Chapter 4

A/N: Okay, I'm a noob. Everytime I write an authers note, it doesnt save! GRRRRRR :/ :P Anyways, in this chapter, I have a monster called 'Magnedude'. I'm pretty sure that is actually the name of a pokemon, so just to clarify, I do not own pokemon. Sadly. Wow, there's so many shows out there that I wish I could own. I WANT THEM ALL!

Oh, and I forgot to mention something else. I do not own Power Rangers *sniff*, but I do own the character Alura. She's mine :)

A little bit of Bulk and Skull in this chapter, so enjoy!

Alura xx

Tommy and Kat walked out of their final class for the day and bumped into Billy.

"Hey, man," said Tommy. "What are you doing here?"

"I need to get some Vitamin D sometime, Tommy! I'm starting to feel like Alphas twin brother being in the Command Center all the time."

They laughed and glanced around to see if anyone had heard them. As usual, no one had.

"Speaking of all things Ranger," said Kat. "Have you heard anything of the Gold Ranger?"

Billy sighed and shook his head. "Not since last week at the command center."

They walked, talking and chatting together as they reached the youth center, where they saw Adam, Rocky and Tanya talking over their glasses of juice. Tommy, Kat and Billy joined the others just as Bulk and Skull bumbled in.

"Ladies and Gents," announced Bulk. "The best Detectives in Angel Grove would like your attention for one moment please."

"Well, where are they?" said a boy, looking around. Bulk raised his fist angrily the boy, wishing the boy could hear what he was thinking. Skull did the same, poking himself in the eye as he did so. Billy had to laugh at himself.

Everyone laughed rolled their eyes at Bulk and Skull, but gave them their attention anyway.

"We have evidence that there is another Power Ranger now in Angel Grove." Declared Skull, looking almost too pleased with himself. "And WE are gonna find out who this one is."

"You've tried that before, guys," sighed Ernie, carrying out a tray of juices for some of his customers. "And you didn't get any evidence whatsoever on the Rangers identities."

Bulk fixed his coat collar proudly. "Ah, yes, but we weren't proper detectives back then."

"Yeah" agreed Skull, pulling a magnifying glass and a pipe from his pocket, which he just happened to have with him. "Proper Detectives!"

"So," said Bulk, snatching the magnifying glass away from Skull and eyeing everyone through it suspiciously. "Who else has seen this new Ranger?"

"I haven't," said a girl on a treadmill. "And I don't think you're gonna find out it is, neither."

The table of Rangers smirked quietly at each other.

"I think that the Rangers are aliens." Said a boy.

"I think that they're robots." Said another girl.

"I think that my neighbour is actually a Power Ranger, even though he's really old, cos-"

Soon the youth centre erupted with conversation about the rangers. The table of Rangers just laughed quietly to each other as they listened to everyone's theories about them.

"Hey, hey!" yelled Skull over the crowd. "We aren't finished yet."

Everyone eventually stopped talking and turned their attention back to the 'detectives'.

"Like Bulky here was saying," said Skull, his speech muffled slightly by his pipe. "If anyone has seen this new Ranger, you come straight to us."

At that moment the monster alarm went off, and began to ring out all over the city. The room of teens groaned.

"Alright guys," said Ernie, setting down the tray of glasses. "You know the drill, don't panic, don't make any noise, and don't go outside."

There was a crash as the outer wall of the youth centre suddenly smashed, and plaster and debris went flying everywhere, sending the youths scattering, screaming as they went. The gold ranger smashed through the wall and landed heavily on the floor of the youth centre. As the dust from the plaster settled, the civilians and rangers saw the new ranger.

"Aw man," said Ernie, looking at his freshly smashed wall. "Who's gonna pay for that?"

The Gold Ranger groaned and got to her feet, dusting herself off.

"Sorry about the wall," she said, her voice sounding like that of a male. "I'll fix it, I promise. In the meantime, can everyone please go to a safer building?"

"My building was safe until you smashed a hole in it!" protested Ernie.

"He didn't smash your wall!" a voice came from outside. "I did!"

A monster with a head shaped like a horseshoe magnet jumped through the massive hole in the wall. The group of teens (and Ernie) began to scream, and they quickly made their way through the doors and spilled onto the street in search of a different safety zone. Only the table of teen heroes stayed behind. The Gold Ranger immediately drew her sword and dropped to a defensive stance. The table of rangers stood and summoned their Zeonisers, as Billy stood back. "Ready guys?" asked Tommy, eager to morph.

"Don't get involved, humans!" yelled the magnetic monster. "This is between me and the Gold One."

"I don't want you to come here again, Magnedude. You attract the wrong sort of crowd." said the Gold Ranger, who stood defensively between the Rangers and the magnetic monstrosity. She could see civilians running around outside through the hole in the wall, and they were obviously panicked. Most of them probably hadn't been that close to a monster before.

"Let's take this out of the city." She said, trying to negotiate. "It's me that you want, not these people."

"I don't negotiate with fools," said Magnedude. "Frankly, you're not even worth talking to. I just need you to tell me the location of your Pyramid, and then I'll be on my way."

Under her visor, the Gold Ranger narrowed her eyes. "Never."

The Gold Ranger dived on the magnet and teleported them both away instantaneously.

"Zordon, track that signal" said Billy into Adams communicator, not having his own communicator to talk into. He cursed silently at this, but he supposed that it was fair enough. He was no longer a Ranger, therefore had no right to use the Power Chambers resources on himself.

"Come to the command center, Rangers." said Zordons voice. "Alpha is unavailable at present. I need Billy to track the signal."

The Gold Ranger and the metallic monster circled each other, dust covering their feet. She hoped that she had teleported them far enough away from the city for their ensuing battle.

"Leave this planet, or I'll make you." said the Gold Ranger. But Magnedude simply laughed and outstretched his hand. Alura's sword suddenly flew from her grip, pulled away from her by an invisible magnetic force, and the monster caught it. "How dare you disarm me like that!" she spat. "You have no sense of honour!"

"I don't need honour, Gold One," said Magnedude, twirling the sword in one hand and holding out his other hand in her direction. "Honour is for fools!"

"Gold Power Staff!" shouted Alura, holding her hand in front of her visor as the gold power staff appeared in her hand. She held this powerful tool out in front of her. "I think that you are the fool here." As Magnedude tried to pull this new weapon away from her, it was Alura's turn to laugh. "Gold isn't magnetic." She looked ready to strike him. "That is your first mistake."

She rushed towards him, striking him with the staff. He blocked the strike with the Gold Ranger's sword and shoved her off. Both Ranger and Monsters gazes met as they stood defensively, ready to strike again at any moment. Magnedude ran forward, laughing wickedly, and ready to bring the Gold Ranger down.