A/N: After a long wait, here's chapter thirteen. Seeing as it's a two parter, I'll try not to wait too long before updating again, but as a warning, Faith has to finished Dino Thunder and the short Mystic Force story before I can posted Once A Ranger. So to level it out, I've created a bigger gap between my updates.

There's also a new character in this chapter, and his short bio should be up in my profile soon, if it isn't now.

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"SPENCER!" Hartford called as the alarms in the Base were going crazy. The monitor also flashed the words: MULTIPLE EXPOLSIONS DETECTED IN THIS REGION.

Spencer came out from the elevator. "Do I infer from your tone that it's important, sir?"

"Where are the Rangers?"

"Why, still in Portugal, of course, following up on that jewel lead," Spencer answered, wondering why Andrew would have to ask, if he's the one who sent the Rangers to their destination.

"Well, reroute them to Brazil. The satellites are picking up explosions, jewel signatures, and something else. There's something big down there..."

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

In Portugal, Rose was scanning a strange statue with her trackers. A red zero flashed on the screen, causing the youngest Ranger to frown.

"This material doesn't register on my tracker, it's not from earth," she said.

"Rangers, get back to the SHARC and head to Brazil. I'll give you the coordinates on the way. Now hurry!" Spencer told the Rangers over their communicator.

"Spencer, did Hartford tell you to call us?" Kaylee asked, leading her team back to the SHARC.

"Of course he did, Kaylee."

"Tell him to-"

"I already have."

"Good," Kaylee smiled.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

The Rangers arrived at a camp. The site was trashed and many of the scientists and doctors were injured.

"This place is a mess... what happened here?" Mack asked. The leading scientist, Medford, walked up to Mack, cradling his arm.

"We were attacked, by beasts!" he said.

"Beasts?" Dax asked, turning to Will.

"What did they want?" the black Ranger asked.

"They were looking for a jewel of some sort. They were vicious and evil!" Medford explained.

"Oh, because that only narrows it down to... let me think.... all the villains I've ever fought!" Kaylee sighed.

"Well, I guess we can add another batch of jewel villains to the growing population," Rose frowned.

"We gotta stop them!" Mack said.

"Which way did they go?" Dax asked. The scientist pointed down a path leading into the forest.

"I'm going to stay here, help these people and protect them in case they come back," Ronny said, already checking on the scientist's injury. But her eyes were watching a certain young doctor who was resting on a makeshift bed.

As the Rangers ran off, Ronny grabbed a bandage and wrapped Medford's arm up tight, preventing anymore blood loss and protecting it from injury. Medford thanked her, and Ronny moved into the doctor.

"Alright, where does it hurt?" she smiled, kneeling down next to the bed.

"You stick to saving the world," the doctor laughed. "I'll stick to medicine."

"Alright, here," Ronny teased, dropping the bandages on the doctor's chest and walking away.

"I can't," he said, grabbing her arm with his good hand and pulling her back. He sat up on his bed with his feet hanging off the side. Ronny noticed that his left pant leg had a red stain on the inside.

"You're arms are still working, wrap that up," Ronny smiled, sitting down in front of the doctor before wrapping his leg up.

The doctor watched as she carefully put the bandage on his leg, without hurting him in anyway.

"So where did you learn all this?" he asked. "Med school?"

"Naw, got into an accident and spent a few years in the hospital. I got bored and started watching the doctors help patients with minor injuries. I found it pretty interesting so I followed a class in the hospital with the new doctors and found myself a pro at first aid," Ronny explained, cutting the rest of the bandage off once she was done.

"Accident?" the young doctor asked.

"Yep, my first race ended horribly. I never made it across the finish line," Ronny said. She got up from the ground and sat next to the doctor, looking around the camp for anyone else who needed help, but all the others seemed to be just fine. And at least no one else was resting in a bed.

"Race?" the doctor frowned. "Now I know where I've seen you... other than in the newspapers for saving the world."

Ronny smiled and turned back to the doctor, finally noticing that he looked to be about her age. There was no way he could be a fully trained doctor at only twenty-two.

"So when did the accident happen?" he asked.

"A few years ago," Ronny smiled. "I was paralyzed until my twenty-first birthday, and check out of the hospital six months after that."

"Really, that long for a small accident?"

"Who said anything about it being small?" Ronny frowned. "I race. You know, with fast cars. Fast metal cars that turn into scrap metal when they crash. The same kind of scrap metal that can kill a human. And the same kind of metal that can rust if it isn't taken care of, like a certain racer I know."

Ronny then coughed while saying the name of the racer, but the doctor didn't quite catch it.

"I guess you got into an accident with..." the doctor then coughed, seeing as he had no idea who the person was.

Ronny laughed. "Him, and car number twenty-two, eighty-nine, fifty-six, and I think car number ten did a hit and run."

"You remember all this?" the doctor asked.

"Kinda. I get bored easily. And white hospital walls don't help."

"I heard about your need for speed. You'd think after a high speed accident you might not want to go fast anymore!"

"That gave me my need for speed. The only drivers who avoided the accident were the ones ahead of the group. I figured that if I went fast enough, I would be in first and I wouldn't get hurt by accidents in the back," Ronny smiled.

"No, thank you. I'm feeling better. Ronny's a real pro, fixed us up good!" Dr. Medford's said from a distance. Ronny looked up to see her team was back, along with Tyzonn? She patted the doctor's leg before getting up and walking over to her friends.

"Hey, Tyzonn, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Apparently, not much," Tyzonn smiled, holding up Medford's bandaged arm. "This is a nice dressing, Ronny."

"No, I meant, what are you doing in Brazil?"

"He's saving us from those Fearcats!" Kaylee smiled, jumping up and down slightly.

"Fearcats?" Ronny asked.

The Rangers noticed Tyzonn space out for a few seconds, before coming back to reality, touching the crystal on his wristband. He took a few steps away from the group, but Ronny followed him.

"Tyzonn, are you alright?" she asked.

Will muttered something under his breath as he watched Ronny and Tyzonn talk. Kaylee heard what he said and frowned.

"Tsk, tsk Will, that's mean!" she smirked.

Will said something else when he saw Ronny grab Tyzonn's arm gently.

"No, we can help you! We help people too!" Ronny said.

"Look, find that jewel. That's what they're looking for," Tyzonn said softly. "They want to use the power to release their army from a prison mirror. Find that jewel, keep it safe."

"Aww, now he's assigning her a mission that's close to his heart!" Kaylee teased, poking Will in the ribs.

"I'm getting the feeling there's something he's not telling us," Will frowned once Tyzonn disappeared in the forest.

"Maybe so, but he's right," Rose said, noticing how Kaylee was silently teasing Will by making kissy faces. She flicked the older girl in the ear as she continued. "We need to find that jewel before the Fearcats get their paws on it."

"Alright, split up, we'll cover more ground that way," Mack said. "But stay in constant communication and keep your Tracker locators on you at all times."

"Did I just hear you guys say you were going to split up?" the doctor asked, coming over to the group with a limp.

"Yep, splitting up, cause nothing ever happens when we split up," Kaylee frowned, looking at Mack. "Seriously, were you born yesterday?"

"Like I said, keep your locators on you," Mack said before running off. The others followed him, but before Ronny could leave, the doctor grabbed her hand.

"Be careful out there... those beats are really strong," he said. Ronny nodded and smiled before running into the forest.

The doctor looked back at the camp, seeing Medford wasn't watching him, he took off into the forest. His leg slowed him down slightly, but he was still able to follow Ronny closely.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

Ronny was walking through the trees, holding her tracker in her hand as she looked around. The sound of a twig cracking scared her as she dropped her tracker.

"I know you're here!" she yelled, kneeling down to pick up her tracker. "Come out and fight!"

Before she could reach the tracker, Mig, who Ronny assumed was one of the Fearcats Kaylee had mentioned, jumped out beside her and kicked her down. He then grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back.

With her free hand, Ronny elbowed Mig and freed herself from his grasp. Forgetting her tracker, she tried to run back to the camp, but her path was blocked by another cat..

"Get her! She's ours!" Mig yelled.

Ronny tried to swing at the second cat, Cheetar, but he ducked and grabbed her, slinging the yellow Ranger over his shoulder. The spikes on his shoulders dug into Ronny's stomach. The twenty-two year old tried kicking her legs at super speed, but it didn't help her at all.

The Fearcats left with Ronny, leaving it safe for the doctor to run out and grab her tracker.

"How does this thing work?" he asked. "Hello? Guys?"

He saw a wheel at the bottom and tried spinning it. A loud beep sounded from the Tracker as the word "Incapable" flashed on its monitor.

"How do you stop this?" he asked himself, gently hitting the tracker on a rock, hoping to shut it up.

"Ronny? Ronny, are you okay?" Mack asked over the communicator.

"HEY! Cool!" the doctor smiled.

"Ronny?" Will's voice came.

"She's not here! It's David!" the doctor said.

"David?" Kaylee asked.

"The doctor back at the camp," there was a silence on the other end. "The guy with the hurt leg!"

"OH!"

"Ronny's been taken by those beasts!"

There was another long silence on the other end, shortly before the others Rangers arrived.

"Ronny?" Will yelled, looking around for any sign of her.

"Ronny!" Rose, Dax and Mack called.

"Tyzonn?" Kaylee frowned, seeing the alien arrived, bending over as he walked to pick up Ronny's yellow scrunchy.

"The beasts have her," David sighed, sitting on a rock as he massaged his injured leg.

"We have to save her before it's too late!" Tyzonn said.

"Why did they grab Ronny?" Dax asked.

"I think they want her power," Kaylee frowned. "Remember, they wanted to release an army of Fearcats from a freaky mirror thing?"

"Yeah, so?" Dax asked.

"Her power, super speed! She can go really fast!"

"It should normally take days to release the army!" Tyzonn remembered.

"Her genetics can accelerate things," Rose sighed.

"We better go!" Kaylee said.

"Wait!" David called after the Rangers, standing up. "I want to come with you."

Everyone turned to Kaylee as the decision rested on her shoulders.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

The Fearcats had taken Ronny to the beach where Mig had just finished tying Ronny's hand behind her back and kneeling her down in front of the mirror, resting on a rock.

"With your power, we will free our brethren from their two-dimensional cells!" Mig laughed.

"You won't get away with this!" Ronny frowned. "I have friends in high places!"

"Once you free our army, your friends will be insignificant!" Cheetar laughed.

Sensing a new energy source nearby, the mirror start to glow a faint yellow colour. There was a matching yellow glow surrounding Ronny as it used her super speed to push out the other Fearcats.

"Be free, my friends! Help us conquer!" Mig smiled.

The Rangers, Tyzonn and David ran out from behind a rock.

"Not on my watch!" Mack yelled.

"We must protect the mirror!" Mig told his Fearcat buddy as another one popped up beside him.

Mack and Will attacked Cheetar, slashing him with their defenders.

Rose swung her sword at Mig, and then did a high spinning-kick. He dodged her and swiped at her with his claws.

The guys ran in once they saw Rose was down, and tried fighting four on two. But the two cats were still too strong.

Meanwhile, Tyzonn and Kaylee were fighting the newest Fearcat, Benglo, who had appeared from the mirror. Tyzonn tried jabbing at the cat with his staff with Kaylee used the ocean as her water source for her attacks.

"I hear cats hate water!" she yelled, before dropping a large volume of water over Benglo's head.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

Ronny looked up at the mirror and saw another set of arms were coming out. Soon, another cat would join the Fearcats and the Rangers would be in real trouble. She struggled against her bonds, but her hands were tied too tight.

"Can't... get.... loose!" she breathed.

David came up behind her and put a hand on her back. Ronny turned to him and sighed.

"What are you doing here?" she asked. "Go back!"

"Alright, fine, I guess you don't need my help," he teased, pulling out a pocket knife and cutting her ropes.

Ronny smiled before standing in front of him protectively. She picked up the mirror and slammed it down on the rock.

"Haven't you heard of seven years bad luck?" David teased.

Benglo heard a crash coming from the direction of the mirror and frowned.

"She destroyed our army!" he yelled as all three Fearcats turned to Ronny. That's when they noticed David was there, helping her.

"Doc, run!" Ronny yelled, shoving the doctor aside as the three cats approached them.

"HEY!" Kaylee called, bringing the cats' attention on her as she pulled out her blaster. "FULL POWER!"

Cheetar ran to shield his teammates and took the full impact of the blast. All three Fearcats were knocked backwards, but Cheetar was the only one who was weakened by the blasts.

"I'll use the last of my energy to destroy them for good! Long live the Fearcats!" Cheetar smiled before growing.

"We need the Zords, Spencer!" Kaylee yelled into her Tracker, watching the giant Cat and making sure it didn't step on anyone.

When the Zord's arrived, Ronny sat out to take care of David. She couldn't risk him getting hurt, and Tyzonn was too busy fighting off Mig and Benglo.

She pulled the doctor back into the forest and sat him down on a rock.

"Are you stupid?" she yelled. "You're hurt! And you could have killed yourself out there!"

"You were worried!" David smiled.

"Of course I was worried!" Ronny frowned. "You could have gotten hurt!"

"Hey, when a friend's in need, I come to their rescue! If it weren't for me, we never would have found you," David said, pulling out her tracker and handing it back to her.

"We just met!" Ronny frowned. "How can we be friends already?"

"San Angeles General Hospital?" David asked. Ronny's head snapped up.

"Excuse me?"

"The hospital you were checked into," David smiled. "I was training there and I was the one who signed you up for the rehab."

"You were the doctor who... no... That doctor was like, eighty years old! I remember, because when he told me about walking again, he smelt like dead people!" Ronny frowned.

"I wasn't the one who told you, but I was the intern who reminded them of the rehab center in the hospital wing. I didn't know it was you at the time, but our stories matched. The girl I helped went back to racing, you went back to racing. She was three years younger than me, you're three years younger than me."

Ronny smiled as she pulled the doctor in a hug. "Thanks for saving me," she whispered. "Thanks... what's your name?"

"David," he laughed. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty for his feelings towards Ronny. He really liked her, but by the way Will acted while they were looking for her, it looked like he really liked Ronny too. Then there was Tyzonn. Though the alien didn't really look like he had a thing for Ronny, she looked like she might have had a thing for him.

It confused David to no end, but he decided to just play it out, see where things were going to go.

-----Operation-Overdrive-----

Ronny and David walked back to the beach, and saw the others were huddled around a rock. Ronny knelt down beside her friends and gasped when she saw the mercury puddle.

"It's Tyzonn," Rose said, putting a hand on Ronny's back.

"Oh... wha.. we have to save him!" Ronny said.

"How? He's an alien. We don't know anything about his genetics, or his planet!" Mack frowned.

"But we have to do something!" Ronny persisted.

"I think we better call your dad," Will said to Mack. Though he wasn't very fond of Tyzonn and his "moves" on Ronny, he didn't want to see her hurting.

To be continued...