Rangers in Retrograde - Mystic Force 2

by LurkerLordX

In an attempt to fix the future Alexis must alter the past so that Nick Russel never comes to Brairewood, but with this cange other changes need to occur and what results is a brand new story.

5. Whispering Voices

V. Power Rangers In Retrograde - Mystic Force – Whispering Voices

(Based from summaries from Ranger Central)

"You will not walk away this time Red Wizard," Koragg gloats as he and the Red Ranger square off.

"We will see about that Koragg," The Red Ranger counters as the two charge each other, parrying blade to blade.

Koragg fires his Wolf Attack as the Red Ranger dodges only to be caught by Koragg's sword and knocked to the ground by a blow from his shield, "It is over."

The Red Ranger balls his fists, grabbing some dirt in the process, as he gets to his feet, "Not yet!" he says defiantly as fire envelopes his form, "Mystic Phoenix!" Flying toward Koragg.

Koragg groans dropping to his knees, "No, it can't end here." before collapsing and then, exploding. The Red Ranger celebrates his victory.

Koragg steps back from the Pool of Possibilities as Necrolai hovers around him, "Watching your defeat the hand of the Red Ranger?"

"This is but one of numerous possible futures." Koragg grouses angrily.

"Perhaps in every future you will be destroyed," she taunts.

"What is it you want?"

"Armor," she says bluntly, "Like yours," as she pulls out a cloak and drapes it into Koragg's arms, "The Red Ranger's cloak, surely a mighty wizard like you could use such a personal item to get into his mind, make him question his allies."

Koragg looks at the item introspectively and muses on the possibilities, "If this plan succeeds I will begin immediate work on gathering the supplies for your armor."

Necrolai purrs.

As Alexis enters the Rock Porium she is confronted by Chip wielding a plunger like a sword, "Halt! You have stumbled into my moat, where my crocodile's will no doubt make a short meal of you!"

"Freshwater or saltwater crocks?" Alexis asks slyly.

Confused Chip stumbles for his words, "Uh...fresh water, I guess."

Alexis pushes past cockily tossing some lint from her pocket, "well then a little magic salt should confused it and I can swim right through."

Emerging from the 'moat' Alexis almost immediately bumps into Xander, making him drop his envelop, both bend down to grab it but Alexis gets to it first.

"A thousand dollars," she whistles, "Sure could use dough like that."

"We all could mate."

"Hey Alex, check out this song it's tight." Madison calls out.

Alexis makes her way over to the girls on the turntables slipping on the headphones, starting to bob her head to the music, 'No one trusts you'.

Alexis pauses giving the girls an odd look, "Very funny girls."

As she wanders off toward Toby's office LeeLee enters sporting a new leather jacket.

"Hey Nick," she coos, dancing around her and showing off her jacket, "Like my new jacket? Five hundred bucks! You like it?" she dances in front of her, "Hey! Why don't you join me for a shopping trip, so I can show off...I mean show you off."

"Sorry LeeLee don't have the time," she says rubbing her forehead as her horns poke out for a moment before vanishing.

LeeLee huffs, "You'd have time for me if you didn't have a job."

Slipping into the store she heads to the counter where Xander is putting the envelope into a box just as a girl heads off, "You get her number Xander," she purrs temptingly.

Xander looks to the door and rushes off, "Great idea LeeLee."

While he is gone she quickly grabs the envelop, glancing at it a moment before quickly stashing it near the teller buried between several documents just as Xander comes back, "Any luck?"

"Yeah...all bad, she has a boyfriend."

LeeLee shrugs, "Hey have you heard about the thief?"

Xander, "What thief?"

"Someone's been hitting all the music stores in town, they think it's an inside job."

"I'll keep an eye out."

Just then Alexis exits Toby's office in a Rock Porium shirt, her and Toby only catching part of the conversation and sharing an uneasy look.

She slips off with a shrug, "Well I hope they catch him in the Nick of time."

Chip wanders over with a smile, "Don't worry Toby, Alexis is a friend, she's trustworthy."

Toby smiles, "If she's a friend of yours shes a friend of mine."

In the Mystic Woods Nick is holding his head as her horns come out again, and Phineas comes over, "That's my rock you know."

"Oh it's you," Nick groans.

"'Oh it's you'" Phenius jokes, "I love how you say that."

"I'm just having a bad day."

"Excellent!" Phineas finds a seat next to Nick and smiles, "let's compare bad day...I'll go first: Well...woke up and was immediately attacked by a mouse...the mouse won. Then when I was washing my rather ample nose in the river, a fish bit it. So! I swam after and bit it back. But, and here's your important lesson of the day, did you know a fish can swim away from a giant waterfall and a troblin can't. To my surprise I survived, but, I got a crab in my pants-"

'What are you doing here?'

Nick howls in pain dropping to the ground holding her head in pain, "Get out of my head." as she howls she suddenly shifts to her true beast like form, having a sudden flash; a child, a baby, in a red blanket being spirited away by some stranger in a black robe running through the woods and into a portal.

"Ok you win," Phineas is taken aback as he watches Nick in pain.

"You will get me out of here!" Morticon hows drawing his sword as he slashes it against Koragg's shield, "I am a WARRIOR!"

Koragg caught off guard is forced back on Morticon continues to rant, "A spell, a monster, something I can't stay down here!"

As Morticon backs off Koragg pushes himself to his feet, "I don't have enough power to release you just yet."

"You find a way! I don't care how but find something!"

Back at the Rock Porium, Xander, Vida, Maddie, and Chip are looking all over, Chip using a spell to levitate himself.

"Come on we have to find it before I have to call the police."

"Aren't you overreacting," Maddie says disbelieving, "You don't really think Nick too-"

Xander grabs the drop box waving it a bit, "All I know is I put it in the box, Looked away for a moment and then it's gone. Look I'm not saying it's any of you," Xander says a bit panicked, "But I know I didn't take it and I'm pretty sure none of you did but-"

"What do you mean pretty sure," Vida says defensively.

"You guys have been my best friends since I moved to the states, the money can't just fly away."

All eyes turn to Chip, "what just because I'm flying you immediately suspect me?"

Xander sighs "I'm not saying that, I'm just saying-" he is cut off as Toby enters from his office.

Toby double takes as he glances back at Chip as he lands behind him, "Was Chip just..."

"I was practicing my ballet," Chip dodges the situation and immediately pirouettes behind a row of CDs.

Toby shakes his head as he turns to Xander, "Did you make the bank drop?"

"I said I would didn't I?"

Toby nods and wanders back into his office, "R-Right."

Xander sighs as the others gather around him, "I can't believe I lied to Toby."

"Technically you didn't lie," Chip comforts, "You just asked a question."

Nick enters with Alexis a moment later, "You two aren't looking too good."

"Bad day," they comments rubbing their temples.

Blecker takes out his Training Morpher and pulls a rather large notebook from the large pockets of his jacket skimming through it, "Let's see..." he comments a moment before casting a spell, Alexis doesn't look all that much better. Blecker glances at his Training Morpher, "Humm guess that pain relive spell doesn't work on headaches."

"Nice try thought, thanks for the effort," Alexis offers.

Making his way over Xander confronts Nick, "Nick remember that money for the bank, have you seen it?"

"And what you just thought I took it?" she says defensively.

"It's not that it's just, well we don't really know you and-"

"And you figured I'd just blow into town, make friend with all of you just so I can rob you blind?" Nick says storming off.

"Nick wait!" Alexis comments trying to wave him down before looking back to the others, "Seriously guys, you don't trust her that much."

"He didn't deny it," Xander counters.

"And he seemed to be in quite a hurry to leave," Vida conspires.

"Did it ever occur to you that instead of the guy you work and fight even with it might be some random costumer, I mean seriously guys, who let the money out of his sight, maybe you just lost it or hell LeeLee stole it, she was bragging about her expensive new jacket, where the hell she get the money for that?"

"But she had that before we lost the money," Chip argues as Alexis storms off after Nick.

The four Rangers pause in thought though before Xander heads for Toby's office, "Toby, I need to tell you something."

Outside Alexis catches up to Nick who has collapsed in an alley holding her head, transformed back to her beast form again, shouting to the air, "What do you want."

Alexis about to approach she she pauses looking around, "Who? Where?"

'Meet me at the beach, join me. Join us, your so called friends don't trust you.'

Alexis offers her hand to help Nick up, "Hey you alright," then pausing a moment, "that's not a migraine is it."

"I don't know what is it, I keep having these visions of a world of people like me….and a human child," Nick looks to the haggard look on Alexis' own face, "and you?"

"It's Koragg, he's in my head somehow, wants me to join him, he's at the beach."

Blecker gasps, "You're not seriously considering it are you?"

"Maybe I should, just to get the headache's to stop!"

Blecker shakes Alexis a bit, "Don't let Koragg play with your head."

"What else can I do, I feel like my head's going to explode if I don't shut up Koragg."

Blecker narrows her eyes and balls her fists, "Then we shut him up together."

Alexis narrows her eyes at Blecker then waves her hands dismissively, "N-No, your no good in a ground fight, and I'm not Vida."

Blecker looks down at his Training Morpher looking a little sick, "Well I..." the Training Morpher changing into an exact copy of Vida's, to Nick's surprise.

"H-How?"

"I-I don't know...but if Vida were to change it could cause a problem...too much Pink energy can be dangerous."

Alexis looks thoughtful a moment, then nods, "L-Let's go." her voice a bit unsure.

"I'm here Koragg!" Alexis says as she and Blecker run out onto the beach.

"And she brought a friend!"

Koragg emerges from a Spell Seal, "You were not invited Silver Wizard."

"You attack one of us you attack all of us, Rangers together!" she says flipping open her Mystic Morpher glancing over at Alexis.

"Ready?"

Blecker nods, "Ready."

"Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

A spell seal rises up transforming both, revealing the Red and Pink Rangers. As it finishes the Pink Ranger glances down at her bust, "I can't believe they got bigger!"

Koragg pauses thoughtfully, "I stand corrected Pink Witch, but your deception will not change the outcome of this battle."

The two Rangers draw their weapons and charge Koragg, he parries Red with is sword while deflecting wind blasts from Pink with his shield.

At Rootcore Clare looks up to the Crystal Orb as it comes to life, her latest spell having robbed her of her hair, in the orbs she sees the Red and Pink Rangers having a tough time with Koragg.

"Udonna!" she calls out, bringing her down to look in the orb.

"What are Vida and Nick doing..."

"That isn't Vida, it's Blecker!"

"Oh dear! I better call the others!"

"Aren't you going to help?"

"Of course!"

Toby waves the envelope in one hand, "I found it next to the teller."

Xander looks crestfallen, "We thought Nick had...sorry Toby, I should have been more careful."

"Yes you should have, but I'm glad you owned up to it...still I don't think I can trust you with this task next time." Toby chastises, "And what made you think it was Nick in the first place?"

"You see LeeLee said..." Xander nods ashamed as Toby tosses it to Vida, "You're up Vida."

She nods, "I'll do it right now!"

"We'll get back to work then," Chip says leading the others out of Toby's office, just as their Mystic Morpher's ring.

"Nick and Alexis are where?" Maddie says in a soft voice.

Vida looks confused as her phone did not ring, "Guys?"

"Nick and Alexis are fighting Koragg, we're going to help."

Before Vida could ask more questions her Mystic Morpher rang as the others ran out, they passed LeeLee as she is opening a soda can that explodes and covers her new jacket in soda, "My new jacket!" she whines.

"What do you mean I should wait," Vida objects over her Mystic Morpher.

"If both you and Blecker transform at the same time you could overload the Morphing Grid, too much Pink Energy can be dangerous."

"But it's Koragg," she argues heading out at a slow jog, the envelope still in hand, "He could go giant and Blecker isn't-"

"All the more reason for you to show up late so you can take over for him but not cause an overload."

Vida nods slowing to a stop, "I have an errand to finish up first for Toby, I'll do that first."

The other Rangers run up taking a moment to look over the Pink Ranger, "V-Vida?" the Blue Ranger says confused.

"Not quite," Blecker answers back.

Green and Yellow snicker as Blue reaches out for Pink's bust, "Is that...are you?"

"I think it's just cosmetic."

There is an explosion causing the five to flip out of the way, the White Ranger showing up a moment later, followed by Vida. Koragg counters by summoning Catastros and transforming to Centaur form.

"Vida your up!" The Pink Ranger says powering down to normal Blecker, giving out a sigh of annoyance when she see's her bust still enhanced. "Just great."

Quickly Vida Rangers up, the four taking a moment to turn to Nick, "Hey sorry for accusing you," Green apologizes.

Nick pauses a moment then sighs, "Well talk about punishment after we fight the giant centaur."

"Right!" Green, Blue, Pink, and Yellow say in unison.

The six Rangers transform to Titan form then Blue, Green, Yellow, and Pink to Dragon Formation.

"Well time to find out how bad this is gonna wipe me out," Blecker comments transforming to energy and combining with the Dragon Formation, "Well this is a day of new experiences." his voice coming from the dragon's head.

The White Ranger joined the Dragon Titan aboard the back of the Dragon Zord charging toward Koragg, he fends them off for a moment but the combined power is to much, he stumbled and drops to one knee.

"This is too easy!" Phoenix comments.

"Time to show off my own new power!" Koragg gloats "Uthe Mejor Ultimas."

Disconnecting from Catastros the Horse shifts and bends until Koragg can combined with it like a suit of armor forming the...

"Centaurus Wolf Megazord," Koragg announces before adding, "The time has come to take this fight to the next level...Dark Source, Evil Force!" Thrusting his hand into the air a ball of energy is drawn from the Dragon Zord, causing it to drop to ground level.

"What's wrong guys? Why can't we combine?"

"I shall use your own magical powers against you," Koragg gloats, "And use your combining power to rise Morticon from the Underworld."

Creating another spell seal Morticon starts to emerge, first his hand and slowly the rest of him.

"Rangers lend me your strength, we can't let Morticon return to this world!" The White Ranger asks rising her snow staff. The Dragon splitting into the component titans, with Blecker sharing Sprite, as they all focus their magic toward the White Ranger.

Morticon continues to rise despite a counter seal appearing around the dark seal, "Rangers we must try harder!" the white Ranger pleads just as Morticon gets free.

"Finally I am free of that pit, now the world will fall befor-"

He is cut short as the Phoenix Titan's eyes glow bright green and a red particle aura envelopes him, the white spell seal suddenly red shifts and Morticon is sucked back into the Underworld.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooo! So close, so clo-"

"Dark Magic Spell Seal!" Koragg's attack scatters the Rangers knocking them all over the landscape just as Morticon vanishes. "Impossible...how could they counter my spell?"

The Mystic Phoenix drops to one knee as Koragg turns around, "I don't know how you did that Rangers but I still have you Megazord power." He cackles and vanishes into the setting sun, Necrolai trailing him as he arrives, still in Centaurus Wolf form somewhere else and examines the power he stole.

"I have the Ranger power to combine," he gloats looking at the orb of energy in his hand, "And for now I will keep it to myself."before hiding it away inside his chest.

Necrolai watches, ideas turning in her head, "Interesting." and she flies off and away from Koragg.

As the Rangers return to human form Blecker stumbles, Vida and Alexis catching him, "Whoa careful there." Alexis cautions.

"So it would appear even dragon form is too draining for you," Udonna notes.

Blecker gets to her feat easily enough but is still leaning on her walking stick more then is normal, "I'm a bit weak in the knees but it's no where near as bad as the Titan Megazord, I think I can handle it."

"Good," Nick says gravely, "Because without our Megazord power we're going to need your power to boost the Dragon formation now more then ever.

"Oh...joy," Blecker says collapsing and revering beast form.

The others hurry to help her up, and help her make the trip back to Rootcore. Xander turning to Nick as they walk, "Look we just-" he stops correcting himself, "I just wanted to say that I'm sorry, I really am."

"You're our friend Nick," Maddie adds heartfelt, "and you deserved better."

"No more jumping to conclusions," Vida adds, "Promise."

"It was Xander's fault," Chip adds, getting a chuckle from everyone. Even Alexis, "It was!"

"Thanks guys," Nick smiles, "And I owe you guys an apology too...I should have come to you when I started to hear...voices. So...I guess we both learned our lesson about...trust...and friendship."

"No more secrets between us."

"No more secrets," Nick confirms giving Xander a firm handshake.

"Well this is nice," Maddie adds, "But let's get Blecker back to Rootcore to rest."

Blecker glances over at at Vida, then Udonna, "So Titan Megazord is out, and Dragon Formation doesn't look promising but I can Boost Sprite just fine so I was thinking...Udonna...do you think I could boost the Pink Ranger?"

Udonna looks thoughtful a moment, "You mean use your spell code when Vida is in her ranger form to improve her magic?"

Blecker nods, "Exactly."

"I can't see why not, though Ranger form and Titan Form are on very different levels, there may be unexpected side effects."

"Can't be much worse then Megazord form."

The other Rangers nod, Xander patting Blecker's back, "We really appreciate your help mate."

Blecker nods, "It's no big thing, but I think I'm going to leave the Rangering up to Vida." he looks over to Vida smiling, "No offense but I'm not sure how much larger I want my bust to get."

Vida and Madison both pat Blecker on the back teasingly, "Awe but you make such a cute Pink Ranger." Maddie jokes.

"How can you tell, with the helmet," Chip jokes.

"Oh a girl can tell," Vida laughs, the others joining in a moment later. "But no seriously Blecker, it's no big deal. Leave the fighting to me. I'm just glad you got my back."

"As good as that all may be you must not come to rely on Blecker's assistance," Udonna warns, "The fusion spell is clearly very taxing and we must not put her heath at risk just for a faster victory and more power, Blecker is still a person after all not a magic wand to use as you see fit."

The other Rangers nod, Vida speaking first, "I know things are going to get harder without our Megazord power but I promise I won't keep calling you out here." she looks to the other Rangers for support, "What do you say guys, give Blecker a few days off duty?"

The others all nod in consent.

Vida smiles, "We'll only call if it's an absolute emergency, OK."

Blecker gives a relived sigh, "Thanks, wasn't sure how much more of this I could take." pausing a moment in thought before looking over at Xander, "Though I really don't have any right to complain, your putting your lives on the line day after day, week after week, the least I can do is put up with a little weakness in the knees."

"Don't sell yourself short mate," Xander counters, "Without you each of those fights would have gone much longer, but we don't want to see you passing out because of it, you're our friend too."

"Yeah we gotta watch out for each other," Madison adds. "It's a two way street. If your ever feeling too stretched out to contribute let us know, we're not going to hold it against you."

Blecker nods, smiling as the group vanish into the mouth of Rootcore.