The Phoenix Series
Lightspeed Rescue: The Phoenix Prophecy
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Author's Note: Argh! I cannot believe it has been 2 months since the last update of our fire-loving Phoenix. I am terribly sorry for the wait. Really, but several events have gotten in the way. As most of you know my Abby Series took priority, that and I College just got too much for me to handle. Although I did manage to pass my course and get my diploma...University here I come. Yay. Anyway, I hope you can forgive me for the late updates. And I hope this chapter makes up for it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OCs and anything unrecognizable is copyrighted and belongs to myself and Comet Warrior.
Enjoy.
Trakeena's Revenge
Part 1
The smoke continued to increase within the complex as the rangers and other fire service men made sure to rush out those who were trapped inside. Flames burned their way throughout the building, as Sabrina and the rangers treaded lightly in search of people who were trapped or rendered unconscious by the smoke. Using her power over Fire, Sabrina was able to decrease the spread of the flames and protect the rangers and innocents from more than one backdraft.
"Hello," Carter yelled, as Sabrina followed him through more rooms, whilst the rest of their team-mates made sure that those who they had already found were out safe.
Ducking into one of the burning room's Sabrina looked around "Is anyone in here?" she called out, she waited, before turning to the sound of a miniature cry for help in one of the closets of the room she was in "Hello?" she called, venturing closer and kicking open the door. Inside pressed against the corner of the closet, clutching a small action figure was a sandy-blonde haired boy.
"Please help me..." he whimpered
"Come here," Sabrina said, holding out her hands for him. The boy ambled out of the closet and into her arms. As she scooped him up, Sabrina noticed that he looked no older than 6, and he was shaking in fear "It's Ok, I'm going to get you out of here" she swore "Hold on." she added, as she swung him up onto her hip and hurried from the room, meeting up with Carter who had also found another victim inside. "Let's get out of here!" she shouted over the flames
Carter nodded and led the way down the burning hallway.
Once outside, the Red ranger was relieved of the man he has saved as Sabrina carried the little boy towards the back of another ambulance, setting him down she ruffled his hair, nodded at a paramedic and returned to her team
"Whoa, that fire's intense" Carter said, as Sabrina rounded the front of the fire truck and came to a stop beside him and Chad "Did we get everyone?"
"Yeah," Chad nodded "They're all out"
"All right. That's good news at least" Carter agreed, lifting his morpher to his visor and hitting the communicator on the side of his helmet "Joel, where are you?"
"Just look over your shoulder," came the response of the Green ranger
Looking to the top of the apartment building, Sabrina shook her head as the Green zord flew into view.
"I see the hot spot," he added "Maneuvering to a better position" he confirmed, plunging down low over the crowd
Hitting the ground, the rangers sighed at their team-mate's antics and Carter reprimanded him for his reaction "Joel! What are you doing? You could have hurt someone!"
"Sorry guys, still get carried away sometimes" Joel apologized, and he dropped a payload of water bombs onto the burning building. There was an explosion of water which covered the building, and the flames disappeared bit-by-bit "I love water bombs!"
Pulling out, a mass of photos fluttered down to the ground as the citizens cheered as the fire was distinguished.
Stooping to pick up a flyer, Sabrina rolled her eyes and handed it back to her team-mates who shook their heads. "Now this I don't believe," Carter chuckled
"Joel, you are such a hot dog!" Sabrina laughed, looking up towards where the Green ranger was airborne
"Coming from you Sabrina," Joel responded, a smirk in his voice "I'll take that as a compliment"
Sabrina laughed.
Once back on the ground, Joel was instantly mobbed by the citizens who had either been trapped inside the building, or had come to try and help out.
"Why do you always have to be the center of attention?" Carter asked, nabbing a flying from inside the jeep and turning to his friend
"Well, I don't have to be," Joel answered, signing another flyer "It's just that I usually am"
Carter scoffed "Yeah" he nodded, exchanging looks with the rest of his friends
-Scene-
"So, people have just been disappearing?" Sabrina asked
Carter nodded "Seems that way," he agrees "Could be nothing, though" he pointed out
"Could be anything," Sabrina countered "It wouldn't be the first time that a villain has kidnapped human's for their own personal pleasure" she explained "I know Mesogog used the life force of his second in command to power up his laser, back last year"
Silence fell around them, as they continued to search for any signs that would indicate to where the people had been taken, or who had taken them. During her moment of silence, Sabrina realized that during an assignment she was usually paired with Carter as opposed to another team member "Don't you find it strange that we always seem to get paired up?" she asked, looking thoughtful
"No," Carter answered "I mean we do make a pretty good team" he pointed out
Sabrina nodded "Yeah, now..."
"What do you mean 'now'?" Carter asked
"Well, if I remember correctly, there was a time that you didn't like me at all" Sabrina responded "There was a time, when we were starting out that you actually believed I was after your leader position. I think your exacts words were 'The only reason I'm doing so bad, is because Sabrina is being trained as new team-leader!'" she recited
Carter scoffed, smiled and shook his head "Ok, I'll admit, I was a little skeptical at first..."
"At first?" Sabrina asked "You nearly took my head off when that little boy was attacked"
"I thought you were putting his life in danger, by not letting me get him out of there!" Carter defended "I didn't realize that there were canisters in the building"
Sabrina grinned and shook her head "That is where trust comes in," she told him "You just have to trust the Phoenix, at times like that"
"Trust the Phoenix?" Carter asked, astonished at the words coming out of her mouth "The same creature that nearly destroyed Mariner Bay and you?"
"Eh," Sabrina shrugged "When used in the right containment, the Phoenix is harmless. When exposed and abused like she was with the demons, she is a ruthless predator that will destroy everything and anything in her path" she explained
Carter nodded "So I saw..." he agreed
"And fought," Sabrina nodded "Not what you expected I bet?"
"Not entirely," the red ranger agreed
Sabrina grinned and opened her mouth to respond, but cut off as the sound of light sobs reached her senses "Oh dear," the red head paused, turning in her step and frowning as her gaze landed on a small girl around the age of 8. She was sitting alone on a small elevated wall outside an office complex
"Hey," Carter smiled as he approached the little girl, Sabrina in tow "It can't be all that bad. Maybe we can help" he suggested, taking a seat beside her, as Sabrina lowered herself onto the wall also "My name's Carter, this is Sabrina" he pointed at the red head "What's your name?"
"Heather," the little girl answered, wiping the tears from her face "You're Power Rangers?" she asked, spotting the morphers
Sabrina nodded "Yeah" she confirmed "What's with the tears, Heather?" she questioned, pulling a strand of hair from the young girls face
"My mommy," Heather answered "She was taken by a monster, and then it tried to get me in the elevator too so I ran away"
"Whoa, wait a minute" Carter stopped her "What monster?"
"It was big and ugly"
Sabrina quirked an eyebrow at the description, but what did she really expect from a child of Heather's age? Casting a look at Carter, Sabrina shrugged. It wasn't much to go on; but it was better than nothing.
Heather's face crumpled at their lack of response "You don't believe me either," she sighed "Nobody does"
Placing her hand on Heather's shoulder, Sabrina opened her mouth to correct the child and assure her than while they didn't have much to go one with her description, they were going to help her find her mommy. Looking up, Heather gasped and jumped off the wall before diving behind the red head "That's him!" she cried "He tried to get me for the monster"
Turning to look over her shoulder, Sabrina jumped to her feet and shielded Heather from the creepy guy who had just approached them. The first thing Sabrina noticed was that he was slim, wearing a plain grey suit, with thin-rimmed glasses...but that was not all that the red head noticed. She was also getting a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, it was different to the feeling she got when the Phoenix sensed evil or danger; this was more 'ew' than it was 'urgh', either way it was high up on the disgusting factor and it had caught the Phoenix's attention anyway.
"You forgot this," the man said, holding out a red playground ball and leering at Heather "Little kids have the wildest imaginations," he continued, moving closer "She would know..." he added, turning his attention to Sabrina "I've bet you've told some tall tales of your own, young lady"
Sabrina narrowed her eyes at the man, warning him if he came any closer there would be hell to pay.
"Why don't you allow me to take her off your hands," the man suggested "I can tell you're probably busy, you wouldn't want a young child slowing you down. I'll take her straight back to her father"
Heather's grip on Sabrina's wrist became tighter, as the red head glanced down at her only to witness a fearful expression cross her features "It's Ok," Sabrina responded "We can deal...right, Carter?" she asked, throwing him a meaningful look
"Yeah," Carter nodded "She's fine with us..." he waved the man off, who grudgingly turns and leaves.
"You don't believe me, do you?" Heather asked, looking up at the two of them as the man disappeared.
Kneeling down so that she was eye-level with Heather, Sabrina spoke "Actually, we do" she nodded
"You do?" Heather asked, excitedly
Carter nodded "Now we're going to check this guy out," he pointed at himself and Sabrina "We want you to stay right here" he passed her the toy ball, patted Sabrina's shoulder and the two turned and followed the guy who had disappeared down the street.
-Scene-
Two minutes into following the guy, a snapping sound caught Sabrina's attention as the movement of a familiar child clutching a red ball came into view.
"Uh, Carter..." she pointed at the kid
Carter sighed, as he hurried around the corner, grabbed Heather and pulled her back to where Sabrina was waiting "Heather!" he sighed "What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to help," Heather answered
"No, you can't," Carter responded "It's too dangerous!"
"He took my mom and I want to help find her!" Heather responded, determinedly
Carter sighed and cast a glance at Sabrina "Don't look at me," she shrugged "We can't take her home, and I don't really trust leaving her with someone she doesn't know. Besides, the more we try to leave her behind, the more she is going to follow us" she pointed out "I say let her come...I mean, it's not like we can't protect her if push comes to shove"
"Fine," Carter agreed "But you have to do what we say!" he added to Heather
"Whatever we say," Sabrina added "and when we say it. Okay?"
Heather smiled and nodded "Cool. Kind of like I'm a junior ranger?" she asked
"Yeah," Carter smiled
"Lightspeed Rescue!" Heather exclaimed, shooting up and saluting
Carter panicked, placed a hand over her mouth and pulled her back down "Shh!" he whispered
Peeking over the edge of the hedge, Sabrina motioned for them to keep moving. The guy was at the end of the park, and if they didn't go now, they would lose him "Come on," she whispered, motioning for them to follow her.
And so clutching Heather's hand, Carter followed his team-mate out into the park.
-Scene-
Having followed the creepy security guard to an abandoned alley, Sabrina turned a corner ahead of Carter and Heather before screeching to a halt as the man had seemingly mysteriously vanished from thin air "Huh..." the red head murmured in confusion "...where did he -" she cut off as the strange feeling from before exploded within her, and a horde of strange looking creatures dressed in creepy black cloaks, and wielding strange weapons sprung out in front of her. Falling back into a defensive position, as Carter pushed Heather behind him protectively.
While Carter hid Heather behind a tower of boxes; Sabrina sprung to action. Twisting through the air, she landed between the creepy creatures and blocked a downward slash from a sword, before planting a kick into the stomach of another creature. It had no effect on them. "What?" she cried, ducking under another attack and flipping over backwards as Carter joined the fight "Carter keep 'em busy!" she yelled, jumping into the air and landing in a crouch behind the creatures "Carter! Dive!" she shouted, as she jumped back into the air and fired several fire balls from her hand at the creatures. Not even Phoenix Fire affected them.
Landing, Sabrina and Carter were snatched at by the creeps, after being severely defeated. Still fighting for release, Heather's screams of terror rung around the abandoned Alley, as two more ghouls throw away the trash barrel in which Heather had been hiding behind "No!" Carter yelled, as Heather kicked and punched at the creatures that had hold of her.
"Let her go!" Sabrina hissed, struggling against her captives, as Heather continued to hit the ghouls on the head with her rubber ball; before another grabbed her around the waist causing her to scream.
All seemed lost, seeing as both Sabrina and Carter were being held down by more than two ghouls.
"That's enough!" shouted an unfamiliar voice, and seconds later two rangers jumped into view. One Blue. One Yellow.
Releasing the Red and Phoenix rangers, the ghouls abandoned Heather and surrounded the new comers. With the ghouls distracted by the Blue and Yellow rangers; who proceeded to knock the bad guys for a loop, while watching the rangers fight Sabrina frowned "Hang on..." she murmured, realization dawning on her slow mind "I've seen those uniforms before!"
Once the creeps had been dealt with, Sabrina met the two rangers in the middle of the alley "You're the Lost Galaxy rangers!" she exclaimed "No way..."
"Yeah, that's us" the Blue ranger nodded
"And it looks like we got here just in time," the Yellow nodded
Sabrina nodded "Yeah. Looks like you did..." she agreed "Carter -" she turned to her friend, but found him nowhere in sight "Carter?"
"Sabrina!" Carter called. While Sabrina had met the Galaxy rangers, he had gone to Heather who had -by the looks of things- fainted "We better get her back to the Aqua base"
Sabrina nodded, grabbed the red rubber ball and turned to the Galaxy rangers "Come on!" she said, motioning with her head, in the direction of the exit
-Scene-
"Nice to meet you Leo," Carter nodded, as he pulled up a chair in the mess hall. Opposite him sat the de-morphed Yellow Galaxy ranger Maya, as Kai the Blue ranger stood between her and Leo. "You couldn't have come at a better time"
Leo nodded "We knew you would need help with Trakeena," he confirmed
"But the question still stands," Sabrina spoke, "Why would she come to Earth?"
"She mutated into a green form," Leo answered, filling in the Lightspeed rangers on the backstory of his once enemy from Terra Venture, before explaining the final battle where he had destroyed her with a large blast blank shot from his battlizer "She is capturing these people to steal their life energy. She wants it, to restore her power. She wants to mutate again"
"So that is why she captured Heather's mom?" Joel asked
Leo nodded "Yes"
Swallowing Sabrina glanced sideways at Carter "You go check on Heather," she told him, touching his shoulder "I'm going to go check in with Hunter. I'm going to guess that we're going to be in the field for quite a while today; maybe he can get a call to my uncle Tommy. We may have a full uprising on our hands, and I know Uncle Tommy can contact all former and active rangers still out there"
"You sure?" Kelsey asked
"Pretty sure," Sabrina nodded "I mean my uncle's not a Ranger legend for nothing" she smiled, before disappearing out of the mess hall, and across base to the labs.
-Scene-
The door to Hunter's lab opened with a loud 'whoosh' and minutes later, Sabrina hurried inside "Hunter!" she called, spotting her boyfriend instantly, and pulling him away from the bikes in which he had been trusted to check "I'm going to take a while guess and say you know what's going on?"
"Yeah. Lost Galaxy rangers?" he asked "Seriously?"
"Not to mention Trakeena," Sabrina pointed out "That's why I'm here. I need your help"
"Sure, what is it?"
Sabrina sighed "I need you to get call to my uncle Tommy," she told him "If the worst does happen today, and I have a feeling it might, it's up to you to make sure that the word is spread to all former and active Ranger teams within the area. Make sure they know that they are needed here in Mariner Bay. Trakeena cannot be allowed to make it out into the world," she paused "and if she keeps on absorbing powers, well...I hate to think about what would happen"
"What about the court?" Hunter asked "Aren't they after the World? If Trakeena does mutate, Sabrina you're going to have three-sided conflict on your hands"
"And that's not going to end well," Sabrina murmured "Just promise me you'll make the call, it could be what saves our lives!"
Hunter grabbed her shoulders, as he stared down at her "Sabrina, I promise I'll make the call!" he swore "You -"
He was cut off as the communicator on Sabrina's wrist bleeped "Carter?" the red head questioned into the device
"Sabrina," the red ranger's voice responded "We've got trouble. We need to go!"
"I'm on my way!" Sabrina nodded, dropping her arm back to her side, she then turned back to Hunter "Make the call" she murmured, turning and heading for the door. Hunter's hand wrapped around her wrist, caused her to turn back "Hunter, I -"
She cut off as the blonde, pressed his lips against her and silenced her with a kiss "For luck," he told her as they parted "You be careful, Firecracker"
"I'm going to make sure I make it back," Sabrina responded "Just so I can make you pay for that comment"
Hunter chuckled, before releasing her hand and watching as she took off out the door, and into the mass of Rangers which passed.
-Scene-
"Does someone want to fill me in?" Sabrina asked, as she joined the other rangers
"We just got a signal," Leo answered "Just outside of town"
The red head nodded "Anything else?"
"Nothing more than you already know," Kelsey answered
Sabrina nodded and turned to Leo to say something, before Heather's voice echoed from down the hall
"Carter!" the 8-year-old was running full out towards the moving mass of Rangers; causing them to stop and turn back, as Carter knelt down in front of the 'junior ranger' "Carter! I want to go to!"
"No, Heather," Carter answered "Not this time"
Heather sighed "But you said I was a junior ranger," she protested
Sabrina chewed her lower lip that was true. Carter had made Heather a Junior Ranger. How could they very well have left her behind, after allowing her to come last time?
Leo placed his hand on Carter's shoulder and nodded, at the Lightspeed Red ranger; silently telling him to let Heather come with them. The other rangers nodded in agreement.
"Ok," Carter reluctantly agreed "Come on"
Heather smiled brightly, as she caught Carter's hand and walked alongside him down the hallway, and into the transport bay.
-Scene-
Out in the desert, both teams of rangers quickly locate the disturbance.
"A demon?" Sabrina questioned, spotting the weirdly disconfigured blue creature "Since when have the demons been helping Trakeena?"
The monster growled "Well, hello, rangers!"
"Where are they?" Carter demanded "The people you stole for Trakeena"
"Come with me and I'll show you," the creature retorted
Carter stepped forward, but Leo held him back "Careful," he warned "This looks like a trap"
"Why, of course it is," the monster admitted "Ghouls!"
A group of the freaky creatures from before appeared in front of the rangers. The rangers fell into the immediate teams.
"Ready guys?" Leo asked "Go Galactic!"
The Galaxy rangers morphed
"Lightspeed Rescue!"
Lightspeed followed suit.
But alas, the last fight against the ghouls was repeated. Not one of the attacks from any of the Lightspeed rangers managed to faze the ghouls, while Leo Kai and Maya managed to put down the ghouls in single fluid motions with their Quasar Sabers.
"Not even the Phoenix blade made a dent!" Sabrina complained, after the two teams had re-grouped
The creature -Triskull- stepped forward "Forget someone?" he asked
"My turn!" Carter commanded, stepping for "Battle Booster!" jumping forward he attacked, only to be thrown backwards as Triskull didn't even seem fazed by the initial attack.
"Carter!" Dana yelped, as she dropped to her knees beside the Red ranger
"A Power Ranger, can't stop the might Triskull," the monster rumbled
Leo, Kai and Maya jumped in front of their counterparts, and removed the Quasar Sabers "We'll just have to see about that, won't we!" Leo stated, running forward with his team-mates, only to meet the same end as Carter.
"Phoenix Blade!" Sabrina called, removing her sword from her waist and running forward. She didn't even make it within three steps of her target, before he fired green energy beams at her, and the other rangers. The beams hit, enveloping the teams in a thick black smoke, as flames from the explosion raised high into the air.
From the Humvee, Heather -who had been watching from the back seat- let out a piercing scream of "No!" as she watched the rangers get thrown through the air, and demorph upon impact with the ground.
Triskull laughed pitiful at the rangers' defeat, before turning and leaving the scene
TO BE CONTINUED
A/N: Mhmm...You be the judge on how this chapter turned out.
Part 2 will be out shortly. Promise.
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~*Kara*~
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Chapter updated 09/07/2011 at 12:05 AM