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Chapter Four-The First Battle
"Happy Birthday to you.
"Happy Birthday to you.
"Happy Birthday dear Jason, Zack, and Willie.
"Happy Birthday to you."
Finally, after waiting so long, it was time for the cake. And that meant singing to the triplet's. And after that, it would be time for presents.
Oh, yay. Ann thought. Just another chance for the triplets to get even more junk to stuff their rooms with. Don't they have enough stuff by now?
Ann wasn't jealous, it was just that she felt people thought the triplet's were more special than her or David for the simple reason that they were triplet's.
Mom always used to call us her little miracle babies. I wonder what that was about. Ann thought to herself, distracted from the cake cutting. Then, above all of the noise in the backyard, she heard the doorbell ring. After nodding to her mother, she went to answer it.
When Ann opened the door, it was to reveal two familiar faces. One of them was holding a baby in her arms.
"Kira! Conner! We weren't expecting you. We thought you couldn't come." Ann said excitedly. Conner and Kira McKnight were two of her dad's former students, but they had always seemed like much more than that. She remembered them being at her house a lot when she was younger.
"Yeah, well we suddenly weren't busy anymore, so we decided to surprise you." Kira said.
"So, can we come in?" Conner asked, smiling. "Or are you going to make us stand out here all day?"
"Oh, sorry. Sure you can come in. Everyone is in the backyard."
Just as Ann was about to close the door, she saw another car pull up into the driveway. She instantly recognized the woman in the driver's seat.
"Aunt Aisha!" Ann called out as the woman stepped from the car. "I thought that you had a business trip?"
"I got back earlier than I had planned." Aisha said, coming over an giving Ann a big hug. "So, how's the party going?"
"Pretty good. You know the usual, worship the triplet's thing."
"I protest to that statement. I have never and will never worship those boys." Aisha said, laughter in her eyes.
"Yeah, but you haven't been at the party." Ann said, smiling. "Come on, everyone is out back. Or do you think I should just stay here in case Justin and Sara decide to show up? Ro maybe Uncle David?"
"Trust me, Justin and Sara aren't going to show. And isn't your Uncle David in New Mexico?"
"Yeah, so I guess he isn't coming. He usually just comes out for mine and David's birthday."
While Ann had been talking to Aisha, the two had been walking through the house, and by now, they had entered the backyard. Immediately, a little boy came running up to them.
"Mommy!" Eric cried, hugging his mother around the middle. "What are you doing here?"
"I got home early." Aisha said hugging her son. "So, you having a good time?"
"Yeah."
"Have you been good for your daddy?"
"Well, kinda. I was bein' good, but Mimi and Andrea were fighting this morning about clothes. So daddy told 'em to stop acting like teenagers."
"He did?" Aisha said laughing. "Well, he's lucky that they aren't teenagers yet."
"Come on mommy, let's go see the presents."
Ann walked after them, towards where everyone was sitting, watching the triplet's open presents. Now almost everyone was here. The only people, who weren't here, were Justin, Trent, and Ethan. Looking slowly around at everyone, Ann noticed the color schemes among the adults. The woman stuck to either yellow or pink, and the colors with the men varied between green, red, black, and blue. Her father stuck put like a sore thumb in white.
Then it hit Ann. All of these people, at one time or another had been power rangers. That was why they all seemed to be color-coded. And why they always seemed so nervous or suspicious, it was what came with being a power ranger. That also explained the situation between Kira and Conner and Tommy. They had been his students, but they had obviously been power rangers. Tommy had obviously had something to do with them as rangers also. With Conner and Kira being the youngest, Ann assumed that they had been the dino thunder rangers. Conner had been red, and Kira had been yellow. It was obvious from what they were wearing.
"Hey Ann." Ted's voice came from behind her. Ann turned around.
"Oh, hey Ted." Ann replied. Ted moved to stand beside her.
"So, am I the only one that thinks this was totally unexpected?" Ted asked. Ann knew he was referring to them becoming rangers.
"Definitely not." Ann said. "I don't think any of us were expecting it."
"Yeah."
"So, do you think that everyone here used to be a power ranger?" Ann asked suddenly. She needed to share her theory with someone.
"Everyone?" Ted asked. He looked at all of the adults. "Well, it's definitely possible. I guess you noticed the colors."
"Yeah. I just realized, that in some way or another, my mother has usually always worn pink. My dad on the other hand, has switched between a few colors. Green, White, Red, and Black."
"You know, it's the same with my parents. My dad usually wears either black or green, and my mom mostly wears yellow."
"I wonder what teams they were on." Ann said thoughtfully.
Before Ted could respond, Ann's communicator went off. Her eyes went wide as she looked at Ted. She brought the device close to her mouth, and pressed one of the buttons.
"Ann here."
"Ann, there is a monster attacking downtown Reefside. I need you to inform the others. Once you have all gathered, away from prying eyes, morph, and you will be teleported there."
"Got it." Ann said turning off her communicator. She glanced at Ted. "Go find David. I'll get the others. They're all over there."
Ted nodded, before running off to go find David. Ann ran in the direction of Kimmie, Kaylie and Jason. The three of them were sitting with Willie and Zachary, eating birthday cake. They had long since finished opening presents. Ann quickly walked over to them.
"Umm, can I talk to you for a second, Kimmie, Kaylie, and Jason?" Ann asked, looking pointedly at them, and subtly tapping the wrist that she wore her communicator on.
"Sure." Jason said, getting the message immediately. "Sorry guys, we'll be back in a second."
After walking away from two of the triplet's, Ann looked around to find Ted and David. She spotted them motioning to her from the back door of the house. Before going in the door, Ann ran into her mother.
"Oh, hi mom. Just so you don't freak out again, we will be in the house." Ann quickly told her.
"Alright." Kimberly said, giving the four kids a knowing smile. The four of them rushed into the house.
"What happened?" Kimmie asked.
"There is a monster downtown, Zordon wants us there right away. We need to morph." Ann quickly explained. David checked to make sure there was no one in the immediate area to hear them. The coast seemed clear.
"Ready?
"Ninjetti! The Dove!"
"The Eagle!"
"The Crow!"
"The Rabbit!"
"The Tiger!"
"The Lion!"
The six power rangers were instantly morphed and then teleported to downtown Reefside. There, they met the first monster they would face as power rangers. Well, really it was the first monster that they had ever faced.
"Woah." Kaylie said softly. She had never seen something so ugly and, at the same time, powerful, before. She had seen plenty of pictures, in her history book, of the rangers, and the monsters they had faced, but nothing could prepare her for this.
"Oh stop gawking." Ann said, automatically assuming her role as leader. "We need to get rid of this guy as fast as possible, before they notice we're gone."
The hideous monster turned around. He smiled when he saw the power rangers, it did nothing to improve his facial features.
"So, the pathetic little power rangers are back." He said.
"Who are you?" Ann asked.
"I, am General Haxel. Leader of the empresses armies."
"Who?" Ann asked.
"You power rangers get stupider by the team. Scarlette, the empress of all evil."
"Oh, well that explains a lot. Seeing as you're destroying half the town." Ann said, at the same time nodding to the others who slowly spread out, as Ann tried to keep the monster distracted. He however, wasn't fooled. Seeing the movement, he suddenly called out.
"Putties! Attack."
Out of nowhere, these strange gray things with an 'S' on their chests, started attacking them. General Haxel watched the battle progress from behind his lines. He was only here on a scouting mission. His mistress wanted to know the strengths and the weaknesses of this new team.
"These things just won't stop!" Kimmie said. She had about three putties on her, and she could barely handle them, and more putties seemed to be coming out of nowhere every minute.
"Try hitting the 'S'." Jason called to her.
The red ranger seems to catch on quickly. Noted Haxel. The red rangers are usually smart like that. But he doesn't seem to lead this team. Haxel had noticed that the other's had stood back, and let the pink ranger deal with him. That was a twist. It was usually the red ranger who led the team. Once, over twenty years ago, that had happened before. It had been the white ranger who had led that team.
The white ranger. Thought Haxel. It was because of that white ranger that they were even there. He possessed the spirit of the falcon, and his mistress wanted that power.
However, there was a slight problem with that, the falcon and the crane were connected by an eternal bond. The empress did not possess the power of the crane. A certain former pink ranger did though. They also had two children, who had the power of the crane and the falcon within them. The last time Scarlette had tried to take the falcon for herself, those bratty twins had managed to save him. It had been impossible, but the twins had been teenagers, in possession of their powers, who had saved their parents, not little children. To the day, Scarlette did not know how that was possible.
The twins had managed to reverse the evil spell the empress had put on him, and bring their mother back from the dead. She had also been under a spell, and in a disguise. She had been forced to attack Reefside, and her friends, not knowing it was her, at killed her. The twins had managed to save her somehow. It seemed that they could do anything, it was unnerving.
The empresses general widened his eyes in disbelief. All of the putties were gone, and in record time. The power rangers were slowly advancing upon him. With a small flash of light, he opened an invisiportal, and was transported immediately to the moon palace.
"Where did he go?" David said.
"I dunno." Ted said.
"That wasn't the last we've seen of him." Ann said.
"We should be getting back." Kimmie said suddenly. "We're sure to have been missed by now."
"Your right." Jason said. "We should hurry."
They teleported back to the Oliver house. Just as a precaution, they teleported into Ann's room. They couldn't know if anyone was downstairs.
Same Time Battle is Starting(about twenty minutes ago)
Kira had been in the living room, feeding the baby, when something on TV caught her eye. It was a shot of power rangers. But not of any power rangers she knew, it was new team. Quickly, she got up, she had to tell Dr. O.
"Hey Dr. O." Kira called into the backyard. "Come here."
Tommy came up to her. "What's wrong Kira?"
Kira led him into the living room, where the TV was still on. "Look at this."
Tommy just stared at the screen. "No way."
"So, did you have anything to do with this?" Kira asked suspiciously.
"Not this time. Hold on a second, I have to go get someone." Tommy ran out of the room. When he came back, Jason and Kimberly were with him.
"What did you want to show us Tommy?" Kim asked curiously.
"Kim, where are the kids?" He asked her. She knew which ones she was talking about.
"They told me just a couple of minutes ago that they were coming inside, why?"
"That's why." Tommy said pointing at the TV screen, which still showed the power rangers. It was live coverage. There hadn't been any monster sightings in the whole world for thirteen years, this was big news.
Kimberly and Jason stared at the TV. "Do you think it's them?" Jason asked.
"Let's find out." Tommy said walking up the stairs. When he came back, he was shaking his head. "They aren't up there."
They watched the power rangers battle with the new monster, and the old ones, on the TV. When it was over Tommy smiled.
"Just wait for it." He said.
Suddenly, the six kids came running down the stairs.
"Woah." Tommy said, standing up. "Where's the fire?"
"Uh, nowhere." David said. "We just wanted some, um…cake."
"Yeah." Agreed Kaylie. "We were getting hungry for some cake."
"Have you been up there the whole time?" Jason asked. "At least, since you talked to Kimberly.
"Yeah." Ann said nodding. Nothing in her voice, or on her face gave away the fact that she was lying. "We've been up there the whole time."
"Oh, ok." Jason said. "You can go now."
The six kids hurried out into the backyard.
"Yep." Tommy said. "It was definitely them."
"What are you guys talking about?" Kira asked. The other three adults had forgotten she was there. "Wait a minute. Do you mean, they are the new power rangers?"
"You catch on pretty quick Kira." Jason said. "Yes, we think that they are the new power rangers. It was pretty obvious from what just happened."
Kira nodded her agreement.
"Just don't tell anyone." Tommy said. "We aren't exactly supposed to know. We figured it out on our own, and we don't plan on telling anyone, not even them. Unless, they come clean about it."
"I promise I won't tell a single soul." Kira said.
"Tell a single soul what?" Asked Kat, coming into the room, looking for her husband.
"Nothing." Everyone said quickly. A little too quickly because Kat knew they were trying to hide something from her.
"What is it?" Kat asked again. This time looking straight at Jason.
"It's nothing." Her husband assured her. When she didn't look convinced, he continued. "Come on, you believe me, don't you?"
"No, Jason Scott, I don't. And you can't blame me. You are one of the worst liers I have ever met." Kat replied.
"I couldn't tell you even if I wanted to. It isn't my place to tell you, or my right."
"So, there I something you are trying to hide from me?"
"Well, yes, I guess there is. But don't get worked up about it. You'll probably figure it out for yourself soon."
"Fine." Kat said admitting defeat. "Hey, it's getting late, don't you think we should start heading out?"
"Oh yeah, we should." Jason said glancing at his watch. "I'll go find Thomas. Do you know where Kaylie is?"
"Yeah, I just saw her outside." Kat said, turning to go get her daughter.
"Well, it was good to see you guys again." Kim said hugging big brother. "We'll see you soon, won't we?"
"It'll be kinda hard not to, seen as we live in the same town." Jason said jokingly. "I'll be right back. I gotta go find Thomas and say goodbye to everyone."
"Ok." Kim said.
"Well," Kira said, "I should go find Conner. We should be going too."
"It was great to see you Kira." Tommy said.
"You too Dr. O." Kira said smiling at her old science teacher. She went into the backyard to find her husband.
"I guess everyone else will be leaving soon too." Kim said.
"Yeah." Agreed Tommy. So Tommy and Kimberly went out to say goodbye to all of their guests.
The Moon Palace-at the same time
"Haxel! What took you so long?" Haxel dropped on his knee in front of his empress.
"The rangers tried to question me mistress. But they defeated the putties quicker than I thought they would." Haxel answered.
"It doesn't matter what you think!" Scarlette shouted. "All that matters is what happened. Now, what did they want to know?"
"Who I was." Haxel answered. "They also didn't know anything about you mistress."
"They didn't? Well, that means they don't have the mentor I thought they would. I wonder who their mentor even is?" Scarlette said, more to herself, than her general. "What did you tell them about me?"
"I told them that you were the empress of all evil. That is all." Haxel said.
"Good. That is all they need to know for now. You may go. I will tell you when your services are needed again on earth." Haxel bowed his way out of the throne room.
So, these new power rangers don't seem to have any connection to the falcon. This is good. That means there is less of a chance for them to rescue him. But, I need to make my move soon.
Scarlette smiled to herself. She had a job that needed to be done.
"Goldar! Come here!"
"Yes mistress?" The titanian warrior said, running into the throne room.
"I have a job for you. One that you have done before."
Scarlette smiled again. This time, all will go according to plan.