Don't be afraid I don't bite."
Knowing that she was already spotted, Vanessa came out from behind the tree. "I don't play with strangers," she said, as sweetly as Mora. "So, no thank you. Now if you would excuse me, I'd be on my way now..." Crossing her fingers, she hoped that the girl would just let her go.
Mora narrowed her eyes. "It wasn't an offer. I want to play with you," she said, through gritted teeth.
"'Nessa! Get the heck out of here," ordered Jack. The monster waved its hands around, muttering under its breath. Translucent lines appeared in the air and seemed to create a trap around Jack and the others, or was it Vanessa, Mora and Phear? The bottom line was- they were separated.
"Okay, what the heck was that?" asked Vanessa, warily. She couldn't take a step backwards, there seemed to be an invisible wall behind her. "And what's going on?" There was panic in her voice as she watched the monster approach her.
Bridge took off his glove, waving his hand in Phear's direction. "Oh no..." His eyes widened in fear as he read the monster's mind. "Vanessa, DUCK!" he shouted, a split second before Phear fired a blast at his friend.
Numb with fear she managed to avoid the attack but was nearly hit by the blast. "Bridge, help! What's going on?" she asked, fearfully.
They tried to get to her. But whenever they passed a certain area, they were stopped by a wall. An invisible wall. Bridge slammed his hand against the wall in frustration. "How are we suppose to help her?" he cried, desperation in his voice as he watched Vanessa avoid another blast. "We can't just watch. I can't just watch."
"I'm working on it..." answered Jack. He couldn't stand just watching the duel. He tried, but again he couldn't seem to phase through the wall. "I'm working on it," he repeated, trying not to sound panicked.
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The blasts were getting harder and harder to avoid. They seemed to be coming at a faster and faster speed, more and more at a time. Silently thanking her fast reflexes, Vanessa tried to calm herself down. Bridge and Jack and the others would find a way to help her. They would.
As she thought the monster was tiring, she let her guard down. The blasts were coming at a slower rate. Then came a fast ball. It hit her. A searing pain ran through her. It wasn't painful enough to kill her, but enough to numb her for a second, wiping out any thoughts she had. With a cry, she fell to the floor.
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I'm so evil... I based Vanessa on my friend/senior... :D
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