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Chapter Twenty One-The Moon Palace and Dark Dimension's Revisted

All of the former Ninjetti had been taken from their homes and locked in a dark dimension in the moon palace. They had all been taken by the same person who wouldn't tell them anything. It had been a week since they had seen him. Occasionally, a scared looking girl in white would come and give them food, but she wouldn't talk and they got the impression she wasn't supposed to be there.

"I hate dark dimension's." Rocky said. "There's nothing to do in them."

"Even if there was, you're chained to the wall." Billy pointed out.

"Who cares? This is still pretty boring." Trent said.

"Don't forget uncomfortable." Aisha said.

"Yeah." Agreed Kira. "I have never been more uncomfortable in my entire life."

"So, any idea how to get out of here Kat?" Adam asked.

She shook her head. "You need magic to do that. And we don't have any. When I came in here with Rita, she always let me in and out."

"Do you think they forgot about us?" Conner asked. "I don't like being forgotten."

Ethan was about to answer, when the door opened into the dark dimension. Conner answered his own question. "Guess not."

"Hello rangers." The guy was back. "I brought you some more company."

He had the putties drag the six unconscious rangers inside and chain them up.

"When they wake up, I think you'll find that you know them." Haxel said with a laugh before leaving.

"So, anyone know who they are?"

"Yes." Kira said quietly.

"How?" Conner asked her.

"At the party in June, I kind of figured it out, after I talked to Tommy, Kim, and Jason. It's Ann, David, Ted, Jason, Kimmie, and Kaylie."

"Oh no, not them." Adam, Kat, and Billy all said at the same time.

"I am so glad Alex is a baby." Conner muttered to himself.

"How did they become the rangers?" Kat asked.

"I don't know, ask them yourself, their waking up now." And they were. The six kids were starting to move around, but finding themselves chained up, they didn't move very far.

"Where are we?" Kimmie asked.

"Dark Dimension." Ann answered her.

"Hello." Rocky said brightly. "We're the welcoming committee. We hope you enjoy your stay. You'll find that this can be a very boring vacation spot if you stay, which I wouldn't really recommend. Not that you have much of a choice."

"You're all here." David said.

"All of us." Billy confirmed. "So, how's life on Earth? And more importantly, how long have you been a power ranger Kimmie Cranston?"

"Jeez dad, calm down. Since the party in June, but what about you never telling me you were a ranger."

"It was a secret."

"Same here." Kimmie said.

"People." Ann said. "Nobody say one more word about anyone they know being a power ranger. First off all, whoever is behind this may not know about them, and it would be blowing their cover. And second of all, we were all sworn to secrecy."

"Who died and made her queen?" Rocky asked David quietly.

David rolled his eyes. "She's just being her normal self. And I don't know anything about him dying, but it was Zordon's fault."

"Dude, that guy seriously has problems. I know he's supposed to be insanely smart and all, but seriously, red is supposed to be in charge." Rocky said.

"Says the former red ranger who was never in charge." Adam said smiling.

"Shut up frog boy."

Just then, there was a flash of light, and a woman walked into the room.

"Isn't that the woman from yesterday?" Kimmie said under her breath. Jason nodded.

"Welcome rangers, to my humble home. All of you have been here before I'm sure, except for four of you. And Kat, we all miss you so much. I always loved having a pet."

"Who are you?" Kat asked. She didn't like being reminded of her days spent as Rita's pet.

"I'm appalled." The woman said. "You don't remember me? Well then, I'll just have to tell you."

The woman walked to the center of the room. "My name is Scarlette Repulsa. I'm sure you all know who my parents are, or where, I should say. Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa, who were murdered by one of your own. It's a terrible shame I don't know where to find him, or he would be here with you now.

"And while we're on the subject of people I can't find, where might I ask are the former pink and white rangers? I can't seem to find them anywhere."

"Don't look at me." Rocky said. "Thanks to you, I've been stuck here for the past- how long has it been again?"

"Only a week." Ann said.

"You pathetic rangers." Scarlette spat. "Can't even stand a week off of your retched planet."

"Says the woman who keeps her palace on the moon surrounded by oxygen." Billy said. "By the way, you are a woman right?"

"Ahhh!"

"Woah, no need to have a hissy fit."

"Stupid rangers." Scarlette hissed under her breath. "Tell me, where are the rest of the rangers?"

"Why should we tell you?" Ann asked. "There's nothing in it for us."

"You'll have your life." Scarlette said.

"Yeah." Agreed Ann. "Until you decide to kill me. So no thanks, I don't think I'll be betraying my friends right now. But call back later. Or better yet, give me your number, so that when I decide my ambition in life is to die, I'll let you know."

"Ooh, she's good." Aisha said under her breath.

"Be quiet all of you. And as for you little pink ranger, never address me again. If and when I decide to address any of you, I will only be talking to your leaders."

"That hurt." Ann said quietly.

"I see this is going to have to be done the hard way." Scarlette said. "Since you seem so willing to talk pink ranger, you will go first. As for the rest of you, learn from her example. Goldar! Haxel! In here now!"

Two more people came into the room, except either of them could really be called people, more like aliens. Everyone recognized at least one of them.

"Goldar! My old friend!" Rocky yelled. "What are you doing here old buddy, old pal, old friend who's name is monkey breath and who should be dead?"

Goldar snarled at him. Scarlette turned to her two servants.

"Remove the pink ranger." She pointed to Ann. "Take her to the throne room and one of you continue to scan the surface for traces of the dormant power. It will be in the humans who used to be the power rangers."

"Yes mistress." The two answered. Goldar went and grabbed Ann's chains and led her out of the dark dimension. Scarlette turned back to her other prisoners.

"I would rather not do this to your little pink ranger. So if any of you want to divulge any information, speak now or forever hold your peace. I will also offer her in exchange for the two leaders of your teams."

"Yeah, that's kind of impossible." Ted said. "You already have our leader, and the other one is still free."

"She is the leader?" Scarlette asked scornfully. "Who decided that?"

"Dulcea."

"That wretched woman is still alive? She was friends with Zordon, and he's dead now, she should be too." With that final word, Scarlette marched out of the dark dimension, followed closely by Haxel.

"That was odd." Jason commented.

"What is she going to do to Ann?" Kimmie asked fearfully.

Billy stared at his daughter with sad eyes, wishing she and her friends had never been brought into this mess. "She will probably torture her for information." He said softly, but she still heard him.

"I shouldn't have asked."

The throne room

"So pink ranger, where to begin?" Scarlette paced the floor around Ann.

"What's there to tell?" Ann asked.

"Be silent!"

Out of the corner of her eye, Ann thought she saw something moving in the shadows. It was all white, and it was probably a person.

"So, what should I call you? Empress Scarlette?" Ann asked.

"What?" Scarlette asked, clearly shocked by Ann's random question.

"Ok, that's what I'll call you. So, Empress Scarlette, do you live alone, or do you have a bunch of evil little children running around?"

"Not that it matters, but I have a perfectly angelic sister."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Bad for me. Doesn't live up to the family name at all. I had to change her last name so no one would know we were sisters."

"I always wanted a sister."

"Why? Your parents probably think that you have the perfect family: one boy and one girl. My parents never wanted girls. They wanted boys, who could take my father's place as emperor. Instead they got stuck with me and miss I-am-perfect-and-I-won't-do-anything-bad. But why are we wasting time talking about my dysfunctional family? We are supposed to be talking about you being in for some very painful time here, unless of course you want to spill the beans on the whereabouts of the rest of the former ranger community.

"It was so hard for me to find those first eight. Everything has changed so much since the last time I was here. But last time, I also had the element of surprise. No one knew I existed. I could have lived here for the rest of my life, and no one would have known. But then that stupid Goldar had to go and ruin things for me. He grabbed you too soon. He was supposed to wait. But no, he goes ahead and takes you when he pleases. Then all of those stupid rangers come and have the nerve to fight me in my own domain. They should not have won. But they had the help of those two brats that never should have existed. It shouldn't have happened the way it did! Why are you just sitting there? Say something! You are here to give me information, now speak!"

"It was you." Ann said. "You ruined my childhood. You locked me up in that foul place. You took my mother away from me when we needed her the most. Well guess what? News-flash, things have changed in the past fourteen years. I have four brothers, not one. Everyone has kids, and no matter what you do you will never win! Nothing can change that!"

"Looks like I hit a nerve." Scarlette said calmly. And that was when Ann realized that she had been tricked.

This was what she had wanted to know, how many there were out there. And Ann had just given her the best answer she could get. "So, I now have six people to destroy instead of three? Well, that's not counting all of those other rangers in there and their children. Once they are all destroyed everyone else can go back to their normal lives. I only want one thing out of all of this, and this time I intend to get it."

"No, you can't do that."

"Oh, you'll find that I can do anything I want." And Scarlette pointed her staff at Ann, who doubled over, screaming in pain. It was too much to hold in.

The power was so strong that Ann de-morphed and had to face the lightning-like beams on her own. It was like being struck with a thousand bolts of lightning at once. The pain became so great that Ann couldn't scream anymore.

"That should do for now." Scarlette said, raising her staff. She dragged Ann back towards the entrance to the dark dimension. The thing in the shadow's shuddered slightly at the blood that was slowly leaking onto Ann's shirt from her back.

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