A/N: Thanks to all of the Reviewers. Without you, this story wouldn't be making its way to being my most reviewed story. Only a little further to go, before becoming number one (even if it is already in my mind)
Disclaimer: Never, ever will I own Power Rangers. Although I do own Nathalie and the Roman Rangers (except for the part of them being Roman Gods, I have the Roman's to thank for that, and the Greeks for their myths).
"Nobody is going to go, right?" Charley asked, biting on her fingernails. Her eyes sadly drifted around the room, looking at the other Rangers. Everyone looked worried in their own way. For some, like Charley, that involved biting their fingernails. Nathalie was nervously pacing back and forth, and Jet had fallen backwards and sat on the edge of the center table.
"I nominate Bryce to go!" Jet shouted, grabbing Bryce's hand and raising it up.
"Hey!" Bryce said, snapping his arm back down. "Why me?"
"Because you burnt me earlier! Oh, what is that saying?" Jet asked, as he snapped his fingers, trying to figure it out. He looked to the others for help.
"Payback is a dog?" Nathalie asked, scratching her head. "Forget it; we need to get back on topic you two."
"I think she meant the swear word," Kennedi whispered to Charley. Charley shrugged, turning back to the others.
"They obviously want us all eventually, so I say we all go to the least populated area, and try to draw them out. They can't refuse six Rangers, and that way we can each cover each other's backs," Bryce said.
"I agree," Nathalie said, as she took a seat in front of one of the computers. "It's getting late, so the Square should be rather empty by now. Most of the shops closed around six, because it's a Sunday."
"So, we go to the Square and try to draw them out. But, what happens if they don't bring Jack with them?" Kennedi asked, looking at the frozen picture of the terrified boy on the big screen.
"I think that is just a chance we're going to have to take," Nathalie said.
"I wish Phoebe was here, she would know what to do," Charley said, grabbing her seat around the center table.
"Why did she decide now was a good time to visit Mount Olympus?" Bryce asked, shaking his head.
"Look, we have to do this on our own," Nathalie said, as she stood up to look at each of the Rangers. "We can't always rely on her to do our dirty work. We can do this. Let's morph up," The Rangers all nodded and lined up, all except for Lew who lingered back.
"Olympian Force, Protectors of Earth!" the five Rangers, sans Lew shouted. They morphed and teleported away at the same time. Taking a deep breath in, Lew scrambled over to the computers.
"Let's see," he said, cracking his knuckles. "Caves, caves, caves–" Lew shut his eyes. He took a deep breath in, and then exhaled. "What do I spy?" taking one more breath in and exhaling he opened his eyes. "The south cliffs!" he stood up, and made his way towards the large open space in the room. "Olympian Force, Protectors of Earth!"
"Do you think this is going to work?" Charley asked, as the five teleported to the Square. The Square was what everyone called the historic downtown. The only road was a stone one, built a long time ago. Now-a-days, that road was only walked. The only way to get to this area was by foot. Most of the shops were old historic buildings, and they all lined up and looked like a square, thus the name. The sun had gone down, and the only light came from the dimly lit street lights.
"It's going to have to," Nathalie said, taking a deep breath in.
"Guys, where is Lew?" Kennedi asked, looking around for the Blue Rangers.
"I thought he was right behind me?" Jet said, spinning around a few times.
"You don't think he went to find the cave on his own, do you?" Charley asked the others. Their eyes widened under their helmets, worried for their fellow Rangers.
"I should have noticed how quiet he was," Nathalie said, hitting herself on the back of the head. Suddenly, she cried out as she felt a horrible pain in her shoulder.
"Nathalie!" Charley shouted. A red arrow stuck out of the Red Ranger suit. Nathalie quickly pulled it out, and put her left hand over her injured shoulder. The pain soon subsided, and her hand quit glowing.
"Well hello Olympians," Diana said, as she pulled at the string on her bow. She had her quiver slung over her shoulders, with more arrows inside of it. "I see you are missing a Ranger, we figured you were going to play tricks on us."
"Did you really think you could out trick us?" Phoebus asked, extending his hand out to his fellow Rangers. "Newsflash, we are you. We know your every move, how you think, and so much more." They were also one Ranger short. The Blue Ranger, Mercury, was not with them. Neither was Jack for that matter.
"Well, we're not really you. But, I think you get the point. We are your spiritual opposites," Vesta said, correcting the Green Roman Ranger. She grabbed her dagger and threw it towards Kennedi. "We enjoy fighting much more than you do." Diana smirked under her helmet, as each of her teammates ran forwards towards the Olympian Rangers.
Lew stumbled a little as he landed in the cave. Regaining his balance, he looked around the dark, damp cave. Only a small fire lit the room. A soft cry from behind Lew caused him to spin around. Mercury had Jack chained to the wall, but the Blue Roman Ranger was not sight. A hit to the head caused Lew to fall forward, and collapse to the ground.
Lew's eye's blinked as he finally came to a few minutes later. He was also now chained to the wall, similar to Jack. Lew had also lost his morph, and was only in his long sleeve blue shirt and jeans. He shivered as a cold gust blew through the cave.
"Ah, you're finally awake," Mercury said, as he squatted down in front of Lew. He looked the Olympian in the eyes, and cocked his head to the side.
"Let me go!" Lew shouted, struggling against the rusted chains. Mercury leaned towards Lew. He grabbed the Olympian's head with both of his hands. Lew moved his head back and forth, making it hard for Mercury to keep his grip.
"I'll make this quick and easy for you," Mercury said, as he got ready to snap Lew's head. Just as he started to twist Lew's head, he heard the soft sound of feet, thanks to his enhanced hearing. Jack had freed himself, and had a rock in his hand."What? How did you get out? You little brat, why I outta–"
"It was just a little trick I picked up back home," Jack said smiling, as he spun the tooth pick he used to pick the lock with around in his hand. With Mercury distracted Lew teleported out of his chains.
"Olympian Force, Protectors of Earth!" Lew shouted, re-morphing. He ran over to Mercury, and kicked the evil Ranger in the back. The kicked caused Mercury fall forward towards Jack. Quickly, he caught his balance and spun around. Mercury grabbed his hammer and swung at Lew. Mercury hit Lew, and pushed Lew back on the cave wall.
"What kind of villain are you?" Lew asked, as he shakily stood up. "You kidnap children, like that hasn't been done before. Couldn't you have been more original at least?"
Mercury growled, and ran towards Lew with his fist drawn. He swung at the Blue Olympian, but Lew ducked. The Roman Ranger's fist flew into the cave's wall, creating a large hole. Mercury spun around and lunged towards Lew. The two rolled to the ground, Lew on top. Lew stopped the two from rolling any farther, and threw his right fist at Mercury. He hit the Roman Ranger square in the face.
"Run Jack!" Lew shouted towards the boy, who was shaking in the corner. The little boy blinked too scared to think, but eventually nodded, and quickly stood up. He ran towards the entrance to the cave, stumbling along the way.
Mercury sprung up off his back, and he tossed Lew off to the side. The Olympian Ranger rolled over towards the fire. Luckily, Lew was able to stop himself a few feet before it. Lew sprung up and grabbed his hammer. He ran towards the Roman Ranger, who also had his hammer. The two's weapons collided, but Mercury quickly over powered Lew. Lew tiredly fell to the floor.
"Didn't I mention we are faster, stronger, and smart?" Mercury laughed, as he lifted Lew up by his head. The Olympian Ranger's feet dangled a few feet about the ground. He punched Lew in the stomach, and caused Lew to groan.
Tired and not having much more fight left in him, Lew teleported out to the entrance to the cave. Lew by far hated backing down from fights, but he knew he was quickly being over powered. Luckily for him, Jack had not made it very far down the beach in the dark. Lew quickly tracked the scared boy down.
"It's ok, I've got you," Lew said, as Jack collided with him. Jack sobbed and wrapped his arms around Lew.
"Thank you," Jack said, his voice muffled by Lew's Ranger suit. Lew demorphed, his energy levels too low to keep his morph.
"You're welcome," Lew said, as he teleported the two back to the warmth of Olympian Ops.
Nathalie ducked as another arrow flew towards her head. The arrow just missed her, and hit the tree behind her. She pulled the string back on her own bow, and the arrow hit Diana in the foot. Diana pulled it out, and reloaded it into her own bow and hit Nathalie in the arm. Diana ran towards Nathalie with cheetah speed, and pinned the Olympian Ranger to the ground.
Jet threw yet another large chunk of rubble at Mars. The cement missed Mars and instead hit Bryce, who fell to the ground. Bryce struggled to free himself, and turned around and broke the rock by softening it with his white glowing hands.
"I'm so sorry," Jet yelled, as he ran towards Bryce. He threw the little bit of rock that remained on Bryce off to the side.
"Can we just be even now," Bryce mumbled, as he rubbed his sore arm. He groaned as he stood up, but his feet gave out from underneath him. He was worn out and tired from fighting with Phoebus. Jet caught the Ranger before he could fall to the ground. "Thanks."
"No problem," Jet nodded. "Let's work together." Bryce nodded, and the two grabbed their different shaped swords. They ran towards their Roman opposite, as they watched their fellow Olympian's back.
Kennedi and Charley fought back to back, as they fought hand on hand with their opposites. Charley jumped up as Venus tried to sweep kick her feet. The Yellow Olympian kicked Venus in the side.
Kennedi ducked down as Vesta threw another punch. Kennedi strategically threw her punch towards Vesta's stomach. Vesta caught Kennedi's punch, and twisted her hand around. As her hand got twisted, her wrist snapped. Kennedi loudly cried out in pain, and carefully held her wrist. Vesta sweep kicked Kennedi, which caused Kennedi to lose her balance and fall onto Charley. The two Olympian Rangers fell to the ground. Venus grabbed her blaster and fired at Kennedi and Charley.
"Two for the price of one," Venus smiled, as Vesta took her spot next to Venus. She fingered her dagger in her hand.
"Let's see how they like this," Vesta laughed, as she threw her dagger.
Charley sat up, and quickly waved her hand around. A yellow shield protected the two from the hit. The dagger ricocheted off the shield and flew back at the Roman Rangers. A vine busted up through the stone pavement, and caught the dagger. The vine pulled itself back into the ground, and the dagger clattered to the stone flooring.
"I don't know how much more I can take," Kennedi cried, as she sniffed under her helmet. She cradled her injured wrist close to her chest. A loud beeping brought Kennedi away from her hand.
"What!" Vesta barked into her morpher.
"The Blue Ranger got away with the kid," Mercury's voice said, echoing out from Vesta's morpher. Vesta groaned and looked to the others. Diana, who was close by heard Mercury.
"Let's go," Diana said, putting her bow away. She grabbed her quiver that was hanging in a tree.
"Let me just finish him off first," Mars said, digging his sword further into Jet's neck. Jet cried out, as the sword finally cut through his Ranger suit.
"I said, let's go," Diana said, harsher. She pried Mars off Jet. "Let's let them suffer a little while longer. I don't want this to be an easy kill."
"But Hades said–" Venus started to say.
"I don't care what Hades said. I want a half way decent fight, before I kill the Red Ranger." Diana sneered, before teleporting all of the Roman Rangers away.
"Here you go," Lew said, handing Kennedi an ice pack for her wrist.
"Thanks," Kennedi muttered, nursing her injury. The other Rangers sat around the medical bay, and Jack had joined them too. He sat on one of the medical beds, in awe of being around the Rangers for the first time. Nathalie came over and lightly punched Lew in the shoulder.
"Never do that again, clear," Nathalie said, sternly. She looked Lew dead in the eyes. "We are a team, and we do things together as a team. And we are not going to lose a Ranger on my count."
"Please, don't be mad at Lew. He did it to save me, and if he wouldn't have been there, I would have been a goner for sure," Jack said, looking up to Nathalie. Nathalie sighed, and walked over to heal Kennedi's wrist.
"You know Lew, Jack isn't allowed to remember any of this," Charley said, as she walked through the door and took the seat next to Bryce. She handed the Green Ranger a bottle of water. "Protocol and all."
"What!" Jack yelled, as he ran over to Lew's side. "Please Lew, don't let them make me forget. I won't tell a soul!"
"Can't we break protocol, just this once," Lew pleaded. "It would be nice for someone to know."
"I'm sorry Lew," Kennedi said, as she stood up. Nathalie gently backed away, as Kennedi walked over to take Jack's hand. She waved her hand in front of Jacks face.
"Where am I?" Jack asked, looking around. "Who are you?"
"You fell and hit your head at the park. My friend Nathalie here knows first-aid, and she wanted to check you out." Lew explained, as he led Jack out of the room. "Come on let's take you home." Lew sighed, giving one last look at his fellow Rangers.