Rangers In Wonderland
Chapter 3 – Impossible
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Kendall and Shelby's jaws floundered, looking at each other with wide-eyed panic. "I don't understand," Kendall stammered. "What does this have to do with your collection?"
Ally stared at them shrewdly, "I was always taught to see beyond. See past the bigger picture to the finer details, the ones woven underneath. Your country's ongoing relationship with the power rangers is quite intriguing to the wider world. The current team seems to be operating quite close to the museum and having the powers of dinosaurs, well…the connection is hard to miss."
"Like Kendall said," Shelby insisted. "No harm will come to your collection. You have our personal promise."
Ally looked down and began to pace around the room, "The item I'm donating, I've been holding onto to it for a long time, longer than I probably should have but I need to know it's going to go where it belongs."
"What are you really asking us?" Kendall queried.
"Look I may not have been completely upfront about this object. You can have any trinket you like as a replacement for the permanent donation, I don't care, but this thing needs to get to the power rangers. Can you do that?"
*RIW*
Meanwhile, Sledge, Fury, and Poisandra arrived outside the estate. "What a lovely home," Poisandra sneered. "It's a shame none of it is going to be left."
"Just be on the lookout for the energem," Sledge growled. Fury leapt into action, firing warning shots at the ground near the front, rattling the windows and scorching the ivy. Then he blasted door in, leaving nothing but a gaping hole in it's place. Screams and shouts could be heard within and three women appeared outside.
"GET THEM!" Sledge roared and they turned, running back in. Poisandra and Fury charged after them, firing off shots that rattled the very ground. The walls began to crack and the ceiling showered them in dust. Shelby attempted to duck into a room only for a beam to nearly fall down on her. She screamed and fell back but got her leg caught.
"Come on!" Ally grabbed her by the arm.
"No I can't move -" Shelby began to say but then Ally pulled and she slid out easily.
"Stronger than I look," the blonde gave her a cheeky grin.
"That's her!" Fury shouted.
"We have to go now," Kendall called from ahead.
"Never thought I'd see him again," Ally muttered as they took off, dodging debris from the collapsing building. They managed to make it out to the back garden only to find Sledge waiting for them. Fury and Poisandra also emerged to block them from behind.
"No where to run, no where to hide," Sledge growled. "Just the way I like my new inmates. Normally I charge a fee so I'll have to get my money's worth from you working on my ship."
"Tempting but we'll pass," Shelby moved in as if preparing to morph. Out of nowhere, an ungodly loud noise broke the air causing everyone and everything in the immediate vicinity to cover their ears and duck down. Kendall and Shelby looked around and saw that the noise was coming from Ally, a telltale yellow glow coming from her clenched fist. The noise died down and they stared at her with new eyes.
"Impossible!" Kendall breathed.
"You know my father used to say he could believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Ally helped them to their feet and led them away while Sledge and cohorts were still stunned and disoriented. They moved through the hedgerows through the hedgerows at top speed. "For example," Ally panted. "One, there are gems imbued with the power of dinosaurs. Two, these gems can pass on those powers to humans and make them immortal warriors." Just then, they heard someone coming and hid behind a bush. It was Fury, prowling menacingly as he passed. "Three," she whispered, "there are creatures from other worlds who want the gems and must be stopped. This way." She guided in the opposite direction of Fury. "Four, Alice Kingsleigh found one of those gems and vowed to protect it forever even if that truly meant forever."
"Five," Kendall interrupted, "Alice Kingsleigh is a power ranger." The group stopped and Ally nodded solemnly.
"I didn't lie to you," she said quietly. "The Alice Kingsleigh that found the yellow gem all those years ago did die except her heart kept beating. Immortality is a curse in many ways. She couldn't be with her family for very long, at some point her life's passion was rendered obsolete, and then there were the wars she couldn't help fight or the conflicts she couldn't help resolve for fear of discovery."
"How old are you Alice?" Kendall asked coming to the point.
"Old enough to retire," Ally – Alice shrugged. "When I saw the other rangers I knew I could finally give up the yellow energem and let my life take it's course. I had so wanted to meet them first. I had my suspicions but I called you here just to be sure I'd found the right people."
"Oh you found them alright," Shelby showed Alice her energem.
Alice blinked, "Well that eases my concern."
"Incredible," Shelby awed. "This whole time you've been alive! Are the stories true? Hamish? The hatter?"
"Mostly true."
Suddenly Fury burst in, "GOT YOU!" He advanced on them slowly, weapon raised to strike. "Hand over the energems and you may survive. You got away from me once," he growled at Alice. "But you're out of tricks. You can't escape."
"Sixth impossible thing," Alice tugged them over to rabbit hole. "That this is going to work." She pushed them in and following immediately after.
Fury ran to the hole but they had vanished. "Where did they go!?"