A MAD HAT, PART 2.

The Rangers did not know what to do. The laughter and the voice of Jervis Tetch continued to sound throughout the landscape. This was different from what they had faced. Kal tried to see if he could find a door that would lead somewhere outside the so-called "Wonderland" country. John used the binoculars he created with his mind while his other fellow Rangers tried to see past the green fog.

"I can not believe we're literally in a hallucination or virtual game," John said.

"You're telling me!" Said Kal. "Today is my birthday, I wanted to invite you to go out to Lois Lane and now I'm in this horrible place."

"We all are, Kal, and I know it's your birthday you should stop repeating it," said Shayera.

Kal was about to react when he realized, in fact, he was being ridiculous. The priority was to leave Wonderland and defeat Jervis, then his birthday with Lois.

"It's true," said Kal. "Sorry for everything."

"It's okay, Kally." Barry said. "You see? Now our names rhyme. Barry and Kally." Diana approached him.

"This is not the time for jokes, Barry," Diana told him. "We have to stop Jervis. In fact, I can not help but feel guilty for getting into this. "

"Partly it's my fault, Diana," Kal interjected. "I let you go alone to be able to go with Lois and we ended up here. I hate the fog. John, create a fan so it'll move the fog away."

John created a fan that managed to disperse the mist from the road, and they began to see a cobblestone path. Kal gave the order to advance, obviously the others followed him.

"Oh come on, Rangers," Jervis said. "This is Wonderland, and things around here are not what they seem." Jervis gave another mocking and crazy laugh. "They can not get out of here alive. They are in my territory. "

"You will not deceive us again, Tetch!" Diana shouted at the green sky with lightning flashing at every moment.

"Naive, Ranger. You fell so easy, and you will do it again with my letter guards. "Odd creatures appeared from the ground, looking like cards but with armor and carrying spears in their arms in the form of hearts.

"It's time to fight." Kal said. "To the load."

The Rangers jumped into action. At least Jervis had not eliminated thier powers when he introduced them to Wonderland. The guards were strong, but the Rangers, even without their suits, managed to eliminate the card guards. Kal did not use his laser vision this time, since he reserved it for Jervis, plus it had worked before with all the enemies that had faced previously.

"They were just an appetizer. There are many more before tea. "Jervis said.

"Let's continue," Kal ordered.

They continued walking along the paved road until it began to turn red and white. The rangers continued without questioning the way. They knew they had to leave, and since there was no way out nowhere, following Jervis was the safest thing they could do. They arrived at the mysterious castle adorned with hearts at each end of each tower and a huge heart at the entrance door. The heart door opened and a long bridge fell. The Rangers crossed the bridge and entered the castle, feeling a bit of disgust when they saw human heads on the sides of the bridge; Although they were not real, it was an ugly image.

They arrived at a mysterious red and white board. John recognized it immediately: chessboard. The board was blank, before red towers and horses appeared but in a lower right corner and in a higher right corner appeared golden stars, just as in a box on the upper right and lower left appeared other stars.

"Rangers, you are less intelligent than me," Jervis said. "This is the proof of that. Rangers, choose two teammates to be placed in the corner boxes, and have them reach respective boxes on the other side of the board. But, the towers will block their way and the horses will eliminate them ... permanently. "Jervis released another maniacal laugh. "Neglect, you move first. In addition, the horses move one square at a time, and the towers stay still. And, you only have seventeen movements. "

The Rangers looked at each other. It was a difficult decision. Kal spoke.

"Diana and John."

The two Rangers protested, but Kal decided to do something different again.

"Please, do it." Kal pleaded. "I do not do it because I do not care, but because I have continued to be a bad leader, and now I have to do it well."

The Rangers looked at each other for a moment.

"Trust me." He implored Kal.

"It's fine." They said. The Rangers were put in the corresponding boxes. Kal gave the orders: one step forward, another step forward, if they moved once more to the front, the horse would eliminate John. One box to the left, back to the right, two steps to the front. Now, if he took another step forward, the last horse would eliminate Diana. Another step to the right, step to the right, steps forward, and arrived at the indicated boxes.

"That was cheating. They will not be lucky next time, "said Jervis. The board disappeared and the figurines and a golden door opened.

"Oh. Thanks for trusting me. It was very difficult, "said Kal breathing hastily. The Rangers approached him and put their hands on his shoulders.

"You did it right, Kal." John told him. "Although I had a lot of dissonance from you at the beginning."

"Yes, you did." Diana told him.

"You're the best Kal." Barry said.

"Well, it's better that we continue," said Shayera.

"That's true," said Kal.

They walked through the golden gate and continued until they reached another bridge. Only this time, white guards arrived each with spears. The Rangers fought again. This time, the guards were stronger, so they each ordered their usual weapons using their Morphos. This was much more difficult, but they managed to survive. The guards lay on the ground, destroyed. The Rangers came together again, but this time, rabbits appeared ... they were very ugly and carried machine guns in each hand. This time they were too much to just peel with.

"It's time," said Kal. "Ready?"

"Ready!" Replied the four Rangers.

"Justice League, activate!" The five said in unison.

With their suits, the rabbits began attacking each Ranger. The good thing is that they had their weapons. The male Rangers managed to knock down several rabbit men, but they were little compared to the lethal duo that were Diana and Shayera. The female Rangers had more combat ability than the men, but the men had more power, but they had difficulty in the way of using it. Its biggest limitation.

The rabbit men disappeared, but three more appeared, but they began to move their arms like robots while singing a little out of tune:

"You are invited to ..." Said a rabbit man.

"Guests to ..." Said another.

"Guests to ..." said the last one.

"You are invited to a super party." The three sang in unison.

"Let's all fly ..."

"To fly…"

"To fly…"

"We're all going to fly with the hatter."

"I hope you can come ..."

"And come ..."

"And come ..."

"I hope you can come and have a good time." With those last words, Onejo men disappeared.

"Well, Rangers, they've already ruined this a lot, so just follow the path to the tea table and let's see if they're lucky."

A gray, dry dirt road appeared before them. The Rangers followed the path, and found a giant rectangular table, with many rabbits, and to the end of the table, in the host's position, lay Jervis Tetch, aka the Mad Hatter, in all its splendor.

"Wow, the nutty knights on the rectangular table." Barry said. Shayera and Diana laughed a little with their reference to King Arthur.

"Come on, comrades." Diana said, running towards the rabbit men.

"Hey, I had to say it," Kal said. "To the load."

The Rangers followed Diana. And it was very easy to beat all the rabbit men, who had risen from the table to fight with them.

"Rangers, they should come more often. I'm having a lot of fun, "Jervis said, releasing another maniacal laugh. The rabbit men had been defeated, and the Rangers approach Jervis.

"It's time for you to give up, Jervis. We do not want to hurt you, "Kal said.

Jervis got up and hit the ground. The ground crumbled, the Rangers fell and landed on a clock. Many rabbit men appeared. The Rangers began to beat every rabbit man that appeared. However, they did not stop coming. Diana had an idea.

"Kal, hit the ground," he said.

"Do not you think that's bad?" Kal asked. "We could fall into an infinite void."

"Yes, but we would fall with him," Diana said.

"Let's use the supercannon." Kal ordered.

"Super cannon." They all said in unison. The Rangers aimed at the ground and fired.

The ground trembled. The rabbit men disappeared and everything collapsed. The Rangers woke up and saw a Jervis tetch crying uncontrollably.

"They ruined everything." Jervis said between his whimpers. "They ruined my great party."

Diana came up behind him, and put the handcuffs on Jervis.

"On behalf of the Justice League, you are arrested, Jervis." Diana said.

"The guests are gone," Jervis said as he continued to cry.

The Rangers went out escorting Jervis out of his tent and saw that it was already night.

"I lost my appointment, thanks to Jervis," Kal said.

"Do not feel bad, Kal." Diana said. "You did the right thing and you were a good leader. I'm sure Major Wayne will give you another chance. "

"I doubt it," Barry said. "But I did it right." Shayera punched Barry on the shoulder, silencing him.

XXX

The next day…

In a nice park in Gotham City, Diana and Kal walked very cordially. It was a nice day, and surprisingly Major Wayne had given the Rangers the day off, including J'onn, but he told them he would call them if there were problems.

"It's good that Major Wayne gave us the day," Kal said.

"I told you it was not so bad," Diana said.

"Yes, but now you are the bad one. Why did you not let me go for Lois? "He asked.

"Because she's here." Diana said pointing to a kiosk with red balloons. His other three fellow Rangers, came out of surprise, as did Lois and J'onn. "Surprise Kal."

"I can not believe it." Kal was flabbergasted but happy. "How did you bring her?" He asked very interested.

"I went to the Gotham City Journal and told her about your party. You're welcome, but now you owe me the favor and I want you to do it after your party. "Diana said with a mischievous smile.

"What would that be?" He asked.

Diana whispered in his ear. Kal started debating with Diana when he heard the favor she wanted him to do. But Diana later told him it was her favor. Kal just nodded and left to greet his fellow Rangers and Lois. Diana approached John, who oddly was still in his League uniform, although everyone else wore casual clothes.

"Is that your party attire, John?" Diana asked.

"It is what is always used, novice. Even here, "John said with a frown. J'onn approached him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Relax, man." J'onn said. "It's Kal's party." In response, John unbuttoned a button on his jacket.

Time passed and the party almost ended. They had already started the cake, and Barry had given him a stuffed rabbit as a gift to Kal, who quickly destroyed it with his calorific vision. Now, Kal and Lois continued talking, while Diana watched anxiously because Kal would comply with the favor she asked. Shayera approached Diana.

"I knew it. Now you are in love with Kal. "Said Shayera.

"What makes you think that?" Diana asked, very astonished at her abusive statement.

"Please friend. You've spent a lot of time with him and organized this party for him. And now you're jealous that he's chasing the reporter. "Shayera said with a mischievous smile.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Shay." Diana said with the same smile. "But Kal deserved a party, and I only consider him as a dear friend, just that."

"Just repeat it until you admit it, Di." Shayera left.

At the end of the party, Kal and Lois said goodbye very affectionately with a kiss on the cheek. The thoughts that Lois had about Kal had changed, she was even beginning to see him attractive. But Kal was trying to gain courage to fulfill the favor that Diana had asked her to do.

XXX

Sitting, as always in the conference room, Major Wayne remained watching the city through the monitor. The door opened. The commander thought it would be J'onn or Diana. He turned and saw Kal holding a plate with a strawberry muffin.

"Commander," said Kal.

"Kal." Wayne answered. Kal stuttered a little.

"I came to give you this cake. I think it would suit him. Besides, you were the one who gave me the day off, and I had my party because you allowed it. Thanks. "Kal said still very nervous.

"You're welcome, Kal." Major Wayne replied. Even he thought he needed to say something. "You needed it, Kal. Besides that you are a good leader. If you want, you can retire, cadet. "

"Thank you, commander." Kal left the conference room and saw Diana leaning against the wall smiling. "I will not do that again, Di." Kal said walking away from her.

"It was not so bad, Kal." Diana said smiling and going to her room. I had to rest after a good party. Although I expected the commander to have received the message.

Major Wayne felt a little amused that Diana forced Kal to deal with him. He knew that she had done it to return the favors he had done for her, it was not very difficult to guess. However, his thoughts were interrupted by the mission report.

The team showed no improvement, and that bothered him completely. Major Wayne even began to consider changing the Rangers, but quickly dismissed the idea. I knew that this Power Rangers team was the only opportunity to help Zone C, and probably there would be no more recruits in the other bases or zones of the world, since nobody wanted to live or work in zone C.

This was difficult. Obviously, he knew that this team of Rangers was special, but they needed something more, but he did not know what was missing. Major Wayne had to do something soon, but he did not know what. He had to solve it soon, otherwise, the equipment would crack.

Sorry, for not update my fics, but my keyboard got broken, but I'm back.

NEXT: DARK, PART 1.