Chapter Five
James and the rangers hurried back to the loft, recovering from their defeat by the new Pink Ranger.
"James, are you okay, love?" Twyla approached her husband, holding him in an embrace.
"Yeah," James answered, "I have a feeling this is deja vu in terms of Power Rangers."
"Maybe, but we'll look into that deja vu later."
"Are you guys alright?" Fran asked, showing concern for her friends.
"We'll be fine," Casey answered, "it's just that, this Pink Ranger, where did she come from?"
"We're not for sure." Fran shook her head.
Twyla nodded in agreement, "The three of us just now saw her for the first time too."
"My guess is Kartras must've chosen someone to be this new Pink Ranger." Theo said.
"We don't know the full story of the new pink ranger yet," Casey sighed as he looked out the window, "but I am hoping that we can get to the bottom of this and fast before it becomes too late."
James looked at the Tiger Master as he was looking out the window as he appeared to have something on his mind.
"Are you okay?" James asked.
"I'll be fine," Casey answered, "This pink ranger is just puzzling."
"It's puzzling for me too."
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Kartras chuckled, "I love it when a good plan comes together! We can begin Phase two with the plan to destroy the Power Rangers now that they know the Pink Ranger is on the radar!"
"But what if they find out who she is?" Geneva asked.
"Her identity?" Kartras replied as she got out a medium sized pink diamond, "I think not, and this will make sure that she will stay under my power."
"A diamond?" Nathan looked confused as he smoked a cigarette.
"It's more than just a pink diamond," Kartras grinned, "it's the pink diamond that will keep Miss Jillian under my control. That is, until it is someone destroys it."
"What should we do about the Power Rangers?" Keith asked, "I really want to take them on one by one!"
"We don't do anything right now, but in the meantime, I would like to give our Pink Ranger her assignment for the time being," Kartras gave Geneva the diamond, "And I'd like you to watch over the diamond to make sure nobody destroys it. Can I trust you with that?"
"You can count on me, Mistress." Geneva bowed to Kartras.
"Better her than me," Nathan grinned, "She'd safe keep it to where no one will touch it other than her, I on the other hand would end up breaking it before Phase 2 could even proceed."
The Griffin Warrior was taken aback, noticing that Kartras had vanished as he talked. He shook his head as Geneva seemed happy and Keith only stared in neutral stance.
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Jillian looked around the alleyway as her eyes were glowing pink. She looked up as Kartras appeared on top of the alleyway.
"How may I serve you, Mistress?" Jillian asked.
"Pink Ranger," Kartras called on her new servant, "I want you to remain here at Ocean Bluff until I say other wise."
"As you wish, Mistress," Jillian quickly curtsied.
"And remember to keep your identity as the pink ranger a secret. No one must ever know the truth, until it is too late for those Power Rangers!"
"You can count on me, Mistress."
"Of course I can, I taught you well in such a short period of time," Kartras chuckled as she vanished.
Jillian smiled as she looked at her pink phone, which was her new morpher, "And as my Mistress said this morpher can do anything I want it to do. I wonder."
Suddenly, she came face to face with a bulky greaser guy, "Heya toots, what are ya doing out in the streets alone?"
No response as she kept stared at her phone.
"Hey!" the guy barked, "I am talking to you girl! When I talk and want an answer, I expect it, understand me, toots?"
"Toots?" Jillian scoffed, "That is so old fashioned talk. What era are you from? The 1950s?"
"Ohh, good come back. Did you learn that while you were texting on your little phone?"
Again, no response.
"I guess I will take your precious phone out of your puny hands," said the thug, "and I will see what's so special about it."
As he grabbed her wrist, Jillian pressed four buttons on the phone and coldly stared at the bully. The thug looked startled as he saw her eyes glow pink, "Uhhh."
Pink energy formed out from the phone and zapped at the bully and hit his feet. The guy fell into the nearby dumpster.
"Looks like you're not doing any robbing today, douchebag." Jillian said coldly as her eyes glowed pink. She slowly walked away out of the alley way, leaving the thug to recover as he got out of the dumpster, not even acknowledging his shout, "Man! I don't know what that girl's problem is, but she needs her eyes checked."
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Kartras sat at her chair, pondering in her thoughts. She was pleased with how easily her new pink ranger defeated the Jungle Fury Power Rangers. She was also thinking about the new armored guy that was helping the rangers. He could prove to be a threat. Maybe she would deal with him after dealing with the rangers.
Geneva, Nathan, and Keith looked at their mistress as they were waiting anxiously on their next assignment.
"So Mistress," Geneva exclaimed, "you have got to tell us what our next task shall be! Come on!"
"Yeah," Keith added, "I'm wanting to defeat those Power Rangers once and for all!"
Kartras looked up as if she had finally came up with a plan of something new, "I have finally came up with an idea if it makes you feel good."
"Oh?" Nathan seemed intrigued as he was smoking.
"And what would that be?" Geneva asked.
"I am going to have our Pink Ranger to lure one of the Power Rangers and have that ranger separated from the others," Kartras answered, "from there the ranger's energy will be drained in a grueling battle. After the Pink Ranger does her part, Geneva, you, Nathan, and the Pink Ranger will take on the four remaining rangers as Keith will be battling the ranger that is captured."
"So I will be fighting the Power Ranger that the Pink Ranger is brought into the Arena of Despair?" Keith asked.
"Yes you will," Kartras answered, "but right now, I want Nathan to put down that cigarette and Keith to prepare for battle!"
Nathan put out his cigarette and Keith bowed before leaving.
"I will tell Miss Jillian the assignment right now, Geneva, Nathan, stand by and prepare for the fight against four rangers." Kartras ordered before vanishing.
"What about the new guy in the mysterious armor?" Nathan asked.
"We will deal with him once we know a little more about him," Kartras answered, "while you guys are dealing with the current assignment, I will look on information about his mystical armor which might help you guys in the future."
"Yes, Mistress." Geneva and Nathan bowed even though Kartras was gone.
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Kimberly finished up the dishes as she saw her daughter enter the apartment, "Hi there, Jillian. How was your day?"
"It was good." Jillian smiled.
"Care to talk about it?"
"There's not really much to talk about."
"Huh," Kimberly replied, "Odd. Not even about this RJ guy you saw yesterday."
"No."
With that, she watched her daughter enter her bedroom as she muttered quietly, "What's going on with you, Jillian?"
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Jillian was going through some stuff in her room, looking at her pink attire in her room before she sensed Kartras' presence. She turned around and bowed, "How can I serve you, Mistress?"
"I got an assignment for you which you'll find rather interesting," Kartras ordered, "I want you to lure one of the Power Rangers away from the others. Do what it takes to lure them into the trap set up for that ranger! You can even use your morpher phone if you got to, but bring the targeted ranger, transport that person to the Arena of Despair, and then I want you to stand by for further instructions."
Jillian grinned, "You can count on me, Mistress."
"I know I can, my dear." Kartras replied before vanishing.
Jillian smiled as her eyes glowed pink as she already had a Power Ranger in mind to isolate from the others, "With him being the strongest ranger on the team, I believe that the Wolf Ranger shall be the first to go before the others."