Chapter Three: Old Friends and New Enemies.

Back in the year 2006, Daggeron and Xander were back to Rootcore. They couldn't understand why that warrior wanted with the other rangers. Suddenly, the doors automatically opened, and three familiar faces entered. "Leanbow?" Daggeron said, looking stunned as a tall man stepped forward.

"Udonna?" Clare said, looking speechless as a red-haired woman came forward next to her Husband, and next her was their son, Bowen, the former red ranger. "Nick?" Xander said, looking shocked. "What are you doing here?"

"Where's Maddie?" Nick asked, "Something's happened to her, hasn't there?"

"She was captured." Xander replied.

"Chip and Vida as well?" Udonna asked.

"Yes." Daggeron replied.

Suddenly, the crystal ball started glowing, they all gathered around it, they saw three people, looking tattered. Nick recognised the long-haired girl, "That's Maddie."

"And that's Chip and Vida." Xander said, as he recognised the red-haired boy and the short-haired girl. "We better go and find them." Leanbow spoke. So Daggeron, Nick, Udonna, Leanbow and Xander ran out of Rootcore and into the forest. They searched everywhere for them. Suddenly, Xander saw three figures in the shadows. When he took a closer look, he recognised who they were. "Over there." He called out to the others. They rushed to the figures, who turned out to be Chip, Madison and Vida. Nick rushed to Madison, who was about stumble to the ground, and he held her in his arms, "Maddie," he said, "Maddie, are you okay?"

"Where…where's Xander?" Madison asked, tearfully. Xander walked slowly towards them. She turned to face him. "Xander," Madison began to sob, "Xander, we're so sorry."

"Sorry?" Xander didn't understand what she was talking about. "Sorry about what?"

"We'll explain later." Chip replied.

"We have to get to Rootcore now." Vida coughed. Daggeron placed Chip's arm around his shoulder, as Chip limped. Vida's arm was placed around Xander's shoulder, and walked steadily, while Nick placed both Madison's hands on his shoulders, lifted her up, and carried her to Rootcore.

When they finally arrived at Rootcore, Xander asked Madison, "What did you mean when you said, 'you're sorry'?" As Nick sat Madison on a chair, she told everyone else what happened with her, Chip and Vida:

As the purple spell seal opened up, they fell down onto the cold concrete. They looked around to see where they were, "Where are we?" Vida enquired. As the Hidiacs raised them up, a voice spoke. "Let's just say, you're in the Chamber of Ten Terrors." They looked up and in front of them was the warrior, who captured them, "Power down." The warrior's helmet disappeared, showing the woman's face, with a purple lightening under her left eye. She continued to speak, "let me introduce myself. I am Morgana."

"What do you want with us?" Madison asked.

"I'm glad you've asked." Morgana replied, "I'm looking for someone, who is very close to you." At first, they thought it was Nick she was after, "we're not going to tell you where Nick is." Chip shouted, his voice echoing in the ruins.

"That Red ranger?" Morgana sniggered. "No you fool, I'm after the Green Ranger." The others looked dismayed. "What do you want with Xander?" Vida asked angrily.

"That's not really your business, unless you're willing to co-operate by telling me where he is."

"We'll never tell you!" Madison shouted.

"Well," Morgana went up to them and continued to speak, "We'll have to do it the hard way. Shorty! Devastation!" Out of the shadow, two aliens stepped forward. "Yes Morgana?" Shorty, the short, green alien spoke.

"I think our new 'friends' need some persuasion." Morgana replied.

"I think I know what you mean." Devastation, the tall, grey alien spoke, as they marched towards them. Morgana said to the two extraterrestrials, "You know what to do." They nodded at her. The rangers were fearing what was going to happen to them. Suddenly, Morgana, Devastation and Shorty started doing an incantation, Chip suddenly felt a pain in his stomach, like someone stabbed him. Madison and Vida felt it too. Could Morgana's incantation have something to do with their pain? Tears ran down Madison's face, "We'll tell you," she bawled. "Just please, stop." Doing what they were told, Morgana and her alien friends stopped the incantation. Morgana gave a small smirk as the rangers told them where Xander was…

As Madison finished telling the story, she started bursting into tears. Nick placed his arm around her for comfort, when all of a sudden, the doors were blasted opened and two figures, hiding in the shadow, stepped forward. It was Shorty and Devastation. Xander froze, while everyone stepped back. Shorty chortled as he stared at Xander, "We finally found him, big brother."

"You're coming with us," Devastation yelled as he snatched Xander. "Let me go!" Xander yelled as Devastation pulled him out of Rootcore.

"Xander," Daggeron shouted as he ran after them when Shorty blasted his laser at him, Daggeron was knocked against the wall by the red light.

As Devastation dragged him, Xander tried to break free, he elbowed Devastation to let him go. As soon as he broke free, Xander ran through the forest, Devastation pointed his staff at him and bellowed, "Fury Circle!" Suddenly, a red circle appeared underneath Xander, preventing from running, and blasted him from the ground. Xander fell on his front, he started to groan and slowly elevated his head, as he heard footsteps on the damp grass. It was Morgana, "Well well, we meet at last." As Shorty and Devastation marched towards Xander, Morgana commanded, "Lift him up." Doing what she commanded, they lifted Xander up from the ground, as Morgana started doing an incantation. Suddenly, Xander started having a throbbing pain on his chest, like a fire burning against it. He yelled in pain, his voice echoing in the forest. Morgana suddenly stopped the incantation, and commanded, "Let him go of him."

"You got it." Shorty replied. So he and Devastation pushed Xander to ground. As they walked next to Morgana. "I'm bored with playing with you now," she spoke. "But we'll back for you." They cackled as the purple seal lowered them down. Xander tried to get up, but he couldn't moved, he gasped and fell into unconsciousness…