Chapter 2: Ninjetti Power
The cyber café had cleared out so that it was only Trent, Kira, Conner, Hannah and Ethan left in it. The five were laughing and talking amongst themselves as Dr. Oliver walked into the café. "Hey Dr. O," Ethan greeted.
"Hello Ethan, Kira, Conner, Trent and Hannah right," said Dr. Oliver.
"Yeah, Hannah. I just moved here," said the blond with a smile. All of a sudden the ground began to shake and a pack of monsters appeared. Hannah's eyes widened in shock and the others rolled their eyes in exasperation.
"I thought the monsters were gone," Trent commented.
Before they could attack however the lot of them disappeared. Hailey looked shock and scared as the five former heroes plus one disappeared in a flash of light. Her eyes flew back to the bird like creatures.
"Uh nice birdies."
(Phaedos)
The group landed in a heap and began to study their surroundings. Tommy recognized the place and groaned. "Dr. O?" Conner questioned as he stood up.
"We're in Phaedos," Tommy said bluntly.
"Where," The former Dino Rangers asked.
"Phaedos, the place where the former Ninjetti rangers received their powers," Hannah informed, looking around curiously.
Tommy stared at the blond, "How did you know that?" He asked. Hannah blushed.
"I studied the rangers. My two older brothers are rangers after all," she replied.
"Who?" Conner asked curiously.
"Hunter and Blake," stated Hannah matter of factly, "they were the…"
"Thunder Storm Ninjas," Kira finished.
"We met," Trent muttered.
"Oh so you're the dino thunder rangers. Hunter and Blake both sang your praises when they got back to Blue Bay Harbor," Hannah commented.
"Um isn't it kind of impossible for Blake to be you brother. Him being well..." Conner trailed off
"We are all adopted. My mom adopted me first when my real mom left me on her door step when I was 12. Hunter is my biological brother. He and Blake got close in one of the foster homes Hunter was put in. When he and Blake ran away they tried to find me. Mom took them in as well then. Blake often jokes that him and Hunter were stray cats that mom started feeding so they just refused to leave. If you want to know the truth the only kid that is biologically mom's is Kylie and she's only nine," Hannah explained.
"OK, that clears everything up, I was wondering why those two seemed so close," Kira commented.
The crew returned to studying the landscape again. "So Dr. O. any brilliant ideas?" Ethan asked.
"Welcome rangers," a mysterious voice greeted.
The rangers turned to see a beautiful woman with a bikini to and a loin cloth. All of the boys, minus Tommy of course, gaped openly at her. "Who are you?" Kira asked.
"Dulcea, why are we here?" Tommy asked.
"As I'm sure you have already noticed Earth has fallen under attack once again. They only way to save it is to once again invoke the power of the Ninjetti," Dulcea informed. "Follow me," she added as she turned and led the way up to the temple.
"Here we go again," Tommy muttered.
"All of you stand in a circle and focus your energies," she instructed.
The six former power rangers got into a circle. "Breath deeply and focus on yourself. Only you exist," the warrior murmured as she wove her spell.
(Conner's mind)
Conner felt himself drifting as he focused inwards. Suddenly a vision of Hannah flashed through his mind. She lay crumpled in his arms and there was blood every where. He shivered as he shoved that thought away. "Hannah's fine," he thought as he took another deep breath and centered himself again. All of a sudden he was standing in an open field, the grass was green and he had the urge to run so run he did. Faster and faster he ran, with every step he took his momentum increased until he leapt…..back into the present.
(Kira's mind)
Kira sighed as she sank into her inner self. Songs floated through her mind and she pushed them away clearing her mind completely. A black panther flashed across her mind, wounded and next to dead but she shoved that out as well focusing only on her self and her desires. Suddenly she felt weightless as if she were flying. Higher and higher she flew almost as if she could reach the sun. Higher and faster she flew until she flew….. back into herself.
(Ethan's Mind)
Ethan felt like he would never be able to sink into his mind. His brain was just to busy filing away facts and other useful bits of information. Struggling he finally managed to shove numbers, facts, and data far from his mind, focusing only on himself. His breathing evened out and suddenly he felt alive and was swinging and jumping. No longer moving as human but jumping and swinging as if from tree to tree. Faster and faster he went until finally he jumped…..back into his own body.
(Hannah's mind)
Hannah used the meditation technique that her mother had taught her, slowing her breathing down and focusing completely inward. She felt like she was 12 years old again desperately trying to please a mother who could care less and only receiving praise from her gymnastics teacher. She flipped, cart wheeled and jumped as if she were boneless as if she had no vertebrae. She flipped and moved until she flipped backwards…..back into the present.
(Trent's mind)
Trent tried to focus but he kept seeing his father as Mesogog again. It scared him, but he knew that he had to focus. He couldn't let his team mates down. They were counting on him. Breathing deeply he focused inward only hearing his own breathing. He moved swiftly and deftly, not making any sound as he crouched and prowled as if hunting. The shadows concealed him, hid him and when he leapt…..he leapt back into his body.
(Tommy's mind)
Tommy focused inward immediately falling into his spirit and letting it guide him. He was flying, soaring on the wind feeling free to go where he chose. Suddenly the wind disappeared and he fell. His mouth opened to scream but no sound came out. Before he hit the ground he felt himself be lifted up as his wind returned. In his minds eye he saw sparkling doe brown eyes as the pink crane flew beside him as he flew…..back to the present.
(Back to the plateau)
Dulcea smiled as they all came back to them selves. With her power she could easily see their animal spirits. She turned back to the alter and opened a box that contained morphers similar to the ones they had used before only instead of dinosaurs inside of the gems, their animal spirits resided in the gems. She pulled out the red one first. "For Conner, swift and brave you are the red leopard," she informed.
She placed the bracelet on his wrist and in a flash of red light he was back in uniform only his helmet was identical to the first mighty morphin power ranger rather than his dino thunder helmet.
"For Kira, compassionate and free, the yellow eagle," she told Kira. She placed the bracelet on her wrist and in a flash of yellow light she was back in uniform as well only with a slightly different helmet.
"For Ethan, intelligent and true, you have the blue monkey," she informed. She placed the blue bracelet on the black boys wrist and in a flash of light the blue ranger returned.
"For Hannah, mysterious and flexible, the green python," Dulcea told her. She smiled slightly mysteriously as she handed Hannah her morpher. In a flash of green Hannah stood as the first female green power ranger, her out fit identical to Kira's only green.
"For Trent, stealth and loyalty, the black panther," she informed. Everyone but Tommy was shocked expecting Trent to be the white ranger again. Dulcea handed Trent his morpher and in a flash of black Trent stood as the black ranger.
"And for Tommy," she paused slightly as she looked at the older man, "You have been through much since you last were here, Lord of the Skies. You lost your "Hart" and the wind beneath your wings," she informed. Everyone looked at Tommy not understanding what Dulcea was talking about but Tommy knew exactly what she was talking about. "You will need to learn to forgive her if you ever plan to have full power again. White falcon, lord of the skies," Dulcea finished as she handed the white morpher to Tommy. In a flash of white Tommy stood the white falcon ranger once more. "Now go and save the world once more," she told them. In a flash of light they were gone. No one noticed the flash of pink that arrived as they disappeared. "My little crane. They will need you eventually especially the falcon," Dulcea informed as she smiled at Kimberly.
Kimberly stared at Dulcea confused, "But I am no longer a ranger. I gave the crane up to Kat remember."
"Yes but the crane was never hers. It was always yours and now it is time to reclaim it. Kimberly, fierce and agile, loyal and true, you are the pink crane," she answered.
In a flash of pink light Kim stood as the pink ranger once more. "Keep your identity and presence a secret my crane at least until he is ready to see you," she instructed. Kim nodded needing no elaboration on who exactly he was.
(Hailey's Cyberspace Café)
Hailey was still desperately trying to keep the bird like creatures from destroying her café, when a flash of light heralded the return of the rangers.
"Hey ugly! Try picking on someone who can fight back," shouted the Red Ranger.
Hailey breathed a sigh of relief as she saw the rangers and smiled. Her smile turned into a frown of confusion however when she noted the differences in the uniforms and the new female ranger.
"Red leopard Staff," said the Red ranger
"Blue Monkey Shield," said the blue ranger
"Yellow Eagle Grips," said the yellow ranger
"Green Python Whip," said the newest ranger
"Black Panther Dagger," said the black ranger
The combo of attacks pushed the bird monsters into a retreat and killed plenty of others. "All right," said yellow and green at the same time
"Awesome," said the blue and black rangers
"Back in action," said the red ranger
"Here we go again," the white ranger commented as he scanned the premises for watchers before demorphing.
"Tommy! You changed colors with Trent. What's this color number five?" Hailey asked with a smirk.
"No two," Tommy replied his eyes scanning almost hopefully for a petite brown haired woman dressed in pink. "Remember I was white once before. I'll catch you later," the science teacher informed. as he beat a hasty exit looking a bit down hearted at his memories of being a white ranger.
"Ok weird," said Kira.
"What's his problem?" asked Ethan
Hailey shrugged, "Bad memories I guess," she replied.
Then Hannah looked at her watch. "Oh my god it's quarter after eight. I promised mom I'd be home at eight o'clock sharp," she exclaimed. "Catch you guys in school tomorrow," she called over her shoulder as she to rushed out the door.