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Chapter Twenty Four-Everyone MIA

"THEY ARE WHERE?" Kimberly said loudly. Alpha had just told them about the message he had received. "THEY CONTACTED YOU FROM ANOTHER PLANET AND TOLD YOU THAT THEY WOULD BE BACK IN THREE MONTHS AND YOU DIDN'T BOTHER TO GET ME?"

"Calm down Kim." Tommy said. "At least they bothered to get in contact. And it was in the middle of the night. Besides I bet they're better off with not talking to you, you probably would have found a way to get to Eltar just to yell at them in person."

Kimberly glared at her husband. "Zordon, isn't there any other way they can come back quicker?"

"I'm afraid not. We also do not have a large enough power source for them. And I believe it is better this way. We will have more time to plan for if Scarlette attacks."

"But what if she attacks while they are gone?" Trini said. "No one here has any active powers."

"Actually." Tommy said. "Kim and I both have our Ninjetti powers. And then Tanya and I still have our zeonizers."

"And I have Kat's." Jason put in. "I found them after those putties left. She must have dropped them or something."

"Okay." Trini said. "So five possible rangers can go up against possibly the most evil villain ever faced? Come on people, I don't want to seem pessimistic or anything, but that's not great odds. Not to mention the fact that no offense, but we're all getting kind of old for this."

"Trini is right." Zordon said. "The only thing that we can do is plan for battle and hope that there are no attacks. That and make sure that the five rangers with powers are all on standby."

"Zordon, is it alright if we use the phone to contact all of the schools?" Trini asked. "We need to tell them that all of these kids won't be coming back."

Zordon nodded. "And I will clear out the zord bay as was suggested. We can change it into some sort of make shift school. I am afraid that no one will be able to leave the command center until Scarlette is defeated. The risk is too great, especially since we have no idea what she wants."

One Month Later (what would have been the first day of school) Reefside High School

"Hey Maya!" A teenage girl called across the lawn of Reefside High School.

"Hi Lauren! It's so great to see you. I haven't seen anyone all summer!"

"Maya, have you seen Ann anywhere?" Lauren asked her friend.

Maya shook her head. "I haven't seen her since school ended last June. I've been in Spain all summer. She was e-mailing me almost everyday, but about a month ago they just stopped coming."

"I wonder where she is." Lauren said. "I haven't seen David either."

"Yeah, and I definitely know he's nowhere to be found if you couldn't find him."

"Shut up." Lauren said, playfully punching her friend on the arm. "We're just friends."

"Right. Well maybe Anthony has seen them."

"He's sick today. He isn't at school. I talked to him yesterday. But he said he hasn't heard from either of them in a while."

"That's weird. Hey, we should get going. Class is about to start and we have first period with Dr. Oliver. Maybe he'll tell us where they are."

"Good idea, let's go."

But when the two girls got to their first period science class, they didn't find their teacher there. Instead there was a middle-aged woman who they recognized as one of their sub's from last year, no one liked her very much. Where was Doctor Oliver?

"Good morning class." The woman announced after the bell had rung. "My name is Mrs. Jasper, and I will be your temporary teacher, for an indefinite amount of time. Your real teacher, Dr. Oliver had to take a leave of absence for medical reasons."

Lauren and Maya looked at each other in shock. Something was wrong with Dr. Oliver. Maybe that was why they couldn't find their friends anywhere.

The rest of the day passed quickly without them seeing anything about their two missing friends, and one missing teacher. When the two girls went to their gymnastics class after school, they found that their head coach wasn't there either, Coach Oliver. The former Pan Global Gymnastics champion, Kimberly Hart.

"Where is everyone?" Maya said. "First the twins, then Dr. Oliver, now Coach Oliver isn't here as well. This is kind of weird."

"After class, let's go check out that dojo next door. It's owned by some guy named Jason Scott, and I know he is friends with Dr. Oliver and Coach Oliver. And that's where Ann and David go for Karate."

"Good idea. And we could also check out that dance studio down the street. We could go while my sister has lessons. It's run by Mr. Scott's wife, Kat, I think her name is."

But when the two girls walked up to the dojo after class, they found that it was closed.

When they brought Maya's sister Alyson to dance class, they discovered that Mrs. Scott's assistant was running classes, because Mrs. Scott had never shown up, for the past month. Neither had her daughter, who had been taking lessons from her mother for years. Ann's friends found this extremely strange that all these people seemed to be missing and no one knew where they were.

The next day, Lauren brought news that her brother's soccer coach had never shown up for the first practice, and his assistants didn't know where he was.

The two girls decided to visit the café downtown, but they found it closed with an inch of dust inside.

There was supposed to be a concert that Friday night, in the park, by a local celebrity, but she never showed up.

Maya and Lauren knew that all of these disappearances were somehow connected to their best friend, and they intended to find out how.

a/n- hope you liked it. the next chapter is gonna be about what everyone was doing on their way back from eltar.

check out my new harry potter story-The Parent Trap.