Chapter Two
Kartras made her way to the main chamber before walking at her chair, "This is just the way I like it. Now to wait on what I can do to take down the Power Rangers. Obviously, I have a plan, but I just need a pawn for this plan."
Suddenly a group of Rinshi approached her. She sighed as she looked at the Rinshi, annoyed, "What is it?!"
One of the Rinshi said, "Mistress Kartras, we have appeared to have found a new warrior for you."
"Really?" Kartras ordered as her expression changed from annoyed to demanding, "Well, what are you waiting for? Reveal who she is!"
"Yes Mistress," the Rinshi had her to look at her crystal ball, which revealed a petite young woman at her apartment, getting ready for the next day.
"A young girl in pink? She could be an even match for those Power Rangers! Ah yes, I can detect her strong energy and to make things more fun...her animal spirit is a panther," Kartras looked intrigued at what she was seeing, "We will have to put her through some sort of test against a group of Rinshi. If she passes, she will prove to be worthy of being my evil Pink Ranger."
Kartras approached an empty chamber where she placed two candles in front of them, and then she chanted in a strange foreign language, then seconds later pink energy formed at the tube and created a ball of pink light, "Bring forth the power! Bring forth the energy! I call forth the power of the Panther Ranger!"
The ball formed into a huge ball of mist before it formed into a tube of pink light with a suit inside. The tube revealed a pink power ranger suit, obtaining the Pai Zhua stripes on the chest plates which is like the other rangers have, and with the exception of the uniform being plain pink, the suit was similar to Lily's suit, "I cannot wait for the evil Pink Ranger to be awakened! She will bring human energy for me to obtain, and it will be the beginning of the end of the Power Rangers! I will be sure on that! What do you think of that?"
The Rinshi morphed into a young boy with short black hair, dark eyes and pale skin wearing a red shirt and blue jeans, "Yes Mistress. That would be a lovely idea. I've been waiting for this since we first came to your service."
"Oh Keith, I knew you would agree to the plan. Geneva? Nathan?"
Two Rinshi morphed into humans: the blonde woman Geneva and the brunette guy Nathan.
Nathan perked up as he said, "Why get our opinions when we are up to the challenge? Just tell us what to do."
"You do come to the point don't you?" Kartras glared at her main warriors, "First off, the next time you two show up, refrain from appearing as Rinshi, when you guys are human. Now as for your assignment, you two will bring lure this girl to an isolated area where her test will take place to show if she is worthy of being the Pink Panther Ranger."
"Yes, Mistress." Nathan nodded.
"It will be our pleasure." Geneva added on.
"What about our fourth soldier?" Keith asked.
"She will stay hidden until the time is right," Kartras answered, "I do believe one of the rangers know her personally."
"Understood, Mistress." Keith replied.
"After that is said and done with my current plans," Kartras declared, "the Power Rangers will be beaten by their own kind! A Pink Ranger of all kinds!"
-Through-Dangerous-Times-
James looked over as the girl from last night, Jillian, was practicing her martial arts skills.
"She's good," Twyla noted as she walked over to her husband.
"I agree," James nodded, "For someone her age, she knows how to kick butt."
"What in the..." Twyla started to exclaim.
"What is it?"
He followed his wife's glance to see a the brown haired boy, a dark haired boy and the tall man with brown hair from JKP.
"Well, I'll be," James stated, "it must be those guys from Jungle Karma Pizza, and that guy who was with us yesterday."
He walked over to where the two men were as they had just approached Jillian.
"What brings you guys here?" Jillian asked the two men.
"That's what I was wanting to know," James added.
"Haven't I seen you somewhere before?" the tall guy asked.
"Last night," James answered, "my wife and I decided to have dinner at Jungle Karma Pizza last night and that's how you have met me."
"I'm his wife, Twyla," Twyla introduced herself, "and this is my husband, James."
"Good to meet you," the tall man replied, "I am RJ, and I am the manager of Jungle Karma Pizza."
"My name's Casey." the brown haired guy introduced himself next.
"My name is Flit," the dark haired guy glanced around the group, "I forgot to introduce myself last night and I apologize."
"It's okay," the young lady smiled and nodded.
"And you must be Jillian," James glanced at the young lady, "from what we overheard, right?"
"That's correct." Jillian nodded before looking at RJ, Flit and Casey, "What brings you guys here?"
"You wanted us to meet here before we went to JKP, remember?" Casey spoke up.
"Oh, right. What about the rest of your friends: Theo, Lily, Dominic and Fran?"
"They are still working. I have no classes for today and RJ got Fran in charge of JKP."
"Well, do you have enough time to watch me do some Martial Arts moves?" Jillian asked.
"Sure." Casey nodded.
"I think we have enough time." RJ added.
"Sounds good to us," James nodded in agreement.
The group walked over to a nearby area where Jillian started some Martial Arts moves. She did some rather impressive punches, kicks, leaps and upper cuts. That amazed Casey, RJ, James, Flit, and Twyla. It amazed them because not only were the moves distinguished, but they also had a bit of flexibility and grace within them, which the guys found to be amazing.
Seconds later, something amazed both RJ, Flit and Casey even more. They both saw something that other people would not understand. James and Twyla looked on in curiosity.
"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" RJ asked.
"You bet I am," Casey answered.
"The Spirit of the Panther!" Casey replied.
Within the next few minutes, Jillian had finished her Martial Arts moves and walked over to the group watching her.
"Ready to head over to JKP?" Jillian asked.
"Yeah." Casey nodded, "Pretty much."
"Mind if we go with you guys?" James asked, "Twyla and I were going to go get some lunch."
"Sure," RJ nodded, "come along with us."
"Just as long as we don't bother their date," Twyla muttered.
The group walked out of the Youth Center.
-Through-Dangerous-Times-
"Why didn't you get to her?" Geneva asked her teammates, annoyed as she, Keith and Nathan looked on as the group was leaving the Thunder Island dojo.
"Me?!" Nathan exclaimed, "I thought that you was going to!"
"No matter!" Keith sighed roughly, "we'll get to our new Pink Ranger one way or another."
"Right, and Mistress Kartras will be very pleased." Nathan grinned at the thought.
-Through-Dangerous-Times-
"How did you learn those moves?" RJ asked Jillian, "I mean, you did those moves like you have done them for years."
"That simply because I had years of practice," Jillian grinned, "not intending to toot my own horn, but I had to learn self defense in some way."
"That's a good way." Casey replied, "as long as you don't bully someone or use your skill for personal gain. That would be the wrong way to use Martial Arts."
"I would never even think about doing that."
"I couldn't even imagine someone like you doing such things." James replied, "Someone like you, of course."
"Why don't we just go in JKP already," Twyla asked, "and you guys can talk more about it then?"
"That sounds like a good idea," RJ answered.