Madison was entering Cynthia's room after she knocked few times without having any answer.

' Are you ready C? the others are waiting for us to have breakfast together'

' 'Coming Mad. ' Cynthia answered from the porch. She entered the room: she was wearing a grey sweatshirt with short sleeves , a long black tantop and a pair of low-waist boot-cut jeans. Her long ginger hair was left down along her shoulders, her curls were running free on her back. She was smiling at Madison, seeming relaxed, calm.

'U ok C?' asked Madison, who thought her friend was hiding something from her, she looked too calm to her.

'Everything's ok Mad, don't worry. Have you looked outside? The sun is up in the sky, hot and shiny. It's a beautiful day.' She smiled at Madison who smiled back.

The two of them walked along the corridor to reach the main room where the other rangers, Claire and Daggeron were waiting for them to have breakfast.

'Hi C! Had a good night?' Vida had a piece of strawberry cake in her left hand and a glass of orange juice on the right.

'Like a babys'' she answered while sitting on her chair.

They all started their meal: they were eating, drinking, talking...well having fun with each other.

'I was thinking.....we should work harder on improving our powers. If we want to save Nick, we have to be ready, especially if our enemies know us so well,' Vida was saying something she had been thinking of for a while.

'Yes! Cynthia should teach us some old spells' Chip said as Cynthia gave him a hard look.

'Not that you are really old Cynthia, I mean, since you are at least 80 or 90 years old it's....I mean....your soul is old, not you....I....You know....Xander, help!'

Xander smiled at his friend who was trying so desperately to come up with something not offensive to say to Cynthia, but decided not to help 'Not this time my friend, you can't escape this one'.

Cynthia gave Chip the hardest look she was capable of 'By the forces of the nature, let the lymph of the old oak run thru my hand, I demand revenge for the offended soul' the she stretched out her index finger and pointed it to Chip's mug. The mix of milk and cereals inside it exploded on Chip's face, covering him completely with that mixture. Everyone laughed, Cynthia included. Vida, who was next to him rose up her spoon and took some cereals out his hair and pretended she was eating them.

'I would have put less cereals if I were you! It will take long before you will take it all away' then Cynthia rose her index finger again and said 'Repulicio' next, Chip was clean again.

'Did you like the 'old' spell? Got a lot more.....'

'Promise I'll never ask again, C. I swear!!!!'said Chip, making everyone laugh again, him included ,this time.

When everyone finished its breakfast and everything was cleaned up Cynthia proposed to take a walk outside and considering the warm weather everyone agreed to it happily.

'I'll stay here to monitor the forest, just in case our foes decide to attack. I'll inform you if something happens' Claire said, sitting in front of the crystal ball.

'And I will go and check for the village in the west border, I want to see if they need help to rebuild they houses' Daggeron added.

'All right then, let's keep in touch. We'll be all connected by the morphers, see ya later'. Then the rangers exited the dragon mouth and disappeared into the forest.

MEANWHILE AT THE FORTRESS

'My Lord; I sent the dream of the death of the Rangers to the Silver Knight as you asked, now we have to wait for her next move. What do you think she's gonna do?'. A tall creepy half animal, half human monster was kneeled in front of the dark figure. No one could see his face, they could only catch a glimpse of his tunic and the cap that was covering his figure. He started speaking as Alex entered the room.

'She will certainly come here, to try to rescue her 'friends', she knows that we are waiting for her, but she doesn't care. I know the vision she had had upset her, and she will try everything to save those people, even if it means lose her own life. She is weak, she had always been, no matter what's her name now, Cynthia or Dianna, she will fall to her knees and ask for the safety of the ones she loved. She already did once, she tried to save Fero, but she caused his death anyway, or at least she condemned him to an eternal pain.' Hi smiled and laughed loudly 'we'll be ready when they will come, and we'll have what we want.'

'And what do exactly want we?' asked the Chimera monster.

'We want the absolute power, the control above everything, the knowledge we've been denied for too long. Don't you want it?' the dark voice asked with a strange tone of voice. The monster looked at his master with a puzzled gaze, not realizing what the question was for. When he realized it was too late: a flash of light reached him and wrapped him, and swallowed him. Alex watched the scene from behind the throne where the Lord was, disgusted and upset by what he had just seen and heard. Something wasn't matching whit his memories of the past, he was failing to remember something very important, something that, he knew, would have protected someone he hold dear. He had to remember, if only he knew how.......

'Call The Dark Knight, I want to talk to him, go Sentine,NOW!'

Alex woke up from his thoughts and entered officially the room of the throne 'I'm here My Lord, how can I serve you?' he stood on his left knee and waited for an answer.

'I want you to take the young prisoner and go to the Silver Lake, I think you'll find the rangers there. It will be a good place to kill them all, and remember, leave the Silver knight alive. I want her here. You heard me, Dark Knight?'

Alex was pale, his gaze fixed on the floor ,the idea of killing the Rangers didn't appeal to him that much,and he couldn't understand why he had to take Nick with him 'I heard you My Lord, I'll do as You ordered, but....the red Ranger will try to escape, why do we have to take him with us?'

Alex could hear the Lord smile under his cap. ' Take him to the Machine, he will learn to obey to you. The Rangers will be aghast to find their friend, their....leader fighting against them. They won't battle and you'll kill them easily.' Alex was shocked and disgusted by the Lord's plans, but he knew he had to obey. The idea to make Nick suffer the same pain he had made him sick. He took a big breath and started to talk again.

'I understand Mylord, now if you excuse me I have a battle that's waiting for me' he stood up, made a move with his head and exited the room. He called Charonte and told him to take Nick and bring him to the room of the Machine

MEANWHILE THE RANGERS.....

'Guys, this place is awesome!!!How did you find it?' Vida was amazed by the view of the Silver Lake. The sun was high upon them and the water had a beautiful golden colour. The Rangers were all taken by the calm and peace they were inhaling there.

'I saw it from my porch and decided that it would have been nice to see it from a close distance. I think this is the right place where to practice our magic without being interrupted. What do you think?' Cynthia was hoping the guys would liked the place where she, well Dianna, had spent her whole life.

'I really think it's......perfect! you know, I have the feeling I already saw this lake somewhere....'Madison was trying to remember when she had been there, without remembering anything' well.....maybe.....yes' Cynthia went from normal to pale in a sec 'the dream where I saw Nick for the first time! This is really that place ' Cynthia started to breathe was looking at the vegetation, trees were higher and greener than the others in the forest.' This place is nice but ......weird...'. 'You're right, it's like it's hiding something...' Chip added. 'Ok guys, why don't we change into something more 'comfortable'?' Cynthia asked as the other rangers reached her and took out their morphers.

'Magical Source, Mystic Force' a rainbow of five different colours enlightened the water. Everyone was now wearing his cape.

'Now' Cynthia started in a very calm and hypnotic voice 'I want you all to close your eyes and concentrate on the place that surrounds you. This isn't a normal place. This is where I come from, and where all our powers come from. This is where the water, the sun, the earth, the wind find their strength and their powers. You all have to find your inner spell, the one that will elevate you all to Mystic Knights. Just let your soul find the right place to search, the right word to say. Rivela Potenzia '. At this words all the rangers opened their eyes: they were all like blind and everyone started moving like they could all see where they were going, even if their pupils were white ,then Cynthia disappeared like a breath of air.

The first to move was Xander. He moved to the biggest oak on his left. He couldn't see anything but a great light coming from that tree. He reached out his hands and touch the trunk. He entered the tree just like he usually did to go to Rootcore , but instead of finding himself in front of the Dragon Mouth he found the wood that surrendered him. He heard the earth under his feet, wet and full of minerals; he heard the roots, once his feet ,strong and long inside the earth; he heard the lymph running thru his veins; he heard the movements of his branches, once his arms and the wind that was caressing his head and his hands, now leafs. He was in peace, united to the nature, to the earth, he could hear the other trees talking, speaking of things he never thought could exist. Then he heard someone whisper to his ears 'find the secret Green Mystic Ranger, find the source of your powers'.

Vida started to walk around in circle, faster and faster, 'till she became a tornado. She could feel the wind around her entire body, no she didn't have a body anymore, she was the tornado, she was the wind, she had the power to destroy everything around her just by moving. She could see the forest from that high: trees were so small, her sister her friends. She never felt so powerful and strong. She could even hear the feat of the animals in the forest, fear that she could hurt them, that she could destroy their home. She could hear millions of voices carried by the wind, but one voice was stronger than the others: 'tell me pink Mystic Ranger, what's your biggest fear?'.

Chip walked straight on the bay and when he got to the end of it, he reached out his arms to the sun: a ray of sun touched him and he disappeared into it. He felt like his entire body was absorbed by the light: he could feel that every part of his being was now part of the ray of light, he wasn't made of flesh and bones anymore. He was running faster than he could have ever imagined. He was in Japan, France, Italy: in a second he could be in so many places and back in the place where he was. He felt full of power, pure energy himself. Then he heard a whisper: 'what's the big pain you're keeping inside of you Yellow Mystic Ranger?'.

Madison was the last to move. She walked to the river of the lake, into the waters and disappeared inside. Even with her head under the water she didn't feel the need to breath, she had gills and her legs weren't there anymore : instead she had a beautiful blue and light green fish's tail. She started swimming, feeling the water dancing around her new body, she saw golden fishes swim next to her, she could hear their thoughts. She swam till the core of the Lake, deeper and deeper, like a strange kind of force was calling her. She saw a beautiful light warm and shiny and she swam faster to get to it. When she tried to touch the light she felt like an electric shock was running thru her body. A voice, warm but strong talked to her ' You can't cross the light until you won't answer my question dear Blue Mystic Ranger. Tell me, who would you die for?'.

AT THE FORTRESS

'It is time. Today I will kill your friends and your son will come with me. No Ranger will survive my powers.' Alex was in Leambow's jail, informing the prisoner of his intents . He didn't even know why he was there, maybe because he wanted him to stop him. But how could a blind man stop a Knight of the Darkness? What could he do or say to make him change his mind.

'You can't Fero, you cannot destroy what you've created.'

'I told not to call me with that name, do it for the memory of that man I am not anymore....I don't even know if I have been that man. I know I have loads of memories of the past, but I don't know which of them are true. And now, for the safety of your son you're better tell me what has happened during the Great Battle.' Alex's anger was growing and he couldn't keep his voice calm anymore.

'What do you want to know?' Leambow was too tired to fight, but he knew he still had a chance to save his son and the rangers.

'Who killed the Argentum knight?'

'.....I......I can't tell you.' Leambow took his head in his hands.

' YOU HAVE TO, or I swear your soon will come and kill you too. I promise he will become worst than what I am!' Alex hit the wall with his left fist.

'You are not mean Fe....boy, you are only confused, confused by the magic your.....Lord is using on you. I can't answer your question, this isn't the right time nor the right place but I can tell you without looking at your face, that you may not be in the body of the Fero I used to know, but I'm sure that your souls are the same. The memories you have may not be...clear at the moment, but trust me, they are real. During the Great battle the Aurum Knight, Fero, disappeared, leaving our group without a true leader to follow. I had to take care of the crew with all the consequences of that choice. I've always acted the way the Code told me, the code the Aurum knight taught me. Now, I can imagine the confusion in your head, but I know that you will make the right choice and won't let the Evil win.'

Alex was with his back on the wall, like he didn't have the strength to hold up Leambow's words. He waited few minutes before he opened his mouth again.

'I think you overestimate me old man, I wish I was the man you described, but I think the machine, has drowned his soul long time ago and left only a shell with nothing but hate inside. Rest in peace Leambow, I have job to do.' Then he stood up and took the stairs.

'I know You'll do the right thing, I've always trusted you. Hope the Titans will enlighten you. Good luck'.

Alex reached the Room of The Machine where Nick was already connected.

'Leave us alone' Alex growled at the Styksoids in the room.

'The Lord told me to attend the operation' Sentinell didn't want to leave the room for fear of the Lord's revenge.

'I said LEAVE THE ROOM NOW. I don't care what he said, I know how to make this damn thing work! You'll see the work when it will be done, no GO!' Alex was pissed enough to scare the hell out of the monster.

'A....All right then, we'll wait outside. How long will it take?'

' Depends, I think 15 minutes will be enough. Out!' . sentinel did as ordered and exited the room. Nick was tied to the machine and was unconscious. And from the wound he could see on his forehead he must have fought before he was knocked out.

' This is the most stupid thing I'm gonna do, well....kissing Cynthia was stupid, but worth it. She's hot, damn hot: her body her eyes....her lips....Damn her......when you'll wake up you will be my ally and do what I order. If the girl you trust, the little mermaid, loves you like you say, she will find a way to your heart, but if she doesn't, next time you'll sit here will be really to toast your head and turn you into something like me. Obscura Mente.'

So. Long time has passed since I last posted a new chapter. Hope ya all like this new one, and since I am sick and I have another day at home, I'll probably load another chapter in few days. Hope my English has improved.....Please R&R