War of the Hidden
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Ch. 11
Great. Just great. Atirddezz just grew another five vampires, making the Rangers now down by one. The Space Rangers would keep coming back to take vampires out to space before shooting them down, but they could only do so by twos and threes. Every time they destroy some, more would just grow to take their place. And vampires weren't like foot soldiers, though they seem to be taking the place of them. Vampires thought for themselves, and they weren't stupid…well, not all of them, at least. Not to mention the Alien Rangers' powers were draining the more they stayed out of the water. The Battle Borgs were five out of the Rangers' 23 Megazords. Without them, they would be down 18-to-25, not good even if they weren't fighting nearly-indestructible vampires.
"They're in the desert, of course they're dry," Conner said. "Why don't they just fight in the ocean?"
"Because vampires will gain the upper hand they don't need in the water," Rosalie explained. "Without a need to breathe, vampires can stay in the water for as long as forever…or until they need to feed. The Megazords are big hunks of metal, not good material for water."
"No," Justin mused. "But Conner has a good point. The Alien Rangers control their Battle Borgs telepathically--"
"So they could be in the ocean while their Borgs fight in the desert!" Ethan finished for him. The two Blue geniuses smiled at each other. Everyone was waiting for Maxi to give the order, but none came. They turned to see the little girl leaning against the wooden table, head bowed and brow furrowed, deep in thought. They didn't know what she was thinking, but they knew it was probably important, so they didn't disturb her. Jason, taking up as leader, made the decision and contacted the Alien Rangers. They agreed and followed Justin and Ethan's plan. The others continued to monitor the many battles, leaving Maxi to her thoughts.
The ocean comment had struck something for Maxi, yet she couldn't really put her finger on what it was. Something, some vague memory was pulling on the back of her mind, and she closed her eyes and tried to block out the sounds around to her to focus on the memory and pull it out. Just then, she felt something. It was the same unexplainable, indescribable feeling she had when she talked to the creator of the line of Alpha robots.
King Lexian? she asked with her mind, knowing that if it was who she thought it was, he would hear her. Speaking out loud was not as clear, Lexian had told her, and it would make the others stare at her as if she had lost her mind.
"Try again," a voice replied. The voice was new, yet strangely familiar.
Dad? Maxi asked in disbelief.
"No," the voice said. "But closer."
How can you not be my dad, you sound just like him?
"Think harder," the voice said. Maxi smirked. That was the same thing Lexian told her. Then what he was saying was true! She is the Sage; which would mean that whoever she was talking to was a spirit, a ghost, someone that was dead. It didn't take much longer for Maxi to realize who it was after she figured out that part.
Tom!
The voice identical to her father's laughed. "There we go," he said. Tom Oliver, Wizard of Deception's evil clone of Tommy turned good. Maxi remembered the second team of Rangers telling her about the time when Zedd sent them back to colonial Angel Grove and after turning good, Tom had decided to stay in that time, knowing that he and Tommy couldn't exist in the same time period together.
Please say whatever you're gonna say straightforwardly and not in riddles.
Again Tom laughed. "Where's the fun in that?!"
Maxi sighed, rolling her eyes. Fine, then say what you want to say, and make it quick. I still have to figure out how to keep five Aquitians well-hydrated enough to fight an army of vampires.
There was a pause. Tom didn't say anything and after ten seconds of silence, Maxi spoke up.
Well?
"Well what?" Tom asked, confused.
What were you going to say?
"Say what?"
Why did you contact me if you didn't have anything to say?! Maxi demanded.
"I didn't contact you, you contacted me!" Tom replied defensively.
How did I do that? Maxi asked, puzzled.
"You're the Sage, Li. When you think of someone, someone that's gone, then they come to you. They can't help it. And when you're connected with that someone, then what's theirs is yours."
What do you mean?
"Well, like you and me now. Right now, we're connected, so anything I had when I, uh…went you have now. My knowledge, my belongings, stuff like that."
And when our connection breaks, I lose them, right?
"Right."
How do I do it?
"Do what?"
How do I make connections? How do I keep them? And how are they broken?
"You make connections when you call out to a spirit. I closer you are to that spirit, the more you'll get from them, the more you'll be able to Borrow from them. And the connection would be broken once you've done what you needed to do with whatever you Borrowed from the spirit…or when you dismiss them."
Can the spirit end the connection as well?
"Yeah, they can," Tom said. His tone changed when he added, "So you should treat all spirits with respect so they don't hate you and hang up."
Maxi laughed inside her head, which was out loud to Tom. Then she suddenly realized something. A real smiled crept over her face.
I hope you see me as nice to you, Tom, 'cause I need to borrow something of yours.
"It's all yours," Tom replied, grinning. Of course he knew what she was thinking.
"What's happening to her?" Trent asked, staring at Maxi. The fighters had returned after the vampires' sudden retreat, but the silent little girl was still out of it. She looked like her soul was gone and left behind her body like an empty shell. When Jason touched her shoulder, she didn't answer. He turned her around just in time to see her lips curved up into a smile. It was actually kind of creepy. And what's worse, her eyes were glowing green.
"Guys," Trini said worriedly. "That looks just like--"
"How Tommy's eyes flashed when he was Rita's evil Ranger," Zack finished dryly for her. The Asian Yellow could only nod.
"Does that mean she's--" Dustin began, but was cut off by Jason.
"She's not evil."
"Maybe she's having a vision," Bella piped up, "she looks like Alice when she has her visions."
"Lian doesn't have special powers though," Justin said. "At least I don't think so." He looked over at the others.
"Shouldn't you know?" Jason asked. "You're her best friend!"
"You don't know everything about Tommy, do you?" Justin replied.
"Guess not," Jason murmured, nodding. He looked back at Maxi, who he cradled in his arms. The green glow died down so it no longer flashed like a light, but it remained there, dying the color of her irises.
"What's going on?" she asked as if she had just woken up. Well I guess she kind of did, Jason thought, from a trance or something. Maxi looked around at everyone that was back. "What happened?"
"You tell us," Blake said. "Are you okay?"
Maxi grinned as she returned to her feet. "I'm better than okay. But what about you guys? Why are you back?"
"The vampires, they just disappeared!" cried Robot Justin, who was still in the form of an 11-year-old boy.
"It was a good thing too," Nick said. "I don't think our Zords could've taken much more."
"Are they in bad conditions?" Maxi asked him, suddenly worried.
"They're recovering now," Alyssa answered.
"Will they be able to continue?"
"Depends on how much time Atirddez gives before attacking again," TJ replied.
"Time," Carlisle said, entering the base from the dormitories after checking up on Tommy. "Time is the one thing we're running low on."
"Is he okay?" Maxi asked immediately.
"He still fighting," he told her grimly. "He's lucky he has so many powers within him. They're resisting the venom, but if whoever bit him isn't destroyed soon, he might not make it, with or without his powers."
Maxi clenched her fists tightly. "Hang in there Dad," she whispered. "We're almost there."
Sorry it's so short. I'll try again tomorrow. I did post a new story though. Check it out and tell me what you think.
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