Chapter 63 Good Riddance

Zelda starts feeling enormously guilty as she starts to put two and two together about the grim situation involving her friend Nakia. She calls Nakia on the phone and asks her to meet her down at Jack's deli which is one of the many eatery places located downtown.

Nakia is the first to get there so she immediately picks a table away from the entrance area. Lot of people are coming in to order and after receiving their orders, leave. Anyway, Nakia wonders what Zelda wants to talk to her about so all she does is just sit and wait wearing a yellow and orange vertical stripped t shirt, a pair of blue jean shorts, and white tennis shoes.

One of the waiters comes by looking very tired but able to give a forcible smile. He asks.

Waiter-Are you ready to order yet Miss?

Nakia looks up and answers.

Nakia-Um no. I'm just waiting for a friend right now. We'll probably order something soon.

The waiter smiles again and nods. He then walks away.

Nakia-Hmm where the heck is Zelda…

Meanwhile, deep within the mountainside a heart broken Drake sits around inside of the mountain moping about. He stops feeling angry and bad when suddenly he finds a very thin piece of her hair that was left behind. He smirks and says to himself.

Drake-I know how to get Nakia back..

And so he begins.. His eyes start glowing and soon the thin piece of hair starts to glow. Meanwhile back at the deli.. Nakia is still waiting for Zelda. She starts to feel a bit sleepy, then a lot sleepy.

Nakia-Oh man what's going on with me today.

She tries to stay awake but soon sleepiness takes over and Nakia slowly rests her head upon the table and falls deeply asleep. Her body then seems to become transparent as a dark essence hangs over her very existence. Zelda walks into the deli wearing a pink jean shirt with a white belt, a black tank top, and comforter shoes. She looks around, and just as she walks over towards the table Nakia is sleeping on, she sees her friend slowly disappear..

Zelda gasps.

Zelda-What?!

She then blinks her eyes because she can't be certain if she saw anything. So to confirm someone was sitting there she goes over and asks all the waiters and waitresses if someone was sitting at the far end table. One waiter tells her yes and describes the person who was waiting for her.

Zelda exclaims but to herself and in calm way.

Zelda-Oh no! That was Nakia. What am I going to do..

Zelda is about to use her communicator when she starts noticing people walking by her. She then stops and leaves the place so she can have a hiding spot to contact her friends. She ends up moving to the very back of the building outside and sees no one around, so she turns on her wrist communicator and says.

Zelda-Is anybody there? Come in, this is an emergency!

For a minute there all she hears is static but someone does answer, and its Joey. Joey is at the old weather station where he and his friend Jeremy are trying to fix the equipment and make it usable for the Rangers to be able to detect monsters, but so far its not working well. But there is another invention he and Jeremy are working on that will prove to be a great help to him and the other Rangers..

Joey says into his communicator.

Joey-Whats up Zelda?

Zelda answers.

Zelda-Something strange just happened.

She explains everything to him.

Joey-What? She just disappeared?

Zelda-Yes! I need you and the others to meet me here as soon as possible.

Joey-Right.. I'll tell the others.

Zelda-Thanks. Pink Ranger out.

She turns off her wrist communicator and waits.

Meanwhile, inside of the large and dark mountain, a sleeping Nakia appears floating in mid air. Drake looks at her with awe and says.

Drake-Soon we shall get out of this world and back to my world where we will live in peace and happiness.

His face starts to cringe.

Drake-Ever since you left I have waited for a chance to get you back. Those fools in my world aren't worth anything. I was never loved, never! But you.. You cared for me..

He sighs gently as his face returns to normal. He then says in a whisper.

Drake-I know it will not be easy. Your friends won't let you go without a fight.. And so that's exactly what they'll get.. If it comes to that..

Back behind the deli. Zelda looks up and see's four streaks of colored light appearing in the sky (Red, White, Blue and Green) the streaks of light touch the ground next to Zelda and form into her friends. Ryan is wearing black jeans, a red t shirt and white tennis shoes. Kimberly is wearing a white tank top with a white outer shirt, a pair of blue jeans and white comforter shoes. Joey has on a pair of cool blue shorts, a blue t shirt and black sneakers. And finally Chet is wearing a green t shirt, black pants and red and green sneakers.

Zelda says.

Zelda-Oh I'm so glad you're all here.

Ryan-Yeah, Joey told us what happened.

Zelda-It was weird. I saw Nakia fading inside of the deli.

Ryan-Hmm.

Kimberly-You have no idea where she could of went?

Zelda-No, none whatsoever.

Chet-Well we've got to do something.

Zelda-Yeah, that's why I contacted you guys.

Joey starts to think and eventually comes up with an idea.

Joey-First we need to go back into the deli and examine the table area.

They agree.

Joey-Then I think we should use a new invention Jeremy and I designed and made earlier.

Zelda asks.

Zelda-A new invention?

Joey-Yeah.

Joey pulls out from behind his back, something that looks like an ordinary note pad but according to him is much more. He flips it open and everyone looks to see an electronic inside.

Kimberly asks.

Kimberly-What does it do?

Joey-Well if we are able to collect particles from where Nakia was sitting, this machine should be able to follow the energy trails that was left behind and take us right to where she is.

Ryan-That sounds good! Lets go for it..

They all nod and agree.. Soon, they all walk into the deli and Zelda takes them to where Nakia was sitting. Joey turns on his machine and starts analyzing the data. He looks to his friends and says.

Joey-It'll be a few seconds before it comes up with anything.. If it works..

Ryan-Hope it does.. I really do.

The compact tracker starts to beep, and everyone perks up.

Kimberly-What does it say Joey?

Joey looks and looks back at his friends, he then says.

Joey-Right now, my tracker has analyzed all of the input data.

Ryan-Yeah, and?

Joey-It says Nakia has been taken to this area.

He shows them the exact location on his tracking machine.

Zelda sighs with relief.

Zelda-Are you sure Joey?

Joey-Yeah. You see what it did was..

Ryan interrupts.

Ryan-Look you can explain all of this later. Right now we've got to get to Nakia.

Joey-Right..

Ryan-Come on, lets get out of here so we can transform.

They all nod and leave quickly. The manager at the deli who happens to be a slightly overweight and middle aged man and wearing a business suit shakes his head as he sees them leave.

Manager-They didn't even bother to buy anything.. Oh well.

They walk to the back of the building again and look around to make sure the coast is clear which it is. They all stand together with Chet standing in the lower right, Joey on the lower left, Zelda in the upper right, Kimberly in the upper left and Ryan in the middle they begin their transformation sequences.

They stick out their right arms out to their left sides, then they swing them around once to bring them back to their right sides. Now they pull their arms back and push them forward as they all yell out together.

Everyone-STARLIGHT POWER!

Everyone finds themselves in an essence of the Universe. First a red star appears and swirls all around Ryan, it leaves its red power residue all over Ryan's body as it attaches itself to the center of his chest. With the attachment finished a heavy explosion appears and surrounds Ryan completely, and then a transparent red image of Ryan's red dragon appears. The explosion vanishes as the transparent image of the dragon forms itself onto Ryan's body. His body then glows brightly red as he is now transformed into the Red Star Force Power Ranger.

Next, a pink star appears and swirls all around Zelda, it then leaves its pink power residue all over her body as it now attaches itself to the center of her chest. An explosion flares up and covers Zelda completely as an image of her pink panther appears. The explosion dies down as the image forms all onto Zelda's body. Afterwards she starts glowing brightly pink as she has now become the Pink Star Force Power Ranger.

A white star appears and swirls all around Kimberly's body. After leaving its power residue it attaches itself to the center of Kimberly's chest which soon after all of this causes an explosion that soon disappears after a transparent image of Kimberly's white phoenix appears and forms onto her body. Her body then glows brightly white as she has been transformed into the White Star Force Power Ranger.

Next, a blue star appears and swirls around as well as leave its energy all on Joey's body. It attaches itself to the center of his chest and this causes a huge explosion to completely engulf Joey's body. Very soon after an image of Joey's saw shark appears and forms onto his body as the explosion leaves. Joey has finally been transformed into the Blue Star Force Power Ranger and his body glows brightly blue.

And last but not least, a green star appears and swirls around Chet. It leaves it green power residue on his body as it attaches to the center of his chest. Soon the gem causes an explosion that flares up and covers Chet completely. Now as all of this happens an image of a green crocodile appears. The explosion dies down as the image forms all onto his body. A few seconds later, he starts glowing brightly green as he now completely becomes the Green Star Force Power Ranger.

Now fully transformed and ready the Power Rangers teleport from the area and reappear at the bottom of the mountain side where Nakia is being held.. The Rangers look around and notice gray clouds hovering over the area as if the clouds were the lands protective shield. The Pink Ranger says to the Blue Ranger.

Pink Ranger-Are you sure this is the place?

The Blue Ranger responds.

Blue Ranger-Yeah I'm totally sure. I know my machine is working right so the information it gave should be accurate.

White Ranger-Well where do we go from here?

The Blue Ranger turns his machine back on and instantly it begins to rapidly beep.

Red Ranger-What's wrong?

The Blue Ranger looks at his tracking machine and tells the others what he sees.

Blue Ranger-My machine is telling me Nakia is..

He looks up.. Way up and says.

Blue Ranger-Up there.

He points upward towards the large and eerie mountain and the Rangers look up as well.

Pink Ranger-Up there?

Blue Ranger-Yeah.

White Ranger-We have to climb up that high mountain?

Blue Ranger-I don't think so.. All we have to do is teleport.

The White Ranger chuckles due to her forgetting that all they have to do is teleport to the location of where they want to get to.

The Red Ranger says.

Red Ranger-Come on guys.. Let's go..

Power Rangers-Right!

The Power Rangers now use their teleportation powers to disappear from the low ground and reappear inside of the dark and eerie mountain side.. The Green Ranger is the first to comment on their scary looking surroundings.

Green Ranger-Man it looks really creepy in here.

White Ranger-I heard that..

Pink Ranger-Yeah.

Red Ranger-We've got to find Nakia.

The Blue Ranger's machine starts to rapidly beep again and this noise alerts Drake who's deep within the mountain side trying to figure out a way to get back to his world with Nakia.

Drake-What is that noise… Could it be the Rangers..

His eyes start to glow fiercely. He stands up and becomes invisible..

The Rangers start moving away from the entrance just as the Blue Ranger confirms that Nakia is very near. The Red Ranger leads the way while the White and Pink Rangers are behind him and the Green and Blue Rangers are behind them.. The look around and stay on guard as they move away from the entrance.

Just then without a long warning, the Blue Ranger's machine starts to activate again. He looks at it and sees a strange figure coming towards them, he looks up and tries to warn everyone but its too late. The Red Ranger is the first to get hit. He is flung onto his back. The Pink and White Rangers are struck in their stomachs together, they yell out and fall back. The Green Ranger is hit too but the Blue Ranger has a defense. He uses his tracking device to track the being and no where it is before it has a chance to knock him down as well. He looks at it repeatedly and sees a punch coming, but he blocks it, he also sees a kick coming and also blocks that. He decides to give whatever it is trying to knock him down a hard front kick, and whatta ya know it works.. The being known as Drake comes back into view due to the Blue Ranger's powerful front kick..

The Blue Ranger exclaims as he looks at Drake and his friends slowly stand back up..

Blue Ranger-Who are you?!

Drake says.

Drake-I won't let you take Nakia away from me!

The Red Ranger responds to him.

Red Ranger-What?! You can't keep her you psycho!

Pink Ranger-Yeah, we want our friend back, now!

Drake smirks and says.

Drake-She's sleeping right now and well she shouldn't be disturbed!

He prepares to attack. The Rangers go into defense mode. Drake moves forward and throws out a quick punch but the Red Ranger blocks it, he then tries to fiercely kick him but the Red Ranger also blocks that, seeing he won't be able to do any real damage on the ground, Drake fly's up above the Red Ranger very quickly and kicks him right in his facial area. When the Red Ranger is knocked down, he moves over to the White and Pink Rangers as he lands on his feet.

The Pink Ranger stands on the right side and the White Ranger stands on the left side. They both do a swinging side kick together to try and hit Drake but he ducks out of the way. He gets back up only to find both Rangers doing a floor sweeping swoop to attempt to bring him down again but he leaps out of the way and ends up behind the two Rangers. When they turn around he swiftly kicks both of them onto their backs.

Pink and White Rangers-UGH!

Drake then attacks the Green and Blue Rangers. While they fight, the Red Ranger decides to look for Nakia.. He moves deeper into the mountainside till he finds her sleeping in mid air. He walks over to her and looks down at her face.

Red Ranger-Oh Nakia, don't worry I'm going to get you out of here!

He picks her up as she still continues to sleep and teleports out of the mountainside. He reappears with Nakia still in his arms outside of the mountain and on the lower ground.

The Red Ranger gently sets her down and takes off his helmet. He moves closer and says.

Red Ranger-Nakia, wake up, please…

She doesn't respond.

Red Ranger-Come on babe please wake up.. Its me Ryan..

He clearly sees that his words aren't doing him any good. So he leans down and gives Nakia a long kiss. The kiss does the trick, when he moves back up he sees Nakia's body flashing. His energy is actually fighting the dark essence that put Nakia to sleep. The Red Ranger's energy works and Nakia finally wakes up..

Nakia-Mmmmm..

She looks up at him surprisingly.

Nakia-Ryan.. Where am I?

He responds.

Red Ranger-It's a long story babe.. I'm just glad you're all right.

Nakia looks around and sees their ugly surroundings.

Nakia-Last thing I remember is waiting for Zelda at the deli and..

He interrupts her.

Red Ranger-I know.. I'll tell you all about it later.

Just then, they look up and see the other Power Rangers falling out of the mountainside entrance. The Red Ranger quickly puts on his helmet and starts to generate a cool energy base by using his powers. The red energy base acts as a soft cushion as each Ranger lands with ease.

Nakia gets up and goes over to her friends.

Nakia-You guys okay?

They all respond in a positive tone..

White Ranger-Yeah.

Pink Ranger-We're okay.

Green Ranger-Barely I think.

Blue Ranger-Yes..

They all jump off of the red energy cushion and soon it disappears. The Pink Ranger hugs Nakia and says as she lets go.

Pink Ranger-How are you? You doing okay?

Nakia says.

Nakia-Yeah.. I was waiting for you..

Pink Ranger-I know..

Nakia-What did you want to tell me anyway?

Pink Ranger-Well I was feeling…

Drake leaps out of the mountainside entrance and lands hard on the ground but on the opposite of the Power Rangers. The Pink Ranger continues on talking to Nakia till the Green Ranger taps her on her right shoulder and says.

Green Ranger-Ummm girls, we've got company.

They all look at him as he says evilly.

Drake-I shall have my revenge for what you've done!

Nakia shouts out.

Nakia-Why don't you just leave us alone?!

Drake-Never! I want you Yellow Ranger and I shall have you.

Nakia says in a repetitive tone.

Nakia-Dream on pal.. I don't want you and I never will! You're just a character from a book!

Drake laughs.

The Rangers stand next to their friend. Nakia looks at them, she then looks back at Drake and begins her transformation sequence, she sticks out her right arm but out to her left side. She then swings it around once to bring it to her right side. She then pulls her arm back then pushes it forward as she says.

Nakia-YELLOW STARLIGHT POWER!

A beautiful essence of the Universe appears and surrounds Nakia, and soon her Yellow Star appears and starts swirling all around her body therefore leaving its yellow power residue on her body, it then attaches itself to the center of Nakia's chest and this causes an explosion to arise from under Nakia's body. As the explosion covers her body completely a transparent image of a Yellow Wild Cat appears. The explosion disappears as the yellow wild cat image forms onto Nakia's body. Her body starts glowing brightly yellow, and as it dies down Nakia is completely transformed into the Yellow Star Force Power Ranger.

Now the Rangers are once again a full team. Drake looks at all of them and waves his arms around and around fiercely. The waving of his arms causes a dark and horrible essence to appear and hang over the Rangers. Inside of the essence the Power Rangers become prey to a very powerful and painful power surging. They scream out as their bodies feel the intensity.

Power Rangers-UGHH!

Then Drake sends out a blasts that destroy the essence and also knock the Rangers to the ground.

Drake paces back and forth till his face totally changes to a hideous looking creature. The Yellow Ranger looks up and gasps.

Yellow Ranger-Oh gross!

His face is the face of Nosferatu. His voice changes demonically as he speaks.

Drake-Now all of you will be destroyed!

The Red Ranger gets up and says.

Red Ranger-I don't think so.. Bud!

The others get up as they notice Drake charging them. So they all call upon their new powers.

The Rangers stand together. Red, Yellow, Pink, Green, White and Blue all stand their grounds as they put their hands on their chests and cause an amazing glittery glow.

The intense glittery light bursts and reveals the Power Rangers with their new power, protective chest shields, starlight sabers and starlight laser beam pistols.

The Rangers extract their starlight sabers on the Red Rangers command. They all leap up into the air together in cannonball flip mode. Once out of cannonball flip mode they hit Drake very badly with one serious strike. The Power Rangers then land on their feet as Drake falls onto his back and explodes.

Dark Sinistar watches from her the moon.. She says nothing, all she does is extend her arm and out comes a lightning bolt. The lightning bolt travels to earth and strikes Drake.. The Rangers see the bolt cause another explosion and that's not all, it also causes Drake to grow to a huge size.

The Rangers run around in a frenzy.. But get it together.

Green Ranger-I think its zord time!

Red Ranger-Couldn't of said it better myself!

The Power Rangers regroup and as they do, they stick out their right arms but to their left sides, they then swing their arms around once and touch the center of their star shields. The touch causes their shields to glow and so the Rangers extend their arms out all at once as they yell out.

Power Rangers-STARLIGHT MEGAZORD POWER, NOW!

Soon the universal stars begin to glow and form into the mighty Starlight Megazord. The Megazord lands next to the Rangers. They all leap up into it and take their places.

Drake says in a huge demonic tone.

Drake-I love you Yellow Ranger and you will be mine!

Feeling disgusted the Yellow Ranger says in a recoiling response.

Yellow Ranger-Ohhh damn it lets just shut him up once and for all!

Drake begins his attack. He strikes the Megazord with a vengeance. The Rangers feel the resulting surges inside as they try not to lose control of their Megazord.

Red Ranger-UGH!

Yellow Ranger-AAHH!

Pink Ranger-UHHH!

White Ranger-UNNNN!

Green Ranger-UHH! OH MAN!

Blue Ranger-UGGHH!

Just as he is about to hit the Megazord again, a command by the Yellow Ranger is given.. She types it into the main database and the Megazord immediately responds. It grabs Drake by his lower body and starts to squeeze him. Drake gets angry and so he causes his body to surge with his own dark energy. The surging causes the Megazord to break free and release him, and also once again the Rangers feel the pain.

Once the surging stops, the Red Ranger gets angry and says.

Red Ranger-Enough is enough!

Blue Ranger-Right lets finish off this monster!

The Megazord is given the command to materialize its saber, and so it does so.

Drake laughs and says.

Drake-Ohh I'm so scared.

The Megazord leaps up into the air with its saber in hand. It dives down and attempts to give Drake a final strike, but Drake catches the saber in his hands and kicks the Megazord away therefore causing it to crash into the ground.

Power Rangers-UGH!

Inside the White Ranger exclaims..

White Ranger-What are we going to do now?! That thing has our saber!

The Red Ranger says.

Red Ranger-Calm down.. Remember what Myndor told us.

The Rangers stop to think for a moment and soon they remember his words.

Myndor-I believe in you Rangers. And remember, trust in your powers and may the stars always protect you.

The Megazord gets up and just stands there as the Rangers extract their energies into its core. This causes the Megazord to light up superbly and change the Phoenix Shield a bit. The shield still resembles the Phoenix but it also resembles the Ranger's shields.

Drake comes rushing at them again with the Megazord's Saber in hand. As he does this the Red Ranger says along with the others.

Power Rangers-SOUL WAVE POWER, NOW!

The Megazord's huge shield activates and causes a blinding wave of power to emerge. The Megazord forms the power into a spherical wave. It then releases the power into a long extractional wave.. This new attack rips into Drake's body and as it disappears, he screams out in agony.

Drake-AAAAAHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOO!

Drake slowly twirls around into an explosive vortex.

The Rangers start cheering once they see Drake gone. They then leap out of their Megazord and sends it back to where it belongs with its saber in hand.

Back on the moon, Dark Sinistar says nothing.. She just grunts in frustration..

Later on Zelda explains to Nakia why she wanted to meet up with her. They sit outside on Nakia's front porch..

Nakia-Zelda its okay.

Zelda-Well I just thought it was my fault since I did get the book.

Nakia-It wasn't your fault.. I know I was being stupid for acting silly like I did. But I did apologize.

Zelda-Yeah I know.

Nakia-So its cool. We're friends and Power Rangers, and that means we can overcome anything.

Zelda smiles.

Zelda-You're right.

They both smile and sigh with relief..