Chapter 65 Zelda's Dedication
Zelda goes over to the library to return some books. The time now is 10:30 am on a pleasant Saturday morning. Zelda is wearing today a pink strap less shirt, blue jeans, and white comforter shoes. When she returns home she notices mail in the mail box, so she opens it and gets out a couple of envelopes that look like bills. But there's one envelope that looks different from the others and notices the return address originates from Australia. The envelope semi large and manila. Zelda puts down the others envelopes and sits down on her front porch.. She then opens the manila envelope and pulls out something that shocks her but in a good way.
Zelda pulls out a beautiful golden pendant with a strange looking image of a beetle engraved on it . She can't really make out what it is, but it doesn't really matter. She also finds a letter and reads it.
Zelda reading:
Dear Zelda, now is the time to give you my special pendant. It has always brought me luck and to the rest of our family as well.. And I thought you seemed responsible enough to take care of it, please do.. And may it bring you good luck as well.
Love Always,
Grandma
Zelda puts down the letter and looks at her Grandma's beautiful golden pendant. She then says.
Zelda-Oh I will take care of it, for as long as I can..
Meanwhile on the moon, Dark Sinistar speaks with General Mystica in her main chamber room.
Dark Sinistar-You have failed me Mystica and this does not please me one bit!
General Mystica bows as Dark Sinistar sits on her throne.
General Mystica-Please give me one more chance to prove to you I am worthy.
Dark Sinistar-Prove to me?! You've already proven to me your worthiness, which is none!
General Mystica-No, Empress.. If you give me one more chance I assure you I will defeat the Power Rangers.
Dark Sinistar-And why should I believe you?
General Mystica-Because I will do everything in my power to make sure you win!
Dark Sinistar's left eye starts to flash as she becomes more persuaded to let General Mystica try again. She then says.
Dark Sinistar-This is your final chance. Fail me again and I will incinerate you!
General Mystica responds in a nervous tone.
General Mystica-I shall… not.. Fail.. You.. Again.. Empress.
Dark Sinistar-See that you don't. For your sake. Now get out of my sight before I change my mind and destroy you now!
General Mystica disappears from Dark Sinistar's sight and immediately starts to think of a way to finally getting rid of the Power Rangers, which won't be an easy task.
Later on in the day, Zelda meets up with Nakia and Kimberly to show them her pendant. They both look at it with amazement as they sit on a bench in the park.
Nakia-Wow it really looks so cool Zelda.
Zelda-Its not that. Its something more. Its been in my family for generations.
Nakia-Wow.
Zelda-Yeah, and now its my turn to take care of it.
Kimberly asks Zelda.
Kimberly-What's that strange looking bug on it?
Zelda looks at it again and says.
Zelda-Oh, that's a Scarab beetle.
Kimberly-A what beetle?
Zelda-A Scarab beetle. It was given to my family a long time ago.
Kimberly-What's a Scarab beetle?
Zelda-Well it's a beetle that only exists in Egypt.
Nakia-Hmm.
Zelda-The ancient Egyptians used to believe the Scarab beetle would bring good luck, basically because it was the symbol of the Sun God Re, and resurrection of eternal life.
Nakia-How did you know all of this?
Zelda-I was told when I was younger. My grandmother told me an explorer gave this pendant to my great great great great grandmother as a gift for her kindness. He had just returned from Egypt and made it to Australia.
Nakia-What happened?
Zelda-Well it seemed he was hurt by a dingo and she helped him. And for her kindness he gave her the pendant and said it would always bring good luck to her and those she loved.
Kimberly-So now you've got to take care of it?
Zelda-Yes, my grandmother says its time for me to have it. And I'll guard it with my life.
Little do they know, the evil General Mystica happens to be listening to their conversation as she sets herself in an invisible shield as she sits above them. She says to herself.
General Mystica-Hmm the Pink Ranger has given me an idea. An idea that will assure their destruction! And Dark Sinistar will be happy.
General Mystica disappears to think… She finally comes up with an idea after thinking for a bit.. Dark Sinistar summons her once again and as she appears she immediately knows what Sinistar will ask.
Dark Sinistar sits on her throne and begins to speak.
Dark Sinistar-Mystica, what have you come up with?
Mystica responds.
Mystica-I have a plan that will ensure the destruction of the Pink Ranger. You see she has some family pendant that will prove to be the key to my new plan.
Dark Sinistar's eyes start to sparkle. She then says.
Dark Sinistar-Go on..
General Mystica-The Pink Ranger's loyalty to the pendant will allow me to strike at her conscience. Once complete, she'll give up her starlight gem.
Dark Sinistar-How do you know this?
General Mystica-I will create a monster that will be most worthy.
Dark Sinistar-Most worthy? How so?
General Mystica-The monster I create will get the Pink Starlight Gem or set a curse upon the Pink Ranger's family heirloom. I don't think the power of her gem and the strength of her dedication as a Ranger will make any difference. Either she keeps her starlight gem and withhold a curse or give up her gem.. And well.. Perhaps still be cursed, but she won't be aware of it, not right off.
Dark Sinistar-Hmm.. Your plan sounds suitable Mystica.
General Mystica-Thank you.
Dark Sinistar-Now get to work.. And remember, don't fail!
General Mystica-I feel failure is a thing of the past.
General Mystica disappears. She immediately begins her plan.. She goes back to Terra Falls and into the heart of the desert. There she drills into the ground and creates a holding pyramid for when its time to trap the Pink Ranger inside with the monster.
Hours pass and soon night time arrives. Zelda is home getting ready for bed. She walks out of the bathroom wearing a pink night gown and a white robe. She goes into her bed room and takes off her robe, she then sets it on a chair next to the window. She yawns as she pulls her pink flowered colored blanket a bit away from the tip of her bed. She gets in and turns off her light. On her neck is the pendant, she decided earlier to wear it to bed just because she felt like it.
In the underground pyramid a voice is heard.. Faintly but heard.. General Mystica is chanting into a very large cauldron that is filled with a dark potion.. The potion begins to bubble. General Mystica then sets her crystal ball up into the center, but only a few inches away from the bubbling cauldron. As she continues to chant, the cauldron's dark potion begins to bubble heavily and soon it releases a heavy blast of plasma energy into Mystica's crystal ball.
She steps back to get something from behind her cauldron.. When she gets up again she holds in her hand a huge wrap. She then hurls the piece of wrap into her crystal ball and watches as it begins to immediately make it sizzle with power.
A few seconds later, Mystica's crystal ball starts to generate a dark light and shines it onto the black potion inside of her cauldron. After all of this, a demon spirit can be seen being lifted out of the black potion and into the crystal ball. A few seconds later, the crystal ball releases a strange looking being. The being appears on bended knee and bow its head as finally a band of wraps appear out of the crystal ball and twirls onto its body. General Mystica laughs and says afterwards.
General Mystica-Ah Mohan.. How very nice to see you again.. After all this time..
The Mummy creature stands up and responds to what Mystica just said in a heavy grungy tone.
Mohan-Thank you for summoning me.. I can't tell you how bored I was.. I never thought I'd get a chance to work with you and Dark Sinistar.
General Mystica-We have more important things to worry about now.. No more talk.. I want to tell you my plan and you mustn't fail.
Mohan nods..
Back in Zelda's home. She's sleeping peacefully.. But suddenly a very transparent beam of light appears right in her room. The light forms into a sphere and quickly overcomes Zelda.. After it has her inside, it disappears.
Zelda doesn't know whats going on because she's still sleeping. She suddenly appears within a dark room inside of Mystica's pyramid. The room is dusty and like I just said.. Dark. It has cobwebs everywhere and only one large stone like bed where Zelda is placed.
Now is the time to put Mystica's plan into action. Zelda is awakened.. She looks around and begins to cough due to the heavy dust getting into her mouth. She asks herself.
Zelda-Where am I.
She notices its too dark to no for sure. So she looks around, very carefully in hopes of finding something that will light up the area.
Zelda is startled when she hears a voice that seems to be close. The voice begins to moan in a monotone and grungy way. She asks in a less than frightened tone.
Zelda-Who's there? Where am I?
The voice begins to speak as Zelda tries to make her way around the dark area.
Mohan-Such purity you have Pink Ranger..
Zelda gasps.
Zelda-Is this some sort of a trick? I warn you, I'm not an easy win!
Mohan speaks again.
Mohan-You can easily get out of here.. Only if you give me your Pink Starlight Gem.
Zelda responds to that.
Zelda-No way!
Mohan-Then I shall set a curse upon your family.. I will curse your scarab pendant..
Zelda gasps again.
Zelda-What?!
Candles light up and soon provide light in the room. Zelda looks around and sees a mummy type monster standing on the other side of the dusty room. She holds her pendant close and says.
Zelda-You're not taking my starlight gem or my pendant! I won't let you!
Mohan laughs.
She now raises her hand and calls forth the pink starlight, she yells out as it appears and shines down on her.
Zelda-PINK STARLIGHT POWER!
The beam becomes explosive upon Zelda and quickly transforms her into the Pink Star Force Ranger.
She stands her ground and prepares to fight Mohan. Her scarab beetle pendant is still around her neck..
Meanwhile, on the surface and in Nakia's bedroom where she is sleeping peacefully. Lightwing is awakened. The bird immediately begins to talk which soon wakes Nakia up. She is half way out of bed as she hears Lightwing's emergency.
Lightwing-Yellow Ranger, Yellow Ranger! You need to get up! The Pink Ranger is in grave danger!
Nakia responds sleepily.
Nakia-What? What are you talking about?
Lightwing-I just got a power flash, she's in danger.. You and the other Power Rangers must get to her before its too late.
Nakia wakes up a bit more. She then gets up and puts on her communicator. She looks at Lightwing and asks.
Nakia-Are you sure?
Lightwing-Yes!
Nakia-Okay.
She immediately contacts the other Rangers and soon they're all off to help their friend.
Tonight the moon isn't the only light the nighttime sky is offering. It soon lights up a bit as five streaks of light magnificently appear and begin to travel through.
Back within the underground Pyramid, the Pink Ranger is having a bit of trouble. She attacks Mohan but he seems to have the upper hand. He zaps her with a powerful amount of dark energy which knocks her back and right into the left side of the stoned wall. She lets out a groan as she slowly falls onto the hardened floor.
Pink Ranger-Ugh!
Mohan then extracts his wraps and cause them to wrap around the Pink Ranger. When finished, the monster sends out electrical charges that sting the Pink Ranger over and over again.
Pink Ranger-UGH! UHHH! LET ME GO!
Mohan says.
Mohan-Give up your starlight gem and I will!
Pink Ranger-NEVER!
Mohan lifts her up by using his wraps and then hurls her against the wall again. This time she hits it so hard that her pendant is knocked off her body. It falls onto the floor very quickly.
Mohan then says.
Mohan-You have made your choice Pink Ranger..
Mohan's cold and dark eyes flash upon the pendant and cause it to crack and turn gray. When the Pink Ranger falls back.. She sees her pendant all cracked and gray.
Pink Ranger-Oh no! What have you done?!
Mohan-Your bloodline will soon know!
He laughs again.
On the side where Mohan stands, the wall begins to slightly crack, then it bursts open.. The Pink Ranger looks up to see all of her friends standing there.. Mohan disappears before they can really see him.
They rush over to her and lean down.
Yellow Ranger-Are you okay?
The Pink Ranger begins to sob.
Green Ranger-Hey what's wrong babe?
She responds.
Pink Ranger-My pendant! Look at it!
They look and see its cracked very badly, and gray.
White Ranger-Oh no!
Blue Ranger-Maybe we can fix it?
Pink Ranger-You can't fix it! Its not a machine! What am I going to do?! My grandmother trusted me and this is what happens!
Yellow Ranger-Hey, this is not your fault. And you know it..
Pink Ranger-Then who's fault is it?
Yellow Ranger-Zelda. Whoever did this, we'll get them.. You've got to believe in yourself and us..
The Pink Ranger clears her throat and looks at her friends.. She then says.
Pink Ranger-You're right.. We will get it back to normal.
The Yellow Ranger nods.
On the surface. Mohan starts to leave the desert area. Soon an image of Dark Sinistar appears right in the heart of the sky. Her voice is thunderous as she speaks to Mohan.
Dark Sinistar-YOU FOOL! WHY HAVEN'T YOU FINISHED HER?!
Mohan looks up and says.
Mohan-I thought I was only supposed to get her starlight gem or curse her family's pendant?
Dark Sinistar-You failed anyway! Just destroy those Rangers! Or I will destroy you!
The image disappears.
Mohan turns around and as soon as he does a huge explosive vortex appears.. He covers his monstrous eyes, and when he uncovers them he sees all of the Power Rangers standing together with the Pink Ranger in the middle. She steps forward holding her pendant and shouts out to Mohan.
Pink Ranger-You're going to pay for this! I'm not going to let you get away with wreaking my heirloom!
Mohan-You powerless fools are so bothersome! I will finish you off once and for all!
The Power Rangers extract their weapons. They all yell out at once and begin their attack.
Mohan ducks as he sees the Yellow and White Rangers swiping at him with their weapons. He soon sees the Green Ranger twirling around his weapon and attempting to capture him, so what does he do? He grabs it and swings the Green Ranger around with it, when he lets go, he runs right into the Pink and Blue Rangers.
Pink, Blue and Green Rangers-UGH!
He then extracts his wraps in an attempt to capture them but the Red Ranger swings around his sword quickly and ends up cutting the wraps up into nothing. Mohan gets angry, so he starts firing out electrical power paralyzers. The White, Yellow, Red, Blue and Green Rangers are hit.. They scream out in pain as they fall onto the ground. The Pink Ranger is the only one who stands up in total anger. She sees her friends on the ground and holds onto her pendant tightly. She looks at the monster and says.
Pink Ranger-THIS ENDS NOW!
She says in a heavenly tone as her body begins to glow..
Pink Ranger-PINK STARLIGHT ANIMAL SOUL POWER!
Soon after, a beautiful pink beam appears in the sky and flashes down onto the Pink Ranger. She then says.
Pink Ranger-PINK PANTHER!
And as soon as she says that, the pink beam forms her into her starlight animal soul form. The Pink Panther.
The transparent pink panther begins to run towards Mohan very quickly. He says in smuggish way.
Mohan-Oh a big pink cat, I'm sooooooo scared!
He uses his powers again to try to subdue the pink cat, but nothing works. He finally starts to get worried when he sees the head of the cat grow to an enormous size. He then says in a worried tone.
Mohan-What is this?! I'm not scared of you! I'll finish you!
The cat opens its mouth and snatches Mohan into it. The transparency allows you to see Mohan within the mouth and as soon as it closes the evil monster explodes into a heavy dust.
Soon pink lighting starts to flash and form into the Pink Ranger as she lands next to the dust on bended knee.
She gets up and looks at her pendant. It has returned to normal. She cheers and so do her friends. They rush back over to her..
White Ranger-Wow Zelda, you did it! That was wonderful.
Pink Ranger-Thanks.
She shows them her pendant. They all gasp.
Green Ranger-Cool, its back to normal now.
Pink Ranger-Yeah.
Yellow Ranger-You see. Your family would be proud.
The Pink Ranger lets out a happy chuckle..
The next day Zelda writes a letter and is about to mail it to her grandmother in Australia when she sees Ryan and Nakia drive up.. She walks over to the car..
Zelda-Hey you guys, whats up?
Nakia responds.
Nakia-Not much, we just came over to see how things were going with you..
Zelda-Just fine.. I'm going to mail a letter I just finished writing to my grandmother.
Nakia-Cool. Whats it say?
Zelda-Oh just how lucky I feel to have the pendant and thanking her for trusting it with me and for her not to worry.. I'll take care of it.
Nakia-Yeah you proved it last night.
Ryan-You sure did.
Zelda smiles as her pendant necklace begins to sparkle in the sun's light..
Meanwhile back on the moon. General Jin, General Crimson and General Valkor all stand by Dark Sinistar as she sits on her throne. General Mystica appears bowing. The evil one speaks.
Dark Sinistar-Your plan failed me again Mystica. But that's quite all right.
The Generals look at Sinistar in puzzlement. She doesn't say anything regarding their facial expressions, but continues to say something else.
Dark Sinistar-I have realized that the only way to get those Rangers is if we find a different power. And since we can't seem to get their starlight gems, we'll have to find the skull of leviathan.. Once we have the skull we'll be able to get rid of them and release him from his fiery prison!
All of her generals nod in a agreement. She then says.
Dark Sinistar-So no time for punishments this time. We have more important work to do! We must dedicate ourselves to finding the skull of leviathan!
Her eyes glow superbly red as everything fades to black…
