Chapter 25: The return

Chelbell2016:

Well next chapter, I hope you guys enjoy it.

*Keeper of the powers*

Courtney's POV:

We are at the rock porium. I wasn't too happy when I found out that toby knows we are power rangers. But in one way it isn't their fault.

"So you guys really are the power rangers," Toby says shocked.

We all nod.

"Okay, uh Courtney is the red ranger," he says looking at me. "Bowen is the Kitsune warrior."

"Right," both me and Bowen say.

"And Xander is green," he continues, Xander nods. "Maddison... blue, Chip... yellow and Vida is pink."

We all nod but he continues.

"Okay So Bowen and Courtney are also the children of Udonna, the white ranger, and Leanbow, a powerful wizard who is also Koragg, the guy who's been trying to trash the city. But he's really a good guy but he's in a coma that nobody knows if he's gonna wake from."

Me and Bowen both look down at this.

"I'm impressed Toby," Maddie says. "That's quit..."

"Ah I haven't finished," Toby interrupts her. "Now, Courtney is also the light, the power to stop evil from taking over. But the bad guys are looking for the light so that they can destroy her and then destroy the world."

I nod.

"Exactly," Chip agrees.

"Silence!" Toby tells Chip. "Now, LeeLee's mom is the queen of the vampires who really did carry me off, so I guess I can stop seeking professional help now."

We all laugh.

"Sorry about that," LeeLee says getting serious.

"And...and...and now the ten terrors are here," Toby continues. "Trying to call forth the head honcho himself. You know the master of all evil. And you know what that means?"

Before we can say anything we hear screaming coming from outside.

Toby continues. "It means that you guys won't be working your regular hours for a while. Looks like it might just be me and Lee-squared for a bit."

The screaming gets louder and we all turn towards the door when Phineas walks in.

"You'd think you've never seen a Troblin before," he says to the screaming people outside.

LeeLee runs over.

"Hello," she says.

Phineas has some sort of magical plant for her.

"Thought I'd stop by and see you, my girl," he says and I fight the urge to coo at the two as he passes her the plant. "Ooh, these are for you."

LeeLee takes them and glances back at us and we all laugh.

"Isn't he cute," LeeLee says and then to Toby's confusion. "He's my new boyfriend."

"You're seeing, uh, Xander's uncle from the old country?" Toby says remembering the last time he had met Phineas.

Toby has decided to hire Phineas to help out when we aren't around. We are helping him to get ready.

"All righty," Bowen says as we all straighten his shirt.

"My own shirt," Phineas says happily. "I'm telling you, I'll make a great employee. I have a way with people. I could sell tree moss to a swamp monkey."

"Okay, okay it's 10:00," Xander says knowing that it is time to open up the shop. "Stores open. Phineas, open the door and let the customers in."

"Just remember use your charm and your wit," Vida tells him.

"Uh, okay," Phineas says sounding a little nervous. "Can I just use half my wit? Well, I don't want to use it all up day one."

We move Phineas towards the door and why the others watch I walk away stroking the ring on my finger, that I now know was given to me by my birth father.

"Hey," Bowen says walking over. "You ok?"

I nod. "Just a little worried."

He nods his head. "Me too."

We look back just as a bunch of customers scream and run off as they see Phineas.

Phineas looks around at us. "So, uh... how'd I do?"

Before we can answer the shop shakes and thunder rumbles.

"Evil calls," I say and me and Bowen walk over to the others. "Let's go."

We run off into the now completely dark city.

*Keeper of the powers*

"My justice will be swift," Matomboo says as we arrive.

"Not swift enough cotton ball!" Bowen says in his grown form.

"Who dares?" Matomboo demands to know.

He turns to face us. My team and I are in the titan megazord and Daggeron is in the solar streak.

"We do!" I tell Matomboo.

As we face him I notice that he isn't like the other terrors. There is something good about him.

"There is nothing you can do!" Matomboo says. "It will soon be over."

While he is talking a ball of electricity that he had taken from the city floats above him. The ball goes off to collect more and I worry about what he plans to do with it. It goes light after the ball disappears.

"Not while were here," I tell him.

"Let's stop him," Xander says. "Yeah!"

we touch our chess pieces and the megazord grabs its sabre.

"ATTACK!" Daggeron says and we all move forwards.

We go to strike him.

"Not so fast!" He says raising a shield and blocking us.

We are knocked back by the shield and Daggeron groans. Matomboo hits us with electricity and we go flying back hitting the ground and returning to human size. We are no longer in our megazord.

"How can he be so strong?" Daggeron questions.

"Stay out of my way and I will not hurt anyone!" He says and I begin to wonder if this might be true. "You have my word."

I frown as Daggeron helps me to my feet.

"You guys okay?" Daggeron asks as we all get up.

"That's strange," I say. "He said he wouldn't hurt anyone."

"Yeah, right," Bowen says. "He's lying!"

"Bowen's right!" Xander says. "He want to destroy the world but not hurt anyone?"

I don't know what to say. My sensing powers are telling me to listen.

"We'd better split up and find him," Daggeron tells us.

We all agreed. I began getting a sense on his signature and I flame to the area where he is.

*Keeper of the powers*

I have just watched as Matomboo saved a little boy, who thanked him and gave him his ball. I approach him no longer morphed.

"It's called a ball," I say when I get closer.

"Huh?" Matomboo says.

I slowly walk towards him.

"It's meant to play," I explain to him. "Give it here."

I gently take the ball away from him and step back. I show him the different thing you can do with a ball before I by accident kick it. It hits him in the face. I step back worried.

He pauses and then laughs. "Ball."

"Yeah," I say to him again. "That's right. Ball. Except your supposed to catch it before it hits you in the face."

He laughs once more and I can sense his good intentions. I decide to throw caution to the winds.

"You're not like the others are you?" I ask stepping forward a little.

"What do you mean?" He asks watching me.

"You don't want to hurt anyone," I point out.

"I am Matoombo, energy warrior of the underworld!" He claims.

"You're not very evil," I state. "I just saw you save that little boy from getting hurt. You have a good heart."

"Heart?" Matoombo is confused.

"My names Courtney or Athena," I tell him holding my hand out for him to shake. "I'm the red ranger."

"Hello," he says.

He steps forward to shake hand but fire is suddenly thrown at him. I look around and I see Bowen standing with his hand raised, having thrown his fox fire at Matoombo.

"Watch out Courtney!" Bowen says moving to stand in front of me.

"NO!" I yell trying to stop my brother.

Matoombo and Bowen begin to fight. After a few hits Bowen stands in front of me.

"Courtney, he's trying to destroy our world," he says to me. "And you might I add. Morph already."

"Put the sword down!" I command him. "Now!"

"Why?" He asks.

"Trust me," I tell him.

He puts his sword away and drops to civilian form.

I then look at Matoombo.

"I am Matoombo conqueror of your world!" He states.

"See Courtney?" Bowen says preparing to fight. "He's going to conquer the world. We need to stop him."

"No!" I say ignoring my brother and addressing the terror. "If you conquer our world, you'll harm all of us... me, that child you just saved. You can't conquer us without hurting us. You don't want that do you?"

"I must conquer!" He still says.

I make a quick decision.

"All right, let's get to it," I say and I drop my guard. "Start with me. I wont stop you. I wont raise a shield."

"So be it!" Matoombo says raising his weapon.

I stand with my arms hold out. Bowen is stood behind me but I have a feeling he is ready to pull me away any minute now.

"I will do it!" Matoombo says but I have a feeling he wont.

Bowen tries to grab me but I stop him.

"Bowen stay there," I tell him.

"Courtney do you know what you're doing?" My brother clearly thinks I've gone crazy.

"Stay there!" I order him again, this time with more force.

Before he can say anything else the ball of light comes towards Matoombo.

"The electricity I gathered has returned to destroy this world," he says.

I try to stop him.

"Please Matoombo don't do it," I practically beg.

He doesn't say anything. He just raises his weapon and destroys the ball of light.

"Yes!" I cheer and Bowen wipes his brow. "Thanks Matoombo! I knew you couldn't do it! See, Bowen? He couldn't do it!"

Before Bowen can say anything else Matoombo is blasted and goes rolling down the hill.

"NOO!" I cry and Bowen holds me back.

We race down the hill side by side.

"There!" I say when I spot both Gekkor and Itassis attacking him.

"GEKKOR!" I growl remembering the last time I seen him. "What did you do?"

He just laughs. "Look who survived."

Me and Bowen change. I go into legend warrior mode.

"Let's help Matoombo!" I tell Bowen.

Bowen looks reluctant. I race over get in between Gekkor and Matoombo. I take the strike meant for Matoombo. I go rolling across the ground injured. Bowen stops me.

"Courtney!" Daggeron says as he and the other five arrive.

"We can't let him destroy him!" I say staring at Gekkor. "Not after what he did to dad."

I yell out to Matoombo when Gekkor sends him to the ground.

"It's over!" Gekkor says before smirking at me. "You loose your dad and now Matoombo. You're not very good as a ranger are you. And Matoombo you will be the masters body, like it or not!"

I feel my tears fuelled by anger appear. How dare he talk about my father like that. I am know what I need to do.

"I've got to do something!" I say and then I snatch the things I need out of Daggeron's hand.

"Courtney, no!" Daggeron says when he notices what I took.

"Come on, solar streak," I press the button and the train appears and nearly hits Gekkor who flies out of the way.

"All aboard!" Jenji says before coming over to me.

"Come on, Jenji," I say before moving over to Matoombo. "Let's get out of here."

I grab Matoombo and we go onto the solar streak before taking off.

*Keeper of the powers*

We are going through the dimensions after I gave Jenji the place of where were going.

"Come on!" I say to Matoombo in the back of the train. "Come on, sit down."

I help him to sit. "Are you all right?"

"Yes I'm much better now," he tells me.

"Good!" I say.

I turn when I hear a voice. I turn to Gekkor.

"Matoombo, it's over!" Gekkor says. "You cannot escape me or your fate."

I gulp seeing he had destroyed the door. 'Daggeron is going to kill me'.

"We'll see!" I say to Gekkor.

I jump over him. I use my lion staff and we begin to fight.

"You'll pay for what you did to my father," I say throwing him away from me.

"You couldn't defeat me then! And you can't defeat me now!" He informs me before striking me and sending me to the ground. "Now for the last time, get out of my way!"

"Athena!" Matoombo says and I realise how much I love that name. "Duck!"

I do as he tells me and he blasts Gekkor with electricity. Then I use my flaming power to send him off of the train.

We finally arrive and I love the scenery.

"It's so beautiful here," I say to Matoombo.

"Yes," Matoombo agrees. "It sets the mind at ease."

"Courtney!" A familiar voice says from behind me.

I turn to see my big brother standing there.

"Bowen?!" I say.

Then a blast comes our way and I have to raise a shield to block it. Bowen walks over to me and we see Gekkor.

"Surprise!" Gekkor floats down and me and Bowen stand either side of Matoombo. "There's nowhere to run traitor! Surrender to the master or be destroyed."

Bowen puts on his ring and I pull out my morpher.

"KITSUNE WARRIOR!"

"LEGEND WARRIOR!"

We both suit up and prepare to fight. I raise a shield to block the shots he's aiming at me and I begin to block all of the shots he fires at us. Unfourtanetly my shield is getting weaker and weaker.

"Bowen he's firing too many!" I state struggling to hold it.

"One is too many!" Bowen states as he attempts to help me block them.

He then sends multiple shots at us and Bowen looses his Katana. He hits the ground and I scream as some are about to hit him from above. At the last minute Matoombo stands over him and takes the shots. He drops to one knee in pain.

"MATOOMBO!" I yell.

Bowen is in shock.

"You took the hit that was meant for me!" Bowen says looking at Matoombo. "Why?!"

"Fools!" Gekkor says running forwards.

As I stand with Matoombo my brother runs forward to fight him. He grabs Gekkor around the middle and pushes him back.

"Get out of my way!" Gekkor orders my brother.

He strikes him and he lands beside his Katana. He quickly grabs it. He sends a wall of flames at the monster and we use the distraction to get away.

*Keeper of the powers*

I am pretending to be Matoombo. Me and Bowen are running and Matoombo is going in the opposite direction to the sleeping lake.

"Faster! Faster!" Bowen tells me when he spots Gekkor above us.

"Ha! Ha! You can't escape!" Gekkor taunts.

He begins to blast at the two of us. We avoid them but smoke rises from where the shots landed. We jump over a cliff just as another blast lands right behind us. We hit the ground and I struggle to get up.

"Come on!" Bowen tells me gripping my elbow. "Get up!"

Gekkor lands in front of us and begins to laugh.

"Playtime is over Matoombo," he says before noticing the red bow behind my back. "Now I... What? What? The red ranger? You can't trick me!"

He blasts at us and as I fall back I turn back to my legend mode.

"You're a two time looser," I tell him getting back to my feet. "Ugly and gullible."

"With you chasing us, our tall, cotton-headed friend had enough time to get away to the sleeping lake," Bowen informs him also getting up. "Explain that one to your master."

Gekkor is infuriated. He sends another blast at us and I raise a shield. Unfourtanetly the blast was so powerful it went straight through and we both went flying. We yell out as we hit the ground.

We begin to fight. Bowen raises his Katana and goes to strike. Gekkor ducks and sends a kick at me. I block and he is not happy. He kicks me backwards.

"Courtney!" Bowen says worried.

"You two are just like your father," he says and I clench my fists. "Useless."

Gekkor then sweeps Bowen's feet out from under him.

"Bowen!" I say before turning to Gekkor. "Our dad isn't useless."

We both jump up and begin to fight him together. We go rolling across the ground as he knocks us away. He strikes us with green energy and I feel my powers drained.

"Now is the end!" Gekkor says.

He begins to run at us when he is blasted.

"Think again lizard-breath," Xander says just as he and the others arrive.

They land in front of us.

"You guys all right?" Daggeron asks.

"I've been better," I say to him.

"Welcome to the dance, shall we?" Gekkor mocks.

He runs at all of us and begins to attack us all. After a few hits to each of us he lands and we fight. He knocks me back, kicks Bowen and strikes Xander. Daggeron soon follows. I try to hit him again but he strikes me and I hit the ground hard.

"He's too fast!" Xander points out.

"You haven't seen anything yet!" Gekkor says before summoning some sort of green energy ball. "Here is my full power!"

He blasts us and we land on the ground. But something sucks away the green mist so the explosion isn't so bad. I can't see who it is but my ring is glowing. Could it be...

When the light disappears I hear Gekkor yell. "LEANBOW!"

I look up and gasp when I see my dad, alive and well and in his human form.

I get to my feet and me and Bowen yell at the same time. "DAD!"

"Leanbow!" Maddie is in shock.

"You're ok!" Daggeron says also shocked.

Dad glances back at us.

"Good job, rangers," he says before looking first at Bowen and then at me with a smile. "Well done kids."

I smile my first real smile since I came back with my dad in a coma. "Thanks."

Leanbow glares at Gekkor. "I'll take it from here."

Gekkor looks scared.

"I thought you wer-" he begins but is cut off by dad.

"I'm not," he says and he holds in his hand a red version of our morphers. "MAGICAL SOURCE MYSTIC FORCE!"

He morphs into a red version of Koragg.

"Burning heart of fire!" He says sending flames all around him. "Wolf warrior, defender of truth!"

I am so happy that he is okay.

"But how?" Gekkor demands.

He turns back to look at all of us.

"After Courtney brought me home Udonna's good magic saved me," he explained. "The world has been kept whole because of these rangers."

"And we're all safe because of Matoombo!" I say.

"How sweet," Gekkor says. "While you continue your love-fest, I think I'll destroy you."

Before he has the chance dad pulls out his sword.

"Not this time!" He says.

He blocks Gekkor and knocks him back. They fight. Dad has the upper hand and after a few minutes Gekkor is nearly defeated. Dad turns to me.

"How about we finish what we started?" He asks and I nod.

I run over and raise my Lion staff.

"In the name of honur," me and dad both say before powering up our fire.

"CODE 1! FIRESTORM!"

"BLAZING STORM SLASH!"

Combined our powers are ten times as strong and Gekkor doesn't stand a chance. I walk back towards my friends as he blows up.

"CHECKMATE!" Me and dad both say.

"YEAH!" The others cheer.

"MYSTIC FORCE!" We all call to my dad as he places his sword back in his shield.

"MYSTIC FORCE!" Dad agrees.

A few minutes later and we all demorph. We run over to my dad. I hug him tightly.

"Hey guys," dad says to all of us.

Bowen then notices my gloom mood as I look around.

"What's wrong sis?" He asks and dad places an arm around my shoulders. "You should be happy."

"I am," I say glancing at dad with a smile. "I'm just really gonna miss Matoombo."

Bowen nods his head and dad gives me a gentle squeeze. "I'll miss him too."

Thunder rumbled and everything goes dark. I gasp when Matoombo is suddenly behind some mountains.

"MATOOMBO!" I cry as dad and Bowen have to hold me back.

I cry out as red tentacles come out of his body. Then there is a red demon there instead, having taken over Matoombo's body.

"I'm here!" The monster says.

My sensing powers are causing me to go dizzy from how much evil I am sensing.

The red being laughs evilly.

"The masters returned," Leanbow says.

"You will perish as will the Solaris knight," he says and I glance at my godfather. "Have a look into your future."

As some sort of vision hits Daggeron he cries out.

"And then, one by one, you will fall, as will your world," the master says and I feel a little worried right now.

He then laughs as he takes off.

"Now this... this is bad," I say a little scared.

*Keeper of the powers*

Chelbell2016:

Ok I must say I love it. 2 more episodes and maybe a surprise one or two and then its operation overdrive. YES! Please review and tell me what you think.

This chapter was posted on the 17/04/2017 at 23:06