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Mack

"Now!" I shouted; seeing Rose and Dax tie up the other monster.

Tyzonn said something, I'm not sure what it was, and began fighting.

He knocked me down, I was sure that he was either going to go and aid his partner or run, but the pain in my chest wouldn't subside and I couldn't pull myself up without feeling as if something internally burst.

Out of nowhere, Ronny appeared in front of me and began to fight with Tyzonn. As I got up, he turned and ran.

"Wait!" I shouted; about to start after him but a blast from that monster's staff threw me back. Reinforcements apparently had also entered the battle.

"Ronny. Take this and follow Tyzonn!" I shouted; holding out the small piece of parchment that we had.

Ronny

I stared for a second time, completely dumbstruck; had Mack taken one too many blows to the head? We would be practically giving the whole parchment to Moltor! But Tyzonn might have the rest of the parchment, and this could prove a chance to get it.

As I realized what was probably his plan, I nodded and took the sheet; running past the Lava Lizards and into the forest.

He was a lot faster than the other goons we've fought before, I'll admit to that, but I had genetically-enhanced powers which enabled me to have super-speed, as many superheroes in the old comic books or TV shows usually had.

To say that he was surprised when I 'appeared' in front of him was a serious understatement.

"This is far enough." I said to him; taking out my Drive Defender.

I didn't expect him to comply, really I didn't, but I was still shocked at his reaction.

"Get away from me!" Tyzonn shouted; firing a strange lightning-like attack at me. Didn't his mother ever teach him not to hit girls when he was younger?

Tyzonn

I never intended for my attack to be powerful enough to send her flying back like she did with me; only enough to send her reeling back and hopefully stop her pursuit.

I turned and kept running.

Normal POV

Ronny pulled herself up, ran supersonically ahead of him, and then circled back; holding out her fisted hand and hitting him in the abdomen. The transfer of momentum and kinetic energy was enough to send him backwards a few feet before Tyzonn stopped himself; bracing for combat.

Ronny swung at his face with her hand but he blocked it and twisted her arm. As he swung his staff at her ankles, she jumped and kicked at him; narrowly missing the blow that was aimed at her chest.

Ronny

It was like kicking chain metal; where was his weak spot?

Tyzonn swung the staff to try and hit behind my knees, but I back-flipped before the long piece of metal—or whatever it was—hit me there.

But while avoiding that attack, I unintentionally made myself more vulnerable by having no solid ground to keep myself steady on.

Like a baseball flying towards the pitcher, I felt the staff hit me in the back; near my shoulder bones.

Tyzonn

The yellow ranger hit the ground with an audible thud and, instead of turning to run as I had intentionally planned, I looked down at her; wondering if she was looking at me through her helmet.

"You wouldn't listen." I said; no one else would have, so why did I expect this ranger—my enemy—to do so?

Normal POV

Ronny pulled herself up; facing Tyzonn.

"I don't know what your deal is, but I'm not Mack; I don't believe for a second that you're any different than any other of Moltor's goons. Maybe a bit more compassionate and with feelings, but nothing else." She replied coldly.

So she had noticed his character, but did not bother to see past his grotesque appearance. Tyzonn clenched his hand around his staff and, turning, began to run away again.

Ronny

Why didn't he retort?

There were many possibilities, but I didn't bother to sift through them all; I still had a job to do.

Shadowing him, I saw him run to a lagoon where, for a moment, he kneeled down and stared at his reflection in the water.

"No." he growled; intending it for himself. So maybe he had vanity issues?

He stood up and repeated the word; this time shouting it so loudly, I swear that Will would have heard it even without his super-enhanced hearing.

He then started to stomp at his reflection with such hatred that I felt another stab of pity for him.

Okay, so maybe Mack was, at least, half right. Maybe Tyzonn actually was human, but Moltor twisted his appearance so that he would never have been accepted in such a vain modern world on Earth's society.

I hated myself for doing this, but I walked out from behind my hiding place in the tree towards him.

"Take it easy." I said; imagining that this is what Mack would have said and done in such a situation.

Tyzonn stiffened upon hearing my voice, and turned; visibly startled by me. I guess he wasn't used to females being in such a close range to him; poor guy.

"I said stay away from me." he snapped and, in a huff, walked off.

"Alright, I've had enough of your attitude. Listen, I'm not going to hurt you—." I was supposed to be lying when I said that "—and I don't think you want to hurt anyone either." Oh, god; I was sounding more and more like Mack.

'What are you?' I wanted to ask, but it came out differently.

"Who are you?" I asked aloud.

"I am no one. And when Moltor finds out that I don't have the whole parchment, it won't matter anyway." He said bitterly. What was he supposed to mean by that?

"I will be eliminated." Tyzonn specified.

I've heard stories about gangs 'disposing' of disloyal or undutiful members, and it shouldn't have come as a surprise to me when he told me that, but I felt my eyes widen in shock.

Curse you, Mack, for making me think that he actually had a heart, unlike anyone else of Moltor's regime!

Mack

Maybe Moltor had invented some stamina potion or something else along that line, but whatever it was; the Lava Lizards were harder to beat than ever.

"Where's Ronny?" Will demanded.

"It doesn't matter; we have to hold these guys off until she gets back!" Rose shouted.

"Dax, use the Defender Vest!" I shouted to him; too busy with other Lava Lizards to get a chance to do it myself.

"Right." Dax shouted.

When the drill blaster fired, I didn't notice that the huge lizard wasn't in the group of cemented baddies.

After they had been destroyed, a powerful blast knocked all four of us down onto the broken stones and the 'boss lizard' emerged from its hiding place.

"Looks like I'll have to destroy you myself!" he snarled and, with a battle screech, charged at us.

I hoped that Ronny and Tyzonn, wherever they were, she was making progress in trying to get the other part of the scroll back and he was making progress in showing Ronny that he was different.

Tyzonn

She was still standing there; staring at me.

I wish that I could say that it was because of my appearance, but I knew it wasn't; for her right then, it wasn't about my appearance or, for a moment, the parchment.

She, instead of being repulsed by me, seemed to pity me instead.

I didn't want her pity; I only wanted to belong. Why couldn't anyone understand that?

Ronny

It was a while before I found my voice.

"So we both need the whole parchment, but neither of us are willing to budge. So we both lose." I said; wondering if I could use blunt facts to get…somewhere.

"What is this document? Why does everyone seek it?" he asked. Either he was playing dumb, or he genuinely didn't know.

"You mean you don't know?" I asked.

Up until then, I had thought that he was another one of the aliens searching for the jewels to use them for his own selfish purposes and he allied himself with Moltor for whatever reasons. But with him asking such a question, it seemed more and more that Mack was right—I can't believe that I was saying that—and Tyzonn was different; a victim of Moltor's manipulation instead of a villain.

"It leads to one of the jewels to the Corona." I explained; so maybe he could be trusted with vague and already widely known information.

He turned to me; astonished.

"The Corona Aurora has been found?" he demanded; wow, he was behind on the times.

"Yeah. Here on Earth. And now Moltor and practically every other power-seeking goon in the galaxy are trying to get it." I said; beginning to wonder if Moltor honestly told Tyzonn any of this.

"But if Moltor gets the jewels, he'll use them to crush everything that's good on all planets." He said.

Besides the fact that that was obvious, Mack's voice was echoing over and over in my head.

'There was something different about that one." Despite one side of my mind screaming for me not to say anymore, I seemed to have lost control.

"Not if we—and by we, I mean me and the rest of the Power Rangers team—stop them." I said; suddenly seeing a new angle I could work with.

"If you're really not like the rest of them, right a wrong and give me the rest of the parchment." I pressed.

He looked down; meticulously thinking out the consequences if he did or did not do what I asked of him and wondering if he could trust me. He knows that with my ranger suit on, I have access to better weapons instead of only my super-speed.

This might have been a huge mistake, but I took a leaf out of Mack's book.

I powered down.

Tyzonn

Though I already knew that she was a woman, I was surprised by her appearance when I got to see it.

She was very beautiful; long and wavy dirty blonde hair twisted into a braid, tan and even skin, pink lips and warm brown eyes that did seem to hold a small genuine spark of trust for me.

But she still asked me for a thing I could not give to her, the parchment, and even if I gave it to her; would I be any more accepted into Human society than I already was?

"I must go." I said; walking past her.

Mack

The lizard was beating our asses.

"That was easier than I thought. Moltor will be pleased when I eliminate you." He laughed.

"Stop! Don't hurt them anymore!" Tyzonn called out. I saw that he was coming closer to us. Whether it was a good sign or a bad one, I did not know.

"Tyzonn! What are you doing here? Do you have the rest of the parchment?" the lizard-freak demanded. Ronny couldn't possibly have been destroyed; Tyzonn would never have wanted to hurt anyone, let alone a person of the opposite gender, and I'm sure he would never resort to killing her for the parchment. That, and, Ronny had her powers, the weapons that came with her ranger suit and combat experiences; she would never have been taken down easily.

"No. And I won't get it for you." He declared.

Whatever Ronny said, it worked.

"What?" the lizard-freak demanded.

"I won't get it." Tyzonn repeated.

Dax, Rose, and Will all looked astounded; particularly Dax, who probably regretted his 'Tyzonn was just like any other cold-blooded lizard-faced freak' statement.

"I can't be a part of this anymore. I've made a big mistake." Tyzonn said; falling to his knees.

"Yes, you have." A familiar voice concurred.

Normal POV

The rangers watched as Moltor, with his demonic appearance, came forward; how much had he witnessed?

"Moltor, this destruction has to stop." Tyzonn said; bravely walking up to the villain.

Had the situation been different, it would have been like a man walking to his executioner.

"I don't care about our deal. I won't help you anymore." He continued; turning away from Moltor.

'So there was a deal; I knew it.' Mack thought.

"I see." Moltor said calmly. "Well, here's what happens to traitors!" his tone turned violent as he whipped around and swung his sword at Tyzonn.

Tyzonn staggered back a bit; feeling some of his blood ooze out from the wound.

"Do your worst!" he challenged Moltor.

It was an age-old battle of staff and sword; of good and evil.

"You'll never get the jewels of the Corona." Tyzonn said.

"You dare to defy me? You're my servant now; forever!" Moltor shouted; evidently not used to being deserted.

Mack

It wasn't a fair battle; Tyzonn was hurt.

"He's hurt; that isn't fair!" Rose shouted.

"Let's get in this!" Dax said.

They read my mind.

As we were about to go and help him, the lizard-freak came back; blocking our way.

"This isn't your business." He said.

Behind him, Tyzonn was down in the dirt; trying to get up and get away.

"You must pay for your betrayal." Moltor said. Where was Ronny?

Ronny

As much as I didn't want to—I would have preferred taking the lizard-freak by surprise—but Tyzonn really was different; in the good way, I mean.

I ran and got him out of the way of Moltor's blast seconds before it would have disintegrated him.

"It's Ronny!" I heard Mack shout from behind me.

The old quote 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' sprang into mind and I turned to face one of our foes.

"Back off, Moltor." I shouted at him.

"If I have to go through a weak little girl like you to get to him, so be it." He snapped.

I didn't mind the 'If I have to go through…to get to him, so be it' declaration from him, but the 'Weak Little Girl' part really got to me.

Times have really changed since his time, such as women are now considered equals and a special set of women—mainly Rose and me--have superpowers and when a woman has superpowers and PMS and feminism drilled into her head, it's not a very good idea to insult her.

Normal POV

"Overdrive Accelerate!"

It felt good to be back into the costume for Ronny.

She managed to hit Moltor in the gut, but in that moment of 'vulnerability' he fired back with a blow to her shoulder.

"Bullox! Take care of Tyzonn! Now!" Moltor shouted.

Ronny

A Life was a life.

Throwing his center of balance off with a sweep kick, I turned and ran to help Tyzonn.

He was barely able to stand, much less able to defend himself from an attack by Bullox.

But I wasn't quick enough and as a result, we were both blasted high and landed hard.

"Come on; we've got to get out of here." I said; helping him up and getting away as fast as we both could.

"It's not over!" was the last phrase Moltor shouted from behind us.

Mack

Moltor turned angrily to his minion.

"They're getting away!" he said in a frustrated manner.

"Not for long." Bullox said and they ran in the direction where Tyzonn and Ronny went off to.

At that moment, the others and I managed to get up and ready to fight.

"What was that about?" Dax asked.

"I have no idea." Will replied.

"Come on, we've got to find them!" Rose finalized.

"Right; come on!" I said; beginning to run after them.

It seemed like it was a huge duck-duck-goose chase and whoever got to that 'spot' with the parchment first wins this round.

In the Forest, Normal POV

Ronny helped him sit down on a fractured branch of the rock and reached into her pants pocket.

As a precaution, Andrew made sure that they carried basic first aid supplies—bandages, gauze, antibiotic ointment, instant ice packs, tweezers, skin anesthetic, and occasionally sterilized needle and thread in case one of them needed stitches—in case any serious injury befell any of them.

Tentatively, she wrapped the long length of gauze around Tyzonn's arm; where Moltor's sword had cut him.

Ronny

I knew he was staring at me, and I couldn't help but to make eye contact with him. The slits of his eyes were a pure light blue; much unlike the incinerated black I had always seen on Moltor's other monsters.

"It seems even with these hideous scales, I'm vulnerable to injury." He said.

So this wasn't his appearance by choice; Moltor probably did this.

"Moltor would have finished me off if you hadn't saved me. I owe you my thanks" he said with true gratitude in his voice.

"You're welcome. Like Mack said, you're…different from everyone else." I admitted; kneeling down to be somewhat of eye level to him and holding out my hand.

He seemed hesitant to take it, I think he might have been afraid to accidentally cut my skin or crush my hand—snakes, despite their sizes, are naturally endowed with tremendous strength—if he did shake my hand, but he did. His hand was warm; humanlike.

"My name is Ronny." I had never told him my name up until then.

"I was once called Tyzonn. And I've for-shamed my planet by bowing to Moltor's will." He introduced himself.

What did he mean by he was 'once called Tyzonn' when Bullox and Moltor both called him that name? And he came from another planet; which explained a lot to me.

"We all make mistakes." I said; my mind questioning me incredulously if I was actually comforting him.

He reached into his pouch; extracting the rest of the parchment.

"If you'll trust me, I'd like to make amends for the harm I've done." he said; unfolding the aged paper.

"Moltor must be stopped." He added.

I took out my part of the scroll and inched it closer to the torn end of the scroll. As if by magic, the parchment repaired itself.

I could have just grabbed the scroll and run away, but I only smiled and looked up at him again.

Mack was right, I was wrong, yadda, yadda, yadda, Mack was going to rub it in mercilessly when he found us, and then who knows what else would happen?

I folded up the paper.

"I'd—we'd better go." I said; knowing that Moltor and Bullox were probably following us.

"Yes." Tyzonn affirmed; standing up and, though he still needed to lean on me a bit, walked alongside me like a trusted friend.

Normal POV

"They're nowhere in sight!" Bullox raged to Moltor.

"When I find them, that traitor will pay." Moltor swore; still looking around for any kind of clue on where the ranger and his mutinous servant went. "Oh, how he'll pay."

Mack

Our search party came up empty; there was no hint on where they'd run off to.

I spotted a trail of green muck; the same color of the 'blood' that Tyzonn shed when Moltor cut him in the arm. Will crouched down; taking a small sample onto his finger.

"Wait, is this stuff alien blood?" he suddenly asked.

Dax leaned down and examined the sample.

"Yup, it's alien blood, alright." He said; leaning closer to smell it, but drew back at the scent. I kind of wondered if the smell was from Tyzonn's blood or the fact that Will hadn't washed his hands for quite a while.

"It smells rank." Dax added.

"I don't get it; why would Moltor be fighting one of his own?" Will asked; confused.

"I don't know, but that thing could be more dangerous now that it's injured." Rose, who was also an expert on animals and their behaviors, put in.

I kept silent; the exact reason why the other three turned to stare at me.

"I told you, Dax; he's different." I said.

"But even if he is, survival instinct could be different for Tyzonn." Rose said; again pointing out the facts.

"If that's the case, then we'd better find Ronny and quick." Will said; following the trail of blood with the others on his tail.

I sighed, wondering if I could ever convince them what I—and probably Ronny by now—believed, and then followed them.

Tyzonn

"Can you read any of these symbols?" Ronny asked me.

"No. This language is unfamiliar to me." I admitted.

Even if I had been on many planets and had to learn many languages since I had been a member of an intergalactic search and rescue team, I could not find any similarity between the writings on the parchment to any of the ones I have seen in other galaxies.

Ronny sighed, but it wasn't a deflated sigh of giving up, but one holding another kind of hope.

"Better get it back to base right away." She said. Where was 'Base'? And would I even be welcomed there?

Suddenly, ahead of us, Lava Lizards sprang out from the bushes.

Ronny

'How did they find us?' was my first question. 'Was Moltor close behind?' followed behind my first one a second later.

"Then again, maybe not." I said; hoping that the others would find us soon and also cursing myself for not leaving behind any kind of trail-mark for them.

For almost the first time since I became a ranger, I was more or less on my own against a small army of Lava Lizards.

And I've finally finished this one! And now I've got to go and download the more recent episodes.

PS: I'm trying to make a Ronny/Tyzonn MV, but I don't have the song for it. Does anyone know where, besides iTunes since it does something weird to my computer, I could download the song 'Shut Up and Drive' by Rihanna? (And if you're would like to do that MV, you have my blessing to as long as you tell me first and give me a bit of credit)

Anyway, Review; please. Is there anything I need to do better on?