Chapter 12

Frozen Solid Part 4

Callum and Jason turned around to see that Frostbiter was not behind them or chasing them.

"You think we lost him?" said Callum.

Jason nodded. "I say so. We sould head back to the lab and discuss Plan B."

"And try to keep Zoe from escaping," Callum added.

The Green Energy Ranger glanced at his leader. "How come you're treating Zoe like a prisinor, huh?"

Callum didn't reply.

A mischievous grin came to Jason's face. "Oh, I know what's going on here!"

"Shut up," Callum snapped. "We'll talk about that kind of stuff later. Right now we really need to move it."

"Okay," snorted Jason, trying not to laugh.

They ran a few paces when Jason suddenly let out a yelp.

"Woah!" The Red Energy Ranger skidded to a halt and turned to face his teammate. "You okay?"

Jason didn't reply but just stood there in shock like a statue. It only took Callum a few seconds to realise what was happening but when he did, it was too late. The Green Energy Ranger stared at him helplessly before the ice surrounded him completely, turning him into an ice sculpture just like Alex and Olivia.

"JASON!" Callum yelled before looking up to see Frostbiter dropping in his direction. Luckily he managed to tumble out of the way just in time but it was very close. It turned out that Frostbiter had been waiting on top of a building, waiting for the right moment to perform a sneak attack.

"Lightning Saber!"

The Red Energy Ranger pulled out his weapon and slashed it at Frostbiter. He might as well have done nothing. His weapon barely make a dent in Frostbiter's hard ice skin. Frostbiter grabbed Callum's Lightning Saber and spun it around, causing the Red Energy Ranger to loose grip and stumble over.

"My powers aren't just cool you know!" laughed Frostbiter. "I can also turn up the heat a bit!"

He thrust out his hands and balls of flame began to shoot out of his fingertips at Callum. Some fire pelted into his stomach and most of it exploded behind him, sending him flying. He landed hard on the ground.

"And now for the finishing touch!" Frostbiter grinned at the weakened Red Energy Ranger. "The ICING on the cake!"

He charged up the same beam he had used to freeze Alex, Olivia and Jason and Callum cringed, preparing himself for the chill and the pain . . .

Suddenly Frostbiter let out a screech of pain and grabbed his back as if something really sharp had struck him. Callum looked up, wondering what had caused him this pain. He caught sight of movement flipping between him and Frostbiter and then what happened next nearly made him faint with shock, joy and most of all relief.

"And I'll be the one taking the cake here!" the Blue Energy Ranger snapped as she landed in between Callum and Frostbiter, her Ice Blade out ready to strike.

"Zoe?! What are you doing here?" the Red Energy Ranger exclaimed.

She turned around and glanced at him. "Not now. We've got a battle to win!" Smirking slightly, she added "Man, it feels good to be back in blue!"

Frostbiter growled. "You really think you can take me down? You'll end up going BLACK and blue!"

Zoe didn't reply, she just stood there defensively.

"FINE!" Frostbiter stood up very straight and charged up that beam again. The Blue Energy Ranger glared at him, not moving a muscle.

"ZOE MOVE!" Callum yelled but she was like a statue, she wouldn't budge at all. He flashed a desperate look at the Frostbiter who was about to shoot the beams at the Blue Energy Ranger . . .

"TAKE THIS!" Frostbiter hollered, shooting the beams at her.

"NO!"

"ICE BLADE!" The Blue Energy Ranger held out her sword and the beam pelted hard against it. Both Callum and Forstbiter stared at her as the sword defended off the beam and it shot back in Frostbiter's direction. The monster only just managed to dodge out of the way in time as the beam pelted into the ground as ice.

"Wha- How did you do that?" Callum gasped in awe.

"Why do you think it's called an ICE Blade?" said Zoe, giving him a hand up.

Callum's eyes widened. "OHHHH! I get it!" He was now up on his feet and suddenly gulped. "Zoe, about earlier . . . I-"

"No time for that! We've got a battle to win," said Zoe quickly. Callum couldn't tell whether she was trying to interrupt him of whether she was keeping an eye on Frostbiter.

"Now you've made me mad!" Frostbiter yelled, charging towards the two Rangers. Callum and Zoe reacted by both backflipping together out of his way.

"We've got to find out his weakness!" said Callum as they flipped back onto their feet.

Zoe nodded and glanced at Frostbiter who was whipping around unsteadidly. An idea flashed to her head, remembering that Frostbiter was Isaac and how clumsy Isaac had been on the ice when they had been hanging out . . .

"I know his weakness," she said in a determined tone.

Callum stared at her. "You do?!"

Zoe nodded again. "Yeah." She stepped forward, her eyes fixed on Frostbiter, her Ice Blade out ready to strike.

"What are you gonna do to me?" Frostbiter sneered, not intimitated.

"I'll tell you what I'm gonna do," said Zoe confidently. "I'm going to teach you a lesson. I seem to remember how keen you were on recieving a skating lesson from me."

Frostbiter took a step back. "WHAT?!"

"Well now you're going to get one!"

The Blue Energy Ranger stretched out an arm and shouted out:

"Blue Energy Chill Attack!"

All of a sudden- Callum had no idea how Zoe did it but all the ground around her and the Frostbiter, almost the entire fighting area turned into ice! The amazing thing was that the Blue Energy Ranger managed to maintain her balance as if the ground hadn't changed at all. However, Frostbiter wobbled uneasily as the slippery ice surrounded his feet.

"NO! I take it back! I didn't mean it!"

The Blue Energy Ranger ignored him and began to swiftly glide towards him at full speed as if she were actually skating.

"Does THIS feel cool?" she shouted, slashing him with her Ice Blade. Frostbiter screamed in pain as her sharp sword, sliced through him and sparks came shooting out of him.

"This trick's my favourite!" grinned Zoe. Next thing, she began to glide (or skate) in circles around Frostbiter, gaining speed everytime she glided a lap around him. In a matter of seconds, she had become a blur, zooming around Frosbiter, slashing and scratching him with her Ice Blade while Callum watched in awe.

After about five seconds, the Blue Energy Ranger glided up to a position in front of a now helpless Frostbiter and shouted out:

"Blue Energy Ice Blast!"

She stuck out her hands and gusts of icy air came shooting out of them. The air pelted into Frostbiter and he screamed in pain. "TOO COLD! TO COOOOOOOOOLD!"

More sparks shot out of the monster. He let out a groan before finally collapsing . . .

"Looks like I'm too cool for you!" Zoe grinned, turning around as Isaac the Frostbiter burst into flames. As soon as Frostbiter exploded, the ice cleared away and ahead of him, Callum could see the ice cracking around Jason.

"Woah!" the Green Energy Ranger exclaimed as he realised that he was no longer frozen. "That was cold!"

"Jason!" Callum shouted as he and Zoe ran up to him. "You okay?"

"I've been better," Jason admitted before turning his attention to Zoe. "Where did you come from?"

Zoe smirked. "It's a long story." She looked around. "Where are Alex and Olivia?"

"We're over here!" the Pink Energy Ranger called out as the and the Yellow Energy Ranger ran up to reunite with their teammates. "Boy, are we glad to see you!"

"And boy are we glad not to be playing Stiff Statues any more!" said Alex, making the others crack up.

"I'm just glad that everything's back to normal," said Callum happily.

He spoke too soon.

At that point, the ground began to rumble and the Rangers saw purple energy power about fifty storeys tall towering above them. The energy cleared away to reveal that someone had re-created Frostbiter only taller.

"THIS IS MY BIG MOMENT!"

Callum felt his Red Energy Morpher tingle. He pulled it out and heard Dr. Sparks' voice:

"Time to call on the MegaZord, Rangers!"

"Right," the Red Energy Ranger agreed, delighted to hear that the scientist was alright as well.

The five Rangers held out their Energy Morphers and chanted in unison:

"Zord Energy Unleash!"

Frostbiter watched on in horror as the Energy Rangers morphed and grew into the powerful Energy Zords.

"Bullet Dasher!"

"Blade Skater!"

"Tumble Glider!"

"Fisticuff Knight!"

"Overspin Striker!"

"Please!" Frostbiter spat. "I froze you once and I'll do it again just as easily!" With that, he shot the same familiar beam at the Zords. Despite their large height, they all leapt out of the way and landed neatly on two feet without causing any damage.

"Alright, time for the big finale!" the Blade Skater demanded.

And the Zords all shouted together:

"Sports Energy of the Zords, Unite!"

The Overspin Striker, detatched his legs, the Fisticuff Knight and the Tumble Glider detatched an arm each, the Bullet Dasher detatched his arms and legs and the Blade Skater detatched the sharpest parts of her body. The detatched body parts formed together to form the giant warrior and the remaining body parts morphed into the Energy Rangers and they boarded the warrior.

"Sports Energy MegaZord!"

"Fine! You wanna do it the hard way? We'll do it the hard way!" Frostbiter yelled, shooting the beam at the MegaZord. This time, the MegaZord was too heavy to dodge and the beam pelted into the MegaZord's chest, knocking the Rangers around in the cockpit.

"Not cool!" Zoe yelled. "Frosbiter, I'm not sure about you but I'd prefer to dake a dip!" She placed her Blue Energy Morpher into a slot and twisted it around. The Basher Ball appeared in the MegaZord's hands. "Or in this case, a dunk!"

The MegaZord ran up to Frostbiter and threw the Basher Ball on top of him head. Ice cracked away from his head and he screamed. "OW OW OW!"

Zoe looked down and could see that her Blue Energy Moprher was glowing. "Guys! Check this out!"

Callum glanced over at her. It turned out that his and the other Rangers' Energy Morphers were glowing as well.

"What do you think it means?" said Alex.

"Maybe we have a new power?" Jason suggested.

"Of course! That's probably why they're glowing!" Olivia exclaimed in agreement.

The Red Energy Ranger looked up at Frostbiter then down at his glowing Red Energy Morpher. "Then let's test it out!"

"You got it!" said Zoe. "Spinning Ring of Fire!"

The MegaZord immediately began to spin around, even faster than the Energy Ring Strike the Rangers performed on their Energy Cycles. It was spinning so fast that a ring of fire was forming around it. The amazing part was that it wasn't even making the Rangers dizzy- it was almost as if the MegaZord wasn't spinning at all!"

"Fire towards Frostbiter!" Zoe commanded and the MegaZord responded by heading towards Frostbiter like a spinning top. The Ring of Fire was now complete and it began to surround Frostbiter as well as the MegaZord. The MegaZord managed to speed out of the Ring that was now surrounding a helpless Frostbiter and the flames burrowed into him.

"OWWWW! TOO HOT!"

"We're just warming up!" grinned Zoe before she and the others chanted out:

"Mega Energy Blaster!"

The MegaZord held out it's hands and the giant laser gun appeared in them. It aimed the laser towards Frostbiter who stumbled back.

"FIRE!" the Red Energy Ranger shouted and the Mega Energy Blaster charged up fire different coloured beams in the laser before shooting them out at Frostbiter. The beams pummelled into him, causing sparks to fly out of him.

"NO! NOOOOOO-"

And just like last time, Frostbiter collapsed and exploded into flames while the MegaZord turned around and gave the thumbs up.

"I guess Isaac won't be chilling out any time soon!" the Blue Energy Ranger smirked.

"Hey, Zoe?"

Zoe sighed. When would Callum ever leave her alone?

"What do you want now?"

Callum hesitated. "We- well . . . "

"Come on! I don't have all day!"

He took a deep breath. "I- I just wanted to apologise for following you earlier."

Zoe's eyes widened. "Why are you apologising?"

"Well, you didn't seem very happy when you found out."

Trying not to laugh, Zoe gave him a look. "Hey, don't sweat it. You DID get me back to the lair. I never really liked that Isaac guy anyway."

"Yeah, I thought so. You'd never go on a date in a million years," Callum murmured, blushing a little.

Zoe raised her eyebrows, wondering what Callum was thinking. She decided to change the topic fast. "So about my new Chill Attack thing. Before I actually got it . . . my morpher SPOKE to me!"

Callum stared at her. "You serious? Because before I got my Laser Boost power, a voice spoke to me too!"

"Really?" It was Zoe's turn to stare at Callum. "What do you think it means?"

The red ranger shook his head. "I don't know. I guess time will tell."

Zoe nodded, a serious look on her face.

Behind them, Dr. Sparks closed his lab door and spoke out loud "Do you think they'll find out soon enough?"

And a mysterious voice replied "I certainly hope so."