Summary: As the fight continues, the rangers try to keep their lives as normal as possible while learning about their full powers.

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Jenny: So what did you think of this twist thingy? It gave me a really bad idea and Rosa is actually supporting it! Kill her?

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As The Battle Rages

Chapter 23

"Hey." A voice greeted happily. "Who died?"

"Megan?" Eshla exclaimed, startled, she grinned in relief, running over to the doorway to hug her sister. "Where have you been?"

"I was with a friend's place – I told you that… Is something wrong?" Megan added uncertainly, eyes darting around in surprise.

"I don't remember you telling me." Eshla mused, eyebrows raising thoughtfully.

"Well, now you mention it…" Reese trailed off sheepishly before being interrupted by Anlon.

"Megan, someone is kidnapping the others. They've already got Kagan,
Abby and Murtagh. We thought they had you too." he explained.

"What about Chaitlin… and Dakota – and Kayla?" Megan asked worriedly.

"We don't know." Reese sighed.

"They're still here." Dymphna replied moments later.

"How do you know?" Eshla asked surprised.

"I don't know. It's strange really. I was wondering if they were still here and I saw them all at once. Chaitlin and Kayla were with Mack and Dakota was… um… walking through the wall between his and Kayla's rooms."

"That can't be right." Reese laughed. "No one can walk through walls."

"Neither can they turn water into Sprite and yet Murtagh did it once." Dymphna retorted.

"Okay, this is getting creepy." Megan commented.

"Yeah." Reese agreed, when suddenly the alarms went off. "Oh, great, just what we needed."

"We have to go. We're the only defence the Earth has." Dymphna ordered, looking around for protests.

When they were none, she quickly went through the morphing motions, closely followed by the others.

"Zodiac Power UP!" They cried in unison.

"Scorpio!" Reese called, a tingle of red and white light surrounding him.

"Sagittarius!" Megan followed, lavender and blue sparkles sealing her into a cocoon.

"Capricorn!" Anlon spat, his eyes glowing deep red before the light enclosed him.

"Aquarius!" Dymphna joined, a light blue light spreading from her necklace.

"Taurus!" Eshla finished, the yellow light from her ring creeping up her arm to infect her whole body.

Soon the five remaining rangers of the team were released by the morphing light and teleported out to fight the minions terrorizing the park. None of them realized the mistake they were making.

From the shadows the Mirage Mage smirked. With mirth he watched the five slowly been driven apart by the brainless foot-troops normally used as gun food. They turned out to be good for something at occasions like these.

His smirk grew brighter as the first come within reach. The blue/lavender coloured ranger was easily separated from the others. She was easily the youngest of the group, and even more easily fooled.

He pointed his staff at the foolish girl and soon thick mist swallowed her. When it disappeared, she had disappeared. Next was one of the two boys, the younger if he had been informed right. The red and white outfit stood out against his surroundings, making him just as an easy target as the other had been.

"Just one more should do the trick." The Mage muttered, spotting his victim easily in her bright yellow suit.

As soon as she came into range the mist took her like it had the others, leaving the two other rangers behind.

Dymphna looked around surprised when the minions suddenly disappeared. A scream left her throat when she realised three rangers had been taking again, right under their noses. Her knees nearly gave way when two arms wrapped around her.

"Let's go find Chaitlin. They need to know. We need help." Anlon's voice whispered. "You knew where to find them?"

In another place

A boy opened his eyes. He found himself in the middle of a circle inside a big dark something. Lights were shining down at him. He looked around, wondering what they wanted from him, until suddenly from all sides figures popped up. Man in wacky costumes, with painted faces… Clowns…

He screamed.

A/N: Hope you liked it. Can't spare much time writing because of school. I'll update as soon as I can. Review.