A/N: Well here we go, chapter seven. It is a day late but things stopped me from finishing it yesterday. I hope to get part two up tomorrow or tonight. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, it is a bit different considering Neve and Hunter are involved. I will warn you all now Neve and Hunter while under the Hate Masters spell are going to be really mean to each other.
Anyways, R&R!
Purple with Shock.
Chapter 7: Stop the Hate Master: Part I.
Angel Grove, California;
April 13th, 1995:
Over the next few days Neve and Hunter slowly got comfortable with the past. True, they missed home but they knew they'd return home before long. The Future comers and the other Rangers had really grown close in their time here and Aisha, Kimberly and Neve were practically always seen together and the guys had plenty to bond over. Tommy and Hunter got along great, maybe because of the fact their girlfriends were so similar it was scary.
School was boring, but like all things Neve got through it one day at a time. Hunter wasn't having such a boring time, but then he had not been in high school for around three years now where as Neve has recently graduated.
"Whoa!" Kimberly exclaimed excitedly as she read the list on the wall. "My names on it, and so is Neve's." Aisha smiled as Kim and Neve high fived each other.
"Kimberly that's great, do you see my name on there?" Aisha asked and Kim leaned forward to look closely at the list just as Neve, who stood on the side of her, in between Kimberly and Aisha, did the same. Scanning over the list Neve bit her lip and reread it twice more as Aisha sighed and began to walk away from the list.
"Guess not," Aisha muttered and Kimberly and Neveah looked at each other before walking away from the list for the Angel Girls Club – something Neve had been a part of when she went to AG High before they moved to Blue Bay Harbor. Though the head of the club had not been as snotty or mean as in this time.
"Aisha wait up," Neve said and Kim placed an hand on the girl's shoulder.
"This has got to be a mistake, because Angel Girls Club is people who are dedicated to their community and your perfect for it," Kimberly insisted and Neve nodded.
"Kimi's right," Neve said smiling. " I don't know anyone who is better suited for this." Aisha smiled at her two friends but sighed.
"Thanks guys," she said and shook her head. "But obviously some people don't agree." She looked over at Veronica, a taller girl with mocha colored skin and dark brown, almost black eyes and long straight black hair. Neve wrinkled her nose.
"Veronica," she muttered, her voice laced with disgust. Kimberly and Aisha looked at Neve in slight shock, never really hearing her talk like that about another human, mostly it was towards the monsters they fought that Neve could get a little nasty with words.
"Sorry, it's just I knew the..." she rolled her eyes and sighed as she trailed off. "I knew her daughter in the future, we went to school together even though she was about two or three years older then me. We didn't get along, from what I've seen of Veronica I know where Vera got her attitude from."
"Oh," Kim said and she looked at Veronica and bit her lip. Turning back to Aisha Kim began to speak.
"Let me talk to Veronica, okay?" Neve nodded.
"Yeah, there has to be some mistake that we can fix," Neve told the yellow clad girl and Aisha turned and shook her head.
"Kim, Neve don't worry about this. It's not that important," she said and smiled slightly but they could tell it wasn't a real one. "See ya latter." Then she walked away and both Neve and Kim sighed as they watched their disappointed friend go.
"Kimberly, Neveah," Veronica said as she came to stand beside them. Neve and Kim backed away some, standing side by side and looked at the taller girl. "Hello, and congratulations. Your now a Angel Girls member." Neve nodded.
"Thanks," Kim said, not really all that exited anymore.
"Why didn't Aisha make the club?" Neve suddenly asked, not hesitation in her voice. Veronica looked around as if confused, making a face that Neve had to hold back an insult and laugh about. She probably thought it was cute or sophisticated, possibly even more lady like but it only made her look strange and fish like.
"Aisha?" she asked and Neve rolled her eyes.
"Campbell," Kimberly clarified and Veronica rolled her eyes slightly and turned back to look at them, her voice board as she spoke.
"Oh right, Aisha," Veronica began. "Well, let's just say she didn't have the right...qualifications." Kim and Neve looked at her in surprise, but Veronica didn't seem to care or.
"First meeting is tomorrow afternoon," she said patting both girls on the shoulder slightly. "See ya there." as she walked away Kim blinked and turned to Neve.
"Wait, a few years older?" Kim asked, meaning the daughter Neve had went to school with and Neve laughed. "But I thought you said you were born in 96'? That's only a year away and we're only sophomores." Neve nodded.
"I know," she said. "Vera was born in 1994 – Veronica isn't as sweet and innocent as she likes to put on." Kim's mouth opened and closed multiple times before Neve burst into laughter and shook her head and they left for class.
xXx
After school that day Kim and the others made their way to the Youth Center. Knowing that Aisha tended to exorcise more or do other things physical – like cleaning or something – when upset to take her mind away from things they were not surprised to find her on one of the exorcise machines.
"She hates me," Aisha said as she continued lifting her legs, pulling the weight on the machine up and letting it fall down when she placed her legs down again. Neve wasn't even sure what the machine was called, only that it seemed to work your legs. "I don't know what I've done but Veronica flat out hates me, and that is why I didn't make the club." Kim and Neve both gave Aisha saddened half smile looks.
Scoot over," Kim instructed and Kim was able to sit on the edge of the red seat beside Aisha while Neve found a space that looked sturdy on the metal bar thing beside Aisha – thankfully she didn't weight a lot and Kim weighed down the other side or they might have all toppled over when and if the machine flipped. "Why would she hate you?" Neve snorted drawling their attention to her.
"I can think of plenty of reasons," Neve said. "Aisha is kind, loving and open minded. Has a bright future ahead of her, is a hero and last but not least is much more beautiful then her." Both girls looked at Neve in surprise but amusement as well.
"Neve!" Kim exclaimed and Neve blushed, looking down sort of ashamed.
"Sorry, Veronica just rubs me the wrong way, ya know?" Neve asked, shaking her head. "Vera was the same way, and we didn't get along at all. But that doesn't mean what I said wasn't true." Kim nodded, shrugging and Aisha smiled slightly, holding back a chuckle.
"Point," Kim said. "But despite what Neve said, I don't think Veronica hates you. As far as the club is concerned, I'm going find out." Aisha smiled lightly, but of course it didn't reach the happiness or level of her usual smiles and Neve and Kim hugged Aisha quickly before getting up.
"We both will, but for now, See ya latter," Neve said smiling as she stood. Kim and Aisha looked at their friend and asked, confused.
"Where are you going?" Kim asked. Neve nodded over where Hunter was waiting for her, two single roses in his hand, a pink one and a purple one.
"Hunter and I are going out, we really haven't had time to go on a date in since we got here," Neve said and waved once before jogging over to Hunter.
"Happy birthday Beautiful," Hunter muttered as she got to him and he handed her the roses. She narrowed her eyes at him in warning. She didn't want the others to know, just in case they found out in the end who they were. As it was Zordon and Alpha had come up with a device to time lock their memories as soon as they left this time. The Rangers had already taken the capsules, pill like things that stayed in their system for up to two years and activated to cause some sort of instant amnesia as soon as they left this time, which would last until the day they disappeared in the future.
Which meant Kim and Tommy probably already knew that morning that when she left she would not be back for a few days. Assuming Billy's thoughts of them being here as long as needed but when they went back arriving not long after they left was right.
"Shh..besides it is technically not my birthday. I mean I can't say I'm seventeen yet because I haven't even been conceived yet." Hunter chuckled.
"Let's just assume your turning Sixteen all over again," Hunter said and Neve rolled her eyes and tugged on his arm.
"Come on Handsome, we have reservations to get to."
xXx
Angel Grove, California;
April 14th, 1995:
"Boy, this is hard work," Rocky said as he scrubbed the graphite off the side of the Youth Center walls. Ernie smiled and nodded as Billy got down from scrubbing to get something.
"Thanks for cleaning up the graphite guys," Ernie said. Adam smiled and nodded.
"Don't mention it Ernie, we want to keep this place clean you know," Adam said as he handed some cleaner to Rocky and Tommy nodded.
"Yeah, I'd like to find out who's been doing this," Tommy said and the others nodded. Behind a bush Bulk skulked.
"Skull," Bulk muttered into a head set. "Skull come in, Skull do you copy?" Inside the youth center the Angel Girls Club was having it's first meeting and Skull was under the table as Veronica dismissed them.
"That's all for today girls," Veronica said smiling. "See you next week."
"Yeah Bulk?" Skull asked as he peaked out from under the table. "Hello, hello, Bulk hello?" Skull took off the headset and then his shoe and placed it to his ear, the bottom seeming to double as a phone.
"Still working on the situation Bulky," Skull said into the shoe as Veronica came around the table and so did Kimberly and Neve he ducked back under the table as to not be seen.
"Um...Veronica," Kimberly began and Veronica sighed mentally and crossed her arms. "We wanted to ask you, what did you mean yesterday when you said Aisha didn't meet the requirements?"
"What requirements?" Neve asked, a sinking feeling in he gut. She knew how snobbish Vera was and if her mother was anything like her daughter – and from what she'd seen she was – then Veronica would be just as snobbish.
"Kimberly, Neveah, your in. What do you care?" Veronica asked and Neve narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Aisha is our friend Veronica, that's why we care," Neve told her, her voice calm and spoken like she was trying to get a child to understand something that wouldn't get through their thick skull.
"Neve's right, Veronica," Kim agreed, giving the older girl – by a year – a look that showed just how much she did not like where this was going.
"Look, there is a certain status to the Angel Girls Club," Veronica said, her voice portraying just how highly and lowly she thought of the subject. "All the girls come from very good families. And well, we have a certain income requirement that has to be met." Neve and Kim both looked at Veronica in shock, even though Neve had known Veronica's daughter in school she never thought for a minute that this was about money. None of them noticed that Kim and Veronica were standing on Skull's little finger as he had once again peaked his head out. He was lucky Neve didn't notice him either, as she was to busy listening to Veronica and trying to control her temper or he would have had to deal with her. The first thing she'd have done was accuse him of being a pervert since he probably could have looked up either Veronica or Kim's skirt from his position.
"Ha, so your saying this has to do with how much money her parents make?" Kimberly asked and Veronica made a small noise that was probably intended to be lady like but sounded like she was choking instead. Or maybe Neve was simply hearing what she wanted since she was so angry?
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard," Neve said. "Just so you know, her dad has a very good job." Kim nodded and Veronica huffed, dropping the goody good act as she replied.
"Well obviously, not good enough!" Kim shook her head.
"Then how did Neve and I get in? Cause I know our family is no better off then hers," Kim asked and Veronica rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Kimberly, Neveah," Veronica began her voice almost to sweet and both girls made similar faces of disgust.
"Whaty?" both said in unison, making Veronica blink and back away a little confused. Both girls withheld laughs at the shock. Both were the same age, and many thought they were sister instead of cousins thanks to the shocking resemblance. It was easy to believe the cover story. Of course Kim thought it was simply a coincidence and that they were not related at all, but they had done that occasionally, answer in unison so sometimes they did just to mess with people that annoyed them or to have a little fun with their friend.
"Your legacy, your mothers were in so that means you automatically get in," Veronica said and Kim and Neve glared at the taller girl.
"Somehow I doubt my mother ever had something to do with this," Kim said and Neve nodded.
"Dido, and if this is how you run your club then you know what? You can just count me out," Neve said stopping her foot and Kim did as well.
"Me too, I don't anything to do with unfair clubs," Kim said and Veronica rolled her eyes.
"Fine," Veronica spat and Kim and Neve went one way out of the youth center and Veronica went the other way.
"Ooo, she just makes me so made," Neve hissed as they walked out. Her hand clinched into a fist and it sparked with green lightning and Kim blinked and placed an hand on the other girls shoulder.
"Calm down Neve," Kim said. "She makes me mad to but we don't need to short out Ernie's power because of her." Neve looked down at her sparking fist and sighed unclinching it and shaking it out some.
"Sorry, but it's just not right," Neve said and shook her head. "Let's go see Aisha, she'll need to know." Kim nodded and they walked out.
xXx
"They don't want me because my parents aren't rich enough?" Aisha asked, shocked at what her friends had told her. "And here I thought we were doing great. We got a nice house, I don't need anything."
"I know it's ridiculous," Neve said looking at Aisha from the other side of the table, across from Kimberly. "I always knew Veronica and even Vera were close minded, but that even shocked me."
Kimberly shook her head.
"Yeah, we just wanted to be honest with you though," Kim said giving her a smile. Aisha shook her head, her arms crossed.
"I can't believe there are people who think money makes you a better person," Aisha said and Kim shook her head as did Neveah.
"I know, it's disgusting," Kim said. "Anyway, that's why I..quite the club." Aisha looked at Kim shocked and Neve smiled and nodded. '
"Hey don't leave me out! We quite the club," Neve corrected.
"You did?" Aisha asked and Kim nodded.
"Mhum, judging people no matter what the reason is just totally uncool," Kim said and Neve nodded.
"What she said, though if I had stayed a moment longer I probably would have done something I'd regret," Neve said. "People like Veronica just get me so made, and I inherited my temper from both my parents." Aisha smiled and shook her head.
"You didn't have to do that you guys," Aisha said and Kim and Neve grinned.
"We know," Neve said. "But it'd be no fun without you even if Veronica wasn't such a close minded person." Aisha nodded.
"Thanks, that means a lot," Aisha said and placed her backpack over her shoulder.
"Where are you going?" Kim asked and Aisha smiled.
"Home, my grandmother is in town remember?" Kim and Neve nodded.
"Oh yeah, I want to meet her," Kim said and Neve nodded.
"That would be cool, if she is anything like you Aisha I'm sure she a great woman," Neve said and Aisha grinned.
"Thanks," she said. "I promised I's spend some time with her. It'll give me a chance to think things over." Kim and Neve smiled and stood as Aisha did.
"Well just remember that your real friends love you for who you are," Kim said and hugged the other girl and Neve joined in as well.
"Same here, your much to nice to have to take anything Veronica says to heart. We'll be here no matter what," Neve told her and Aisha grinned as they all pulled back from the group hug.
"I know, thanks," Aisha said and they said their goodbyes and Aisha left for home just as Tommy, Hunter and the other boys came in.
"How she doing?" Tommy asked as he approached Kim. Hunter went to Neve side and Neve smiled up at him.
"She take it well?" Hunter asked and Kim and Neve sighed.
"Better then we'd hoped," Neve replied and Kim nodded.
"But she's still kind of bummed," Kim said.
"No one likes to feel rejected," Adam said and Kim and Neve nodded.
"I know," Kim said.
"Are you guys going home?" Neve asked before Kim could and the guys nodded.
"Yeah," Billy said and Kim nodded, pushing her now vacant chair back in.
"Can we come?" Kim asked, motioning to Neve as well and they guys nodded.
"Sure," they answered, though not in unison. With that they all left the outdoor area of the youth center.
xXx
The Rangers were all walking through a deserted short cut after leaving the youth center. Neve was holding Hunter's hand as they walked and they were discussing odds and ends about the day when Billy brought of what the club had done to Aisha. It was then that tengas appeared, crashing their walk home.
"Whoa," Neve said as she ducked down as one sailed right over her head and landed in front of them.
"You ready guys?" Tommy asked as they stood in a line, in fighting stances. Everyone nodded. "Alright let's go."
"Ninja Ranger Power now!" Tommy called and they were each dressed in the Ninjetti garb they had been on Phaedos only the facial mask was now covering the whole face with a extra piece that had not been there on Phaedos, hiding their identities except their eyes which were visible. As soon as they were morphed into their Ninja Ranger form they attacked. Kim and Neve taking on a tengas together and Billy and Adam worked together while Rocky worked alone and Tommy and Hunter fought close by to each other as well.
Billy and Adam back flipped away from a group of two tengas and finally stopped when they got far enough away, working together. Billy flipped a tenga over onto it's back while Adam kicked on away and then Billy rolled over Adam's back and they fell into a stance that could only be described as Ninjetti based.
"Bye-bye birdies," they said in unison and disappeared into the ground. Though it was a little different to when Dustin would do it, they simply disappeared. The Tengas looked around and side to side.
"What happened?" one tenga asked.
"Where did they go?" The tengas were suddenly startled when two hands came out of the ground, one blue the other black and grabbed their ankles and then made a motion which rendered them on their faces.
"I've never scene these kinds of plants before," another tenga said as he back away some as Adam and Billy came from the ground and attacked the Tenga together, rendering it on it's back from their attack. Kim and Neve were fighting together. Kim kicked one Tenga in the gut while Neve roundhouses another and then looking at Kim they grabbed the tengas they were currently fighting and spun, throwing the tengas into each other and then as they backed away from each other dizzy the Pink and Purple Rangers finished them off with and kick, sending them onto their backs.
Tommy and Hunter begin working together as a larger group of tengas attack them and as Tommy throws onto on the ground with a kick, Hunter roundhouses another and then grabs its arm as he had missed and flips it onto the ground, sending a little jolt of his Thunder power through it.
"Tommy!" Kim yells and then a second latter so does Neve.
"Hunter!"
"Help us!" both girls yell as a group of tengas hold them above the ground over their heads. They had been ganged up on and before they knew it they were in the air.
"Kim, I'm coming!" Tommy yelled seeing his girlfriend in the air.
"Neve hang on, I' m coming!" Hunter yelled not a second latter and looking at each other the White and Gold Rangers tried to run over just as the tengas threw the purple and pink rangers.
"Whoa!" both girls cried out and Hunter and Tommy were able to catch the two girls.
"Gotcha," Hunter said as he looked down at Neve who was now bridal style in his arms. Neve sighed.
"You okay?" Tommy asked from their side as he looked at Kim and both girls nodded and Hunter and Tommy set them down. Just then they noticed the large group of seven or eight Tengas coming towards them and looking at each other the two couples nodded and Kim and Neve were on their boyfriends shoulders a minute latter.
"Double Ninja Ranger Power!" the two couples said in unison.
"Summon laser power!" Tommy said.
"Summon laser power," Kim said a moment latter.
"Summon laser power," Hunter and Neve said together and then at once the four said again, combining their hands together.
"Combine laser power now!" and swirls of pink, white, purple and gold power hit the tengas, driving them back.
xXx
While the Rangers battled the tengas Aisha was just getting home where her grandmother was waiting for her in her room.
"Grandma, hi!" Aisha said as she put her backpack down and hugged the slightly taller, older woman.
"Oh, its so good to see you darling," Grandma Campbell said, and she pulled back looking the younger girl over. "My, look at you. Your getting more beautiful as the days go by. Have a seat dear." The two sat down on the small sofa in Aisha's room.
"Aisha, what's wrong?" Grandma Campbell asked and Aisha looked down and sighed.
"It's nothing Grandma," Aisha said but Grandma Campbell is having none of that. She turned Aisha's face to look at her and with a kind smile she asks.
"Aisha, you can tell me anything you know that right?" Aisha sighed and nods, smiling at her Grandma.
"Yeah," Aisha began. "It's just this club at school. They didn't want me because my parents don't make enough money."
"Do you really want to be a part of something that treats people that way?" Aisha sighed and shook her head.
"No, it just hurt my feelings," Aisha said. "Kind of made me mad."
"You've got to be strong and confident inside," Grandma Campbell began. "Rise above it all, you understand. Some people have very small minds." Aisha smiled.
"This is for you," Grandma Campbell said as she reached over took a black jewelry box of the end table beside the sofa. She reached it to Aisha who opened it, to review a gold chain and a medium size red jeweled heart pendent. It was older, and very beautiful.
"Grandma, it's beautiful," Aisha said smiling. "Thank you."
"That's been in our family for generations," she told her granddaughter. "Whenever you feel down, you'll have this to remind you of how much I love you. And remember, Love conquers all."
xXx
Back at the battle between the Tenga Warriors and the Rangers Squatt appears on the battle field, holding some sort of hand vacuum like thing.
"Oh my," Squatt said. "I guess there is no easy way to do this." He walked further onto the battlefield as the Rangers flipped and attacked in front of him.
"Don't mind me. Just fight among you selves," he said as he knelt down and collected the dust into the purple vacuum like thing. Neve noticed as she flipped through the air, kicking a tenga in the chest and then doing handstand and flipping off her hands and onto her feet in time to dodge another tenga. She didn't pay it much mind, but she really couldn't as she dodged and attacked when she could.
"I got it!" Squat declared. "This should be enough for Lord Zedd to do..whatever it is he's going to do." He walked away and behind him Tommy dodged a tenga and struck it, flipping it onto it's back as he turned to see Squatt go.
"That's right Squatt," Tommy said. "Run back to your master." Tommy turned suddenly as two tenga came at him only to be blown back by a Pinkish energy wave and he turned to see Neve standing there lowering her arms. He smiled, nodding. Neve returned the nod, thankful that her Spirit Ninja powers still worked in Ninjetti form and did not interfere with each other. They Rangers all came together as Neve was kicked in the back and into Tommy who caught her. The rest of the Tengas were in front of them and they all cawed.
"And away we go!" the bird warriors cried and disappeared as the Rangers ran forward some.
"There gone!" Tommy said and Hunter shook his head.
"Man, why would they just leave?" he asked and the other Ranger shook their head.
"I don't know, but I think we should call Zordon," Neve said. "See if he knows what this is about."
"Yeah," Kim muttered and almost like magic they appeared in the park, where no one was, in civilian clothes once again. Looking around Neve's eyes widened as upon a small incline hill of the park was one of the ugliest monsters she'd ever seen. She wasn't even sure what he was. A bird crossed with a plant or a plant, crossed with a bird crossed with something else.
"huh, guys," Neve said pointing and everyone backed up some and fell into stances waiting but the only thing the monster did was wave his hands around and open hi mouth,
"Well here comes my little friend Squatt, you should see just what he's got," the monster began his voice appearing to be...rapping? "While fighting tengas you projected all the dust that Squatt collected." The Rangers all looked at each other and Neve glared as she groaned.
"I hate this monster," Neve muttered as she rolled her eyes.
"Now to me, see this stuff is beyond compare. I absorb what I need and throw the rest in the air," the monster said and did just that. "Now that Squatt's departed, it's time the party started. Zedd pulled out all the stops, made me out of carrot tops. Finster claimed their evil seeds spectacles is what he needs. Rangers now I seal your fate with evil dust you'll love to hate!" red particles began to swarm around the seven Rangers and they all groaned and clapped their hands over their ears as they groaned.
"uhgg, what's happening?" Rocky asked. It seemed to get worse but It also seemed to effect Neve differently, worse then the others and she slowly sank to her knees as the monster began to rap again.
"I really mean this, I'm one genius," the Hate Master said laughing. "The Rangers are defeated and the credit goes to me. What an awesome present for Rita's anniversary."
"Well Power Rangers, what can I say? For me it's been a very good day, hahaha." the Hate Master laughed as he continued. "Particles of evil spin around and around making such cool cool cool sounds. It Feels your head with thoughts of hate, cooperation love, why it's too late. Your good sweet thoughts are gone forever, you have to admit I'm pretty clever."
"Can't...give...in," Tommy struggled and Neve was slowly trying to get to her feet.
"Go go power particles," the Hate Master mocked and laughed. Slowly the particles came together and then disappeared and all the Rangers stood seemingly unharmed. Neve blinked as she looked around and the Tommy's wrist communicator beeped.
"Yeah?" Tommy questioned into the communicator hatefully.
"Rangers, you've been attacked by the Hate Master," Zordon said over the com-system. "teleport to the command..." Tommy rolled his eyes and cut him off.
"Give orders to someone who cares," Tommy hissed. Neve nodded as she placed a hand on her hip, obviously bored and annoyed.
"Yeah, I'm tired of listening to you Zordon," Neve sand.
"What she said," Tommy hissed and Billy nodded.
"Yeah, me too," Billy said and then looked at the company he kept. "Why do I hang around the internationally challenged?" Kim huffed.
"Why should I know nerd boy?" Kim asked and Billy sneered at the Pink clad girl and raised his hand to indicate her height as he spoke.
"Oh yeah, that was a good one." Kim sneered right back and laughed.
"Oh your funny," she mocked and Adam turned to Rocky.
"What you looking at? You got a problem?" Adam asked and Rocky glared.
"Yeah, you!"
"Your all so mature," Hunter mocked as he glared at them. "Why do I put up with you?" Neve snorted.
"Like your any better," she said. "Poor me, I can't handle the fact I was evil once and my girlfriend is a psycho half the time and my parents are dead. Boo hoo." Hunter growled and clinched his teeth as he pushed the purple clad girl and Neve gaped at him and pushed him back.
"Ha, if anyone is the self pitied one it's you," Hunter growled getting into her face. "I'm not the one with the scar on my wrist!" the other Ranger stood back to watch sort of shocked but also amused. Not like they liked each other, why bother going to either defense?
"Oh that was low!" Neve gasped and slapped him hard. Hunter growled and was about to move forward his fist raised when Kim suddenly grabbed Neve and pulled her back as Tommy grabbed Hunter but neither really understood why. Neve threw Kim's hand off her.
"Get off me Malibu barbie," Neve hissed and Kim reared back shocked.
"Ha, takes one to know one," Kim said, thought it almost didn't make since. Hunter threw Tommy's hand off him and pushed the other boy and Tommy glared and pushed Hunter.
"I said get out of my face," Rocky suddenly spat and they all turned to half pay attention to Rocky and Adams fight just as Aisha teleported in.
"Who's gonna make me?" Adam asked.
"I am you geeky pencil neck poor excuse for a human!" Rocky replied and Neve snorted.
"He's got that one pegged," she spat and Kim rolled her eyes.
"Guys!" Aisha called causing the Rangers to turn to the yellow clad girl. "Your under a spell you've got to snap out of it!"
"Can you mind your own business please?" Kim asked.
"Yeah, who invited you anyway?" Billy asked.
"Yeah, your a joke," Tommy said, kicking the ground. "just like the rest of you." Just as Tommy finished speaking a red flash came over their heads and flew off and they all groaned.
"Oh, my head," Neve muttered and then they all looked at each other and blinked.
"Oh, we were so mean to each other," Kim said and Neve looks at Hunter who is staring at Neve with wide eyes. Neve noticed that a faint red hand print was still on his cheek and she bit her lip as Aisha ran down to them.
"What happened?" Adam asked, confused on the details.
"The spell must of warn off," Aisha said looking at them. "We've got to move fast, Hate Master is attacking the city." The Rangers all nodded.
"It's Morphin Time!" Tommy called almost immediately after Aisha spoke.
"White Ranger Power!"
"Gold Ranger Power!"
"Black Ranger Power!"
"Pink Ranger Power!"
"Purple Ranger Power!"
"Blue Ranger Power!"
"Yellow Ranger Power!"
"Red Ranger Power!" Rocky was the last one to call out and in flashes of their colors they stood morphed. As they got to a area close to the Hate Master they all called on their zords.
"We need Ninja Zord Power! Now!" It was only moments latter that the eight Zords came barreling into the city.
"The only thing I hate now is that monster," Tommy muttered as he stood in his cockpit. The others had also gotten into their cockpits as well and nodded, agreeing with him.
"Couldn't agree with you more Tommy," Hunter said. He remember the things he had said to Neve and the thing that hurt the most was that he had intended to hit her and that he had pushed her. Even if she had hit and pushed him it still did not make him feel right. Right now all he wanted to do was make this monster pay for turning him against his friends and girlfriend.
"Oh yeah, Hate Master is going down," Neve said, just as upset as Hunter about the whole thing.
"I'm commanded from above to send you hate with all my love," the Hate Master said and the noise from before sounded again as the air flashes red and the particles once again surrounded the Rangers, all except Aisha that is.
"Guys, here that?" Rocky asked.
"Oh no, not again," Neve groaned.
"Yeah, it's that noise again," Billy said.
"I'm not doing this anymore," Kimberly said from her Zord and Neve nodded.
"Me neither, I'm getting out of this dump," Neve said.
"I'm through fighting this guy," Adam said, bringing his zord to a halt.
"Guys, what's going on?" Aisha asked. "What's happening?"
"I'm bailing out of this piece of junk," Tommy spat and Hunter nodded.
"Right there with you on that one Whitie," Hunter said.
"Forget this, I'm out of here," Billy said and Aisha gasped.
"No, wait!" she cried.
"To me it's very visible, that your all feeling miserable," the Hate Mater said with a laugh as the Rangers all left and appeared in the park again, demorphing as they landed.
"Ah man, I'm sick and tired of being Zordon's little puppet!" Tommy growled and the Rangers nodded.
"All of your please just listen to me," Aisha said looking at her friends. Neve rolled her eyes. "Now I don't know why I'm unaffected by this but your guys are under Hate Masters spell."
"Can you shut up for one minute please?" Neve asked. "God your annoying, no wounder no one wanted you in that club," Aisha felt her heart constrict at her friends words but she knew it was not Neve's fault. Not any of their faults and that she didn't mean it. She had to be strong, like her grandmother said.
"Yeah, I hate to agree with her," Kim began. "Really I do, but can you stop whining for a minute cause I'm tired of listening to you."
"I'm getting tired of listening to all of you," Adam said as he began walking away.
"Let's talk to Zordon! He'll explain!" Aisha cried and Tommy scuffed.
"Oh yeah, we'll talk to him alright," Tommy said. "I've got a few things to get off my chest."
"Get in line big man," Rocky said from behind him.
"Zordon's a joke," Billy said.
"Don't have to convince me," Hunter said and Neve snorted.
"I'm surprised you understood what he said," she said and Kim rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, if you ask me your all jokes." Aisha sighed from behind them.
"You guys don't know what your saying!" Aisha said. "He's filled you all with hate."
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"We're tired of wasting our time fighting your battles Zordon," Tommy spat as he looked at the floating head. Hunter nodded.
"What he said, besides your supposed to be getting me and the multicolored skittle home," Hunter said jerking his head in Neve's direction and Neve glared and stomped down on his foot making him hiss out and glare at the younger girl.
"Yeah, from now on you do your own dirty work," Adam said.
"RANGERS, HATE MASTER HAD ALTERED YOUR MINDS WITH HIS HATE DUST," Zordon said. Kim scuffed.
"Well nice try Gramps but your not going to talk us out of it, k?' she asked mockingly.
"Yeah, we quite," Billy said.
"I'm with them, for now anyways," Neve spat. "I don't know what I was thinking, I have better things to do then to put up with this crap." The Rangers all took off their wrist communicators and threw them down as Tommy spoke.
"I never want to see this place your any of you again," he spat and Kim laughed bitterly.
"Oh believe me baby, that would be a pleasure," Kim spoke.
"The Power Rangers are history," Billy said.
"But Billy, your all friends," Alpha said, trying to persuade them but Adam laughed.
"Friends?" Adam began. "Not anymore tinman." Then Billy hit a button and they were all teleported out.
"Ai-yi-yi, is it possible that Zedd has created the perfect monster?" Alpha asked and Aisha sighed sadly.
"How come I didn't fall under the spell?" Aisha asked looking at Zordon.
"ALPHA, RUN A DIAGNOSTIC ON AISHA," he began. "LETS SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHY SHE WAS NOT EFFECTED LIKE THE OTHERS."
"Right away Zordon," Alpha said.
"THE ANSWER TO THAT RIDDLE WILL HELP US FREE THE OTHER RANGERS FROM THE HATE MASTER'S SPELL."
"and if It doesn't?" Aisha asked.
"THEN EVENTUALLY THE POWER RANGERS WILL TURN THEIR POWER ON EACH OTHER AND DESTROY THEMSELVES," Zordon answered and Aisha sighed and looked down. What was she going to do?
TO BE CONTINUED...