Chapter Fourteen-Black With Evil

Dr. Oliver laid unconscious on a stone slab in the same dark room Trent resided in the day before. Rita waved her fingers over her crystal ball as she recited her enchantment to once again place him under her dark spell.

A dark light surrounded the Black Ranger as the evil sunk into his bones. A familiar blackness encased his heart as he awoke and sat up. His dark eyes flashing green to white then red and finally black as his many ranger powers returned to him.

"Welcome back," Rita croaked. "Tommy."

The Black Ranger's trademark evil smirk stretched his lips as he stood and stared at his queen.

"How can I seve you, my empress." The familiar sentence brought back fond memories of his earlier ranger days.

"You have much to make up for, my Balck Ranger" The witch began. "and you can start with wearing this."

She held the necklace before him, the white stone sparkling in the candle light.

The Black Brachio Ranger ducked his head low so his queen could place the jewelry around his neck. When he rose to his full height, he opened his eyes to reveal glowing white eyes. A darker evil seeped into his heart.

"What is your first wish, my Black Ranger?"

"I wish to take back what is mine." he said darkly.

The Rangers gathered in the Command Center. Each member shaken by the recentevents. Conner and Tommy were in the medical ward recovering from their many injuries. Kim was in tears. She had to witness the whole horrible battle in the safety of the Command Center. Zordon wouldn't allow her to help.

Kira was numb. First Trent, now Dr. Oliver, the thought of then evil was eerie. She didn't want ot think. She didn't want to feel. She had cried enough tears, whe wanted to take action, but the Yellow Ptera Ranger didn't know what to do. So she jsut sat on the cold Command Center floor, her back against the console and her legs drawn to her chest, her arms holding her legs tightly to her body. She just stared at the Viewing Globe blankly. She barely noticed Ethan guidign Kim to sit with her.

The Blue Tricera Ranger, sat in the middle of the two girls. He placed an arem around their shoulders and pulled them to him. The differences between the two bodies.

Kim was taken Dr. Oliver's capture hard. Her enitre body was shivering, her tears wetting his shirt and her breathing coming in harsh, shallow pants. She had just made up with Tommy and now he was gone. The scary thing was, Tommy was one of the worst things to ever happen to the Ranger. He was the only one to successfully almost destroy the Power Rangers. Sending Zordon out of this dimension, disfunctioning Alpha, and nearly killing Jason were some of the worst of the many crimes he had committed. Now he was going to have a friend. The destruction to come was hard to bare.

Kim also shed tears for the girl on the other side of the solid body she was against. She knew Kira had no tears left to mourn for her science teacher. She never knew a person who had been through the same emotions she had went through when she was a teen. They both had dealt with evil Rangers made from the ones they liked.

Kim was sure there was at least one other. She could feel it in her heart, throught the connection all of the Rangers shared. She just never met the girl.

Kira on the other hand was completely still, her breathing normal. The only oddity was her skin. Her complexion was pale and cold, almost unhuman.

Billy joined them, sitting on Kim's other side. No matter how old she was, she was still his oldest friend. He rubbed her back gently.

Rocky. Aisha, and Adam were huddled near the Viewing Globe. Not that they felt out of place, but they just felt better being close in trying times. Other than Billy and Kim, they knew each other the longest.

Kimberly was by Tommy's side in the infermary. She held his hand and stroked it gently. A few tears falling from her concerned eyes.

"They will be okay, Kimberly." Alpha confirmed.

He was teding to Conner's wounds.

The poor Red Ranger had taken some major hits. He had bruises everywhere. His lips were busted and swollen, his right eye was black and blue, and his hair was matted with blood and sweat. He hadn't woken, moved or made a sound since the battle.

Tommy for the most part, had gained and lost conscienous all night.His injuries only consisted of minor head damage, some broken and bruised ribs, and several bruises on his torso.

When he did wake, he would groan in pain and refused to sleep. He only calmed down when Kimberly sat with him.

Tommy would be completely healed by late tomorrow, but Conner wouldn't make a full recovery for a couple of days, if he was lucky, five maximum.

All of the Rangers had decided to remain at the Command Center for the night. Billy had told Tommy's parents both the White Rangers were staying with him for a night of studying. In fact, all of the Rangers told their parents they were sleeping over atthe Blue Wolf's home.

Mr. Cranston was a concern. He only checked in on them on a regular bases, every hour on the hour. Four of the Rangers would teleport into the Cranstons' denat those times. They were to do it in shifts. Aisha, Kira, and Adam in one group and Rocky, Kimberly, and Ethan in the other. Billy will always be with a group. It would look too suspicious if he wasn't.

The only thing, lying to their parents was the least of the Rangers' worries. They had to figure out how to transport those from the future home, their leaders were critically injured, and two of their teammates had been captured and both, more than likely, were evil. They were running out of hope and it was running out fast.

I'm going to take a break until sometime after April 12th. I have a research paper due then and I want to concentrate on writing that. K.

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