Disclaimers: I do not own Power Rangers. However the characters that exist as their children are my creation.
Their Children
Chapter Twelve: New Discoveries
Sammie felt the wind rush past her as she fell over the cliff. Shocked from the hit she had taken earlier, she began to get a hold of her bearings. Once the realization of her impending doom set in, she closed her eyes and concentrated. Soon, Sammie slowed her fall to a standstill. She opened her eyes to see that she was floating halfway down the cliff. She looked up to where she had come from and noticed the bushes near the edge rustling.
Sammie flew back up to the edge of the cliff. She noticed that the rustling had stopped. "I know you're there! Come out!" She called out to her attacker. Silence answered her. Sammie's eyes narrowed. She fisted her palms. "Fine, if you won't come to me, then I will go to you." As soon as Sammie finished that statement, she flew towards the bushes. However, before she could reach her destination, a black clothed figure jumped out at her. Sammie pulled back to prevent collision. They both floated in the air, assessing one another. Sammie noticed her assailant appeared to be a ninja. She couldn't see the face do to a mask, but the build seemed masculine. Then she did a doubled take. 'Wait a second, he's flying.' She took note as his defensive posture slipped into offensive. 'He's going to attack. I've never fought in the air before.'
Sammie moved into a defensive stance as best as she could in mid air. 'Trust in your abilities Sam.' she glared at the presence before her. "I'm ready when you are." She said, and once she did, the fight was on.
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"Aahh!" Connor yelled in pain as the spear grazed his side. Grabbing hold of his shallow wound, Connor twisted to the side to dodge yet another spear. They were coming faster and more frequent at a time. He wasn't going to last much longer if he didn't think of something quick. 'That's the problem. To busy dodging, I can't think.' He flipped to dodge another one, but gets grazed on his upper leg once he lands. "Aahh!" He grunts.
Connor rubbed the sweat from his forehead. He stops to catch his breath. Looking around, he sees no spears shooting in his direction. 'I have a bad feeling about this.' As soon as he has this thought, he feels that oh so familiar tingle at the back of his neck.
"Bang!"
Connor turns around and is completely stumped at the sight before him. Hundreds of spears are thrust into the air, from where, Connor had no clue; but he knew where they were headed. "No use in trying to dodge these." Connor closed his eyes and raises his hands in front of himself, right before the spears strike.
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"Come on Rockman! Take your best shot!" Marcus shouted to the rock giant. The giant sends a fist down on Marcus, but he blocks it with his arms. Marcus musters his strength and pushes the giant away. He rubs his forearms. "Okay, okay, not bad. Now my turn." Marcus runs at the giant and leaps into the air, attempting to deliver a kick to its chest. Unfortunately that did not go as planned, and Marcus found himself knocked backwards onto his back. "I'll be feeling that later." He grunts to himself as he gets to his feet.
Suddenly the rock giant starts to hurl boulders of all shapes and sizes in Marcus' direction. He dodges a few, punches a few, and unluckily is hit by a few. Marcus falls to his hands and knees after dodging another one. He desperately tries to catch his breath. 'I can't take much more of this.' He jumps back to his feet. 'There has got to be a weak spot somewhere.' He blocks another rock. 'What are you saying Marcus,' he chided himself, 'you're fighting a pile of rocks.' He jumps in the air and kicks a boulder flying in his direction, causing it to burst into tinier rocks. 'Wait a second, that's it!' A big smile grew on Marcus' face. "Alright Rockman, time to get serious."
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Livvy flips away from another attack. 'It feels like I've only been dodging this entire time.'
"You have only been dodging." The young girl replied landing a kick to the space previously occupied by Livvy.
"Great, now you're psychic. Anything else you'd like to share with the class." Livvy asked snidely as she leaped away from a potent kick. Once she was on her feet, she had little time to prepare for the powerful fist headed in her direction. Livvy blocked with her forearms. The force from the punch sent her flying backwards. Livvy slid across the ground on her back. The girl did not attack again; instead it was as though she were waiting for Livvy.
"Olivia of Yellow, you prove to be most disappointing. Do you not intend to pass this test?" The girl asked in a bored tone.
Livvy stood up frowning. "Of course I do." Livvy closed her eyes and concentrated. Her form became invisible. She knew that whether she was invisible or not would matter little to her opponent, so she decided to turn it up a notch. 'I hope this works.'
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"Did you guys find anything?" Kat asked as she watched her husband and five of their friends walk through the front door.
"There wasn't much left of the place, but we did find three unused communicators." Tommy mentioned as he close the front door shut. He followed the others' example and took the seat he had previously.
"Have the others called? We noticed Billy's car was still gone." Aisha asked.
"Yes actually." Everyone looked at Tanya when she spoke. "Adam just called. He said that they had come across something very remarkable. But unfortunately he didn't elaborate; just said that they were coming as soon as possible."
The former rangers took in the information. "I wonder what they could have found." Kim spoke out loud.
Tommy grabbed his wife's hand. "Whatever it is, let's just hope it will bring us a step closer to our children." They all nodded their heads in agreement while they awaited their former teammates' arrival.
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Cough… cough… cough… Alex found himself nearly choking on the water, as it slammed into him. He fell to the ground, gasping for air. He looked back at the waterfall and noticed he was a few feet further from it, than he had previously been. Narrowing his eyes, Alex could still see the face he saw earlier. He gave himself a once over. 'I'm drenched.' He glanced back at the waterfall, and sure enough, the face was still there. 'Okay, I'm a little creeped out.' Alex started to heat up his hands and began walking back towards the rush of water. "I guess I better get this over with."
As soon as the words escaped his mouth, a water rope shot in his direction. Alex turned one fist on fire and blocked with it. The water evaporated upon contact. He continued forward. Suddenly three water ropes shot his way, from two different positions. Alex jumped into the air and swept a kick in a high arch. Flame flowed from his foot and collided with two of the three water ropes. The rope that escaped hit him in the chest, causing him to stumble backwards. Recovered, he moved forward with a smirk. 'I'll be done with this in no time.'
The surface of the water began to bubble as it rose higher and higher, forming a large wave. "Or not." Alex said out loud and he began to think of a counter to this new attack headed his way.
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"CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!"
Tiffany ran as fast as she could. Or at least she tried, until she found herself falling, once again, onto the gravel before her. "Ow!" She rubbed her ankle, noticing its soreness. CRUNCH, CRUNCH! Her head spun to the sound behind her. 'What am I going to do? I can't see, I…' Tiffany shook her head and groaned as she pulled herself to her feet. 'What's the matter with you Tiff? Are you a Power Ranger or aren't you?' She mentally reprimanded herself. She closed her eyes; it wasn't like she could see anyways. 'Concentrate.' The device around her temple started to blink. 'See with your mind, not with your eyes. See with your mind, not with your eyes.' She continued this internal mantra.
"CRUNCH! CRUNCH!"
'See with your mind, not with your eyes!' Tiffany finished internally as her eyes shot open in a glowing pink. She flipped into the air sideways, narrowly evading a large axe as it penetrated the ground of which she once stood. Once Tiffany landed, she rolled away from a vicious swing of the axe. 'Amazing.' Tiffany thought to herself. Through her eyes, she could see in the dark. She could see the hideous monster wielding the large deadly axe. Everything had a pink tint to it. She saw the axe strike before it ever hit. She continued to dodge, tuck, and roll all over the place. 'If I analyze its movements correctly, I can manipulate its actions.' Tiffany ducked the blow she saw coming five seconds in advance, and ran at the creature in full speed.
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Tommy felt himself growing fatigued. Although he was gifted with speed, his opponent was quite fast itself. The sand creature kept Tommy on his toes; leaving no room for error. The peaceful beach he had first appeared on was gone, in its place was a reign of chaos. The ocean was restless, the sky dark and gray with thunder and lightning adding to its misery. And the beach itself, was becoming a battlefield; with Tommy against its elements. He dodged, blocked, and attacked when necessary. He had to work twice as hard to keep his speed going; running on sand was slowing him down.
The sand creature took on no specific shape. It hardened large quantities of sand and launched them in Tommy's direction. He blocked the smaller portions, while dodging the larger ones. 'This has gone on far too long.' Tommy stopped running. 'It's time that I ended this.' He turned and faced his enemy.
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Adam walked through the front door and closed it behind himself. "Hey guys." He greeted as he took his seat beside his wife.
"Hey Adam, where's Billy and Trini?" Rocky asked once he noticed them missing.
Adam ran his hand through his hair. "Well, they decided to stay at the lab to run more tests."
"Tests? Adam, what's going on?" Tanya asked her husband point blank. The others awaited his answer.
"Billy believes that he may have found a way to tap into the morphin grid." Adam began. "But there's some sort of electrical interference in the form of a shield blocking our access to it."
"Well we found three unused communicators in the ruins of the old Command Chamber." Tommy said as he pulled them out to show Adam, and then placed them onto the coffee table.
"This is great, if Billy proves successful, then three more people will be able to pass through." Adam stated in deep thought.
"Adam," Kim started, but waited until she had his attention to continue, "what sort of tests are Billy and Trini running?"
Adam looked at her confused. "Did I not explain?" When they all shook their heads 'no,' Adam began to tell them from the beginning, of the discovery he and the others made.
"Lightning?" Cassie asked.
"Yes." Adam confirmed. "To open, let's say, a portal of sorts."
"Adam, exactly how are they going to use lightning to open a portal?" Jason asked. "Will we have to wait for a storm? And in that case, how are they running tests?"
"Billy plans to create synthetic lightning and then manipulate it. That is what they are working on in his lab right now. The communicator will be a conduit, which is the reason only one or possibly two of us could have gone through. But considering your discovery of three more communicators, that increases the amount by double." Adam finished.
"We should be helping them." Kat announced.
Adam shook his head. "You'll only be in the way. I came to give you guys an update. Billy feels its best, and I agree, that whoever able starts training. We need our skills to be sharp." Adam grabbed the communicators off of the coffee table. "I'm going to take these back to Billy." He gave Tanya a kiss and rose off of the couch. Adam walked to the door, and with his hand on the knob, he paused. "With any luck, we'll be through the portal tomorrow."
"But that's when the U.N. attacks." Kim reminds.
Adam nodded his head. "Yes, I know." He then opened the door and walked out of the house.
Once the door was shut everyone began talking at once. "What are we going to do?" Aisha's voice rang louder than the rest.
Tommy stood up from his seat. "We're going to do what Billy suggested. We're going to train."
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It was not as hard as Sammie thought to fight in the air. Granted she had to do a little adjusting. Aside from all the blocking and dodging she was doing, she landed a few hits of her own. A couple punches and a roundhouse kick later, Sammie was feeling pretty good about herself. She didn't know why, but fighting while suspended in the air was exhilarating. Punch, punch, kick, block, punch, dodge, flip, kick, body slam. Sammie watched as her opponent slammed into the edge of the cliff. Realizing he was not rising, Sammie smiled. "I did it."
Sammie's smile began to slip as she noticed eight more masked men show up. 'I take it, part two is about to begin. In that case…' "GREEN OWL!"
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As the dust settled, Connor felt the sweat trickle down the side of his face. Connor opened his eyes and could not help the grin that formed on his tired face. 'Well I'll be…' Before him, Connor witnessed the massive amount of spears frozen in the air. They surrounded him. "That was close." Connor let his arms fall to his sides slowly. The spears lowered to the ground. "I've passed this test." He then looked around his surrounding area, keeping his guard up. "But what about the next."
Connor looked out into the distance and noticed hundreds of warriors running in his direction. 'I guess I know where the spears were coming from. This will be a challenge.' "BLUE STALLION!"
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Marcus made a few choice moves to get closer to the rock giant, without being hit by a flying boulder. He dodged and flipped out of the way, when necessary; with one goal in mind. 'Just because it's made of rocks, does not mean it has no vulnerable spots.' Once Marcus was closer, he had to dodge the fist that made to squash him. This left an opening in the giant's defense. Wasting no time, Marcus leaped at the giant's chest. 'Here goes nothing.' He pulled back his fist as he neared his target. "POW!" Marcus punched right through the giant landing on the other side. Luckily for Marcus, he landed far enough not to get buried under the rockslide the giant had become. Marcus jumped to his feet. "Yeah boy! That's what I'm talkin' about!" He celebrated his victory.
Sadly it was a victory short lived. Marcus turned around and noticed five more rock giants. They were a little bigger, and faster. Wasting no time, he got down to business. "BLACK TIGER!"
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Focusing her mind, Livvy felt herself become lighter. She opened her eyes and moved in time to dodge an attack. However once she landed on the other side of the room, her opponent did not react. Livvy took a few more steps before she noticed the girl's reaction. 'She can still hear me, but barely.' Livvy smiled. 'I can use this to my advantage.' Livvy took a few more steps, and then watched the girl come at her fast. Livvy quickly moved out of the way, repositioning herself behind the kid. Livvy did a floor sweep with her leg and tripped the girl, sending her falling onto the floor.
The girl stayed her position. "You have passed, Olivia of Yellow." And in a blink of an eye, the girl was gone. But in her place were four moving shadows. 'Okay, this is a bit eerie. But no matter, you can do this girl.' "YELLOW SHARK!"
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The wave of water crashed down onto Alex. Once it cleared away, Alex was protected in a shield of fire. 'Wow. Didn't know I could do this.' He looked over himself in awe. Then he turned his attention to the mouth of the waterfall and to the face staring back at him. "Something tells me, you're what's standing in between me and a passing grade." Alex fired up the energy surrounding him. He ran towards the waterfall. Dodging, blocking, and blasting anything that came his way. As soon as he reached the edge where land met water, he flipped into the air. While suspended in the air, Alex allowed flames to flow through his arms and out his fist. He created a hot inferno and blasted it into the waterfall. Once connected, Alex was thrown back into the water from the waves of energy it created. Swimming back to shore, Alex looked back at the waterfall and noticed the face was gone. He grinned as he pulled himself out of the water.
"Piece of cake." Alex said. He looked over at the water and was startled to see the water rise and take up ten separate forms. Alex sighed, "You have got to be kidding me." He then turned towards them. "Well then, let's get this over with. RED BULL!"
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Tiffany watched as the monster grew confused. No matter what it did, it could not land a hit on her. She was running around, seemingly with no direction; but Tiffany had a plan. With every step she took, she knew what step it'd take. She ran in one direction, and then it would try and strike. But then she'd go to the exact opposite of where she was standing. The creature would turn a fast one eighty to catch her; it never did. And unfortunately, the turns were putting too much stress on one leg. And it was more than its leg could handle. Tiffany repeated this tactic over and over until a resounding CRACK! echoed in the darkness, followed by a sharp howl of pain. Tiffany watched as if mesmerized, as the monster's leg twisted in an unnatural fashion. It fell to the ground defeated, mewling in pain. Tiffany hated to see it in pain, but she couldn't help the exhausted smile that took over her face.
"CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH!"
Tiffany became alert, she knew that sound. And if the monster was on the ground in front of her then… She turned around and was nearly crushed by the fist headed her way. Tiffany dodged in time. Flipping backwards to put some space in between them, she noticed two others behind it. 'I'm gonna have to morph.' Mind made up, Tiffany stood up straight. "PINK FOX!"
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Tommy started running around the sand creature in a circle. He slowly, but assuredly increased his speed, little by little. So little, it was hardly detected, unless you were looking for it. The sand creature tried attacking Tommy with more sand, but Tommy was just too fast. Tommy became faster and faster, soon his speed was beginning to affect the sand creature. Tommy was nothing short of a white blur. The sand began to rise into the air. Tommy was creating a mini tornado and the sand creature was caught in the middle of hit. Once Tommy was sure he had it, he moved his mini tornado toward the water. In a short amount of time, he had the sand creature tossed into the ocean. Slowing down to a halt, Tommy witnessed the storm at sea calm.
Tommy knew that he should be glad, but it was an uneasy calm. The type of calm that came before a storm, not after. 'I don't like the feel of this.' He thought to himself as the wind picked up. Tommy felt the ground beneath him start to quake. He knew what was coming. 'The second test.' Tommy became determined. He knew he would pass at all cost. "WHITE HAWK!"
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"Has Adam returned?" The man asked his wife, as he adjusted his glasses.
"No, not yet. Have you found anything?" She walked over to his side to observe his work.
The man nodded his head. "I believe the synthetic lightning will be powerful enough to open the portal."
"But…" She prodded.
"But, we'll need to open a portal that has recently been used." He explained gauging his wife's reaction. "We'll need to open it at the park; since that's the last place we know of that the Rangers teleported. But to prevent others from witnessing this…" He left off.
"We'll have to do this at night." She finished for her husband.
"Precisely."
"I'll notify Tommy and the others." She stated, leaving her husband in the lab to finish his work.
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A/N: This is the longest chapter so far. I hope you enjoyed.
In response to JOUNOUCHI sama's comment, I know that the Power Sword was Jason's, and it took me a while to decide what weapons each ranger got. I didn't really want their weapons to be the same as the originals. Note that Connor does not have a lance. I'm sorry if this upsets you, but I felt that the leader should have the sword, plus I've been watching Smallville lately and seeing the skill that Green Arrow has with a bow is kind of cool. That's how I came to see Alex with a bow so easily. I also wanted to incorporate new weapons, such as Livvy's whip and Tiffany's fans. I want this fic to be similar to the original storylines because they are connected, but I also want it to be different because even though they are their children, they are not the same as them.
Again thank you to all those who review. Seriously, if you didn't review I would not be updating as often as I do. I'm hoping to have only one more chapter before the day of the battle, but it might end up being two.
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