A/N: Here is chapter five. I would have had it up sooner but I had to work on the house a bit today. Actually the rest of the week, so updates may be a bit sluggish for a few days. Just bare with me, I'll try to get chapters up each day like usual but I might not be able to this next week. Anyways I hope you all enjoy this chapter, I had fun writing it and messing with the original way it happened and making it my own. Hopefully it is just as good.
Also a friend of mine, Jeremy Shane has posted a new story, a Power Ranger/Victorious Crossover which features Neveah who I have allowed him to write into his story. It is a great story and he does a wonderful job capturing Neve even though there is only one chapter so far. So go check it out.
Anyways enjoy, and R&R!
Purple with Shock.
Chapter 5: Ryan's Comet.
It didn't seem like long before the Rangers had landed back on earth but what they found when they did was not something they wanted to find. The downtown of Angel Grove was in destruction, small fires around them let them know it was pretty fresh.
"Oh my god!" Neve gasped as she looked around.
"Oh man! Look at this place!" Tommy said as he and the others looked around, gathering in one spot.
"This is Ivan's work," Hunter said, clinching his fist. "I can't believe it got this far." Neve placed an comforting hand on his arm and they shared a look, even through their helmets they knew each other so well it was second instinct to know what the other was expressing.
"We should get to the command center," Adam suggested.
"He might be right, we can't do anything right now but we can save Zordon," Hunter said and they were about to agree when Billy heard something and held out a hand.
"Wait, did you hear something?" he asked. The Rangers looked at each other and then around them. Suddenly Aisha spoke, pointing at something in front of them.
"I think we're about to find out," she said. "Look!" Instantly they saw the metal like creature the size of Zords, maybe, coming forward. It was one of Ooze's ectomorphicon titans, moving towards them slowly and they all fell into a stance like position ready for fight.
"Ew, and I thought I'd seen the ugliest monsters back home," Neve began and Kim nodded, she agreed that thing was ugly. "I hate bugs."
"Wow, what is that thing?" Kim asked as the giant bug like creature moved a scorpion like tail above it.
"I guess Ivan's been busy while we've been away," Tommy said and Hunter shook his head.
"Well, let's destroy his hard work," Hunter suggested and everyone held back a small chuckle and nodded.
"Whoa!" the Rangers gasped as the scorpion like metal creature fired a laser out of it's tail and then they heard something from behind him.
"What was that?" Tommy asked and they turned as Aisha spoke.
"There's another one." Neve sighed.
"Great that's just what we need," she said and Kim made a face behind her helmet.
"That one's even uglier," Kim said and Neve nodded.
"You said it, sister," Neve said and it was a common saying. She had said it to Tori and Kira before but saying it to her mother, younger past version or not felt strange but at least it didn't make them curious about the fact she did resemble Kim so much. If they realized she looked so much like her father as well though, it could end badly. Best to keep things quiet, because Neve had a feeling they'd be here for a long while yet.
"Oh no," Kim said as the taller fly like zord shot at a car, destroying it. Neve clinched her teeth.
"We've got to stop these thing guys," Neve said as she looked at them.
"She right," Tommy began. "We've got new Ninja Zords, let's use them!" The other Rangers all nodded.
"Right!" they said in unison and then they called on them one at a time, going into complex motions that related to their new powers.
"Ninja Crane Zord!" Kim called finishing her stance and Neve was next.
"Ninja Dragonfly Zord!" she called and finished her stance which was almost exactly like Kim's only her ending was a bit more claw like, her her hands were farther apart, her right hand going straight up above her head and her feat together gracefully as she finished.
"Ninja Wolf Zord!" Billy called next.
"Ninja Frog Zord!"
"Ninja Ape Zord!" Rocky called after Adam and then it was Aisha's turn.
"Ninja Bear Zord!"
"Ninja Falcon Zord!" Tommy called and then Hunter finished last.
"Ninja Snake Zord!" Hunter finished in his stance, which was a lot like Tommy's only, it also seemed to have aspects of the Green Dragon Ranger as his stance finished in a almost striking pose. Then almost immediately after they all threw their hands out in front of them – having been standing in a circle before - each Ranger holding his or her new power coin in front of them as golden light shot out and met in the middle. Then it shot into the air and they back away, moments latter the cry of their Zords could be heard.
"Look! It's the Zords!" Adam called out pointing into the sky and the Rangers cheered as their new Zords came towards them.
"Ninja Zords!" Billy said.
"Awesome!"
"Let's do it!" Tommy said and they all nodded.
"Right!"
"Ninja Zords, power up!" they all called and they sort of teleported into their zords.
"Ready to ride," Tommy said as he was seated in his cockpit and Billy said, looking around the cockpit of his new Zord.
"All systems online," Billy said and Neve chuckled, a bit of her old evil chuckle coming through but it simply made Hunter laugh as well when the others chuckled but could not suppress a slight shiver. Tommy did as well, though he blinked, that laugh was so familiar but he just couldn't place it.
"Cool controls, reminds me of my Phoenix Zord," Neve said and Kim laughed as she grinned in her own cockpit.
"Nice stereo," Kim said and Adam grinned from his zord as he flipped a few switches.
"Activating weapons system," The Black Ranger said.
"We're out of here," Rocky said and Hunter chuckled.
"Let's not get to exited yet Rocky, we still have Ivan's butt to kick back to whatever toxic waste he came from," the gold Ranger said from his cobra zord and the others nodded.
"Alright Rangers," Tommy began from his zord. "I'm over the east quadrant. My sensors are picking up a disturbance. I'm going in!" Tommy then swooped closer to the ground with his zord and The crane and Dragonfly flew together in graceful arcs close bye.
"Somebody call for an exterminator?" Tommy asked as he readied his zord for combat. "I've got a lock." As the beeping got steadier three places on the Falcon Zords wings slid away to reveal three missiles.
"Rocket's away!" Tommy called and the rockets left hitting in front of the scorpion like zord below. It retaliated shooting at the Falcon zord and hitting it's left wing.
"I've been hit!" Tommy said. "I'm pulling out."
"Don't worry Tommy, frog zord takes in position," Adam's voice said through the link as the Falcon zord flew off for repairs.
"Alright guys, let's take care of these things and show Ivan what he's dealing with," Neve said as she flew around and Hunter, Kim, Rocky, Adam, Aisha, and Billy replied, in unison.
"Right!"
"Tongue tied and twisted," Adam said as the frog Zord's tongue wrapped around the scorpion based monster's neck. "Ye ha!"
"Nice one Adam," Neve said as she flew over head and the as she gracefully arced back around her Zord staled and out of her wings and tail came a string of fire of tornado like winds so it looked like a fire twister was shot from the zord at the monster. It impacted but did little damage except make the metallic zord spark and angry and Neve had to think quickly to avoid a hit by the scorpion's tail laser.
"Stupid brute," Neve muttered and Adam chuckled.
"That was great Neve," Adam said and then the scorpion turned it's tail on the frog zord who had reattach it's tongue to it's neck. "Bad move sparky!"
"Play with fire and you're going to get burnt!" Adam said and flipped a switch as blue like lightning currents went through the tongue and zapped the scorpion and a few seconds latter it fired another laser at the frog zord which hit.
"I need backup!" Adam called and Billy answered as Neve circled above, keeping herself available if needed as Hunter and Billy came into the area. The Cobra Snake Zord, slid in beside Adam and it's up body sat up as it's eyes glowed red and fired lasers out of them, hitting the enemy scorpion head on. It flinched back as the Wolf Zord approached from behind.
"Wolf Zord in position," Billy said. "Keep him tied up Adam, I'm loading hydraulics's." Billy then proceeded to hit some buttons at his side.
"I'm loosing him!" Adam called and the Cobra Zord hissed and it's tails lashed out, wrapping around the Scorpions neck as well.
"Thanks Hunter," Adam said and Hunter grinned from his own Zord.
"Anytime," he replied and the Wolf Zord appeared read to pounce.
"Here it goes," Billy said. And the Zord pounced biting down on the Scorpions tail. "Alright got him." Billy groaned though as the Scorpion's tail began thrashing, shaking him from side to side. Over with the fly like creature Aisha's bear zord was standing in the middle of the road in front of the now turned fly.
"Alright time to boogie with the Bear," Aisha said as she hit some controls in her zord. As the bear zord stood on hind legs ready to attack the fly sent lasers at her and shot the zord back and into a building.
"Whoa!" she cried out as her zord sparked some. "I've been hit hard!" Above the fly Rocky came into view on top of a building.
"Ape Zord, locked on target," he said and punched in some control demands. "Ye ha!" Rocky yelled as he jumped and landed on the fly, the Zord's arms wrapped around the fly monster's neck.
"Hang in there Rocky," Aisha said from her now functioning Zord.
"Hanging, I'm hanging," Rocky replied as he tried to keep his grip on the Fly like Zord. Back over with Adam, Hunter and Billy they were barely hanging in.
"I'm getting air sick up here!" Billy cried as he was shaken from side to side.
"My stabilizers, they've ruptured!" Adam said. "I can't hold on much longer." Neve was about to swoop in to help when she noticed Ooze had her mother's zord in a hold and she clinched her teeth and looked between the two.
"I'm gonna go see if I can help Kimberly," Neve said. "I'll be back as soon as I can."
"Go on Beautiful, we'll be fine," Hunter said as he growled low in his throat and sent the lasers from his Zord's eyes at the scorpion once again as Neve flew off.
"I'm burning up in here!" Kim cried out as she struggled to get out of Ivan's hold. Neve's Zord cried out as he swooped around the Crane Zord before sending purple energy like beams out of it's eyes, much like Hunter's zord could do and Ooze, just as Aisha told Kim to use her thrusters. All at once the beams hit as Kim hit her thrusters and Ooze was forced to let go as he stumbled back and Neve's Zord cried out in victory as it swooped by where Ooze was at a fast agile pace back to the others.
"Thanks Neve," Kim said as she got loose and gained control of her speed once again.
"Your welcome," Neve replied nodding.
By the time Neve got back the tail on the Scorpion had come off and the Wolf Zord flew back, landing a few feet away. The ooze began to leak out of the metal zord like creature and ooze was gushed everywhere, including on Billy's Zord, and Neve barely avoiding it as she was flying sort of low but with her grace and skill in a flying Zord she was able to maneuver out of its way.
"Ew," Neve muttered.
"Ugh, I've been oozed," Billy said and Adam groaned as he tried to keep a hold on the Scorpion.
"I'm loosing my grip!" he cried and Hunter made a sound in the back of his throat as he tried to keep his Zord's tail in place.
"So am I, I don't think I'll be able to hold it any longer!" Hunter said as he struggled.
"Hold on guys!" Neve cried as she swooped around them and smiled as she saw the Falcon Zord.
"Tommy, you up for a double team?" Neve asked and Tommy smirked.
"You've got it," he said. "Falcon Zord is back in the game!" Together they swooped down.
"Disengage guys!" Neve called out as she readied her own missiles which came out of the of the middle of the wings, by letting them down in a holder of some sort.
"We've got a clear shot," Tommy said.
"He's all yours," Adam said and both Hunter and Adam pressed some buttons and disengaged their Zords.
"Alright big guy, it's lights out for you," Tommy said and Neve chuckled as they both slowed down and readied the missiles.
"Time to squash this bug," Neve agreed.
"Right, rockets away!" Tommy cried and together they both pressed the button that controlled that for them and six missiles each left their Zords and impacted the Scorpion and as the flames danced around and slowly faded both Dragonfly and Falcon Zord flew over them and back, higher into the sky.
"Alright, he's out of there!" Adam cheered and.
"I love it when she blows things up," Hunter muttered and the others laughed.
"No time for lovie-dovie right Now Hunter," Neve said, teasingly and Hunter chuckled.
"Target neutralized guys, now let's go get the other one," Tommy said, as he smiled, amused at the banter.
"Right!" Hunter, Neve, Adam and Billy chorused.
"He's too strong!" Rocky cried out as he still hug from the now thrashing fly like creature zord. Though it was probably more like a hornet but it still made them think of a fly in ways.
"Whoa!" Rocky groaned as the zord creature threw him over it's head and the Ape Zord landed on it's back. Just as he did though the others came to his aid.
"Everybody close in, this streets a dead end," Tommy ordered and the others nodded.
"They've destroyed my beautiful creation," Ooze said, growling as he did. "Now I'm beginning to get really angry!" He then began stretched himself out, ooze like and fill the Hornitor – which was the proper name for the fly like creature they found - so that he was now zord size.
"Oh, I'm going to be sick!" Kim said as she grimaced and Neve groaned as well.
"God, could this get any grosser?" Neve moaned in disdain and then hit her helmet with her palm. "Great, had to say it."
"It's okay Neve," Hunter said. "With your luck you wouldn't even need to have said it."
"Thanks," Neve grumbled with a sigh.
"Time for a little sword play," Ooze said as he grabbed the tower like place he and Goldar had been and tore it out of the ground. He then moved forward, stepping on the monorail track.
"He destroyed part of the monorail tracks!" Kim exclaims and Tommy clinched his fist before making the proper motions.
"We need Ninja Megazord Power, Now!" he cried and the others nodded.
"Ninja Megazord, Power up!" They cried out in unison making their own hand motions and the sequence began.
"Guys, I'll finish the sequence later. The monorails in trouble," Tommy said.
"Right, we'll take care of Ivan," Kim told him and the The Falcon flew off and the Crane, Dragonfly, Snake, Wolf, Bear, Ape, and Frog Zords combined to create the Ninja Megazord.
"Ninja Battle mode, now!" they called in unison as they all came into one big control room. Neve sat beside Kimberly and Hunter on the other side of Kim, beside Rocky.
"Activating Ninja battle mode," Billy said and then they all made a single set of hand motions.
"Power Sword now!" they called in unison and the slim yet ready power sword appeared to them.
"Now we Tango," Ooze said and hit the Megazord with it's make shift weapon and then they began their battle. At the Monorail a group of kids, and teenagers were on the train when they realized the monorail track was broken.
"The tracks broken!" one of them cried out. It was then the cry of the Falcon could be heard as it swooped down.
"Hang on kids," Tommy said as he came closer. "Falcon Zord is coming in for a landing." With that he sat the Zord down, it's tail and head connecting the once broken monorail tracks and the kids cheered inside.
"Good luck Kids," Tommy told them, though they could not hear him. Back with Ivan and the other Rangers, the Megazord had just ducked under a swing from Ivan and was standing back up when it's weapon connected with the power sword and sparks flew.
"Oh no, the Power Sword has been destroyed!" Neve said, and then she looked at Kim. It was pretty obvious to everyone that when Tommy wasn't around to lead it fell to Kim. The same could be said about Neve when it came to the Ninja Storm team and even the Dino Thunder team looked to her when Dr. O wasn't around because she was a more active Ranger then her father or mother had been.
"Pressure is dropping!" Rocky called as they all worked to keep themselves running as a warning was flashing inside the Zord.
"Tommy we need your help!" Kim called out.
"Hold on guys," Tommy replied back as he made his way back to them.
"Everybody hang on!" Neve exclaimed as Ivan held the Megazord up above his head and spun around before throwing them through Angel Grove First Bank. They landed on the road on the other side of the bank and skidded to a stop.
"All systems are down," Hunter said as he gripped the console.
"Tommy! Get your butt down here!" Kim cried out as Billy tried to get the megazord back to it's feet.
"I must have been crazy to miss this, but then again..." Neve trailed off as she pushed some buttons to help assist Billy.
"Falcon zord coming in to finish the sequence," he said as he flew in and the Falcon Zord connected to the back or the Megazord.
"Ninja Falcon Megazord!" Tommy called as he left his cockpit and came into the bigger control room, above Kimberly and in between Adam and Aisha.
"It's good to see you Tommy," Neve said as she smiled, looking up above her. Hunter nodded.
"Yeah, we really need the help," he said, nodding at the White Ranger.
"Alright guys, let's get ooze out of here before he destroys everything!" Tommy told them and they all twirled back to their stations in their chairs.
"I'll set a course for outer-space," Billy said and began doing just that.
"Great idea Billy," Neveah said.
"Let's do it," everyone chorused and began working at their own stations, readying for the outer-space battle.
"You can run, but you can't hide!" Ooze said as he followed them into outer-space.
"Got it, I think I know how to get rid of Ivan," Billy said as he turned around some.
"Really, how?" Adam asked and Billy smiled under his helmet.
"Ryan's comet!" Billy answered.
"Billy that's brilliant," Neve told the blue clad Ranger beside her.
"What?" Kim asked looked over at the Blue Ranger as well.
"We get Ivan in the comets path," Billy said and Aisha finished for him, understanding where he was going.
"And boom! He's space dust!" Aisha finished, her fist in her hand and a grin on her face.
"Alright guys, main thrusters," Hunter suddenly said and they all nodded and turned back to their stations, activating the main thrusters.
Over on the Moon Palace Rita and Zedd see the Rangers and Ooze fly by.
"Well, if isn't the double dealing dough head!" Rita exclaimed.
"I hope those Rangers put that lousy low life out of my misery," Zedd said. "Go Rangers!"
"Go Ranger!" Rita cheered, following her husbands example.
"Go Rangers!"
"Go Rangers!"
"Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick," Rita suddenly said as she swayed. Zedd growled and nodded.
"It had to be done," he said, grimacing.
Farther out in space the Rangers came to a stop.
"We're approaching the comets coordinates," Billy told them.
"Alright, this is it," Tommy began. "We'll wait here and lour him in."
"I love an stupid villain," Neve said shaking her head and the others chuckled a bit.
"I'm going to tare you apart," Ooze said, as he flew closer. "Zord by Zord."
"Here he comes," Hunter said.
"Brace yourselves!" Tommy exclaimed and at the last minute they did just that.
"Pressures in the red!" Adam told Tommy and Rocky exclaimed, almost seeming shocked.
"We're imploding!" Neve shook her head and clinched her teeth.
"Oh this is just not my day!" she exclaimed and hit a button firing lasers from the zord but it only seemed to makes lights sparks against Ivan.
"Dammit!" Hunter yelled.
"Baring zero-zero-nine," Billy said. "We're right in the comet's trajectory."
"We need to break away!" Neve said with a gasp.
"Have you hugged your Zords today?" Ivan asked, he looked in on the Rangers.
"Here it comes!" Rocky pointed out.
"We have to break his grip," Hunter said.
"Desperate times, call for Desperate measures," Aisha said as she hit some button beside her and Neve looked over and chuckled.
"I like the way you think," she said and smirked. Hunter looked over at her slightly and narrowed his eyes. He almost felt sorry for Ivan, almost.
"What are you doing?" Kim asked.
"Taking care of business!" Aisha said and she hit a red shell covering to a large red button that was for emergency use only and the Zord's leg hit Ivan in the groin and he flipped backwards, right into Ryan's comet.
"Were out of here," Tommy said and the others nodded and as the rangers headed back to Earth, Ivan was hit by the comet, and exploded. Once back on Earth they teleported back to the command center.
"Alpha!" Aisha called as they came forward to where Alpha stood, bowed over Zordon who lay motionless, his eyes closed.
"Rangers!" Alpha exclaimed. "You made it."
"I'm afraid you're too late," Alpha said as they made a circle around the place where Zordon's tube once was.
"No," Neve muttered. Hunter gripped her hand from her side, he knew she did not handle death well, everyone knew. The Rangers were all brought to tears as they stood beside Zordon.
"Too late?" Billy questioned, looking at each of his friends, their helmets all resting on the edge of where the tube once was, next to the crystals.
"This can't be happening," Kim said, she was obviously fighting back tears as well.
"Guys, remember what we learned?" Hunter asked, looking at them realizing something.
"Dulcea," Neve said in realization.
"To those who have the Power, all things are possible," Tommy said, understanding.
"Come on, What do we have left to loose?" Neve asked and the Rangers looked at each other and made a wider circle and hey raised their hands up so they were almost touching the ones beside them and closed their eyes.
Then, the crest on their chest began to glow, a circular glow in gold as their animal spirits shot out of them and blue dot like glitter came around them, sort of like the dust Dulcea had used on Phaedos and everything began to heal. The Command Center and Alpha were fixed as if they had never been broken and the computers were back online. Then Zordon was brought back to life, his eyes flying open as he breathed in breath once more, and his tube was fixed.
"RANGERS!" Zordon exclaimed happily.
"Zordon!" They all cried and smiled.
"He's alive, he's alive, he's alive!" Alpha cheered and Zordon smiled.
"We thought you had..." Kim couldn't finish the sentence and Zordon nodded.
"IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, TOO," he responded.
"We're glad you're back Zordon," Hunter said as he smiled, his arm wrapped around Neveah's waist.
"I AM GLAD YOUR BACK AS WELL HUNTER," Zordon began. "I SEE YOU HAVE POWER AGAIN. I WOULD ASK YOU HELP THE OTHER RANGERS UNTIL I CAN FIND A WAY HOME FOR YOU." Neve smiled and nodded.
"We wouldn't have it any other way," she said.
"They're our team now as well," Hunter said and the others smiled and patted the two new Rangers on them on the shoulder or hugged them in Kim and Aisha's cases.
xXx
That next night, after the battle Tommy, Hunter, Neve, Kim, Rocky, Aisha, Billy, and Adam were at Ernie's on the outdoor patio where they could see the fireworks the city was letting off.
"To the new Rangers," Tommy said as he raised his smoothie and the other raised their as well.
"Well, sort of new," Kim said, smiling and they all laughed as they lowered the drinks.
"Funny," Neve said as she grinned.
"Yeah, we're not that out of practice. After all we're ninja's," Hunter said and the Rangers chuckled.
"Yeah that cool man," Rocky said. "You have to show us how you do that ninja streak thing."
"You probably already can," Neve said with a shrug. Hunter nodded.
"It probably comes with the Ninjetti package," Hunter said. "We'll have to try it some time."
"Hey guys," a kid said, no older the thirteen or twelve. The Rangers all smiled.
"Hi Fred," Kim said. "Fred these are our friends. My cousin Neveah and her boyfriend, Hunter."
Fred smiled at the two new teenagers. Neveah being Kim's cousin was the cover story, Alpha even created a small gadget that made Kim's parents think that Neveah was their mother's sister's daughter. It sort of worked out, Neve could live with Kim and Hunter could stay at the command center living quarters. Sadly though it was almost too convenient as said Aunt of Kim's had recently died in a car crash in Los Angeles.
"Hey, I'm Fred," he said and then grinned. "Did you see the Power Rangers. They're was two more with them, a purple and gold. Isn't that great?" The Rangers all smiled and nodded and then stood as the fireworks began.
"Looks like a new adventure huh, Handsome?" Neve asked looking up at Hunter and he grinned.
"Looks like it," Hunter said and wrapped an arm around her waist. "That's alright though. We'll be ready."