a/n-i think i might suffer from short term memory loss. or maybe its long term memory loss? i'm not sure. anyway, i can't quite remember if i fully explained the situation with Ann and david. so, i'll do it now. the day that all of the former rangers kids went to the aquabase was the day billy had sent ann and david back to the past to fix it (eagle and dove). the alternate twins came back because they were supposed to go back again so everything would be fixed and stay the same. basically they were in a sort of time loop. but because they never went back, nothing in the past was changed, and the 'alternate' twins became the only twins. so far, i have a good plan for how i want to end the story, but i have no idea what is going to happen in between. so, you never know, the twins from the beginning of the story might be back as the main characters, or it might be the alternate twins forever. i'm not gonna tell you cuz it would totally ruin the plot for the rest of the story. now, on with the story...
disclaimer-if i were to say this was mine, i would also have to admit to being a liar.
Chapter Forty One-The Re-Visitation's
"Oh man." Ann said softly. "This isn't good."
"You can say that again." Scarlette said.
"This isn't good." Ann repeated.
"You aren't actually supposed to say it again." Scarlette said exasperatedly. "That's just a figure of speech."
"Doesn't matter. I said it again."
"Does she pick a fight with everyone?" Ted asked David out of the corner of his mouth. David nodded sadly.
"Stupid rangers." Scarlette hissed. She turned to Crystal. "I see you've joined them. I always knew you would turn out like this."
"Like what?" Crystal asked, confused.
"Good." Scarlette spat. "Mother and Father never should have kept you. As a baby, you were always so...happy." Scarlette shuddered. It seemed to pain her to say the word.
"And I always thought it was normal to want a younger sister." Kaylie muttered. "What was I thinking?"
Scarlette turned to the new yellow ranger. "How could you possibly wnat a younger sister? They're so annoying. Especially this one." She jerked her thumb in Crystal's direction. "And you're parents usually worship the younger sibling. They totally ignore you."
At the word 'parents', Kaylie's whole face darkened and she seemed to remember that she was talking to the woman responsible for her mother's death. Scarlette noticed that change in Kaylie's behavior. And she seemed to realize the reason for it as well, for a smirk appeared on her face.
"So, you're parents are a weak spot, heh? Too bad for you. All the better for me."
"Wanna know why they're a weak spot?" Kaylie spat out before she could stop herseld. "Because you ruined them. You ruined us. We were perfect. Then you had to come along and ruin everything. You killed my mother and that killed my dad in every way except physically."
"And who exactly are these parents you speak of?" Scarlette questioned. "Hopefully someone who I wanted out of the way?"
"Kat." Kaylie said softly. Scarlette's face absolutely lit up at this.
"Oh goody! I always liked having her as a pet. But then she had to go and become good. I'm glad she's out of the way. Not that she was much of a threat. There's only one thing that can save the falcon now, and its gone forever."
"That's what you think." David muttered. Scarlette heard him, and shifted her gaze to the teenage boy dressed all in white. Some things never changed with the rangers.
"That is what I think." She said. "Care to explain why I shouldn't think that?"
Ann grinned. "We'd be happy to. Ready guys?"
The others nodded.
"Ninjetti! The Dove!"
"The Eagle!"
"The Phoenix!"
"The Crow!"
"The Rabbit!"
The five rangers stood in a line before Scarlette, her mouth wide open in shock. Sure, she knew they were new rangers. But she thought that this power was gone forever. That no one would ever possess it again. That she would be able to control the falcon forever. Apparently she was wrong.
The rangers took the opportunity to get a good look at each other while Scarlette was standing there dumbstruck. This was their first opportunity to see everyone else in their uniform. To Ann and David's immense surprise, they found that their uniforms had changed to pink and blue respectively.
"Oh man." Ann said. "Now I have to change my entire wardrobe."
"You don't have a wardrobe to begin with." David said.
"Like you do. And I do as a matter of fact." Ann said. "Oh and Ted, I'm not always the one picking the fights. Notice how my dear brother over here decided to comment on the comment I made that had absolutely nothing to do with him?"
"Stop." Tommy said suddenly.
He didn't say it loudly. He didn't say it forcefully. He just said it as if in passing. Like he was in the middle of a conversation. But it was this softly spoken word that made everyone realize that he was still there.
"Stop." Tommy said again. "All of you just need to stop. You need to stop fighting with your brother, Ann. And you need to stop picking on your sister David. And you," He turned to Scarlette now, "You need to leave. You don't belong here. We don't want you here. And you have nothing here. You are totally powerless here."
"Uh, dad?" Ann interrupted tentatively. "That's not entirely true. See, she can kind of destroy...well...everything with her staff. It's very powerful."
"You mean this staff?" Tommy questioned. He was indeed holding on to Scarlette's silver staff. It seemed that while everyone had been in the midst of their multiple discussions and arguements, he had somehow taken it from her without noticing.
Scarlette just laughed. "You think I can't stop you without that? Just watch me."
She spread her arms out to the sky. Nothing happened. She shook her hands and arms. Same results.
"What exactly are we supposed to be watching?" Crystal asked, a smirk on her face. If looks could kill, Crystal would be dead.
"You'll pay for this." Scarlette hissed.
"How?" Tommy asked. "You're totally powerless, you can't call your goons to attack us. Not that they'd do it anyway if they knew you didn't have any power. Without the power there is nothing to fear from you. Not to mention the fact that without your staff you can't get yourself back to the moon palace."
Now, everyone would be dead if looks could kill. As Scarlette glared at her, Ann just smiled. This was definitely the best battle ever. If it could even be called a battle that is. Nothing whatsoever had happened. Although there had been minimal damage to the downtown area. Tommy had been wreaking havoc before the rangers had arrived. But that was then, this was now. And now, Tommy was completely fine, and not evil. Ann turned to her dad.
"So, what do we do with her?"
"WE take her to the only person who can contain her. Until the Intergalatic Police can so up at least." Tommy said.
"Who do we take her to?" Kaylie asked.
"Zordon." Tommy said simply.
"That is the command center?" Ann asked.
Tommy nodded, staring reminiscantly at the pile of rubble atop the rocks.
"You do realize tht is a pile of rubble, right dad?" David asked. "You aren't seeing things, are you?"
"You know, it was only my brain affected by that spell. Not my eyesight." Tommy said. "I can see perfectly fine. And yes, that pile of rubble is where we are going to find Zordon."
Tommy started climbing up the rocks, the teens just stood there watching him with questioning looks on their faces. Ted turned to Ann.
"Do you think he's ok?"
"You know, now that you mention it, I'd say he's now certifiably insane." Ann said. "But let's follow him."
"Yeah," David muttered as she scaled the rocks after their dad, "And he's not the only one."
When everyone had climbed up the rocks, they found themselves on what could be a plateu, if it wasn't covered by the rubble from the old comman center. The five teens stood together in a group as Tommy walked around the open area, kicking at the rocks and tufts of grass every once in a while. He seemed to be looking for something. After about ten minutes of this, Ann decided to go see if he needed help.
"Uh dad? You looking for something?"
Tommy gave one last kick, which was met with a loud thunk of rock on metal. He looked up at her. "Nope. Not anymore."
Ann gestured for the others to come over. They gathered in a circle as Tommy knelt down and began clearing the rubble away from around whatever it was that he had found. After a few minutes, what appeared to be a metal hatch could be seen in the ground. Next to it was a key pad, which Tommy punched a few buttons on. In no time at all, it was open and the six of them were descending into the darkness.
"Where did they go?" Aisha questioned. "And how come this thing doesn't have audio?"
"It broke a while back when this whole place caved in." Trini said. "We haven't been able to get any of the materials to fix it all. And I have no idea where they went."
"They just left Scarlette there." Tanya said confused. "Why would they do that? I mean, they must have been able to save Tommy or something, cuz it didn't look like he was forcing them to do anything, and he teleported. And I think he was holding Scarlette's staff."
"Weird." Rocky commented. "So, anyone else hungry right now?"
"How could you think of your stomach at a time like this?" Aisha asked.
"He might have a point." Hayley said. "It would be better for us to get stuff like eating done and out of the way now, when we have nothing to do or worry about, rather than later when something bad might happen. We're just gonna have to trust that the kids managed to break the spell on Scarlette, and leave the rest up to them."
"Excellent." Rocky said, already on his way to the kitchen, taking the stairs two at a time. "Food!"
The group had been walking in silence for what was now nearing twenty minutes. At first they had just decided to trust that Tommy knew wher he was going and what he was doing. But now, they weren't so sure. After turning yet another corner, a light could be seen up ahead. And finally, they stopped. Tommy turned around to face them.
"Through that door, is the Power Chamber. It was located under the Command Center, and salvageable when that was destroyed. If you look to your right, right here, behind this door is the zeo crystal. Where we are standing actually used to be right below the zord bay. If we had turned left at that last turn, we would have ended at a blocked staircase which would have led up to the zord bay about, well many years ago." At this point, Tommy gave a sigh, and a small grin crept onto his face. "Gosh I feel like a tour guide right now."
"You sound like one too." David offered.
"Okay, well, no time like the present." Tommy said. "Let's go talk to Zordon."
"I miss Zordon." Ann said as they approached the door. "We haven't seen him in weeks. And poor Zordon, he hasn't seen us in years."
"You know that makes no sense, right?" Kaylie asked. "How could you see him, but he not see you?"
"We were in a different..." Ann tried to think of a word.
"Universe." Ted offered.
"Yeah." Ann said, nodding her head. As one, the other three rolled their eyes at the two people directly behind Tommy, who couldn't see the eye-rolling.
"Stop." Tommy commanded, holding up his hand. Everyone stopped moving, and Ann stopped talking, finally. "We will all go in there. They might be expecting us, they might not. Whatever happens, some of you," He looked pointedly at Ann, "Need to keep your mouths shut and let me do the talking. That way we can get out of here as soon as possible, and I can finally go home."
Once again resuming his walking, Tommy turned and entered the door behind him. The only occupant of the room was a small robot that was predominantly red. The robot turned on the spot when it heard someone come into the room.
"Tommy!" The robot exclaimed.
"Hey Alpha." Tommy replied. "Zordon around?"
"Welcome back young Tommy." A voice said soflty from behind all of them. They all turned around to find a very old man standing there.
Ann nudged David in the side. "It's Grandpa Zordon." She hissed.
"I know." He hissed back. "I'm not a complete idiot."
"Good." Kaylie said. "Now, who are you again?"
"You're a Scott." Tommy stated, as if seeing Kaylie for the first time.
"No duh." Kaylie said sarcastically. "Took you that long to figure that out?"
"Well I never knew Jason and Kat had any kids. I haven't exactly been around very much in the past decade or so." Tommy said.
"My name is Zordon." Zordon said. "I am from the planet of Eltar. Many years ago, I first met a few of your parents when they became the first power rangers on earth, as well as the first aliens to come try to take over the planet. The rangers were Kimberly and Jason. Rita and Zedd were the bad guys. A while after that, we all met Tommy for the first time. Then, Adam, Kat, and eventually Tanya."
"Okay, you're right on the whole Jason, Kimberly, Zedd, Rita, Tommy, and Kat thing." Ann said. "But none of our parents are Adam or Tanya."
"Doesn't matter now." Tommy said quickly. He turned to Zordon. "Ever heard of Scarlette Repulsa? Well, we've got here, and she's no threat anymore. We figured you might be able tohold her here while we wait for the intergalactic police to get here."
"I can do that." Zordon said. "But all of you should go home for now. You're needed there. Once you are gone, I'll teleport Scarlette here."
"Sounds good to me." Tommy said. "Do you think you can teleport us back to my house?"
"Alpha?"
"Ready for teleportation." Alpha confirmed. "In three...two...one...teleporting now."
And the rangers were gone in flashes of differently colored light. Back to the command center.
At the command center, they were met by an empty room.Tommy shook his head sadyly, a small smile appearing on his face. He turned to the five rangers.
"Who exactly was here?" He asked.
"Uh, let's see, Jason, Trini, Zack, Billy, Adam, Aisha, Rocky, Tanya and Hayley." Ann said thoughtfully. "Why?"
"Figures. Rocky is here." Tommy stated. "If I know anything about Rocky, and I do know quite a bit, then everyone is upstairs eating us out of house and home."
"Well that would make sense 'bro." A voice said from the stairs behind them. "See, you kinda lose all that power over us to never touch your stuff when you've been gone for ever twelve years. By that way, you might wanna go shoppong sometime soon. You're kinda out of food."
"And who's fault might that be, Rocky?" Tommy asked.
"Don't blame me." He protested. "Hayley encouraged me to eat."
"I said we shouldn't sit around doing nothing and starving ourselves when we didn't know if we could help." Hayley protested, appearing out of nowhere bbehind Rocky. "I never said you should eat everything in Tommy's kitchen."
"Whatever." Tommy said. "Where are the guys and Kira?"
Hayley drew a sharp breath as everyone turned to look at Tommy. "Uh, Tommy, how much exactly do you remember?"
Tommy screwed his face up thinking. "Well, I remember taking Kim down here and intorducing her to you and the teens. Then I sorta remember Goldar coming and taking us to the moon palace. After that almost everything is a blank. Except for this really short period of time when I felt really free, and I got the twins back to Earth. But that's about it. I can't really remember all that much from when I was with Scarlette. Why do you ask?"
"Because Tommy, Kira is dead." Hayley said. "She died shortly after Kim did."
"Kim...is...dead?" Tommy asked weakly.
a/n-and so ends the chapter.