Chapter 69 The Search for the Skull of Leviathan Part 4
Dark Sinistar turns back to her work. She feels on the rocky wall and searches for energy. Once again she starts detecting the presence of tremendous energy.
Dark Sinistar-Ah yes. I know the skull is here. And now it shall be mine!
The Red Ranger yells out in his fiery cell but Dark Sinistar doesn't pay any attention to him. No, her attention is focused on the energy. She moves back a bit and jabs her scepter into one part of the rocky wall. She then begins to generate her power into the wall, and as she does this, pieces of the rocky wall slowly break apart.
Meanwhile, the other Power Rangers manage to regroup.. The Dark Generals also regroup. They stand on the opposite of their Ranger enemies and finally decide to combine their powers. One by one they extend their hands and place them on top of one another. Soon they extend their energies and form them into one large energy sphere. The Dark Generals then release the large sphere upon the Rangers. They are struck extremely hard. Powerful, and crushing explosions result from the impact. They all fall slowly onto the ground one at a time.
General Valkor steps forward and says.
General Valkor-These Rangers are weak.
General Jin-They sure are. No challenge at all.
General Mystica-I say we send them to oblivion!
General Crimson-I second that!
The Generals all nod and agree with Mystica's suggestion.
The Power Ranger slowly stand up. The Yellow Ranger says in a weak tone.
Yellow Ranger-We.. cannot ..let them beat us!
White Ranger-What can we do?
Yellow Ranger-We'll use our soul power.
Pink Ranger-Right.
Green Ranger-Sounds good.
Blue Ranger-So lets do it.
The Power Rangers prepare to receive their soul powers. And at the same time, the Generals combine their powers again but with an even darker twist. They plan to use their ultimate strength to tear the Power Rangers to shreds and send their souls to an oblivion.
The evil Generals fire a superbly deadly power wave at the Rangers. The wave strikes them just as their bodies let off an excellently powerful glow. The glow begins to act like a reflecting shield which reflects the wave back at the Generals. They act frantically and attempt to get out of the way but its too late. The wave washes over and onto their bodies and inflicts immense pain which eventually causes all of the Generals to scream out and explode into one heavy cloud of black dust. The dust floats up into the dark sky and soon disappears.
The Power Rangers stop glowing and find their soul powers are now activated. The Blue Ranger looks and says with happiness.
Blue Ranger-Oh that was so cool! Our powers reflected their own energies back at them.
Green Ranger-Yeah and sooo toasted them!
They both give each other a high five. They all start cheering except for the Yellow Ranger. She steps forward and says.
Yellow Ranger-Don't start cheering yet. We've got to get to Ryan.
They all calm down and nod in agreement.
Myndor and Kastra are still watching the Rangers through Myndor's cauldron. He smiles and so does she.
Kastra-They did it.
Myndor-Yes, but they still must stop Dark Sinistar.
Kastra-I know. They will.. I believe in them.
Myndor-So do I..
Dark Sinistar has drilled half way into the rocky wall. She stops for a second and peeks in. She finds there is still more to go through.
Dark Sinistar-Uhhh! Enough of this! I'll just destroy the entire wall!
She moves back a few feet and points her scepter at the wall. Then her scepter starts to activate wildly. She releases the amount of energy into the wall. And as soon as the wall becomes completely filled, it starts glowing brightly. A few seconds later the entire wall explodes. Once completely finished Dark Sinistar sees a large pit which seems to lead no where except to one's death. She also notices on the other side is a small mountain ledge which looks like it could hold the skull. Taking no chances, Dark Sinistar begins to float over the bottomless pit and onto the other side.
The Red Ranger feels totally helpless because he can't really do anything as long as he's trapped.
Just then five glowing sabers appear out of no where and strike the shield surrounding the Red Ranger. He covers himself as the shield breaks apart in the worst way. And when he looks around he sees all of his friends standing there. The Yellow Ranger runs up to him and hugs him as she asks.
Yellow Ranger-Are you okay?
He hugs her back and answers.
Red Ranger-I'm fine babe.
After they let go, the Red Ranger points where the Power Rangers hadn't noticed till now. They see Dark Sinistar but not in close view standing on a small mountain ledge digging.
Yellow Ranger-I bet that's where the skull is.
Red Ranger-I'm sure of it.
The Pink Ranger asks.
Pink Ranger-How are we going to get there? The ledge is too small to actually fight and we might fall into the pit.
Green Ranger-I say we wait and take the skull from her.
Red Ranger-Easier said than done.
White Ranger-What else can we do?
Red Ranger-I'll take care of it.
Yellow Ranger-Huh? But Ryan..
Red Ranger-No.. I'll take care of it. You all stay here. I'll get the skull from Dark Sinistar. Just cover me.
Yellow Ranger-Okay.
The Red Ranger teleports from the inside of the cave to where Dark Sinistar is digging on the small mountain ledge. She stops digging and growls at the Red Ranger.
Dark Sinistar-YOU AGAIN! HOW'D YOU.. OH NEVERMIND!
She fires multiple blasts from her scepter, but the Red Ranger manages to dodge them all. He then leaps up into the air and sticks out his right leg, then he immediately strikes Dark Sinistar and almost sends her over the mountain ledge, but all he did was knock her down very close to falling off.
He lands on bended knee but gets back on his feet. He notices she dropped her scepter so he picks it up and holds it to her face as she is still on the ground. He says in a stern tone as it appears he has the upper hand.
Red Ranger-I'm going to send you back to hell!
Dark Sinistar looks at him and smirks. She then says.
Dark Sinistar-Don't get too confident now Red Ranger. It may appear that you have me in a bind, but a bind to me is nothing.. I can get out of any situation. Observe!
Her eyes start glowing white, and actually this makes her scepter act wildly. It begins to surge with paralyzing power, and its so strong that it begins to affect the Red Ranger badly. He screams out and drops Dark Sinistar's scepter as he is made to fall on his knees due to the heavy amount of stinging power.
Red Ranger-AAHH UHH! UHH!
He looks up barely and sees Dark Sinistar standing before him. She materializes her scepter back into her hands and points it at him. She looks down for a minute then looks back at the Red Ranger. An evil grimace appears on her face quickly, she then kicks him onto his back…
Red Ranger-UGHGH!
And says.
Dark Sinistar-Long way down Ranger. Think of it as a one way trip to no where!
The Red Ranger tries to move away slowly but he really can't. He keeps his focus on Dark Sinistar's scepter and at the same time he feels something on his right hand. He doesn't look but feels more into it, and after feeling the hardness he decides that it might be the skull.
Dark Sinistar looks at him suspiciously and continues to hold him down with her scepter. Very quickly he gets a grip and pulls out what he felt, and what do you know, his feeling was right, it is a skull. Dark Sinistar gasps and becomes frantic, she says to him.
Dark Sinistar-Give it to me Ranger…
The Red Ranger sees a chance to get the upper hand so he says.
Red Ranger-You want it? This is what you want right?
He starts to slowly swing the skull back in forth as if he was teasing and taunting Dark Sinistar.
Dark Sinistar-I said give me the skull now, or I will blast your miserable body into a billion unrecognizable pieces!
Now you know for one he's not going to give in so easily. He figures the pit could be bottomless and if he threw the skull in it Dark Sinistar would be sure to follow and it might be the end of her. Or he could risk her blasting him into dust with her scepter. After a few seconds of thinking he finally decides to throw the skull into the pit with hopes of never seeing it or Dark Sinistar again.
The Red Ranger hurls the skull behind him. And it does exactly what he wants it to, it falls over the mountain ledge. Dark Sinistar gets angry and even more frantic but she manages to leap in the direction of the falling skull but instead of catching it she falls with it and continues to try and get it, only problem is its falling faster than she is.
Explosive sounds are heard deep within the pit. The Red Ranger gets back up but stays on his knees. His friends don't understand why he's still sitting there, but they also notice he's digging. The Yellow Ranger yells over to him.
Yellow Ranger-RYAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! COME ON, LETS GO!
He doesn't respond, he just keeps digging as he says to himself.
Red Ranger-I've got to find those cells! I know they're here! If the skull was, they have to be!
More explosive sounds are heard and this time fire is seen at the bottom and its moving upward fast. The Yellow Ranger continues to yell out.
Yellow Ranger-RYAN COME ON!
The entire area begins to erupt violently as fire blazes from the very bottom and up to the top. The Red Ranger pays no attention to any of it, instead he keeps on digging till he suddenly feels something strange. He moves more dirt around till he spots three stones. Getting frustrated because all he sees are stones, he thinks maybe the cells aren't there. He soon changes his mind when he uncovers three more stones. He then says to himself.
Red Ranger-These have got to be the power cells.
He takes all six of them into his hand and finally pays attention to the yelling from the Yellow Ranger and the explosions inside of the pit continuously reaching their paths.
He finally teleports away from the very small mountain ledge and over to his friends. The Yellow Ranger looks and asks him.
Yellow Ranger-What were you doing?
The entire area continues to erupt but this time more violently than before. Soon more fire fiercely blazes up towards the Rangers and the rest of the dark area. The Red Ranger says back to the Yellow Ranger.
Red Ranger-Come on lets get out of here, now! I'll explain later.
They attempt to teleport from the area but the fire is blazing and flashing so much that they really don't have the chance too. And now as the fire erupts even more, it begins to actually set off explosions like a firecracker but bigger, a lot bigger and more dangerous. They decide to run.. But they have to do it fast before the explosions catch them.
As they run from the area, the fire actually becomes so fierce that it looks like a huge storm erupting. The Rangers are getting closer and closer to the entrance of the cave area but not close enough since the extreme blaze is right behind them. It causes another explosion but this time its right behind the Rangers. The explosion is so strong that it forces them out of the cave. A few seconds later they are all found laying face down on the ground..
The cave starts to generate more power that begins to extend only a few feet away from the entrance. The Power Rangers look up and behind them and see the cave actually dissipating into the power. They get up and find that the cave looks like its going to explode and they are so right. They start running again and as they do, the cave explodes into a humungous cloud of black dust. They stop running and turn around. They all notice the pit has been closed.
The Blue Ranger asks.
Blue Ranger-Wow! So cool, yet harmful. The pit has been sealed.
Pink Ranger-Does that mean Dark Sinistar is gone?
White Ranger-Don't know but I really hope so.
The Dark clouds in the sky and fierce lightning all disappear and the sky returns to its normal blue but only semi filled with white clouds as if the events that just happened never did.
Later when they return to Myndor's place the Red Ranger hands him the six stones. He sadly then says.
Red Ranger-We didn't get the skull.
Myndor responds to that.
Myndor-I know, but that's all right. You did what you had to do in order to survive.
The Green Ranger asks.
Green Ranger-So is the danger over?
He looks at him and responds to his question.
Myndor-We can't afford to assume its over.
The Yellow Ranger then asks.
Yellow Ranger-What are those stones?
Myndor walks over to his cauldron and places the stones over it, they all begin to hover over the light blue potion.
The blue potion produces a swirling energy which swirls around all six stones, everyone watches as the energy destroys the stone coverings and reveal six beautiful cells filled with energy. Each cell has a different color of course.. One red, one yellow, one pink, one white, one black and the last one, blue..
Myndor smiles as he sees the energy is quite alive and says to the Power Rangers.
Myndor-Rangers. These are power cells filled with natures energy. Take one and I will explain..
The Red Ranger moves up and so do the others, they all take a color coded cell, except for one being a black cell but the Green Ranger still takes it. They all stand together and listen to Myndor speak.
Myndor-One day these power cells will grant you access to unbelievable power.
Red Ranger-When?
Myndor-I don't know. But when the time comes, it will happen. But I want to tell you about the cells.
They all nod and listen to Myndor as he says to each Ranger.
Myndor-Ryan you now have the power cell of red fire. Nakia, you have the power cell of yellow lightning. Zelda, you have the power cell of pink wind. Kimberly, you have the power cell of white snow, Chet you have the power of black hail and Joey you have the power of blue rain. These power cells hold the forces of nature, they are storm cells which you can have.. And like I said before, one day when need be they will grant you access to their power!
They all look closely at their storm power cells to examine them closely.
Pink Ranger-Wow so beautiful.
Yellow Ranger-Yeah..
Myndor-Rangers, now you must return to your own time. If you don't the balance of time will corrupt.
Red Ranger-We understand.
Yellow Ranger-Yeah I was kinda getting homesick.
Pink Ranger-I just hope we never see Dark Sinistar or her Generals again.
Myndor-If you do, and there is a good chance, you know you can win against them.
Pink Ranger-Yeah.
Kastra finally decides to speak.
Kastra-Good luck Rangers.
Yellow Ranger-Thanks Kastra.
Myndor and Kastra combine their powers to try and open a portal but their powers aren't enough. So with luck, Nova is heard again. She speaks to them and gladly returns the Power Rangers back to their own time. Kastra asks Myndor.
Kastra-Why can't we open a portal?
Myndor-Our powers still need to grow. I told you that before. They will don't worry. We have all the time in the world.
Kastra nods but says nothing. Instead she walks outside and stares up at the sky and wonders if the war is really over for the Rangers. She once again wishes them luck in hope and peace..
