The Phoenix Series
Lightspeed Rescue: The Phoenix Prophecy
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Author's Note: Again I am terribly sorry for the late update. Seeing as it is half-term I am trying to updates as many stories as I possibly can, but it is a slow progress because I have several other essays for College that are due in after half-term and I have an exam on the first tuesday back; so revision is due. So I hope you can accept my apologies for late updates.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Only my OCs and anything unrecognizable is split between myself and Comet Warrior.
Mighty Mega Battles
The day had started out as usual, the alarm was blaring rapidly throughout the Aqua base calling for the six rangers that occupied the home base; there was some demon attacking the city - then again, when wasnt there a big ugly creature attacking the city?- 17-year-old Sabrina Horizon was one of the six rangers running from her sleeping quarters through the hallways to the loading bay. Sliding into the formation between Chad and Carter, the red head morphed and the bay was lowered down as they took off for the co-ordinates that had been programmed into thier morphers. Upon reaching the the construction sight that creature had decided it would tear apart first the rangers towered over him from a crane's platform, and fired their blasters at the Batlings.
"That's what you think!" Carter spoke, as he glanced down at the creature, who seemed to take the form of a roman gladiator.
"Rangers!" the creature growled "Just as I expected!" he brandished his sword
"Rescue Blasters!" Carter nodded, and the six rangers opened fire on the monster. The beams hit, before they were reflected back at the rangers who groaned as they were thrown off the platform and onto the hard ground below.
Sabrina shook her head, as she rolled onto her stomach and looked up at the monster "What happened?" she asked, glancing around at Dana and Kelsey who lay beside her
"I don't know," Kelsey answered, inspecting her Rescue Blaster
Joel glanced up "Aw man!" he complained "Our blasters did even scratch him!"
"Yeah!" Chad agreed "I've never seen this kinda power before"
Sabrina frowned and turned in his direction "Excuse me?" she asked
"You don't count," the Blue ranger added. The red head shrugged
"Its time to take it up a notch!" Carter told the team, pushing himself to his feet. He flicked his wrist as his V-Lancer appeared "V-Lancer!"
The other rangers followed suit "Fire!"
Aiming into the sky, the rangers fired six brightly coloured lasers before bringing it down onto the creature. Once again the demon deflected the beam back at the Rangers and watched as they hit the ground. Their suits sparking. Rolling once more onto her stomach, Sabrina glanced up at Carter through her visor "Got any more bright ideas?" she asked, struggling to her feet. She really hated getting thrown around like a rag doll; after two teams, one would think she would know how to handle one insignificant demon! Especially when she had the Phoenix on her side.
"Is that the best you can do?" came a snide voice from above, causing the rangers to look up and see Olympius standing over them on the very platform they had once occupied "Pathetic!"
"These guys have pushed me too far!" Joel commented, slamming his fisted hand into the ground. Sabrina glanced his way as he pushed himself to his feet, swung his V-Lancer and fired several green lasers at the monster, whom deflected them with his shield. Despite the cries of the other rangers, Joel weaved his way through the crowd and lept out of the way of the blast from the monster that were sent his way; the Green ranger jumped into the air, flipped over the demon and landed behind him. "You may think your slick, partner!" he added, pointing at the demon "But I got your number!"
Sabrinas hook her head "Don't get cocky, Joel" she mumured, her eyes widening as Olympius stepped up behind the Green ranger "Joel!" she yelled "Behind you!"
"And i've got yours," the red demon growled
Glancing over his shoulder, Joel prepared himself as Olympius blasted energy beams his way. The Green ranger dodged the blast and rolled as Olympius's blasts hit his own monster, rendering him almost useless. Re-grouping with the other rangers; Joel spoke "Now guys!" he nodded, and the rangers prepared their V-Lancers for another Spectrum blast, and this time their attack took the monster off guard causing sparks to fly.
"It worked!" Carter grinned
Olympius growled and took up residence in front of his monster, "We'll be back, Rangers!" he snarled
"You keep that up and we'll have to make you an honoury ranger," Sabrina teased, before the two demons disappeared
"Good job guys," Carter congratulated the team
Joel, however, wasnt so certain on the demise of the demon "I don't think we've seen the last of them!" he commented
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Once the threat had been dealt with and the rangers had returned to the Aquabase, they had been instructed by Captain Mitchell to report to the de-briefing room to give him the low down on what had happened out in the field. It was for data record purposes mostly; which was why Sabrina found herself leaning on her arms on the polished table in the de-briefing room listening to the others tell Mitchell what had happened several moments ago out in the field "Then we tried the V-Lancers, and he deflected the blast straight back at us!"
"Yeah," Dana agreed "Nothing worked"
"If it hadnt been for Joel's fast thinking," Chad inputted "Who knows where we'd be now!"
Angela looked somewhat impressed as she rounded the table and came to a halt beside Joel, Sabrina watched them from the corner of her eye as Captain Mitchell spoke once more "Well, Infinitor will be back; we're gonna have to come up with something more" he added, in a undertone.
"When do the monsters ever know when to lie down, and quit?" Sabrina asked "What if we just throw a steady stream of power at Infinitor?" she asked, turning to Mitchell "I mean, come on, everything has a limit on how much energy it can take; maybe infinitor has a limit on how much it can return?"
Carter looked skeptical "So that it can absorb enough energy to render us useless?" he asked "Come on Sabrina, that's suicide!"
"Not if you tap into the Phoenix energy," the red head countered
"No!" the others respond instantly. Sabrina rolled her eyes in response, before turning to Angela and Joel who are conversing across the table as Mitchell and the other rangers converse behind her. The red head smirked as she watched Angela compliment the Green ranger on his fast thinking and bravery, and her smirk brightened more when she noticed Joel brighten like a christmas tree at her compliments. Big ego much? she thought, before turning as Captain Mitchell interrupted the moment between Joel and Angela once more.
"Ms. Fairweather?" the Captain called "What about Clark's new technology?"
Almost instantly Angela's eyes gleamed at the mention of 'Clark' "Clark!" she gushed "Yes! Clark would have some great ideas!"
"Who's Clark?" Joel asked, getting to his feet; although it wasnt difficult for the other rangers to pick up on the double tone in his voice
Angela turned back to him "A brilliant scientist," she grinned "He wrote the book on Energy Transformation!" she told the other rangers
"I think my mum tried getting me to read that once," Sabrina pointed out "Didnt understand a word of it! If I didnt know any better, I'd say she used some of his ideas in her own Megazord technology"
Ms. Fairweather shook her head "I highly doubt that Sabrina," she smiled "Your mother's a brainiac; she doesnt need outside help"
The red head smiled "Tell me about it,"
"Will he help us?" Mitchell asked
Angela grinned enthusastically "For me, he would do anything!" she pushed past the rangers "I'll call him right away!" and she left he de-briefing room as Jeol watched her go, a look of disbelief on his face. Sabrina smirked at his look, shook her head, her hair flailing wildly before she turned toe and followed Angela out of the room.
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"He's in way over his head!" Hunter chuckled, as he knelt beside Sabrina's fire bike giving it a complete look over, running check-ups and diagonstics that should have been run every few days just to make sure the bike was up to scratch. The last thing anyone needed was the bike to malfunction when Sabrina was out on it or in the middle of Battle; whatever came first. The person he was talking too was the owner of the bike he was running check's on "You should have seen him! He was like a lovesick puppy, you know kinda like Dustin was when he first met Marah...only, just a level high"
Sabrina shook her head "I think its sweet," she commented "I mean how many times do you actually meet someone who you take an interest too, and they don't know how much you like them?" she asked
Hunter frowned "You seriously want me to answer that?" he asked
"I mean, how many times did you actually fall over yourself to impress me?" she asked him "How many times did you feel that I didnt like you as more than a friend?"
"Well, there was that one time;" Hunter looked up "Totally Talented competition -"
The red head smirked "I remember, you thought Kyle was my boyfriend!" she chuckled
"Its not funny!" the blonde protested "You have no idea the kind of competition I would have had to put up with! You'd known Kyle just about your whole life, you'd known me a couple of months"
"Kyle was like a brother to me," Sabrina retorted "Ther was no way I would chose him over you!"
Glancing back, Hunter got to his feet and wiped his hands on the cloth that was on the table beside the bike "Well, I didnt know that" he responded, moving so that he was standing in front of her "all I knew was he was competition for your attention"
"So you admit you were jealous?" Sabrina asked, placing her arms around his neck as he rested on the table either side of her "The great Hunter Bradley was afraid of a little competition!" she smirked "Who would have th-" she was cut off as his lips crashed down on hers; as he kissed her. Sabrina smirked as she kissed back, but broke apart when the door to the lab opened with a whoosh; causing the couple to look up expectantly to see who had entered. But no one had...although someone had passed; someone who looked exactly like - "Joel?" Sabrina questioned, jumping off the table and hurrying towards the door, and infact there was the Green ranger hurrying down the corridor dressed in an overcoat, no cowboy hat and thick glasses that magnified his eyes.
Exchanging glances Sabrina and Hunter quickly hurried after the Green ranger, curious on what he was up too. Rounding the corner that lead off of one corridor and down another to Angela's lab, Sabrina and Hunter came face to face with an outragous scene. Angela and Clark staring wide-eyed in disbelief at a nerdy looking Joel. "Fellow scientsist," the Green ranger grinned "so how is our project coming along?" he asked
"Joel?" Angela questioned "What's going on?"
"I thought my scientific expertise might come in handy," Joel explained
Sabrina quirked a curious eyebrow "Scientific expertise?" she whispered to Hunter "This coming from the guy who can barely set the clock on the VCR in the boys room"
"...Science is my life!" Joel stated, snapping Sabrina's attention back to him
"Well..." Angela started, but Clark cut her off
"Sounds good!" the new scientist said, clapping Joel on the shoulder "We're actually about done, there's only one more test" and he led the green ranger away.
Taking Joel's distraction to her advantage, Sabrina slipped into the room with Hunter and approached Angela "What's going on?" she asked
"I was hoping you could tell me," Angela sighed, watching as Clark closed the door on Joel and returned to her side. "Clark, this is Sabrina and Hunter; you remember Hayley Horizon from school?" Clark nodded "Well, this is her daughter"
Sabrina smiled "Hi,"
"Pleasure to meet you," Clark smiled "Havent seen Hayley since high school, how is she?"
The red head chewed her lower lip "She's doing fine," she answered, when in all honestly she hadnt spoken to her mother for a good few weeks.
"Why don't we get out of here later?" Clark asked, directing his attention to Angela "Just to get out of here?"
"Oh, great idea" Angela agreed
Hunter, who had been watching Joel frowned and tapped Sabrina's shoulder "Jealous alert!" he mumured.
Sabrina frowned and turned in the Green ranger's direction "Uh-oh..." she mumured "This doesnt look good!"
"Just put those wires into standard configuration," Clark's voice drifted back, as he tapped the glass causing Joel to look up.
Angela moved forward also, curious and fearfully "Joel? Are you sure you can handle this?" she asked
"Yeah," Joel nodded "All done"
Sabrina and Hunter moved closer to the glass "All done?" the red head asked "that looks worse than when he started..."
"Okay, well plug in and lets see how it does," Clark encouraged him
Angela immediately protested "No! Wait -" she was cut off as Joel hit the ignition button and there was an explosion. Sabrina screamed in surprise, as Hunter pulled her into him and they hit the deck. Clark mimicking the blonde's actions and protecting Angela behind them, as if caught in a chain reaction the light instantly lost power and the whole of the Aquabase went dark. Looking up smoke filled the room in which Joel had been sitting "Joel!" Angela yelled, pulling away from Clark and hurrying towads the door. Sabrina following her. Pushing open the door a toasted looking Green ranger stumbled out "Are you okay?" Angela asked
"Yeah," Joel nodded "Must have been a faulty wire"
Angela looked unconvinced before turning away with Clark as Joel looked like broken-hearted puppy, Sabrina sighed and patted him on the shoulder "Want my advice, dude?" she asked "Stop trying so hard!"
"That's easy for you to say," Joel responded "You already have Hunter, its not like someone's gonna move in on him"
Sabrina glanced up at Hunter who was conversing with one of Angela's scientists "Well, if you continue going on this track, then your gonna push Angela further away!" she patted his shoulder and headed out of the lab. Hunter following her. "See Angela...bye Clark"
"Bye Sabrina," Angela waved as the red head disappeared
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Later that same day, after leaving Hunter in the lab to finish whatever it was he was working on; Sabrina finds herself alone and looking for something to do. She had just bid goodbye to Clark and Angela who were heading out for some lunch at the park, and she couldnt help but notice how close Angela and this Clark guy actually were, if she didnt know any better she'd have said they were actually a couple. Much to Joel's displeasure, and for once the red head couldnt help but feel slightly sorry for her friend. He had done every means possible to show Angela that he was interested in her, but she just wasnt the type of woman to just surrender herself to the next guy who came along; Angela handled herself with pride and dignity, although it was fun to watch Joel swoon all over her like a little lost puppy.
Speaking of Joel...Sabrina thought as she passed the mess hall, and ducked inside to see if she could find any of the other rangers where is he? And Chad the last time she had seen the blue ranger, he was taking the micky out of Joel in the boy's room, holding a picture of Angela up to his face and mimicking a high pitched voice to tease Joel about Clark and Angela's close relationship. The red head couldnt help but smile at the memory, although she felt guilty when it came to see Joel all upset over the whole situation. Rounding another corner, the red head came out onto the corridor which was parallel with the sleeping quarters, and much to her relief found Kelsey and Dana standing on the doors of their rooms chatting happily.
"Hey Sabrina," the two girls called, as the red head appraoched "Where've you been?"
"Oh you know," Sabrina responded "Here and there..."
Kelsey looked towards Dana "Are you okay?"
"You havent happened to see Joel and Chad, have you?" the Phoenix ranger asked
Dana shook her head "Not since this morning, why? Is everything okay?"
"Mhmm?" the red head asked "Oh yeah, just catching up. Making sure their staying out of trouble...you know, the usual"
The Yellow and Pink rangers nodded althought they could see that there was something deeper going on, beneath the surface. But before they could question the younger ranger further, the alarm sounded; alerting them to another attack on the city. "Wherever they are," Kelsey commented "I hope their not too busy!"
And the three of them took off at once.
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"Their at the park!" Carter told the girls, as they headed out in the Rover "Chad and Joel are near-by"
Dana frowned "Why are they at the park?" she asked
"I have a pretty good idea," Sabrina mumured It would seem Joel's dragged Chad out for his own personal reasons she shook her head that boy will never learn.
Carter, Sabrina, Kelsey and Dana made it to the park in record time; and were in the process of making sure Angela and Clark where okay when Carter spotted Joel and Chad, along with the new weapons. "Incredible" he breathed
"Their amazing," Dana nodded
"Sweet!" Sabrina agreed
"What are they?" Kelsey asked
Anglea smiled and looked up "Those are the Mega Battles!" she confirmed
Joel smirked as he admired the new body armour "They even got the colour right and everything," he commented, as the monster charged him from behind. Thankfully enough, Chad spotted the demon and fired a quick blast of frozen ice at it. Sabrina tensed beside Carter as her mind reeled back to the fight with Freezor a few weeks ago; and how he had nearly turned her into a Phoenix popsicle
"You okay?" Kelsey asked, touching the red head's shoulder
Sabrina nodded "Just remind me to tell Chad; if he ever points that thing my way; im gonna melt his karate trophies!"
"Duly noted," Kelsey nodded
"Now Joel," Chad stated "Now's your chance!"
Joel nodded and turned back to the monster as he slashed down with his new mega battle; after a few hits the monsters shield broke apart and fell to the ground in pieces; before the Green ranger aimed another well aimed hit at the demon and dropping him within seconds. Before their very eyes, the Infinitor demon exploded and the rangers were able to breath a sigh of relief...
...that was until the demon returned bigger than ever; towering over them like a skyscraper.
"Man, why do they always come back for more?" Sabrina asked, before shivering at how much she reminded herself of her uncle.
Joel turned to face the west and raised his morpher to his helmet "Rail rescues, on track!" he commanded. Within seconds of his request being made, the rail rescues and max solarzord were heading towards their respective rangers; who took to the cockpits and quickly formed the Megazord. Once formed, the Megazord extended its ladder arms in hopes of beating down the now giant infinitor so they could quickly deal with him and head back to base, but the demon had other ideas; latching his claw like hands onto the arms Inifinitor was able to unleash a catastrophic energy blast down the arms and into the main part of the Megazord causing insane damage.
Leaping into the air and attempting to knock the demon away from its counterpat; the Max Solarzord is quickly discarded as Infinitor catches it and flings it aside like a toddler who was bored of its toys.
"This isnt working!" Chad stated "We need the Lightspeed Megazord Sabre!" and flipping a switch on the control panel in front of him; the sabre materalized in the Megazords hands outside the cockpit; although the moment it appeared the skies darkened and the power within the megazord started to decrease as infinitor took this as a signal to attack.
"We're losing power!" Carter stated the obvious
The demon continued to attack; knocking the rangers back with every hit, before finally putting them down with one final blow. "You underestimated me!" he growled "Puny rangers..."
"Puny?" Sabrina exclaimed "Omega-Megazords! Online!" she commanded, before taking to the cockpit of the Omega-Megazord along with the others.
The demon turned in their direction "More tricks, I see" he growled, turning towards the new megazord which stood before him
"Omega missile," Carter commanded "Fire!"
The missiles shot forward, but the demon was able to deflect the attack.
"We've got to get rid of that shield!" Sabrina hissed
The other rangers nodded in agreement; as the demon's energy staff was used against them once more. With desperate yells the omega-megazord hit the ground and remained motionless.
"You are no match for Infinitor!" the demon chuckled darkly
"What are we gonna do?" Kelsey asked, looking to Carter for help
Joel nodded "Yeah, we've tried everything!"
"Hang tough guys," Carter instructed "I think we may have one last chance!"
Sabrina shook her head "It better work!" she commented "Im getting tired of being thrown around like a rag doll!"
Powering up his energy staff for one final strike, Infintor fired the offending weapon at the Rangers; "Roll now!" Carter ordered as the six of them twisted their controls to the left and rolled aside seconds before the energy blast hit. Rolling back to their feet, they flipped over the monster and quickly grabbed onto the Lightspeed Megazord Sabre, ignited it and swung it around as it collided with the demon; who exploded.
With Infinitor gone, the skies cleared and returned to their normal state as the rangers stood proud in their Megazord.
That was a close one Sabrina thought for a moment there; I though we were goners! Infinitor could have been the end of us glancing around at her friends, the red smiled and nodded, at least once again they had come out on top.
-Scene-
The day was over; well...almost over...the threat had been dealt with, Angela and Clark were safe and the rangers were celebrating their new Mega Battles as they headed down the hallway within the Aquabase towards the mess hall for some food and drink. "Our new Mega Battles are awesome!" Chad grinned, clapping Joel on the shoulder
"Almost as awesome as Clark," Kelsey responded
Suddenly Dana gasped, and pushed Kelsey and Sabrina towards the door of the mess hall "There he is!" she grinned, as the three girls laughed joyfully. Beyond the door of the mess hall, Clark had just leaned in to whisper something to Angela who was smiling broadly. Sabrina paused and glanced over her shoulder at Joel who looked heart broken, the red head offered him a small smile before following the other rangers into the mess.
"Hi Ms. Fairweather," Kelsey greeted
Angela looked up "Hi," she smiled
"Hi Clark," Sabrina waved, as she moved past with Kelsey and Dana, and headed to an empty table
"Hey guys," Clark waved back; as the girls disappared "Hello, Joel" he added to the Green ranger who towered over him "Have a seat!"
Joel shook his head "No, I just wanted to say thanks" he nodded "the Mega Battles really saved us out there!"
"It should really be I thanking you," Clark responded, getting to his feet "Besides, it was all really worth it; I got to spend time with Angela" he grinned down at Ms. Fairweather who returned the smile "I've gotta get going..." he turned, grabbed his briefcase, squeezed Angela's shoulder and left the mess.
Joel sighed as his shoulders dropped; before he approached a smiling Angela from behind "You really love him, don't you?" he asked her
"Yeah," Angela nodded "Couldnt live without him"
Twisting in her seat, Sabrina watched the scene unfold before her; it was truly heartbreaking to watch.
"Im really happy for you," Joel admitted "You deserve the best boyfriend in the world!"
Angela paused and turned around "Boyfriend?" she questioned "Clark is my brother..." she informed the Green ranger, as the others laughed at his expense "You didnt think, he and -"
"No, no, no," Joel stated over and over, as he backed up from the advancing scientist "I was just kidding! Anyone can see that's your brother"
Sabrina exchanged looks with the rest of the team.
"And I wanted to thank you too," Angela spoke, leaning in and kissing Joel's cheek "for watching out for him!" she smiled and walked away.
Joel seemed frozen in shock at her guesture of gratitude, lifting themselves from their seats the rest of the Ranger team crowded around their green ranger as Sabrina waved her hand in front of his face, before snapping her fingers and watching as his legs gave out from underneath him; as if they had turned to jelly. Catching him, Carter, Kelsey and Chad steady him on his feet as Dana and Sabrina exchange grins at his actions.
With a happy cry Joel replaces his hat on his head; almost as if someone had flipped a switch and the depressed Joel had shifted and the usual, happy-go-lucky, Joel had returned
A/N: Again sorry for the late update. I'll try and get the next out early, but I cant promise anything.
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
~*Kara*~
All OCs are copyrighted (c) and belong to me xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Anything unrecognizable is copyrighted (c) and split between myself xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx and Comet Warrior
Chapter updated 22/02/2011 at 01:55am