"I haven't heard from her all day," Jack said worried about his friend when he met the rest of the group for lunch.
"If Lucifer has her, I'm sure him or one of his cronies would have told us by now, right?" Elle suggested.
"We don't know. They could use her as bait, they could use her for evil, they could just destroy her, we don't know what they are thinking," Tommy admitted.
"I think she's out there somewhere," Aiden tried to comfort the group.
There was a knock on the door, Tommy went to answer it. There was guy a couple years older than them, more around Tommy's age, dressed in all black, with a spike necklace and one dangly earring.
"Skull? What are you doing here?" Tommy asked surprised.
"We need to talk," Skull said, asking if he could come inside.
"Sure, is everything all right? How did you find my room?" Tommy wondered.
"Hi," Skull said, nodding to the 3 friends, "Just listen, I'll explain what I know and why I'm here. Your friend, the pink ranger is safe. She's been hurt, but she's safe." The group looked around confused how this guy would know, but they let him continue, "Tommy, I don't know if you know this, but after becoming the space rangers, Carlos had been hurt and I had gotten the black powers. He got better, but he decided to retire, leaving me as the black space ranger. As far as I know, I'm the only other ranger left in Angel Grove. Most everyone else has moved or doesn't have their powers any more. I had been told of the previous rangers so I knew you had been a ranger. Well, when I saw that Angel Grove was under attack again, I knew you might need help at some point. I had been keeping an eye on you and pieced together the other ranger identities," He paused a moment.
"So where is Raven?" Elle asked worried.
"Anyway, I heard some intel about a sixth ranger, a purple ranger, and I had been investigating. She's been working for Lucifer, and pretty much had been raised by him. She can control thoughts. She can control bad thoughts in those who are unsure of themselves and who are not full of confidence. She used her powers to get into the pink rangers dreams. I'm going to guess she woke up and was coming to tell one of you about it when she was attacked by the purple ranger. I caught the end of the fight, and I helped push the purple ranger away, and I took her to my house where she could be safe. Bulk is watching her. They know where all of you live, but they have no reason to track me or where I live, so I thought it would be a good place. Plus, it was around 3 in the morning, so I didn't want to make a scene waking you all."
"What's wrong with her?" Jack asked scared for his friend.
"The purple ranger pretty much shattered the bones in her arm and shoulder, so we have her bandaged up. I had some bandages left over from a guy I met on a different planet. It heals quicker, so hopefully by the time she wakes up, it will be mostly healed," Skull said hopefully.
"How do you two know each other?" Aiden asked Skull and Tommy.
"We went to school together, Bulk and Skull were a couple of pranksters and bullies, I never thought I'd see them change so much, especially to the point of being a ranger," Tommy admitted.
"Well, I never believed you dorks could have been rangers either," Skull joked back, his old personality shining through.
"What do we do now?" Elle asked the group.
"We track the purple ranger, along with Lucifer, and hopefully we can defeat them before they hurt any more people," Tommy said.
"Bulk and I can help you however you need, if you want. Plus, I think it best we don't move Raven until her arm is healed. Plus, there's more room to care for her there than a dorm where people would ask questions," Skull mentioned.
"Can we visit her?" Jack asked, "She's been my best friend for years now," he explained.
"Yeah, I want to see her too," Elle added.
"My only worry is that they don't know who the black ranger is, they don't know where to look for me. I also made sure they weren't following me when I took her there. They know who you are and are tracking you, if you come there you could risk her safety," Skull replied informing them.
"What if they track you from here to there?" Aiden asked Skull.
"I'm an RA, he would just look like any student coming to visit," Tommy realized.
"I am a student here too, it would make sense if they checked it," Skull added, "We could simply be working on a school project or anything."
"I just hate that she's hurt and I can't help her," Jack commented.
"Me too," the others muttered quietly.
Skull linked his communication system with theirs so if they needed to get in touch, they could. He went on his way to go check back on Raven, while the rest of them regrouped and tried to come up with a plan.