The Phoenix Series
Lightspeed Rescue: The Phoenix Prophecy
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
A/N: Second chapter coming at ya
DISCLAIMER: Still dedicated to Comet Warrior
Trial by Fire
"...so what did you're family say?" Dana asked Kelsey as the Yellow ranger packed her rock-climbing gear into a travel case; the yellow ranger glanced over her shoulder and grinned.
"What are you crazy?" she stated "Everyone has said that to me, since I was a kid!" she dropped down onto Dana's bed "I always answer..." she turned to the circular door leading to the three beds that proved to be the boys bedroom "You have no idea. I mean, it is such a rush! Hanging 1000 feet off a cliff" and she dropped down between Joel and Chad on the sofa bed.
"Hey, check this out," Joel spoke "When I was 8, all I wanted more than anything was to fly like a bird. So I built me a set of wings and jumped out of my second floor window,"
The other rangers laughed at him, as Carter picked up the air cowboys hat "Well, that's not just crazy," he commented "That's stupid!" and he patted the hat down on the Green ranger's head
"Hey, you guys seen Sabrina?" Kelsey asked looking around at the others
Carter, Chad and Dana shook their heads, although one of three seemed relieved that she wasnt around.
"Sabrina left about an hour ago;" Joel answered "Said something about training"
Dana smirked "Training does start today," she told the others, as she finished packing her duffle bag before following the others out of the sleeping quarters. "So, what about you Carter?" she asked, looking up at the red ranger "Did you always want to be a Fireman?"
Chad and Kelsey who were ahead of the Red and Pink rangers, turned to walk backwards as they faced their new friends "No, not really" Carter answered "not until one night, when uh -" he trailed off as his features took on a stupor look, as a memory surfaced. The others frowned and exchanged looks.
"When what?" Chad asked
"Uh, nothing" Carter chuckled, looking from the blue ranger to the Green over his shoulder
"Nothing?" Dana asked, as the others tried to get him to tell them, smiles adorning their features.
The Red ranger was just about to cave, but was saved by Captain Mitchell's voice over the coms "Rangers, to the training area. Double time" Carter gave his friends looks before running off down the corridor. Exchanging looks, the others followed them.
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Meanwhile, Captain Mitchell was already awaiting the other Rangers on the training field while he watched Sabrina train alone. Now where the other Rangers would be training together to test their strength, he had requested Sabrina to take a all round skill course that was designed to test her abilities as well as fitness, strength and accuracy. The red head breathed heavily as she run full out across the field towards the training wall ahead of her, when she was close enough she jumped and pushed herself over the wall kicking her legs up as not to stumble over the other side, when she landed it was fully on her feet. Like a cat. Not stopping to take a breather, she continued onwards, dropped to her stomach and scrambled under a net and pushing herself back up and sprint through another series of obstacles; coming to the end of the tyres, she continued onwards.
Captain Mitchell watched her from behind with a cameraman who was filming her performance, he checked his stop watch, and nodded as the red head scaled the side of another training wall pulling herself up by the rope that was there. She reached the top before absailing down the other side and running onto the next course. He stopped his watch as she came to the end of the strength course and regarded her score before marking it down. An overall score she would receive at the end of the full course.
Next up, was accuracy. Entering the warehouse, armed with only a paint gun and goggles Sabrina looked around waiting for the task to begin; when it did a cardboard pop up of an alien appeared behind her, if this had been real then the alien would have been loaded with a laser gun and Sabrina knew Rangers didnt go into battle like Gingerbread men. They moved around. Alot. So throwing herself aside she rolled across the top of a box and ducked down behind him, glancing over the top and firing two rounds of paint pellets into the monster. Another two appeared, one behind her and one to her right, firing another two rounds Sabrina watched as they went down. This went on for a few minutes, before she run out and saluted the Captain and also indicating that she had finished.
Captain Mitchell indicated for her to move on to the next task; while he counted her score. She nodded and run off towards the strength and abilities part of the course. The scenario she had been given was a building was on fire, and there was baby stuck inside. Sabrina nodded as the scenario was given to her. She couldnt get inside because of the ground soldiers that surrounded the building, she had to work fast to get around them and inside to save the child.
"This is a piece of cake," she murmured to herself, as she jumped into the air and fired off as series of fireballs at the pretend foot soldiers that were in fact just dummies that had been set to stand around the outside of the 'burning' building. Each time a fireball hit the dummy went down. Sabrina landed in amongst the destroyed dummies as flames encased her body and she disappeared from the outside; she reappeared inside the building where she was met my Kelsey.
"Hey," the Yellow ranger smiled "Training?"
Sabrina nodded "Yeah"
The two found the doll that represented the baby, Kelsey picked it up and Sabrina caught her new friends' wrist flaming the two of them and doll out of the building. They were met by Dana, who took the doll and proceeded to perform CPR. When she was done, the three girls stood side-by-side as they saluted Captain Mitchell. He stopped the stop watch and nodded.
Captain Mitchell nodded, as he watched Sabrina flame back out with both Kelsey and the doll "1 minute" he staged "Excellent" he then turned to the red head, and added the time to her overall score, he then walked away to check on Carter. As he did, the three girls grinned and high-fived one another before running off to join Joel and Chad who had also finished their course.
"What course did you take?" Joel asked, standing beside Sabrina
The red head pushed her red hair out of her face "I had to do an all round skill course," she explained "it was designed to test my abilities, fitness, strength and accuracy"
Kelsey grinned "Nice!" and she high fived the smirking red head "You must be used to it, though. Right?"
"Not really," Sabrina answered "We didnt do fitness courses on my last two teams, we just did training in combat and self-defence. This was actually quite fun"
Ahead of them Carter skilfully jumped over the fence outside the warehouse where he had been training "52 seconds," Captain Mitchell said in surprise
"Yes!" Carter grinned, pumping the air as the other rangers cheered for him from behind. He raced forward and threw the paint gun at Chad and picked up Kelsey as he spun her around. "Best time so far, uh?" he asked, casting a look in Sabrina direction but the red head wasnt paying him any attention. The only time she did look up was when Captain Mitchell reappeared and called Carter too him.
"You may have had the fastest time," Captain Mitchell told the red ranger, without looking at him "But you got the lowest score"
Carter frowned "The lowest?" he questioned "I dont understand"
"You've got to take time to use this," Captain Mitchell pointed at Carter's head "Before you ever use a blaster" he pointed at his hand
"But sir I hit every target!" Carter protested
"Which means nothing!" Captain Mitchell stated "You didnt think the situation through. Sometimes the obvious choice is the wrong choice!"
Carter shook his head and looked across at the other rangers who was waiting for him, his gaze found Sabrina who was loading her duffle bag into the car and something clicked "I only did poorly, because Sabrina's being groomed as the new team leader!" he retaliated
Captain Mitchell stared at him, but didnt say anything. "Alright grab you're gear," he ordered the rest of the team "Lets get back to the Aqua base" and he headed to a black sedan. He motioned for Sabrina to follow him, which she did as the other rangers followed behind in the back of the Lightspeed rescue car.
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Sabrina sighed as she sat on the single bed in her sleeping quarters, the other Rangers were in and around the Aqua base somewhere but she had requested to being left alone. Truth be told, she was lonely. Making friends had never really been this hard for her; normally she got on with everybody. There was the occasional person that she disagreed with, Hunter was one of them. She remembered a time where she and Hunter had been nothing but enemies but she had put it down to the fact that they were more alike and just clashes. After all couples clashed every once in a while even Ranger couples. But now she couldnt imagine her life without him.
Aside from lonely, she was also feeling a little homesick. She had been in Mariner bay for more than 12 hours now and she really missed her mother. Normally if she was in Reefside right now she'd be at the cyber cafe or out on the soccer field, you know, somewhere close to her mother. But being a few hundred feet south of her...literally south now, as in under the water south was different to being across the city. Hopefully when Hunter finally showed up; this feeling of homesickness and loneliness would fade somewhat. Flipping the page of the book in front of her the red head groaned and pressed her forehead against the page, she had never been so bored! She needed something to do, something to ease the boredom. Soccer was an idea, but kicking a ball around inside was a big no-no.
You wouldnt kick a ball around in a house, why would an Aqua base be any different? There was alot of breakable items in the aqua base, and Sabrina knew for sure that Angela wouldnt be happy if they were to become broken. So no, soccer inside was out of the question; and she wasnt exactly sure where they Soccer field of Mariner bay was...or if they even had one. As she lay on her stomach in silence, Sabrina heard a familiar jingle from her pocket and reached for her cell phone. She picked it up to eye level and checked the ID, a grin formed on her face at the name.
"Hunter?" she asked, after pressing 'accept' and pressing the phone to her ear
"No, it's the phone company"
The red head grinned "Im so telling Cam you're ripping him off,"
There was a chuckle down the line; as both of them remembered Cam had said the exact same thing when he contacted Sabrina two years ago. Back on the sinking island after they had rescued Hunter who had lost his memories. "I got good news," he stated
"Yeah?" she asked "What's that?"
"The Thunder Academy finals just ended,"
Sabrina shrieked and bounced onto her knees on the bed "Seriously?" she asked, a bright smile on her face "So you're coming to Mariner bay?"
"Yes," The Thunder headmaster told her "I'll be leaving Reefside in exactly two days"
"I can't wait!" she cried. Finally. In two days all loneliness and homesickness would ease, she would still miss her mother and uncle but at least she would have Hunter by her side. As she was mulling over her thoughts while Hunter explained how the finals had gone at the academy, a tremor hit the Aqua base causing the room to shake around the red head. "What was that?" she asked, herself mostly.
"I said..." Hunter started
"No," Sabrina cut across him "Not you; a tremor just hit -" suddenly the alarms started blaring loudly "Hunter, I have to go. I'll see you in two days. Love you"
"I love you too," he told her "be careful!"
"I always am!" she told him, before ending the call and jumping off her bed as Captain Mitchell's voice sounded over the coms. Sliding her phone back into her pocket Sabrina took off for the transport bay.
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Sabrina grabbed her new Lightspeed jacket on the way in, and skidded to a halt in the transport bay, and scrambled into the car beside Kelsey and Dana. The ground beneath them lowered downwards and the next thing Sabrina knew she was heading into the city, as the ground continued to shake as another tremor hit. The car rocked as it sped forward, before coming to a stop outside of an old abandoned warehouse. Sabrina rolled her eyes, villains really needed to get better ideas. Warehouses? Seriously, that's where they always hid.
"Faster!" came a feminine voice from inside, and after morphing the Rangers entered the main part of the building "I'll destroy Mariner Bay with an Earthquake"
There standing in front of them was a short haired brunette woman, she wearing all silver and even had silver bat like wings sprouting out of her back. On her head was a silver horned headdress.
"Not if we have anything to say about it!" Carter yelled out, startling the woman and causing her attention to shift to them. Jumping over the side of the stairs, Sabrina landed beside Dana as Joel landed beside her.
"Well, well," the silver clad bat-like woman stated, as her gaze strained on them "if it isn't the Power Rangers!"
Sabrina rolled her eyes once more beneath her visor, aside from finding new and better locations, villains also needed to come up with better lines 'If it isn't the Power Rangers?' that one had been over used one to many times.
"I am Vypra," the woman continued "Im glad we've finally met. So I can destroy you!"
Sabrina stepped forward "Get in line!" she told Vypra "You'd be surprised at how many people have tried, and not succeeded!"
Vypra seemed off guard as her gaze settled on Sabrina; she smirked and shook her head "Batlings attack!
As the fight began as the Rangers easily took down the Batlings, Sabrina jumped over a small group of them and threw out her hand as a series of fireballs shot out and caused the Batlings to ripple with energy and explode. When she landed she chuckled "They get easier every year," she laughed, before looking up as she saw Vypra take off and Carter hot on her tail. Running across the warehouse, Sabrina left the other rangers behind as she followed Carter out. Taking off to follow a villain was never a good idea; it was one way to get hurt or worse.
The chase continued across the street and into a parking garage, where there were still innocent civilians. Sabrina reached the garage at the same time as Carter, but also in time to see Vypra fire a series of lasers at the civilians. Okay, definitely not in the same category as Elsa or Zurgane the red head found herself thinking, where Elsa and Zurgane may have cared about innocent bystanders, they wouldnt have fired lasers at them; at least Sabrina couldnt remember a time when they had. But this woman definitely only cared about the demons she worked for. As her eyes narrowed, Sabrina jumped through the air and landed in front of Carter as he spread his arms to stop Vypra from getting any closer to the woman and child that were behind him.
"Take another step and I will fry you alive!" Sabrina threatened, reaching for her Rescue Blaster that was on her waist.
Vypra didnt take to the threat and slashed downwards with her sword, reflecting on her previous battles Sabrina unsheathed her Phoenix Blade and raised it as it clashed loudly against the metal of Vypra's sword, she pushed up with all her strength and spun around kicking Vypra in the stomach and pushing her backwards, rolling the Phoenix Blade in her hand Sabrina's eyes narrowed as she raised it and rushed forward. Clang. Clang. Clang. That's all that was heard in the warehouse as the two swords collided and sparks flew from them. Flipping over Sabrina narrowly missed Vypra's sword as it slashed down inches from her face.
Landing on her feet the red head turned intending to strike Vypra, but found Carter battling her. Vypra threw out an energy blast at the red ranger who spun around and kicked it back at the owner, Vypra ducked and the blast hit the wall causing the garage to shake violently and some rock formations to fall away. Carter then draws his Rescue Blaster, as Sabrina hurried back to his side, her Phoenix Blade drawn.
Vypra smirked "Hello Phoenix..." she hissed in Sabrina's direction
Not really wanting to be on the opposing end of another villain's attempts to destroy the world, Sabrina tried to weasel out of the fact that she was indeed the Phoenix "What are you talking about?" she snapped
"Please," Vypra cackled "You can pretend all you want, but I know who you really are; and I've got big plans for you"
Sabrina frowned as she considered the words carefully, Carter's voice was the one thing that brought her back "What is she talking about?" the red ranger asked
"Nothing," Sabrina answered
Vypra smirked brightly "Oh, you haven't told them, eh?" she questioned "This should be interesting. I wish I could see their faces when they learn the truth"
"Shut up!" Sabrina snapped, taking a step forward her Phoenix Blade sparking slightly as Sabrina's temper heightened. Yes, she was the Phoenix and secrets werent supposed to be kept on a Ranger team. But the Phoenix was a secret that she wanted to keep under wraps unless absolutely necessary. There was no point in telling the Lightspeed rangers unless they were ready to hear the truth, and they would fully understand her predicament. She had only just joined the team...they wouldn't trust her. She knew they wouldnt. Carter for one didn't trust her now, that wasnt really hard to figure out.
Taking advantage of the fact that the two Rangers in front of her were not paying her much attention, she fired a laser blast at the ground where an oil spill had leaked and crossed paths. She smirked as Sabrina pushed Carter aside and out of the way of the fires, before turning to Vypra "I'll see you soon, little Phoenix..." she sneered, before cackling darkly and disappearing.
"No!" Sabrina yelled, but Vypra was long gone "Damn it!" she cried, looking around as the building started to fall apart around her. The flames had travelled further up the oil spills and Carter was trying to get the little boy and his mother who were still in the building to safety.
"The ceiling is coming down!" Carter exclaimed, looking up at the foundation as it cracked and creaked under the pressure of the flames. "People are in trouble! They need my help!" and he started forward.
Sabrina glanced over her shoulder "Carter!" she yelled at him, as she rushed through the flames and held her hands out to absorb the heat and energy "You have to help me!" she said, pointing to the other fire "Put it out! I got this one!" seeing as her energy was at fullest capacity she reached for her Rescue Blaster and aimed it at the flames.
"No!" Carter told her and continued on his way to the fires
"Carter, listen to Sabrina" Captain Mitchell stated, over the coms-link "Put out the Fire first!"
"Negative sir," Carter responded turning to the flames, as Sabrina doused the fire she was working on in white foam "there is no time! I have to get these people out of here, before it's too late!" the ceiling was starting to crumble away more and more now "I gotta help them!" he stated
"Just do it!" Captain Mitchell commanded over the coms-link
Carter sighed "Fine!" he grumbled and turned his blaster on the second fire; foam shot out of it and the flames started to disappear. Sabrina finished off her own fire and helped him put out the rest of his flames. With the flames gone, the ceiling started to crumble once more; finally it caved and came crashing down onto two innocent bystanders. Carter whirled around and started forward shouting for the mother and son to get out of the way. Seconds later the last of the ceiling hit the ground and the mother got shakily to her feet, but the little boy was unmoving "No!" Carter cried "What have I done?"
Sabrina stood behind Carter watching the scene, she hadnt meant for the child to get hurt but if they hadn't put the fire out first; then nothing good would have come for anything. In a blur of Pink and Green Dana and Joel sped past her as Chad and Kelsey followed. The Yellow ranger skidded to a halt beside Sabrina as Chad stopped meters behind Carter.
"Don't worry ma'am," Joel said "Its gonna be alright" he then picked up the little boy in his arms and nodded at Dana "Lets go!"
"Its gonna be alright," Dana told the woman reassuringly
Angrily clenching his hands into fists, turned around and fled the vicinity ignoring the calls of Kelsey and Chad for him to wait. Sabrina sighed and shook her head; things were not starting out well.
xXx
Once back at the Aqua Base, Sabrina sat in the briefing room with Captain Mitchell; they were discussing her training exercise that morning and planning new ones. Although she had been on two ranger teams previous to the Lightspeed Rescue team she still had alot to learn. But she was willing to do so. Sabrina knew that her strengths were in her abilities and hand-to-hand combat seeing as that was what she was being trained it back at the Thunder and Wind Academies; they didnt test you on brute strength, accuracy and fitness but on how well you can protect yourself in a fight. She was sure she had passed the abilities part of the course this morning with flying colours. But she was more than surprised when Captain Mitchell had told her she had come in third place.
"...so, you're training will commence at 08:00 hours tomorrow morning, understand?" Captain Mitchell asked, getting to his feet opposite the Red ranger
Sabrina smiled and nodded as she also got to her feet "Understood sir," she nodded, and saluted her new Captain. Her hand had just dropped to her waist when the door opened them and a pissed off Carter stormed in.
"You told me to put out the fire!" Carter all but yelled, at Sabrina when he came face to face with her "You were wrong!"
"I wasn't wrong," Sabrina answered
If possible Carter's anger heightened "Of course you were!" he shouted "We should have gotten those people to safety first!"
"You did the right thing," Captain Mitchell interrupted
Sabrina nodded "Carter," she started, reaching out to touch his shoulder. He pulled back as if he had been burned, and Sabrina dropped her hand. "Look, Carter..."
"I dont want to know!" the Red Ranger seethed at her "The only reason you're here is to take over my job, as leader of this team!"
The red head's eyes widened as she shook her head and tried to reason with the red ranger that she didn't want to the Red Ranger position. It was hard enough being the Phoenix Ranger, let alone taking command of a full Ranger team.
"And now because I listened to you!" Carter continued "That little boy got hurt. What kind of priorities do you have? Where you leave a little boy get hurt?"
When neither Sabrina nor Captain Mitchell responded, Carter turned and stormed out the room in anger; Sabrina stood silent for a few moments before saluting her Captain and also leaving. When she agreed to stay behind at Lightspeed Rescue she didnt expect that she was going to get on the wrong side of the other rangers. Especially Carter's. He had to understand that she didnt want the red ranger's position, the Phoenix ranger was enough work as it was. Controlling the Phoenix and making sure that evil never got its hands on it, Knowing that you held the fate of the world in your hands and with simple thought you could destroy it, he needed to understand that being the Phoenix Ranger wasn't what it was cracked up to be, and even though her colour was a slightly brighter red it didnt mean she was the leader.
Flaming out from the Aqua Base, Sabrina looked around Mariner Bay; after hearing what Carter thought the reason for her being here was she found herself wanting to go back home. She missed her mom, her uncle, and her friends. She wanted to be somewhere where people didnt judge her on first appearances but on whom she was as a person. The people who knew her as the Phoenix, didnt accuse her of wanting something she really didnt want. Connor and Shane...even Hunter! They never accused her of wanting the Leader position of the team, they treated her like any other team mate and when the red ranger was in trouble Sabrina did step up to the role, but she always knew when to step down.
In order to be a leader, one had to know when to follow.
I honestly can't wait for Hunter to get here, she found herself thinking at least with Hunter around she'd have someone to talk to. Someone who would understand and be able to calm her down when she was feeling lost or upset. She could have gone to the rest of the Rangers but they had known Carter longer than they had known her, and despite already having a close friendship forming with Kelsey, Sabrina really wanted to talk to someone she knew a little better. Her mother and Uncle were out of the question because she knew they would only tell her to come home, but Hunter...well, yes he would probably say returning to Reefside was the best thing to do if she wasnt happy in Mariner Bay but at least if he showed up then, well, it would just like being back at home. With the minus of her mother and uncle that was it. But home was anywhere as long as Hunter was around.
Movement flashed behind her and Sabrina had barely enough time to catch the figure of Carter sprinting past her; pushing herself to her feet she followed after him but kept her distance as she didnt want another accusation that she was following him to try and undermine his position on the Ranger team. She kept her eyes on his back and frowned as he entered the garage from earlier where the little boy had gotten hurt, she skidded to a halt at the entrance and watched as he approached the same spot Vypra had stood in earlier that day. The red ranger pulled away at the debris that had fallen onto the canisters of flammable oil she had seen. That's why she had told him to put out the fires, she had seen the Canisters, he hadnt. If the flames got to them first the whole place would have exploded.
Stepping into the Garage, Sabrina approached Carter who looked up at the sound of her footsteps. He turned and their gaze connected but neither spoke a word. Sabrina's face was blank from emotions and anything that would have registered as hurt in Carter's eyes. If he wanted to act cold towards her then fine, she didnt care! If he believed that she wanted his job, she would just prove that she didnt, but if he didnt want to believe that she was here just to help then there was really nothing she could do to change his mind. Carter's gaze moved away from hers and onto something that was behind her, footsteps echoed in the silence and Sabrina glanced around to see Captain Mitchell had appeared seemingly from no where; she frowned but didnt comment.
"Sometimes," Captain Mitchell began "the obvious choice is the wrong choice"
Carter thought back on that morning "The training exercise," he spoke "you knew the Canisters could explode," he then turned to look at Sabrina "That's why you told me to put out the fire. You saw the Canisters"
Sabrina nodded "It isn't easy being a leader," she told him "I've seen friends try to take on the world; before they realize that...there is no 'I' in team. If you hadnt put out the fire, we all would have been hurt"
While Sabrina had spoken, Captain Mitchell had walked forward to stand near the canisters "You learn tough lessons, every single day" he stated
Carter nodded, turning his gaze away from Sabrina. Maybe he did owe her an apology. But before he could even utter a single word, the garage shook as an earthquake like tremor hit.
"Whoa," Sabrina yelped as she stumbled backwards into a pillar "That wasnt an Earthquake!"
Her morpher along with Carters beeped "Carter! Sabrina! We need you're help!" the others voices came over the link
"Im not sure im cut out to be a ranger," Carter stated, looking up at Sabrina "Maybe you'd prove to be a better leader"
The red head shook her head "I don't want your position!" she told him "Im happy with the one I have! It's been mine for the last two years, and I have followed under the command of Red rangers. And now...im ready to follow under the command of you." she smiled "But if you do need help, I'll be more than happy to supply it. But i'd never come into this team to undermine you. I trust you're judgement, Carter...the question is: Do you?"
And with those parting words she morphed and flamed out.
xXx
In the underground cavern the fight with the Batlings was stopping the other rangers from getting at Vypra and preventing her from driving a spike into the ground. Firing an energy blast at the rangers the woman walked forwards and took the hammer from another Batling who was holding the spike in an upright position in the ground. "No!" the rangers yelled "Don't do it!" but Vypra didnt heed their warnings and raised the hammer into the air; she brought it down swiftly intending to strike the spike, but meters from the hilt an energy blast hit the hammer from her hand as another hit the spike destroying it instantly.
With an angry growl, Vypra turned in the direction of the exit and entrance to see Sabrina and Carter standing there "We've had enough of your ground shaking games, Vypra!" Carter told her, holding his blaster had arms width "We're putting an end to this!"
"Red Rangers!" Vypra snarled at them and raised her sword, before running forward.
Sabrina flamed out in a flurry of flames taking Carter with her, when she reappeared she was behind the woman. Carter re-grouped with the other rangers as Sabrina unsheathed her Phoenix Blade "Looking for us?" she asked, causing Vypra to spin around, she smirked at the surprised look on the other woman's face "You seem surprised? Didn't you know I was talented when it came to fire?"
"I've waited a long time for this moment, Phoenix!" Vypra snarled, raising her sword and charging forward once more. Sabrina mimicked her actions and met her half way. There was a metallic clash as the two swords locked and the fight between Sabrina and Vypra continued.
"I know what you're up too, Vypra!" Sabrina seethed
"Come on Phoenix!"
Sabrina shook her head as she battled "Now is not the time!" she snapped, kicking up and planting a kick in Vypra's stomach. She flipped over and landed in a crouch in front of the other rangers. Vypra sliced downwards with her sword, but Sabrina blocked the attack with her own "You know what to do Carter," she said over her shoulder to the red ranger.
"Right!" Carter nodded and run through the Batlings fighting them off at every turn, sliding across the floor he grabbed one of the spikes and threw it into the air, before firing a blaster of energy at it as it exploded "Guys!" he said turning to the other Rangers "We have to destroy the spikes!"
"Right!" Chad nodded
Joel nodded also "I knew that!" he stated, running into the Batlings with the others to finish the task at hand. While the other rangers destroyed the spikes, Sabrina kept Vypra at bay. Throwing the spikes into one pile on the floor the five rangers fired their blasters at them, and seconds later Sabrina flamed in behind them.
"Destroy them!" Vypra yelled
With the Batlings in battle, Vypra took off for the exit. As usual Carter followed her and Sabrina groaned "Carter!" she called after him "Wait!" she moved to give chase by the Batlings blocked her path "Im so not in the mood right now!" she yelled at them, the Rangers re-grouped behind her as the Batlings continued to block their way out "Stay down!" she told the others, who fell back. Sabrina moved forward and twirled her arms around her before thrusting them out "Phoenix Fire Blast!" she yelled and a wave of flames washed over the Batlings destroying them instantly. Once their path was clear Sabrina sprinted ahead.
"What was that?" Joel questioned as he and the others gave case
Kelsey shook her head "I have no clue," she answered
The second they stepped outside the mouth of the cavern their gaze was directed skyward as a 30ft monster towered over them "Uh-oh!" Dana murmured. They re-grouped with Carter who called for the Rescue Zords.
"Phoenix!" Sabrina called, and seconds later her Phoenix Zord flew into view with the Rescue Zords. As the others took to their Zords, Sabrina flamed into her Zord and shot into the air, hiding amongst the clouds as she waited for an opportunity to blast this ungrateful demon back to wherever it was it had come from. At first the monster took a beating from the Lightspeed Megazord, before he disappeared into the ground, Sabrina chuckled as he reminded her of Dustin. Searching for the monster in the mass of brown ground, her sensors locked onto something at the Megazord's feet "Directly Beneath you!" she told the other rangers.
"Ladder Arms!" Chad commanded, and the extendable arms hit the ground as the Megazord was flipped over and effectively kick the monster in the face and threw him out of the ground.
"Lightspeed Megazord sabre," Carter commanded, and seconds later a sword was in the Megazord's hands; after the sword had appeared; Carter ended its miserable life with a slash downwards through an energy orbs of flames.
Sabrina frowned "You guys so ripped my powers!" she pouted, before a screech was heard as she shot down into the midst of the flames. Her Zord screeched at the flames but the energy was more than it needed. As if in approval and thanks for Sabrina's idea the Phoenix cooed and absorbed the rest of the explosion until the smoke disappeared and she pulled out again, spinning around madly in the air. The red head could hear Kelsey laugh from the Lightspeed Megazord, and the smile on Sabrina's face was one of pure joy. She was getting back to full energy again...slowly...but surely and steadily.
xXx
After the fight that day, the rest of the Ranger team had returned the Aqua base. Not really wanting to go back to her sleeping quarters and just lie on her bed for the remainder of the night Sabrina had taken off after sending her Zord back it its hanger. She had then flamed out before any of the rangers could register her even leaving. She knew that the only way to actually make friends was to talk to you're team-mates, but the Lightspeed Rescue team wasn't easy to get on with like the Ninja Rangers had been or the Dino Rangers for that matter. With them something just clicked; on the Ranger team, there was Dustin and Shane - the goofy and over-protective big brothers. There was Cam and Blake - the Computer genius and Motocross addict big brothers. There was Tori - the peace making older sister and then there was Hunter - there was so many thing she could say about Hunter. He was the brooding bad boy, the loner, the not easily trusted. But there was also something about him that intrigued Sabrina and that's why they seemed to click. Well, at first they didnt.
As she sat on the rocks over-looking the ocean, Sabrina sighed. This was all too familiar. She had sat on the beach the evening after she and Tori had become trapped in the Gold Dust Dimension; she remembered that day as clear as glass because it was the time she and Hunter shared their first proper kiss, after he had explained to her that even though she was afraid of her powers and what she could do to her friends at any weakened moment, she couldnt give up. Because they werent giving up on her. They had shared a real moment then...then after he had attempted to help her up, but only ended up landing on top of her after she had slipped in the sand...they had kissed.
Days after this, their friendship turned sour again. They were back to being enemies. Both one of them wouldn't say a decent word to each other and if they did the other would usually snap at brush them off in irritation. But things slowly returned to normal, and they started a new. The kiss still evident in their minds, but they knew that in order to beat Lothor fighting each other wasnt going to help. Then came the fatal day, when Lothor took control the Phoenix, helped it force its way through Sabrina's barriers and turn on the other rangers. She would have succeeded if Lothor hadn't stolen Sabrina's ranger powers and thrown the red head back, giving her enough time to break through the Phoenix's hold.
Hunter's words that day had been all Sabrina needed to re-gain control. Three little words, which seemed to make everything better, and gave Sabrina something worth living for. 'I Love You'. Yes, Hunter had stated that he loved Sabrina and after that she had come back. She told him that she loved him too and the Phoenix was repelled by the feeling of hope and love and was thrown back into oblivion. Locked away in a cage that Sabrina worked so hard to keep her inside. Lothor was gone, the Phoenix had been dealt with and life could at least return to normal.
The Sabrina had moved to Reefside, and a whole new adventure had begun. She had accompanied her uncle Tommy to the museum, with three other students: Connor McKnight, Ethan James and Kira Ford. Three seemingly young students who came from different worlds. She and Connor had instantly clicked from day one, but that was more to do with the fact that they the same common interest - Soccer. Connor was the Reefside All Star and Sabrina was the Blue Bay Dolphin Soccer Star. That and she had played for the Miami Lions three years in a row, something Connor found extremely impressive.
But again, the connections between her and the Dino Rangers were there; they were her family. Brothers and Sister. Kira the musician, Ethan the Computer Genius (but not as much as Cam) and Connor the soccer player. Although her connection with Connor was stronger than the other two, Sabrina still found it easy to get on with all three of them. Then Trent joined the team, at first he had come around as the Evil White Ranger and nearly put an end to her life by eliminating her in battle. But after finding a way to break the hold of evil the Gem had over him, he joined the team. But on a probation trial with her. She didn't trust him...and she had good enough reasons not too.
Not only had he tried to eliminate her, but he had also fossilized her uncle; the others may have been willing to forget what he had done, but she was finding it hard to forgive and forget. He kept many secrets from them, secrets that could have gotten them killed. But his world of secrets and lies had been revealed when his father transformed into the mutant dinosaur Mesogog right in front of the Rangers one afternoon at school. Trent was then put back under the microscope and prodded and poke at until he revealed why he had kept his father's secret. Despite not trusting him, Sabrina could understand.
Anton Mercer was the only family Trent had; despite not being his biological parent. But Trent was willing to do everything to save his father. Even though she had never told him, Sabrina knew she would have done the same thing. Her mother was the only parent she had, her father was in prison for kidnapping and attempted murder of her, and he was very well facing the death sentence. But that was beside the point, but Hayley had given her life away to make sure her daughter grew up in a world where she felt safe and secure. She had given away everything for her daughter and Sabrina knew exactly where Trent was coming from when he said he would have done anything for his father. Because she would have done the exact same thing for her mother.
While thinking back on her past team's, Sabrina came to the conclusion that if she wanted to get on with the Lightspeed team, it didnt have to be close knit friendships. Just enough were they could be civil towards one another, and then she had to establish some sort of connection with them. There had to be a form of common interest between her and the team. She just had to find it. So with a sigh, the red head stood and run a hand through her hair. It was time to head back, her head was still full of thoughts but she could have sat out here forever sorting through them; but she knew she had to return to the Aqua Base at some point.
Glancing around to make sure no one was around, the red head flamed. All she could see for a few moments was the wisps of fiery goodness that was her energy. She could feel the heat on her skin but it never burned her. She was one with the flames. As they died and she stepped out into the hallway of the Aqua base, she proceeded to walk down the hallway towards her room. The others were probably getting a bite to eat, but she wasnt relatively that hungry. If she did become hungry she would get something later. Right now, she just really wanted to be alone to clear more of her thoughts.
As she turned the corridor, she slammed into another person That's what you get for not paying attention she scolded herself before picking herself up from the floor and looking up to see who she had walked into. Carter. Great she sighed this is all I need right now. Even though they seemed to have been on civil terms to destroy the spikes back in the cavern there was still an icy bridge between her and the Red ranger. But the look on his face wasnt stony or lucid; it actually seemed apologetic.
"I owe you an apology," he told her "If you hadn't told me to put out the fire the whole Garage would have gone up in flames. I don't know if that would have hurt you much, but those innocent bystanders, they would have died and it would have been all my fault. So, I wanted to thank you for stopping me from making the biggest mistake of my life!"
Sabrina listened to him before speaking "Carter, you're choice to put others before you is admirable," she smiled "But you've got alot to learn. Just because I've been on two ranger teams previous to this one, doesn't mean I know everything. When I told you to put out the flames, I was thinking as a ranger I was using common sense. I too wanted those people safe, that's why I told you to put out the flames. A head injury has gotta be better than being blown apart, right?"
He chuckled slightly but nodded "I guess"
"So apology accepted," she stated "Oh and one more thing: Im not here to take over you're Ranger position. But you've gotta learn that in order to be leader, you have to know when to be a follower." she then stepped around him, and disappeared down the corridor.
Carter watched her go, thinking over her words. He smirked and nodded. She made a good point.
A/N: Another chapter update from your's truly. Thanks to Comet Warrior for the idea plot line to follow.
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Chapter was updated on 23rd August 2010 at 5:09AM