The Phoenix Series
Lightspeed Rescue: The Phoenix Prophecy
By xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Author's Note: I managed to update Abby and Sabrina in the same night. That's a record for me. But the reason behind this double update is because I am out all day tomorrow with my sister, and I know how much you have all waited for this update. I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing by my OCs and anything unrecognizable is copyrighted and belongs to myself and Comet Warrior.
Dedications: (Apologies for not including this last chapter) Following chapter goes to the following:Taeniaea, Gaia'schild, BeckyBoo12221, DJScales, Pinkrangerfan, GemYin, Red Neo Ranger and an anonymous reader who messaged me a link with the Ranger episodes.
I want to thank them for the website, but that is the site I also found. =)
"Ready...Set..." said Dana as she stood alongside the Rescue Humvee, a clipboard under her arm and a stopwatch in her hand. It was training day, Joel and Kelsey had been selected to complete the timed drill while Sabrina, Carter and Chad cheered them on from the ground. "...Go!"
Pushing off the Humvee both Joel and Kelsey sprinted through the open doors of the warehouse and scaled the side of the wall to the platform overhead. Being physically stronger than Kelsey, Joel made it to the top first and chuckled as the Yellow ranger was climbing over as he was strapping himself up for the descent back down.
"Come on Kelsey!" said Sabrina, a loose giggle escaping her lips as the carabineer clip of Joel's pack hit the mat underneath. The Green ranger sighed and turned to Kelsey.
The yellow ranger shrugged indifferently, locked herself up and started the descent down, leaving Joel to make his own way down without his clip. Unbuckling herself from the training equipment Kelsey left the warehouse -with Sabrina at her side-.
Still gasping for breath, Kelsey turned to Dana who was hugging the clipboard close to her chest "So, how did I do?" said Kelsey.
Dana didn't respond.
"Dana..." said Sabrina, nudging her friends shoulder.
"Huh?" said Dana, startled by the intrusion of her thoughts. She looked around and then down at the watch. "I forgot to stop the watch."
"That rope is faulty," Joel complained as he finally reached the Humvee.
Sabrina rolled her eyes at the Green ranger and turned her attention back to Dana "What's on your mind?"
"I was thinking about Ryan." Dana admitted.
Exchanging looks the team sighed, they two were worried about the seventh member of their squad, but Dana had more of a right to be worried about the Titanium ranger; he was after all her older brother, and she had lost him for 21 years only to get him back by the forces of evil.
"Come on," said Carter "Let's get back to the base."
Sabrina nodded in agreement and climbed into the back of the Humvee. Kelsey, Joel and Chad followed her as Dana and Carter took the front seats.
The ride back was a silent one and Sabrina couldn't help but cast a sympathetic look over Dana the whole way.
~*Sabrina*~
Once back at the Sabrina watched as the rest of the team broke off their different ways, leaving Dana to wander around alone consumed by her thoughts. Looping her arm through the blondes, Sabrina steered her towards her quarters "You look like you could use a friend," the red head smiled "Come on. We'll talk. I'm not promising it will make everything feel better, mostly because I don't have any siblings, but i'm all ears. So just vent your feelings and I'll be a good friend by nodding and totally agreeing with everything you say."
Dana smiled as she followed Sabrina into her quarters. "I just wish I knew where he was, and what it was he was doing."
"He's trying to save the world." Sabrina smiled "You know that."
"Couldn't he save it a little closer to home?"
Sabrina smirked "I asked that same question when my Uncle Tommy announced that he was moving away to do research, and when my Mom announced that she was going away to study in University. I just wanted them close to me."
"I thought you didn't know how I felt?"
"I don't," Sabrina answered "Being separated from a parent or uncle, is different to being separated from a sibling. I'm an only child so I don't have that problem."
The Blonde frowned "You're weird."
"Thanks very much."
Dana rolled her eyes "Just tell me one thing..."
"What?"
"Is it wrong to have wanted him to stay here for a while?" Dana questioned "I just found him after 21 years. Was it selfish of me to want him to stay?"
Sabrina looked thoughtful "I'm gonna go with...no..." she answered. "Dana, he's your brother, its okay to be selfish when it comes to family."
Dana smiled and nodded -more to herself than to anyone else- "I guess I just miss him."
"We all miss him," Sabrina replied "and that's okay. But he'll come home. Family always comes home."
The blonde looked up at her red-headed friend and opened her mouth to respond, however, she was cut off as the alarm blared throughout the entire base, alerting them to the presence of a monster within the city.
~*Sabrina*~
"Hold it right there!" said Carter, as he led the others into battle against the newest monster from Bansheera's arsenal. "Now, just what do you think you are doing?"
Sabrina looked down the line at the red ranger, offering him an unseen 'are-you-for-real' look beneath her helmet. Wasn't it obvious what he was doing? He was doing what every other monster before him had failed to do.
But the monster answered anyway. "You're about to find out!" He slammed his staff into the ground and a horde of Battling's surrounded him instantly. "Give it your best shot, Rangers!"
It was a challenge. One that the rangers couldn't back down too.
"V-Lancers," Carter commanded "Fire!"
Six laser beams hit their intended targets before confusion set in as the monster and battling's disappeared.
"That was too easy," said Sabrina, looking around.
"It was a direct hit," said Carter "I don't get it!"
"It must have been an illusion or something." Sabrina replied. "Question is now: Where did they go?"
The others shook their heads as they looked in every direction for any indication for where the monster may have been.
"Rangers," the monster -the Gatekeeper- called from overhead. The rangers turned. "I am here to deliver a personal invitation from Prince Olympius. 'Won't you join me?'"
He thrust his staff at the six of them and they disappeared in a blazing golden light.
~*Sabrina*~
When the light had disappeared the Rangers found themselves lying on wet sand in an unknown and barren place.
"What is this place?" said Kelsey.
"I don't know," Joel answered "But I don't like it."
"I have a bad feeling about this, guys." Carter admitted.
Sabrina nodded in agreement as she pushed herself carefully to her feet.
"Rangers!" called a familiar voice.
"Olympius," Chad exclaimed spotting the demon a few feet away with the Gatekeeper.
"Welcome to the monster Shadow World," said Olympius. "Get used to your surroundings Rangers, you are never going to leave this place, and I'll make sure of that."
The demon turned his back on the defenders of the city, placed a key into the gate behind him and turned it. The gate disappeared.
"The Portal to your world is gone, Rangers," said Olympius turning back to his enemy. "Prepare to spend the remainder of your existence here."
"Not if we can help it!" said Carter and he led the team into battle.
The fight was short. Olympius delivered a number of fatal attacks to the rangers, but despite every fiber within their being telling them to stay down and surrender they pushed onwards, determined to finish what had been started.
Rolling back to her feet, Sabrina pulled back her firing arm just as Kelsey and Dana rolled to a stop in front of her. The three barely made it back to full height when the Gatekeeper attacked causing the ground to explode beneath their feet. Diving to the side the three females on the team re-grouped with the others as Olympius laughed and confronted them on their failure.
"Don't worry," he taunted "You won't be lonely here. We've arranged for some old friends to keep you company."
He turned towards the deserted patch of desert to their right.
Swirling his staff around the Gatekeeper thrust it into the air as he chanted: "Spirits of monsters and ghouls of old arise from your slumber and do what you're told!"
There was a flash followed by several low growls.
"What's that noise?" said Kelsey, looking around for the source of the disturbance.
Sabrina spots it first and a scream escapes her lips as she points into the distance "It's not possible! They're back!"
"But we already destroyed them!" Joel complained, spotting the reason behind Sabrina's distress.
Spellbinder, Trifire and every other demon that had tried to destroy the city and failed was wandering aimlessly through the smoke screen towards the Rangers.
"Time for your revenge, my army." said the Gatekeeper, and he thrust his staff into the air once more as the monsters continued onwards.
"V-Lancers," Carter commanded "FIRE!"
The rangers followed his leadership and opened several blasts onto the already dead monsters. The beams hit and the monsters exploded - but the victory was short lived as seconds later they reappeared once more.
"No! They're back!" Carter exclaimed
"I don't believe it!" Kelsey breathed in disbelief.
"We can't destroy them!" Dana pointed out.
The Gatekeeper's laughter caused the Rangers to turn back to him "These are the spirits of the demons you have already destroyed, Rangers, in this world there is nothing more than you can do to them!"
"That can't be!" Sabrina cried, shaking her head. This was a horrible nightmare - and she was ready to wake up now.
Thrusting the staff into the air for the third time; the Gatekeeper ordered the dead demons to attack the Rangers.
"We have to destroy his staff," said Chad "That is how he is controlling them."
"Good call, Chad." Carter nodded "Let's do it! Thermal blasters. Booster mode."
The six leveled the staff with their blasters and opened fire. There was a clang as the metal staff broke in half and hit the ground completely destroyed.
"What are they doing?" said Olympius as the monsters started after him as well as the Rangers.
"Without my staff I have no control over them," the Gatekeeper explained "Their only purpose is to destroy whatever they see, including us!"
"You fool! Let's get out of here!"
Turning away from the destruction, Olympius re-conjured the gate and proceeded to open it, only to lose the key to Diabolico back in Skull Cavern and wants the key for himself.
"You're not going anywhere!" Diabolico snarled as the gate disappeared and the key landed in his hands. "There is only one key to this place and it appears I have it."
"Give me that key, Diabolico!" said Olympius
"Enjoy your new home in the Shadow World," Diabolico replied "You will be there forever!" and he disappeared.
Meanwhile, the rangers were having their own trouble dealing with the horde of dead-defeated demons that were still rampaging towards them.
"What do we do?" said Kelsey.
"Whatever it takes!" said Joel, springing to his feet and firing several rounds at the demons.
An explosion appears but the demons just seemed to walk straight through, unharmed. Sabrina swallowed as she shook her head - not because the demons were not dying, but because the screeching of the Phoenix was causing her indescribable pain.
The Phoenix was furious - but for the life of her, Sabrina couldn't figure out why.
"This is ridiculous!" Joel complained.
Kelsey touched Sabrina's shoulder as the red-head continued to struggle with her own inner demon. The visor of her uniform -the yellow ranger noticed- had flashed from black to golden, as did the accents on her uniform "Guys, Sabrina's not looking so good." the Yellow ranger informed the others.
"We have to re-group," Dana suggested looking around "maybe we should retreat to that cave."
"At least until we can come up with a plan." Carter agreed. "Kelsey, can you get Sabrina there?"
The Yellow ranger nodded and looping her arm around Sabrina's waist hauled the red head up and across the wasteland towards the break in the rock's formation. The two disappeared into the darkness followed by Chad, Joel, Dana and Carter. The latter causing a cave in with his V-Lancer to keep the demons out.
"Right here." said Kelsey, helping Sabrina to a nearby boulder.
The red head slumped forward and rested her head in her hands as the Phoenix continued to rant and rave madness inside her head. Phoenix. Please. Calm down!
Calm down! They are trying to kill me in order to stop me! After everything I could give them, this is how they repay me.
Sabrina's breathing hitched as the eyes of the Phoenix glinted evilly in the sheer golden light of surrounding flames. It was never a good sign when her eyes started to change because usually that led to a full Phoenix freak out with Sabrina.
Out of all the places to send us, they send us here! This is a nasty place, Sabrina, it is an evil place. I cannot die. But this place is worse than death. You must find a way out of here!
Did you just ask for my help?
The surprise of the Phoenix actually asking for the help of the protector was a new one to Sabrina, she knew that she helped the Phoenix each and every day by refueling it whenever there was an explosion, and protecting it from those who wanted to destroy it or using its powers for evil purposes, but not once in the last three years had the Phoenix personally asked Sabrina for her help in rescuing her from a place such as the place they were stranded in now.
I'll do everything I can to get us out of here, Phoenix. You have my word.
Sabrina didn't know what had caused to her agree, but the fact remained, the Phoenix was a part of her. And while she was actually dangerous and could destroy the entire world if she wanted too; Sabrina actually cared about the evil bird that resided within her. They were one of the same and both did everything to protect one another, even if sometimes -in the case of the Phoenix- evil had to ensue for the protection to be given.
"...we've got to get out of here!" Joel's voice cut through Sabrina's thoughts as the monsters attempted to break through the cave-in.
"And quick!" Carter agreed, before pointing in the direction of the left cavern "Let's try this way!"
Dana was quick to intercept them "Wait. I think I heard something."
"What is it?" Carter asked.
Glancing up Sabrina frowned at the sound of a distinctively old man "Rangers..." the voice was coming from a glowing ball of light at the end of the cavern behind Dana "...follow the light."
"The light..." Dana murmured starting forward.
"Wait," Carter stopped her. "It could be a trap."
"Ryan is trying to help you," the light responded. "Follow the light."
"Ryan?" Dana questioned, before turning back to her friends. "You guys, I think it's trying to help us. I say we trust it."
The wall keeping the monsters out started to crumble more and more as they broke through.
Sabrina shot to her feet "Look like we don't have a choice," she said.
"Come on!" Carter sighed, leading the way after the light.
Hearing the wall crumble away for good behind them, the rangers raced into another cavern to find the light hovering over a pool of green liquid.
"This is the way out," the Light announced.
"I don't know about this," said Carter hesitantly.
Sabrina started forward "We don't have much of a choice to deliberate, and right now I'll take anywhere as opposed to here."
"It's Ryan!" Dana defended. "I know it."
"Okay," Carter nodded, diving forward into the pool first. The others followed him.
~*Sabrina*~
At last. Home.
Sabrina felt the Phoenix return to a state of calmness as they reappeared back in to Mariner Bay, she was sprawled out on the patio of a courtyard downtown the rest of her team-mates around her - unfortunately, that wasn't all that they had brought back. Three demons from their past had also returned.
"As if fighting them once wasn't enough," Joel complained.
Sabrina shook her head "Been there, done that." she muttered remembering back to the time at the Abyss of Evil. This was just like that, except back then there were more monsters to fight.
"Rail rescues!" Carter ordered into his morpher "On track!"
After the call had been made the Super train Megazord stood tall only to take a beating second after being created. The fight was three against one - hardly fair.
"All right, full power!" Carter commanded after the second blow. Missiles and lasers shot out of the arms of the Megazord and showered two of the monsters in explosions, before they both exploded. Once again returning to the Shadow World.
However, there was still one monster to destroy before the team could relax and celebrate another victory.
"We're not finished yet," Dana stated turning in the monsters direction.
Carter nodded as he picked up his morpher "Rescue Zords!" he commanded, ejecting from the Super train Megazord. "Rescue Megazord! Lock on!"
Two Megazords stood proud as they faced off against the monster.
"I'm liking these odds." Sabrina grinned. "But I like them even more now - Lightspeed Solarzord!"
Ryan's Zord flew into view and combined with the Rescue Megazord. The monster showered the Lightspeed Solarzord with an explosion, only to have its own powers used against it. The explosion was monstrous and the Rangers watched as the dead demon de-materialized before their very eyes, returning to the Shadow World with its comrades.
"Yeah!" the rangers cheered as the sun rose in East. It was going to be a beautiful day - the rangers could tell.
~*Sabrina*~
The day had ended as the rangers expected it too. The monsters had been defeated, Olympius and the Gatekeeper were trapped in the Shadow world, the Phoenix had returned to its calm state. Dana was glad that her brother was still alive and Sabrina was more than happy that the demons were more focused on fight each other to become the top lapdog to Bansheera, they were even willing to sacrifice Olympius to the Shadow World. There was obviously a rift in command back at Skull Cavern.
Tossing her memento soccer ball into the air, Sabrina sighed contently as she caught it, rolled it over in her hands and threw it into the air once more. All the while her mind kept flashing back to certain points in her life where she would spend time with the person who had given her the soccer ball in the first place - her grandfather.
Each and every day for the last three years he had been on her mind, from the moment she and her mother had left Miami for Blue Bay Harbor, even more so when she moved to Reefside and was sent on a quest for the Phoenix blade. She remembered her grandfather had been the one to lead her towards it.
She frowned as her memory flashed to her grandfather's words when he was trapped in the hospital bed. "You have to be strong now, Sabrina. You must be brave. There is a long journey ahead of you, you must be prepared for it." at the time Sabrina had no clue what he meant, but was it possible that he was speaking of the life she lived now? Was it possible that he knew she was the Phoenix before he died? Had someone told him and he was just wishing her luck before he lost the chance to tell her anything else after that moment?
Even if he had known it was too late for her to ask him now. She couldn't contact the dead.
"Grandpa," Sabrina murmured, as she closed her eyes "I don't know if you can hear me, but if you can know that I love you. And while I would do absolutely anything to see you again, I'm just not ready to join you in the world beyond this one. One-day I will be ready...but today is not that day."
She finished as tears appeared in her eyes and she quietly brushed them away. Thinking of her grandfather always bought tears to her eyes.
Rolling over the red head tucked the ball close to her as she read the inscription on the side.
As a small ghostly whisper echoed in the silence: "I love you too, Firecracker!"
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Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx
Chapter updated on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 2:15am