A/N: The beginning of a new chapter. It's something I always enjoy. One thing though, I'm still pretty angry at myself and at many other things. I barely have time to do things and when I do, I try my best to write. I hope you guys are enjoying this story. I sound like a broken record now, XD. Anyways, enough broken record. Let's get into this new chapter before I lose my ideas.
(Disclaimer: I do now own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Chapter 18: Fear Factor
Everyone stood at the airport with signs that Cynthia made. The signs all had some form of saying "goodbye" and "good luck". They awaited for the idols to arrive as they were set to leave the airport at ten o'clock in the morning. The only one absent from the party was Saul who had disappeared in the early hours of the morning. Eduardo was also not present due to the fact that he was still the new guy.
Mikey held his sign with a smile for some unknown reason. Alicia and Cynthia did the same but they were actually genuinely happy to give their best wishes to the idols. Anthony on the other hand was threading an annoying child with his sign. Marco, with all his power, tried to stop him.
"Guys, they're coming!" Cynthia said as she kicked Anthony to get him in line. They all called over to the four girls who looked up to see them. The guards who surrounded the girls moved to the sides to let the girls pass.
"You guys. What are you doing here?" Lisa was the one who asked.
"Well, we are here to give you guys some good luck." Alicia answered her.
"That's so sweet. Thanks guys." Jennie said.
"Yea, it's not like I had some other thing to do." Anthony let his head fall back as he groaned before feeling the full force of a kick hit his shin. He fell backwards and held onto his leg.
"That's ok. We don't really like you either." Lisa pretended you hate the boy and recieved a angry grumble in response.
"Look at them." Marco whispered to the group as they all turned to see Mikey stumbling over words as he talked to Jisoo.
"Is he speaking Korean?" Alicia asked.
"I heard he was practicing a little." Marco held back his laugh.
"Um, how do I say good luck?" Mikey asked before feeling the warm touch of Jisoo's hands.
"Thank you." Jisoo said to him.
"Uh, Yea." Mikey reddened a Little as he looked around for the flowers he had also gotten. He handed them over, his hands shaking a little as he did.
"So cute." Jennie commented.
"Hey, did Saul come with you guys?" Everyone turned to see Rosé, who hugged her stuffed toy tightly.
"He disappeared this morning without a word. Probably went to train somewhere deep in the jungle." Alicia answered.
"Oh, I see." Rosé's expression lowered.
"But don't worry, he sends his wishes. I'm sure of it." Mikey said but he didn't actually know. He was just saying it to help Saul out.
"It's ok Rosie." Jennie shook her friend a little so that she would feel a bit better. She smiled a little but turned away as she gripped the toy tighter.
"Come on. Who cares about that guy. He's an idiot after all." Anthony said.
"Isn't he your own cousin?" Marco asked.
"I prefer not to mention that part." Anthony said quickly and silently.
"Shut up." Cynthia said through her teeth.
"That's our call." Lisa said as she heard their names being called. Everyone turned to see the other idol group waiting alongside a few other people.
"Good luck everyone. We hope you have a safe trip and a great tour." Alicia informed with a big smile.
"Thanks. Bye everyone." Lisa waved along with the other girls. The girls walked towards the other group after recovering the waves and smiles of this unlikely group of friends.
"Why isn't he here?" Alicia's aura had changed as fast as a cheetah's running.
"He didn't say anything. I was serious when I said that he just disappeared." Marco said recalling that he was the one who informed Alicia of his disappereace.
"I'm going to hurt him when I see him." Cynthia clentched her fist.
"Is it really that big a deal. Like Saul actually cares for them. He said that he only keeps from erasing their minds about our identities because they may have something to do with his past." Anthony shocked everyone. He had actually remembered what Saul had talked about a few weeks ago.
"Yea well, I don't care what his reasons are. That girl may well be in love with him and he's ignoring her." Cynthia clenched both her fists as a faint firey aura appeared around her.
"Yea right, Saul's right. Girls like them wouldn't like someone like him." Mikey turned as he began walking towards the exit after making sure that the girls were gone. The others followed.
"Says the one with the crush on the girl who has a crush on him. Also the same guy who has a girlfriend who he avoids." Alicia was the one who talked.
"I don't have a crush on Jisoo." Mikey said.
"I never said the name of the girl who had a crush on you." Alicia smiled.
"Argh! Well, about my other relationship, I plan on breaking it off. Soon." Mikey stuffed his hands into his pockets as he pulled out his keys. He opened it and allowed Anthony to get into it.
"You better do it soon or you won't be able to start something with Jisoo." Marco teased before entering his own car quickly after Marco threw a piece of trash at him.
"Whatever!" Mikey yelled as he got into his car.
"You like Jisoo." Anthony said as he smiled deviously until he got punched on his arm. He held his arm as he closed his eyes, the pain surging through his body.
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Eduardo picked up the hoodie from his bed. His new room was suitable for him. He was getting ready to help Sakura move in. The other day Sakura met with Mick and they spent hours talking about how you could improve the zords and the ranger weapons.
He put on the hoodie that Kai had made for him. He met Kai briefly. His hoodie was similar to the other ranger hoodies. The hoodie was white in color. On the left side of the hoodie was a cool design of a rhino, appearing as if it were charging at something. It's horn appearing to be wanting to come off the hoodie. On the right side of the hoodie was a black design of the rhinos head. On the right side, on his chest, was the Animal Strike symbol. On the back of his hoodie was a rhino styled number 7, the same one that was on his suit. On the top back of his hoodie were the words, "Charging Rhino". On the bottom back of his hoodie was the phrase, "Charge of the Rhino", which he had to admit wasn't really cool but it wasn't horrible. He had on his pair of black jeans and white vans. He decided to put on a pair of black fingerless gloves. His Morpher remained as a white watch to fit in with his outfit.
"How's the outfit?" Eduardo turned to see a smiling Sakura greet him.
"I like it but I prefer windbreakers." Eduardo spoke honestly.
"At least you got something. Hurry up, I have to give my apartment key back by this afternoon." Sakura said as she put on her coat.
"Have you seen him yet?" Eduardo asked Sakura, causing her to stop in place.
"N..n..no." Sakura stuttered a little.
"Oh." Eduardo turned away.
"Have you?" Sakura asked.
"No, not yet. Seems he disappeared this morning." Eduardo stuffed his hands in his pocket after letting his close. The sliding doors were just finished being installed. They impressed everyone. Saul was a little disappointed because up til now, he was opening and closing doors with his hand. Now you could close or open the door with the touch of a button. There were a ton of settings for the doors.
"Let's go." Sakura shrugged off the whole question and they left. They got outside of the base where there was a blacktop road. It was built by Kai himself so that the rangers could have cars when they came together. Sakura brought a big truck and left it outside the base. Steel was standing outside looking at a nearby tree as he looked at the small bugs crawling up it.
"Robot?" Eduardo pointed his finger, getting the attention of said robot.
"Ah! You must be Eduardo. It must be a pleasure for you." Steel spoke in a voice with confidence.
"Huh?" Eduardo tilted his head with confusion.
"You are meeting me for the first time. You must be very excited. I know I know, it's a lot to take in, but you'll get over it." Steel looked up at the sky as he spoke, boasting about himself.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Eduardo shook his head.
"Steel, Mick said that you would help me move my stuff." Sakura spoke to the robot now.
"Of course. I am the strongest half robot half human around." Steel put his his arm as if to flex his muscles.
"Half human?" Eduardo said as he tilted his head.
"Great. Let's go then. It would be a great idea if you got into the back of the truck." Sakura explained as they all got closer to the truck.
"I know. It's a shame but it is how it is." Steel said as he got into the back and closed the door. Sakura got into the passenger seat and Eduardo got into the drivers seat. They all left, heading for Sakura's apartment.
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~2 years ago~
Saul locked the door to the apartment and made sure it was locked. He wasn't going to be back in Japan for a while. He turned to Saki who looked at him with a worried expression. Saul grabbed Saki's hand and gave her a nod. She nodded back and they began walking out of the apartment complex. They entered the parking complex and unlocked a caged garage door. His car was inside. He checked to make sure he didn't have anything valuable in there. After confirming it, he locked the car and locked the cage door. He grabbed Saki's hand again and they exited the complex. They took twenty minutes on a bus to get to a train station.
They entered the train station and awaited the next train. They were ready to buy tickets until Saul caught view of something weird and out of place. A man stood around casually holding a newspaper. The thing that was out of place was the handle of a pistol, coming out of his coat. The man looked up at Saul. Saul gripped Saki's hand tighter. He then dashed the other direction, prompting the other man to start chasing him.
Saki tried her best to hold on. Saul knew who was after him. A crooked cop. Definitely someone working with the woman from before. They stopped a taxi and got into it. Saul gave the driver directions to the airport and the driver took them there. When they arrived, they entered the airport where they caught view of Sakura. They stopped in front of her. Saul let go of Saki's hand and turned the other way.
"Where are you going?" Sakura stopped him by grabbing his hand.
"Don't worry about it. You just get the tickets that Mr. X has for us. I'll meet you guys at the gate." Saul gave a smile and ran off towards the entrance.
"Let's go." Sakura kept her eye on Saul as he ran off. Saki could only watch him leave with a worried look. Sakura grabbed Saki's hand and they left to where they were supposed to go.
Outside, Saul wandered until he found what he was looking for. Four black cars arrived and stopped near him. They all surronded Saul within a minute. Saul studied each and every one of them. He smiled as he threw his backpack on the floor.
"Gentlemen. I'm sure there is a much easier way to settle this." Saul spoke to them.
"Stand down!" One of the men yelled as they all pulled out their weapons.
"I see we are going to have to do this the hard way." Saul continued smiling, his eyes beginning to glow red.
After five minutes, Saul picked up his backpack. He held his arm and tied it with a handkerchief. He then tied a bandana he had in his bag to stop the bleeding. That was the only place in his body where blood came out, but he wiped a blood stain off his cheek. He wiped his teeth with his finger and spit out some blood. He stretched as his eyes returned to normal and he walked back into the airport.
When he arrived at the gate, he saw Sakura and Saki in a section full of empty seats. He got closer to them and put his bag down as he sat. Sakura and Saki's eyes widened when they saw the blood marks on his arm.
"What happened?" Sakura got up quickly and took out a pack of wipes from her own bag and she began cleaning the boy up.
"Don't worry about it. I gotta double check something." Saul opened his bag and pulled out a file folder. He opened it and pushed aside the one about the group he was going to work with. He looked at the one that had an official stamp on it. It had Saki's name on it. It was an official document that claimed they Saul was Saki's guardian.
"Congrats. Looks like that man from before helped us out." Sakura smiled as she wiped his arm.
"Yup. I have a new little sister." Saul laughed as he looked at Saki who looked very tired. He got up and moved his chair closer to her. He let her head fall on his shoulder. She fell asleep. Sakura sat in her own seat. They had two more hours until their flight took off.
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"This tour is going to kill me... not." Axis spoke to himself in his office as he wrote down a few notes in a notebook.
"Master. I finished it. A way for me and Zaku to blend in with the humans." Byxis appeared in the room from a black cloud.
"Really now. How?" Axis put down his pen as he payed full attention to his scientist.
"I used the technology that your followers use to change human. After studying for hours on top of hours, I've figured out a way to make the switch work for us non-humans." Byxis spoke, refusing to use the word 'monster'.
"Sounds wonderful. Is it working yet?" Axis asked.
"Of course. I already have a switch ready for Zaku and myself." Byxis pulled out two switches. They had a similar look to the ones given to Axis' followers but they had a better design. They were black in color and the switch was outlined in red. It had two spikes coming off the sides that curved and pointed down. They also had Axis' symbol on the front in a more horrific way. Axis smiled as he pushed a button on the bottom on his desk.
"You called?" Zaku appeared as he responded to Axis' call.
"I want you to try out the switch that Byxis here has created." Axis sat back in his chair, lifting up his left leg onto his right leg.
"Very well. Give it here you big goblin." Zaku ripped the device from Byxis' hands.
"Now, I have chosen two suitable forms I found while 'surfing the web'." Byxis used air quotes as he spoke.
"Let's just do it already!" Zaku threatened as he held his sword up before putting it back down.
"Of course. Just push the button on the top." Byxis laughed.
Zaku and Byxis pushed the buttons at the same time. Black tornados surronded them. These tornados were more dangerous however as black lightning appeared around them. The tornados subsided and now, two men stood in place of the monsters.
"Yes it worked." Byxis jumped with joy.
"What the hell am I. A... human!" Zaku showed disgust.
"Well well, where did you find these forms exactly." Axis was impressed.
"I found my form an a page that spoke of a famous actor and voice actor. His name was, 'Blark Babill'. Wait that's not it, I think it's, 'Hark Mamill'. Whatever it was I found it. Apparently one of his voice roles sounds very familiar to mine, for Zaku I found someone who acted as a mad titan in a movie. I think his name was 'Bosh Jrolin'. Something like that." Byxis looked down at the ground as he admired his new body. He had modified the switches so that they would be automatically clothed.
"I hate this form. But if it helps me take down the Rangers, then I can get used to it." Zaku clenched his fist.
"Great work Byxis. Now what about my other experiment." Axis lifted his eyebrow as he held his hands together in front of his face.
"Yes. Come in!" Byxis called out. A black cloud appeared out of nowhere and a monster came out.
The monster was brown in color and had a big face. It only had one eye and it was huge. The iris of the eye was completely black and was surronded by white. It had a muscular body and a small horn on top of its head. It also had various symbols, almsot Egyptian like.
"Hello, master. The fear, Cycloid, master has arrived." The monster got down on one knee. He had a hint of a French accent in his voice.
"Good, but please use your human form. Your big eye freaks me out." Axis looked away from the monster.
"Of course. Sorry for that." The monster pulled out it's switch and pushed it. A black tornado formed over him and then transformed him into his human form. He wore black eye makeup and had on a tight slim legged jacket. He wore no shirt underneath and had on tight purple skinny pants. His shoes were black and shined with the light.
"You are the French mindfreak fellow, am I correct." Axis questioned.
"Yes, master. I am the master of fear. I will make those rangers see their worst fears. Then, I will kill them." The mindfreak began to laugh maniacally.
"Good. Then get to work. You two, stay on standby. You may go explore life as a human but when I call you, you come quickly." Axis pointed at Zaku and Byxis.
"Of course master. Thank you." Byxis said as he and Zaku got down on their knees.
"Now all of you leave!" Axis slammed his hand on the desk. His followers were startled then they all disappeared.
The phone rang. Axis rolled his eyes as he picked it up and waited for the person on the other side to speak. When no one did, he decided to do it.
"Hello?" Axis spoke into the phone.
"Hello, Axis. There is much we need to discuss." A voice came through the phone.
"You! But how are you?" Axis looked down in horror.
"First of all make sure Caste gets one of those newly modified switches. Then, listen to closely to the next part." The other voice began to laugh as Axis' eyes widened.
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Saul ran the flat rock down the flat side of his sword. He spit to the side as he continued letting his thoughts run wild. Some naughty thoughts managing to sneak in there, causing him to smile a little. When he finished, he threw the rock off to the side and held the sword up. He let the sun shine down on it.
"As sharp as ever." He said to himself as he stood up.
He dashed forward and slashed a small tree. A moment of silence filled the air. The tree then cane falling down. The big sound caused many birds to fly away. Two certain birds however stayed in place, staring at Saul. He felt their presence and he turned towards them.
One of the birds was an eagle. The other bird was a hawk. They both looked down upon him before looking at eachother. The eagle screamed as it flapped it's wings and flew away, the hawk stayed in place.
"Interesting." Saul whispered to himself.
He let his sword disappear in a ball of fire. He walked over to his motorcycle and put on his helmet. He got onto but looked back at the hawk who remained where it was. It stared at him. Saul shook his head and started the bike up. He reved it a few times before taking off.
After leaving the jungle, he had one place in mind. He went to the airport and stopped near the departures gate. He looked at his phone and shook his head. He took off again, his tires screeching as he did. He drove faster than most cars that drove alongside him. Fire sparked every mile. He eventually stopped when he saw the panic of the people. He knew exactly what was going on. He pulled up his battery and morphed before driving off again, fire starting on his back wheel.
He arrived at where the people were running from. Ravagers attacked the people with their weapons. Red looked around until he found the main monster. A big eyed monster was laughing as he shot various people with a beam that appeared from his eye. Red reved his bike again before letting it rip. He lifted his bike up into one wheel and caught the monster by surprise.
"What the! The red ranger. What amazing timing." The monster claimed.
"I don't know what you mean but that doesn't matter. I'm killing you here and now." Red summoned his Tiger Sword and got off his bike. He walked slowly as he moved his sword slowly up onto his shoulder. He finally began his dash as he slashed the Ravagers that remained in his way. He then clashed with the monster and kicked it. The monster fell into some tall bushes and disappeared. Red seemed surprised but he stopped when he heard the others come.
"Saul!" Pink yelled. She got closer and slashed him.
"What the hell was that for!" Red turned quickly, his anger appearing.
"You hirt Rosé's feelings, you jerk." Pink was about to slash again but Blue put his sword in the way.
"Ok, let's not fight about it right now, we have monsters to deal with." Blue told Pink who turned away. Red shook his head before turning around. Blue sighed.
"I agree with Cynthia, though. You were kind of a jerk. Rosé even took the plush toy you have her." Yellow put her finger on her chin and tilted her head.
"Yea well why would that matter. If he didn't go, he didn't go. There aren't any problems." Black was laid-back like always. As usual, Pink kicked him on his leg and let him fall.
"I see you guys just fight amongst yourselves." White appeared and walked up to the rangers.
"Eduardo, about time you got here." Green moved a little, scratching the back of his helmet.
"Yea well, Sakura said I had to." White stopped as he crossed his arms.
"Sakura?" Red whispered as he looked over his shoulder at the White Ranger. For some reason, he felt his presence as an annoyance.
"Ugh, you guys are going down!" The monster reappeared and spoke in a clear French accent.
"Frenchie." White said before dashing forward.
"Frenchie? What the hell is that." Black said as he was pushed aside.
"Stop you idiot!" Red called out. It was too late as White was hit right in the chest.
"He underestimated the enemy." Blue shook his head as he let it fall into his hand.
"Idiot." Red said before dashing forward. The others following him.
Red slashed the monster and was followed by Blue. Black slashed back and forth. Pink and Yellow jumped and landed next to the monster, slashing his sides. Green then punched the monster and did a barrage attack of punches. White jumped back up and shook his body before running towards the monster. Red was about to slash the monster again before being pushed aside by White. White kicked the monster back. Red slashed White from behind.
"What the hell!" White turned around.
"You're in my way." Red slashed White again and ran forward. He slashed the monster four times before the monster punched back.
"It's time I use my powers, don't you think." The monster spoke as his eye began to glow. Red seemed shocked as he rose his sword up and deflected the attack that was meant for him. It hit Yellow immediately, causing her to fall. Her eyes glowed a purple and brownish color.
"Alicia! Are you ok?" Pink ran over to her and picked her up. Yellow held her head as she looked at Pink.
"Ahhh!!" Yellow jumped up and started backing up.
"Alicia! What is it?" Pink asked.
"Stay away. Stay away! You stupid clown!" In Yellow's eyes, she saw a clown, a scary clown at that. It walked slowly towards Yellow.
"Clown?" Blue tilted his head before being slashed back by the monster.
"Your turn!" The monster yelled as he shot Blue. Blue let his head drop before looking up.
"Ahh!!" Blue yelled as he saw his fear. In Blue's eyes, he saw a girl, covered in blood. On her chest she wrote the words 'You are Mine' in blood.
"What's going on?" Green asked.
"I'm showing them their greatest fears. Speaking of, you are next." The monster shot a beam. Green pulled out his sword and blocked the attack but he sent it flying towards Cynthia. Cynthia was hit and she fell back. She looked up to see humanoid spiders walking around.
"Ahh! Spiders!" Cynthia yelled.
"Fears huh?" White said.
"I don't care. I don't fear anything!" Black said as he attacked the monster.
Black got close but was shot either way. He fell back as his fear began to form. He looked up to see a... dentist? This dentist had various tools for fingers and it's face was completely covered. It began to laugh evilly as Black tried his best to escape.
"My teeth are all fine! Leave me alone!" Black yelled.
"That's four down, three to go." The monster yelled.
"You'll never get us!" Green said before being blasted back.
"Assassin. Looks like you came in handy." Cycloid looked over at a Ravager monster. Except this one was more advanced that the regular Ravagers and the Guard Ravagers. They still looked distorted but they had mechanical suits along with typical assassin clothing, like the ones you would find in the game 'Assassins Creed'. This monster held a sword in hand.
"Shut up!" The monster spoke.
"What?" Red looked at it with the same shock as Green and White.
"This one can talk?" Green asked.
"I thought you said they were all dumb monsters." White shook Marco's shoulder as if to get clarification.
"I am a more advanced monster. The assassin type. You, stupid monster. Your target is the red ranger," the monster then whispered something to the monster before returning to his position, "I'll handle these two." The assassin said as he rushed forward. He used his sword and began slashing at Green and White who pulled out their own swords and blocked the attacks.
"Fine by me." Red said as he ran towards the monster. He punched him and then took out his Strike Saber. He was about to slash until the monster kicked him back.
"I've got the perfect shot for you." The monster said as his eye began to glow red.
"Red's my color!" Red was about to jump up and slash the monster but he was hit with the beam. He fell straight back down and his fear began to form.
"Ok. Got you." The monster began to dance in triumph.
Red sat up as he shook his head. His ears began to ring as he held his head. He heard voices. A bunch of voices. He then put his hands to his head.
"Rosé. R. O. S. E. Rosé." The sound of the girls voice filled his ears as a faint memory of something being written on his hand was being played in his mind.
"You are my best friend!" Another girls voice played as a faint memory of being dragged around a shopping mall played.
"You damn ninja! We are killing you!" A loud mans voice yelled as a faint memory of a group of men with guns appeared.
"You are the best!" Another girls voice yelled. A faint memory of being on a stage, being hugged, played.
"Thank you for helping me." Another girls voice appeared again. A faint memory of another hug with a dog running around them.
"I exist to kill the rangers." A mans voice said as a faint memory of a shadow with a gun played.
"You will never live a happy life. You thought someone like her, an idol, could like you!" A familiar voice played as a memory of a wolf man played.
"Ahhhhhh!!!!!" Red yelled as he looked up into the air. When everything finally calmed down, he looked around and saw his greatest fear.
"What's wrong Red. Fear's got a hold of you." Caste was present as he spoke.
"Get away! She does love me. She does!" Red started backing away.
"Saul!" Green yelled as he tried to push him forward. Red pulled out his saber and it Green. He then ran off, holding his head as he did.
"Rhino Scythe!" White yelled as he continued fighting with the monster. He slashed from side to side but his attacks kept getting blocked.
"You won't stop me!" The assassin said.
"Oh yea! How's this." White said as he jumped back and spun around, slashing the monster with one hit.
"Damn... it!" The monster sparked before exploding.
"Got him." White swiped his helmets mouthpiece.
"I'm out of here!" The monster said as he retreated.
"Get back here!" White yelled before being stopped by Green.
"Stop. Our first priority is the rangers. Let's get them to base." Green informed.
"Fine." White agreed and began to help out. Red being the only ranger to run off.
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"You failure!" Axis threw a ball at the monster and hit him right in target. His hand glowing with darkness as his eyes also began to darken.
"I don't see what's wrong." Cycloid said as he shivered with fear.
"You were supposed to enrage him. Not give him a fear, you nitwit." Axis claimed as he slammed his fist onto his desk. Zaku and Byxis stood in the back as they remained quiet.
"I can't do that. I can only cause fear with my powers." Cycloid said to him.
"What! You piece of crap! Get out! I don't care what you do. Just get out!" Axis yelled as his voice was accompanied by a more demonic voice.
"Ah! I'm leaving." The monster disappeared.
"You want anger you say. I'll take care of it, Master." Zaku said as he also disappeared.
"You, prepare those other rangers." Axis turned around.
"Rangers? How did you know about that?" Byxis asked trying to not speak with disrespect.
"You think you two could keep something like that from me. Nonsense. Prepare them for an attack." Axis said as he broke a walnut in his hand.
"Of course not sir. I'll get right to it." Byxis replied as he also disappeared.
"Red ranger. You will be the one to destroy your own comrades. It is prophecy. My prophecy." Axis smiled before he began laughing maniacally.
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"What's going on then?" Eduardo asked as he felt impatience take the better of him.
"Don't worry, Mick is working on it. By the way, this is yours." Marco tossed over a name tag. It had Eduardos name alongside a picture of a rhino.
"What is this?" Eduardo asked.
"You will be working at the zoo. Like everyone else." Marco laughed a little as he saw the other boys expression.
"I ain't working at no zoo!" Eduardo almsot yelled.
"You have to do something to get money." Marco said as he examined some blueprints.
"Ha! Never." Eduardo said.
"Ok, I'm done." Mick appeared back in the main command center alongside Steel.
"So what's up, Mick." Marco said.
"Well I've analyzed all their fears and after talking with each of them, I've figured out what the problem was. Cynthia's fear is of spiders. It has to do with an event from her past when she still lived with her father. Alicia's fear is of clowns. It appears to be connected to a bad childhood memory of the circus. Anthony's fear is of dentists. Apparently, he had one bad experience and he has hated the desntist ever since. Lastly, Miley's fear is of his own girlfriend. I know it sounds weird, but it probably has to do the fact that he likes Jisoo now and that he hates his current girlfreind." Mick finished and got blank expressions.
"Wait, so Mikey hates his girlfriend and loves this idol girl now. Wait, how do you know about that crush of his." Steel turned to Mick.
"I have my secrets." Mick smiled as he started getting jumpy.
"Ok, so that means those guys are out of the fight right now. What about Saul? Is there anything you know about his own fears?" Marco crossed his arms as he spoke to the mechanic.
"The only thing that Saul fears the most is the one thing that Kai never told me. Is there anything he said that may have given it away?" Mick asked the two boys.
"No. He just started freaking out and slashed Marco." Eduardo answered.
"He did Yelp something actually, now that I think about it. He was yelling 'She does love me. She does'." Marco have the quote to Mick.
"Interesting. This may have something to do with those idols that you guys made friends with." Mick explained.
"I don't know but we need to figure this out or destroy the monster quickly." Marco looked away as he looked at the monitors.
"You bet. I should go. Come on Steel. Sakura's going to start questioning us about our break." Eduardo started walking out of the base, followed by the robot who seemed to start having a conversation about himself.
"I'll go look for Saul and the monster. I'll report when I find one of them." Marco said as he also left the base.
"Got it, I'll get to work too on this whole fear thing." Mick said as he walked over to Kai's desk. He moved files and caught one that seemed interesting. He opened the file that was titled, "The Legend of the Wolf". He sat down and began reading.
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~2 years ago~
The plane landed twenty minutes ago and the group of three were finally getting off. They walked through the tunnel until they got to the main arrivals section of the airport. Saki held onto Saul's hand tightly while Sakura looked for the luggage. When they were all set, they exited the airport and were greeted with a familiar face.
"Ah, I'm glad you made it safely. Oh, and may I ask who this is?" Mr. X stood in front of them with a nice navy suit and a black tie on top of a white undershirt. He was referring to Saki with his last question.
"Mr. X? What are you doing here? She? Well, she is Saki, my adopted sister, sort of." Saul explained but Mr. X only seemed to take in the information as if it were something very minor with little importance.
"Nice to meet you," Mr. X kept his professionalism and greeted the young lady and then turned his attention back to the question Saul asked, "I am here to pick you up personally and to escort you to you new homes." Mr. X said as his driver opened the door to his limo.
"Homes?" Saul questioned when he heard the last word. Mr. X got into his limo. Saul followed him and he was followed by both girls. The driver closed the door, loaded the luggage and got back into the drivers seat. The limo began to move away from the airport.
"Yes. Homes. I have the keys here." Mr. X pulled out the keys. He handed a pair to Saul and a pair to Sakura. They both noticed that the keys had different shapes.
"Why are the keys different?" Sakura asked.
"Well you see, I need Saul to stay with the group he will be working with. Miss Sakura, you and the newly added Miss Saki will be living in the apartment complex right next to the house where Mr. Saul will be living. It's a great thing that the apartment is the penthouse." Mr. X held his stomach as he sighed. Sakura and Saki looked at eachother before back at the CEO.
"Why am I staying at a house with all four girls living in it. I can already see the bad press. 'Newbie seduces idols me or 'Rookie song writer gets in the way of Idols success'. Isn't it kind of a risk for me to stay with them." Saul asked complete ignoring that he would have had to live with two girls either way in a apartment.
"While that may be true, there is a reason for this. Recently, the idols have reported getting annoynomous phone calls late at night. The company assumes that these 'stalkers' are living around the house. Having you there will help. I am adding a job for you. You will now act as this groups top security. You will take care of them 24/7 and you will do whatever they ask of you. This is all to ensure their safety. This of course also includes traveling with them outside the country. The only time you will be permitted to not be with all four together is when they separate to go to, let's say, different countries. Understood, Mr. Alvizo." Mr. X crossed his leg over his other leg.
"I understand but I don't." Saul scratched his head. Saki gripped onto his arm.
"You will Mr. Alvizo. Now, Miss Akashi, you will continue to help Mr. Alvizo here as his assistant. I will also make a few phone calls and find a way to enroll Miss Alvizo here in classes." Mr. X pulled out his phone from his suit jacket.
"Miss Alvizo?!" Saul hit his head on the cars ceiling.
"You said she was your sister, didn't you?" Mr. X typed on his phone.
"Yea, she's my sister." Saul held Saki closer to him as she put her head on his shoulder.
The rest of the ride was quiet. It took another half hour until they got to their location. They exited the car while the driver began unloading the luggage. The trio looked at the house in front of them. It was a big house with white walls and pink rooftops. They also turned to see the newly built apartment complex that seemed to be luxurious. Sakura and Saki would be staying in the penthouse at the top.
"Perfect. Everything's settled. You two are welcome to enter your penthouse. You can go to your new room which is in between all the girls room. You have the best room to view all the girls. Try not to let you boyish desires take over," Mr. X chuckled a little, "The girls are currently in a different city but they will return later tonight. I'll see you all later." Mr. X buttoned up his suit jacket and entered his vehicle. His limo left leaving behind the trio.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" A voice spoke to X.
"Caste, it's been a while. I assure you this is the best way to get that little monster out of that bastard. Just wait patiently and everything will go well." X smiled deviously. A low growl was heard only as X poured himself some champagne.
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Saul fell on the jungle floor. He felt a little sick. He was able to confirm it when he vomited. The problem with that was that his head hurt even more as more and more images were played in his head. His vomiting only got worse as his headache did. When he finally calmed down, he dragged himself to a tree and let himself lean against it.
Saul let his head fall back. He wiped his mouth with his hand and then he ran his hand through the dirt. He coughed a little but he finally felt like his body was calm.
"Found you. You've caused me a lot of problems. Looks like I just have to kill you." Saul stood up quickly as the monster from before appeared.
"You won't be able to kill me." Saul said as he held up his arm.
"You'll see that I-" Cycloid wasn't able to finish as he was shot square on his chest, by a bullet. He fell back as sparks fell off of him.
"I can't let you do that." Saul turned to see Caste appear.
"Caste!" Saul gritted his teeth.
"Don't worry Red Ranger. I'm not here to fight you." Caste said as he stopped next to him.
"What do you mean?" Saul asked.
"I don't fight weaklings. You are weak as of now. Considering you will be the one I dual in the end, I can't have you being killed. Especially by some low rate monster who follows that damn clown, Axis." Caste said.
"I don't need your help against this one monster." Saul said. He soon regretted it when Ravagers and Guard Ravagers appeared.
"I would morph if I were you. We have plenty of monsters to fight." Caste said as he began shooting.
Saul shook his head before transforming. He pulled out his Strike Blaster and he began firing the laser bullets at the monsters. He dashed forward and pulled out his sword. He held it tightly as he slashed the monsters, causing many of them to fly up into the air. He shot three more before slashing one final one.
Caste pulled out his sniper and he began shooting without aiming. He shot along with his pistol and kept the monsters at bay. It was all going well until Red felt a headache. He fell to the floor again as he held his head.
"Get a hold of yourself Red. Those memories aren't meant to be unlocked like this. Fight!" Caste said as he pulled out his own saber and he slashed a few monsters.
"Memories... unlocked?" Red questioned.
"You'll find out more when the time comes. Axis is the enemy. Don't trust him. I know what he is trying to pull. Don't trust X!" Caste said as he ran off taking a few Ravagers with him.
"That was weird! The freak! It escaped. It probably went back to the city." Red said as he summoned his bike. He got into it and reved it before driving off.
Caste continued his fight. After three minutes, he successfully destroyed all the monsters who were fighting him. He then smelled an odor. A bad odor. He held his sword up to his face as he noticed Zaku and Byxis appear.
"What are you doing here?" Caste asked.
"Trust me, I don't want to be here either." Zaku said as he pushed his switch along with Byxis.
"What is this?" Caste backed up a little as humans now stood before him.
"Want to try it?" Byxis held a switch and shook it a little.
"Intriguing. Tell me more." Caste demanded.
"Why should I!" Zaku summoned his own sword.
"Calm down my friends. I shall explain." Byxis started laughing diabolically as Caste and Zaku stared eachother down.
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"That hurt!" The monster yelled. He rubbed his head as he looked around the jungle.
"Looks like Axis' pathetic followers can't do shit." The monster turned to see four rangers walking up to him.
"Who are you! More rangers I can destroy." The monster's eye began to glow. Silver shot the monster without taking his blaster out of his holster.
"Don't mess with us." Orange leaned against a tree as he laughed.
"Stupid eye monster. Doesn't know when to control himself." The Raptor ranger also leaned against a tree.
"You two may be right, but it doesn't mean he is useless. Isn't that right?" Gold walked up to the monster and ran her finger down the monsters arm.
"Oh!" The monster shivered.
"Stop that!" Silver demanded.
"I'm just saying, we can use him." Gold crossed her arms as she turned away.
"This monster is of no use to us. We have one mission. Destroy the Power Rangers." Silver clenched his fist.
"When are we going to actually fight a Power Ranger. The only thing we have done a far is destroy that stupid ninja school." Orange sighed.
"Yea, I want some real fun." Raptor said. As he finished, the bushes rustled. Red came through the bushes and he fell to the floor.
"Looks like your wish came true." Gold said as she giggled a little.
"I'll take care of this." Orange cracked his fists.
"Stop. Cycloid. Is your fear ability still working?" Silver asked.
"Yes. He can't get over it easily." Cycloid said.
"Get out of here. Go attack the city." Silver said to the monster.
"What!" Cycloid sounded very surprised.
"You heard me. This ones mine." Silver commanded.
"Fine!" Cycloid stomped the floor before leaving.
"More Rangers?" Red questioned as he looked at them.
"Stupid monsters ability isn't working anymore. That wolf helped him get over it." Orange shook his head.
"It is working. The only problem is that his fears aren't something he can see in the real world. They are just memories. They pop up every once in a while and will hurt his head until something comes out. I wonder what that something is." Silver explained.
"Oh yea smart guy. Just by hearing you, I know that you aren't on my side or the side of the others. You are evil. I can sense it." Red said as he moved slowly. His body was weak. He pulled out his sword.
"You want to play. Orange! Take care of him." Silver commanded.
"You only let me take the weaklings. I wonder why. No matter, I'll kill him easily." Orange said as he walked up, holding the hilt of his sword.
"I won't let you!" Red said as he stood up screaming.
"Let's go!" Orange pulled out his sword before he was kicked in the chest. Saul stayed in place as a figure landed in front of him. Saul finally felt his exhaustion tale form as he fell over.
"My King!" Neo showed up as he got to Saul's side.
"Im not letting you hurt him. He's got some... important things to complete in order for the future to be fixed." The figure revealed himself to be Sebastian. Silver's body language showed him to be a little shocked, which was noted by Gold.
"I don't care!" Orange said as he ran forward. Sebastian threw his arm out, letting the cloak that covered it fly out. He reveled to have some sort of Morpher on his wrist. It seemed to be futuristic yet familiar. It was blue and silver in color along with other minor colors. It had what looked to be a handle and a Golden VI. VI being six in Roman numerals. There was also what someone would call a gauge on it that had different color levels on it as if to indicate power level.
"No! You can't morph here. Save it for the right time!" Neo called out.
"This is the perfect time you freaking anomaly." Sebastian gritted his teeth as he spoke to the other time traveler.
"Just use Blast Mode to cover our escape." Neo said as he picked up Saul.
"Damn. Here I thought I would get to fight." Sebastian said as he pulled out the black handle from the Morphers side. He reved it as if he were reving a motorcycle. The Morpher began to glow as he pulled his arm back and then hit the ground with the palm of his hand. A form of energy traveled the ground and attacked the evil rangers. Orange fell back as the other three turned their heads as the brightness hit their eyes. When it was over, they all turned to see no one present.
"They got away." Gold stated.
"Just when I was about to attack." Orange hit the ground.
"As if you would have been able to do anything." Raptor said to him,
"Let's go." Silver said as he turned and began walking away. Gold following him.
"I thought we were supposed to attack the rangers." Orange said.
"Who cares what Axis or Byxis says. We are going solo now." Silver stopped as he turned his head to the side a little.
"And how are we doing that?" Raptor asked.
"We are stronger than before. We shall show that to Zaku and be free." Silver said as he began walking away again.
"I'm in." Gold began following him.
"Great. I guess we are doing it too." Raptor shrugged as he began following.
"Whatever." Orange ran to catch up.
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"Spiders!" Cynthia jumped onto the chair and shook I'm fear as I'm her eyes, she saw a bunch of spiders walking on the ground.
"Clowns!" Alicia yelled as she hit under Kai's desk. She shivered with fear as she closed her eyes so she could not see the clown that was walking around.
"Get away from me you demonic teeth collector." Anthony jumped into the living quarters as he tried to escape his vision of a demonic dentist.
"I don't live anyone else. Or maybe I do. I don't know! Just stay away from me!" Mikey ran throught the lab and into the training zones as he tried to escape his vision of his bloody girlfriend.
"This is no good. The monster is attacking the city. They are in no condition to fight. Do you think you guys can do it?" Mick turned to Marco and Eduardo. Sakura sat looking at all the rangers running around.
"We got to. Let's go!" Marco told Eduardo.
"Be careful out there!" Sakura yelled after them.
"Don't worry. They were chosen to be rangers because they can handle this type of stuff." Mick reassured a worried Sakura.
Out in the city, Marco and Eduardo stopped in front of the monster as they arrived quickly. The monster stopped attacking as he turned his attention to the rangers.
"Look what we have here. Time to finish my job." The monster said as he prepared to battle.
The two boys activated their batteries and Morphers and morphed. They then called for their personal weapons. Green spun around the chain that connected with the mace's ball. White spun his scythe around before holding it in a good position to fight. They even prepared to do a roll call.
"With the Wiseness of an Elephant!," Green let the chain rest on his shoulder as the ball hit his back a little, "Green Animal Strike Ranger!"
"With the Charge of a Rhino!," White once again spun around his scythe and held it against his body, the blade being held high, "White Animal Strike Ranger."
"Like if I care." The monster began shooting beams at the two rangers.
"I don't like it either!" White yelled as he charged forward with Green.
They clashed with the monster. Green hit the monster several times with the mace. White slashed with his scythe. He hit him three times before spinning to the left and hitting the monster with an even bigger attack.
"Let me at him!" White yelled as he slashed at the monster one more time and taking the spotlight. Green stopped as he let White have this.
"You think you can stop me by yourself! That's funny." Cycloid laughed. He was about to shoot a beam when White jumped up and, with a strong wind summoning technique, he flew back.
"Yea, I can." White said as pulled out his battery and put it into his weapon.
Rhino!
The blade glowed white as White jumped up into the air and pushed himself forward. He came in with high speeds that the rogue leaves went flying in every direction. White held his scythe back. As he reached the monster, he used all his force and brought te scythe swinging forward. He slashed the monster in half and he let himself slide on his feet before coming to a halt. The monster stayed in place, sparking.
"Guess I didn't see that coming." The monster quipped before falling and blowing up.
"That's why I'm the best." White said as he stood up, scythe in one hand and with his other he slid it across the font of his chest before shooting it out with his hand spread out wide as if he had finished doing a performance. The explosion only got bigger.
"That was great." Green said as he ran up to White.
"It's all in the wrist." White bragged as he moved his wrist around.
Just then, a red beam hit the monster and the monster grew to gigantic size. Green already knew the drill. White just followed what Green did and they both summoned their Zords. The gigantic robots came into the city and attacked the monster.
"You aren't stopping me now!" Cycloid yelled as he shot out beams at the robots.
The robots roared as the rangers tried to control them. The Rhino Zord charged forward and hit the monster with its horn. The monster fell back but was able to get back up with ease. The Elephant Zord swung its trunk and hit the monster.
"It's time to change modes." Green said as he pushed in a code into his panel. The Zord then began its transformation into its Megazord form. It used its sword to slash at the monster.
"That won't do you any good." The monster yelled as he shot more beans causing sparks to fly off of the giant robot.
"Looks like you need something new. Try combing the Rhino Zord to your Megazord." Mick came in through the communication devices.
"Got it." Green said as he punched in a new code that involved the white rangers code. White seemed confused until Mick explained it to him. He also had to put in a code since he was the only Zord being added.
After they did, the rhino Zord roared before being disassembled. The Rhino head attached it self onto the Megazords right hand. Various parts of the Zord attached themselves to the giant Megazord. It gained protective gear. The monster shot another beam and it was deflected and shot back at him.
"Let's finish this guy already." Green said as he punched in a code.
"If you say so." White followed. The Megazord began to charge forward, holding its right hand forward and its sword back.
It finally hit the monster with its right hand, the rhino heads horn penetrating the monsters skin. The robot lifted it up and the threw it forward before slashing it three times. The monster flew into the air and blew up as green and white energy attacked it.
"We did it!" White threw his arm up in victory.
"Monster destroyed." Green said as he shook his head.
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"My King. Please wake up." Neo called out. No answer.
"We should leave him here. We shouldn't be seen. Isn't that what you have been saying." Sebastian was growing tired of waiting. The plan was to help Saul and then leave him in front of the ranger base.
"I need to make sure he wakes up. What if he's dead?" Neo shook his head.
"What are we going to do about those evil rangers?" Sebastian asked as he changed the topic.
"The time will come when we have to deal with them. For now, we watch from the sidelines." Neo answered. He flipped through pages in his book before shutting it.
"Let's go! He's waking up." Sebastian caught view of Saul waking up.
"Yes. We shall go." Neo agreed as he and Sebastian left with haste.
Saul woke up holding his head as he felt more surges and images. He shook his head as he blinked a dozen times. He finally looked over to see the base. He sighed before getting up and forgetting about why he was even outside. He walked into the base.
Inside, Marco and Eduardo has just teleported back. The others were finally calm. Anthony kept a pillow near his mouth while Alicia and Cynthia took in deep breaths. Mikey was hitting his head against the wall.
"You guys all ok now?" Eduardo asked.
"Yes. Thank you." Alicia answered.
"Sakura? Are your things unpacked?" The ninja turned his attention to the other girl.
"Not yet. Luckily, me and Steel got all of the boxes out of the truck so that's not a problem anymore." Sakura smiled.
"Great. Now can we eat something. I'm hungry." Eduardo said as he stomach grumbled.
"Sure. I'll buy." Marco said.
"Really?" Eduardo brightened up.
"Yea, but you are paying me back after you start working." Marco laughed.
"What!" Eduardo yelled.
"Let's all go. I need to get my mind off my fear." Mikey said.
"Dude, you fear a girl." Anthony felt brave.
"And you are afraid of a dentist." Mikey said.
"Hey! Those guys are dangerous." Anthony said as he held the pillow closer.
"At least it's not small, freaky spiders." Cynthia said as she shivered.
"Or clowns." Alicia also shivered.
"Let's just relax and get some food. You coming Mick, Steel?" Marco asked.
"Sure. I am hungry." Mick said as he followed.
"I'll come but I can only watch you. I need a mouth." Steel said the last part with a saddened tone.
"You're a robot." Mikey said.
"I know!" Steel exclaimed. Everyone laughed.
Just as they were about to leave through the main doors, Saul stepped in. Everyone backed up a little. They all started making small quiet remarks. Saul looked up at them and shook his head.
"So where are you all go-" Saul stopped as soon as Steel moved aside. He caught view of the woman behind him. He gulped a little. Sakura looked up after finding her wallet and froze.
"What's wrong?" Eduardo asked.
"Saul?" Sakura said in a faltering voice. Small tears forming.
"Sakura?" Saul said as his face remained in a state of shock.
"Isn't this the first time they are meeting? How do they know each other's names?" Cynthia whispered.
"Awkward." Anthony said in a high voice.
"Saul!" Sakura threw herself at the boy.
"Sakura." Saul said as his face remained the same. Sakura could only hug him tighter. Saul looked down at her and then the others. Everyone remained still and quiet as Sakura began to cry.
Saul's face saddened as he hugged the girl back, slowly. The others seemed to forget what had happened and what their plans were as they stared at them. The room filled with nothing but crying from the woman.
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A/N: Done and Done. Nothing much to say. I'm still excited. Nothing can stop me now... hopefully. We'll see what happens. For now, I hope you enjoy. More on the way.
See ya!