Disclaimers: I do not own Power Rangers. However the characters that exist as their children are my creation.

Their Children

Chapter Nineteen: The Call of Duty

It was cold. Cold… and dark. But still, she could see the markings on the wall. There was a little bit of light coming from… somewhere. Her hand delicately brushes against its rocky surface. 'Symbols?' She walks forward, following the patterns along the cavern wall. 'Where am I?' She thought to herself as she continued down the corridor.

Her toes dug into the ground. "Ow!" She screamed as she stumbled onto something hard. Looking down to see what she had stepped on, she noticed an object protruding from the ground. 'What is that?' She bent down on her knees and reached for the object. She tried to grab it, but could not get a good grip on it. She pushed the dirt surrounding it away. Soon pushing turned to digging as the object would not budge. "Come on." She said aloud.

It still would not move. She got closer to it, trying to get a better look. "What I'd give to have Connor here. I don't know what this thing is." She narrowed her eyes. "Wait…" It was then she noticed the markings. She glanced up at the cave walls. 'Just like the hieroglyphs on the walls.' She looked back down at the object. "But what does it mean?" She sighed frustratingly. Touching its side, she tried to pull it out once again. It moved a little. She readjusted her grip and pulled. "Ow!" She pulled her left hand to her face and noticed a cut on her finger. She winced, it looked deep. She looked back down and the object was gone.

"What the-" She was startled from her thoughts as she noticed it getting darker.

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There is a flash of light and once it disappears five beings stay in its place. However, once the light faded, they were immediately immersed in darkness. "Is everyone here?" The authoritative voice of Tommy questioned.

"Yea, I'm here. I need to work on my landing though. Sha with you?" Came a slightly strained voice.

"Yeah Rocky, I'm here." Came a soft voice. "Zack… Jason…?"

"I'm here." Answered Jason.

"That goes ditto for me." Announced Zack.

"Alright. Now that everyone is accounted for, please tell me someone brought a flashlight." Tommy pleaded. Upon no response, he groaned.

Aisha chuckled. "Never send a man to do a woman's job." She dug in her pocket. "I don't have a flashlight per se, but I do have this." She pulled out her device and the dim light lit enough of the way for them to see each other. "Will this do?"

Tommy nodded his head. "It's better than nothing."

Rocky shook his head at his wife. "You would bring that."

She got defensive. "Hey, you know I don't go anywhere without this bad boy."

Jason laughed, "Good thinking Aisha. I wish I had thought to bring mine."

Tommy grinned. "Once again, we mere men are saved by our counterparts." He said jokingly, but at the same time sincere. "Alright let's get going." Aisha handed him the device.

They started moving along following their fearless leader. Zack walked beside Aisha and asked, "So, are you getting any reception on that thing?"

Aisha rolled her eyes. "Zack… we are obviously either in some cave or underground. What do you thin-" 'If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it, if you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it, uh uh oh, uh uh oh…' Everybody paused to look at the cell phone in Tommy's hand. "Um… I guess I do?"

"Who is it Tommy?" Rocky asked, wondering who would be calling his wife at this late at night.

Tommy looked at the still ringing phone and handed it over to Aisha. "Your phone, you should answer it."

Aisha quickly took it. For some reason the person's name did not show up on the caller ID. She answered it. "Hello?"

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"Sir, I don't think that this is the best course of action." A young man voiced his opinion.

"And what would you have me do Smithson? The other leaders have already voted. Even if I changed my vote now, they still have the majority vote." Replied the older man. "But it doesn't matter. We will not continue to be enslaved by alien forces."

"I know that Lord Xian is a problem. But there's hope now. There have been sightings in Angel Grove of the power rangers' return." He responded enthusiastically.

The man narrowed his eyes at him. "Get your head out of the clouds boy. Even if they had returned, they are no match for Lord Xian. They will fall like the ones before them." He stated grimly. "We are Americans. We are humans. We will not continue to be victims while allowing others to die for us. We will fight."

Smithson shoulders dropped at the thought of war. "Understood Mr. President."

"This is not just my decision. Congress has already approved." The President reached for the red phone on his desk. His hand hesitated over the receiver, but only for a moment. He confidently picked it up and placed it to his ear.

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Jumping to her feet, she looked around her. Nothing… but darkness. The corridor of the dark cave was closing in on her as the light disappeared. She watched as the darkness spread to her from both ends of the passageway. She glanced behind her, and then looked ahead. "This isn't real." She chanted to herself in a whisper. "This isn't real." Her hands fisted at her sides. "This isn't real." She could feel her finger burning at the pressure. "This isn't-"

"Aurrrrriiiii…" A voice beyond the darkness called.

A chill went down her spine as she looked out into the distance. 'What was that?' The darkness closed in. She thought she saw something moving. 'There's something… in the dark.' It became colder. "No… this isn't real. This isn't real. This isn't-" She jumped at a loud noise.

"SCREEEEEEAAAAA!"

Tiffany sat up in bed. Her heart was pounding and perspiration stuck to her like a second skin. It took her a few seconds to get her bearings. She was still shaken from her dream. 'It felt so real. I can almost hear that shrieking.' She breathed deeply. 'Wait a minute.' She surveyed her surroundings. 'I can hear it.' She rushed out of bed and ran to the door. She thrust it open and was not prepared for what she saw.

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"What's going on?" Tiffany asked as she emerged from her room. "Why is the alarm going off?"

"I don't know." Olivia answered from beside her. She glanced at her best friend and had to do a double-take. "Tiffany? Are you okay?"

Tiffany looked at her surprised. "I'm fine. Why?"

Olivia narrowed her eyes. "Well for one, you look really sweaty. I mean your hair is even sticking to you."

Tiffany brushed her fingers through her hair self consciously. "My room's a little warm is all."

Olivia looked at her disbelievingly, but before she could say anything, Tommy was shouting over the alarm. "Let's go to the C-Deck."

It was then Tiffany noticed the rest of her teammates had also exited their rooms. Alex looked over to her and frowned a little before nodding his head at Tommy in agreement. "Yeah, I'm sure the answers are there." He stated before following Tommy out of the room.

Sami, Connor, and Marcus followed behind them. Olivia paused, glancing at Tiffany, before also making her way out of the room.

Tiffany winced at the memory of both Olivia's and Alex's frowns at her appearance. She rushed to her room to glance in the mirror. She looked a fright. She ran a towel over her face and grabbed a hair band to pull her hair into a pony tail. It wasn't much, but it'll do. She then raced back out of the room and headed to the C-Deck, hoping that no one would notice she lagged behind too long.

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Kat walked down the stairs and rejoined her friends in the living room. "The kids are all asleep. Poor dears are so confused right now." She stated as she took her placed on the sofa. She noticed that Cassidy and Tanya were unusually quiet and staring at the TV. "What is it?" She asked as she turned her attention to the television screen. She noticed a red alert flashing on the screen.

Tanya only shook her head. She grabbed the phone on the table. Kat looked at Cassidy for answers. Cassidy stared back at her with a fearful look. "The U.N…. the attack…"

Kat nodded her head. "Yeah what about it?" She asked confused.

"They-"

SLAM! Both Cassidy and Kat were startled at the noise of Tanya slamming the phone down on the receiver. They looked at her. "No one's answering their phone!"

Kat, concerned about the baby tried to soothe her friend. "Calm down Tanya."

"NO!" Tanya yelled. Then at the hurt look on Kat's face, softened her voice. "I'm sorry Kat, it's just…" She trailed off as she remembered something. "Sha always keeps her cell on her… always…" She mumbled to herself as she grabbed the phone once more and dialed her friend's number.

Kat frowned at this, she looked at the television screen and then back to Cassidy. "Cass, what have I missed?"

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Kim crossed her arms rubbing her shoulders as she felt the chill of the wind. "How's everything going so far Billy?" She asked looking at the area where her husband and friends disappeared.

Billy sat at the table looking over the readings of the portal. "So far so good. It hasn't closed. The rip is still there; however, gradually shrinking. They still have time, not much, but hopefully enough."

She nodded her head as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to find that the appendage belonged to Trini. "Hey Kim, you okay?"

"Yea Trin. I just… I'm so worried about the kids and Tommy and the others. And I'm so sick of being worried all of the time. This isn't fair. Why are all of the alien sickos obsessed with Earth?"

"I don't know Kim. I don't know. But one thing we have learned as rangers is that evil does not win. It may have kicked us down these last few years, but we will get back up. They won't win this war." Trini said reassuringly.

Kim sighed, "I know Trini, but why does it have to be our kids who fight this war."

Trini looked at her sadly. "I don't know Kim. But at least we can make sure that they do not have to fight this alone."

Kim smiled at her. "You're right." She looked over at Billy and Adam at the table, then back to Trini. "But if Xian hurts my babies, he's going to be in for a world of hurt."

Trini smirked. "That goes ditto for all of us."

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The rangers walked through the double doors of the C-Deck to find Reidyn and Phaedra already in the room. They walked further in to stand beside the main console. "What's going on?" Tommy asked, face to face with Phaedra.

"Rangers, I'm afraid our time has been cut short and you are needed much sooner than we thought." Came Phaedra's cool reply.

"How much sooner?" Asked Marcus, wondering how much sooner it could get considering they were already planning to fight the next day.

"Now." Said a light voice off to the side. They all looked up to see Zordon and Omega exiting the doors that led to the training room. "Now Rangers, I know that this is a shock and a lot to ask of you. You have not completely rested from the training that you've gone through. But your planet needs you now. Turn to the viewing wall."

They all turned to said wall to see what all the commotion was about. On the wall, they could see news reports from all over the world. The U.N. had moved the attack up.

"They're attacking now?" Sami burst out in complete disbelief.

"Zordon, why would they do this?" Asked Tommy.

The young boy looked at his rangers. It was surprising how much they reminded him of their parents. He would be sending them to battle with a heavy heart. "More than likely Tommy, they feel it's best to have the element of surprise on their side."

Connor shook his head. "But that will not be enough."

Zordon agreed with him. "No, it will not."

"Well then, why are we just standing here?" Tiffany asked. "What are our orders?"

The rangers stood silent as they awaited Zordon's command.

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AN: Yay! A new chapter! I hope you guys like this. It's finally getting to the exciting parts. BATTLE! I hope you are all still reading this. I've been updating all of my stories and have devised a writing schedule so as to not fall behind again. So please stay tuned. Next update should not be too far away.

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