Chapter Three
James and Twyla were eating their lunch quietly as they were watching everyone in the dining room.
RJ and Jillian were talking at the table that she was sitting at the night before. Jillian explained her talent of Martial Arts and her talents as the two had pepperoni pizza for lunch. RJ also talked about himself, his father and a bit of his training.
"That's quite interesting," said Jillian, "coming from a family with skills of a special Martial Arts style. Incredible!"
RJ asked, "so what level of Martial Arts have you reached?"
"I am brown belt, almost a first degree black belt."
"Impressive."
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James looked on as RJ and Jillian were talking during their date. The next thing James knew, he saw five young people in training suits of red, blue, yellow, purple and white shouting, "Pai Zhua! Order of the Claw!"
"Pai Zhua?" James perked up as he looked at his wife.
"What about it?" Twyla asked.
"I think I might have heard about that before," James answered, "I thought it was just a dream in my head."
"You might have heard about it before?" the Asian guy, Theo, asked as he walked towards their table.
"Like I said," James answered, "in my dreams. I've had visions about it."
"Interesting dreams." Theo replied, acting as if he was hiding something.
Suddenly, he saw Theo in blue energy, followed by what appeared to be him in a blue ranger suit.
"How long have you been a Power Ranger?" James asked.
"Wait, how'd you..." Theo started to ask, "Do you know about..."
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RJ was startled upon Theo's interaction with James at the moment. He stood up from the table and walked over to the area, "Is there a problem?"
"This guy seems to know about me being a Power Ranger," Theo answered, "and I didn't even say anything, and he states he had visions of Pai Zhua."
"I had visions of Pai Zhua." James informed him.
RJ glanced over at the new guy in confusion. Who was this guy?
"Don't worry," James assured him, "your secret is safe with my wife and I. In fact, meet us after your work shift ends, and I will let you guys in on a secret of our own."
"That sounds like a plan," RJ nodded before looking at Theo, "Don't you agree?"
"Yes," Theo nodded, "We will all be there."
"Actually," RJ said, "we will be closing early today because of a meeting. If you know about us like you claim, you can attend this meeting too."
"That works for us." James replied.
"Of course," Twyla nodded in agreement.
RJ sighed before walking over to Jillian, who was confused by the interaction, "I apologize for that. Personal matter."
"It's okay," Jillian replied with a smile, "I need to be heading back home soon anyway. I'll see you again?"
"If you want me to."
"Yeah. Of course, I do."
"Well, I'll see you again."
"Same here."
Jillian and RJ went their separate ways.
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Kartras looked upon her crystal ball, preparing for her latest plan to be put in action.
"Now is the good time!" Kartras grinned as she looked at her minions and the rinshi. The Rinshi, Nathan, Keith and Geneva approached their mistress. The Evil Mistress ordered her minions, "I want you two to lure Jillian Hart to battle for her test. It will determine whether or not she is worthy of becoming my new Pink Ranger!"
The Rinshi nodded as a response.
"Yes, Mistress." Keith, Nathan and Geneva nodded in agreement before they made their way to put the plan in action.
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Jillian was walking down the streets, making her way home, meeting with her mother at the apartment.
Suddenly, she heard distant screams, "What was that?!"
The screams led her to an alleyway where a group of Rinshi were surrounding a young girl and two young men, appearing to be attacking them.
"Help!" the young lady screamed in terror, "Help us!"
"Help us!" the first young man yelled.
Jillian looked in surprise to see the Rinshi attacking the three young adults as the two cornered in fear. Jillian immediately rushed into action and began fighting the Rinshi. She gave the Rinshi impressive punches, kicks and uppercuts. She dodged the attacks and gave each Rinshi that came her way counter attacks.
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At her chamber room, Kartras grabbed her crystal ball as she noted the success of her plan, "This young girl is proven to be worthy of being my evil Pink Ranger! Now to take her here to become my Pink Ranger!"
In black energy, Kartras transported from her palace to the alleyway where her target Jillian was glancing around after her minions/the "victims" were sent to "safety". Kartras glanced behind her as Geneva was in her python armor while Keith donned his dragon armor and Nathan donned his griffin armor.
"What's going on?!" Jillian demanded, "Who are you and what do you want?!"
"I am Kartras, Mistress of Evil," Kartras replied with a grin, "And I wouldn't worry too much. All will be revealed in due time, my dear."
"What do you mean?!"
Kartras got out her crystal ball which submitted pink energy and Jillian vanished in the pink energy.
"It worked Mistress!" Geneva exclaimed happily.
"I knew it would." Keith nodded, pleased, "Our mistress is a genius!"
"Enough babbling!" Kartras ordered her servants, "we got work to do with our new Pink Ranger! Now, back to the Fortress!"
Kartras, Keith, Geneva and Nathan vanished in black energy. Then they arrived at the Fortress of Despair, gazing upon the energy before them. The plan was going much better than she had anticipated, now it was a matter of how this Pink Ranger would work against fighting her own kind.
"Impressive energy," Kartras grinned as she held the crystal ball consumed with pink energy, "What do you two make of this?"
"Facsinating," Nathan stated in awe.
"Amazing!" Keith exclaimed.
"I agree." Geneva nodded, "I think we can proceed with making her the new Pink Ranger, Mistress."
Kartras pointed the crystal ball to the pink tube containing the ranger suit as pink energy came out of her hands and out of the crystal ball, "Come now Pink Ranger! Receive your power! Obtain your power! You shall now serve me and only me in the name of all things evil and dark!"
A huge flow of pink energy, entered in the tube which surrounded the pink ranger suit and within a matter of seconds, Jillian entered within in the pink ranger suit. She took off her helmet and looked at Kartras and her minions.
"How can I serve you, Mistress?" Jillian asked as if she was in a trance, looking straight at Kartras.
"I have a very important task for you my Pink Ranger." Kartras ordered, "But first, I want you to meet your new team mates. Now, Nathan, Keith, Geneva, introduce yourselves."
"Yes, Mistress." the three minions nodded.
Geneva stepped forward and in a flash of light green energy, she was wearing her Python styled Armor, "I am Geneva! I obtain the animal spirit of a Python!"
Keith stepped forward and in a flash of red energy, he was wearing a Dragon styled Armor, "I am Keith! I obtain the animal spirit of a Dragon!"
"And I am Nathan," Nathan stepped forward, donning his griffin styled armor, "And I am Nathan, and I obtain the animal spirit of the Griffin!"
"As for you my dear," Kartras glared at Jillian, "you obtain the animal spirit of the panther! Now, for your first task, I want you to destroy the Power Rangers: Casey, the Red Ranger with the spirit of the Tiger, Theo, the Blue Ranger with the spirit of the Jaguar, Lily, the Yellow Ranger with the spirit of a Cheetah, RJ, the Wolf Ranger with his animal spirit being a wolf and Dominic, the Rhino Ranger with the animal spirit a Rhino. Now, how do I know about them? I can detect their energy sources which is different from a normal human being."
"Understood," Jillian nodded, "And I will destroy the Power Rangers."
"Good my dear. Very, very good."