Mighty Morphin Power Ranger: Next Generation

Chapter Five

The six Rangers teleported back to Angel Grove, at a run down building no one used anymore. There was an awkward silence between them all as they walked to where they had first been teleported.

Once they finally got there, Josh broke the silence. "Look, this is going to be rough at first, especially since we really don't know each other. But we can work through it and become friends right?" he asked them.

Vega spoke up. "Dude, I'm already your friend, and I'm willing to be friends with everyone here." he said.

Bryn nodded. "You all seem pretty cool. I'd like to be friends." she added.

"Yeah." agreed Karina.

Maralynn shifted a little. "I don't know yet." she said before, walking away.

Tess just looked at them. "Definitely not. I don't do friends." she said, stalking off.

Vega rolled his eyes. "Yeah, she is going to be a crash course in trusting others." he said.

Josh sighed. He knew Vega was right, but the team needed to be united soon. "Let's get home guys." he said. He hoped into his truck, while Vega hopped into his car and headed off to Vega's house to explain Vega's scar.

Bryn and Karina stayed at the spot for a few more minutes. It was silent until Karina broke the silence. "Hey thanks. You really helped me when those Putties ambushed me earlier." she said.

"Anytime. You helped me after becoming Power Rangers, so we are even." Bryn said, smiling at Karina. "Also if you need help any other time, give he a holler." she said.

"I will." Karina said. Both girls then got into their cars, and drove off. Karina going to Angel Grove Elementary to get her brother.

Josh and Vega walked into Vega's house where Mrs. Kaine immediately threw herself on Vega. "Oh honey! Are you alright? What happened to your eye?" she asked worriedly.

"Nothing Mom. A metal pipe flew at me during the storm and my friend Josh tackled me so the pipe wouldn't go through my head." Vega lied.

Mrs. Kaine stepped back in shock, and looked at Josh. "Thank you young man. You saved my son's life." she said.

"No problem. Always happy to help out a friend." Josh said casually.

Mrs Kaine went back into the kitchen, leaving Josh and Vega in the living room. "So you think she fell for it?" Josh asked.

"Hopefully. If she found out, it wouldn't be good." Vega replied.

"Boys, I made Peanut Butter cookies, and Chocolate Chip cookies.!" Mrs. Kaine called from the kitchen.

"Hell yeah! Mom makes some damn good cookies!" Vega cried running into the kitchen. Josh, who couldn't pass up cookies, ran into the kitchen after Vega.

Maralynn walked into her house, and was immediately hugged by her father, Wayne Brooks, which she referred to as Papa Brooks. "Oh goodness Maralynn. I thought you had gotten hurt out there." he said

"No Papa Brooks. I'm fine. Some people helped me out of a jam." she said.

Papa Brooks smiled. "Alright. Go get washed up. Maria made dinner tonight. I have to go to work." he told her.

"Figures. All he leaves the house for is work." she thought to herself. But she smiled. "Alright Papa Brooks" she said, giving him a quick kiss.

Once he had left, Maralynn wandered into the dining room, where Maria, their maid, and cook had set up dinner. "Oh Miss Maralynn, how are you? Did you get caught in the storm?" asked Maria in an Italian accent. Maria had spent her entire childhood in Italy, whose family ran an amazing restaurant for years. Once her family had passed, Maria brought all the recipes with her.

"Yeah I did, but I had some people help me out." Maralynn said. Once Marai had gone into the kitchen, Maralynn pulled out her Power Morpher, and Power Watch. "I'm in over my head." she thought.

Karina walked into Angel Grove Elementary to have Il Sung run at her, sobbing. "Rina! I'm scared!" he yelled in the hallway, sobbing hysterically.

"Shh Il Sung. Relax. We're going home right now. Do you want to stop at Burger King? I know you love their Whoppers." she said in an effort to calm him down. Il Sung still continued to sob as he nodded his head.

Sighing, Karina led him into her car, and they headed to Burger King.

Bryn walked into her house, and saw her brother Jeremy doing push ups. "Hey Jeremy." she said as she walked into the living room.

Jeremy looked up. "Hey squirt. You OK? You looked kind of like you just got out of a good fight." he asked.

Bryn nodded. "Yeah I'm fine. No good fights for this girl." she said, lying. Her first fight as a Power Ranger had been one of the best fights she had ever been in.

"Good. Keep you're nose clean. The Military doesn't like scrappers." he told her.

Bryn sighed. "You know I don't want to be in the Military." she said

"I know. I'm just picking." Jeremy replied.

Bryn then went into her room, and collapsed on her bed. She had loved defending the world in her own way, and couldn't wait for more action.

Tess walked into her house, and stalked past her mother, who was standing there, glaring at Tess. "And where have you been young lady?" Brooke asked her daughter.

Tess rolled hr eyes. "Obviously I have been at school all day. Where do you think I have been?" Tess asked sarcastically.

"You watch your tone when you speak to me. I don't know what gives you the right to be arriving home 3 hours after school got let out because of the storm." Brooke yelled at Tess.

Tess wasn't going to take that. "Maybe I waited out the storm! Is that alright with you? Obviously not since you're too concerned about being a bitch to me rather than asking me if I'm OK." Tess yelled back.

"You get your ass to your room. You are grounded! I don't want to see you for the rest of the night!" Brooke yelled. Tess then stormed up the stairs, and into her room.

Once in her room, she slammed the door shut, and threw her bag on the floor. She then began to cry silently to herself, picking up a picture of her Dad. "Daddy, I miss you so much. I wish I could find you." she said.

Thrax looked through his telescope. "Ah, it is time to wreak some havoc among the Rangers." he said to himself happily. He then went to Earth, to find one of the Rangers.

Tess had fallen asleep holding the picture of her father. She stirred, and woke up, sensing something wasn't right. She looked to one side and saw that nothing was there. She then slowly turned around as nearly screamed.

Thrax stood next to her bed. "Hello little Yellow Ranger." he said evilly.

"What do you want?" Tess yelled, hoping her mother, or someone would hear her.

"Oh nothing. Just you." Thrax said wickedly.

Tess made a run from her bed, but Thrax tripped her with his Z Staff. He then grabbed her by the arm. "You my dear are coming with me." he said, as they teleported out of Tess's room.

Karina was deeply engulfed in the novel she was reading that she didn't notice Il Sung walk into the living room. She did however hear his sniffling. She looked up from her book. "Il Sung, what's the matter?" she asked.

"Rina, I'm scared. I saw 3 monsters on the TV today." he said.

Karina knew what he had saw. "And what happened to these monsters?" she asked.

"Six multi-colored people made them run away." Il Sung said.

"So don't worry. Those Monsters won't comeback." Karina assured him, trying to assure herself too.

"But the six people aren't here, and I'm scared!" Il Sung wailed, beginning to cry again.

Karina put Il Sung on the couch, and put in his favorite movie; Aladdin. She then wnet into the kitchen, and dialed Bryn's number.

After a few rings, Bryn picked up. "Hello?" she asked.

"Hey it's Karina. Listen I hate to bother you so late, but could you do me a favor?" Karina asked, her voice starting to break.

"Sure. What's wrong? Why do you sound like you're about ready to cry?" Bryn asked.

Karina tried to calm herself. "I'll fill you in when you get here." she said.

"Alright. I'm teleporting now." Bryn said.

Thrax and Tess arrived in Angle Grove Park, and Thrax threw Tess to the ground. Tess groaned, and glared at Thrax. "What the hell do you want me for?" she asked angrily.

Thrax laughed. "You were the last one to become a Power ranger. You have difficulty trying to be a loner, rather than a team player. I find that amusing. Why do you choose this that?" he asked.

"Because it's who I am." she said firmly.

"Believe what you want. Just know that it will be your downfall." Thrax yelled.

Tired of being bored, Vega had walked through the Park to go get some white hair dye for his idea. Since he was now the White Ranger, he was going to put white streaks in his hair.

He was about halfway home when he heard a scream. Looking over, he saw Thrax, and Tess. Thrax was holding his Z Staff over Tess, ready to strike down.

"It's Morphin Time! WHITE RANGER POWER!" Vega yelled. He then transformed into the White Ranger, pulled out Saba, and ran towards Thrax.

Bryn teleported outside of Karina's house, and knocked on the door. Karina opened it and let Bryn inside.

"Nice house." Bryn said.

"Thanks." Karina said

"So what's going on?" Bryn asked.

Karina took a deep breath. "My brother saw Thrax, Goldar, and Bones fighting us. He got scared silly from the storm, and them, and won't stop crying. He wants the six multi-colored people, aka us to protect him, which we do, but he wants to see them. I've considered going upstairs and morphing, but if I did, he would catch on. Between him, trying to keep my grades up, keeping the house together, paying the bills, dance, and now being a Power Ranger, I'm about to freak out. I can't do this!" Karina finally finished, sliding her back down the wall, tears streaming from her eyes.

Bryn sat down next to her, and put her arm around her. "Don't worry. You have friends now who will help you. I've got no problem lending a hand if needed, and I'm sure Josh, Vega, maybe even Maralynn wouldn't mind. You just have to ask." Bryn assured her.

"I know. I just don't want to feel needy when it comes to help." Karina admitted.

"Nah. We all need help. I'll need it one day. So will the others. We need to rely on each other." Bryn told her.

"Really?" Karina asked.

"Really. Talk to the others tomorrow. Ask them for help." Bryn said.

Thrax had just began to strike Tess with his staff when Vega blocked it with Saba. Thrax looked up and gasped. "White Ranger!" he yelled.

"That's me." Vega said. He then proceeded to do a side snap kick on Thrax, sending him into a tree. Thrax then tried to strike Vega, but Vega kicked the staff away, and then struck Thrax in the mid section with Saba's blade.

Thrax stumbled back. "Damn you White Ranger!" he yelled. He then looked at Tess. "Yellow Ranger. I know what you long for. I can help you find him." he said before disappearing.

Vega powered down, and turned to Tess. "Are you alright?" he asked her, reach out his hand to help her up.

Tess smacked his hand away. "Yeah, I'm fine." she said bitterly, getting up.

Vega looked at her. "You sure?" he asked in a concerned tone.

"Yeah, I said I'm fine! What part of that didn't you get?" she snapped.

"Look, I don't understand why you are acting like a freaking little brat. We have a world to defend and we need to be one as a team. You happen to be pulling us down." Vega stated angrily.

"Whatever." Tess replied walking away. Vega just sighed, and walked back to his house.

Once getting home, Tess snuck into her room. Something bothered her about this night. Could Thrax really help her find her father?

Hello. Sorry for the wait. I've been pretty busy. So Thrax has placed the possibility of finding Tess's father in her head, and Bryn has convinced Karina to ask the others for help with her duties.

Next on MMPR:NG, Thrax sends down Knasty Knight to take on the Rangers. Will they defeat him? Or will they require a bigger help?

Find out next time on MMPR:NG