Chapter 143 Chet's Decision
The Rangers learn of Grand Master Sinistar's deportation so to speak.. They also learn about how she and her evil minions disappeared thanks to Lightwing. He simply explained the reason why she is no longer in their physical world is because the ancient spirits of the druids along with the spirit of nova were able to come back thanks to the Rubiyat, and I must mention the spells of the Rubiyat, the evil ones did change back into good spells. With all of them combined, they had the power to expel Sinistar and her followers.
The Rangers feel only slight relief.. Because they know that the lingering presence of evil is still around. I'm talking of Queen Minerva and her empire.. Yes, the Queen will eventually find out Sinistar is gone, but for now she has no idea.
Princess Andromeda on the other hand feels completely lost. She reappears in one of the deserts located just outside the city of Terra Falls.. And feeling the sun beating down on her, she gets slightly over heated. She decides to not move, instead she sits on a big rock to think to herself.
Princess Andromeda-The master.. Dragonlord, Vultaris, Bulldemon, and Calibus. All gone. Now what am I going to do.
She thinks of joining the ranks of Queen Minerva's evil army again.. She says when she realizes the Queen wouldn't possibly welcome her back.
Princess Andromeda-Nah, bad idea I guess.
She groans out deeply in dismay.
Princess Andromeda-I'm totally at lost.. I don't know what to do.
Only thing she does make up her mind on is disappearing from the desert because its scorching hot now.
The following day Zelda goes to the old weather station because she can't find Chet anywhere.. She wants to talk to him about the letter he received from his parents. She is wearing a pink t shirt, a blue jean skirt, and white sneakers. She walks into the main computer room and sees Jeremy working on some sort of program that he's going to put to work soon in his computer. She asks him.
Zelda-What are you working on?
Jeremy responds without looking back at her.
Jeremy-Working on a program that will hopefully provide better performance on scanning the city. And other cities too.
Zelda-Sounds cool.
Jeremy-I just hope it works.
Zelda-Is Chet around here?
Jeremy-Nope, haven't seen him.
Zelda-Hmm. I wonder where could he be.
Jeremy-Use your communicator?
Zelda-Yeah, he didn't answer.
Jeremy-I'd scan for him except my computer is..
Zelda cuts him off with a gesture, she then says.
Zelda-I know, I know.
Jeremy-What's up with him?
Zelda-I know he's feeling depressed because his parents want him home now.
Jeremy-Oh.
Zelda-Yeah, and if he leaves.
Jeremy interrupts her.
Jeremy-We'll be one Ranger short, and he won't graduate from high school.
Zelda-True on both counts. Although his parents already have remedied that last one.
Jeremy-Meaning what?
Zelda-Meaning when he goes home he can finish school there and graduate.
Jeremy-Oh I see.
Zelda-Just wish I knew where he was.
Jeremy-Know of any spots he likes to hang out at?
Zelda-Hmm.
Zelda thinks really hard. Then it hits her. She quickly says.
Zelda-Yeah I do! Thanks Jeremy. Can't believe I forgot.
Jeremy-What did I do? And forgot what?
Zelda doesn't answer.. Jeremy stops typing to turn around to ask her again but all he sees is a pink beam of streaking light moving upward towards the ceiling where when it hits, disappears. He says to himself.
Jeremy-Hmm.. I guess she knows where he's at now.
He turns back to his computer and continues his work.
Zelda's quick thinking turns out to be right.. She remembered when something really bothered Chet, he always went to think about it at the beach.. And just now, a streaking beam of pink light appears in the sky.. It lands in the middle of the beach where no one else is and forms into Zelda. She looks forward and she's Chet (or at least she thinks its him simply because she can't see anything more than his back side) sitting on the rocky bank that cuts most of the water off from getting to the center of the beach. When she finds out it is Chet, she says to him after commenting on his cute blue shorts and his white muscle t shirt.
Zelda-How you doing Chet?
He responds calmly.
Chet-Just thinking.
Zelda-Want me to leave you be?
Chet-No.
Zelda takes a seat next to Chet.. They say nothing.. Only stare out and watch the beautiful blue water wave back and forth at them.
Princess Andromeda deciding that with no where else to go.. She said to herself she will approach her aunt in the empire's underground base. When she gets there, she sees everyone, including the evil court in the Queen's throne room looking very feeble. The Queen's body is slightly cracking, she also is leaning downward and her breathing is doing some very hard labor. Shyantis, Myanthor, Makozi are all on the floor gasping for air..
The Princess moves closer to the Queen and says slightly.
Princess Andromeda-Auntie?
The Queen doesn't lift her head.. She only responds in a whisper.
Queen Minerva-Andro..me..da?
Princess Andromeda-Are you allright?
The Queen tries to answer in a sharp tone, but she can't.
Queen Minerva-Doe.s it lo.o.k li.k.e I'm allrig..ht?
Princess Andromeda-No. You and the others need energy.
Queen Minerva-Ye.s.
Princess Andromeda thinks this might be the only chance she has to be welcomed back into the empire.
Princess Andromeda-If I go out and get you some energy will you let me come back?
The Queen has no choice but to agree and this makes the Princess smile heavily..
Princess Andromeda-Don't worry auntie. I'll bring back some energy.
The Queen says nothing more.. The Princess disappears after she finds her old mirror which links her to having control over the winged warriors and possible monsters she might want to create herself. Also right before she left, an image of Zelda and Chet appeared in her mirror at the beach.
Speaking of the beach, back at it.. Chet has thought and thought and thought and still he can't find an answer that will allow him to disobey his parents. He says to Zelda after taking a deep breath.
Chet-I can't disobey them. If I tried and they looked me straight in the eye I know I couldn't lie. So I have no choice.
Zelda looks down in disappointment because she knows what he's about to say.
Chet-Zelda I'm sorry. I really am.
She shakes her head and looks back up at him, then she says.
Zelda-No don't be. I know you have to go.
Chet-I wish I could stay.
Zelda's eyes start to water.. She turns away from Chet to hide her watery fact. He puts a hand on her shoulder and says gently.
Chet-Please don't cry.
Zelda responds in a choked up way.
Zelda-I can't help it! I don't want you to go!
Chet-I know. I don't want to go either. Believe me.. I don't.
Zelda starts to slightly sob.. She stops a little bit when she hears squawking coming from behind her and Chet.. They turn to see a lot of winged gremlins rushing towards them. Zelda clears her throat and says.
Zelda-Oh no!
Chet-Let's get em Zelda together.. One last time, for old times sake?
Zelda nods.
Zelda-Okay.
They rush off of the rocky bank to fight the winged gremlins. Princess Andromeda says to the winged gremlins.
Princess Andromeda-SUBDUE THEM! SO THAT I CAN DRAIN THEIR ENERGIES!
Meanwhile, at the old weather station.. Jeremy is still working on his program so he has no idea on what's happening at the beach.
Back to the fight..
Zelda front kicks one winged gremlin in its face, she then back kicks another one in its stomach, one tries to swing its nasty claws at her but she dodges it and gets back up to grab its arm and twists it to the ground.
Chet's floor sweeping swoop knocks down three winged gremlins at once.. He then leaps back up on his feet to punch two more with a powerful double punching strike, they squawk out and fall on their backs.
Princess Andromeda commanded the winged gremlins to subdue Zelda and Chet.. But the tables were turned.. With the defeat of the winged gremlins, they disappear in painful squawks. Now both Zelda and Chet regroup and stand opposite of the evil Princess who's now saying in anger.
Princess Andromeda-GRRR! Worthless warriors! Doesn't matter to me anyway because I have a surprise for you!
Zelda-What ever it is, we don't want it!
Chet-That's for sure!
Princess Andromeda-I'm crushed.. To think I went out of my way to bring you a surprise I'm sure you'll just adore!
She points her mirror a few feet in front of her, it produces a beam that extracts itself to the ground and turns into a hideous looking beast. The new beast's name is Drekliz. He's very tall, furry and basically looks like an oversized bear and lion combined. I say that because the top of its head resembles a lion while the rest of his body resembles a bear. The Princess laughs after seeing Zelda and Chet's faces fill with worry.
Princess Andromeda-I present Drekliz! He has the strength of a god! Hahaha and the hunger for energy to match!
Zelda says to Chet.
Zelda-It's Morphin time!
Chet-Right!
With those words said a flash of power instantly changes Zelda into the Pink Ranger and Chet into the Black Ranger.
The battle begins quickly after the Rangers materialize their weapons which proves to be useless because Drekliz just knocks them away.. He now captures the Black Ranger with his strong arms and begins to squeeze him.. He gasps for air as the Pink Ranger tries to loosen the monster's grip by trying to pull his arms off of the Black Ranger.
Princess Andromeda says.
Princess Andromeda-Now drain his energy!
Drekliz obeys instantly.. His big arms start to glow and pulsate, the Black Ranger yells out painfully.. The Pink Ranger's body is reflected while the monster is stealing the Black Ranger's energy.. She ends up rolling slightly away.. The Princess reassures her though.
Princess Andromeda-Don't worry Pinky.. Your turn is coming soon.
The Pink Ranger stands back up and says to herself.
Pink Ranger-I've got to do something!
Suddenly, a pink essence surrounds the Pink Ranger.. Now Swirls of Pink Energy emerge from the sky and surround the Pink Ranger. Her body gets into the same swirling motion as the pink energy. She yells out.
Pink Ranger-TORNADO TWIRL!
Seconds later the pink energy forms her into a very powerful pink tornado that rips through Drekliz with a swiftly quick explosion, leaving it dazed and confused and also in agonizing pain.. The good news is, he let go of the Black Ranger.
The Pink Ranger rushes to the Black Ranger's side.. She helps him back up and says.
Pink Ranger-Come on we've got to get you to safety.
The Black Ranger is feeling very weak, so he responds in that same tone.
Black Ranger-Yeah, Ughhh!
They start retreating when he says.
Black Ranger-No, I'll be fine.. I'm just a little weak.
Pink Ranger-Are you sure?
Black Ranger-Yeah.
The monster Drekliz is back to normal now.. He growls in anger and starts coming at both Rangers.. The Pink Ranger shouts out.
Pink Ranger-LOOK OUT!
Just then, streaking beams of red, yellow, blue and white lights appear in the sky.. They land right in front of the Pink and Black Rangers where they form into the Red, Yellow, Blue and White Rangers. The Yellow Ranger has her lightning bow all ready, so when the monster gets close enough she fires a lightning arrow right into its face.. It shrieks out in pain as the arrow sends in a sizzling surge of pain.
The White Ranger turns to the Pink and Black Rangers, she asks.
White Ranger-You two okay?
The Pink Ranger responds.
Pink Ranger-Yeah. Did Jeremy contact you?
White Ranger-Yeah, he finished with his program then alerted us.
The monster manages to pull out the lightning arrow and throw it the ground.. It charges at all of the Rangers now and rips through them at light speed, they all groan out in pain as they fall to the ground.
Power Rangers-UUUGHHH!
The Princess laughs from the other side of the beach.. She cheers.
Princess Andromeda-Excellent!
The Rangers all get up and decide to push themselves on the monster at once to try to wrestle it to the ground.. But it doesn't work.. The monster retaliates by sending out surges of power through its body and on to the Ranger's which cause their body suits to set off small explosions.. They scream out and are forced to the ground again. Drekliz now points both of his large hands at the Rangers to extract a concentration beam.. The beam surrounds them all and begins to pull their life force energies out of them and push them towards the beast. The Rangers groan out in pain, and start to feel slightly weak.. The Black Ranger hears his friends painful groans against his own, but when he stops he hears them even more and worsened.. He is determined to stop what's happening to them, and to everyone's surprise he breaks out of their energy draining prison.
The monster becomes puzzled as the Black Ranger leaps up into the sky. He brings back his double power cannon and fires a double power shot at the monster's face.. When the beast is hit, he screams out and holds his face because its hurting really bad now.. The Rangers are found to be free as well. Now, the Black Ranger quickly extends his right leg and delivers a superior kick to the monster's chest which sends him flying away a few feet, he then crashes into the ground harshly. The Black Ranger lands next to his friends who now stand back up to congratulate him on a job well done.
The monster Drekliz isn't about to give up though.. And when the Rangers see him coming at them once again, the Red Ranger steps forward and says.
Red Ranger-It's time to bring em together!
The Rangers all agree in unison.
Power Rangers-RIGHT!
Their weapons appear.. The Rangers stand side by side as their weapons glow brightly.. Soon the weapons break away from their owners to move up into the sky. One by one the weapons do what they are supposed to do.. Which is.. From the bottom up, the Red Triple Blade Fire Saber stays completely still, next the Pink Wind Javelins connect on the right and left blades of the saber as well as the White Snow Staff shrinking to fit on the middle blade of the saber and I must say when the snow staff is completely connected it causes the blade its on to extend itself only by a few inches, it grows out to match as well.. Following immediately after, the Yellow Bow sets itself upon the javelins and staff therefore connecting properly. The Black Cannon connects itself upon the Yellow Bow, and finally the Blue Shield finishes the combination phase by connecting on the top of the Black Cannon.. And with the weapons combined, they shine brightly with fierceness and power. The Rangers all leap up together to take a hold of their new power weapon with the Red Ranger in the back holding the base, the Yellow and Pink Rangers slightly ahead of him holding the middle back, and the Blue and Black Rangers slightly ahead of them holding the middle front, and the White Ranger holding the front tip.. Soon they all float down to the ground.. When they are settled completely, the White Ranger gets on bended knee and sets the extended tip of the blade and her snow staff upon her right shoulder. The Blue and Black Rangers also get on bended knee as well to take a slight hold of the left and right saber blades which to explain more in depth.. The Blue Ranger is on the right side and the Black Ranger is on the left side.. Now, the Yellow and Pink Rangers move slightly behind the Red Ranger now.. The Yellow Ranger is on his right side so she puts her right gloved hand on his right shoulder, and with the Pink Ranger being on his left side, she puts her left gloved hand on his left shoulder. With this complete, the Star Storm Infuriator Blaster sizzles and shines with power..
The Red Ranger shouts out.
Red Ranger-FIRE!
Power Rangers-RIGHT!
The weapons all glow together.. Soon their energies form into one mighty blast and shoots out in a vortex of fury as the Rangers say together.
Power Rangers-STAR STORM INFURIATOR BLAST!
Princess Andromeda exclaims.
Princess Andromeda-Uh oh!
The vortex like fury blast strikes Drekliz and causes it to stop running.. It screams out in complete agony.. I mean it screams out more than any other monster has ever screamed out.. The power sizzles inside of the beast, ripping it apart from the inside out. When the power is done.. Drekliz's body really looks like an empty shell, like it just lost its main power core.. And you know what? It did.. Nothing more than an empty shell remains of Drekliz.. And that empty body shell falls to the ground and explodes not once, not twice, not three or four times, that's right.. It explodes five whole times till nothing but dust is left.. The Power Rangers all cheer.. They turn to Princess Andromeda.. She looks at them with hate and disappears.
Later on after everything is calm, Chet and Zelda take a walk in the park.. The sun is beginning to set.. She doesn't say anything because she wants him to be the first to talk.. When he does speak, he says.
Chet-You know after today's fight I thought some more on my decision.
Zelda-You have?
Chet-Yeah. And I'm needed here more than I'm needed back in New Zealand.
Zelda nods.
Zelda-Yes you are.
Chet-I've decided to stay Zelda. Just till the end of the school year. I know my parents won't like it, but I'll figure out a way to get through them.
Zelda smiles and gives him a kiss on his right cheek.. He blushes.
Chet-Thanks babe.
Princess Andromeda returns to the beach for only one reason.. When she gets to the spot where the Rangers destroyed her monster Drekliz, she sees a glowing spot and says.
Princess Andromeda-Ah yes! I knew it would still be here.
She leans down and picks up the spot that happens to really be a glowing sphere.
Princess Andromeda-This should be enough energy to revive the Empire for quite some time.
She smirks and says.
Princess Andromeda-Thank you Rangers. You have sustained the ones who are going to destroy you.
She chuckles and vanishes.
