Double Act
Chapter 4: Legacy of Power
A/N: Well, not sure how this chapter or the next one will go. Last time, Conner had issues with balancing soccer and ranger duties, and in the end made the right choice. Kira and Kennedi got a gig at the local café, and Kira might be getting a crush on the new kid in town, Trent. Conner got jealous after hearing about it, and Ethan learned Kira had a twin sister. What'll happen now when the rangers stumble upon a video diary?
Italics is Tommy talking on the video, bold italics is people in the video talking to other people in the video.
Also, if I were to do more crossovers that haven't been done yet, would you guys read them?
And I have to say I can't find motivation to write, and I believe that is because I'm always exhausted now. I get shitty hours at work, and on Sunday all our systems were down, Monday had a never-ending crowd, and yesterday was just horrible. Hopefully, once things start to calm down (and after I'm no longer grounded from whenever my progress report comes in the mail), I'll have the energy to write. But thanks to those who patiently wait for new chapters on any of my stories!
Disclaimer: I only own things not originally in the show.
The following Monday found the three rangers in the basement of Tommy's house. They figured something weird must've been going on for him to miss a full day of school and not be heard from for the entire weekend. After their gig on Friday, Kennedi had left with Hunter for their date, and Kira had hung out with the guys. "This is bad," Kira commented.
"Way bad," Ethan agreed. "Worse than crashing after level nine in SNSW."
"Huh?" Conner frowned.
"Super Ninja Space Wars," Ethan filled in.
"Okay," Conner got their attention. "Look, don't you think we're getting a little too freaked out about this?"
"Dr. O doesn't show up for my gig," Kira explained. "Then misses a full day of school without calling. I'd say we've achieved exactly the right level of freaking out."
Ethan shrugged. "I guess there's only one way to find out what the good doctor's been up to." He walked over and took a seat in front of the computers before typing away. Conner and Kira followed him, wondering what he was doing. "I'm in."
Kira looked at him as a video of Dr. Oliver appeared on screen. "Yeah…but where?"
They listened as the video began.
"I'm Tommy Oliver. If you're not me, then something is seriously wrong. This video diary is a confidential record only to be viewed in case of an emergency. What you're about to see is a history of my life."
"More dinosaur bone stories," Conner sighed. "Yawn."
"My history…as a power ranger."
This got everyone's attention as they stared intently at the screen.
"My story begins in Angel Grove." The picture on the video followed along with what he was narrating. "When five teenagers with attitude were recruited to fight the evil space sorceress Rita Repulsa. They harnessed the power of the dinosaur to become Earth's first power rangers. Under the guidance of intergalactic being Zordon, Trini, Zack, Kimberly, Billy, and Jason bravely defended Earth, which forced Rita to create her own ranger."
"Uncle Jason was a power ranger?" Kira gaped at the screen, seeing the teenage version of her uncle fighting off aliens.
"You're uncle was the original red ranger?" Conner turned to her.
"Apparently," Kira kept her eyes on the screen. "It actually kind of makes sense, now that I think about it. Still can't believe it, though."
"Hey, I'm trying to pay attention, here," Ethan interrupted them. They turned back to the video as Tommy went on narrating.
"Her evil magic was too strong. I couldn't fight it. She commanded me to destroy the power rangers, and I almost succeeded." They watched the confrontation between Kim and Tommy. "But my friends never gave up. They helped me destroy the power sword, and I was freed. And that's when I joined the team. But not for long. I soon discovered the green ranger powers were only temporary."
On the screen, it showed Tommy appearing as the new white ranger. Ethan paused the video after Tommy spoke once more. "Why did you do that?" Kira demanded.
"Because I'm so bugging I can't even deal," Ethan blinked.
"Our science teacher is the oldest living power ranger," Conner gushed, feeling slightly awestruck.
A voice from behind them caused them to turn around and spot Hayley. "Not the oldest, just the best."
"Hayley?" Ethan questioned.
"How did you get in here?" Conner wondered as they moved toward her.
"More to the point," Kira added. "What do you know about any of this?"
Hayley had the answer they were looking for. "I know that Tommy is in trouble. And you three are the only ones that can help them." A small silence ensued, and Hayley decided she should explain more. "I've been helping Tommy prepare the ranger energy since grad school. Who do you think built the morphers? I mean, Tommy's good with dinosaurs and fossils, but a rocket scientist, he ain't."
"And let me guess," Conner questioned. "You are?"
"Among other things," the red head nodded.
"Okay," Kira breathed. "So you know who we are. You know what we are. Do you know where Dr. Oliver is?"
"I think I have a pretty good idea," Hayley sighed. She pulled out a disc and sat in the computer chair. As she popped the disc in, the four teens gathered around her. "This is a surveillance tape from the day of your gig, Kira." The video showed Tommy failing to fight off tyranodrones and then vanishing in an invisaportal.
Conner frowned. "Why didn't he just morph? I mean, he's a power ranger."
"Not anymore," Hayley corrected. "Or did you get that far?" She resumed the video diary. It began showing the arrival of Lord Zedd.
"A new villain, Lord Zedd, was destroying earth, and with three rangers leaving, a new power source had to be found. Trini, Zack, and Jason passed on their powers, and the three new rangers stepped forward. And just in time, because Rita and Zedd teamed up to form our most powerful enemy yet, bringing with them a new terror – Rito. The new team fought bravely, but it wasn't enough. Rito destroyed our zords. A ranger never gives up. Zordon sent us on a quest to find Ninjor, a warrior from the past who showed us the secrets of the ancient ninja. Our quest complete, we gained new weapons, new zords, and new enemies."
The video showed the transformation in their new ranger ninja uniforms.
"But along with new enemies, came new friends. When Kimberly chose to leave, Katherine was the only choice. Katherine assumed the pink ranger power and just in time. We were under attack." It showed the Command Center being attacked. "We got out just as Rita and Zedd succeeded in destroying the command center. Beneath the ruins, we found the Zeo crystal, a mystical power that guided us into the next chapter of our lives as rangers."
It showed the rangers morph into the Zeo power rangers.
"The zeo powers were awesome. But when we needed reinforcements, we turned to an old friend. Jason returned, and assumed the power of the gold ranger. After high school graduation, we were ready to face the world. But not before one last adventure as rangers. It was time to shift into a higher gear. The old rangers were gone forever, but the turbo rangers were born. A space pirate named Divatox launched an attack on Earth. We were given the powers of turbo and took her head-on with a little help. TJ, Cassie, Ashley, and Carlos proved that they had what it takes."
Once again, the video stopped after it showed Tommy transferring the red ranger powers to TJ.
"After that," Hayley picked up. "Tommy went to college where he met yours truly. But when he found the dino gems, he knew he could never escape the power for long."
"Seeing as how I don't want this to be the end of the line," Ethan huffed. "Can we get back on the subject of finding Dr. O?"
Kira had an idea. "Hey, I just thought of something. What about invisaportals? They're all over the city. If we could find one, we could get into Mesogog's lab."
"I've been working on that very thing," Hayley agreed. "Unfortunately, I need just a little more time."
"Okay, so what are we supposed to do while you're doing that?" Conner wondered.
"Here," Hayley resumed the video. "Watch more of your heritage. You might learn something."
The video continued playing. After viewing everything from the power transfer in turbo onto the end of Wild Force, the rangers were a bit lost. They had come up with ideas on how to find the missing teacher, but nothing was working out. Hayley had found an invisaportal, and managed to trace where it was and where it led, but the problem was getting past the firewall. Now, they were trying to figure out something else to help them.
"And meanwhile," Ethan commented when the Wild Force segment finished. "Back in reality, we still have no way of finding them."
"I know there's at least one more group of rangers out there," Hayley sighed. "They had a guy named Cam. He was even more of a genius at this stuff than I am."
"Try typing in Ninja Storm," Kira and Conner spoke simultaneously. Then they turned to each other. "How do you know about them?"
Ethan stared at his friends. "Okay, that was really creepy. So how do you know that team?"
"I met them," Kira shrugged.
"My twin brother, Eric," Conner explained his answer. "He went to this super secret ninja school. Everyone there knew a few of the students got chosen to be power rangers."
"It's not just the Wind Ninja Academy, though," Kira added. "The Ember Academy in Reefside and the Thunder Academy on the outskirts of town also had rangers. Each of the ninja academies had at least one morpher for each element made just in case they ever needed them." This time, it was her who got the odd looks. "What? My twin is a fire ninja! Has been since we were eleven."
"Your brother and sister were rangers?" Ethan turned to his teammates. Kira nodded, while Conner shook his head.
"He couldn't finish ninja school," Conner snorted. "He's like a total airhead. We're so different."
"Look, I found them," Hayley got their attention.
Cam opened the box containing morphers. "These are your Power Ranger wind morphers."
"Three unlikely ninja students commanded the power of earth, air, and water." The screen showed the first few fights, including ones with Hunter and Blake when they were evil. "It was the power of thunder that gave them their biggest challenge. But their greatest enemies…proved to be their greatest allies."
Shane, Tori, and Dustin were standing on the beach, looking at Hunter and Blake. "Are you guys okay?" the air ninja asked.
Blake nodded. "What happened?"
"They seem like themselves," Tori looked to the other two ninjas.
"With the earth at the brink of destruction, another friend, Cam, went back in time with to retrieve the one power that could save them all – the power of the green samurai ranger. Not long after, another new ally showed up to help."
The scene showed Tori in Storm Chargers during a cooking demo. She went to help and spotted Kennedi. "Hey," she greeted. "I'm Tori."
"Kennedi," the girl returned. "Kennedi Ford." Something about that name struck Tori. After their last battle, Sensei had told them that a new ranger would be joining them soon, and had earlier today told Tori and Cam the name of the ranger, since the others were off doing what they loved. That's when Tori pieced it together.
She dropped her voice to a whisper. "You're a fire ninja, right?"
"Excuse me?" Kennedi blinked, a bit shocked. She looked at Tori and spotted a morpher on her wrist. "Oh, you're a water ninja." Tori smiled and nodded, knowing that this was the girl they had been waiting for. "But yeah, I am then."
"As a team of seven, the rangers found their way to defeating Lothor." The video showed the seven rangers fighting off aliens. "In their final battle against Lothor, the rangers made the ultimate sacrifice."
"I have your ranger powers," he taunted. "You are at my mercy once and for all!"
"We won't let you win!" Shane growled, ready to charge again as the three stood against him.
"What can you do to me without your powers?" Lothor questioned.
That was their cue as Shane replied. "We may not be power rangers, but we still have power! Power of Air!"
"Power of Earth!"
"Power of Water!"
"Ninja Powers!"
"Whoa," Ethan went wide eyed as the video ended. "I knew it! Ninjas are real!"
"Hey, my brother taught me some of his moves," Conner grinned. "Check it out." He began to demonstrate one of the kicks his brother taught him, only for his foot to collide with some of the equipment behind him and causing the computer to freeze.
Kira looked to the screen. "Oh please tell me that did not just happen."
"I think we just lost our last hope of finding Tommy," Hayley blinked, trying to run through ways they could help in her head. She began furiously typing away on the keyboard, hoping for something.
"Anything?" the red ranger asked after a few minutes.
"Got it!" Hayley nodded.
"We are so lucky you're a genius," Ethan sighed of relief as the screen flickered back to life.
Hayley shrugged. "Even geniuses need help sometimes. That little jolt must've done something to the wiring because I'm getting something."
"With the return of Mesogog, it became necessary to invoke the power of the dino gems. Should anything happen to me, these three are charged with protecting the planet." It showed a picture of each of the rangers in and out of morph. "You're in good hands."
"He really trusts us," Conner spoke first.
"He does," the red head confirmed.
Ethan looked to his teammates. "We have to save him. We owe it to him."
"The whole world owes him," Kira corrected. At that moment, the alarms beeped.
"It worked!" Hayley smiled. "I've got a lock on an invisaportal!"
"Time to go save a teacher," Conner nodded.
A/N: So just kind of a little awkward chapter. Most of the stuff from the video diary I took from other stories I wrote this episode in and tweaked it to fit the episode more. Up next is Back In Black.
Update on Writing Status of current series:
Mixed Hearts - finishing up chapter 19 of this story.
Chosen Powers (the HOA and PR crossovers) - finishing chapter 5 of House of The End
Shattered Glass - on chapter 3 of Battered Chances, the samurai installment of the series
Stories to Hopefully Come Soon (Poll: open 10/16/13 - 10/26/13):
City of Rangers - Mortal Instruments series & Power Rangers crossover, AU.
This One's For the Girls - Pretty Little Liars and Glee crossover, AU.
Come Wake Me Up - AU crossover, Flashpoint and Power Rangers, different version of my Hold Me Tight series
Story Ideas (have yet to start writing)(Poll: open 10/27/13 - 11/6/13):
1. Remake of my Daughter of Legends series
2. Criminal Heroes - AU, very AU, Power Rangers story, includes MMPR, PRNS, PRDT, PRMF, PROO, PRJF
So from the list of hopefully coming soon stories and ideas for stories, which stories would you be most interested in reading? Polls for each will be put up, and I will be working on each as well as my current series. Poll dates are beside the category.