-Chapter List-
Chapter 1: "Venjix Rising" (Released)
Chapter 2: "Venjix Rising - Green No More [Part 1]" (Released)
Chapter 3: "Venjix Rising - Green No More [Part 2]" (Coming Soon...)
Chapter 4: "History Lessons" (Coming Soon...)
Chapter 5: "For Whom Does The Bell Toll?" (Coming Soon...)
Chapter 6: "Our Day Of Peace?" (Coming Soon...)
Chapter 7: "Infiltration: Generation 7" (Coming Soon...)
Chapter 8: "Legacy Of Power" (Coming Soon...)
Chapter 9: "Cains Plans Revealed [Part 1]" (Coming Soon...)
Chapter 10: "Cains Plans Revealed [Part 2]" (Coming Soon...)
Note: A week has passed since the first chapter.
Carter watched as a man in sunglasses and a black leather coat walks into the Nasada hanger; he sighs a bit as he walks forward to greet this person, seemingly knowing exactly who the mysterious figure is. Once the handshake is over he promptly takes a step back as if he were thinking the situation through.
"I am glad you could make it, we are in bad need of some answers." Carter shook his head. "That is what the S.I.N network is for, right?"
"In most situations, yes, that is what I started it for but this situation is different; now isn't it?" The man takes off the sunglasses revealing his identity to be that of Jason Lee Scott.
Jason walks past Carter as he turns to keep him within' his line of sight; he seemed to be interested in the device which was situated at the back of the hanger, it was way in the back of the hanger as to escape the notice of the general public, however he knew of what it was and what it did.
"I had heard rumors that this thing exsisted but didn't believe it, yet now I see it with my own two eyes. Nasadas own Time Machine am I correct?" Jason asked curiously.
"That is correct, but it's use isn't governed by Nasada it is controlled by Lightspeed Rescue; it is the only Time Gate that exsists anywhere in the world." Carter wondered if he should be telling the Shadow this, afterall he did head up a major Information Network. "Is there a reason you called me here Jas...I mean, Shadow?"
"You wanted information didn't you? Well I have a piece that might explain how the Venjix Virus grew so rapidly, and without any of us Red Rangers knowing about it. It seems Venjix had help from a secret orginazation called, The Order." Jason looks at Carter. "Can you guess who they work for?"
"No..." He shakes his head.
Jason looks back at the huge Timegate which pretty much took up the entire length of the hanger; his expression turned to a much more disturbed one, as he thought of what he was about to reveal. It wasn't that he didn't have confidence in Operation: Forever Red it was just, he didn't much care for cutting through mountains of red tape. Maybe his revelation in a coupla minutes would relieve some of it.
"The Order is working for a rogue faction within' the United States government, the faction itself is known as Cetra Artec; it operates on the notion that certain kids, smarter than others, are from a higher bloodline then that of normal children. The parents of these children send their kids to Cetra Artec with the thought of them recieving some kindof special learning, when in reality they were using them to construct a deadly weapon without the children or parents knowing about it." He turns back to look at Carter. "That weapon, was the complete Virtualization of what we knew as, General Venjix!"
Carter was caught off guard by what Jason had just told him; that the government had basicly founded and technicaly aided Venjix in growing, that they were the ones responsible for him now taking over everything that was meant to protect the citizens of the United States.
"Does the President know?" That was the only thing Carter could think of saying.
"Who do you think gave the order to develop the virus?" Jason sighs deeply knowing how much Lightspeed was involved with the government, no doubt this was a big revealation. "In their defense though I guess they thought they could use it to defend America, not knowing that General Venjix can't be controlled; he probably broke their A.I Control Protocols and started taking over, his program would adapt from there and soon we would be in our current situation."
Carter just walks upto the Timegate looking up at it as if his mind were working on a plan; but with Venjix on the loose you could feel changes were coming, there was something in the air that just spelled doom, but now knowing this new information made things all the more difficult. It was as if no one could be trusted anymore.
Back in the future however the RPM Rangers have engaged Cain having lured him away from Corinths Power Station; Dillon and Tenaya flank him by cutting off his escape route, while Flynn and Scott attack from the front. Cain uses his sword to dispatch the threat of the Blue and Red Rangers, turning his attention to the two rangers behind him.
"Didn't you see what I did to the yellow ranger? I could do the same to all of you, back down now and retreat, before something bad happens." The villain draws his sword into an attack position. "You will end up just like her..."
"What you did to Summer was unforgivable and we won't let you get away with it! All of us are ready to die if it means taking you down, so, do your worst." Dillon looks over at Tenaya. "Remember, we need to find his weakness somehow..."
She nods before watching Dillon run at the monster trying to disarm him and make the battle fair; they didn't have the use of their weapons as the RPM Powers were all Dr. K could retrieve, in order to defeat Venjix, a year earlier the rangers had sacrificed their powers to deal a crippling blow to him. This was enough to defeat him however they lost the RPM Powers in the process.
Dr. K had found a way to regain the RPM Powers right after Cain arrived in Corinth and they lost their first battle; this is also when she created the Pink RPM Operator suit and Powers for Tenaya, she had tried to rebuild their weapons also but there just wasn't enough time nor powers to do so. They were basicly fighting unarmed but they all agreed, it was better to be unarmed then unmorphed as then their chances of winning would be near Zero Percent.
"Give up, ranger! While you still have a chance." Cain was looking right at the Black Ranger.
"Rangers never give up!" Dillon then broke away from the lockup and rolls passed Cain taking his sword with him, he smirks a little and holds it toward him. "Now it's even, you will fight us where the odds are fair."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Ranger." He shakes his head and takes a step back.
Dillon goes to swing the large bladed sword toward Cain but at the last possible minute it stops and freezes in mid-air; he tried everything he could but the sword just wouldn't budge, however the sword begins to glow an omminous red color and emits an energy wave which strikes Dillon in the chest sending him to the ground.
The villain reclaims his sword and shakes his head having tried to warn Dillon of what would happen, he then turns his attention to Tenaya. "Humph...Traitor."
"What?" The pink ranger was taken aback by what he said, Traitor. She thought, how could he know about that?
Cain begins to walk away needing to come up with a new plan of attack; Tenaya runs toward him for a little way wanting an answer to why he had said what he did.
"STOP!" She demanded getting a response from Cain in which he stopped and turned around. "Why did you call me a traitor?"
"Is that not what you are? You worked for one of the darkest agents of darkness yet now, now you are a Power Ranger. Do you not see that you have betrayed your oath? You were the Tenaya Generation 7 Venjix Infiltration Attack Bot, you had the ultimate power and could destroy the rangers: yet you chose to join them instead, you are the damned for I am your saviour!" Cain smirked evily as he finished that sentence. "You see Tenaya 7, all is not as it seems."
Tenaya couldn't help but wonder what that meant, For I am your saviour. She walks toward him a little bit more but he vanishes, leaving her to wonder just what was going on.
Things were a little bit more calm (Or so it seemed) in the year 1994 with the original power team on patrol; they dealt with Lord Zedd and his evil minions on a near daily basis, but today there would be a change of pace.
Kimberly and Trini are standing in the hall outside their last class period getting ready for the next; they were talking about things while waiting for the bell to ring.
"If you like him, why don't you ask him out?" Trini asked slowly. "If he says yes, I'll go to the mall with you and help you pick out some new clothes...Ok?"
Kimberly shakes her head before looking to her best friend she didn't want to ask Shawn anything; what if he said no? Or yet, what if he said yes? Her mind was a mess at the moment but she knew she had to straighten things out before her next class, but how was she going to do that?
"What if he says no?" Kim asked a blank unfocused stare on her face.
"Then atleast you will have tried, kimberly. You know it's hard being your friend sometimes; you never take my advice." She smirked a little teasing her friend. "Do you want me to go with you? That way you don't have to ask alone."
Kimberly just begins to walk toward her next class with Trini right behind her; she knew this was going to be a long day, but what she didn't know however was just how bad it would turn out to be when all was said and done!
On the outskirts of Angel Grove; Zordon and Alpha were having a rough start to the day as they had been alerted to a strange presence within' the city; Alpha kept the scanners locked on the signal while Zordon watched events unfold from his interdiemensional tube.
"Alpha, I am detecting a rift in the morphing grid." Zordon's face appears in the interdiemensional tube, like it had many times before. "It is localized in some point in the future, but somehow it's linking to this year aswell, and it seems to be a shift of power from good to evil."
"Should I contact the rangers, Zordon?" Alpha asked going to reach for the teleportation button.
"No, atleast not yet..." Zordon shook his head and continued to monitor the disturbance. "I must findout more about this, before we call the rangers...The strange thing being, this shift doesn't seem to have been caused by either Rita or Zedd."
"Who could it be, Zordon?" The small robot asked, his voice seeming to shift more toward a worried tone.
"I don't know, but the power I am detecting even from the future is off the scale! It surpasses even that of the rangers combined, so I do not know what to expect." Zordon then dissappears, leaving Alpha with these words. "Keep monitoring the situation, I must try to establish a link to whatever this is."
Alpha nods as he begins to tune the viewing globe in on the Coordinates of the disturbance, he couldn't help but wonder just what was going on.
~One Hour Later~
Kimberly, Trini and Zack were all attending their next period art class, listening to the teacher explain the many diemension's of a painting.
"This is boring..." Zack whispered catching a glance from both Trini and Kimberly.
"Yeah..." Trini whispered back. "If it doesn't have to do with dancing, it just won't catch your attention will it?"
"Hey, it isn't my fault the music just catches me and I feel the moves." Zack smiles a little. "Besides..."
"Is there something you three want to share with the class?" Mrs. Tate asked looking in the direction of the rangers. "Or, do I need to send you to have a talk with the principal?"
"No Mrs. Tate." Zack shook his head, it wasn't long before his Communicator beeped. "Umm, Mrs. Tate, can we be excused for just a moment?"
"What for?" The teacher asked, having just gotten ready to restart the class.
"Umm, well..." Zack began, just before the bell rang as that period came to an end.
Trini and Kimberly take their books and walk out of the class with Zack following behind them, once they were in a spot out of sight Zack opens a communication with Zordon.
"I read you Zordon, whats up?" He asked.
"Where are the rest of the rangers?" Zordon asked slowly, as if he may be unsure of what was happening.
"Trini and Kimberly are right here, Billy, Tommy, and Jason are somewhere else in the school." Zack responded, detecting the uncertainess in Zordons tone of voice. "Is something going on with Rita and Zedd?"
"No, but it is the work of something Evil...Reunite with the others and teleport to the Command Center right away, this is an emergency!" Zordon seemingly then cut the communication abruptly, leaving the three rangers to wonder what was going on.
"He sounded unsure, guy's, I've never heard Zordon sound like that before." Trini looked at her Communicator.
"Let's go, come on!" Zack said as he ran off to find the other three rangers, Kimberly and Trini followed kinda unsure themeselves as to what was going on.
~10 Minutes After The Communication With Zordon~
In a streak of Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black and Pink the rangers teleport inside the Command Center only to find it empty, no lights flashing on the consoles, Zordon's tube completely empty as if it were shut down...Alpha no where to be found, and all the lights seemingly in some kindof stand-by mode.
"Whats going on?" Tommy asked as he looked around the empty Command Center. "Where's Zordon?"
"It appears that all the consoles are running in Stand-By, Alpha has even switched the scanners to a passive mode..." Billy noted as he examined the main console.
"Can we get that in english, Billy?" Trini asked anxisously.
"The consoles are still running and operational but are waiting for some kindof code, and the scanners are scanning a point in time constantly, over and over again." Billy started punching in commands on the console, trying to figure this all out.
"What point in time?" Jason asked breaking his silence.
"The scan seems to be situated around 2008-2010, the computers recorded a large disruption in the morphing grid, that was an hour before Zordon contacted Zack." Billy points to the console. "I am also seeing patterns consistent with our teleportation beams, however these patterns were recorded almost 10 minutes before we even got here."
"Which means someone else was here before us, and that they to might have ranger powers, correct?" Tommy asked, as he walked around the outer area of the Command Centers control room.
Billy just nods trying to see if he can clarify who exactly it was that gained entry to the command center, knowing a person had to have a coin to get past the blast door.
~1 Hour Passes~
"Tell me you've found something." Trini asked as she looked up, having sat down on the floor near one of the consoles.
"I think so..." Billy pressed a button, audio began to play as the rangers all crowded around the main console. "Listen..."
"It isn't here." A voice spoke shrouded in mystery. "This mission is a complete waste of time if you ask me, the commander isn't going to like this report."
"Yeah, well...we have to report something." A second voice spoke out aswell.
"Soldiers, report." A stronger more disciplined voice rang out on the recording, this seemingly being the groups leader.
The sound of these 'Soldiers' saluting could then be heard. "Commander, we haven't located the 'Package' yet but the lieutenant here thinks we should proceed to the next waypoint, it could be there."
"What of Zordon, did you reinforce his energy field and deactivate the Robot?" The leader asked in a serious manner.
"Yes, Project: Century is underway." One of the soldiers nods as he looks at the command console. "The Bloodhounds shall not fail, Venjix isn't going to win without a fight; we have been Rangers too long to let the world fall."
"Round up the soldiers that moved further into this Center, we must continue with phase two of our plans..." The commander's voice then seemed to get further away, as if he was walking away from the console. "Tell the men to form up, we are moving out!"
"Yes sir!" The two soldiers shouted in unison before a teleportation sound was heard, the recording drops off to just static at that point.
"Who are the Bloodhounds?" Trini asked looking at the others whom shared her uncertainty.
"And how did they deactivate the entire Command Center?" Tommy asked slowly. "Could this be something Rita and Zedd are upto?"
"No." Zack shook his head. "Zordon told me this had nothing to do with them, that it was someone else possibly even more evil and powerful than them, thats when the communication shut off and we came to find you guy's."
"This is really strange you guys, I mean Zordon isn't here to answer our questions so what happens now...Are we without our mentor? What if there is an attack, what are we suppose to do?" Kimberly asked looking at everyone else.
"We do what we always do, we fight...I mean, we are the power rangers!" Jason tried to be confident, but even he was almost at a loss for words.
"For how much longer though?" Billy wondered aloud.
"Whats that suppose to mean?" Tommy looked to the blue ranger.
"Well, without Zordon regulating the flow of power from the morphing grid each time we morph, our power will deplete a little more until there isn't enough for us to morph." Billy shook his head as he continued to explain. "When that happens, without a recharge of power from the Morphing Grid our powers will be useless...As Zordon is the only one that can tap into the morphing grid."
"Oh man, it goes from bad to worse." Zack shook his head. "This really is an emergency."
"Yeah, but who is this: Venjix that guy mentioned?" Trini asked lowly.
The other rangers just shake their heads not knowing what to do, all of them try to figure out what to do next.
Three futuristic looking soldiers clad in all black armor teleport into the angel grove city park; the leader looks around and with a nod of his head each soldier proceeds.
"You know what we're looking for, right?" The leader asked.
"Come on Jasper, if we didn't know would we have gotten this far?" This soldiers name plate read 1st Lieutenant Michael McKnight.
"Yeah, well...You do forget things sometimes." The name plate read Samuel Collins, Lieutenant Commander. "Besides, which one of us has the S.P.D training?"
"Can the chatter!" Jasper motions with his hand to split up. "We will form up on this position at missions end, when you gain sight of the package radio it in...Do not use your Bloodhound Powers until deemed absolutely necassary, got that?"
"Got it!" The two soldiers nod in unison.
"Move out!" Jasper, Michael and Sam all move in seperate directions their obective still unknown.
(To Be Continued) Chapter 3: "Venjix Rising - Green No More [Part 2]"