A/N: Sorry guys this took so long, I've been really busy working on my homework and a new fic. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Tommy Oliver feels a presence

Mystic Mother was chuckling while Doctor Oliver was giving his science lesson about dinosaurs to the class.

Suddenly Tommy got pale. He noticed someone invisible in the classroom. Whoever it was, they felt… almost familiar.

His thoughts went to Trini when Cassidy, took him away from his thoughts.

"Doctor O, are you alright?" she said.

"Yes Cassidy I'm okay," he lied. "Right, open your book to page fifty so we can continue with the lesson."

He slumped into his sit as the children obeyed.

Who would make me feel like that? And why do I feel like the presence wants to talk to me?

He'd thought the same thing a few days ago when he was with Anton Mercer at his house…

The Black Ranger and Anton Mercer were discussing a new project which involved going to Angel Grove.

Abruptly, Tommy felt a hand touching his hair, his face and his hands.

A hand he had only felt one time since he became a Power Ranger. That belonged to Rita Repulsa, the being who introduced him to this world.

This is impossible! Rita is dead! She died when Zordon passed away! He convinced himself of those facts, but something inside him yelled "She's alive! She's alive!"…

Thinking about the presence, he didn't listen to the bell rang and, when he noticed, the classroom was empty.

He headed for the parking lot when, in the hallway, he met Principal Randall.

"Is everything okay Doctor Oliver?" she told him coolly.

"Yes I'm fine," he lied again and added "why are you asking, Principal Randall?"

"Because Mr. Mercer told me a story about you being shocked when you felt something invisible touching you the other day."

Actually, Mercer didn't tell her the story. She saw it through the screen in Mesogog's fortress.

"Yeah?"

"Yes, and you know that schizophrenia can manifest at any time in life, correct?"

Oh, wonderful. Just what I need. A mental hospital. "Actually, my grandmother said she could feel the hands of the dead, and, um…" Tommy felt a bead of sweat run down his neck.

"And?" Elsa asked, enjoying his pain.

"And… I need to go home because I'm totally exhausted," Tommy said triumphantly.

"Of course. Go ahead!" said Principal Randall with a look that could kill.

Tommy headed to the parking lot for his black jeep.

He arrived home. After dinner, he went straight to his bedroom to sleep a few hours so he would be able to calm down but it was useless. He was hearing in his mind a strange and familiar voice saying "Come to me, Thomas. You must obey!" over and over.

Rita. It was Rita, talking to him as she still commanded him... and he's sensed her in class.

"What did that witch do to me?" He whispered, shivering with fear.

He couldn't figure out why he was feeling those things right now and not when he was younger and fought against her.

Maybe if I agree to talk to her…"I'll talk to you." Tommy whispered desperately. "I'll talk to you, ok? Just…leave me alone, please."

And then it was over.

Three weeks later the voices hadn't return to torture him. Tommy was in his lab examining a new zord-to-be egg when Anton Mercer knocked on the door.

Tommy let Anton come in.

"Tommy can you tell me what happened the other day, please?" began Mercer curious.

"It was weird, I felt an invisible hand touching me and later on I heard voices in my mind" he told Anton.

"Are you schizophrenic?" asked Anton worriedly.

"What? No!" Tommy snapped, annoyed at having this conversation again.

"Well, you told me you're hearing voices and feeling someone's hands…"

"Yes, but…"

"Voices and hands belonged to a dead person by the way"

"Yeah, but…" The Black Ranger said

"Sounds to me you are," Mercer insisted.

"There must be a good reason for all this," Tommy stated.

"Like what?" Anton asked.

"I don't know," Tommy responded.

"Sorry, I don't understand what's wrong with you," said Anton disbelieving what he was hearing.

Tommy was touching his temples soothingly because the voices have returned. "Please, shut up, I beg you, shut up" he murmured, his voice raising to a scream as the voices kept talking.

"What's wrong, Tommy?"

"The voices are back, I can't shut them up."

His torturer began telling him "Maybe Mesogog would be able to help you."

"What the hell? No and I mean it." He said aloud.

They insisted "It's your only chance."

"There has to be another way." He begged.

The voices made a connection with Mesogog's mind which led to Tommy have a vision.

The Black Ranger felt nauseous. He's been invaded by a disturbing mind. He could feel the darkness held there. He shivered of fear. Yet he felt comfortable. As if he was back into his Evil Green Ranger's days.

Anton Mercer couldn't see his alter ego.

The villain found himself in front of Tommy who was trying to shut the voices up, Mesogog saw him interested. When Tommy succeeded in his fight, he told his nemesis about the voices and the hand.

Mesogog listened to him with interest. In his mind a little voice was commanding him telepathically, "It's time!... Tell him about Mystic Mother!... Be sure he understands her wishes."

Finally said, "I know someone who will help you, Thomas Oliver." He remembered out of the blue his meeting with Mystic Mother.

"Who is he?" demanded Tommy willing to obtain some answers.

Mesogog couldn't help snickering at the Black Ranger's answer. "Actually, 'she'. She's called Mystic Mother but I'm afraid she will meet you when she thinks it's the right time."

"What!? Are you kidding me!?" Tommy snarled furious.

"No, it's her rules. She came a few weeks ago and commanded me to tell you that."

"Fine when I finally meet her I will be crazy," grunted Tommy in a sarcastic tone when he noticed Mesogog was gone.

"Are you okay?" asked Anton, he only was able to hear Tommy's responses.

"No I'm not," answered Tommy. "Mystic Mother is the only one who can help me but she will do it when she likes it!"

Tommy was out of control and Anton was trying to slow him down.

"Please, Thomas, relax."

"I can't. I want to see her now."

"Be patient. She knows what she's doing."

"How can I relax? This started after the coma."

"And?"

"And I'm pretty sure these two events are related somehow."

"Well, it would be wise if you call for her tomorrow."

"Do you think so?"

"I do. This was a long day, full of emotions for you…You'll feel a lot better in the morning. That's for sure."

"You're right. Maybe she would show up without my needing to summon her."

"That's better."

Anton Mercer left the house to let Tommy have some sleep.

Two hours later, the Rangers' enemy has just recovered from the mind connection which he didn't understand how it happened. He was confused and blamed Tommy for this.

How could I tell him about that woman? Who is she anyway? Why is she interested in the Black Ranger? What about the voices? Where do they come from? How often does he hear them? I need to find out everything about them immediately. They could be my way to success. Perhaps Tommy could help…

And perhaps I could gain another Evil Ranger in the process…

Tommy went to his bedroom to sleep. He was sleeping peacefully when, by midnight, he felt the hand takes his, grasping onto it as they soared away, into another world…

It was dark. He surveyed the place and was not aware of it. Because of this, he resolved to walk until he found out where he was. He reached an area where someone was covered with wax and surrounded by candles. Then he remembered. It was the chamber where he became the first Green Ranger! He arrived on time to witness himself answering as an obeyed soldier to his Empress.

He stared in horror, pain overwhelming him. Ever since he turned into a good Ranger, he tried to forget his 'evil' past and forgive himself for every evil act he was forced to do. It hadn't worked.

The presence was next to him. It spent half an hour watching him being tortured by this memory.

Suddenly, he saw his hands engulfed with a green/yellow fire. He recognized the familiar tingling sensation of teleporting. He reappeared upon a rocky ground in front of a set of stone stairs as he used to while under Rita's care. It was where he first fought against the Rangers!

A fight. Someone's fighting the…Tommy finally broke down, screaming "No! This isn't real! I'm asleep, I'm not doing this!" He heard his other self laugh at the team. "Take me home." He whimpered pathetically "Please."

The hand slipped into his again, and it was all he could do not to cling to it as he sled back into his bed

Five minutes later, he heard a voice in his mind. It was a new one and was saying "Uh yel-lo-yel-lo-she-la. Yol ya-zha-shabah!. Bom-zhe-dah-deh… ba-shela. Yom… yah-sah shaba! Om shez-na…zhe…hebuh!" He realized at once as the spell he heard when he was turned into the evil Green Ranger.

Tommy woke up, his face covered in sweat. He got up and started pacing all over the room while in his mind, he was hearing it. After a few minutes, he heard all the voices at once. He wasn't able to clear them and thought he was going crazy. He screamed and yelled "Stop! Please shut up!" They weren't listening to his prayers. He tried to fight back. It didn't work out.

Tommy felt exhausted and fell to the ground in a dead faint. Fifteen minutes later, he recovered consciousness finding the voices have stopped while he's fainted. He had no idea who was behind all this and wished he knew.

Mystic Mother smiled broadly.

Finally he's ready.

To Be Continued.