Chapter 144 There's a Genie in the Bottle

Ryan has just drove up in the hospital's parking lot.. When he finds a parking spot, he quickly snags it.. After turning off the ignition, he looks over at Nakia who's sitting in the passengers seat and says with thanks.

Ryan-Thanks for coming along with me today.

Nakia-No thanks needed.

Ryan-Checking up on my uncle and aunt really makes me nervous.

Nakia-Why?

Ryan-Because I guess I always expect bad news.

Nakia-Don't worry. I'm sure they're doing better now..

They both get out of his car.. Ryan has on a pair of black shorts, a thin red shirt and white sneakers. Nakia has on yellow jeans, a yellowish white t shirt with flower designs on the front part and black sneakers. They both walk towards the entrance of the hospital..

In Queen Minerva's underground base.. Princess Andromeda has returned with the sphere of some of the energy collected from the Rangers during their last battle. She is going to use that energy in case you didn't know, to revitalize the Queen and the rest of the empire's followers. Right before she starts her mirror starts to flash and beep an alert.. She holds it close to her and sees an image of the desert which is totally confusing her.. She scoffs

Princess Andromeda-What?! Why am I seeing an image of the desert?!

She thinks and can't find an answer so she ignores it.

Back at the hospital.. Ryan and Nakia are in his uncle and aunt's room where they both are doing fine by the way, their room is quite large.. Uncle Clyde sits up in his bed which is on the left side of the room and asks Ryan in a whisper because he's sitting close to him.

Uncle Clyde-When's the wedding bud?

Ryan blushes and responds to that in a heap of embarrassment.

Ryan-Say what?!

Nakia and Millie are talking to each other on the left side of the room, well they were talking, they stopped due to Ryan's loud response to Uncle Clyde's question. Millie says to Nakia.

Aunt Millie-Pay no attention to those crazy men dear.

They both chuckle.

Uncle Clyde laughs and says to Ryan in a whisper.

Uncle Clyde-You heard me.. I know you love Nakia.

Ryan responds back to him in a whisper now.

Ryan-Yeah I love her.. She's the best thing that has ever happened to me. But I think it's a little early for marriage. We're both just 17.

Uncle Clyde-I know that Ryan.. Your young and it appears you found your soul mate, right?

Ryan-Of course Uncle Clyde.

Uncle Clyde-You're totally sure about your feelings for her?

Ryan-Absolutely. There is no one else for me.. She is the only one I will ever need to make my life complete.

Uncle Clyde-Then ask her to marry you.

Ryan-Uncle Clyde you can't be serious. Its too early for that.

Uncle Clyde-Nah and you know how I know?

Ryan-How?

Uncle Clyde-I married Millie when I was 17, and she was 17 too.

Ryan-Whoa.. Really?

Uncle Clyde-Really. We both went to the same junior high school and high school.

Ryan-That's really something.

Uncle Clyde-Exactly. And we have been together ever since.

Ryan-Again, that is really something..

Uncle Clyde nods his head in agreement.

Uncle Clyde-So you'd better act fast before some other guy comes along and tries to win her heart.

Ryan-That won't happen. Nakia loves me a lot.. A whole lot.

Uncle Clyde-I know its different from when I was a teenager so I guess I'll just let you be on this.

Ryan-Thanks. Believe me when the time is right I'll ask Nakia for her hand.

Uncle Clyde-Good.

Nakia walks over to the two of them and asks.

Nakia-What are you two whispering about?

Ryan looks up at her and clears his voice, he then says.

Ryan-Nothing babe.. Just guy stuff.

Nakia says as if she doesn't believe him, but in a playful way..

Nakia-Mmmm hmmmm.

Uncle Clyde laughs at Nakia's expression.

Uncle Clyde-You're a sly one Nakia I can tell already.

Back to Princess Andromeda. Her mirror keeps flashing and showing her an image of one of the many deserts in Terra Falls. She just ignores it and proceeds on giving the stolen energy to the Queen and the others.

At the old weather station, Jeremy's computer starts to beep wildly.. He's in the other room getting a cup of tea.. He hears his computer and comes rushing back into the main computer room.. He doesn't even sit down in his chair because he immediately wants to know why his computer is beeping the way it is. When he's finished typing in the necessary commands, his computer brings up an image of the desert area.. He says to himself.

Jeremy-Hmmm. Is something there that shouldn't be?

He types in another command to send in a deep probe. Seconds later, the top of the weather station sends out an invisible emitting signal that secretly probes the desert location. Jeremy will have an answer in a matter of minutes. Just now, he hears someone coming through the front entrance of the station.. It's Kimberly. And she's wearing a white comfort dress, which means its very comfortable and made of a delicate material. She also has on a pair of low heeled shoes with the color white, and her hair is up in a ponytail. She walks into the main computer room and says to Jeremy.

Kimberly-Hey Jeremy what's up?

Jeremy responds.

Jeremy-Oh just trying to see what's going on here.

Kimberly-Where?

He steps aside so she can see the image and the probing event which in fairness she can't see because its invisible unless Jeremy changes the scan to infrared. She asks.

Kimberly-What's going on?

Jeremy-I sent a signal that's digging through the ground.. The image you see is exactly where the signal is.

Kimberly-Its digging?

Jeremy-Yep, a new technique I developed earlier with the help of Kaitlynn.

Kimberly-What did she do?

Jeremy-She internally scanned my entire computer. Made it really useful after she destroyed all of the main errors.. Actually she destroyed all the errors.

Kimberly-That's good.

Jeremy-I'll say. Because if she didn't everything would be malfunctioning after a while.

Jeremy thinks..

Jeremy-Where is Kaitlynn now anyway?

Kimberly-Don't know.

Jeremy-I'd really like to thank her.

Kimberly-How so if you don't mind me asking.

Jeremy-Taking her out to dinner.. Maybe going to see a movie.

Kimberly-From your answer I'm assuming you like her more than you're trying to let on.

Jeremy-I think she's cool.

Kimberly-Anyway Zelda told me she's supposed to be hooking up with some guy she met online.

Jeremy exclaims.

Jeremy-What?!

Kimberly-Yeah, his name is..

Kimberly ponders on the thought for a few seconds.. She says.

Kimberly-Michael.. No.. Corey.. No.. David.. No.. Umm.. I think it was Jeff. No.. wait! I know. His name is Mike.

Jeremy sighs.

Jeremy-Oh well. I'd still like to tell Kaitlynn I appreciate what she did for me.

Kimberly-Tell her Jeremy.

Before he can say another word the computer beeps which means it now has an answer to its probing scan.. Jeremy leans down to type in the correct command, after he hits enter, presto, the answer reveals itself. He and Kimberly become a bit puzzled at what they see.

Kimberly-Um..

Jeremy-It looks like a bottle.

Kimberly-Yeah.. Why did you do a probing scan like that, just to find a bottle?

Jeremy-Hey my computer went beeping like crazy so I had to.

Kimberly-Hmm, then that means there's something to the bottle.

Jeremy-Yep. I'll agree to that.

Kimberly-Then that also means if there's something to the bottle we have got to find it before those evil creeps do.

Jeremy-Correctomundo Kimberly..

Kimberly-I'll go on ahead. You contact the other Rangers. I have a feeling we'll be fighting again today.

Jeremy-I'm on it.

Kimberly-Thanks.

Kimberly steps back a bit.. She then brings her right wrist up to the left side of her chest area and twists it.. The twisting caused her right wrist to glow white for only a second, right before it disappeared it transformed her communicator into her morpher which sizzles with her snow white energy.

She now swings her right arm around once as she says.

Kimberly-IT'S MORPHIN TIME!

Now bringing it together, she touches the white star on her morpher and says.

Kimberly-WHITE STAR, SNOW STORM POWER, NOW!

A light emerges from her morpher and instantly flashes upon her body which is now suited up in the White Ranger outfit.. When the flash disappears, Kimberly is powered up and ready as the White Star, Snow Storm Power Ranger. She now leaps up towards the ceiling and forms into a white beam that streaks upward and disappears.

The white beam of streaking light reappears at the correct location, it lands on the hot desert ground and transforms back into the White Ranger. She looks around just in case the bad guys are around but she doesn't see anyone.. She says to herself.

White Ranger-Hmm. Guess they don't know.

She walks towards the exact spot and takes out her star laser pistol. She leans down on bended knee and fires a couple of cold shots that make the ground erupt slightly. When the ground stops erupting, she hears a voice.. A strong bold voice.

Green Djinn-Who dares disturb the sleep of the banished one!

The White Ranger instantly gets back on her feet and looks around, she asks.

White Ranger-Who said that?!

Green Djinn-I did. The great Green Djinn.

White Ranger-Show yourself!

A figure appears about ten feet in front of the White Ranger.. She gasps when she notices the figures complete look.

White Ranger-What are you?

Green Djinn-I am the Green Djinn. And you are not welcome here stranger!

The Green Djinn basically looks like a guy in a male genie outfit.. His body also looks like it was painted Green with clown paint. I assure you he may look human, but he's definitely not, and his powers are just an example of proof.

They both hear a voice coming from the ground.

Jeannie-Someone please help me! I'm trapped in here!

White Ranger-Say what?!

Green Djinn-You cannot rescue the banished one! She shall lay in the grounds forever!

White Ranger-There's a live person in the ground.. Is that what you're trying to say?!

Ignoring her question and looking at her very strangely, the Green Djinn makes a comment in regards to her Ranger suit.

Green Djinn-Strange mortal. You are not welcome here.

He raises his right hand and points it at the White Ranger. Quickly a blast of Green energy fires out from his hand and hit's the White Ranger in her chest, she is flung back a few feet in a quick instant. She groans out when a big rock stops her from being flung.

White Ranger-UNGHH!

The Green Djinn laughs wickedly and puts his foot on the location of where the White Ranger heard the voice.. Now all she hears is a strangled cry. She immediately gets up and feels like he's hurting whoever is buried.

White Ranger-Hey cut that out!

She finger swings her laser pistol once and fires a triple cold blast shot at the Green Djinn from the great distance she's standing at. When the triple blast hits him, it makes his instantly cold.. He shudders and falls to the ground.

The White Ranger rushes back over to the spot where she heard the voice but keeps an eye on the fallen Djinn too.

The Green Djinn magically lifts himself up on his feet again.. The White Ranger points her laser pistol at him and says with seriousness.

White Ranger-You're not getting anywhere near this spot again!

The Green Djinn responds in a thunderously evil tone.

Green Djinn-Who's going to stop me? You? Haha. Strange mortal you are alone and weak!

Voices are heard from up above.

Red Ranger-She's not alone anymore!

Yellow Ranger-Yeah and she's definitely not weak, freak!

Pink Ranger-So think again!

Black Ranger-Because we're here to stomp out your evil thoughts!

Blue Ranger-That's right!

The Green Djinn becomes confused, and of course the White Ranger is delighted to hear her friends. She now sees them coming into view.. Up in the air, her friends are coming through in cannonball flip mode, the sequence goes like this.. Red, Yellow, Pink, Black and Blue.. As if you didn't know that already.

They land behind the Green Djinn..

The Yellow Ranger says loudly.

Yellow Ranger-HEY, Green FREAK! BEHIND YA!

He turns and sees the five Rangers.. He says.

Green Djinn-More strange mortals, but of different colors!

The White Ranger blasts the Green Djinn's backside.. He turns cold again and falls to the ground.. She quickly says to her friends.

White Ranger-We've got to get the person he buried…

She stops herself as she thinks..

White Ranger-No way..

The other Rangers rush over to her.. The Blue Ranger asks.

Blue Ranger-What is it Kim?

White Ranger-I heard a voice coming from the ground. But before I got here Jeremy and I saw a bottle.

Yellow Ranger-What?

White Ranger-This is weird.

Black Ranger-Jeremy told us about what he found and that we should get here just in case some evil creep showed up.

Red Ranger-Which.

He points at the Green Djinn on the ground and continues sarcastically.

Red Ranger-Obviously some creep did.. And dressed in all Green.. Real creative. Blah.

The White Ranger goes back to what she was thinking about.

White Ranger-You know what.. I bet there's a real Genie in there.

Pink Ranger-A Genie?

White Ranger-Yeah.

The Green Djinn stands back up and says which makes the Rangers prepare themselves for any of his tricks.

Green Djinn-You are correct strange white mortal! And there she will stay for all eternity. And anyway since you know of her location I'll have to destroy her.

White Ranger-We're not going to let that happen!

The Yellow Ranger comments.

Yellow Ranger-Oh and I thought I heard everything there was to hear!

The Red Ranger adds.

Red Ranger-Live and Learn babe.. Live and learn.

The Green Djinn starts walking towards the Rangers.. The Red Ranger immediately says in a commanding way.

Red Rangers-Rangers, protect the spot!

All the Rangers materialize their weapons, but the Green Djinn produces a band of Green spheres that he hurls at the Rangers, they're hit and stung badly by the spheres except for the Yellow and Pink Rangers because they have rolled forward out of the way.. Quickly they both leap up into the air after standing straight up.. The Yellow Ranger shoots three lightning arrows at once at the Green Djinn, and following the Pink Ranger throws her wind javelins at him too. He falls to the ground due to the intensity of their combined attack, also his body starts to surge with painful shocks..

The two Rangers land on their feet, they rush over to see if their friends are okay, and the results are, they're fine..

The Green Djinn gets up again and looks at the Rangers who have now turned to face him once again.. His body starts to smoothly glow in a marvelous manner. His voice speaks more thunderous then before when he says in a strange kind of way.

Green Djinn-Strange colorist mortals! Thou shall feel mine wrath!

The White Ranger quickly suggests.

White Ranger-I think we should put our weapons together now..

The Red Ranger nods his head in agreement. It's too late though.. The Green Djinn has already released his power upon each Ranger.. Feeling the immense pressure, the Rangers are all pushed away from the spot at great speed.. When the Djinn's power finally pushes them out of sight, he smiles with great relief.. His body stops its smooth glow.

Green Djinn-Good. Now they won't be bothering me for a while.

He leans downward and says to the spot where the bottle has been buried.

Green Djinn-And you Jeannie. I shall take you to another spot where I'll bury you even deeper in the earth.. You will stay there forever!

Her voice is heard coming from the ground.

Jeannie-NO PLEASE, SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!

The Green Djinn actually starts to think more calmly now.. He says.

Green Djinn-I will give you one last chance Jeannie.

He uses his powers to break open the spot and lift up the beautiful bottle imprisoning the genie. He then snaps his fingers and a wind chime like sound is heard.. Immediately following the sound, the bottle's top bursts open wildly. And soon a cloud of pink smoke pushes out from within the bottle and onto the ground next to where the Green Djinn is standing. When the cloud of pink smoke disappears, a beautiful Genie wearing a pink genie outfit is seen.. She is 5'8, has long blonde hair which is in a ponytail type way. Her eyes are sparkling blue and her figure is quite slender. She sees the Green Djinn and becomes terrified.. She tries to run but he snaps his fingers which sounds another wind chime.. The beautiful genie is now frozen right in her tracks.

As a funny little grimace appears on the evil Green Djinn's face.. He walks over to the frozen genie.. She can speak only.. She cannot walk. He asks her.

Green Djinn-I am only going to ask you this once more.

The Genie responds before the Djinn can ask his question.

Jeannie-I will never marry you.. Not ever! My answer is no no no! I will never ever marry you!

Green Djinn-Then you will remain in your bottle forever!

Jeannie-No!

The Green Djinn doesn't notice the huge clouds appearing in the sky.. He just gets into what he's about to do which is put Jeannie back in her bottle. She screams out because she doesn't want to be trapped forever. Her screams of terror and horror are about to be saved.. And what I mean is this. The clouds begin to rumble, and very quickly they produce a huge circular energy cyclone filled with the surges of red fire, yellow lightning, pink wind, black hail, white snow and blue rain. The cyclone smashes down on the Green Djinn, he tries to break free from the cyclone's walls but he can't. Inside he's being spun around very fast and shocked with intense power.. On the last spin, the Green Djinn is turned into an explosive vortex which quickly vanishes after the cyclone breaks apart to form into the Power Rangers who are on bended knee behind the now unfrozen genie.

She turns to them and says.

Jeannie-Oh thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

The Rangers stand up. The guys start to feel a little flustered because Jeannie hugs them one at a time.. She then hugs the girls and when she lets go of the last one she says again.

Jeannie-Thank you so much.. The Green Djinn is gone forever. I am free!

The Rangers want to ask questions.. Lots of questions. But before they even have the chance to speak, Jeannie says.

Jeannie-Now that I'm free. I will serve each and every one of you for getting rid of the biggest thorn in my side.

The Rangers look at each other.. The Black and Blue Rangers say in a whisper.

Black Ranger-Wow she's cute.

Blue Ranger-Absolutely.. Yeah!

The Pink and White Rangers overhear them, they turn to make obvious gestures of jealousy. The Red Ranger wants to comment on Jeannie's looks too but he knows better than that, especially with the Yellow Ranger standing right beside him.

Jeannie returns to her bottle obediently because she's really happy about being free from the Green Djinn's evil ways.. The Rangers will eventually decide who gets to keep the bottle.. But for now, things will be undecided.. Everything fades to black as the Rangers teleport away from the desert area.