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 Thirteen

A few days later at Hayley's Cyber Café…

Hayley was mixing drinks when Conner, Ethan, and Kira walked up to her. "Hey guys, what's up?" "So, on a level of one to ten how much do you trust Trent?" asked Conner. "Let's see, over the past few days, he asked for his job back and is doing overtime…..maybe 110%," replied Hayley. "C'mon Hayley, for real." said Ethan. "I am being real, since Trent was under the evil gem I have been overworked and behind on my work. Now since Trent been back I'm actually catching up. I take it you guys are going to need more convincing…" "That an understatement….." said Kira. "Hey Hayley, we need two more tropical shakes and a smoothie." Trent walked up to the table and put his tray down. "Coming up," said Hayley. "Hey guys, what's up?" "You seem to be in a better mood since you turned good again," said Conner. "Are you kidding, I feel like my old self, and no more voices telling me to destroy everything in sight." "Good cause we missed the good Trent…especially Kira," said Ethan. Kira punched Ethan on the shoulder. "Thanks you guys, I really appreciate it." "Trent, are you coming to practice later?" said Conner. "Yeah, I told Dr. O I would be a little late." "Ok, that's cool. C'mon guys let's go." When Conner, Ethan, and Kira left the Café, Trent turned towards Hayley, "They don't trust me do they?" "Nope." Trent gave a heavy sigh. "They just need more time; it's only been a few days." "I know, but still…." "Hayley put the drink on the tray, "Off you go." "Thanks Hayley." As Trent was walking over with the drinks he thought to himself, "Maybe they're skeptical that Mesogog and Zeltrax betrayed me? Maybe they need a few more days."

At the school library….

"Alright, a 10 sentence report on what we will do in Japan, any ideas Erica?" asked Steven. "Ummmm….wa ta shi wa ki yo o to ni i ki ma su." "Okay, we are going to Kyoto, what else?" "wa ta shi wa sushi wo ta be ma su." "Okay we are going to eat some sushi, what else?" "You come up with the next example after all your half Japanese…" "You're the one that made up that rumor! I'm 100% American….110% since my dad was in the military!" "Whatever you say, Steven." Just then Erica phone was vibrating. Erica pulled out her phone and checked the caller ID, it was Elsa. "Damn…." "Work?" "Yeah, ever since Anton hooked me up I can't get away from my boss, she's nuts." 'Aren't all bosses? I think the universe doesn't want us together. Why don't you ignore it?" "Dad would ground me for the rest of my life…." "And that guy would come after me." Erica answered the phone, "I'm in the middle of something…." "Are you now? The boss wants to promote you…" said Elsa. "Oh? And what would be my new position?" "You get to be in charge of a mission by yourself." "Are you kidding?" "No, and you get to order around a mutant too. Get to the lab ASAP." "Okay fine, I'll be there." Erica hung up the phone. Steven signed, "Let me guess you're leaving again. You know, this project is due tomorrow." "I know, work is only a few hours, as soon as I get out, I'll be at your place tonight alright. Bring the paper we worked on, okay?" "Yea, Yea." As Erica was getting up from the table she whispered, "wa ta shi wa wo mi ta i de su." "Thank you," said Steven as he was scribbling on a paper I want to see Mt. Fuji. After Erica left the library, Steven phone started vibrating, "Of course…." Steven answered his phone, "Hello?" "THANK GOD! WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE!" "Cassidy, what a surprise….." "Don't patronize me! Bring your camcorder to the Mall ASAP!" "How do you know I have a…." "We took film class together, remember! We'll be waiting!" Steven hung up the phone and started to collect his thing, "Wait a minute…we'll be waiting? What happened to Devin's camera?"

At Mesogog lair….

As the Pink Ranger entered Mesogog lair, she noticed Elsa working on a computer. "Took your time getting here, huh?" asked Elsa. "Hey, you're the one who said I can have a life. So, were you serious?" "About what?" "About me heading up a mission…" "Yup. Don't worry I'll tell you what you need to do, I just won't be there to tell you how to do it, understood?" "Ummm are you sure about this, I mean it's …" "It's a bit premature, your right; it is. You've only been training a few days in your uniform, but what Mesogog says, goes. And He wants to see what you can do. Don't screw up now."

At the mall…..

Steven walked into the mall, "Okay…if I were Cass-" "Steven!" Cassidy glomped Steven, "You have your video camera, right?" "Yeah…." "IloveyouIloveyouIloveyou." Steven pushed Cassidy away, "Please don't do that again." Devin walked up to the two of them. "So," said Steven, "Why did you need…" "Devin!" said Cassidy pointing to Devin, "Lent his camera to his sister again!" "Cass, I told you-" "Not now Devin! So since we're missing a camcorder and since you're not together with Erica anymore-" "We are back together Cassidy; in fact, I had to cancel my plans with Erica, just to meet you guys." "A bit of a white lie but let's see where it goes…." Cassidy eyes widened. "See Cass, I told you they got back together, you weren't paying attention, were you?" asked Devin. "Never mind!" "Both of you follow moi!" Cassidy said as she left the mall. Devin and Steven were following behind her, with Steven passing on his video camera to Devin, "Say Dev, you saw me and Erica together over the past the few days, right?" "Yeah man, you guys were sitting across from us. I know Cass is a little out out there, but…" "Don't worry, man, I just wanted to know if people knew yet, ya know?" "Well, I know if that's anything." "Yeah, it is." Cassidy was standing a few feet ahead, "Devin, get your camera over here! Wait, you don't have your camera-." "It's okay Cassidy," said Devin setting up the camera. Steven walked up to them, "What are you guys…?" Steven saw where Devin was filming, next to the pier, there was someone dressed as a Pink Power Ranger; with a monster right next is her. This Pink Ranger seemed to be moving the water kinetically from the ocean to land. "Is that… a Pink Ranger?" asked Steven. "Looks like it, man." Replied Devin, "It's strange, I didn't know they came in pink." "Shhh!" said Cassidy. "Just film, Devin."

The Pink Ranger was moving the water from the ocean to the land, she looked to the monster, "So, any idea how I'm supposed to flood Reefside? I'm not moving a lot of water at this rate, just a couple of feet. Each time I'm doing this, I'm losing a lot of power." "Elsa did say I could hit you with my beam and something should happen…" "Yeah, no offense, but I don't trust you that well…" The Pink Ranger moved some more water onto the land. "Well at this rate Reefside should be flooded in…I don't know…three years' time?" "Yoo-hoo! Pink Ranger! Over here," screamed Cassidy. "Cass, what in God's name are you doing? Are you trying to get us spotted?" said Steven. "No," said Cassidy, "I'm trying to get the Pink Ranger to face the camera." The Pink Ranger and the River Monster turned to face three teenagers, "Oh no…." murmured the Pink Ranger, "It's Cassidy, Devin, and….Steven. What are they doing here!" "Should I get rid of them?" asked the River Monster. "No," replied the Pink Ranger, "They either can't interfere or they won't, you need your strength for when the other Rangers get here. Just ignore them they're go away soon enough." The Pink Ranger and the River Monster resumed to what they were doing. "Awww, come on!" said Cassidy. "Allow me," said Steven. He tried running up to the Pink Ranger but the monster held up a trident to Steven, "Not so fast!" "Hey, I just want to know what your deal is. I thought the Power Rangers were supposed to be good?" "I'm not one of them," said the Pink Ranger. "You're wearing their uniform." "The only thing we share is our power source, nothing else." "All right, then what are you doing?" "Working out." "What?" The Pink Ranger sighed, "You can't just spontaneously flood a city, it needs to be calculated especially when you're using your own powers, one false move and the plan backfires. I need to make sure I have enough energy to flood this city." "What?" "Dev, what just happened?" "So apparently Cass, the Pink Ranger wants to flood the city." "How can you hear from this distance, they're too far away?" "I gave Steven one of two mini microphones; it's recording the conversation between him and the Pink Ranger." "Why would you give him one?" "Steven is out there doing actual reporting." "Why would you want to flood the city?" asked Steven. "My boss commanded me." "That doesn't mean-" "Yes, I have to follow his instructions, or else…. Now get out of here, this place is gonna-" "Hold it right there!" The Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black Ranger ran up to the Pink Ranger and the monster beside her. "Wait…what?" said the Red Ranger. "You're a Power Ranger? Why are you-" "I am not re-explaining myself, I wouldn't be here if I was on your team!" The Pink Ranger stared at the Yellow Ranger, "And I won't forgive you anytime soon." "That's fine if you're not on our team; you're not going to flood the city on our watch!" said the Black Ranger. "Dammit, Steven distracted me and I played right into it!" thought the Pink Ranger. "Your ignorance is refreshing; you have no idea how powerful I am." The Pink Ranger charged at the Rangers with a river of water following her. The Pink Ranger hit the other Rangers with a sort of water stream attack, "This attack must be powerful," said Steven to Cassidy and Devin, "the Rangers are getting hurt with it." All four Rangers were pushed back by the Pink Ranger, "How do you like my Water Whip attack?" said the Pink Ranger. "That's it!" said the Red Ranger, "Are you guys ready?" All four of them screamed "Z-Rex Blaster!" The Pink Ranger smirked and jumped in front of Steven, Cassidy, and Devin, "I dare you to hit me with that thing! Who knows, you might actually hit one of these innocent bystanders!" "That a dirty trick," said the Blue Ranger. "What do you guys not understand about me being a bad guy; I'm not supposed to play nice, or fair for that matter!" The Rangers dismantled the Z-Rex Blaster, "Gee, if I can bluff this good, I should try poker!" thought the Pink Ranger. She ran up to the pier again and (kinetically) lifted a huge amount of water, "I'm probably going to regret this move but…" the Pink Ranger whispered as she tossed the water to the Yellow Ranger. For a second the Yellow Ranger was surrounded by a huge ball of water but then it solidified around her. "What are you doing?" screamed the Black Ranger. "What does it look like, I'm freezing the water" said the Pink Ranger, coldly. "She gonna freeze!" said the Red Ranger. "Oh, no; she'll probably drown before she freezes," replied the Pink Ranger, "I'm really pushing my limits now! Do I really have it in me to destroy her?" Erica closed her eyes for a second to remember the Yellow Ranger attacking her and she remembered what Elsa said 'Why do you even care if she is alive or dead? It wasn't like she was going to let you go home or anything' Erica opened her eyes to see the other Rangers trying to break out the Yellow Ranger, "Yes, I can." The Pink Ranger looked over to the River Monster and it gave a slight nod, "Good, it'll give me more power if I need it!" Just then, several blasts hit the Pink Ranger, it was powerful enough to knock her into the water. The solidified water that enclosed the Yellow Ranger turned back into water. The Yellow Ranger was breathing heavily as she was helped by her teammates, "Looks like that move was kinetic, so long as the Pink Ranger was focused on freezing the water it would remain solidified," said the Black Ranger. "Alright," said the Blue Ranger, "But then who blasted her into the river?" The White Ranger pulled up on his ATV, "I'm sorry I got here so late, are you okay, Kira?" The Yellow Ranger was still breathing heavily, "I'm….fine….get her….back for…..me!" "No problem!" The White Ranger got off his ATV and moved slowly towards the river when he shot the Pink Ranger into. "No you don't!" screamed the River Mutant as he charged at the White Ranger when a command stopped it. "The White Ranger is mine! Hit me with that attack you promised!" Both the mutant and the White Ranger looked at the river to see the Pink Ranger standing on a small ice block, "Do I need to repeat myself?" "No!" and with that the monster shot a beam out of its mouth at the Pink Ranger. She was couched into a ball at first, but then she managed to stand up straight, absorbing the entire attack. When the monster was done, it self-destructed. When the smoke cleared the Pink Ranger had a pink aura around her. The Pink Ranger prepared to charge up an attack, "Trent stop her! If she able to freeze water without the upgrade imagine what she can do-" commanded the Black Ranger. "I got it!" said the White Ranger as he was running towards the Pink Ranger. The White Ranger shot up in the air and fired his Thundermax Saber at her. The Pink Ranger shot an ice beam at the White Ranger, but he suddenly disappeared. "Where did he-?" asked the Pink Ranger. The White Ranger was able to re-appear on the ice block and attack the Pink Ranger with his Drago Sword. The Pink Ranger fell on her knees, "Good one," she said breathing heavily, "I didn't see that one coming…" The Pink Ranger collapsed into the water and the White Ranger fell into the river after the ice block melted. The four Rangers ran up to the pier to wait to see the two Rangers come up. The White Ranger managed to get up to the surface but he shook his head, the Pink Ranger didn't resurface. "We sure showed her!" said the Blue Ranger. "Yeah congrats, in the end cheap moves always win the fight!"

The Rangers turned around to see Steven with Cassidy and Devin right behind him. "I don't see why you're not celebrating with us? She wanted you guys to get hit with that beam!" said the Blue Ranger. "That could have easily been a bluff," said Steven, "You didn't even give her a chance to explain her situation to you!" "She said she didn't want to tell us." "She said she didn't want to re-explain her situation, she told us what her deal is. Her boss commanded her to do this and she had to do it, unless…" "She always had a choice and she made the wrong one!" said the Black Ranger, "That's all there is to it!" The Rangers walked away from Steven, Cassidy, and Devin. "I don't like it…" said Steven, "The Pink Ranger could've destroyed us but didn't." "C'mon!" said Cassidy, "She probably didn't think it was worth it, she was probably laughing on the inside how pathetically weak we were and decided not to waste the energy on destroying us." "I don't know," said Devin, "she didn't look totally evil to me, she seemed more pissed off than evil when she was trying to destroy the Yellow Ranger." "Oh so you think she just had it out for the Yellow Ranger, huh? Well then what about that beam she was charging up for, if it was an ice beam, she could've frozen off this entire area!" "I think that attack was purely for the White Ranger, ya know, to pay him back for knocking her into the water and all," said Steven. "Oh well," said Cassidy, "It doesn't matter now does it? She's gone, end of story? Now it looks like we only have the voice recording up to when the Power Rangers arrive to when we met up with them, we could narrate the fight scene…" said Cassidy. "Oh no you don't, you're going to put the Pink Ranger in a bad light," said Steven. "Well duh! She tried to flood Reefside Steven, are you telling me you want to turn her into a tragic hero!" "I rather tell the truth!" "Steven this video isn't gonna get you the job at the station it going to get me the job, and let me tell you, they don't like sappy stories!" "You can't be serious…." "I am." "Fine then." Steven took his camera away from Devin and started walking away. "Where are you going with that!" screamed Cassidy. "To the incinerator…." said Steven. "No wait, you're holding my future in your hands!" As soon as Steven was out of sight, Cassidy kicked some dirt around, "That the second time they done this to me! Why is the world against me!" "You sure about that Cass?" asked Devin. "Gee Devin I dunno, I could've sworn I saw Steven take HIS CAMERA BACK AND WALK AWAY!" "I mean are you sure?" With a flick of the wrist Devin produced a tape, "Cause you see Cass, he took the camera but I got the film." Cassidy glomped Devin, "Iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou…." "Alright, Alright, let's make a video….."

Back at the Ranger's headquarters…

"So Trent, does Mesogog have any other Rangers up his sleeve besides this new girl?" asked Conner. "Dude, for the last time, I don't know who she is, cause she wasn't there when I left!" "Trent, we need you to think really hard, are you sure there wasn't some side project Mesogog was working on when you left?" asked Dr. Oliver. Trent thought hard for a minute and shook his head. "I knew it…." said Conner, "We never should've trusted you!" "Conner!" Conner, Ethan, Dr. Oliver, and Hayley looked towards Kira, she was wet and wrapped in a towel, "If Trent was still working for Mesogog, why would he attack the Pink Ranger; wouldn't it make more sense to not have attacked and keep me intact in that ice." "Not if he was still playing us!" "I had enough of this…." said Trent, "I'm tired of you guys still not trusting me! I get it that I'm the new guy and all but just because I've never heard of this Pink Ranger doesn't mean I'm not telling you about the Pink Ranger. I'll see you guys later," as he turned and left the hideout. Everyone was staring at Conner, "What?" he said. "Listen, it doesn't make any sense. We had Trent….no more than a week, how was Mesogog able to find another person capable of handling a Dino Gem, it's not like they would be wearing a sign!" "We understand that Conner," said Dr.O, "but it is also possible that Mesogog didn't tell Trent about finding a new Dino Gem." "It's also possible," said Hayley, "that Mesogog found this person who had the Dino Gem and took her, like what he did with Kira." "Thanks for the reminder, guys," said Kira. "I thought Steven said that we didn't get her side of the story, right?" said Ethan. "What if Mesogog is coercing her and she really didn't have a choice but to fight us?" "That's means….." said Dr. O, "we broke one of the most sacred rules of being a Power Ranger. To protect the innocent."

I'm floating on air but its sooo dark. I remember the sword and falling but that's it. "Hi there!" Who are you? "We didn't meet yet, right? I'm your partner?" My partner? "Yeah, you were trying to find me a few days ago, remember? But, you got scared when you breathing underwater remember?" And I went back to shore. "Yeah, there you go!" I'm underwater, so am I dead? "No, you're sleeping right now, but I'm going to wake you back up with my power. How do you plan to do that? "Simple, stretch out your wrist." Like this. "No, silly, with your other wrist." My wrist, it's glowing a Pink light. "Yup can you find me now?" I see a Pink light in the distance, is that you…that egg? "Yup." So what do I need to do? "Just pick me up and I'll do the rest." What is your name? "I don't have a name." That's a shame, but since you're an egg, when you hatch I'll give you a name. "Thank you, but what about you, do you have a name?" Erica. "Okay, Erica I want you to grip me tight and close your eyes. Erica was sitting on the ocean floor griping an egg for dear life.

Author Note

Sorry it took me so long to update, my classes drown me in work the last two weeks of school. And then this computer crashed and I needed to get it fixed. I will try to update over the week. So to clarify some points:

I took Japanese this term so I decided to use some of the words in this chapter. Since some of you may not know Japanese I am using romaji so you guys can read it. Also "glomping" is an anime term used when one person is hugging someone extra hard.

Thank you to all my loyal followers and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.