An Olympian Legacy

Chapter 3 Orange with Doubt

A/N – Sorry guys for the wait on this chapter. Some things came up and with winter break coming up, my teachers feel that it is ok to give out a lot of projects/homework. Yeah, some of them are really crazy. That's what I get for being in a private school. Anyways, just a heads up, I will be on Hiatus until January 20th, so sadly not many updates. I may try to update a few times, but no guarantees. Normally, I don't start a new story then all of a sudden go on Hiatus. Sorry about that.

ara74 – Sorry for the long wait. I am so glad to hear that you are enjoying the story. Here's a new chapter, I hope you'll love. Thanks so much for reviewing.

Disclamer – I don't own Power Rangers, but I own Nathalie and the other Olympian Rangers belong to their creators.

Special thanks to Michelle the Editor for Beta Reading – You truly are an amazing writer and Beta Reader. I can't wait to work with you some more in the future!

"It's time!" A deep voice roared through the underworld. All the Daemons and ghosts drifting through the shadowy depths paused. Up out of a rusty old box,rose a ghostly man in his forties. "We have waited long enough! Our chance to rule the world is here! This time the six chosen ones won't stand a chance!"

"Hey!" Charley shouted to Bryce and Jet, waving and running up to them. "Have you guys found anything yet?" They were currently standing in the middle of Olympia Heights, their California coastline hometown.

"Nope," Jet said in frustration, kicking a rock.

"How we even supposed to know who has spirit in them?" Bryce asked, as he stopped walking to face the others.

"Phoebe said we would know when we saw him," Natalie said, as she suddenly came up from behind them. A burst of wind blew her hair into her face.

"What?" Bryce exclaimed, looking over his shoulder. "Where'd you come from?"

"I used cheetah-level speed," Nathalie said casually, as they started walking again.

"How?" Charley asked, startled.

"I just mimicked a cheetah," Nathalie shrugged. They all walked on, looking out for anything suspicious.

"Anything?" Bryce asked, as Lew teleported in and Kennedi walked up to them.

"Nada," Lew said, and Kennedi just shook her head no.

"Oh no," Kennedi mumbled, glancing over her shoulder, "Here comes trouble."

"Hey!" Zack yelled, as he ran to catch up to them.

"What do you want now?" Nathalie asked, crossing her arms, "Didn't you humiliate me enough last time?"

"Not here for you, Little Red," Zack said, and turned to Jet. "Jet, I wanted to talk to you about something."

"So talk," Jet replied, folding his arms.

"Nah, come over here," Zack said, starting towards a nearby building. Jet looked after him for a moment. Then he shrugged and followed the other boy.

"What?" Jet asked, as he stopped by the wall. Zack was leaning against a dusty window.

"I just wanted to say that I'm sorry," he said. Jet was taken off guard.

"How do I know you really mean it?" He demanded.

"I don't. You seriously fell for that?" Zack laughed. "Come on, I knew you were an idiot, but really!"

Jet lunged towards him, but Zack ducked at the last second, and Jet's hand went through the window. The crash of glass got his friends' attention. They charged over as Jet yanked his arm back out and clutched it to his chest.

"What's the matter, Jet? Allergic to broken glass?" Zack taunted, beginning to back away.

"I can't believe I actually thought there was some good in you!" Kennedi shouted angrily.

"I'm sorry, but I don't see how you have any friends," Charley said. "You're just a bully."

"Someone needs to teach you a lesson!" Jet shouted, and lunged for the bully. Lew stopped him.

"I've got this one," he said, and swinging around, Lew punched Zack in the eye. "Don't ever hurt my friends again, or otherwise you'll have more than just a black eye."

No longer laughing, Zack walked away and sat down by the water fountain.

"Guys," Jet hissed, and the others went to his aid. His hand and wrist were gashed and bleeding.

"We need to get him to the doctor right away," Charley said, inspecting his arm. Just then, their morphers went off.

"I'll take Jet to the doctor," Kennedi said. "I'll get to you guys as fast as I can." Nodding, Nathalie and the other Rangers charged off.

"I'm so stupid," Jet hissed through his teeth.

"He tricked you, it wasn't your fault," Kennedi replied, helping him start towards the hospital.

"I don't need your help," Jet growled. "You go with them."

"No, I think I'll do a lot more good over here," Kennedi replied. Jet gave her a confused look. "Come on, we need to get you to the hospital."

As Jet and Kennedi hurried in the other direction, Zack got up off the side of the fountain.

"Your turn next, Welshie," he muttered, touching his swelling black eye. Then a sudden pain shot through his head, and he clutched it with a startled cry. Once the pain subsided, he released his head, and his eyes flashed a deep red. He smiled evilly at the departing Rangers, before turning around and walking away.

"You cannot use your powers whenever you feel like it," Phoebe said, walking in front of the line of Rangers. Jet was absent, at the hospital with his family. Phoebe's black boots clacked on the floor, and her white almost knee-length dress swished. Her red braid of hair swung down her back as she walked. "Using your powers can lead to civilians finding out that you are Rangers. Your job is to protect the civilians, not play superheroes."

"We thought that if by using our powers, we could find Hades's spirit faster," Kennedi replied.

"You may have been using them to find the spirit, but you were using them frivolously," Phoebe said sternly. "You're not always going to have these powers, so use them wisely while you can. Once you return the morphers, you're also returning the powers. Your Olympian spirits will always be with you, but not their powers."

She walked over to one of the tables, and came back with a large metal case. Opening it up, she revealed six different weapons to the Rangers. "Right now we're one Ranger short, but that doesn't mean we can't still work."

"You all need to be able to work with your Olympian weapon," Phoebe said as she walked behind each of the Rangers. They were in a wide training room, each practicing on a target dummy shaped like a Daemon.

Phoebe stopped behind the morphed Charley first, who held a small, yellowy blaster. Raising the weapon and closing one eye, she focused on the target. The bullet hit the bulls-eye in the dummy's chest dead center.

"Good job," Phoebe said as she moved onto Lew, who held a massive hammer. The Blue Ranger ran towards a dummy that stood twenty feet away. As he got closer, he swung back, then slammed the dummy right off its stand with a loud thwack.

"Very good," Phoebe said. "A bit of advice: the closer you get, the more power will come from your swing." Lew nodded, and Phoebe moved onto Kennedi.

Kennedi held a pair of dull orange twin daggers. Carefully running forward, she sliced through the dummy with one hand. Passing it, she turned and hurled the other dagger, which landed in the dummy's leg. Phoebe carefully pulled the dagger out and handed it to Kennedi.

"Slow down a bit," she commented.

"Sorry, I just want to make sure I'm ready," Kennedi said. "I don't have as much fighting experience as the others."

"Don't worry, you'll be fine. You aren't a chosen one because of your fighting skills. You're a chosen one because of your heart," Phoebe said, putting a hand on Kennedi's shoulder. "You'll do fine. I know you will." Phoebe advanced to Bryce, and Kennedi looked from the daggers to the practice dummy. Heaving a sigh, the Orange Ranger backed up and flipped the daggers.

"Heart, huh?" She muttered, and threw one dagger. It bounced off the Daemon dummy's shoulder and fell to the ground with a thunk. Coming forward, Kennedi took it up again. "Heart doesn't make the monster explode."

Bryce gave his long, curving sword a whirl, and leaped forward to start hacking at his practice dummy. Phoebe nodded approvingly, and looked to Nathalie. Three red arrows already stuck out of her practice dummy's body, and Nathalie was aiming a fourth. Just as she released the bowstring, an alarm began to sound.

Quickly, Phoebe ran over to one of the monitors, with the others right behind her. Upon the screen is a map of the city. Swiftly, Phoebe reaches forward and touches the monitor, and the image zooms in until it reveals a monster attacking Olympia Heights.

"Downtown's under attack," Phoebe said. The others nodded and backed up. Stepping forward, Nathalie took charge.

"Ready?" She asked, and they all nodded.

"Spirit Storm, Olympian form!" They all shouted together. While saying this, their arms first go up on the right side of their head. Then, their right arm extends forward and their left hand goes across their body. They finish with both of their hands together and their right hand pressing down on the face of their morpher.

"With the spirit of Artemis, Red Olympian Ranger!" Nathalie exclaimed. Jumping high up into the air she lands down into a thick forest. As her suit appears on her body, you can see the full moon even with her.

"With the spirit of Hermes, Blue Olympian Ranger!" Lew shouted, while posing. Jumping up, high into the clouds, Lew's body is replaced with the Blue Ranger suit.

"With the spirit of Aphrodite, Yellow Olympian Ranger!" Charley shouted. As her ranger suit materializes on her, she is standing on the top of the ocean at sunset, making the water yellow and pink.

"With the spirit of Apollo, Green Olympian Ranger!" Bryce yelled. Landing on top of a mountain, the sun is high in the air as his ranger suit appears on his body.

"With the spirit of Hestia, Orange Olympian Ranger!" Kennedi finished. Lastly Kennedi appears out in the middle of a wide open field. The wind causes her hair to blow, as her ranger suit appears on her body.

"Olympian Rangers unite!" They all said together, before teleporting into town.

"Stop right there, Daemon!" Charley yelled. Slowly, the Daemon turned around. The right side of her body was white, and the left black like her long, silky hair. Her black-and-white dress revealed her knees in the front and flowed down her back. A black-and-white sword was belted to her waist.

"I am Melinoe," She roared, "One of the goddesses that roam the underworld, sent to destroy you by Hades!" Drawing her sword, she aimed it at the Rangers. "Who shall be my first victim?"

"Spirit Hammer!" Lew shouted, as he pulled back his hammer. Running forward, he swung it, knocking Melinoe's sword aside. Teleporting himself above her, he struck down on her, and she fell to the ground.

Just as she stood up, Melinoe cried out in pain and looked down at her side. Sticking out of a rip in her dress was an orange dagger. She yanked it out, whirled on Kennedi and struck her in the side with her sword. Kennedi fell, and Melinoe pressed her sword against Kennedi's neck.

"You're a pathetic excuse for a Ranger," the Daemon growled. Just as the Daemon was about to strike, a laser hit her from the side, causing Melinoe to lose her balance. The smoke blew away to reveal Charley and her blaster.

Seeing Melinoe's distraction, Bryce drew his sword. Running forward from the other direction, he hit Melinoe in the back, just as Nathalie fired an arrow at the Daemon from the rear. Fed up, Melinoe grabbed her sword and threw it at Bryce. The Green Ranger braced himself for the hit, but it never came. Charley leaped in front of him, putting up a force field put up to protect them, and the sword bounced off.

Kennedi scrambled away, panting. "I can't do this," she gasped. Nobody could hear her over the sound of the fighting. Then, behind the explosions, she heard a cough.

"Help me," she heard faintly, and turned around to find the voice. She soon spotted a small girl, trapped beneath a piece of a fallen building. She was crying and coughing uncontrollably, covered in soot. Kennedi leapt up, forgetting all about her problems.

"Don't worry sweetie," Kennedi called, "I'm going to get you out of there!" Carefully, Kennedi tried to lift the piece of concrete, but it was too heavy. Looking around for an idea, Kennedi suddenly remembered her abilities, and crouched down on the ground. Putting her palm to the ground and closing her eyes, she focused all of her energy on her surroundings. All of a sudden, vines burst through the pavement and lifted the chunk of debris into the air. Springing up, Kennedi reached under and grabbed the little girl. She was coughing uncontrollably, and there were several burns scattered across her body.

"You're," The girl choked, "Hero." Looking around, Kennedi spotted a cluster of ambulances on the edges of the battlefield.

"Please, help me!" She shouted. A paramedic rushed over to Kennedi, and dropped down beside her.

"Looks like smoke inhalation," the paramedic said after a moment. Carefully, Kennedi handed the girl over to the paramedic.

"Thank you," The small girl coughed, as the paramedic took her away.

Kennedi ran back over to the others, just as they finished off Melinoe. The monster staggered back and exploded, and the Rangers struck a pose. But just as they thought it was over, Melinoe grew to the size of a skyscraper.

"Why can't anything ever be easy?" Lew whined as Melinoe towered above them.

"Call upon your Zords." Phoebe's voice came through Nathalie's morpher.

"Deer Zord!" Nathalie cried, leaping into the air. The Zords all emerge from behind one of the nearby mountains and the Crane and Hawk Zords emerge from the ocean. The Vulture Zord stays perched on the top of the mountain, though.

"Hawk Zord!" Lew yelled.

"Crane Zord!" Kennedi shouted.

"Raven Zord!" Bryce cried.

"Dove Zord!" Charley exclaimed, the last to enter her Zord.

"This is so cool!" Kennedi commented, as she looked around her Zord. There was one seat in the cockpit, and a steering control like those in airplanes.

"There's too many buttons," Charley exclaimed, as she looked at the controls.

"What do we do now?" Bryce asked, bewildered.

"Normally you would combine the Zords, but without the Vulture Zord, that isn't possible," Phoebe's voice said through the speakers.

"So what do we do now?" Lew asked.

"Work together," Phoebe replied simply.

"Incoming!" Charley shouted as her Dove Zord shot lasers at Melinoe. Swinging her sword, Melinoe knocked Charley's Zord to the ground.

Together, Nathalie and Lew came at Melinoe from the sides, causing her to spin around as their wings and horns slammed into her. Kennedi's Crane Zord swooped in and picked up Melinoe's sword as she dropped it.

All five of the Zords swooped in, and together they sent five multicolored blasts at Melinoe. Crying out in pain, Melinoe staggered back, lightning rippling across her body. Together, the bird Zords flew off into the sky and the Deer Zord ran under them, as Melinoe exploded behind them.

Hearing a soft knock at his hospital door room, Jet looked up to see Lew, Nathalie, Charley, Kennedi, and Bryce walk in.

"Hey guys," He said, sitting up. His hand and arm were bandaged up so tightly that he could barely wiggle his fingers.

"How ya feeling?" Kennedi asked, as she helped Jet sit up.

"I've been better," Jet replied.

"So, when are they letting you out of here?" Bryce asked, sitting on the end of the bed.

"Hopefully soon," Jet said, "I got six stitches, and they were a little worried about glass in the wounds. They want to keep me overnight for observation."

"We missed you yesterday in battle," Charley said.

"I saw it on TV. You guys were all over the news," Jet said, as he turns the TV on. Sure enough, clips of the fight from yesterday were still playing. Reaching over to the nightstand, Jet grabbed the newspaper, which also had a photo of the Rangers on the cover. "Look at this," he said, as he flipped the paper over.

On the other side of the paper, in the lower corner, was a brief story for a missing person. Lew took the paper.

"It's Zack," He said, handing the paper over to Nathalie.

"He disappeared right after we saw him last," Jet said.

"And not too long after that, the first Daemon showed up," Bryce said, standing up.

"You guys don't think that Hades took Zack as a host, do you?" Kennedi asked.

"Look at the facts—they all match up. We see him, he disappears, and then two hours later, a Daemon appears," Jet said.

"It's a possibility," Nathalie said thoughtfully, sitting in a chair.

Some fun facts on this chapter – the morphing call was inspired by Power Rangers Ninja Storm and the moves for the morphing call came from Power Rangers Dino Thunder, with a few tweaks.