A/N: Co-Written with Michelle the Editor. Thank you to all of my reviewers and your support, and check out my new OC story Global Corps, still looking for applicants.
Disclaimer: I own Nathalie and Operation Olympian Force, the creators own the other OCs and without them this story wouldn't be possible, and Michelle the Editor own her two teams, Stellar Corps and Monster Rangers.
As it turned out, the small humanoid Zords were much faster than normal, and they caught up to the Swan Zord as it left the atmosphere. The Swan Zord's cockpit wasn't very large, but there was a lot of space in the body of the creature. Nathalie and Jet both insisted on being up front, and the others stayed near the door. The Orange Ranger hit her communicator.
"Rex?" She asked. The Australian Red Ranger's voice came through the radio.
"They bolted. Are our new friends up to talking?"
"Yeah," Nathalie said, coming forward and leaning over the radio. The Orange Ranger made room for her. "Nathalie Ramos, Red Olympian Ranger, and this is my team."
"Rex Uluru, Stellar Corps Red, and did you say it was a burst of temporal energy, James?" The other Ranger asked. A new male voice cut in.
"Yeah. The date's June 16th, 2011, if it matters to you guys." The Olympian Rangers exchanged surprised looks, and Charley stifled a little squeak.
"Great, we get to do summer all over again!" Bryce exclaimed. Jet punched him in the arm.
"This is serious," Olympian Black snapped, as Bryce rubbed his arm, and turned to the communicator. "We're from about three months in the future."
"Fun, we'll work out the details on the Satellite Base," Rex replied. Lew looked up first, and whistled. Up in front of them hovered a massive, silvery space station shaped like two tops flat-side-together, supported by four cylindrical engines and spinning gently. A bay door slid open on its side, and all of the Zords flew inside, landing in a wide hangar.
The Olympian Rangers barely waited for the room to pressurize before charging out. They were quickly met by the other Stellar Corps Rangers, who demorphed. The Pink Ranger in particular looked excited by the newcomers' arrival.
"Rachel Karen Lee, Pink Mercury Ranger," she said, holding out her hand. Nathalie shook it, as did Charley.
"You're from the future? Are we going to win?" The Yellow Ranger, a long-haired young man, asked. Then he remembered his manners, and grinned. "Kaiden Hart, Sol Ranger."
"Couldn't say; honestly, we didn't know about you guys until you showed up," Bryce replied, with an apologetic shrug. Quietly, the other Green Ranger moved over to Charley.
"Are you okay?" He asked in a low voice.
"Yeah," Charley replied, "They just knew my name."
"When?" The dark blond's brow furrowed in confusion. Then he realized. "They didn't; their Red Ranger's name is Charlie." Charley made an o-face, and nodded, looking a little embarrassed. The Green Ranger grinned. "Don't worry about it; I'd have done the same thing if one of them was named Tony."
"Was it just me, or was there something about time travel we needed to worry about?" The Blue Ranger, the same James from before, cut in impatiently. This earned him glares from Rex, Kaiden and Rachel.
"There was," the Orange Ranger said, and started for the inner doors. She demorphed, revealing a ginger woman in her late twenties or early thirties. "This way." All of the Rangers followed, quickly finishing up their introductions. As it turned out, Stellar Orange's name was Elandra.
One short elevator ride later, the Rangers found themselves walking into a computer-filled room, with a panoramic view of the Earth spinning slowly below. Kennedi and Charley both let out little gasps, and Lew drank in the powerful technology humming around the walls.
"How did you get thrown back in time?" Elandra asked, dropping into a chair. Nathalie sat, and the others followed her lead. Briefly, Olympian Red explained about the fight with Chronos. About partway through, James spun his chair and began typing rapidly on one of the computers, brow furrowed in concentration. The noise was distracting, but Nathalie ignored it.
"Any ideas on how to find him, or get back to our time?" Nathalie asked, sitting back.
"Kronos Cube," James replied, not looking away from his screen. The Olympian Rangers were confused.
"It's a time-travel machine we used for Weeping Angel victims," Rex explained. That didn't help any, and Kaiden interrupted.
"Weeping Angels are monsters that look like angel statues. They came from another universe, and they eat energy, usually time energy they get by throwing people into the past before they were born. There's a guy named the Alchemist who's been planting them around the galaxy, but we just went and blew them all up, so now he's just stuck with the Monster Rangers—those were the guys you met before we got there."
"We need to take Chronos down first," Jet said, cracking his knuckles. Rex grinned.
"I think I'm going to like you guys. So, how do we kill Daemons?"
As Jet began to reply, the computers began pinging. Everyone jumped, and Elandra swiveled her chair around. Lew lunged forward to look over her shoulder.
"Well, speak of the devil," he said, and the rest of the Rangers gathered. It was crowded, but they managed. There stood Chronos, in the middle of a city block, tossing rubble at screaming civilians. Exchanging glances, the Olympian Rangers backed up, and raised their morphers.
"Olympian Force, Protectors of Earth!" They shouted. Nothing happened. They all looked down at their morphers in confusion. Quickly, James snatched the nearest one—Kennedi's—and began turning the watch over in his hands.
"Hey!" Jet shouted, and seizing James by the wrist, twisted his arm behind his back. Stellar Blue let out a yell of pain, dropping the morpher, and Rex caught Jet by the collar. His hand glowing red, he began trying to force Jet's hand off James's arm, but Jet didn't budge.
"Irresistible force, immovable object," James gasped, trying to pull away from Jet and failing.
"Jet, stop it!" Kennedi cried. The Black Ranger looked up at her. "These guys are trying to help—even if some of them are kind of rude." James growled.
"Jet," Nathalie said, glaring at him. Reluctantly, the Black Ranger let go, and yanked out of Rex's grip. Rubbing his arm and giving Jet a baleful look, James retrieved Kennedi's morpher.
"We can handle him until you're ready," Rex said to the Olympian Rangers.
"We are not going to just sit around and watch!" Jet retorted.
"Just because we can't morph doesn't mean we're useless," Nathalie added, folding her arms. "We still have our powers, plus we've fought Daemons before. We're coming."
Olympian Red was interrupted by a second, lower alarm. Elandra whirled on the computer, and sucked in a sharp breath. The Stellar Rangers had already recognized the sound, though, and were visibly annoyed.
"Of course," Rex said to the ceiling. He leaned over Elandra's shoulder. "The Monster Rangers are where, exactly?"
"KO-35," Elandra replied. James slapped his forehead. Rex straightened, and looked Nathalie in the eye.
"Okay, you've got your fight. Tony, Kaiden, go with them, Rachel with me, James—fix the morphers, and Elandra monitor everybody in case you're needed. Okay?" There were nods of assent, and the Rangers all split up.
"So Chronos is a Daemon, and Daemons are pretty much just monsters?" Tony, Stellar Green, asked Nathalie. The Stellar Corps Rangers had taken their other set of Zords, which were large and animal-shaped like Elandra's.
"Yeah, but most of them were actually humans at one time or another, changed into monsters," Nathalie replied, dropping down the green Wolf Zord's muzzle to the ground.
"That's—a little messed up," Kaiden said, leaping onto the Lion Zord's left forepaw.
"Yeah. But on the bright side, most of them were already dead, or were changed by a god as a punishment," Kennedi added, as Tony reached up to help her down.
"So it doesn't really matter, then?" Stellar Green asked. Kennedi half-shrugged.
"Speaking of the devil," Charley said, as she turned to the torn city square. Most of the civilians had evacuated by now, and only a few remained, hugging the wall as Chronos cornered them. Stellar Yellow ran to help them, drawing the few fires out of the ground and dissipating them.
"Some class you have!" Bryce catcalled. "Don't you know to pick on someone your own size?" The Green Olympian Ranger stretched his hands in front of him, sending a ball of light into Chronos' eyes and temporarily blinding him.
Kennedi crouched down and placed her hand onto the cement. Closing her eyes, Olympian Orange summoned a large group of vines, which shattered the pavement and wound around Chronos's waist. They flattened the Daemon back against the wall.
"Dude, don't even bother—these guys never pick on someone their own size," Kaiden called, yelling to be heard over the ripping of vines as Chronos pulled himself out.
"Didn't your parents ever teach you manners?" Chronos yelled, tearing the last of the vines off of his right wing. Pulling forward one more time, he broke free. The Daemon mumbled incoherent words, and then everything around him froze. Drawing his sword, Chronos ran over, slammed the Red Olympian Ranger against the wall, and set the blade at her throat.
Everything shot into fast forward, and Nathalie found herself flat against the brick wall with Chronos's hands around her throat, holding her up so her feet dangled in mid-air. Nathalie's breath came in short gasps, and she clawed at his hands.
Charley, who had been right next to Nathalie, looked around in bewilderment before spotting her. Responding quickly, Charley raised a hand, and a yellow force field extended out of the wall covering Nathalie, throwing Chronos back.
Jet ran forward, and using his extra strength, tried to push Chronos flat. The Daemon was too fast, and twisted Jet's arm around with an audible crack, and Jet yelled in pain. Chronos pushed Jet down into the cement, denting it. Still Olympian Black struggled to get up.
Both Green Rangers charged, Bryce front-flipping over the occupied Chronos and Tony slamming both feet into his head. Olympian Green reached forward and wrapped his lava hot hands around Chronos, both attacks giving Jet enough room to flip onto his back. Using all of his strength, he kicked Chronos in the gut, hard. Unknown to the Black Ranger, Bryce still had a grip on the Daemon, and both were thrown into the side of the brick building.
Chronos got up, untouched, and charged towards Charley and the two children she was helping. Tony scrambled over to Bryce, who had taken the worst of the blow and was unconscious. Ripping Charley away from the pair, Chronos lifted the Yellow Ranger up by her throat. His fingernails lengthened into claws and cut into Charley's throat. Struggling, Charley kicked at him and screamed.
Kaiden, who had been helping the last of the civilians escape, heard Charley's scream. His head snapped towards the Olympian Ranger. Quickly pushing the couple he was helping out of the way, Stellar Yellow ran towards Chronos.
"Solar Axe!" He yelled, and slammed the weapon into Chronos's back, between his wings. Releasing Charley, Chronos fell, flipping around to seize the axe by the haft and pulling Kaiden down. The two rolled around for a while, until Chronos managed to tear the axe away, and pinned Kaiden to the ground. The Yellow Ranger struggled against his grip, but just wasn't strong enough to push him off.
Coming to Kaiden's rescue, Kennedi summoned the roots from a nearby tree to pull Chronos off. Once the Yellow Ranger had scrambled away, the roots wove into a cage around the Daemon. Tony darted over and pulled his teammate up.
"I don't know how much more of this we can take," Kennedi cried, looking towards the other beaten and bruised Olympian Rangers. Nathalie had crawled her way over to Charley and set her hand over the Yellow Ranger's bloody neck, trying to heal it, but her own injuries interfered with her powers. Jet lay flat on his back, clutching his probably-broken arm and white in the face, and Bryce was still stunned.
"We need to get you guys out of here," Tony said, running over to the two female Rangers. "Elandra can heal you."
"But what about Chronos?" Kaiden asked, looking towards the cage that held Chronos captive. To his shock, Chronos was gone. "What! Oh, that's just great."
"He must have teleported away," Kennedi said, leaning against a tree for support. Her face was very pale, and her legs wobbled.
"Woah, gotcha," Tony said, catching the Orange Olympian as she collapsed. "Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah," Kennedi said, standing back up slowly. "I'm just tired." Kaiden threw Bryce over his shoulder in a fireman's hold, and went over to Jet. The Black Ranger muttered something and pushed himself up with a pained grunt.
"I can walk," he said, and started hobbling.
"Let's get you guys back," Tony said, picking up Charley and turning back towards the parked Zords.
"Come on Bryce," The frantic, Red Olympian Ranger begged, as she leaned down over top of the unconscious Green Ranger. Most of the Olympian Rangers were in the Satellite Base's sickbay, recovering. Her hands were on his forehead, trying to heal his head injuries. "Wake up please."
Elandra, who was busy healing Jet's arm with her Power Ring, saw the frantic Olympian. Sighing, she got up, and gently seized the foreign Red Ranger by the back collar.
"You're no used to him injured," Elandra said, prying Nathalie away from Bryce. "You could even be creating more damage." She set Nathalie down onto a vacant medical bed next to Charley, who had already been healed.
"But–" Nathalie was cut off by Elandra.
"No," She said, already placing her glowing orange hands on Nathalie's head. Nathalie pulled away.
"Help them first, please," Nathalie croaked, peering over towards her fallen teammates.
"If I heal you first, then you can help me with Bryce," Elandra said, placing one saffron hand on Nathalie's neck, and the other on her head. Nathalie finally sat still, clenching and unclenching her fingers. The Orange Ranger pulled away after a few seconds. "Better?"
"Thanks," Nathalie said with a nod, standing up and following Elandra over to Bryce. The Green Ranger stirred a little as they got to work.
"Elandra?" James called, wandering into sickbay with his laptop tucked under one arm. He set it on a countertop and flipped it open. "You guys might want to see this."
"Busy now," she said, without turning around. Instead, Nathalie got up, letting go of Bryce, and walked over.
"Here's Kennedi's morpher," James said, handing the device to her. "You knew that your morphers are linked to the Morphing Grid from two different places?"
"Vaguely. Phoebe once mentioned something about it to me."
"Phoebe?" James asked, raising one eyebrow.
"She's our technical advisor and mentor."
"Well, anyway, the Irenic Morphers are powered by a very tiny stone that I found in the center of your Power Discs," he said, as Elandra joined them. "Thing is, since you've time-traveled, there are two versions of all of your powers going at once, and the Morphing Grid doesn't know how to handle that."
"So, that's why our morphers aren't working," Nathalie said, nodding as she connected the dots. "Complications?"
"What's this?" Elandra asked, sliding between the two and scanning the screen.
"The glitching is popping up as energy surges, and they're getting stronger. Calculating the duration of the spikes and the rate they're increasing, I got this fancy little chart," James said, pointing at it. "We've got about forty-eight hours until both sets of your morphers burn out, here and wherever the past ones are being kept. In layman's terms, your powers will never have existed; you never become Rangers, and so on into one big bad alternate universe. Got all that?"
A/N: Also this is my fault because I forgot to mention if your ranger was accepted is there any way you could restrain from submitting them from another story, it makes things less complicated. If you have already submitted a character that is being used to another story that is fine, but just for future reference. After the story they are yours to do as you wish, and if you ever feel I miss use your character or whatever you have the right to withdraw them from the story, I just need some notice in advance. Thank you