Welcome to the Neighborhood

Disclaimer: Owneth Power Rangers I don't.

A.N.: Finally updated after a long long long hiatus.

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"Nessa!" yelled Bridge. "Jack, can't you get out?" Jack shook his head, he couldn't phase out of the place. "What are we going to do?"

"Bridge, stop bugging me, I'm thinking!" replied Jack.

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"Oh god. Oh god. Oh god," whispered Vanessa to herself as she shakily stood up. "Oh god," she repeated once more for good measure.

"Careful girly," Mora said, smiling. Phear launched into another series of attacks.

"Crap."

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Syd touched the barrier, wondering what it was made of. There was no material that was invisible was there? "I think I know how we could get out. Or get in," she said slowly. She pressed her hand against the wall, willing her hand to change into the material. "Maybe the only way to get out is to use the same type of thing to smash the wall," she murmured to herself, unaware that the others were watching her. The same pink light enveloped her outstretched hand. It faded, leaving...

Nothing. Her hand had disappeared. "Kinda expected that..." Syd said, still not noticing her being watched. As if to check if her hand was really still there, she clapped her hands together. But she totally missed the other hand. Or, that hand wasn't even there. "Oh kay... If that isn't there... Great..." she groaned, finally turning around to address her 'audience'. "Don't you guys get it? It's another one of his-" She threw a look at the monster, making a face. "-illusions. There's nothing there."

Her left hand re-appeared, as if telling her that her 'theory' was right. To prove her point, Syd stretched her hand, knowing the 'wall' wasn't there. And she was right. Instead of banging into the invisible barrier, her arm simply went through. "Another one of his idiotic mind games," she said. The others beamed, stretching out their arm to see if Syd's theory was correct, keeping in their minds that the wall was not there.

Bridge took a deep breath, more out of habit then actually needing to, and reached out. Nothing there, nothing there.

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The blows were getting faster and faster, nearer and nearer. Apparently the monster was frustrated that the others had figured out the way to get out of his trap and now was venting his anger on her. The others sure were taking their time to get out of the box.

"Don't you know girly," said Phear, as if reading her thoughts. "That although they have figured out how to escape, that the shield holds up still? And that they still cannot escape. Because of the extra protection. There is at least a minute or two where the wall is not there anymore but they still cannot go out."

"What? I have no idea what you have just said..." Confusion evident on her face, she hesitated. A bad move. This time two blasts managed to hit her, one catching her on her left leg, the other her right arm. The force of the impact forced her flying through the air, slamming onto the ground with a sickeningly loud crack. "Shit," swore the teen, realizing what had just happened.

Her ankle oddly wasn't pain for a few seconds, before the hurt started to come, along with it the damage from the attacks. She lay down on the ground, squeezing her eyes shut, trying to relieve the pain.

It wasn't working.

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"Why can't we still get out?" demanded Bridge furiously. "The barrier is gone but there seems to be something still blocking!"

"Syd?"

"I don't know. I don't know," replied the blonde.

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"Destroy her! Destroy her! Destroy her!" squealed Mora in excitement, her eyes sparkling with anticipation. Someone was going to die, someone was going to die, someone was going to die! "And they'll watch it!" she continued, in a sing song voice. "They'll watch their friend getting killed!" Mora sang, happily, dancing about.

"Yes Mistress," replied Phear, scornfully pronouncing the word 'Mistress'.

Mora narrowed her eyes, her hand raised, a purple light glowing above it. "Do it or you're vaporized!" she threatened, her voice shrill and un-child like.

Rolling his eyes, the monster re-directed it's attention to the teen lying on the ground. "Do this, do that," he mimicked, his voice uncannily like the young villainess. "I'm Mora and I can order anyone around..."

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The pain was unbearable, besides the pain on her arm and her leg, and the pain of her ankle, that was most probably twisted, she was feeling a sense of desperation and despair so deep that she had never felt before.

Yet she managed to muster enough energy, enough willpower, to force herself up, facing the monster again. Her determination going strong, she wasn't going to give up, she wasn't going to be found on her knees at death's door. No if she was going to go, she wasn't going to be taken away without a fight.

"You still up girly? You're going to die soon you know?" taunted Phear, eager to finish off the teen, by doing the job he would manage to get Mora off his back.

"You wish," replied Vanessa, although knowing that the monster was probably right. She took a deep breath, hoping her ankle wouldn't give out on her. The monster smiled, an evil, menacing one.

Again the monster launched into a series of attacks, each faster and fiercer than the one before. This time luck wasn't on her side and it was hardly a few seconds that Vanessa was struck by the attacks. Once, twice, three times, four, five.

There was an explosion. The hugest attack of it all. She may have bore the brunt of the attack, but it was enough to make her fly up into the air, flipping several times, landing heavily on the ground, knocking all the breath out of her. This time is was final. She was doomed.

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"NO! VANESSA!" Bridge rubbed his eyes, trying not to show the others that he was going to cry. "Jack... Do something. He's going to dest- He's going to d-" he said, his voice quaking with emotion, sounding small and forlorn, much younger than he really was. He couldn't watch.

"What do we do?" whispered Sam, shaking with fear. "What do we do?" he repeated, his face paler than before.

"Don't worry Sam. Don't worry Bridge," consoled Z, reaching out to give the psychic a hug, and her brother one as well. In truth, she was afraid. She was scared that they might loose. That Vanessa would be... She couldn't even say it.

"This is ridiculous!" shouted Sky, slamming his fist into the wall, which wasn't really there. Anger coursing through his veins. He could not just stand around and watch his friend get injured. He could not just stand around and watch her weaken slowly by slowly.

"I don't get it. I don't get it," said Syd, softly. She had been repeating the few words over and over again for the past few minutes. Why couldn't they get out of the box? The wall wasn't there anymore... There was nothing blocking them and yet there was something blocking them. "I don't get it. I don't get it."

"Syd, would you stop saying that?" asked Jack, annoyed, running his hand through his hair. He was annoyed at her, he was annoyed at the monster, he was annoyed at Vanessa for being so weak, he was annoyed at Bridge's devastation, he was annoyed at Sky's frustration and most of all. He was annoyed with himself, for not being able to help her.

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There were a few other blasts directed at the girl before Phear was finally satisfied, retreating back to his 'Mistress' Mora.

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Her face was deathly pale, she lay still on the floor, her eyes closed a sad, peaceful like expression upon her face. It tore Bridge's heart wide open to see her the way she was right now. She couldn't be gone, she couldn't be dead, she couldn't be. The shield finally broke whether it wore off or whether they had pushed and struggled hard enough against it- they wouldn't know. "Nessa!" cried the psychic, tearfully, desperately. He ran towards Vanessa, his Vanessa, his angel.

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"You did it! You did it! Brilliant!" cried Mora, clapping her hands together. She danced around the monster, Phear, joyfully. "You killed the idiot!"

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He cradled her in his arms, she was light. Too light. Her outlines seemed to be fading, as if she was dissolving, disappearing. "Bridge?" she asked, softly, breaking out into a series of coughs as soon as she did. "Goodbye," she whispered.

"No, no, no. You can't go Nessa. You can't! I..." he trailed off. She was almost transparent. What was going on? "Nessa, Iloveyou," he said in one breath, tears forming in his eyes. "You can't leave us, me. You can't leave me."

A ghost of a smile tugged at Vanessa's lips. "Z told you, didn't she?" she asked. "I never did dare to tell you." Her eyes had a far away look in them, tears collecting there as well. They changed to a determined one. "That's why I must do this. To help." She paused, a teardrop made its way down her pale cheeks. "Cause I love you too." Those were the magic words, and she suddenly dissolved into a series of gold sparkles that seemed to float about where she was before making its way towards Mora and Phear.

"NESSA!" cried Bridge, standing up and turning around, searching for the sparkle. "NESSA!" he shouted again, knowing she was gone. The others watched silently, tears streaming down some of their cheeks. Dignity forgotten, tears started falling quick and fast down Bridge's face.

She was gone from them, she was gone from him. But he had finally told her that he loved her. It wasn't fair that after he confessed his love to her, she was forced, dragged away from her. "Nessa, I love you," he whispered. At least he told her, now she knew. At least she knew he loved her. Wasn't that that mattered?

The light charged at the two villains. Mora screamed, as did Phear. It seemed to make Mora fade as if a ghost, it made Phear disappear completely.

Bridge then understood what Vanessa was doing. Somehow, he wasn't sure how, she had managed to convert herself into energy. Pure energy. And the energy was wiping out the Troobian forces, but what she had wasn't enough. The energy needed a boost. Another source of power. The answer was simple: Them. "Guys, Vanessa. She's energy. We need to help her," said Bridge, surprised that he was still able to talk.

They nodded, understanding what he meant. Forming a little circle, they held each other's hands. "Let's do this," whispered Jack. Some shut their eyes, some didn't. A moment of silence passed, when the group found themselves glowing the colours they had been before. Jack with his shade of red- determination, Sky with his shade of blue- reliable, Bridge with his shade of green- friendship, Z with her shade of yellow- sincerity, Syd with her shade of pink- love, Sam with his shade of white- purity.

The colours sort of drifted out of them, shooting up in the sky, mixing with each other. The mixture of colours, a kaleidoscope, zoomed towards Mora, she disappeared, the robots around her disappeared. The golden light joined with them. The colours shot up into the sky, there was Grumm with his space ship up there. Somehow they knew when the energy, the colours, had done their job.

"We did it," whispered Jack, hardly daring to break the silence. "The alien, the girl, the monster. They're gone. We've won." He could hardly believe that they had gotten rid of an alien, an all conquering one, so easily.

"Yeah. But was it worth it?" questioned Bridge, staring at the skies. "We lost our powers, we lost Vanessa." He shook of his glove, waving his hand in the direction of Jack. Nothing happened. No aura appeared. The others tried, Bridge was right, their powers were gone.

They had lost their powers, what made them unique, different from the world. They had lost their friend, one who wasn't prejudiced against them.

Was it worth it?

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The End (or is it?)

A.N.: Yes this is the last chapter! Thank you for all the review you guys have been sending!

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