Disclaimer : Ok, that's enough now. Seriously. If I owned it, I would've advertised to the world by now. I can seriously guarantee you I'll never own it, so enough with the stupid disclaimers! I DON"T OWN/NEVER HAVE OWNED/NEVER WILL OWN POWER RANGERS. Ok? Get it? Got it? Good! No more disclaimers for the rest of my fic. I don't own it and you know it!
Note : Ok, for parts of this, I was going for an eerie setting. I hope you like how it turned out, despite the fact that I left out lots of useless dialog. Also, for those FF fans out there who might read my fic, they'll notice that the thung with Lunatic Pandora and Tears' Points didn't happen so much like this, but I changed it to add to the effect. So, nya!
Ok, facts recap.
Miko was possessed by a Sorceress from the Future named Ultimecia. Ultimecia want's Kelly for her power.
Ultimecia can possess anyone, but really only spiritually inhabit another sorceress. Examples... The people of Deling and their sudden 'love' of Sorceress Miko. Another person I named in this fic (Can you tell me who? Blake and Hunter plushies to anyone who can!). Those were all possessed. Sorceress Miko, and future women, was/will be 'inhabited' by Ultimecia's spirit, turning evil.
A sorceress can pass on their powers to another sorceress only. Some may also become sorceress, though how is not entirely clear.
Adel is still alive, as is Ultimecia. Miko is alive, but is supposedly undergoing a treatment to get rid of her powers, but... Oh wait, never mind. You'll find out soon. (Grins wickedly)
Kapri is unconscious for some, strange reason, and has been since their battle with Miko. But something's gonna happen REALLY soon now!
Blake has disappeared and no one knows where he is.
...I'm going to stop here before it ends up 6 pages long. LOL.
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(Lunatic Pandora)
Landing with a hard thump on the green stone ground, I looked around with wide eyes, immediately recognizing this place. "Yo! This is where Tommy an' them went in the Dream World!" I cried in recognition.
Marah looked around thoughtfully before looking to one spot in particular and nodded. "Heeeey, yeah! Isn't that were he found that key, but had a hole in his butt and lost it again?"
Blinking a moment at her, I looked to where she was pointing and noticed some metal debris. She's right... I thought, realizing that place was where he found one of the two keys he lost.
We walked along the path, pointing out many places we recalled from our Dream World experiences with Tommy and them.
"...And that's where Tommy used the fuses to blow up the rocks!" Marah cried with a grin.
I couldn't help but grin back at her enthusiasm and nodded, showing her I remembered what she was talking about.
Soon, we made it to a large, unfamiliar room and stopped as we took in the advances, mechanical nature of it. A large, yellow machine dropped down from the roof and beeped loudly as a single, red eye focused on us.
"...The hell is that?!" I cried, not remembering it from our past experiences. Obviously, Tommy had never made it to this room, but what did it mean? Where were we and what awaited us inside? Shaking my head, I fixed my gloves and took a single step forward. "Well, no time to be ponderin'... Let's get it!" I cried, racing forward.
Suddenly, I felt my body freeze and stared in shock as I was lifted off the ground. Startled cries from my friends, and our Matron, informed me that they too, were suffering the same thing.
"What the...?! My body...I c-can't move!" I shouted as I struggled against the invisible hold on me.
I felt myself flying and closed my eyes tightly as we were tossed out of Lunatic Pandora. After a moment, I felt the wind being knocked out of me as I landed and grunted in pain before opening my eyes and watching as the others slowly stood up from a clearly painful landing, as well. Joining them, I glared at Pandora as it moved off, noticing the small ruin in the distance that it was heading too.
Tears' Point.
"Dammit!" I yelled, kicking the ground. I can't believe we failed! "It kills me to let 'em go!" Frowning, I took a few steps back. "I guess we better fall back, for now."
"The Lunar Cry..." Miko muttered warily as she watched with horror, as Pandora grew closer to it's target.
"Let's head back." I insisted quietly, but firmly.
(Normal POV)
As the Lunatic Pandora ruins hovered over Esthar, a familiar face looked out on the advanced city with a sneer. He knew all about the failed attempt at boarding the ruind and almost laughed as he stared at the distant faces of the people he once knew. Turning to the working soldiers, his eyes flashed a bright purple as he slowly walked off, like he was in a trance, his gunblade dragging noisily on the ground behind him.
The giant glowing ruin flew over the barren grounds of the Centra plains, the monsters below, stopping whatever they were doing. Their eyes flashed a bright red and they slowly began to gather, all walking in clusteres towards the memorial, also as if in trances.
There were Coerls, giant tiger-like monsters with tentacles coming out of their cheeks. Turt-a-pods, turtle-like monsters who's shells could open to reveal an undescribable monster within, or close to protect it from physical attacks.
Different varieties of dragon flew, swam or walked along the ground, grunting, growling and roaring as they travelled companionably with other monsters they would normally feed on. This included Ruby Dragons, Grendels, Hexadragons and more.
Hundreds of different types of monsters came together from all over the barren lands, travelling to Tears' Point and surrounding it in one large circle as Lunatic Pandora slowly hovered closer and closer. All their grunts, groans, growls, roars, and any other sounds, faded to a deathly silence as they awaited the coming of the Lunar Cry.
Lunatic Pandora began to float over the ruins. There were hundreds of strange, square devices, all circling a large statue in the center, in a dead silence, no sign of life or power within them. As the ruin floated over head, they began to light up, row by row, and glow as engines could be heard starting up. Some even cracked and the glow died out completely from the power overload, and others shook violently.
Still the ancient ruin continued it's passage, floating farther and father until the center of it's under belly hovered directly over a large statue of, what looked like, Gods. Everything grew dark and quiet as the rest of the pillars lit up, and the statue shook with such force that parts of it, including the face of one of these 'people' cracked and fell off.
Invisible, but nearly tangible energy radiated from Tears' Point, infiltrating Lunatic Pandora and filling it with a forboading power.
Suddenly, all the monsters began to roar, squak, screech, grunt, groan and they all exploded into red dust, flying into Pandora and disappearing. Despite their 'deaths', this was not a good sign!
(Lunar Base)
As the three capsules drew nearer to the Lunar Base, several men in space suits were floating around casually, working on outside cables, or working on a large, metal contraption nearby.
"3 capsules are approaching, shall we retrieve them?" a voice was heard asking, over an intercom.
A man in a space suit with a vaguely familiar voice grunted. "Of course! What do you expect?"
"Are these special personnel coming aboard?"
The man sighed and nodded into his helmet. "Yeah, I hope they don't cause any problems."
"Shall I put security on stand-by?"
"I don't think there'll be a need." he replied surely as he gestured to five more men and motioned for two each to help him bring the capsuls in.
"Then we better station them, all the more." the voice put in with worry. "Capsule Recovery team, initiate recovery process. Security on standby."
"Geez, thanks for the vote of confidence." the man in space muttered sarcastically with a roll of brown eyes. Gesturing for another one to take his place, he floated away from the base. "Why do you always play me like that? I'm gonna go check on Adel. Take care of the rest for me, will ya?"
"Yes, sir!" two people replied as the capsules were carted into the Lunar Base carefully.
Inside another room, Shane, Kapri and tori were all floating around lifelessly. Wall units were activated, and oxygen was pumped into the room.
"Initiating quick-thaw. This is gonna feel a little itchy." someone reported before the lights flashed and the trio began to slowly wake up. "Lock onto rotation ring unit." the voice reported as the two conscious members managed to turn upright. "Lock engaged. Generating artificial gravity."
They slowly dropped to the ground, comfortably, as the gravity was turned on. Standing slowly, Shane looked around in confusion and stared warily at a man with long, striped hair who walked in and bowed.
Frowning, Shane realized they must've been on the Lunar Base and dug out a letter before handing it to the man. "Here's the letter of introduction from Esthar's Embassador."
Without his noticing, a scientist had snuck by him and was kneeling next to Kapri, checking her vitals in shock. "Wow... What is she, 17, 18...? Is she dead?" he asked in a confused voice.
Spinning around, Shane leveled a deadly glare at the man and stalked over. "Don't touch her." he replied in a cold, calm voice as he slowly, gently picked her up and carried her bridal style.
"I understand the situation." the man with the stiped hair stated with a small frown. "Let's get her in the med lab and we'll talk there. Please follow me."
As they walked, the man introduced himself as Andros and told them he was the leading scientist up on the Lunar Base. He led the trio to a medical room and had Shane place Kapri on a bed. However, much to Shane's surprise and worry, the bed closed up like a cryogenic statis chamber, and was sealed.
Glaring at a medical guard, Shane let his eyes narrow dangerously as he got into the guy's face. "You better not do anything to hurt her." he warned quietly.
The guard smiled a little and raised his hands in a sign of understanding. "Alright, alright. You're her knight in shining armor. I get it."
Andros had already gone ahead to the bridge with Tori, leaving Shane to walk around and wander a little. He slowly made his way to the bridge, talking to different people as he went and learning different facts. One of which, really made him uncomfortable and worry.
"We alternate every six months, so for half a year, I live up here with the same people." one woman said with a weary sigh. "We can't take our eyes off her for a second." Her gaze travelled to the large metal contraption. "If Adel were to revive, terror would reign over Esthar again, just like it did 17 years ago."
Since they'd learned they were going into space, no... Since Kapri first fell unconscious, Shane knew something bad was up, but now...learning this, that feeling grew ten times stronger and he began to regret actually bringing Kapri up here, rather than having them bring Kelly down.
(Shane's POV)
As I finally made my way to the bridge, I watched as Tori's jaw dropped at how close to the moon we were and grinned a little. Taking in the beautiful sight, I sighed heavily, thinking about how much Kapri would love it, if she could see it.
"Wow. Look at how close we are to the moon!" Tori cried with he eyes sparkling in the dim light.
One of the personnel at the consoles, turned to look at her with a frown and shook his head with a grim expression. "This is no time to be impressed." he admonished with a raised eyebrow before rubbing his temples. "Look at the monitor over there." he stated, gesturing to a lit up monitor with a set in type of telescope.
Walking over to it, she pointed and looked at the man questioningly. "This one?" When he nodded, she looked through it and adjusted a few things before gasping sharply and her face paled. Pulling away from the monitor, she stared at the man in shock and trembled a little.
"It's really a rare phenomenon." the man stated with a sigh and a look that was torn between being excited and terrified. "You know that giant crater in the Centra continent? It's from the Lunar Cry that happened over a hundred years ago."
I barely knew what he was talking about, but I was guessing he was referring to the Tears' Point. The way the center of it was in the middle of a steep valley, I knew that under those ruins lay a crater.
"It supposedly wiped out the city there."
Another controller nodded. "Some monsters' behavior becomes erratic when there are changes in the moon. I guess it's kind of like how the tide's affected by the moon."
"See them clustering at one point? Eventually they're going to drop down onto Gaia. This is called the Lunar Cry."
Looking through the viewfinder, I felt my face pale as I noticed several red spots on the moon's grey surface. Zooming in, I realized that they were actually varying sizes, but all were massive. Most were easily miles across and wide, and when I zoomed in again, I felt all the blood drain from my faze and my heart stopped beating.
...The hell is this?!?! I wondered in shock as I watched those 'red spots' grow closer together to slowly form one extremely huge 'red spot'.
"Monsters..." Tori breathed.
She was right. Those red spots were hoards and hoards of monsters. Dragon types, flying types, sand dwelling types and so much more. Thousands of breeds of monsters, travelling together as one and gathering all at one spot, getting ready to drop to Gaia.
"The lunar world is a world of monsters, didn't they teach you that in school?" one of the controllers asked with a confused face.
Yeah, but I doubt anyone ever believed anything could live on the moon, even monsters... I thought darkly as I frowned and stared out at the massive group of monsters that only got bigger and bigger with every passing moment.
They began to even climb on top of each other, and their powers converged, allowing them to literally begin to lift off the moon's surface, floating slowly away from the planet in a controled area.
"As you can see, the monsters are gathering at one point. The Lunar Cry is starting."
It was beyond starting at that point. I could almost see the victorious, blood-lust in the eyes of the monsters as they slowly grew closer in a massive, red wave. If anyone looked from the distance, it would look like a pillar of blood was beginning to form, growing ever so slowly longer and farther from the surface of their 'home'.
Heading out of the control room, I headed to the second floor, knowing Kelly's room was there from what I'd learned from Andros earlier.
"The Esthar President often comes out here to inspect Adel's tomb personally." one young woman stated to another as they walked by. "Said he was worried about having her on board, so close to the sealed sorceress."
"Look!" An older man called to a younger girl. "There's the president. He's doing the inspection, personally. What you see out there is his work. He's the one personally responsible for containing Adel in the first place."
Frowning, I logged that bit of information away, heading down the corridor until I arrived at a door with a single guard. Taking a deep breath, I stepped through and felt like i was going to faint in relief when I saw Kelly sitting on the edge of a large couch, not too far away from me.
Looking at me, she smiled and stood up, bowing a little as she walked over. "Shane! I'm so glad to see you again!"
"Me too." I muttered with a relieved sigh.
"I'm sorry." she looked down with a sad face. "I got you involved in so much hardship."
"It's all right." I assured her with a smile. "I understand." You love your Uncle Tommy but you loved Kat, too, and wanted all of you to be together, as a family. "I know why you did it. Were we any help?"
"Of course! You guys were my eyes." she stated with a smile, her eyes sparkling. "You helped me to see how much I was loved. I couldn't change the past, but just seeing it was enough to help me. Thank you so much."
Nodding again, I bit my lip. "It's ok. I came here because i need your help. You said there's no way to change the past?" That can't be right.
Kelly's smile faded and she sighed as she closed her eyes and nodded. "That's right. You're the one who changes. You can find out things from the past, you never knew."
"Really?" No... "That can't be right. I want to find out for myself. Take me to Kapri's past." I begged her, feeling tears well up in my eyes. "Let me see what happened through her eyes. I want to find out what happened, I want to warn her." Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes, clenching my fist at my side.
"...You want to save her. You don't want to lose Kapri." she stated knowingly with a soft look in her eyes. "Shane, I can't. I don't know Kapri. I can only send people I know in the present, into people I knew in the past."
"I brought her." I stated quickly, my hope barely a thin light in the distance. "I brought Kapri with me, she's resting in the med lab! Please, come with me!" I begged.
She nodded and I headed out of the room, running into Tori on the way. I allowed them a moment to reunite before leading them on, but as we made it to the top of the stairs, an alarm sounded, causing us to freeze cold.
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Oh boy, I wonder what's gonna happen. (really, royally evil grin and very evil laughter)
Hope you like it.
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"Kapri! You have to stop!"
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R+R please.
Thank you.
Tenshi