moon rising

Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers.

Chapter Fifty-One

Conner wakes up to his phone ringing. He groans, ignoring the pain he feels after sleeping in Ethan's chair. He grabs his phone, seeing that it's Krista calling him. "What great timing you have."

"Oh, cut it out. We have a… problem." There's something in the background that almost sounds like a…

"Is that a baby crying in the background?"

"Yeah. I can't really explain on the phone, just come to my room. And bring Ethan with you." Krista hangs up the phone. Conner shakes his head, standing up from the chair. He shakes Ethan's shoulder, and the boy eventually startles awake.

"What?" Ethan whines.

"The others want to see us in the girls' room. It sounded like an emergency."

Ethan gets out of bed, and the two set off for the girls' room. Kira is holding something, and a baby's cries can be heard. Kira turns around, and she's holding a baby. Conner says, "is that the headmaster's kid? What are you doing here?"

"He showed up in my room a little while ago. He showed me a vision of the teachers being led away from the school by my mother. When Trent and I went to the headmaster's house, it was empty. I think it's safe to assume my mother took them. It's only a matter of time before she and whoever she's working with comes looking for us." Kira explains, while trying and failing to calm the baby.

"What does she want with you guys? Kira, I get, but-" They all, except Ethan, exchange looks. Ethan narrows his eyes, "what are you guys hiding?"

"I'm the keeper of the medallion." Trent finally says. "That's what she's after me for."

"The keeper of the medallion? Is there anything else you're hiding?" Ethan says.

"Uh… no." Kira says. It wasn't like Lorelei had the medallion currently, and the vampire probably wouldn't hesitate to kill if she felt like it.


"Is that Ms. Hall?" Krista says from the window. The group had spent the rest of the night trying to come with a plan to get the teachers. And how to defeat McKayla and her new partner. Before falling asleep. Now it was the morning.

"I completely forgot." Kira says, walking over to the window. "Ms. Hall left for the holidays. She must be the only teacher left. We have to get to her."

She teleports them down to the front of the school, where Ms. Hall is getting off the bus with the students also coming back from their holidays. They run over to the woman, quickly spouting off everything that had happened since she left. "Kids, calm down, Kira, tell me what happened. Slowly please?"

"My mother's back. We don't know how but she is. And she has a new partner, and they took all the teachers. Except for you."

"Right. That's not good. I'm going to make some phone calls. Stay safe in the meantime. I will figure this out." Ms. Hall pats Kira's shoulder, then walks into the school.


Kat wakes up to liquid being sprayed in her face. She sits up, and sees that she's in a small cell. McKayla is standing on the other side, holding a water bottle full of what she hoped was water. "Who would've thought one day I would have you in a cage?"

"Where am I? Where's Tommy?"

McKayla makes a noise of disgust. "Miles is dealing with him and the others. You however, I wanted to deal with on my own."

"Did you miss me that much, McKayla?"

McKayla snarls. "You wish. This is payback for all the pain you have caused me over the years."

"I've caused you pain?! You tried to kill me! You tried to kill my son! You tormented me for years! You tried to steal my husband! And now you're holding me in a cell."

"I loved him. But he was too distracted by you to even notice me. I mean, what is so special about you?"

"I'm not special. But I'm special to Tommy."

McKayla growls, and the cell door flies open. McKayla charges at Kat, who stabs a knife into McKayla's stomach. The hybrid groans, falling to the floor. "I'm married to a vampire hunter. I always have a weapon on you. And you forgot to check me for them."

She runs out of the shack, leaving McKayla on the ground. But she was still a hybrid, and she recovers quickly. She runs out of the shack, shouting, "Miles, Rhys!"

Miles and a younger man, presumably Rhys, appear. The younger man commands, "Miles, take McKayla back to the house. I will deal with her."

Rhys points at Kat, who keeps running into the trees. But suddenly she can't run anymore. Rhys walks over to her, grabbing her by the shirt. "McKayla clearly can't fight you, so I will have to do her job for her."

He drags her to another bigger shack, where the others are being held. Rhys throws her to the floor, then walks out.


Rhys arrives back at the house. The homeowner was still sitting in a chair in a living room, like when they left her. He walks into the office, finding McKayla in clean clothes. And Miles cleaning the knife the hybrid had been stabbed with. McKayla snarls, "I'm going to kill that bitch."

"No, you are not. You didn't even think to check her for weapons. She will be dealt with along with the others. If you can prove yourself again, I'll give you another chance."

"That's not fair! She's my-" She trails off, and starts to gasp for air. She grabs at her neck.

"What are you doing?!" Miles yells. McKayla falls to the floor. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"

"She's half-vampire. She'll be fine." Rhys says, before walking out of the office.