Chapter 146 Be Careful What You Wish For Part 1

Days have passed and there has been absolutely no sign of the Tentanial Empire at all. Still, Lightwing tells the Rangers they should be on high alert.

Schoolwork has piled up for everyone.. Zelda has gotten a copy of the play she and her drama class have to study in two days time. Nakia is working on a high grade graph for geometry and let me tell you, its not easy. Kimberly has to work extra hard in her English class because she's having a major test at the end of the week. Ryan is working extra hard for gym because the coach who's coming from the semi pro team to test the guys is arriving in a few short days. Chet is feeling the pressure in his German language class because he has a lot of work he has to complete by the end of the week. And not to mention everyone has their big extra credit work to do in their history class that's due at the beginning of next week.

To make matters a little bit better.. Everyone decides to meet up at Ryan's apartment for a study session that will turn into an all-nighter. Joey is the only one spared of the school work situation simply because he has already been through it and graduated a while back.

Jeannie hears the commotion of everyone talking from inside of her bottle that has been set on Ryan's kitchen top counter. Inside of her bottle is gorgeous, she has a pink couch with jewels on the base of it, two bright lamps that are golden, and a marvelous red wool rug. She sits on her couch listening to everyone and says.

Jeannie-Hmm. I wonder when will one of them make a wish.

She can't help but to continue to wonder because they are all busy with school work. She uses her magic to undo the cork stuck in her bottle. When it's gone, she lifts herself up and through the opening to see what's going on with everyone.

After about two hours of working hard on their extra credit history assignment together, Ryan who's sitting on the couch in a pair of red shorts and a red t shirt, starts to yawn and stretch his arms. He then says.

Ryan-Man feels like we've been studying forever.

Nakia looks back at him.. She's sitting on the floor next to Zelda, Kimberly and Chet. Actually they have their books and papers on Ryan's coffee table, so they're sitting next to it. She says.

Nakia-I know..

She looks at his clock in his VCR/DVD Player combination located on the top of his custom made red entertainment center and says with shocking disbelief.

Nakia-Wow! It's 2:30 a.m. already!

Before I forget to mention, everyone is in suitable clothes from shorts, to t shirts and socks, all with respects to their Ranger colors.

Ryan rubs his eyes and speaks out.

Ryan-Why didn't they just give us all this work to do on the weekend. If we don't get any sleep we won't be able to get to school tomorrow.

Everyone grunts in agreement.

Chet-It would be nice if we didn't have to go to school.

Kimberly-Yeah I have to agree with that one.

Nakia-I hear ya.. Loud and clear.

Ryan-All the work we have to do is ludicrous. Man I thought fighting evil was tough..

Zelda-Nope, just had to wait to the end of the school year for the real tough work.

Everyone chuckles.

Ryan-Speaking of evil. We haven't heard a peep out of any evil creeps in a few days.

Nakia-That's true. And I for one am happy about that.

Kimberly-Me too.

Nakia-Even though it's always exciting to fight and destroy the monsters.

Zelda says in an exciting way.

Zelda-Right on! I could do it any time. I love to morph. It gives you a cool refreshing feel.

Chet-Yeah it does.

Nakia nods and says.

Nakia-Yeah and to feel all that power just surging through your body is a real kick.

Ryan-Exactly.

Kimberly-Well be that as it may. We have more important work to do now than fight monsters.

Everyone groans out in protesting ways but they know Kimberly is right.

Kimberly-And finishing high..

She is interrupted.. Nakia has placed her hand over Kimberly's mouth.. She says.

Nakia-Okay enough lecturing for one night.

Kimberly nods.. Nakia removes her hand and everyone chuckles again.

Kimberly speaks out.

Kimberly-I'm sorry everyone. I really am. Being a Power Ranger is fun.. I'd rather be out fighting monsters and solving problems than doing a ton of school work. And tonight, ugh.. Its just way too much..

She leans back a bit to think.. She sighs and says.

Kimberly-I wish we all could just take a long break from this and have some fun.. You know do some serious fighting!

Jeannie thinks to herself in a contemplation about what everyone said. Well at least the few comments.. She thinks of a way to make everyone happy, which she figures they'd be more happy if they were out fighting monsters and saving the world. So she decides she'll send them to different places so they can have some fighting fun, so to speak..

Everyone smiles but says nothing at what Kimberly had said.. Then snap, a chord so to speak snaps in Nakia's brain which means something just struck her thoughts.

Nakia-Oh no! Did you say wish?

Kimberly looks at her and nods her head.

Kimberly-I..

She realizes that saying she wishes is now a mistake but its too late.. Jeannie blinks her eyes once and a magical breezy power emerges.. Its swoops everyone up in the air.. Kimberly shouts out at the same time Nakia looks at her with glaring disapproving eyes.

Kimberly-I DIDN'T MEAN IT!

And with a magical glittering poof, everyone disappears.

Jeannie smiles to herself and says.

Jeannie-I hope this will make my masters happy. I'm glad they finally wished for something.

Meanwhile in a temporary thread of time where the earth still exists, Jeannie has sent all the Rangers to different space time continuum threads, mind you they are still on earth and in the same time, its just been altered a bit by her magic.

The first to appear in a thread that appears to be a very large field with heaps of dead grass and rotting wood is Nakia and Zelda. They yell out as they fall to the ground in a crashing thud.

Nakia and Zelda-UGHH!

They get up and see the sun is shining brightly, and not only that, but its also really hot. Zelda looks around and says.

Zelda-Oh no.. I don't believe this!

Nakia says.

Nakia-What's not to believe? This is Kimberly's dumb wish, and now we're all going to have to do something…

Nakia stops after seeing only she and Zelda are there.. She asks.

Nakia-Where are the others?

Zelda-I don't know.

Nakia-Let's teleport out of here.

Zelda-Right.

Nakia stands next to Zelda, they both turn on their communicators and press their teleportation buttons but they don't work. Nakia exclaims.

Nakia-Oh gosh!

Zelda-Do you think we're in trouble?

Nakia-Not yet. Maybe if we walk..

Zelda-Walk? It was just night time where we were and now here the sun is shining brightly.

Nakia-Yeah I know..

She sighs.

Zelda-I'd say we're in an alternate world. If we walk, we're bound to not get out of this place.

Nakia-Probably. I just want to know how to get out of here! It's hot!

They don't notice the less than obvious spies with spears watching their every move.

In another thread.. Ryan and Chet have crash landed in an unfamiliar town. It's dark and rainy, and the streets are made of cobblestone. They get up to look around.

Ryan-Where are we?

Chet-I have no idea.

Ryan-Man!

Chet-Don't panic yet. Let's just see if we can find a way back to your place.

Ryan-Good idea.

Before they put Chet's idea into action which in case you didn't know, they were going to use their teleporters.. A woman coming out of the local bar with a two big muscular men shouts out when she points a bony finger at Ryan and Chet

Woman-I saw them! They just fell out of the sky! I saw them! They're devils! We have to kill them before they're followed by more!

Ryan looks at Chet worriedly.

Ryan-Uh oh.

Chet-I'm thinking.. Run.

Ryan-Funny. I'm thinking the same thing..

Chet-Let's book!

They start running away from the spot.. They still hear the woman's screaming towards them.

Woman-DEVILS! DEVILS! KILL THEM, KILL, KILL, KILL!

Kimberly falls out of the sky and lands in a ton of mud.. When she gets up her face is all muddy looking and so is the rest of her body.. She exclaims.

Kimberly-Ohhhh yuck! I hate being muddy!

She brushes most of the mud off of her and looks up to see the night sky.. She also notices a lot of cabins when she looks down at her surroundings.

Kimberly-Where am I..

She hears talking coming from the center of where the cabins make up a circle. She walks closer to the voices till she makes it close enough to hear.. And what she hears is someone telling a story well kind of telling a story, but in a grungy type way.. I mean the voice isn't calm and clear, its very rough like. And also its male.

Voice1-And one day after those nasty humans were caught.. They were killed in the worst way.

Another voice asks a question.. The only difference between this new voice and the one just heard is, this one is slightly higher.

Voice 2-But why did the humans have to be so mean.

Voice 1-The humans are despicable creatures. They are violent and just plain destructive.

Voice 2-All humans are like that?

Voice 1-Yes all humans.

Kimberly is thinking to herself.

Kimberly-What.. Why are they talking about people like that.

She wants to see who's talking but she really can't because if she tried she'd be seen.

The voices go one..

Voice 1-As I was saying.. The humans were killed in the worst way.. The first one lost his head.

Some of the other voices are heard chuckling.. The first voice clears his throat and continues.

Voice 1-The second human was covered in tar then burned to a delicious crisp.

The others voices start to cheer in unison.

Kimberly becomes extremely worried.. She gulps.

The first voice continues.

Voice 1-The third human was boiled in oil..

Kimberly hears the other voices cheering again.. She says to herself.

Kimberly-I really need to get out of here.

She backs away and tries to use her teleporter, it doesn't work.. She shrieks but in her mind.

Kimberly-I have to get out of here before those weirdoes find me!

She makes her way through the back in hopes of getting out of the area..

Back at Ryan's apartment in normal time as we know it.. Joey shows up.. He's wearing a pair of black bluish jeans, a white t shirt with blue strips and black sneakers.. He knocks on the front door but doesn't get any sort of response back.. He knocks again, no answer. When he knocks for the third time he says with it.

Joey-Hey you guys! I know its late. I had a lot of work to finish with my photography portfolio. I told you I'd be here! So open up. I know you're still up. You said you had a lot of work to do.. So come on, open up!

No answer. Joey sighs and says.

Joey-Man. This is silly.

He's about to leave when suddenly he gets an idea.

Joey-Alright I'll just teleport in then.

He presses the blue button on his teleporting communicator and with quickness his body starts to sparkle a powerful blue. It then forms into a blue streaking beam of light that instead of moving upward like usual, it moves up only a little bit till it reaches the side.. Once there, it pushes towards the door and disappears.

On the other side, the blue beam lands on the floor and changes back into Joey. He looks around the living room only to find no one.

Joey-Hey I thought everyone was supposed to be here tonight..

He searches the entire apartment, all except for the kitchen area.. When he gets back to the living room he sighs.

Joey-Hmm. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe they're somewhere else.

His communicator suddenly starts to beep. He answers.

Joey-Joey here.

It's Jeremy sounding sleepy.

Jeremy-Joey. My computer just told me something really strange.

Joey-What's that?

Jeremy-You're the only Ranger it can sense. Everyone else has disappeared.

Joey-What?!

Jeremy-I know.. Its weird.

Joey-Where could they be?

Jeremy-I scanned and scanned and scanned.. Still they're gone.

Joey-Aww man! I bet those evil doers have something to do with this.

Jeremy-I'll let you know if I find out anything else.

Joey-Good.. You do that.

Joey turns off his communicator. He sits down on Ryan's couch to think.

Joey-Man where are they?

He sighs again as everything fades to black.