Author's Note: I DO NOT own Power Rangers that credit goes to the Gods of Saban but this story is mine, I just borrowed their characters (and the main story line) and added some of my own thoughts to it.
-The Pink Gem
Chapter Eleven
It's been a week since Erica broke up with Steven and she has now starting breaking Anton's curfew again. Trent and Zeltrax are fighting for Mesogogs' attention while Elsa believes she has figured out what have been causing Erica's energy level to go up.
At Mesogogs Lair…..
"Alright Elsa what do you want this time? I thought it was your turn to send a monster down to Reefside?" said the White Ranger with Zeltrax right behind him. "I'm so sorry to interrupt your sparring boys but I finally finished the Intel of your sister." "And we should care why?" asked Zeltrax. "Because I called you here so you should." The two of them turned around to see Mesogog. "Any more questions?' he asked. "Go right ahead, Elsa," said Zeltrax. The White Ranger and him took a step back. "Alright, I think what's been causing the energy spikes has been the Dino Gems." Elsa turns on a couple of videos of Erica fighting, "Look at scene when she fighting the White Ranger, her energy level shoots up." "That doesn't prove anything," said the White Ranger, "that could easily be a twin thing or something." "But with about this video…." Elsa puts up a video of Erica fighting a monster. "Her energy level is significantly lower than when she was fighting you….this is still high on the human scale. It's only when the Rangers came….Elsa fast forwards the video…. "That we are able to see her energy level go up significantly." "So the Dino Gems is responsible for this rising energy level, but why?" said Zeltrax. "Not every human is getting a spiked energy reading when they're near the Dino Gems, it's only her," finished the White Ranger. Elsa shot them a look. "My theory is the White Dino Gem energy has rubbed off on her and since she closely related to you DNA wise, and she is suffering from this energy." "You're trying to tell me that Erica is suffering because some renegade energy is escaping from me and hitting her?" asked the White Ranger. Elsa nodded. The White Ranger and Zeltrax exchanged glances. "Okay," said the White Ranger, "I can buy that reason…." He started walking towards Elsa and took the remote from her. The White Ranger fast forward the video of Erica's fights until he paused at one scene he wasn't in. "Now I wasn't in this fight, and according to your logic, she suffering from this spiked energy because my energy is rubbing off on her, so how can I be doing this if I'm not here in this picture?" Elsa sneered and swiped the remote back. "Because," she started, "she hasn't just been hit with the energy on the battlefield, she been hit with the energy when she was at home!" "That's fine," said the White Ranger, "so then at home she is absorbing my energy, since I'm there and all, but at the same time since I'm there she should be at shooting off this energy." "Wait, can we take it a step back I'm a bit lost….." asked Zeltrax.
"Okay, fine…" said the White Ranger walking away from Elsa. "She claims that I have some extra energy, and this energy has been rubbing off on Erica, right?" Elsa nodded. "Okay," the White Ranger continued, "this rubbed off energy Erica has, this is what Erica has been using in her fights, this is what Elsa calls her "energy spikes". So, Elsa claims that Erica is getting the energy from me when I'm at home and at the battlefield, these energy spikes happen when the either the Rangers or me are near her, correct?" "Oh no..." murmured Elsa realizing the flaw in her logic. "Yes," said the White Ranger, "if she has these energy spikes when she near me then I can't be giving off the energy to her because at the same time as she is being hit with my energy, she is already having an energy spike. According to Elsa, by me Erica is both taking by energy and releasing it at the same time, since there is no way Erica can store this energy she has been getting from me Erica has to be getting her energy from somewhere else..." The White Ranger stops for a second to think. "Well, this isn't my job to figure out; it's Elsa's, can Zeltrax and I resume what we were going to do today?" asked the White Ranger. Mesogog looked at the White Ranger, lost in thought, after a minute Mesogog nodded his approval. "Let's go," said Zeltrax as the White Ranger and him left the lab. Elsa was breathing heavily trying to calm herself; she was so enraged she forgot Mesogog was still in the lab with her. "It's all right…." said Mesogog. Those words brought Elsa back to reality, she turned around to face Mesogog when he said, "I know what been causing that girls' energy spikes."
At a beach at an unknown location, Zeltrax and the White Ranger appeared from an Invisi-Portal. They each walked to the opposite ends of the beach. "Do you know the rules or do I need to repeat myself?" asked Zeltrax. "Don't worry; the winner of this duel will be Mesogogs second in command, without question," said the White Ranger pulling out his Drago-Sword. "Good," said Zeltrax as he pulled out his sword. And the duel began…..
Elsa was stunned when Mesogog revealed the truth to her, "There's a sixth Dino Gem? How come my sensors haven't been reading it?" "Because we didn't know it existed until recently, thanks to Mercer. Since he's threating me every second, I can't get her to join, unless the White Ranger leaves us. Her Dino Gem power is weakening her because she can't control it. She'll have to come to us, sooner or later, and Mercer knows this." "Mercer is making you choose which one you want, the girl or her brother….Heh, and here I though he was a nice guy." Elsa picked up the remote to the White Ranger fight with Zeltrax, "Oh, boy, Zeltrax is gonna lose this fight for sure." "That's it…." said Mesogog. "What?" Elsa asked. Mesogog turned to face her, "Don't tell Zeltrax any of this….he is going to solve this problem for us."
During class, Erica was barely listening to Dr. Oliver lecture on the T-Rex. "Okay, I need to wean myself off the water, I don't need it…I only think I need it." Erica was holding her pen with her left hand and gripping the Dino Gem in the right pocket with her free hand. "Erica," said Dr. O, "repeat back to what I just said." Erica sighed and looked up at him, "You said the T-Rex is large, it has nothing compared to the Spinosaurus and Giganotosaurus." "Good. As I was saying…" Erica shut her eyes tightly, "Just a few more hours to go….I can do it" When Erica opened her eyes she was looking at Steven, he was on the other side of the room but he wasn't looking at her, he was looking at the board. Erica pulled out her water bottle and took a sip. After school Erica was walking with Conner, Ethan, and Kira. "So why are you guys walking home with me? I don't need a babysitter." "We figure you needed to talk to someone, you haven't seemed like yourself since last week when you stopped sitting next to Steven," said Conner. "Was I really that different?" "Yeah, you looked like a Snake-Mongular Warrior that has just seen the Siren," said Ethan. "Well I guess you have Kira for a model, so I can't say you're wrong," said Erica as she ran ahead. Before Conner and Ethan can catch up with Erica, Kira cuts in their way. "What did she mean by that?" asked Kira. "Not now Kira, Dr. O says we have to watch her in case another monster comes after her," said Conner. "What did she mean!" "Geez Kira, you haven't been the same since you saw Trent turn into the White Ranger admit it already," said Ethan. Kira turned red in the face. Conner tries to keep Erica in his sights, "Alright now can we please go catch up with Erica before-" A huge explosion takes place a few blocks away. "Oh, no…" said Conner, "that where she was headed…." "Let's go!" said Kira running towards the blast with Conner and Ethan following her.
"So why are we sending in another monster to attack the girl if we know what's been causing her energy spikes?" Elsa asked Mesogog. "This week… I haven't been sending the monsters to see her energy spikes but instead I'm using the monsters to train her." "What? Why?" "So when she does join us we don't need to go through the basics, we would only need to teach her how to use her Ranger Powers." "Then Zeltrax is planning to…." "Exactly…." finished Mesogog.
Erica dodged the monster's blast then she ran up to the monster and quickly jabbed the monster a dozen and so times before she backs off. The monster left off a series of attacks which Erica dodged gracefully. As Conner, Ethan, Kira ran up to the site of the fight, they saw Steven. He was leaning against a building watching the fight intensely. "Hey, dude…." said Ethan to Steven, "You gonna run?" "No…." said Steven, his voice was stern without any feeling in it. "You gonna at least help your girlfriend?" asked Conner. "No." "Then why are you here?" asked Kira. He started walking toward the fight, "I have a vendetta against that monster so if you'll excuse me." All three of them saw Steven wearing some sort of scabbard. "Are you nuts?" asked Kira. Conner and Ethan held her back. "There is only one way we can stop this," said Conner.
The second Erica let up on her attack, Steven charged in pulling out his katana and starting slashing the monster with it. Both Erica and the monster were caught off guard by the attack. "This is for ruining my life!" Steven said with the first slash of the sword. "This is for hurting all those people!" Steven said with the second slash. "And this is for destroying the only sense of happiness I ever had!" screamed Steven with his third and final attack. The monster was injured but not destroyed. "Heh, you're gonna have to do better than that!" said the monster, "Hey girl, I bet your feeling tired right about now, why don't you get some water or something." Erica was caught in a daze, "Did he really just say that?" she thought, "did I… really make him happy?" The monster saw it wasn't getting a response from her so it aimed an attack at her. Before it could hit Erica, Steven deflected it with his sword. Steven gripped his sword tightly murmuring to himself, "I'm not done with you yet…." Erica shook herself awake and she saw the Red, Yellow, and Blue Rangers run towards the fight, she looked to Steven who was in front of her, "Yes you are…." She whispered to herself as she attacked Steven with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch in which Steven collapsed in front her. "Uhhh…." the monster started to say, "I thought he was on your side…?" Erica put Steven's katana away, "He was until I dumped him…." Erica picked Steven up over her shoulders and started to run, "Good luck with the Rangers, you're gonna need it!" Erica said as she fled with the unconscious Steven.
Erica ran with Steven as far as the beach, "Right, this is Reefside, we're surrounded by beaches….." Erica murmured to herself as she lays Steven on the beach. Erica took off her hoodie and went to the water to soak it. She put her drenched hoodie on Steven's head and waited for him to come to. Erica could still hear something screaming from the ocean, but Steven waking up was more important to her at that moment. "Okay...so I'm not crazy, there is something out there. I'll need to address this issue sooner rather than later." Steven was beginning to regain his sight, but everything was all blurry, "What happened?" he thought to himself, "I was facing the monster and then something got me from behind, but that was….." Stevens' vision started to focus and he saw Erica hovering over him, before any words were exchanged Steven punched Erica in the mouth. As Erica stumbled back, Steven pulled out his katana screaming, "I didn't need you to intervene, that was my fight, MINE!" Erica was holding her hand to her mouth but Steven just returned his sword and ran away from her. Erica was trying to stop the bleeding and her tears but to no avail.
Zeltrax returned to Mesogogs lair battered from the fight but the only person that was there was Elsa, and she was laughing at the screen. "What's so funny?" asked Zeltrax. "Your fight….." Elsa tried to compose herself but the laughter seeped through, "You….hah….lost…so…badly to him! Ha ha ha." "That isn't funny!" "Yes it is, you're the one who challenged the White Ranger, you thought you could win…..ha….but you lost!" "I don't have time for this!" Zeltrax walked to the Geno Randomizer and clicked a few buttons. A chameleon looking monster walked out of the machine, "I am Copy That!" "Are you kidding?" asked Elsa. "This monster will destroy the White Ranger for me, I'm sure of it!" answered Zeltrax. He walked over to the monster, "I have an assignment for you…."
The next day…..
The Rangers were battling the chameleon monster that Zeltrax sent. "I don't get it!" said the Blue Ranger, "What makes this monster tougher than the other monsters we fought." The Black Ranger ran up to the Blue Ranger, "This guy can adapt to each of us individually, this monster has an advantage over each of us." The Red and Yellow Ranger were fighting the monster but none of their attacks were working. "Will you please give up already! I already told you for like the millionth time that I wasn't after you guys!" "Fine then," said the Black Ranger, "Who are you after?" The monster readied a stance, "Here is my secret move!" The monster morphed into the Black Ranger, "See I look like you, I can even talk like you, and I have all your powers," the monster turned into its regular form. "I can do this for the four of you, but I don't want any of your powers, I want someone else's." "Whose?" demanded the Red Ranger.
Just then the White Ranger performed his speed attack on the monster. After the attack the White Ranger landed on a nearby rooftop, "Well, well, another useless monster from the lab. How am I going to take you out?" The chameleon monster just started jumping up and down, "Finally! Yes, yes, yes!" The monster let out some sort of flash attack at the White Ranger, when the light subsided the monster was gone. "Not another light attack, I'm still recovering from the last four!" said the Blue Ranger still disoriented. The White Ranger shook his head, "That was weird. I'm outta here," The White Ranger said as he disappeared. "Guys, can you read me?" Hayley said through the communicator. "Yeah Hayley, we read ya," said the Black Ranger. "Get back to the hideout. I have some info on the monster."
"So what's the deal with the monster wanting to shine a light at us and at the White Ranger?" asked Conner. "Yeah," said Kira, "I thought they were on the same side?" "Well…." said Hayley clicking on the computer, "it seems when the monster shined the light on you guys, he copied you." "What?" said Conner. "Yea….it's seems the light is kinda the same as on a copy machine, the monster pretty much made a copy of you guys and it can transform into you whenever he wants." "Well then we better deal with this monster before it frames for something we didn't do," said the Black Ranger. "Wait a minute," said Ethan, "The monster told us it wasn't looking for us; it was looking for someone else. Was anyone noticing something was off when it got a little too excited when the White Ranger showed up?" "Okay, so the monster was looking for the White Ranger… why?" Conner asked.
"Are you trying to say to me Zeltrax that you can't locate your monster?" asked Mesogog. "My lord, it seems I can only locate the monster when it is in its original form. When it changes into one of its copied forms then it goes off the radar," replied Zeltrax. "You had better find it," said Mesogog, "I want an explanation as to why it didn't destroy the Rangers yet, understood?" "Yes, my lord." "Don't bother, it's already destroyed…." Mesogog and Zeltrax both saw the White Ranger come out of the shadows, "That was probably weakest monster you have ever created," said the White Ranger. "How dare you!" said Zeltrax pulling out his sword. "Really, are you ready to lose again…Heh. I'm not here for you Zeltrax," said the White Ranger. "Then why are you here?" "To give you my resignation…." said the White Ranger. Then the White Ranger launched his Laser Arrows on Mesogog's lab, by the time either Mesogog or Zeltrax could respond, the lab was nearly destroyed and the White Ranger was gone. "Traitor…." said Mesogog, "Bring him to me now!" "Yes, my lord," said Zeltrax leaving the lab.
Elsa entered the damaged lab after Zeltrax left, "So what did I miss?" she asked. "Zeltrax thinks he has me convinced that the White Ranger has gone renegade on us." "So Zeltrax goes after the White Ranger, when the White Ranger figures out that we don't need him any more…." "She ours…." finished Mesogog.
End of Chapter Eleven
Note: I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, my school work has caught with me. This will be my last chapter until Spring Break which is around April 6 so hang on
So lets' see….The Vulcan Nerve Pinch I think belongs to Star Trek although I think I have seen Uncle on Jackie Chan Adventures use it, but anyway this isn't mine. As far as I know you can't use this attack in real life so don't try it at home. I skipped the fight between Zeltrax and the White Ranger because you guys can see on the episode "It's a Mad Mad Mackerel"
White Ranger is written like this means it wasn't Trent but the chameleon monster, I thought the monster would look better as a chameleon than as a pepper throwing monster, but that's just me.