Disclaimer: I do not own the Power Rangers
A/N: Um, I'm not goodat discribe the outfit...just think of something like Astronema or Trakheena...
Shane was fairly certain that after three weeks of dealing with Lothor's goons he knew all of them, at least by their appearance. This one was new. She, like Marah and Kapri, looked almost human, except her face was hidden. She wore black armor over a purple body suit that bore a strong resemblance to English knights with touches of Ninja influences most noticeably in the three symbols on her face covering. "Who are you supposed to be?" Shane asked. He glanced around the shopping center, but everyone was gone, leaving them to face off in relative privacy.
"My name is Raven," the girl said as she put a hand on her hip. "It is time for you Rangers to meet your doom; Kelzacks!"
Lothor's shock troops poured into the center and Shane went on guard, "In case you missed what's been going on," Shane said, "Kelzacks aren't exactly the kind of creatures that can defeat us."
Raven produced a small red and black device, "Which is why I brought a friend."
The monster had the head of a raven, with white, feathery wings that reminded Shane of the angels at church. Its hands were black and feather and he had oversized bird feet. "I think you need to find some new friends," Dustin said.
"Meet Rangel," Raven said, "and have fun." With a casual wave, she vanished, leaving them to face the monster.
After the fight, Shane stared at Cam's recorded image of Raven, staring at her light brown eyes. He didn't hear anyone say anything until Sensei used his head as a spring board on his way to the Super Computer. "What?" Shane asked.
"What is bothering you Shane?" Sensei asked.
"I think I saw her," Shane replied, "before today. She looked normal, though, so it's hard to tell."
"You saw her?" Dustin asked.
"Yes, right after we got the morphers," Shane said, "I saw her twice, once at a grocery store and once at the skate park. I talked to her at the park, her name was Angel Raven and she wasn't from America. Her accent was different; I'd never heard anything like it."
"What was it like?" Cam asked.
"She rolled the r in Raven and the g was softer than normal, but it wasn't Hispanic." Shane said.
"Was it like bonjour?" Dustin offered.
"Yes," Shane said pointing at Dustin, "that's how she said it."
"You think it was our mysterious Raven," Tori asked, coming over to join them.
"I don't know," Shane said thoughtfully, "but there was something about her that was familiar and I don't know what it is."
Angel paced in the purple light trying not to look at the rolling black shadows that crept around the edge of the light. "You might as well give up," a voice said from the shadows. Angel stopped and turned to watch as the shadows coalesce into her doppelganger. "Father wants me and not you."
Angel clenched her fists, "I'd rather travel to the depths of Acheleon than let you in."
The doppelganger laughed, "I'm going to win, Angel."
"No you aren't," Angel said and narrowed her eyes; the purple light brightened between them, creating a smooth, curved wall. "You'll never get in and you'll never win. It might take me years, but I'll defeat you and when I do He will regret he ever dreamed of this."
"Do you want to know why I'm going to win?" The doppelganger asked.
"I'm going to have to say no," Angel replied flipping her hair over her shoulder, "But in the time honored tradition of villains everywhere you, no doubt, are going to tell me your life story, dreams, plans and goals."
"I'm going to win," the doppelganger began.
"Because you're going to bore me to death?" Angel suggested mischievously.
"No," the doppelganger replied, "I will win because I can ask Father to reactivate the chamber as many times as needed to defeat you. You should be paying attention, little Angel, he's proven that repeated use of the chamber can break someone."
"What do you mean?" Angel asked, unable to completely keep her unease from showing.
The doppelganger gestured and a mirror formed revealing two young men; one was of Asian descent and the other was a blue eyed, blond haired American. "Meet Hunter and Blake Bradley," the doppelganger said cheerfully. "Thunder ninjas and the Crimson and Blue Thunder Rangers. Lothor orphaned those two years ago and now they fight for him convinced that Kanoi Watanabe is the one who killed their parents. They went into the chamber four times each and there is nothing left of the original personalities. Their loyalty is Lothor's alone, just as yours should be."
Angel brushed her cheek with her hand and stared at it, unable to comprehend that she was crying. "Go away," she told the doppelganger. "Leave me be." She narrowed her eyes and the purple light intensified, banishing the doppelganger into the shadows. Left alone, Angel turned her back on the shadows and sank gracefully to her knees as sobs began to wrack her body. Father she thought, hugging her body, why did you do this to me?