Hey ya'll, Sen here! Here is a new chapter for ya'll. Sorry about making ya wait. As per usual I don't own Power Rangers or the team except for Ezra and Freya. So, without further ado, Chapter 3! Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Everything slowed down as both Kayla and Freya moved toward Ezra while Theodore shrunk back toward Noah. Ira laughed but was cut short as a fierce hissing overcame the room. Ezra, having fully come too, looked up to see the air pipe leaking profusely. He attempted to get up but his body was still recovering from the attack by Hakai. Freya watched as a fiery heat overcame her body and the heat duct few feet away from Ezra erupted in flames. Eyes widened, Freya just watched as the wind from the air pipe hit the flames. The boom rocketed both Kayla and Freya backwards as well as Hakai. Freya sat up quickly as she let out a strangled cry. Theodore and Noah came up to help them as they watched the remains of the locker room walls crumble in the fiery mess. Noah gulped as he shook a little, kneeling to help Freya off the ground. The blonde just stared at the spot her cousin was in as tears trickled down her cheek.

"We need to move," murmured Theodore as he supported a bruised Kayla, "it's not safe in here. Who knows what the blast did to the structure." Freya nodded mechanically as Noah gently grabbed her arm and pulled her along.

"What I want to know is where did the other two go?" asked Noah softly, "I saw the blonde get blasted through a wall but I don't know about the others." Theodore nodded as he looked back at Freya, the small blonde was in no shape to worry about them right now.

"We need to keep our eyes open for them," Theodore stated softly as he heard Kayla hum in approval, "considering it was the female one that caused this mess and…" Theodore trailed off, unable to finish his sentence but the rest was clear. The female was the one to kill Ezra, she was the one that caused them so much pain right now. Freya nodded as she looked up at Theodore as he gulped and ducked his down. The four made their way toward the rear exit of the school but not before a small laugh filled the hallway. Rage fueled Freya as she remembered who the laugh belonged to. Before Noah had time to react, Freya slipped out of his grasp and spun around effectively decking the female in the face with a sickening crack. The female cackled even more a blood poured down her face and Freya kept wailing on her.

"Stop her," Kayla murmured, "stop her! The hitting doesn't seem to be working." Theodore nodded as he passed Kayla off to Noah as he actually noticed the blood coming from Kayla's leg. He gave her worried look but she waved it off as she returned her attention to the blonde who was beating the crap out of the woman. Theodore ran up and tried to subdue Freya but the blonde bucked him off, continuing her rage induced beating. Another laugh filled the area as the dark-skinned man from before watched.

"You won't be able to stop her," he spoke softly, "Ira can increase the anger one feels. Hence why she attacked the boy; she knew this would happen if she did." Theodore watched as the dark-skinned man turned his gaze to Noah and Kayla. A shudder coursed through Theodore as he saw the man's gaze hardened as Noah gently pushed Kayla towards a wall. Almost after he did that, the man attacked Noah barely giving him time to duck out of the way. But the man was relentless as his strikes left Noah on the defensive. Noah yelped as the man clipped his shoulder, sending him reeling to the left but he was unable to see the next hit before he felt it. A sharp pain came from his stomach as the man sent him into a wall and held him there. Noah struggled against the man's grip as another voice spoke,

"Struggling will do you no good." Noah groaned as he turned to see the blonde from before looking pretty bloody. The blonde smirked at him as he finished,

"Quite playing, Shin. Finish this! The same goes for you Ira." The woman smirked as she nodded and went to hit Freya but the blonde dodged left much to Ira's dismay.

"I may be enraged you bitch," Freya hissed, "but I'm far incompetent. I know what you're doing and I know what my cousin would want. While beating the ever-loving shit out of you felt amazing; he wouldn't want that." With that she gave Ira a solid kick to the gut sending her down a stairwell. Freya turned halfway as she back up toward Theodore; glancing back from the stairwell to the two men.

"So, we know the dark-skinned man is Shin," Freya growled, "then who are you? I'm assuming the asshole who tormented Ezra." Shin and Hakai stared at her in shock as did the three teens.

"Just like your namesake," Theodore murmured as Kayla nodded. The red head had moved closer to the others as she observed.

"It seems Freya gets a cold rage over a hot rage," Kayla murmured, "but then again mixing love and war can be quite effective." The blonde man watched the three for a moment as Shin looked back the trio then over at the boy he was still holding against the wall. Freya saw him look at Noah as she growled out,

"Don't even thing about trying any shit. I'd rather not murder someone today." Theodore and Kayla shivered at the ice in her voice as Shin merely raised an eyebrow. Noah just watched as he gulped. Shin turned to the man next to him, answering the seemingly forgotten question.

"This asshole is Hakai. Not one to piss off but then again he's pretty good at pissing everyone else off." Hakai looked over as he laughed and held his chest.

"You wound me," Hakai snorted, "who knew you cared so much." The trio of teens shivered a bit as Noah figured it would be a good time to try and escape. But the moment he thought to try something Hakai turned his gaze toward him.

"You have same youth the other one had," Hakai stated, "your eyes are more wild then his were though. Despite the other one being scared, his eyes held so much strength and calm. I wanted so badly to squelch it but Ira beat me to it." The last bit was directed toward Freya who clenched her fist and was about to say something when a voice rang out,

"Well sorry to ruin either of your fun." Freya's eyes widened as she spun around to see Ezra leaning against one of the walls with a blonde man standing next to him. The blonde's blue eyes landed on Noah's predicament as Ezra lurched forward. Before any of the teens could react, the blonde whipped his arm out steadying Ezra before helping over to Kayla who was the closest. The entire time, the man's eyes never left Shin and Noah.

"What does he have," Noah murmured, "a Spidey sense or something?" The blonde man snorted indicating he heard him. Shin growled as did Hakai.

"Bradley!" growled the men. The blonde smirked as he saw Freya checking over her cousin out of the corner of his eye.

"The names Hunter," the blonde stated, "get it right! There is only one person that can call me by my last name and it ain't you." Hakai growled another time and lunged at the blonde, Hunter, but the man dodged out of the way as Hakai flew past. What Hunter didn't take into account was how close the teens were. A yelp resounded as Hunter spun around to see Freya deck Hakai. He also noticed the red head had moved the boy he saved behind her.

"Stay away from him," both Kayla and Freya growled. Hunter smirked as he charged at the man sending him flying into Shin with something akin to a judo flip. Noah's eyes widened as the two went flying and he sunk down the wall. Theodore made his way over to him still eyeing Hunter warily, offering his head. Noah grunted as he took it and allowed himself to be pulled up.

"We need to get you five out of here," Hunter stated softly, "you five hold more power than you know." Freya looked at him curiously as she was about to ask but Hunter shook his head. The six people made their way out of the school as fast as their battered bodies would take them. They were almost to the parking lot when a chill overcame the football field and Hunter put his finger to his earpiece.

"Well," a voice stated smoothly, "if it isn't our resident ninja." Hunter turned to see a red headed man walking towards him but it was Freya who noticed that everything that touched him seemed to wither and die.

"What is he?" murmured Freya. Hunter gave her a sideways glance as the red headed man smirked.

"My," he started, "where are my manners? I am Ranmyaku, also known as the Destroyer." He looked down as he stamped out a flower that had someone escaped his withering effect.

"I feed on the chakra from the earth and from others," Ranmyaku continued, "as the state of your school, I believe you call it, suggests. I can also feed from humans as well but I would prefer not to. Things get so much messier that way especially since you humans seem to frown upon killing one another." Hunter looked over his shoulder but didn't see any of his henchmen. It was then he also noticed the oldest doing the same, he had yet to turn and face Ranmyaku but his back was against the blonde in red. To Hunter, that spoke volumes to the leading style those two had or the trust they may have later. Hunter turned his sights back to Ranmyaku, who just gave him an eerie smile. Noah had Ezra leaning on one side and Kayla on the other so he could nothing if Ranmyaku decided to attack. Hunter weighed his options as he glanced about but Ranmyaku broke him out of his thoughts.

"There is no escaping me, ninja," Ranmyaku smiled, "the others may not be here but I am perfectly capable of dispatching you myself. Considering that the human children with you are weakened." Hunter looked over at the five then at Ranmyaku, the red headed man smiling ever so slightly. A growl escaped Hunter's lips but it was Ezra who spoke in raspy voice,

"We may be weakened but we're not out. We didn't survive a rust like plague, three maniacal idiots and an explosion to be killed by the likes of you." Hunter turned to the boy he had rescued and actually took him in. The boy's body shook from exhaustion as his hair hug limply around his face. His skin seemed to have lost some of its pallor or from what he could tell under the soot and burns. But his eyes, the boy's eyes seemed to burn with a strength he hadn't seen. Ranmyaku stared at the boy as his small smile grew which set Hunter on alert. Ranmyaku moved faster than anyone could see or almost anyone. Kayla, as if sensing his movement, threw her body weight forward causing Noah to spin around bringing Ezra to the other side. Kayla's momentum kept her going as Ranmyaku flew past her, clipping her hip. She gritted her teeth at the metal claws that sat on his fingers as they tore at the skin on her hip. Hunter sensed her pain and flew to meet Ranmyaku as he made another pass at her. blocking Ranmyaku's blow, he looked over his shoulder.

"You five," he ground out, "go now. Get as far away as you can." Noah's eyes widened as he looked back at Freya who seemed to have an issue with leaving him. Theodore didn't look to keen on the idea either but neither looked ready to argue with him. With a nod, Freya turned which was an indicator for Noah as he herded the other two toward Theodore and Freya. Theodore looked at Kayla as he scooped her bridal style much to her dismay.

"Your hip and leg are injured," Theodore ground out as Kayla squirmed a bit, "the only way to get you moving faster is to carry you." Kayla grumbled at him but quit squirming much to Theodore's relief. Freya had to stifle a giggle at the two as her attention turned to Ezra and Noah then back to Hunter but Ezra spoke,

"Come on, Rey. He said to run so we need to. Something tells me it would be easier for him to fight when he doesn't have to worry about protecting us." Freya nodded as she made sure the two boys went in front of her. She brought up the rear but looked back one more time before running to catch up. Hunter watched them run off as he pushed Ranmyaku in the opposite direction. Ranmyaku also watched them run off and something about that set off a foghorn volume warning in Hunter's head. He heard Cap murmur something in his ear piece but the reassurance didn't help him.

"Was that wise, ninja?" asked Ranmyaku, studying him, "I, at least, have chivalry to some extent. But my companions, not so much. And with only two capable of fighting, well those odds don't seem so good." Hunter growled at Ranmyaku before looking over his shoulder; he hated how the man got into his head but he also brought up a valid point. Ranmyaku studied the man in front of him before turning his head toward the school.

"It seems my companions are on the move," Ranmyaku smiled. Hunter cursed and spun around to dash after them but Ranmyaku was faster, pinning him to the ground.

"Now, now," Ranmyaku cooed as he pinned Hunter's right arm to his back, "you made your move, Ninja, now I am making mine." Hunter's eyes widened as Ranmyaku pulled him up, the claws digging into the shoulder of his free arm.

"Let's watch the climax of this struggle," Ranmyaku stated, "shall we?" Hunter growled and was about to say something when a pained yelp echoed throughout the forest. His eyes widened as Ranmyaku listened gleefully.

~PRGS~

A sinking feeling entered Freya's gut as she looked back. Something felt off, something was wrong. Theodore looked back when he heard the blonde had stopped. Noah and Ezra looked back as well.

"Something is wrong," Freya stated, "something doesn't feel right." Theodore raised an eyebrow as Kayla said,

"What do you think is wrong?" Theodore looked down as he chuckled saying,

"You actually believe her." Kayla elbowed him in the gut causing him to drop her. a grunt escaped Kayla when she landed but she glared daggers at him.

"Going off how the fact she's been one of the main reasons we've survived this far," Kayla growled, "yes, I believe her." Theodore just watched as he looked at Kayla then at Freya who wasn't even looking at him.

"I, quite frankly, don't care if you believe me," Freya murmured, "something is wrong with Hunter, I can feel it, and we need to go back to help him." Ezra shook his head as Noah clarified,

"So lemme get this straight; you want us, five battered and bloodied teens, to go face someone who can kill anything with a single glance to rescue a ninja." Ezra, Kayla and Theodore just looked at Noah as said boy looked at Freya who was thinking.

"Essentially," Freya replied. Noah nodded as he looked around and said,

"Okay." If this was anime, the others would have done a drop at the exchange. Ezra just looked between the two as he stuttered out,

"You're crazy Rey! You're talking about a man who most likely has a greater fighting ability then us. What can we do?" Freya narrowed her eyes at her cousin as she replied,

"Not give up! Have none you felt this odd stirring in your gut? Or the sound of nature, I guess you could say? I have felt the heat or heard the crackling of fire. Call me crazy but that must be happening to me for a reason right." Theodore shook his head as Kayla looked between the two from her seat on the ground.

"And that might just be it," Theodore said, "we've had a hell of a day and it might be getting to you." Freya glared at Theodore as Noah cleared his throat,

"No, I think she is right. Right before I shocked Shin, I felt this electricity surge through my body. My nerves were on fire as I heard something close to a buzzing sound; I felt energized." Freya looked at Noah as the boy looked up from his hands.

"I felt it too," Kayla said, "when the air in the air vent came out. I felt a gentle yet graceful breeze surround my body as wind billowed in my ears." Ezra watched them then looked at Theodore thought for a moment.

"I got this gentle rumble right before Hakai knocked me out," Ezra murmured, "still getting it actually." Freya, Kayla and Noah looked at Ezra before all eyes landed on Theodore. The blue clad boy looked down as he shook his head.

"I haven't felt any of that," he said, "there was nothing when the sprinklers came on." Freya shook her head.

"There had to have been," she murmured gently, "that was all you; you got agitated by something and the sprinklers came on. How do you explain that?" Theodore thought for a moment and was about to answer when a voice came from the woods behind Freya.

"Found you, little ones." Freya yelped as Hakai, Shin and Ira came out. Theodore looked at them then at the teens behind him. Freya stood her ground next to him as both Ezra and Noah pulled Kayla off the ground.

"Lord Ranmyaku, did say the game was on," Hakai laughed, "didn't he?" Freya growled as the other three laughed.

"You ninja has been detained," Shin droned, "so it's just you five versus us." Noah looked between Ezra and Kayla as he leaned the two against each other.

"You two go," Noah murmured, "we can handle things here." Freya nodded as she indecision lace Theodore's features but only briefly right before he decided. She smiled when she saw the fire burning in his eyes. Almost immediately upon deciding, he heard the water rushing though his mind as a sense of clam overcame him.

"Go," he said back, "we'll handle things." With that the three charged in; Freya versus Ira, Shin and Noah go at it with Theodore squaring off against Hakai. Ezra and Kayla looked back before going back the way they came.

"We're helping Hunter," Kayla asked, "aren't we?" Ezra looked back then to the front in the way he knew the parking lot was. The rumbling in his ears got louder as he nodded and moved them forward. Kayla smiled as she pushed off of him and looked at him.

"The it appears I need to be walking on my own two feet," Kayla said with a grimace as pain laced her hip and leg.

~PRGS~

Ranmyaku looked over at Hunter as stood frozen in place. The man was now nursing a hurt shoulder as well as some ugly looking cuts on his arm and a nice knock to the head.

"It seems the five you have picked have more fight in them then I thought," Ranmyaku murmured as his hold on Hunter tightened a bit causing the blonde to stifle a gasp.

"Their teenagers," Hunter ground out, "what do you expect?" Ranmyaku looked at him with narrowed eyes. Hunter grimaced as more pain racked his body. He was on the verge of passing out when he heard Ranmyaku laugh. He turned his gaze to where the red head was looking. Hunter stared dumbfounded as he saw the red head and the boy he rescued staring down Ranmyaku.

"You two think you can fight me?" Ranmyaku sneered softly. The two exchanged looks as Ezra said,

"Let's find out." That reply stopped Ranmyaku's laughing in its tracks. Before he had time to comprehend, both Ezra and Kayla were on top of him. Ezra sent a punch that Ranmyaku dodged or almost did. The punch itself knicked him but the force of the punch sent him into Kayla who was waiting. The red head kicked him up then back sending him skidding across the ground. Ranmyaku looked up in surprise as he did his hold on Hunter waivered but didn't break. Ezra looked over Hunter as Kayla eyes Ranmyaku.

"Any ideas on how to break that?" Kayla called back as she watched Ranmyaku.

"Keep hitting him," Ezra replied, "he's the one doing it." Kayla nodded as Ranmyaku laughed. A shiver coursed through Ezra and Kayla as Ranmyaku's normally passive face became creepily distorted.

"You two hitting me was a fluke," Ranmyaku cackled, "just as your friends taking on my generals and winning. As we speak, my generals are getting ready to finish off your friends. Now all five of you will die and your ninja will watch as I destroy everything." With that he sent a blast wave towards Ezra and Kayla who had backed up towards him as Ranmyaku monologued. Hunter's eyes widened as he saw Ezra pull Kayla in to protect her. The blast wave hit with a blinding light as three more blast resounded.

And here is the next chapter for Gaia Shadow. Lemme know what you think. As I've stated in the other two, life has taken over or did for a while there but now I should have more time to write. So, there should be more chapters coming your way. So, until next time, Sen out!