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Enjoy the Halloween Special.
Three weeks have passed since Mikayla's arrival and joining the team, it was now nearing the end of October and tonight was the day where kids dressed up and went out trick or treating. While many teens were either at parties or taking their young siblings out trick or treating, four of the five rangers were hanging out at Marcus' house since none of them had anything better to do. The only ranger missing was Sasha who was taking her younger sisters out trick or treating but Marcus had a feeling that she had another reason for not wanting to be around them.
"So, what are we watching tonight?" Marcus asked as he and Corey entered the living room from the kitchen carrying bowls of popcorn and pop.
Abby shifted through the scary movies that Marcus' father had and the ones that Corey had brought over from his house.
"I haven't seen any of them before so they're all new to me" Mikayla said as she accepted a can of pop from Corey who sat down on the ground next to her.
"Well we're definitely not watching IT, the original or remake," Abby said as she moved the two movies off to the side of others. "Okay so it's a choice between Halloween, Annabelle or The Conjuring" Abby said as she slid back so she was up against the couch.
"The Conjuring" both boys said in unison.
Marcus got up and walked over to the TV, he placed the Blu-ray into the player then walked over and took a seat in his dad's recliner. He took a sip of Mountain Dew before pressing play on the remote. Just as the opening of the movie started playing the doorbell rang making Marcus let out a loud sigh and pause the movie.
"Um who was that?" he asked confused.
"Um…. Now don't be mad but I sorta invited someone to hang out with us tonight" Abby said.
"Why would I be….?" Marcus started to say then his eyes widened in shock when he realized what she is getting at. "Why… why would you invite him?" he asked annoyed as she walked past him making her way to the front door.
"Who is he talking about?" Mikayla whispered to Corey who had his hand resting on his morpher.
"I'll tell you who I'm talking about, a guy who doesn't care about anyone but himself, someone who has been making our lives a living hell since middle school…." Marcus said as he started to go on a rant only to stop when he saw the look that Corey was giving him and the wide-eyed expression on Mikayla's face. "He's…. he's standing right behind me isn't he" he said as he closed his eyes then turned around to see Kendrick staring back at him.
"Ya know what…. This was a bad idea" Kendrick muttered then turned and walked out of the house.
"Smooth Marcus… real smooth" Abby said with disappointment then took off after the quarterback hoping to catch up to him before he was gone.
Marcus turned back around and with a huff he sat down and started the movie back up without saying a word to the others who went back to watching the movie with him.
(!)
"Chambers… wait up," Abby shouted as she ran to catch up with the football star. When she caught up to him she bent over to catch her breath before standing up again. "I'm sorry about that back there… I mean I should've told them beforehand and…" she started to say when she saw Kendrick shaking his head.
"Don't worry bout it Benson, I shouldn't have expected anything less from the people I've been a dick to" he said.
It started to sprinkle so Kendrick pulled his hood on over his head.
"Listen I'm just going to head home and you go back to your friends" he said then started walking again to only stop when people started screaming. "What's going on?" he asked confused.
Abby looked around and that's when she looked up into the sky and saw what appeared to be thousands of red balloons floating through the air.
"Of course… It had to happen tonight of all nights" she muttered then looked down just in time to see a clown monster carrying balloons scaring anyone who got near it. "You go and help people get away…. I'll deal with IT" she muttered then ran off as Kendrick ran over to help a kid who had fallen to the ground.
"Decay… Decay, those who fight against my master Zeltu will Decay… Decay" the clown graveled as it made its way down the street.
A small child who was running from the monster fell and scrapped his knee on the ground. Decay reached down to the grab the small child only to be struck backwards by a red shield. The shield flew backwards and was caught by Abby who had morphed.
"Back off Pennywise" Abby said before running towards the monster.
(!)
An awkward silence filled the room as the other three rangers watched the rest of the movie. A few minutes later Mikayla stood up.
"Abby has been gone for too long I'm going to go look for her" she said then stepped over Corey and made her way towards the front door leaving the two boys alone in the living room.
Once she was outside the first thing she noticed was there were absolutely no one out in the streets. Not even little kids trick or treating. Mikayla looked around then walked out into the middle of the street. She looked down both sides of the streets but there was no sign of a car in any direction. She turned back around to go back to the house only to stop in her tracks when she saw that Marcus' house was no longer there. Fear started to set in for the Pink Trident Force Ranger. Every time she turned around that's when her surroundings started to change but at the same time they were becoming familiar to her.
"No…. No… No not here" she became to mutter frantically as she placed her hands over her head.
"Yes, here little one" came a deep menacing voice.
Mikayla's eyes widened in shock at the familiar voice, she lowered her hands then slowly turned her head to see a familiar figure standing a few feet away from her.
"You thought you could escape me by traveling to the past? What are the rangers going to think when they find out the truth about who you are?" the figure said as it started to walk closer to her. "Know this little one…. No one escapes the Dark Ranger" the figure said then pulled out his sword and brought it down upon her, but she quickly rolled out of the way avoiding the hit.
"TRIDENT FORCE POWER UP!" Mikayla shouted.
[Morphing Sequence Begins]
Mikayla is underwater when a Trident appears in front of her. The Trident begins to glow then a beam shoots out at her feet. The beam moves upward covering her feet with white boots, a pink form fitting body suit covers her body and arms while white gloves appears on her hands. The top of the trident came off and flew onto Mikayla's chest as she did a back flip landing on the sea floor, a pink sting ray appears and as it gets closer to her it turned into a ball of light before finally becoming her helmet.
"Pink Trident Power!"
[Morphing Sequence Ends]
Mikayla pulled out her Sting Ray bow then started firing off arrows in quick recession, but the Dark Ranger deflected the shots away with his blade.
"She couldn't beat me… what makes you think you could?" Dark Ranger asked as he continued to make his way towards her.
(!)
Corey looked at his watch and saw that it was almost time for him to head home, he looked over at Marcus who was passed out in the recliner. He shook his head then got up from his spot on the floor. He walked over to the chair and placed a blanket on over his friend then walked out the front door. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes then started making his way down the street.
'Tonight, was a total bust' Corey thought to himself as he walked. He didn't blame Abby for trying to be a good friend, even he thought it was a bad idea inviting Kendrick to hang out with them without even telling them about it first. He also didn't blame Marcus for acting the way he did but at the same time he felt that Marcus could've handled it better than he did. The sound of shuffling feet could be heard coming from behind, so Corey stopped dead in his tracks at the sound. He slowly turned his head and his eyes widened in shock at the sight of Zombies coming towards him. 'Zom… Zom…. Zombies!' he thought before running down the street towards his apartment.
Corey kept running until he reached his apartment complex. He flung open the security door then made his way up the two flights of stairs before reaching his apartment. He opened the door then slammed the door shut behind him. He placed his back against the door and started breathing heavily. 'Wait… Zombies don't exist? But they looked so real and…. They smelled so, so real' he thought to himself as he tried to calm himself down. A knock on his apartment door made him jump, he hadn't expected it. He slowly turned around and peered out through the peephole. His eyes widened in shock then he quickly unlocked the door and pulled it open to see Rachael standing there. Without saying anything he grabbed her wrist and pulled her inside the apartment.
"Corey what's wrong… why are you sweating?" she asked him.
"I was… I was running away from Zombies" he said frantically.
"Normally I would laugh and think you're weird but since I know that monsters exist and you're a Power Ranger I actually believe you" she replied. "Have you tried contacting the others? Maybe they're seeing Zombies too?" she said.
Corey slapped his head; he hadn't thought about it then brought his morpher up.
"Guys can you…" he started to say only to stop when he noticed movement from the hallway behind Rachael.
His eyes widened when he saw that a Zombie making its way towards them, but it wasn't just any Zombie. It was his father.
"Rachael… don't scream but…" he started to say but before he could finish Rachael turned around and came face to face with Corey's Zombie dad.
She stared straight into the decaying face of the zombie.
"Um… Corey… there's nothing there," she said.
(!)
Marcus could feel a pair of eyes staring back at him, so he slowly opened his eyes then jumped when he saw Sasha standing before him staring down at him.
"Jesus Stover… what the hell?" he said hysterically jumping back as he placed his hand over his heart.
Sasha rolled her eyes then spoke.
"Thought you and other three were having movie night?" she asked looking around.
"It got canceled," he muttered as he got up from the chair and walked over to the Blu-ray player and turned it and the TV off. "What are you doing here anyway? I thought you took your sisters out trick or treating," he said keeping his back to her. When he didn't get a response, he turned around only to see that Sasha wasn't there, but a large Bee monster was. Marcus dropped down and rolled out of the way just as the Bee monster shot a stinger at the Black Trident Force Ranger.
He stumbled up to his feet then ran and launched himself over his father's chair just as the Bee monster fired off more stingers at him hitting the chair instead.
"Bees… why did it have to be bees?" Marcus muttered to himself as he slowly peered around the chair to see if the Monster was still in the living room.
"Beenix must destroy the Black Ranger…. Master Zeltu demands it," the Bee monster said as it suddenly appeared in front of Marcus.
The monster now known as Beenix shot forward with its' large stinger going straight for Marcus who nearly avoided being struck by the stinger. Marcus hated bees, he was allergic to them, not that they would kill him instantly, but he could get a nasty reaction if one stung him. He didn't know if the same thing would happen if Beenix hit him, but he didn't want to find out. Marcus got up and ran out of his house nearly colliding into Sasha as he did.
"What the hell Octopus boy" Sasha muttered as she rubbed her forehead.
Marcus slowly backed away from her out of fear that she wasn't real. She noticed this and gave him a look.
"What's your problem?" she asked clearly getting annoyed now.
Marcus went to answer when suddenly Beenix emerged from the doorway standing in front of the two rangers. Marcus looked over at Sasha and was relieved to see that she was still there meaning it really was her, and not another illusion.
"Destroy the Power Rangers!" Beenix said as it fired multiple stingers. Marcus avoided them but one struck Sasha square in the stomach.
"NO!" Marcus shouted when he saw her get hit.
(!)
Abby's fight with Decay took them to the Halloween carnival. The Red Trident Force Ranger looked around for the clown hoping to find him before anyone got hurt. She finally caught sight of the clown standing in front of the hall of mirrors funhouse. Abby grabbed her shield and threw it, but Decay shot her with a purple gas, which made her gag and drop down to the ground. She started to cough harder and harder. As she laid on the ground coughing, her chest started to tighten, and it became harder for her to breath.
Decay stepped forward with a smirk on his face as he neared his downed opponent.
"Goodbye Red Ranger" Decay said as he raised his jester stick and pointed it at her but before he found finish her off he was struck in the side of the head by Abby's shield.
Decay turned his head sharply to see Kendrick standing there.
"Foolish boy… you will Decay" the clown growled as it shot towards the Quarterback who sidestepped the monster before running over to where Abby was laying on the ground.
"Benson, listen to me what you're seeing and feeling it isn't real" Kendrick said despite hitting the clown. "It's not a clown, you have to pull through this, and I know you can because you're the strongest person I know" Kendrick said as he placed his hand down on her shoulder trying to calm her down.
Kendrick was so preoccupied with trying to help Abby that he didn't see Decay creep up on him from behind. Decay grabbed Kendrick and wrapped his arm around the quarterback's neck dragging him away from Abby back towards the mirror funhouse.
"Ben… Abby fight it!" Kendrick shouted to her just as he was dragged inside the funhouse by Decay.
Abby reached her hand out then slowly tightened the hand into a fist. She started to see the truth to what Kendrick was saying. She wasn't really feeling any affects nor did any purple gas blast her as it had been all in her head. Abby slowly got to her feet then grabbed her shield, which was few inches away from her. After grabbing it she got to her feet, shaking her head she took off running towards the funhouse.
The moment she entered the mirrored funhouse, she saw a reflection of Decay on every mirror that was in front of her. The Red Trident Force Ranger raised her shield up in front of her in case Decay decided to try anything.
"I know the truth now… You're not real, there is no Decay but something else" Abby said as she continued to make her way through the hall of mirrors.
"It means no difference Red Ranger… the rest of your team has yet to see the truth and they will fall" a voice echoed somewhere in the room.
As Abby walks, she feels something coming towards her from behind, so she quickly brought her shield up and over her head blocking the incoming attack. She spun around and kicked her attacker in the stomach sending it stumbling backwards. She turned to see a scarecrow looking monster standing before her. The Scarecrow monster went on to attack again with his scythe, but Abby deflected the attack and went to smack the monster with her shield, but it disappeared before she could connect. Abby quickly brought her morpher up to her.
"Guys can you hear me? It's not real…. Whatever you see it's not real."
(!)
Mikayla continued to fire off arrows at Dark Ranger, but the mysterious figure deflected each and every arrow that was fired at him. Mikayla pulled back the string and was about to fire another arrow when suddenly Dark Ranger was in front of her and grabbed her around the throat. He lifted her up into the air, her feet barely touching the ground.
"The fear you feel is real Mikayla and…." Dark Ranger started to say.
"Guys can you hear me? It's not real…. Whatever you see it's not real." Came Abby's voice from Mikayla's morpher.
Mikayla's eyes widened, that's when she saw the truth as the Dark Ranger began to flicker from the Dark Ranger to a Scarecrow looking monster. Mikayla quickly kicked the monster making him release her. She swiftly folded the bow down and into its blaster formation.
"Sting Ray blaster…. Full power!" she shouted then fired off a large blast that destroyed the fake Dark Ranger.
She looked at the spot where the Dark Ranger once stood then looked around to see that everything was becoming normal once again and then took off running towards the carnival hoping to find Abby or the others.
(!)
"What do you mean there's nothing there? I'm looking right at it" Corey said confused by Rachael's words.
Without saying anything Rachael grabbed Corey's wrist then placed his hand right on the Zombie's face. He felt nothing. The Blue Trident Force Ranger raised an eyebrow then stepped forward and placed his other hand up but that's when he realized that he was touching nothing but air. 'But how can that be? It makes no…' he thought to himself then slapped his head in annoyance with himself.
"How could I be so stupid? This has to be work of a monster created by Zeltu to make us see our darkest fears come true," Corey said.
"Look at you, using your big brain" Rachael said with a smile, which made Corey blush slightly before his morpher went off.
"Guys can you hear me? It's not real…. Whatever you see it's not real." Came Abby's voice.
"Abby, where are you?" Corey asked.
"The Halloween Carnival and I could use some help" Abby responded.
"On my way" Corey replied before stepping forward.
"TRIDENT FORCE POWER UP!" he says then presses the button on his morpher.
[Morphing Sequence Begins]
Corey is suddenly underwater when a Trident appears in front of him. The trident begins to glow then a beam shoots out at his feet. The beam moves upward covering his feet with white boots, a blue form fitting body suit covers his body and arms while white gloves appear on his hands. The top of the trident comes off and flew onto Corey's chest as he did a back flip landing on the sea floor. Then a dolphin appears and as it gets closer to him it turns into a ball of light and finally becomes his helmet.
"BLUE TRIDENT POWER!" Yells Corey.
[Morphing Sequence Ends]
(!)
Marcus stared in horror at the sight before him. He quickly got to his feet then made his way over to where Sasha was standing. He reached out to touch the stinger, but she slapped his hand away.
"What are you doing?" she asked him.
"What are you talking about there is a stinger sticking out of your stomach, can't you see that?" he asked not understanding how she wasn't freaking out by her current situation.
Sasha looked down but saw nothing sticking out of her.
"Okay seriously no more horror movies for you" she replied clearly thinking that Marcus was out of his mind.
"But… but" Marcus started to say only for Sasha to grab his hand and place it on her stomach.
His eyes widened as he watched his hand go through the stinger and touched her shirt. "How is that possible?" he asked confused he then turned to look at Beenix only to find the bee monster was gone and replaced by scarecrow monster.
"NO! NO! NO, this is not supposed to happen, Master Zeltu will not be happy" the scarecrow monster said angrily knowing that his plan was falling apart.
"Umm…. Sasha you see the scarecrow too right?" Marcus asked making sure that he wasn't still just seeing things.
"Oh yeah" she replied which was enough for Marcus.
"Guys can you hear me? It's not real…. Whatever you see it's not real." Came Abby's voice.
"Yeah… we figured that out" Marcus replied.
"Quickly get to the Halloween Carnival, the real monster is here, and I could use some help plus he has Kendrick" Abby said.
Marcus and Sasha nodded their heads to each other then teleported away to the carnival.
(!)
Abby continued to make her way through the hall of mirrors. She kept looking around keeping an eye out for either the scarecrow monster or for Kendrick. She stopped suddenly when she felt an evil presence behind her, so she spun around and was about to strike whatever was behind her with her shield but stopped just in time when she saw that it was Kendrick that she nearly hit. Her shield was mere centimeters from Kendrick's face. She quickly lowered her shield and helped him to his feet.
"You alright Chambers?" Abby asked him.
"Yeah… crap, I don't know how you guys do this every day," Kendrick said as he rubbed his neck where he had been grabbed by the scarecrow monster.
The two made their way out of the hall of mirrors and when they reached outside that's when they saw the other rangers fully morphed running up to them. Suddenly FearCrow appeared behind the them. Abby and Kendrick nodded their heads in a silent agreement as he walked off to get to a safe location.
"This is it Rangers, time for you to meet your end" FearCrow said.
"Not if we have anything to say about it," Abby said. She turned to her fellow rangers. "Let's put them together guys." She said.
The four of them pulled out their weapons and tossed them into the air.
Abby's shield attached themselves to the base of Corey's power saber to be used as the holder. The Yellow Ranger's weapons were revealed to be nunchucks went into a formation of an L then attached themselves to the sides of the Power Saber. Marcus' chakrams attached themselves to the top of the nunchuckes. The combination of the weapons formed a trident that Abby caught. The newly made weapon and the other three Rangers took their spots behind her.
Mikayla pulled out her Sting Ray Blaster and turned it into the bow transformation.
"Power Trident… Full power!" she shouted, then proceeded to mark an X in the air followed by bringing the Trident up through the X and across forming a star, which then shot at FearCrow.
"Sting Ray Power Blast!" Mikayla said then shot a powered-up arrow at middle of the X destroying FearCrow.
The five rangers de-morphed then turned to look at each other.
"That is not something I want to experience again" Corey said slightly shaking.
"I don't get it though… why did only the four of you guys see the fears but not me?" Sasha asked confused.
"I think it's because we were easier targets all in the same room" Corey replied.
"But wait… Kendrick saw the clown just like I did" Abby said.
Kendrick walked over to join the group.
"I saw the clown at first but then I saw the real threat" he said and turned to face Abby. "But when you brought the fight here that's when everything became clear, so I knew that I had to help you" he added.
Abby sent him a smile, which didn't go unnoticed by Mikayla.
(!)
Zeltu watched as the rangers each dealt with their respective fears but the one that caught his attention the most on the screen was Pink Ranger's fear. He watched as the Pink Ranger cowered in fear of what she was seeing and thankfully Zeltu saw what she was seeing a smile crossed his reptilian lips.
"Interesting" he growled.
Suddenly he heard footsteps, so he closed the videos and turned to see Ursulias entering his throne room. Zeltu growled at the sea wizard's appearance and turned back to what he was working on.
"I hope you have a better plan then having the rangers face their worst fears if you are looking to revive him" Ursulias said as he came to a stop in the middle of the room.
"I don't take advice from someone who is in love with a sea wizard" Zeltu replied with a growl.
Ursulias' eyes glowed a light blue and he pointed his trident at Zeltu.
"Watch your tongue lizard or you will not live to see our master reborn" Uruslias said then walked out of the room leaving Zeltu alone.
Zeltu eyes narrowed then he teleported out of his hideout to continue on with his plan.
(!)
Marcus and Sasha walked down the street side by side, neither of them speaking to the other as they didn't know what to say after the argument they had weeks prior about Mikayla and her story about being from the future.
"Sasha can I ask you a question?" Marcus asked breaking the silence between the two rangers.
"Sure" she replied.
"Why did you show up to my house? I mean I thought you were taking your sisters trick or treating?" he asked.
"I was, but as I was walking around with them I did some thinking and I realized that I haven't been the best teammate to you guys and maybe I judged Mikayla too quickly" she replied. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "What I'm trying to say is that I'm going to try and be a better friend going forward… key word is try" Sasha said slightly smirking and looking at him out of the corner of her eye.
Marcus laughed as they continued their walk.
(!)
Kendrick entered his house. He closed the door and turned on the lights. He knew his mother wasn't home. She hadn't been home for few days now, but he was used to it. It was part of her job. He made his way into the kitchen and went to the fridge pulling out a can of soda. Closing the fridge door, he pops the top and takes a sip.
"Ready or not you're coming with me now!"
Kendrick turned around and the last thing he saw was Zeltu leaping at him.
Thanks for reading, I hoped you all liked the Halloween chapter let me know what you think by leaving a review.
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