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The Rising Part 2:
"State you business trespasser," hissed the cloaked figure, "or you will be destroyed."
"Look pal," said Isaac, trying to calm the situation, "we're just passing through, just take it easy."
But the other figures were entering the circle of flames, surrounding them and preparing to attack.
"I don't think easy is the way they want to take things," Matt decided as two fireballs appeared in his fists. Abbey and Isaac nodded and prepared to fight.
"Enough!" yelled omnipotent voice.
Suddenly the cloaked figures stood down and the flames disappeared. Matt looked up to see a large man with long white hair stepped out from the shadows.
"Do you have the medallions?" he asked them sternly, and Matt looked to his right to see that Isaac had already pulled his yellow one out. He looked at Abbey, who shrugged and pulled out her blue one. Taking a quick glance at the cloaked figures who were no doubt ready to destroy the, then reached into his jacket and pulled out his own medallion.
"Excellent," said the old man before looking at the cloaked figures, "you can stand down. They are on our side."
We are? Matt wondered as the soldiers stepped back to reveal the path. The old man walked towards them with his hands out stretched.
"Welcome descendants," he said to them, "my name is Gaius, and I have much to tell you."
He beckoned to them to follow, and realizing that they didn't have much of a choice, they complied,
"Does any one feel like explaining what's going on?" Matt asked as the trio followed Gaius up a set of stone stairs.
"Your guess is as good as mine." Abbey replied.
"I can assure you," said Gaius as they reached the top of the stairs, "all will be explained in due time."
The trio reached the top of the stairs and turned the corner to see an amazing sight. It was a large city, dug into the earth. Matt had to look up at the ceiling to make sure that they were still underground. There were at least three levels to the city, and the walkways were lined with brightly burning torches.
"Holy crap." was all Isaac could bring himself to say and the other two nodded in agreement.
"Welcome," said Gaius as he indicated to the underground city, "to Gorogoth."
Matt looked over to the walkway to their left to see a tall boy in a green shirt walking over to them.
"great you found them," he said to Gaius as he approached them, "I was really worried."
"No need to worry Drake," Gaius informed him, "but I think it is time we gave them some answers."
*****
"So you bring me failure Beelzebub." Hissed Mephistopheles as he glared down at his cowering servant.
"For give me my lord," he cowered, "the leaders put up more of a fight than expected."
"Master if I may interject," said Lucien as he snaked his way to Mephistopheles' side.
"What is it Lucien?"
"I must say that I am not at all surprised that the Incubi failed to destroy our obstacles," he began, "they really are mindless drones after all."
"Is this going somewhere Lucien?" snapped Mephistopheles.
"Of course master," continued Lucien, "what I am saying is that we may need to send something that is both stronger as well as able to think for itself."
Mephistopheles turned his head in curiosity, the idea was intriguing.
"You see master," Lucien stated, "Not all of our comrades were banished to the nexus at the end of the war. Some of them were actually banished to a small pocket dimension. I believe that we may be able to open it for a brief moment to let one of our old friends out."
Looking up, Mephistopheles thought about Lucien's suggestion. It was true that the Incubi would hardly be effective in recovering the crystal, and if Lucien could summon more powerful demons.
"What do you need?"
*****
"This library is huge," stated Isaac in awe as he stared at the large wooden bookcases, filled to the top with books, "it's like something straight out of Harry Potter."
The boy named Drake chuckled. He was about the same age as the other three, but there was something about him that made him seem older.
"Please," said Gaius, "sit, we have much to talk about."
Matt looked at the others for confirmation, they were all clearly as unsure as he was. But hey, they wanted answers.
"Okay," said Drake as they all sat around a small round table, "now I'm going to need you all to hold hands."
"I'm sorry what?" Matt questioned.
"Just trust me alright?" asked Drake, "It's easiest this way."
Begrudgingly, Matt took Isaac and Abbey's hands, while Drake leant forward and placed his own hands on Isaac and Abbey's foreheads.
"This is going to feel a little weird."
Suddenly Matt felt as thought he was being violently pulled backwards and all of a sudden, he, Abbey, Isaac and Drake were standing in a grassy field.
"Okay," he asked, "how did we get here?"
"Strictly speaking," Drake replied, "we're still in the Gorogoth Library. This is a mental image I'm projecting into your minds."
"And the whole hand holding thing?"
Drake chuckled.
"I have telepathic abilities but only through touch."
Matt nodded and looked around.
"So," Abbey asked, clearly intrigued by Drake, "where are we?"
"Where it all began," Drake explained, "For thousands of years the demon people would travel between worlds, conquering as they went."
Suddenly the grassy plain burst into flames. The trio ran to the top of the hill to see a large army marching through a large green portal.
"Whenever they finished with a world, they moved onto the next. They demon were not an evil people, merely one for a love of battle. They would not take away a world resources for their own use, and would leave the world to itself when they had one. At least, that's how it once was."
The scene shifted to what looked like a medieval court room, except the palace was built into rock and the room was filled with the orange light of fire as opposed to sunlight. The three of them looked to the end of the room to see a man in a purple cloak sitting on a large throne.
"That all changed when Mephistopheles was elected Demon King. The Demons began to keep the lands they conquered. Soon the Demon army was just a way for the Demon King to establish his own Empire."
"Let me guess," said Abbey, "they got to Earth?"
Drake nodded, and once again the scene changed, this time two armies meeting in a ravine underneath a dark red sky.
"The invasion of Earth began as any of the others did, and Mephistopheles assumed that the world would quickly fall in the Demon Armies might. But there was one thing that he didn't count on. The leaders of the Fire, Ice and Lightening Clans took pity on the humans, and rebelled against their tyrannical leader."
The trio looked at the two armies. Suddenly three figures appeared in front of one of them, each of them with a different coloured medallion, shining brightly under the dark sky.
"The rebellion soon became known as the Demon War, and the three clans succeeded in bringing other demons to their cause, while the Demon King began to use Incubi, artificial demons made from dark magic, as his soldiers."
Suddenly the two armies charged, and Matt got the feeling that he already knew the result.
"The conflict finally came to an end on this continent, where Mephistopheles had finished construction of his Nexus Gate, a creation that would allow him to open up portals to other worlds controlled by the Demons. Many lives were lost in the battle, but in the end, the leaders of the three clans succeeded in sealing Mephistopheles in another dimension."
There was a flash of light, and suddenly one of the armies was running back through the green portal.
"Mephistopheles' forces quickly retreated without their leader, while other went into hiding. And the Nexus Gate was closed. The members of the rebellion decided to stay here on earth, hoping to protect it when necessary. They established Gorogoth, although there ware other settlements elsewhere in the world. Not long after the war, the leaders left Gorogoth, believing that their people needed leaders of society not war."
The vision faded, and the three of them found themselves sitting back at the table within the Library.
"The Clan leaders knew that one day Mephistopheles would return," Gaius told them, "The seal that they placed on his dimension would only last five thousand years…"
"And now he's back to finish what he started?" asked Isaac, who was absolutely enthralled by the story.
"Correct," Gaius confirmed as he walked over to a cabinet nearby. "but it is more than his return. What he is after, is this."
He opened the cabinet to reveal a large crystal, about the same size as a basketball. Matt could immediately feel that there was something different about it, almost is if it was radiating with power.
"The Nexus Crystal. The key to reopening the Nexus Gates, if Mephistopheles gains control of it, then all will be lost."
"So if it's so dangerous," said Matt, "why don't you just destroy it."
"You can't just destroy something with that much potent magical energy," Drake explained, "Destroying the crystal would release all the energy at once, if we did that we may as well let Mephistopheles have the planet."
"Look that story was great and everything," said Abbey as she stood up, "But how do we fit into all of this?"
Matt put his hand into his jacket and squeezed his medallion.
"The leaders knew that they would quite possibly not be around when Mephistopheles returned," Gaius continued, "so they placed a spell on the seal. When the seal breaks, it would send out a call to the descendants of the leaders to come to Gorogoth and fight Mephistopheles. A call to you."
The trio stood there in shock, none of them had expected this. Not only were they descendants of Demons, but they now had to save the world from an evil that their ancestors, who were full blooded demons, couldn't defeat themselves.
"I'm out," said Matt.
"Yeah me too," agreed Abbey, "I don't have a death wish."
Isaac opened his mouth to retort, but understood that it was too much of a task for them to handle.
"Look guys," said Matt, "It's been great, seriously, it's cleared a lot up for me. But if you'll excuse me, I'd like to just get onto my bike and ride off into the sunset."
With that, he turned to leave, quickly followed by Isaac and Abbey.
"Aren't you going to stop them?" Drake demanded.
"It is their choice to make," Gaius informed him, "I am sure that in time they will realize that it is something that they must do, but it is something they can not be told, they must learn it for themselves."
Drake just shook his head, grabbed a box from the table and ran off after them.
"Guys wait up," he called.
"Look," Abbey told him, "We're sorry, but we're not cut out for this."
"That's not why I'm here," Drake assured them as he opened the box revealing three wrist watches, "take these."
Curious, the three of them picked up the watches. Matt flipped it over in his hand. It looked like an ordinary digital watch. On one side there was a green button, while there was a red one on the other.
"If you ever get into trouble," Drake told them, "press the green button. Not the red one, just the green one."
The three of them shrugged and put the watches on.
"Now," Drake told them, "follow me."
He led them down a long corridor. When they stopped, he pulled down on a rock, similar to a lever, and the wall disappeared, revealing what looked like an elevator.
"This will take you up to a town called Dusty Springs. You can go your separate ways from there."
"Thanks man," said Isaac, "sure beats walking through a desert."
"And once again," added Abbey with a hint of sadness in her voice, "We're sorry."
"It's okay, Drake replied, "I shouldn't have expected you to want to do it."
Isaac looked at Matt, who hadn't entered the elevator yet.
"Are you coming?"
"Hey," chuckled Matt, "I don't know if you remembered me saving your asses, but if you recall I came here on a bike, which is back that way."
"He pointed up to the entrance they had initially used. Suddenly they heard Drake cough.
"Yeah," he said carefully, "About that…"
*****
"Sorry man," said Isaac, trying to comfort him, "but Gus and I will get it up and running in no time."
They were sitting in the Pitt Stops café area. Matt's bike was in a pretty bad shape, the Incubi had thrown it at the rock with such force that it needed some heavy panel beating as well as the engine fixed.
"But my bike," Matt moped as he sipped his milkshake, having his bike broken meant that he was stuck in Dusty Springs until it was fixed, and at that moment, Matt wanted to get as far away from there as possible.
"Well," said Abbey as she sat down at the table, "No more busses to LA until tomorrow, looks like I'm stuck here for the night."
The she and Matt slumped down, neither of them wanted to be there. Isaac looked over at Gus, who was busy serving drinks.
"Look guys," Isaac told them, "I think I can hook you up with a place to stay until you need to leave."
"Thanks dude," Matt replied, "I wanna get out of here as soon as possible."
All of a sudden, there was a loud explosion outside. The trio looked at each other, and then ran to the window to see what was going on. There were more of the creatures they had fought, but this time they were not alone. There were three other figures with them, one with a brown leather suit, one in bulky black armour, and one more with white spike protruding from all over its body.
"Come out Demon leaders!" cackled the one in black armour, "Or I, the mighty Beelzebub, will be forced to destroy everything around me!"
The trio looked at each other, knowing what they had to do. Matt looked down at the watch that Drake had given him, and pressed the green button.
"Are you guys alright?" said a voice suddenly through the watch.
"Drake?" Abbey demanded.
"To be honest I was hoping for something a little more helpful." Matt groaned.
There was a chuckle at the other.
"I thought you might react this way," Drake replied, "it'll all be okay, trust me."
Matt looked at the other two and shrugged; it wasn't as if they had a lot of options.
"Okay what do we do?"
"Remember the red button I told you not to press?" he asked, "Well press it."
They did as they were told and their watches began to shine. Matt watched in amazement as his watch suddenly became longer, as once it stopped shinning he saw that it was now a large rectangle attached to his wrist.
"That's it?" he demanded, "They get bigger?"
"Look closer."
Matt examined the watch again to see a small round groove, and he quickly realized that it was the same shape as his medallion.
"Place your medallion into the groove and turn it ninety degrees to your left," Drake told them, "The watch will do the rest."
Matt pulled out his medallion and took another look at the watch.
"Let's do this."
Abbey and Isaac nodded and they all got up and walked out. The street was deserted now, with everyone having run for cover.
"Okay," Matt told them, "We're here, what do you want?"
"You," grinned Beelzebub.
Matt looked at the others then stepped forward with his arm raised.
"You guys ready?"
"Ready!"
"Demon Power! Release!"
They slammed the medallions into the watches and turned them as directed, and suddenly all three of them were showered in light. When the light faded, Matt found him self staring through an opaque visor. Looking down at himself, he was wearing what looked like a red spandex, with a sword at his side. But as ridiculous as he thought he looked, he couldn't help but feel this burst of energy running through his body. He looked at the others, Isaac was wearing a yellow suit nearly exactly the same as Matt, where Abbey was wearing a blue one, similar aside from an added skirt.
"Power Rangers!?" Beelzebub demanded.
"That's right tough guy," taunted Isaac.
"And we're here to take you down!" added Abbey.
Beelzebub turned to the man in leather.
"Do you think we can take them Lucien?"
"I don't see how this changes anything." He replied, "Incubi! Get them!"
The creatures charged forward and the rangers immediately drew their swords and went to meet them.
"Hack and slash!" laughed Matt as he cut through the Incubi's ranks. He couldn't believe the sheer power of this suit, he was performing feats of acrobatics that he never would've even dreamed of doing before. He jumped away from the incubi and folded up his sword.
"And it turns into a handy blaster too." He added before running through and destroyed the remaining Incubi.
The three of them regrouped quickly to face the remaining warriors.
"Who's next?" Matt taunted as he pointed his sword at them.
"Well what are you waiting for?" Lucien yelled at the demon with the spikes, "Get them!"
"Guys," they heard Drake say into their ear, "Press the button on your Morphers, you'll be able to summon more powerful weapons."
The rangers did as they were told and with a flash of light, they were each holding their own personal weapon.
"Phoenix Blaster!" Matt called out as he lifted a red double barrelled blaster and fired at the Demon, hitting it square in the chest and sending it flying.
"Wendigo Blades!" Yelled Abbey as she charged forward, slicing up the Demon before it even hit the ground.
The Demon steadily rose to its feat.
"Is that all you've got?!" it roared as it fired a large bolt of energy at Abbey and Matt
"Not so fast!" grinned Isaac, running in front of them with his own weapon, "Griffon Shield!"
The bolt of energy hit the shield and rebounded, sending it flying straight back into the Demon.
"I think it's about time to finish this guy off," Abbey suggested.
"Yeah," agreed Matt, "Let's put it together."
Matt immediately placed his Phoenix Blaster underneath Isaac's shield, while Abbey attached her two blades to the end of the blaster.
"Force Fire Cannon!" they called as they pointed it at the Demon.
"Can't we try to talk about this?" whimpered the Demon.
"I'm thinking no," laughed Matt.
"Fire!"
The cannon hounded as it fired the shot, blowing the demon to pieces.
Happy with what they had achieved, they turned to Lucien and Beelzebub.
"I'm guessing you want some too?" Isaac laughed.
Lucien turned to his comrade.
"Master going to be happy, but can I suggest we run."
"A warrior of my calibre will never surrender."
"I wouldn't call it a surrender, more of a tactical retreat."
Beelzebub took another look at the ranger, who looked like they were ready to take him down.
"Agreed, got a plan."
"As a matter of fact," Lucien grinned, "I do."
He turned to the pieces of the fallen demon and began to mutter. Suddenly the demon glowed, and was rejuvenated at eighty feet tall.
"That's bad." Matt pointed out.
"So long rangers," laughed Lucien, "But I can assure you, we will meet again."
And with that, he and Beelzebub teleported away.
"Okay," said Abbey, "how do we deal with Godzilla?"
"Well we have to have something right?" Asked Isaac.
"You bet you do." Replied Drake through the com line, "just summon your Zords and you should be able to take it out without a hitch."
"Zords?"
"Giant Robot animals," Isaac explained.
Both Isaac and Matt looked at him with confusion.
"I read a lot of comic books."
"Okay well let's give this Zord thing a shot." Matt decided
"Yeah!"
"Power of Summoning! Zords!"
All of a sudden three different coloured animals flew out from the medallions in the Morphers in front of them.
"Wow."
"Guys you can ogle over them later," said Drake, "Right now you have a big ugly demon to take care of."
"Right!" they replied as they hopped into the cockpits.
Abbey's Wendigo Zord ran forward before Isaacs yellow Griffon flew overhead, attaching itself to the main body, with the wings creating the chest Armor forming the head, then Matt's Phoenix Zord arrived, completing the configuration by creating a helmet for the might machine.
"Realm Defender Megazord!" they called.
"You again!" the demon demanded, "don't you take a hint?"
"We were going to ask you the same thing," replied Abbey.
"Yeah," agreed Matt, "Defender Lance!"
A large silver lance appeared in the Megazords hand.
"Time to say goodbye!" yelled Isaac.
"Defender Strike!" they called together as the Megazord charged forward, impaling the demon and causing it to disappear in a ball of flames.
"Now that's going out with a bang." Laughed Matt as they disengaged the Megazord.
*****
"Congratulations rangers," Gaius told them, "You should be very proud of yourselves."
"But Mephistopheles isn't going to take this lying down though is he?" asked Abbey.
"I'm afraid not," Gaius agreed, "From here on in we must be forever watchful."
"But we've still got ranger powers," decided Isaac, "he's gotta learn that he's not the only one with power anymore."
"All the same," informed Gaius, "From here on in you must make a choice. You are the ones destined to defeat Mephistopheles, but only if you choose to take that path."
"And we have to warn you," Drake added, "If you choose to fight, your lives will never be the same. They'll be changed in ways you can't possibly imagine."
"Well I think our lives have already changed in impossible ways," replied Abbey, "I'll fight."
"Me too," agreed Isaac, "Above all else, Dusty Springs is my home, and I'm not going to let some ancient freak tear it up."
"What about you Matt?" Drake asked.
Matt turned away. He was still trying to take in everything that had happened. Sure, he'd spent his whole life knowing he was different, he was the only kid who could make fireball for instance, but to now know that he wasn't fully human. Part Demon. But at the same time, something inside him had felt right at home the very second he used the Morpher. It just felt so right. He turned back to the others and nodded.
"I'm in."
Next Time: Matt has spent his whole life on the road. Can he convince himself to stay put and save his new friends are in danger? Coming Soon: The Drifter
A/N: So it has officially begun. I will really try to update at least once a week, I just have to make sure that I sit my ass down and write. I have great plans for this story. Please Review, your thoughts and opinions on the story mean a lot to me.