Disclaimer-i do not, in any way shape or form own the power rangers.
Chapter Fourteen-Red Brings Back Unwanted Memories
All of the rangers were still in the zord bay, looking over their new zords for what seemed like the millionth time that day. All of a sudden, a light started flashing and an alarm was blaring. Alpha hurried into the main room, followed closely by Ann and Zordon. A minute later, Alpha's voice came over the speakers.
"Rangers, come to the front immediately. Something is attacking Angel Grove."
The five remaining rangers and Kim all rushed out of the zord bay.
"What is it?" Jason asked as they rushed back into the room.
"Unknown." Ann answered without looking up from the computer screen.
"It seems to be feeding off of the solar rays, and it is growing more powerful by the second. It is also attacking the city with as much power as is imaginable. It seems to be using red lightning." Zordon told the rangers, Ann came over to join them, and Kim went over to help Alpha. "We do not know what this is, so be careful and remember that the zords are here if you need them."
The six rangers nodded, and then teleported to downtown Angel Grove. It was on the verge of being totally destroyed. In the center of the town, there was a woman standing there. She was dressed all in a deep blood red color, except for the crown she wore on her head, which was silver, and the black elbow length gloves. The dress she was wearing went down to her ankles, and had a halter-top. Her red hair was blowing around her face with the wind that she had created. Red lightning was flying from her fingertips, it was reaching everywhere in town, destroying everything it came in contact with.
"What is that?" Kaylie whispered.
"No idea." Ann said. "But we should morph now." The others nodded at her.
"Ninjetti! The dove!"
"The Crow!"
"The Eagle!"
"The Rabbit!"
"The Tiger!"
"The Lion!"
When they had all morphed, Ann led them towards the center of town, where the mysterious woman was standing, seemingly oblivious to her surroundings, until she spoke.
"Hello rangers." The woman said softly. "I was expecting to see you here sooner. I must say, I am just a little disappointed in you."
She put her arms down, and the lightning also stopped. She turned to face the six rangers, who stood facing her in a line.
"Well, well, well. What have we here? Six rangers? And those suits they look quite familiar to me. Oh I remember now. I saw them through my mother's telescope when those other rangers wore them. She wasn't in that snow-globe yet. Luckily for you, that wasn't your fault. But it could be."
"What are you talking about?" Jason asked.
"Just like a ranger, knowing nothing of the teams before him, but being exactly like all of them. You remind me of the last red ranger. Stupid boy."
"He was not." Ann said suddenly. "And I know who you are, and about the other teams."
"That is impossible." The woman said, laughing. "There is no one left who knows anything about the truth of the power rangers. At least no one that is willing to share."
"Just because they don't want to tell, doesn't mean that I can't find out. And I did find out. Your mother was trapped in a snow-globe? What ever happened to the space dumpster?"
The woman's eyes went wide. "No. No one is supposed to remember that. How did you know about that?"
"You could say someone told me." Ann said, smirking behind her mask, knowing the woman couldn't see her.
"Well if you are so smart, then who am I?"
"You are Rita Repulsa's daughter. The evil, mediocre witch sentenced to spend eternity in a dumpster flying through space. And if my sources are correct, which I'm sure they are, then your father would be none other than Lord Zedd, emperor of all evil, and Rita's husband."
The woman stared at Ann with her jaw dropped. No one had ever known anything about her parents. Well more like no one had ever known anything about who her parents actually were. She had been kept a secret as a child. Her parents really hadn't wanted her all that much. Plus, her father, Lord Zedd, had been ashamed of his daughter. She had been able to do magic and all, but she was not suitable to take over his empire, even though it would have been possible to do.
The thing was, Lord Zedd couldn't control a daughter, a son would respect him, but a daughter would be too much like her mother. Who Zedd had secretly detested, although it really wasn't much of a secret, seeing as how everyone knew.
"How do you know so much little pink ranger?"
"I have my sources." Ann said. More like source, she thought to herself in her head.
"I am sick of your chatter pink ranger. I want to deal with the leader. Red ranger, speak to me now. Maybe if you do, I will be more lenient with all of you if you do."
"I am not the leader." Jason said, looking at the woman straight in the eye.
"Why not? The red ranger is always the leader. Except for one person." She gasped. "No. You can't be his."
"His what?" Ann asked, knowing full well whom she was talking about. The others were all very confused.
"His…children. No, it is not possible. Not at all. The two of them ruined everything before, and I have no idea how they managed that, but you won't ruin it for me again."
"Oh, come on." Ann said, trying very hard not to laugh. "You really think he has six kids, and they all happen to be the power rangers?"
"No, I don't. I know for a fact that he only had two children, ever."
"Is that so?" Ann asked. The woman seemed to be tired of talking with the silly pink ranger however, because all of the sudden, Ann was on the ground, she was glowing a bright red color. She was whimpering, as if she was seeing something terrible.
"Ann?" Ted asked, rushing over to her. "Ann what's wrong?"
"It's so dark." Ann whispered. "When will mommy be back? And where did daddy go? David, why is it so dark in here."
"Ann. What's wrong? What are you talking about?" David said, rushing to his sister's side.
"David, I'm so tired. Do you think I could just take a little nap? Please, just a little one?"
David remembered this. He had had this very same conversation with his sister before. Except it had happened fourteen years ago. David knew exactly what to say.
"No Ann. Mommy said we have to stay awake. You can't sleep now Ann. Mommy said to stay awake, you need to listen to mommy."
"Ok Davie." Ann said, still curled up in a tight ball on the ground. Ted looked over at David, who was trying to comfort his sister.
"What's wrong with her?"
"She is remembering." David said sadly. "She tried to shut it all out of her life forever, but that woman did something to her. I don't know what to do for her."
"We should send her back." Kaylie said suddenly. "She will only be in danger here, and they can help her there."
"What's wrong rangers? Your little pink ranger scared of the dark?"
David quickly pressed a button on her communicator, and Ann was sent back to Zordon. Then he and Ted stood up and they all faced the evil woman in front of them.
"You people are extremely boring. Did you know that?" The woman called out to them. "If you don't mind, I'll be going now. I have more important things to do than stand here talking to a bunch of puny power punks. Until we meet again." In a flash, she was gone.
"No!" David yelled after her. "What did you do to Ann?"
"Come on David." Jason said grabbing his older brother's arm. "We need to go see if she is ok."
David nodded his agreement, and the five of them teleported back to the command center. As soon, as they got there, David yanked off his helmet and ran over to where his sister was lying on the table.
"Is she alright?" He asked quickly.
"She should be." Alpha said. "We aren't exactly sure what hit her, but we are sure she will make a full recovery. Ted, David, if you will help me move her to a different room. The only thing we can do for her now, is make sure she is comfortable."
After the two boys had brought Ann into a different room, and lain her down on the bed, they all took turns watching her. They didn't want her to wake up, and be afraid of whatever it was that she had seen. Currently, Ted was in the room with her. They had decided that more than one person would make her nervous, and Zordon had wanted to talk to David, and Kim, Kimmie, and Jason had all insisted that Ted be in there first. He had no idea why. As far as Ted knew, Ann was still mad at him, or embarrassed, or whatever it was that she had been earlier.
Ted had been sitting there for about ten minutes, when he heard a moan come from the bed.
"Oh, my head."
"Ann? Are you awake?"
"No, I'm sleep-talking." Came the reply. "Where am I?"
"You're in the command center. That woman attacked you with something, and you collapsed. But, Alpha said you would be fine."
"Collapsed? Oh, I remember now. I hate that room."
"What room?" Ted asked.
"The room." Ann looked at Ted for a moment before continuing. "Ted, if I told you something, would you promise not to tell anyone else, ever?"
"I promise." Ted told her.
"Well, you know how, like a month ago, I remembered all of that stuff about when I was two. Well there was something else, something that I didn't want to remember. I know I must have said something about the round room, but I didn't say how afraid I was of it. There was this perfectly circular room, it was totally dark in there, and the floor was covered in mist. David and I were kidnapped or something, and they were keeping us in that room. Anyway, our mother had been there, but this really scary lady came, and took her with her when she left. They just left us behind, and I was scared out of my mind."
She stopped for a moment, as if to catch her breath, then she continued. "I was so afraid. I wanted my mom and dad, and I was so tired, and my head hurt. I remember asking David if it was all right if we could take a nap. He was tired too, I could tell. I wanted so badly to just lie my head down and sleep, but David made me stay awake. Our mom had made us stay awake, because she knew something could happen if we were sleeping. I was on the verge of a mental breakdown, and David was my rock to lean on. He had always stayed in the back seat before, but now, he was helping me, and taking my spot. I was the one who took charge all the time. I was the one who protected him. But that day, something happened, and I stopped being me, and David showed the person he really is. Does this sound kind of weird to you?"
Ted shook his head. "I kind of understand what you're saying. And I think I know what happened today too. You were reliving that day in your head, and it was something that scared you. You don't like people having to do things for you."
"That sound right." Ann said. "But I still don't understand how she could have made me remember all of that."
"Me either." Ted said. "Come on, we should go tell everyone else that you're awake."
"Good idea. And Ted, thanks for listening."
"No problem." To himself he thought, wow, I guess Kim was right. She did open up. It wasn't exactly what I expected from her, but still, we talked about something, and she seems ok now.
Then Ted reached out his hand to help her up. She took it, and found herself doing something she hadn't exactly meant to do. As Ted pulled her off of the bed, Ann leaned in and softly kissed him on the lips.
Ann held onto Ted's hand. "Come on, we should go back in there."
Ted let himself be led, dumbstruck, back into the main room, by Ann. Did she just kiss me?
a/n-yeah, so, i lied. you get to read the story yet again. hope you liked the chapter.