Chapter 68 The Search for the Skull of Leviathan Part 3
The sky now filled with dark clouds and brilliantly colored flashing lightning begins to rumble even more with thunderous sounds and the feeling of ominous evil hangs over the entire area. People around notice and just believe a horrible storm is developing.
The Red Ranger says to his friends as they continue their walk through the swamp area.
Red Ranger-Come on everyone, time to pick up the pace.
Yellow Ranger-Right.
They all start running now. Red in the lead, Yellow behind him, Pink behind her, and White, Blue and Green making up the back. They all start picking up the pace even more as they start thinking about the possible dangers that might happen if they don't find the skull and Dark Sinistar does.
Just as they make it to an open way patch within the swamp area, bolts of fierce lightning bolts strike the ground and cause a huge explosion to erupt. The intensity of the explosion causes the Power Rangers to stop running and fall onto the ground all at once.
Power Rangers-Ugh!
The explosion lets up as more lightning strikes the ground and causes a magical sphere of power to appear. The sphere begins to expand and finally it reveals Dark Sinistar sitting on her throne staring at her nails, and with all four of her generals standing by her side.
The Red Ranger looks at them as he slowly gets back on his feet.
Red Ranger-Aw man! Uhh!
Dark Sinistar continues to observe her dark nails as she begins to speak.
Dark Sinistar-Power Rangers. Always getting in my way. When will you learn that I will never stop my evil?!
Green Ranger-As long as you won't stop trying to destroy us all we will be around to take you on!
Red Ranger-We're not going to let you have your way!
Dark Sinistar-You're not going to mess up my plans now!
She stands up and props up her right hand slightly.. This gesture causes her throne to disappear. She then holds her right hand out slowly and materializes her dark and deadly scepter.
Dark Sinistar looks very grimly at the Rangers. Soon they are all back on their feet.. They listen to what she says to her generals.
Dark Sinistar-Generals deal with them.. I'm going to find the skull myself.
She looks back at them and says in a very serious tone.
Dark Sinistar-Make sure you finish them!
They all nod and say.
Generals-Yes Empress.
Dark Sinistar slightly nods and snaps her fingers. Soon a bolt of lightning emerges from a dark cloud in the sky and strikes Dark Sinistar into an explosive disappearance.
The Power Rangers stand their ground together. The Dark Generals all smirk and prepare themselves for battle. The Red Ranger says to his friends.
Red Ranger-You guys I've got to go after Dark Sinistar..
The Yellow Ranger says.
Yellow Ranger-Don't worry we'll handle them.. If you find the skull take it before she does!
He nods and takes off running. General Mystica uses her crystal ball to try and stop the Red Ranger but he manages to make it through each and every one of her blasting attempts.
Soon he finds himself away from his friends and the Dark Generals. He continues to run till he makes it out of the swampy area. He stops and leans down on his knees to catch his breath, and when he gets up again he notices a huge mountain with a small opening way at the bottom. The entire area is filled with dust and debris from all sorts of things. It looks like a grave from past battles. The area is so bad that even the grass stopped growing there.
He looks around and wonders if Dark Sinistar is here already, which he figures she is already inside of the cave.
Meanwhile, back in the swamp area. The Yellow and Pink Rangers leap up into the air together, and both of them go into cannonball mode. General Valkor and General Crimson leap up into the air as well and strikes the both of them. They fall out of the sky and onto their backs.
Yellow and Pink Rangers-UGH!
The White and Green Rangers spot General Jin, so they both move closer and attempt to give her a double kick, but she grabs both of their legs and lifts them up with her first two arms. Then with her bottom two arms she starts punching them continuously as they have no choice but to take it.
White Ranger-UHHH!
Green Ranger-UCH!
The Blue Ranger is having a difficult time trying to subdue General Mystica. Every time he tries to deliver a strike, she disappears, but reappears on his opposite side. She disappears again as he tries to capture her, she reappears behind him again and hits him in his back. The effect from the hit causes his body to surge as he falls onto the ground.
Blue Ranger-UGHH!
The Red Ranger slowly makes his way into the cave. He finds it to be really damp inside and very smelly. He looks around and looks up in hopes of not finding any bats. But what he does see and it scares him a bit are skeletons. He manages to make his way away from them but runs into a very unhappy cobra snake.
Red Ranger-Oh shoot! This is definitely not my day!
The snake sees him and coils up a bit and it looks like its going to strike him. He soon finds out that he was right. The snake extends out and attempts to bite him, he doesn't know if the snakes fangs are strong enough to penetrate his Ranger suit but he doesn't want to take any chances so he materializes his sword and cuts the snake in half just as it was about to try and bite him.
He sighs with relief as he sees the cut snake slowly dying. Now, he starts walking deeper into the cave but stops when he hears a familiar voice not too far away.
Dark Sinistar-Ah yes, the skull is beyond here.. I feel its energy calling to me..
The Red Ranger decides to approach the situation with extreme caution..
Myndor and Kastra return to the temple where they speak with the statues again. They learn something new, something they had not ever been told or imagined. The ancient spirits then tell them that they must let the Power Rangers deal with the situation, if they interfere they might die.
Minutes later, they leave the temple and think about what they had found out. Kastra slowly looks at Myndor and says.
Kastra-I don't believe it.
Myndor-Neither do I.
Kastra-There's more in that cave than just the skull of leviathan!
Myndor thinks deeply and says what the ancient spirits just told him and Kastra.
Myndor-On the day Leviathan was destroyed, he stole six power cells from the ancient druids. The stars gave us power, and it seemed like it was enough, but the druids turned to the earth for more help. They collected the forces of nature into six power cells. He stole them because he wanted to give them to the demon gods. But the battle between him and our warriors caused him to lose the cells.
Kastra-I wonder why they didn't try to find the cells.
Myndor-I don't know. But I'm guessing they couldn't. Anyway we've got to contact the Rangers, telepathically.
Kastra nods in agreement.
Meanwhile, the five Rangers are doing their best to stop Dark Sinistar's fierce Generals.
The Yellow Ranger and General Crimson are fighting on one side of the swamp area. She swings at him but he catches her arm and bends it. She yells out.
Yellow Ranger-AHHH! LET ME GO!
General Crimson lets out a smuggish laugh.
General Crimson-Of course you pathetic Ranger!
He lifts her up a bit and kicks her in the back very badly. Her body starts to fly over the area and it begins to feel the immense pain from General Crimsons kick.
The Pink Ranger and General Valkor are fighting fiercely. She materializes her whip and attempts to strike him with it, but he catches it and runs around her in circles, when he's done running, the Pink Ranger is found totally wrapped up with her own weapon. General Valkor steps back and commences to blast her with his energy. She yells out in pain as the blasts continue to strike her body.
Pink Ranger-UGH! AHH! UHH!
General Jin have the White and Green Rangers in her grip. She starts to really squeeze the life out of them. The White Ranger starts to struggle but it only causes more pain, for the more she moves the tighter the grip gets. Same with the Green Ranger. Soon they both lose their mini battle. They slightly lose consciousness. General Jin lets out a victory howl and then she says.
General Jin-TWO RANGERS DOWN! HA HA!
General Jin uses her crystal ball to subdue the Blue Ranger. He is flung up into the air by her power and brought back down, but not with ease, oh no. She is making him bounce up and down onto the ground again constantly and with quick speed. He screams and yells out, but mostly when he hit's the ground one last time with an electrical result.
Back at Myndor's place, both he and Kastra watch through Myndor's cauldron as the Power Rangers are losing to Dark Sinistar's Generals.
Kastra-This is not good.
Myndor-Don't worry.. The Rangers are strong. Their strength is not to be doubted.
Kastra nods her head once in a belief of what Myndor just said, but she also has her doubts which she doesn't speak of.
Back at the cave. The Red Ranger is about to make his move but hearing the voice of Myndor in his mind stops him.
Myndor-Red Ranger. There is more power in the cave that we didn't know of till now. Don't speak, because Dark Sinistar may hear you. Listen, there are six power cells within the cave that contain very strong energies, they contain the power of nature. You must get them before she does. And remember, be careful.
His voice fades away slowly as the Red Ranger thinks to himself.
Red Ranger-Right..
Lowering his guard, the Red Ranger walks into the area and says in a stern tone.
Red Ranger-Hold it right there Sinistar!
She doesn't turn around so he doesn't see her when she smirks evilly, but he does listen when she says.
Dark Sinistar-Foolish Red Ranger! To challenge me is one thing.
She turns around with her scepter in hand and continues to say.
Dark Sinistar-But to do it alone is quite a death wish!
Red Ranger-You will finally be stopped!
Dark Sinistar-Your entire team can't stop me! What makes you think you can?!
Red Ranger-Like I said.. You will be stopped!
Dark Sinistar lets out an evil chuckle. She then says.
Dark Sinistar-Come on then, give it your best shot!
The Red Ranger prepares to stand his ground. He holds his sword close to his chest as it begins to glow. Dark Sinistar holds her scepter in a firing position and is waiting for the Red Ranger to attack.
A few seconds later the Red Ranger moves a bit, and at the same time Dark Sinistar fires a powerful blast from her scepter. The Red Ranger immediately ducks out of the blasts way and rolls over towards Dark Sinistar. He is on the ground when he attempts to strike her with his sword, she blocks it with her scepter. She then kicks him in the stomach and this causes him to fling up into the air above Dark Sinistar. She sees the chance to take a swipe at him with her scepter, so she does so and makes him fall harder onto the ground.
He yells out when she steps on his back and attempts to crush him into the ground.
Red Ranger-UGHGGHHGHHH!
She says in a demonic tone.
Dark Sinistar-NOTHINGS GOING TO STOP ME FROM GETTING THE SKULL OF LEVIATHAN! ILL BREAK EVERY BONE IN YOUR BODY, LEAVING YOU AS NOTHING MORE THAN A CORPSE!
The Red Ranger says in an agonizing tone.
Red Ranger-I.. Don't…think. So..
The Red Ranger feels the crushing feeling increase so what he does is quickly move his lower body up under Dark Sinistar's free foot, this causes his body to make her trip. She rolls over onto the ground side as the Red Ranger gets back on his feet.
She growls and points her scepter at him on bended knee, this time she releases extremely powerful waves of stinging power. The Red Ranger screams out in agony as the waves rip through his body and cause his Ranger suit to set off small explosions that he soon feels. He doesn't fall down, no, he keeps his balance.
Dark Sinistar gets up and charges at the Red Ranger. He uses his sword to protect himself against her hits. He then retaliates. The Red Ranger powers up his sword to its ultimate charge and this causes the blade part to become inflamed. Soon an image of a red dragon appears as he holds his sword up over his head. He then says as he's about to deliver his attack.
Red Ranger-RED DRAGON FIERY SLASH!
Dark Sinistar laughs as she sees all of this. She then says.
Dark Sinistar-Pathetic!
Then she does something that shocks the Red Ranger. She actually catches his flaming sword in her left hand and puts some major pressure on it. As she squeezes the blade the charged up power within his sword dies down till the power has completely dissipated. She laughs again and rhetorically asks.
Dark Sinistar-Awww did I douse your little flame?! Hahaha well let me make up for that Red Ranger!
She takes his sword out of his hands and gives him a triple slash right on his chest, he screams out as the slashes cause his Ranger suit to set off small explosions and not to mention the extra pain that he is also feeling.
Red Ranger-AAAAHHHHH! UUGHHHH!
Soon he falls but not on his back, no he catches himself and is able to fall on bended knee which in turn instantly allows Dark Sinistar to give him a powerful swift kick that sends him flying across the rocky area where he crashes violently on the other side.
Red Ranger-UGHHGGHH!
Dark Sinistar now throws the Red Ranger's sword behind her. She laughs for a second and then says to him now.
Dark Sinistar-You can't defeat me Red Ranger. I'm far too powerful for you or your silly weak friends to handle! And not even Myndor or that pathetic excuse for a sorceress Kastra can help you now!
She laughs out loud again then continues to say.
Dark Sinistar-You are all doomed! DOOMED!
She looks at him with her cold dead eyes and thinks for just a minute then she speaks again.
Dark Sinistar-After thinking I find it more suitable to say I won't give you the easy way out by destroying your worthless existence, no, not now, not after getting so close to my goal Ranger! Instead I'm going to let you watch as I get the skull! And then I'm going to let you suffer the fate of knowing there's nothing you or your friends can do to stop me from my ultimate goal! Its over Ranger, OVER!
She points her scepter at the ground, it releases red and yellow sparks into the ground and this causes a reaction that causes dark fire to arise. The dark fire quickly surrounds the Red Ranger, but that's not all. Not only does the fire surround him on the ground, but it also produces a high stinging paralyzing electric dark shield that covers his entire body. He stands up and tries to break free but as soon as he touches the dark shield his body feels the painful results.
Red Ranger-UHH! Oh man! No!
Dark Sinistar smirks at him. She speaks.
Dark Sinistar-Consider this a going away present Ranger. Because as soon as I get the skull I'm going to return to your time and start the ceremony.. Leviathan will live again, which means death will consume your entire planet within seconds! Hahaahahaha! Ohhh what a beautiful sight, all humans losing their lives and their very souls to be devoured by a Demon God who will in turn grant me supreme power to use as I see fit!
The Red Ranger says to himself.
Red Ranger-No! I can't let that happen.
Dark Sinistar continues laughing evilly as her eyes begin to glow a cold dead white while she stares at the encased Red Ranger..
Back at Myndor's place, he and Kastra become frantic.
Kastra-What can we do? Can't we help them?
Myndor-The ancient spirits advised against it. There's a chance we could destroyed.
Kastra-But isn't that chance enough to help our friends?
Myndor thinks for a moment, he then looks at Kastra and says.
Myndor-You're absolutely right Kastra. The Power Rangers need our help and we're going to help them. Despite the warning we must do something.
Kastra-Right.
Myndor-I'll go to the cave and confront Dark Sinistar. You help the others.
Kastra-Okay..
Just then an image of one of the ancient druids appears right before them. They look at each other and then back at the image.
Jed-Myndor you must not go.
Myndor-But we have to help our friends.
Jed-No.. The Power Rangers are protected by the stars themselves. They can get out of their predicaments. If you two go Dark Sinistar will destroy you.
Kastra-That's a chance we're willing to take.
Jed-Listen to me!
Myndor-We have to help them. They are in grave danger.
Jed-Dark Sinistar will destroy you and take your souls to give to Leviathan. If you confront her she will do this! At least here you are safe. The Rangers are keeping them busy.. You mustn't go. If you do, Leviathan will have your souls in the pits of hell! We have seen the results. And if he has your souls his power will be unsurpassed in your physical world. The Power Rangers will do their best to stop them.
Myndor and Kastra thinks about what Jed just told them. Reluctantly they take his advice and stay put. The image disappears slowly as they continue to hear.
Jed-Trust in their powers.
Then the voice disappears.
Myndor and Kastra look at each other once again but this time in more worriment than before. Then they take a look into the cauldron and see the Power Rangers still in trouble, they sigh at the fact that all they can do for them is sit and watch.. At least they wonder if their hopes will contribute to the Rangers powers to stop Dark Sinistar and her minions..
