Disclaimers: I do not own Power Rangers. However the characters that exist as their children are my creation.
Their Children
Chapter Eleven: Training Continues
"Good morning rangers. I trust that you had a pleasant night's rest." Zordon spoke to them in his child voice.
"Yes Zordon. We are well rested and ready for today's training." Tommy answered for everyone. They nodded their heads in agreement.
"Very well. Yesterday you were physically tested. You are all well trained in the arts, however, there is still much to be desired if you are to be Earth's protectors. I have faith that your skills will improve in time. Today, your endurance will be tested using your individual powers. First test, you will be de-morphed. And with the second test, you will be morphed. It is imperative that you are able to execute these powers at their greatest levels. Something you will, of course, have reached in time." Zordon pointed towards the corner of the room where two doors stood. They were across from the door they went through the day before. "Once you go through those double doors, you will come across a large room. There will be seven sets of doors. You will each enter one. And once inside, you will face your challenge." Zordon watched as they took in the information. Then he spoke up again. "The second test will begin immediately after the first. And likewise, the third will begin immediately after the second." He reached for a dark wooden box that sat on the computer console behind him. He opened it and looked at the rangers as he pulled out a silver head device. "This is a device used by many telepaths in the developmental stage. It should help you harness your powers and keep them from being unbearable, Tiffany." He held the device out to her.
Tiffany walked to Zordon and accepted the gift. "Thank you Zordon." She stepped back in place beside her teammates.
"Wait a second Zordon." Tommy spoke up. "You mentioned a third test?"
"I did, didn't I. Well, you all had best get to your training." Zordon left the C-Deck without clarifying the third test.
Tommy looked at everyone, and then walked to the double doors in the corner of the room. The rangers followed their leader, and they all walked through the doors.
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Once inside, the rangers walked to the middle of the circular room. They noticed the seven doors surrounding them. Tommy looked at everyone. "Okay guys, this is it. We can do this."
"Tommy's right. There isn't anything we can't do, right? So what are a couple more tests?" Sam backed up her brother.
"I agree. We'll get past this because we must." Connor stated.
"The world needs us. We can't fail." Livvy voiced.
"We won't. This is something we were destined to do." Alex stated with determination.
Tiffany smiled at his statement. "I agree." She said. She put on her head device. "We were chosen at birth."
"Right. So no worries. We got this!" Marcus exclaimed enthusiastically. "So let's do this!" The rangers each exclaimed their agreement in their own way.
"Alright guys. We do this together. I know we are going to be tested individually, but we're not alone in this. We're a family now. Now let's put our hands together." Tommy said holding his hand out. Tiffany placed her hand on top of Tommy's, with Alex's coming down on top of hers. Livvy placed her hand on top of Alex. Then Marcus' hand found Livvy's and Sam's found Marcus'. Once Connor placed his on top of Sam's, they all looked to Tommy. "We all go through those doors and we all come back. Failure is not an option." They nodded their heads. "Rangers on three. One… two… three…"
"RANGERS!" They all shouted raising their arms. They each then turned and chose a door. In unison, they walked through their doors respectively; each disappearing in a ray of light. The doors slammed shut.
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Kim stared into the blue sky as she let out a loud sigh. They had been rummaging through the ruins of the command center for about two and a half hours. She, Aisha, and Jason stayed up top to search. While Tommy led Zack and Rocky to the lower levels into the Command Chamber; or what was left of it. Kim looked over to her best friend. "Hey Aish, find anything?"
Aisha dusted her hands onto the side of her thighs as she stood up. "Not a thing. And you?" Kim shook her head 'no.' "Let's hope that Rocky and the others find something, anything."
"Yeah." Kim walked over to Aisha. "I still can't believe that our kids are rangers."
Jason came up behind Kim. "What's there not to believe? We were the first rangers. In a way, it sort of makes sense." He responded. Jason then walked past Aisha and started moving some rubble out of the way. "They followed in our footsteps. I can't believe we didn't see this coming."
"Jason's right Kim. We were chosen. We went through a lot of changes as rangers. Who knows how our very anatomy could have been altered?" Aisha said as she began assisting Jason with some of the rubble.
Kim moved to another pile. "So basically you're saying, this was destiny."
"Think about it Kim. Zordon chose us. We became the first. Then some of you guys went through a test tying your own spirits to the power to become Ninjetti. Really we should have seen this coming."
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"Have you found anything Billy?" Trini asked her husband.
"There seems to be some sort of electrical interference." Billy answered, while working on bringing the communicator back online.
"How do you mean?" Adam asked.
Billy rubbed his temples. "Well, there seems to be electrically charged matter present. Which we know is influenced by and produces electromagnetic fields. Furthermore, there's a property of some subatomic particles, which determines their electromagnetic interactions."
"Like an electric charge?" Trini inserted.
"Precisely." Billy answered quietly. He began working on the wrist band once more.
"Wait a second Billy. This was never present before." Adam reminded.
"Yeah, I know. Which is why I'm baffled. This is not natural; someone has placed this here to block access to the Morphin Grid." Billy stated.
"Lord Xian?" Trini voiced.
"No, the rangers have used it. So it would not have been Xian." Billy corrected.
"So the rangers are blocking it. I guess I can understand that. Prevents evil from having access to it. But where does that put us?" Adam asked.
"Electricity." Adam and Billy both looked at Trini waiting for her to elaborate. "A variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. Phenomena such as static electricity and..." Trini stated with a grin on her face. "Please tell me you're following what I'm saying."
Billy and Adam both looked at each other. They wore looks of understanding as they both spoke. "Lightning."
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Sammie found herself in the middle of a forest. She quickly turned around to witness the door disappearing. "Okay, no going backwards I suppose." She stated out loud and began to walk forward. She felt the sun's rays warm her skin. She felt the cool breeze of the wind. She felt the fallen branches snap under her foot. 'Everything seems so real.' She thought to herself. 'How did I get here?'
"SNAP!"
'That wasn't me.' Sammie crouched down into a fighting stance. She knew she wasn't alone. "Aaahhh!" She screamed as she was slammed into from the side. She found herself falling over a cliff she hadn't noticed before.
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"Well, I wasn't expecting this." Connor mumbled to himself. He was in the middle of nowhere. He turned around in a circle to get a better look at his surroundings. Nothing. The door he had come through had long since disappeared. He looked into the sky. The sun was setting. "Where am I?" He asked himself.
"BANG!"
Connor snapped himself to attention. 'What was that?' Suddenly he felt a strange tingling at the back of his neck. Without thinking about it, he moved on pure instinct. Once Connor landed onto his feet, he glanced at the spot he was previously standing. There, imbedded into the ground, was a yari, or more specifically, a straight-headed spear. Before Connor could contemplate his discovery, he felt the not so strange tingling at the back of his neck.
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Marcus was walking around in what appeared to be a valley; A rocky valley to be exact. Everywhere he turned; there was one bolder after the other. He walked around on the ground for awhile, and then decided to try and climb his way out. "I'll get a better view of where I am from up top." Mind made up, Marcus attempted to rock climb. He hadn't made it five feet, before he heard a rumbling noise. Deciding it was nothing, he continued to make his way up. The rumbling began again and was louder this time as he and the rocks surrounding him began to fall. Once he landed, Marcus did his best to tuck and roll, to minimize the damage. "Well that's gonna leave a mark." He stood up and brushed himself off. "I won't be trying that again anytime soon." He joked to himself.
Marcus started to walk back down the path he was headed earlier, but paused in his step. He looked at the ground before him. Earlier he only saw his shadow. But now, it was replaced with a larger shadow. Marcus, again, heard the rumbling noise, only now it was louder and seemingly closer. Slowly he stood around. "Oh no." He moaned as he took in the sight of a giant composed entirely of rocks and boulders. Marcus jumped and rolled to the side as one of the giant's hands came down to squash him. "This is not good."
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Livvy stood in an empty room. Four walls and no doors. In the middle of the room was a young girl, with strawberry blonde hair and white eyes. "Who are you?" Livvy asked.
The young girl tilted her head towards Livvy's voice, not once looking at her. It was then that Livvy realized she was blind. The girl's voice startled her out of her reverie. "I am your opponent." She then jumped towards Livvy. Livvy barely moved out of the way, flipping into the air. The girl was fast.
'The first challenge deals with our individual powers. Mine is invisibility. Useless against someone who can't see regardless.' At the end of her thought, Livvy landed onto the ground with barely a sound. Unfortunately for her, it was sound enough for the little girl to pinpoint her position. Livvy quickly found herself blocking a nearly lethal attack.
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"It's strange being down here again." Rocky stated while searching through a pile of clutter with his flashlight.
"Really? I wish I could have seen this place on its good days. Must have really been something." Zack said in reply to Rocky's statement. He was going through his own mess pile.
"Hey guys." Tommy walked up to them. "Look at what I've found." Tommy showed him three wrist bands. "These are the communicators Billy never got around to completing. You think he could use these."
Zack looked over Tommy's findings. "You never know. Could be of some use."
Rocky walked over to where they stood. "It's almost time to meet up back at your place Tommy. We should get a move on."
Tommy looked at Rocky. "Yeah, you're right. Let's get the others and get out of here. I hope Billy has made some progress." They carefully made their way back the way they came.
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Alex sat at the foot of a waterfall. Water was everywhere around him. He noticed the clouds in the sky becoming darker and lower. Before he knew it, there was a out pour of water. "Just my luck." He stated, rising to a standing position.
He walked down the dirt path in an effort to find shelter. While he walked he felt something wet wrap around his ankle. Looking down, he noticed what appeared to be a water rope attached to him. Pulling his leg away, he broke the hold. He turned around and the sound of rushing water. He noticed a face appear in the waterfall. Completely taken aback, Alex was unprepared for the rush of water shooting in his direction.
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"Hello!" …ello… ello… ello… "Anybody there!" …ere… ere… ere… 'Okay, this is so not cool.' Tiffany thought to herself as she stood in darkness. She slowly began walking, in which direction, she didn't know. "Oh!" She called out as she stumbled to the graveled ground. "Ow." She rubbed her wrists and felt around on the ground to see what she tripped on. She felt a large rock on the ground near her foot. Slowly, Tiffany rose to her feet. Testing her ankles a bit, to make sure there was no damage, she began to walk once more, at an even slower pace than before.
"CRUNCH!"
Tiffany quickly spun around in the dark. Although she could not see, nothing was wrong with her hearing. 'What was that?' She calmly asked herself.
"CRUNCH!" She heard the noise again. But this time it was closer. "CRUNCH… CRUNCH… CRUNCH…" Now the noise was very loud and extremely close. "CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH!"
'Whatever it is, it's headed straight towards me. And fast!" Tiffany turned away from the noise and started to run; picking up her speed as the sound grew closer.
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Tommy gazed out at the ocean before him. 'Nice view.' He thought to himself as he walked casually along the beach. 'I wonder how the others are doing.' At that thought, the wind picked up and the view of the ocean changed. It took on a stormy appearance. 'This isn't good. I guess it's time.' The ground began to shake. Tommy had trouble staying on his feet. Sensing something to his right, he turned his head. "What the…"
From the sand, a figure arose. However before Tommy could say anything, spikes formed from sand was shot in his direction. Tommy moved out of the way, using his incredible speed; which was a good thing for him, considering he nicked in the side of his upper arm. Grabbing hold of his wound, Tommy looked at the sand creature in awe. 'That was close. This thing is as fast as I am.' Tommy crouched down in a ready stance. 'No matter, I will pass this test.'
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A/N: Wow! I hope everyone makes it out of there training okay.
I think Billy and the others may be on to something. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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