==Los Angeles, California, United States==
Ryleigh, Johnny, and Shane all sat in a circle in Ryleigh's dorm room. After what happened with Katelyn earlier, it was only safe that she called Johnny up. He thought it would be best if he stayed with his girlfriend for a few days.
"Okay, I think we're going to need a notepad." Shane announced as he picked one up. "There are too many things unaccounted for that we need to take notice of."
"It's your call. You're the leader." Ryleigh reminded him.
"What was it like?" Johnny asked. He saw that Ryleigh and Shane gave him a confused look. "You know, the rescue?"
"It was weird." Shane shuddered. "It was something I never want to have to do again."
"You killed a human being." Ryleigh said, stone cold. "The first Power Ranger ever to kill a human."
"Please don't remind me." Shane shook his head. "It was self-defense."
"There was something...off...about the guy." Ryleigh stated. "Something about him didn't seem human, even though he was."
The three of them sat down and started to think. Since Johnny didn't actually take part in the rescue, he didn't have much input. Ryleigh and Johnny looked at Shane, who seemed a bit uneasy.
"Are you okay?" Ryleigh asked.
"I'm trying to think." Shane started. "If he was a human but then gained some capabilities that were superhuman, there must have been a source."
"What do you mean?" Johnny asked.
"I'm trying to say that there must be a whole organization behind this. Something so off-the-charts couldn't have been created for sparse use. There has to be way more of this than we know."
"It's like an iceberg." Ryleigh understood Shane's connection. "Despite the small surface above the water, there's a whole connection going down under that we don't know about."
"So let's start with what we know." Johnny suggested.
"We know that this is some sort of initiation." Ryleigh started. She noticed Shane started to write things down.
"We also know that so far the two cases reported involve a male student kidnapping a female student." Johnny continued.
"And we know that in both instances the male attempted to rape the female." Ryleigh said.
"And we also know that the male had to take some sort of substance in order for his humanity to be pushed to its limits." Johnny added in.
"Slow down, I need to write this down word-for-word." Shane complained.
"Okay." Ryleigh sighed. "The male who was involved in the Stanford case committed suicide, so maybe that is a self-inflicted punishment."
"So far we have: it's an initiation, a male kidnapping a female, the male attempting to rape the female, there's a substance being ingested by the male in order to gain more strength, and suicide is what happens to a failed initiate." Shane listed out. "That's all we know so far."
"This is boiling my brain." Ryleigh pushed her temples with her thumbs.
"And the sucky thing is that the only way we can find out more is if another attack happens." Johnny groaned. "I really hate this."
"I thought being Power Rangers again would be fun." Shane chuckled.
"It's never fun." Johnny agreed.
"You know what? It's getting kind of late. How about we all just take a break?" Ryleigh suggested.
"That's a good idea." Johnny agreed.
"I could go for such a long nap it's not even funny." Shane chuckled. "Let's just hit the bed and continue this tomorrow."
==Stanford, California, United States==
In the basement of an old abandoned school building, a large amount of male students gathered around a man who was about ten times their age. The man stood on a block to make his presence larger to the audience.
"My initiates!" the man began. "Our first two initiations have resulted in failure, causing great concern for me. If we would like this to go through, it would require full success. We absolutely cannot have mistakes being thrown around everywhere."
"It was the first two initiates we sent." one student stated from the audience. "They were not fit for the task and they failed miserably."
"So what are you saying we do?" the man asked his pupil.
"I'll go out next, I know what I'm capable of." the student stood up tall. "I will not bring you failure."
"You know what happens if you do manage to fail, correct?"
"Cyanide." the student answered. "I know very well."
"Not to mention the Power Rangers that have been thwarting our missions." another student stated. "It's largely their fault, as well."
"Yes, we have to find a way to avoid those roaches." the man shuddered. "They bring nothing but shame to our family."
"So I say we dispose of them."
"It is not that easy to rid the Power Rangers. They took down a force of magical Shadows a couple of years prior." the man explained. "If anything, we have to play this safe."
"How about we send two initiates at the same time?" the first student suggested. "We can go as pairs."
"That may work." the man nodded. "Okay, pick your partner and get your task started tonight. I will look that you do not fail me."
"What if the Rangers manage to walk in on us again?"
"You idiot, that is why I am sending you in pairs!" the man shouted. "Failure shall not and will not be accepted! I look to see that your powers can make you far more powerful than those masked vigilantes!"
The first student gulped and nodded. He glared at another to make sure that they would silently partner and the two of them ran out when the man allowed them to. They had a task at hand, and they would not be the two to accept failure. They would destroy the Rangers and continue with what their ultimate goal was.