Chapter V: Younger Shade of Green part V.
Hermione Granger was in a pickle at the moment.
Letting out a huge sigh, the bushy haired girl quietly closed the book she had been reading and suddenly found herself staring outside at the brilliant sunny blue sky, it made her stomach cringe with guilt in a way she couldn't really describe or wonder why. Glancing over at the other end of the table, Ron was busy stuffing his mouth with food utterly ignoring everyone else at the table if only for his own benefit. Hermione resisted the urge to make a scathing comment or a condescending stare that red haired boy before packing her things and making her way down the Great Hall, not being bothered by the strange looks she was receiving from everyone else, as the bandage on her forehead and around her arm remained tightened around her skin. It had only been a week or so since the battle against Quirrel-Voldemort, she told herself mentally trying to control her body from flinching. It had been really unexpected, for the stuttering teacher to have been moving his plans forward, from what Harry had told her anyway. The meeting between Harry and Voldemort, plus with the confrontation with Snape must have forced the blithering Professor to simply get the stone and get out.
Hermione highly considered themselves lucky at the fact that Harry had made the connection in time, after noticing Snape, Dumbledore AND Quirrel were missing from Hogwarts. If they hadn't intercepted and reacted to the situation...biting her lip the bushy haired girl pushed that negative thought away as she made her way to Gryffindor Tower. The three of them didn't come out unscratched however, Ron nearly fractured his skull while breaking his arm during the Chess match while she had been bruised and received backlash from the Devils snare and Flitchwick's trial. Harry on the other hand, had been the most injured against the fight against Quirrel-Voldemort, she was ever so glad to see Harry alright, though, she was stilled been worried nonetheless.
Harry had left Hogwarts not to long after that, when Petunia had personally appeared at Hogwarts; how she was able to do was left Hermione bewildered. No muggle could enter Hogwarts due to the anti-muggle spells that were in place... maybe the blood between Harry's mother and Petunia had allowed the woman access? Hermione doubted that though. Oliver nearly cried in vain at the sight of Harry leaving Hogwarts while the Slytherin's among the other houses cried out in joy and happiness at least having a chance at the finals for the Quidditch Cup, she snorted. They should at least be happy that he was alive and Voldemort hadn't taken over the castle! But she digressed, no one besides the three of them knew the truth of what happened at the third floor.
Honestly, Hermione was personally glad that no one knew what had happened. Harry had already gone through too much this year, as had she and Ron. As she entered the Common Room, the snickers and whispers of other students reached her ears, only for Hermione to simply ignore them.
It disgusted her really, first they were the pariahs of Hogwarts and NOW they cared about them? A snort escaped her lips as she quickly went up to the female dormitory's, since Pavarti and Lavender weren't there thankfully. It was that she didn't like the two...it was just that, they were simply too...annoying for her to be around.
"If only Harry were here," She whispered as she placed her bag on her bed before looking around at the nearly empty room. The year was slowly drawing to a close and everyone had already began to pack for home, exams had been and were starting to become finalized and were awaiting the results. Quidditch Season had come to an end, with Ravenclaw as the winner with Slytherin coming in close behind them. The end of the year feast was tomorrow, so one more day before she, and everyone else, returned home for the summer. Laying on the bed she unfolded her arms and gazed up at the ceiling, pondering what exactly she should do the mean time. Ron wasn't..the best person to hang around with at the moment, and Harry wasn't at Hogwarts. It didn't help she didn't have any other friends besides the two...well except Neville, but he was busy at the Greenhouse helping Professor Sprout. "I wish there was something I could read..."
As if on cue, right within her trunk a white light began to emit from it. Shaking the wooden object back and forth roughly, Hermione's eyes landed upon the source of the sound as she felt her throat swallow on instinct. Suddenly her body began to move on it's own accord, almost, and began to move towards it. With each passing step she began to contemplate whether or not opening the trunk would be the best idea, subsequently her arms already began to move and open it without hesitation. A book laid on the very top within the trunk, illuminating the darkness of it, a black book with a strange symbol upon it. As she continue to stare it she felt a sense of familiarity with it but utterly ignored that fact. It was impossible really, Hermione rationalized not realizing she once again had control of her body. Biting her lip, as she noticed the light of the book began to fade and the trunk ceased it's movement. Her fingers moved towards it and carefully caressed the book.
Vanishing from her spot. It felt like her entire body and mind had just gone through the rinse cycle of a laundromat! Suddenly with a restricted like pull, Hermione felt her body being tugged backwards as she landed behind first straight onto the cold, gray like ground.
"Owww..." Hermione winced, forcing her legs to stand before freezing in place. Her eyes widened as that place before here, it was like... a giant alter room of sorts. The entire room was cloaked in darkness, with only one pillar of light shining down upon a old, but fascinating book that rested quietly in the middle. Untouched, and unopened. The book seems to have casted this lure upon her, drawing Hermione to get closer and closer towards it. The book was black, roughly with old parchment within it meaning it had been around for a long period of time. Curling her lips together as she stepped up the where the book laid she noticed that it held the same symbol as the other book she had found.
Hermione wondered how exactly the two books were in common...and...a frown appeared, how did she get that book anyway? Somewhere deep within her memory, the small witch knew exactly how it came to her but it felt like it was being blocked. It wasn't allowing her to access the memory at all. Hermione nearly bristled but kept her mouth shut and made a mental note to look up memory and mind magic when she got the chance. Taking a deep breath, her fingers gently caressing the book.
Suddenly, without any sort of warning the book opened all on its own!
"W-what...how is it doing this?" Hermione let out a startling gasp as she continued to watch the pages turn until it stopped, leaving two sections open. As if it was just for her eyes, and her alone. Gulping her eyes traced the hard and rigged pages as her eyes widened.
The Legend of Sparda
"...Sparda?" Hermione read the titled, allowing the word to roll off of her tongue. Her eyes narrowed at the description of the fellow, and continued to frown. "A Devil, whom turned it's back upon it's own kind for the sake of humanity?" How could that even be possible? the young witch wondered. Weren't Devils the evilest of evil, or was there some hidden meaning to it? Her fingers traced the word 'humanity', could this...devil, Hermione pressed her lips together with uncertainty, but nevertheless continued. Near at the very bottom of the page seemed to be what looked like..."A phone number and address?"
But there it was, staring right back at Hermione. Taunting her with it's black inked print. It was if it was challenging her, daring her to call the number.
Hermione quickly memorized the number before her eyes flickered over towards the next page and stared at the young man that had been drawn into it. "I... can't read this," Hermione nearly chocked as she looked at the strange words that were next to the name. Though that wasn't what truly caught her attention, nor her frustration. The man had a pair of angel like wings, something that looked like out of a myth! The man, in the drawing, had a soft loving expression with short black wavy hair and eyes...Hermione couldn't help but stare at them. It was if, she known these eyes from somewhere. Hermione frowned, why couldn't she place them? As a jolt of pain quickly began to surge through her body as she looked at the half-naked man, whose lower area was covered in red cloth and golden armor. On both of his hands were golden armlets with a bird like design upon them with ruby jewels while in his right had was a halberd. Next to him was a strange circular symbol that held a bird...or something else? It was hard to get a decipher from that rough sketch.
Shaking her head, Hermione felt the need to continue reading this book but felt a strange tug at the back of her head. Her body starting to become light once more as small winds began to blow around her in circles, levitating her-much to the girl' s horror into the air.
"No...no...NO, not again!" She cried out loud, staring at the bottom with fear in her eyes. "Let me down! Let me down! Let me DOWN!" The last word echoed through out the room as a bright white light surrounded her body, leaving the area as if she had never been there in the first place.
However, as soon as she left the book slowly closed it's self as one dial beneath the book, turned.
Harry stared.
Alice grinned.
"...Why are you top of me?" Harry asked dryly, his eyes brow raised with curiosity.
The redhead simply smirked, as she sat on top of him. Her arms crossed over her chest," Because I feel like it."
"That..." Harry began slowly," Doesn't answer my question." He wondered if this was how his Lord felt when his Mistress was murmuring to herself or letting out the random cackles every now and then. The dark pink clothed girl leaned forward, their lips nearly brushing against one another as he felt his cheeks burn out of nowhere.
Alice whispered hotly into his ear," If I told you..." allowing the suspenseful air linger a smudge. "Then it wouldn't be any fun, now would it?" Her smirk returned to being a cheeky smile before looking over her shoulder and giving a wave; Shawn, Justin, Fred and oddly Kelly were seen in the distance of his glasses. "What took you guys so long?" Her tone bossy, but was in fact a teasing amusing one.
Fred glared at her playfully," And what? Miss making a dramatic entrance, yeah right!" He grinned good-naturally at them as he held out his hand and aided Harry in standing up as the girl removed herself from being on top of the smaller boy. "Already under her spell?"
"Spell...?" Harry repeated with curiosity, as he watched Alice and Kelly talk and giggle between the two of them.
Justin nodded slowly, as he looked away disinterested. "...Alice has this...I dunno, air that draws people to her." He explained with a low tone in his voice, though Harry was certain that there was a small smile on the brunette's boy face. "Fred was the first, then Shawn eventually Kelly and I joined up not too soon after." He glanced over to Harry," Just like you."
"Just like me?" Harry asked as he recalled the karate class, the day when Alice had approached him. Never once did he feel unwelcome nor uncertain, when he was around these five Harry felt like had found his place in the world. It was strange, but at the same time nice. It was both a strange but wonderful feeling. He continued to gaze at the two girls, whom then began to say something. He blinked stupidly as he felt Fred whack his head. "Ow!" Rubbing it, he glared. "What was that for?"
The cap wearing kid grinned," For spacing out dude!"
"I was not spacing out!" Harry defended, as he flustered.
"Now, now you guys." Shawn began to pacify the two with a nervous grin on his face. "The girls are waiting for us," Justin rolled his eyes as he let out a soft laugh before running over towards the two girls. Fred and Harry looked at each other before racing after him. The small boy let out a small sigh," Always dead last," giving his head a shake he quickly dashed after his friends.
Being on the jungle gym, and just... hanging out with his...friend? Harry wondered as he titled is head, and listened to Kelly talk about junior and the end of the year exams along with helping with the elections for the new Cheerleader captain for Angel Grove Middle. It was such a trivial matter but...he liked listening to them.
"What about you Harry?" Kelly asked with interest.
Harry caught completely off guard, blinked. "Huh, what were we talking about?" He grinned sheepishly scratching his cheek as the others stared at him with disbelief.
"We were wondering what your favorite sport and food was," Fred answered.
Harry paused for a moment," Sport and Food?" Honestly, he never really gave it much thought. Well, that wasn't entirely true but when with living with the Dursleys pretty much anything he was able to get his hands on to eat counted as his favorite food. It was scarce now a days that the Dursleys starved him to death it didn't mean that they had stopped doing it every now and then. "I guess football, errr I mean soccer, that's what it's call here right?" His knowledge of different cultural terms took some getting used to. "And I guess toast." He was slightly curious as to why they were asking him these type of questions, but ultimately decided to keep his mouth shut.
Fred nodded his head," So any idea of what class your going to be in?"
"Class?" Harry asked in surprised.
"For school, dummy. How could you have forgotten?" Alice snorted as she gave Harry a kick in the rear, making the black haired boy growl. The shorter darker haired girl simply smiled innocently at him as she titled her water bottle at him.
Harry opened his mouth to retort but was beaten to the punch by Fred, whom removed himself from the jungle gym. The boy frowned," Looks like we got company guys." Shawn and Justin quickly followed the other's example and stood in front of the girls, much to Alice's and Kelly's annoyance and ire. Harry turned, before letting out a heavy sigh.
Dudley...and his new gang.
He was surprised really, Harry observed from afar as he eyed Dudley's brand new gang that his cousin had seemed to have form during his absence. Thankfully, Harry and his group out numbered Dudley and his brand new team, pressing his lips together as he slide his hands straight into his pockets; he briefly wondered what Dudley was doing in the park in the first place.
"Well, well, well." Dudley drawled out trying to sound superior. "Lookie whom we have here, the freak and his freaky friends!" His new 'friends' laughed in idiotic glee at Dudley's stupid phrasing, as the blonde pig like eyes narrowed before sneering at them with disgust. "Look at him, standing as if he was normal! Just a freak is what he is!"
"Wow," Kelly stated, looking absolutely bored out of her mind. "Is that all you come up with? And here I thought you were an actually had some brains up there. Clearly I was mistaken." Shaking her head mockingly," Though," she wrapped her arms around Justin's, and Harry's shoulders pulling the two together. "I love a man with a brain."
"And common sense," Alice added dryly, she eyed the other two thugs before cringe at their appearances. "Not to mention, being clean." the girl wrinkled her nose as the disgusting and nauseating stench reached her, pushing Fred forward to block against the horrible smell.
Dudley narrowed his eyes," What was that you stupid bird?"
"Bird?" The girls exchanged looks while the boys raised an eyebrow.
"That refers to a girl," Harry elaborated with a discreet cough, receiving strange stares from the others. He shrugged," I didn't choose the term, plan the guy that coined it!"
Dudley, glared. Not liking being ignored by his former punching back. Raising his fist, he pulled back before launching it forward wanting to cause that freak of a cousin pain! Too long had it been since he had been able to use Harry in order to relieve some stress, and now was the time to do it! He grinned sadistically as his fist zoomed forward, nearly making contact with his cousins cheek, and taking in the pleasure that no one had seemed to notice he was taking advantage of the fight.
But the contact never came.
"Ya know what really pisses me off?" A strong, low male tone interjected. "Bullies like you." Dudley looked up and saw a black haired man with crimson eyes staring at him blankly, the man's smile turned vicious as he began to crush the bones in Dudley's hands causing the miniature whale to start whimpering. With little to no effort at all, the man tossed Dudley a good three to four feet backwards. Dudley landed face first straight into the ground, the man turned and looked at Dudley's companions. "So are you two going to cause any problems?"
The two looked at each other for several moments, before taking at him with rage.
Harry could have sworn he heard the man sigh and say 'geeze I hate being the bad guy...' the man's expression changed as his leg shot up sending one of the boy's flying before grabbing the other one with his free hand and giving him a good push backwards onto the floor.
"Travis," A disapproving tone growled out, as Luke made himself apparent and stared at Dudley and his friends for several minutes before ignoring them utterly. "You didn't hurt them, did you?" His tone accusing but overall held noting but disinterest.
The man, Travis, shrugged as he folded his arms backwards. "Maybe a little, didn't give'em brain damage or broke any bones. I think it's alright, they've learned their lesson." His eyes flashed as he looked at Dudley and his crew," Right?" His tone hard as stone.
Harry watched with amusement as Dudley and his friends quickly struggling to get up, tripping over one another in the process before running straight into the distance. "That was awesome." He commented sincerely, never once had he seen someone other then Hagrid teach his cousin a lesson.
"I was wondering when someone was going to take care of him," Shawn pitched in watching the open space with amusement.
Justin nodded his head, slowly. "Yeah..." The tiny smile was still on his face. "Maybe he'll learn to leave us alone from now on."
A short curtain of silence appeared.
"Nah!"
Travis let out a snort and smirked while Luke rolled his eyes," So your Harry right?" smaller boy looked up and looked at Travis," Just need to talk to ya for a bit is all."
Fred narrowed his eyes," That sounds rather suspicious." His tone was hard and his eyes narrowed a bit, "What makes you think we'll just get up and let you take him?"
"Granted you helped us out, but that doesn't necessarily mean that your trustworthy." Alice added eyeing the two with distrustfully.
Justin simply frowned.
"Guys, cool it. Luke's my cousin," Kelly defend firmly looked rather hurt at the accusations being stated. "He's a good guy, really!" She glanced at Luke, before frowning. "Why do you need to talk to Harry though Luke? Is there something wrong?" It was all curious innocence really.
Luke paused. "It's complicated," He admitted truthfully. "And unfortunately this is for Harry's ears, and his alone. I'm sorry."
Before any of them could object, Travis grabbed Harry by the back of his collar and began to pull him away from the smaller group over to somewhere secluded and hidden area, as Luke gave his younger cousin a wave before following after the two. Leaving Alice and the group standing there bewildered to the strange scene that had been displayed before them, as they exchanged looks and remained uncertain they decided it be best to head to the Juice Bar, though it seemed that only Kelly and Shawn seemed to trust Harry to be allow with Luke and the anomaly known as Travis. Alice, of course, was rather angry at the fact that they had simply allowed the two older teens to take Harry away.
However, Alice also trusted Kelly. In turn, she would also trust Luke. For now.
"Alright, you wanted to talk to talk." Harry stated flatly as he crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at the two older boys, observing and taking note of their body language carefully. "I fail to see what exactly is so important that you had to drag me away from my friends." Man, no matter how times he said or thought that word it still felt weird as it rolled off of his tongue.
Luke pressed his lips together," Well Harry...or should I say the Boy-who-lived?" He watched as the boy's eyes narrowed slightly before letting out a small, painful groan. His mouth twitched with amusement but continued on," The reason were here is to ask, do plan on attending Hogwarts still for the next term?
"And if I am?" Harry instantly responded to the question distrustfully as his tone indicated suspicion within them. "And what if I say that I'm not?" Crossing his arms," Why is that any of your business?"
"Well kiddo, we're hear to offer ya an alternative schooling," Travis pitched in wearing a grin upon his face. Digging into his pockets he pulled out a pamphlet with Salem Magical Militia Academy upon it in bold dark blue letters. "We're at the end of our High school year, and entering our University years."
Harry blinked at that," Wait High school? University?"
"Salem has different divisions set up from Elementary, for non-magical born students followed by a junior section all the way to University. When starting junior though, selecting a specialty and a path is required before have selection of your courses." Luke elaborated," Travis and I are both in the Militia specialty, the two of us are choose the Warrior's Code." He paused before continuing," The Warrior's Code is more about using weapon, military tactics, geography and history. I personally, want to join the military straight after school-"
"And I want to go straight into teaching." Travis stated with a grin on his face.
Harry remained passive," You said that there were other divisions, what are they?"
"Well, there's Governmental along with Civilian, and finally a mixture of the three. Though the last one takes longer then all the others," Travis remarked with a warning tone. The crimson eyed man looked thoughtful for a moment," I doubt the Headmaster, will force you to choose this early. You are transferring right?"
"I haven't decided yet," The younger boy answered truthfully his eyes remained on the folded paper he was given. "I'll read about it before making my decision." He wasn't going to make any decision making yet, but finding out more about other magic schools around the world would probably be the best idea, knowing thy enemy would help him help Zedd and Rita.
Luke slowly nodded his head," Well alright then, if-"
"Harry, there you are!" A female voice spoke up, a very mature looking asian woman spoke from the left side of them. She smile with relief as she began to stalk over towards them, wearing a violet sweater shirt with white underneath and a semi-long black skirt. "Your late for your tutoring." She looked a bit an annoyed as the word left her mouth before turning towards the two," I hope he hasn't caused you any trouble."
"Huh...? Oh, no he didn't." Travis replied, somewhat thrown off.
The woman nodded, as she continued to smile. "That's good," Bowing politely, she placed her hand upon Harry's shoulders. "C'mon, we'd better get started. We're already behind schedule, Harry. Thank you for looking after him," before sharply turning Harry towards the other direction. Leaving the other two males somewhat stunned by the scene that had played out before them but ultimately decided to ignore it. Well, for the moment anyway.
"So, you going to go and check on little sis then?" Travis asked, deciding to break the silence.
Luke ignored it and frowned," Did you know that woman or girl?"
"...Dude. I don't even LIVE here let alone even grew up here." The other retorted as if he the other was an idiot. Shrugging off handedly," She's probably just helping get caught up on his normal studies, that's all." Letting out a tired yawn," I highly doubt she's anything but that."
"Whatever dude." Luke responded, giving a lazy wave towards the other. "Anyway, you stayin or comin'?"
Travis shrugged," Ya sure you want me there? Lord knows I don't know here but if you need me for the support then I don't mind." He grinned suggestively at that as Luke glared at his friend before giving him a good smack. "Ow! What was that for?"
"Being a pervert," Luke answered without missing a beat as he turned towards the direction of the hospital. "I heard that Trini, Zack and Jason's plane landed today. It would be good to see them as well," And find out what the hell is exactly going on. His eyes flickered towards his left pocket as the Power Coin he had began to twitch and strike with electrifying power, the newest Ranger could help but wonder if it was responded to his magic or beginning to bond with his magic instead.
Luke hadn't fully understood what had happened the other day, other then the fact that the earth was in danger of being overrun by inter galactic space aliens-GOD that was so weird to stay, the boy decided as he walked down the road with the other boy. The fact that Zordon, the giant floating head, gave him and unstable power was rather unsettling and made him wonder if the man, being whatever the hell he was such a great leader. But seeing that Green Ranger in action, taking out each the other Rangers so effortlessly Luke had begun to understand the reasonings behind Zordon's doings despite that fact, he was a bit weary of the other. However, there was a chance that maybe there wouldn't be another way for him to know. Straight after the battle against the Green Ranger, they had returned to the Command Centre only to be locked out it.
Never had it ever done that to them before, Rocky had told him.
Not only were the power coins stolen, and being locked out of the Command Centre but the fact that the Green Ranger had their powers and knew whom they were-with the possible exception of Luke. It came down to one and very simple conclusion.
They were screwed.
The light glimmer of hope came from Jason's, Trini's and Zack's power coins...and the hope that his own would last.
Luke frowned as he gripped the Coin in his pocket, from the information given to him by Aisha; the Green Ranger also possible had a blank coin as well. Frowning thinly, but the guy-whateverhisname was, mentioned that the Green Power Coin was in Jason's possession. How was it possible for that to happen? Where Rangers truly bound by the coins or was there something deeper, that no one truly knew about it? Many questions were starting to arise within him only to receive no answers in return.
It also didn't help that Adam had been found knocked unconscious with the Black AND Pink Power coins stolen as well. While he hated to admit it, but the Green Ranger worked not only efficiently but also fast. Scowling mentally, the boy wondered just how fast this guy was and why was even working for someone like Rita and Zedd?
"Hey, you there man?" Travis' voice broke though his thoughts. "You were spacing out Luke."
Luke shrugged. "Aaaand?"
"Your a bastard, you know that?"
Of course, Luke wasn't paying attention as he waved dismissively. "Sure, sure. Whatever you say."
"...Asshole."
The sounds of machinery being moved, twisted and shifted echoed.
"Now...if I just re-calibrate the energy source and then link up the firing mechanism with the trigger," A young male voice murmured as a spark like sounded instantly light as a bright red flame was seen briefly with in the strange room. The shining light stretched far across the room, painted in complete and utter white. A sharp hiss was heard," Ouch!" As metallic object fell straight onto the ground," That hurt." Groaning, but simply ignore it was he once again picked it up the floor. "I'll take care of it later, I have to finish these up first and get everything running." Pushing his glasses up, his eyes wondered the room and left out a huge sigh as he made his way across the other end of the room in order to retrieve the necessary tools and items that were needed in order to fix the keyboard and the strange weapons that laid before him.
How Zordon could have not informed them was a mystery to him, the young man felt rather annoyed at the secrecy that the other kept from not only him but also the rest of the team. Scowling, the young man made his way over straight towards the cabinet, revealing what he was looking for. Giving the object a quick one over, the boy nodded his head and returned where he was conducting his project.
Awaking up in the White Room had not been what he had been expecting, as he thought himself before returning towards the task at hand. His eyes glanced at the weapons that hovered in the air, each of them color coordinated to that of the Rangers colors. From the looks of it, the weapons seemed to be meant for an upgrade for their Thunder-based powers.
The pink one was the Pterodactyl Thunder Whip, meant for Kimberly. Laying there quietly, unmoved and unused.
The next one belonged to Aisha, the Sabertooth Tiger Thunder Hammer. Oddly, Billy honestly thought that the weapon suited her better then the Power Daggers.
The Mastodon Thunder Grappler, laid dormant ready to be used by the next user.
Billy, oddly had two weapons he noted. The Triceratops Thunder Blades and the Stega-Stringer, though the boy couldn't help but wonder why he was given that weapon. He was pretty certain that the Stegosaurs didn't belong to him, maybe the previous Blue Ranger had it? Billy shrugged at that. When he first awake in the room he had discovered the weapons simply being there; already used and damaged. Well... most of them anyway. Which was he was currently trying to repair them, and have them battle ready against the Green Ranger. The genius pressed his lips together as he quickly adjusted the screw, placing it back to where it belonged before screwing it back in again. Looking satisfied, he nodded his head rather happy with his accomplishment.
The Tyrannosaurus Thunder Nunchakus, had a heavy amount of damaged and looked like it had been utterly fried. Billy considered it to be his newest project, as his eyes flickered over towards the two new weapons. One was certain for Luke, after activating tapping straight into his Teal Power Coin but the one beside it...
It was a shield. But whom it was for was uncertain.
The Blue Ranger whipped the sweat dripping down his forehead and began to work upon Rocky's new weapon, while it did look severely damaged. The boy, was fully certain that it would be child's play for him to be able to fix. The only problem would simply be the lack of material needed to fully repair it. He frowned, the most logical thing would be to look around and try to use whatever supplies he had left and go check on Zordon and Alpha as certain was possible. His eyes flickered towards the control panel, his fingers instantly snapping towards the tool box the he had discovered within the White Room, and gripped it before standing up as his tips began to caress the metal carefully. The wires underneath and components were fixed, biting his lips he pondered whether or not the best option would be to go and check. Billy, suppressed that idea and touched each button carefully giving the coordinates of where he wanted to be teleported to.
The energy particles began to circle around his body, as he felt his body become lighter with in an instantly and vanished from the White Room and suddenly found himself to the most horrific site that he had ever seen.
The Command Centre... was horrific.
Alpha, laid upon the floor; barely alive. The blinking lights on his chest, indicated that he was still functioning. Billy let out a sigh of relief as he turned his attention towards and gulped loudly as he saw the other tubes in which were connected to the centre one, they were utterly cracked and shattered. As the small flames burned without stopping, while it looked like it had been burning for along period of time thankfully it seemed to have died down by quiet a bite. And for that, Billy was rather grateful.
The wielder of the Blue Morphin Powers sighed. "This is going to take a while," he murmured underneath his breath as his eyes began to survey around the damage and calculate just how long it would take to get everything up and running, not to mention repairing Alpha as well. The brunette groaned realizing that he's pretty much be forced to pull an all night job again, as another sigh escaped his lips he picked up Alpha off of the floor and hauled him over his shoulders before descending down the stairs, as grunts escaped his lips. While Alpha wasn't overly heavy the lack of muscles Billy had didn't seem to aid him in his task. The Blue Ranger's eyes flickered over towards the destructive Command Centre and painfully closed his eyes.
Forcing his head to remain placing it forward, Billy pushed himself to get the android straight to the White Room where the rest of his supplies and tools where. Maybe if he quickly repaired Alpha, the quicker the two of them would be able to bring the Command Centre and Zordon back online!
Another thought appeared through his mind as Billy thought about the perp whom caused the damage, the Green Ranger.
What made him so different from Tommy? That was the main key and how exactly was he able to access the Green Morphin powers? Billy switched from carrying Alpha from his back and simply carrying the small android like bride or a small child, much to the embarrassment of the Blue Ranger. Many thoughts once again appeared in his massive mind that made him wonder, mainly just what he was going to do with the Power Coins that he had stolen from the others? His own eyes flickered straight down towards his Blue Power Coin and sighed. What if... what if Trini, Zack and Jason were unable to access the power from their coins? A sweatbead slid down his forehead, what if everything was left up to him?
The sheer thought made him shiver in fear and worry... worried that he may fail and lead them to destruction. Just like how he nearly brought the end of the world thanks to Rita's mind control during Parent-Teacher Day, it really made sick to even remember that day.
'No!' Billy roared in his mind, shaking those memories away. His eyes narrowed into slits while his desire to fight overcome the evil and destruction he had caused in the past, redeeming himself in not only his friends eyes but his own. The genius looked down at Alpha and his lips twitched into a sad smile, "We'll show them right Alpha?"
The red lights flickered on the visor, slowly beginning to dull.
Getting Alpha to the White Room and begin his friends repairs were Billy's highest priorities, the quicker he made it there the better. Glances continuously shifting between the stairs towards Alpha's visor, even though he was hundred percent certain that the robot still had cognitive thinking the limit to how long it would last was slowly beginning to die.
The White Room... Billy had no idea how or why, but his throat had been healed during his state of unconsciousness. His lips curled up and as he began to wonder, what kind of room was it? Recalling the memories of Tommy becoming the White Ranger, it seemed as if the person or rather the people within that room go under a state of fatigue before falling into a slumber; for a lack of a better term. Was it possible for it to be a healing room of sorts? It didn't seem far off, the teenager decided.
The staircase led to a short hall, only four doors on the far end. The one with the glowing white light emitting form it, was probably the White Room. Making his way towards the room where the rest of the supplies where, Billy found himself stopping in his stride and turned towards one of the doors; that laid open wide.
it looked rather similar to that of the White Room but lacked the bright white light and sense of security that it held, this room on the other hand was pure grey. The teen's eyes widened as he looked at all the spare parts that seemed to have just been laying around along with a tool box similar to the one he had found in the White Room. His curiosity had reached it's peak, moving in towards the room and carefully placing Alpha straight onto the ground the Blue Ranger quickly maneuvered his way around the room gathering the pieces and parts that he could gather and placed what he could fit straight into the tool box. Whether it was enough or not had left to be seen, Billy's eyes flickered at the damaged that his robotic friend had been forced to endure and flinched.
It was going to take more then just a hard work for Billy to get Alpha back up and running again. The blue clothed teen placed the android the centre table and quickly began to grab the flashlight that was near along with one of the wire clippers in order to get a deeper look into his friend's computer based 'immune' system, as the light turned on revealing the ripped and torn components, wires and everything else under the sun that Billy was able to see visibly...
Wait. What the hell?
The flashlight in Billy's hand slipped from his grip and landed on the table as the Blue Ranger turned his gaze.
A big, gray book sat there quietly where the tool box resided while sitting right in the center of the book where two power coins.
"When did...?" The teen gasped as he felt his throat go utterly dry. His hands shook with was it fear? Apprehension or disbelief? the boy wasn't sure but he knew...maybe, just maybe this was the reason for being in the Command Centre. As his fingers gently touched the book as a gray light emitted the moment his skin touched the cover before fading away, the coins appearing in his hands. Gripping them tightly, Billy's eyes were still trained on the book that laid before him, watching in wonder as the book opened wide causing him to stare.
A section, or rather a wheel of sorts was on the page that the book seemed to turn to; each color glowing with a strange ring around them and words that seem not of earth but came off as clear english to him. His fingers carefully traced the green circle. "Controlled?" His voice crackled tightly, as Billy felt his heart ache. The poor guy... the free hand twisted into a fist. His eyes then traced the lower colors, frowning at the sight of the words as his eyes glanced to the coins and then back to the page. "Would... could it be possible, I wonder?"
It was then and there, Billy made a resolution. And he'd be DAMNED if he failed.
Jason found himself staring at what Tommy had told him.
"Are you serious?" The former Red leader's lips went dry, the bugged eyes didn't really help at soften the atmosphere. At the serious look that he was receiving from his best friend Jason felt his back lightened while pushing back against the chair. "Holy shit, you are."
Tommy nodded briskly, the utterly look of defeat glinting in his eyes. "... Yeah." Glancing away from him," He didn't just take us out one by one... he got to the Command Centre too." The White...or rather, former White Ranger hissed with anger. "Can't believe he got us off guard like that and so efficiently as well!" The teen never felt so utterly frustrated in his entire life! As his nails dug deep into the wood," How can we defeat this guy?"
Jason clamped Tommy's hands. "Don't worry, man. We'll find a way, we always do!" he flashed a bright grin on his face indicating that he firmly believed in his words. "We just need to stick together, and keep our wits about us, alright Bro?"
"...Yeah," Tommy admitted reluctantly. "I guess," the soft and defeated tone did nothing to put the teen at ease. It just didn't feel right to him in the very least, however now that Jason, Zack and Trini were here maybe... just maybe that stood a chance against the evil ranger. "I just hope your right, Jase."
The former Red grinned," Aren't I always man?" The cheeky replied earned him a berry, while lingering deep with in his thoughts were his own doubts and insecurities. Just how did Zedd and Rita get the Green Ranger powers and who was the new guy underneath the suit? His eyes narrowed; was it even a guy to begin with? Though from what Kim had told him, she definitely heard a guy's voice from the helmet. Shaking his head as he got up from out of the seat," C'mon we'd better go and check on Adam."
Tommy flinched openly.
A part of Jason regretted bringing it up but knew that he had too. Adam also had gotten his Power Coin stolen, attacked from the back without warning. Though, all of them were thankfully to hear that it wasn't critical or severe like Kimberly's but still was in need of medical attention. Rocky and Aisha were already stationed at the hospital both of them looking at Kim and Adam respectively, and actually being in the room. Zack and Trini were busy trying to locate Billy, whom was either stuck in the Command Centre or... had been taken prisoner of the Green Ranger. Honestly, Jason was hoping for the later. Nolan, a blush appeared slightly, was at home unpacking his things and sleeping in his guest bed. The former Red was rather thankfully that his boyfriend had no idea of what was going on and even less of an idea of what he and his friends were involved in, but Jason knew that sooner or later Rita, Zedd or both of them were going to force the Irishman into the war. His expression hardened at that.
He wouldn't allow any harm to come to Nolan. His hand curled up straight into a fist.
"Have Trini and Zack any luck on getting inside of the Command Centre?" Tommy asked, latching onto anything useful that could aid them.
Jason blinked. "Trini got access to Billy's garage or lab, she's been trying to find something that they can use to get inside. So far they haven't hand any luck on finding anything useful and even if they did, I doubt that Trini would be able to fully understand it's functions without Billy being around to show her."
Tommy growled," Damn. This just keeps on getting better and better."
"Don't say that," Jason responded flatly.
Tommy shrugged," I can't help it. This entire situation, it makes me feel so... so..." He hissed in annoyance as his gaze fell to the floor. "I don't think we've ever been pushed this far into a corner before. Hell, I doubt I caused you guys this much trouble when I was the Green Ranger."
"Well..." Jason began slowly as a hesitate smile appeared on his face. "You were more of the physical flat out confronting type rather then the devious attacker from the shadows." That made him worry as his eyes began to glance around the hall of the Juice Bar. Could the Green Ranger be near them as they spoke or was it just his new paranoia beginning to act up?
A heavy silence appeared.
"I hope Alpha and Zordon are okay," Tommy whispered softly.
Jason nodded, as a bitter feeling appeared.
it was all so familiar to him, the former Red thought to himself. Very, very familiar. It was nearly identical of the steps that Tommy had taken when he was a Green Ranger but this one... this was smarter. Cunning, he was able to calculate and predict where they were and how to dispose of them. His eyes narrowed darkly, the methods he used were rather vicious not to mention the guy seemed to know a lot about them. He shuddered, did that mean he was aware of Trini, Zack and himself?
That alone made him frightened. What was stopping the evil Ranger from going after one of them?
"...I understand fully, my lord." Harry's words slipped out of his mouth, his eyes never once faltering from his master's gaze. The hardness of his tone echoed through out the throne room, as his eyes flashed a violent green. "I will carry our your orders to the fullest extent of my abilities."
Lord Zedd tapped the edges of his seat, the apprehensive air soaked into his very being. "See that you do, my Green Ranger. You have my confidence and trust in this matter, you have not failed us once yet." The evil monarch was heavily pleased with his Ranger, and could foresee the greatest opportunities that would pave their way to...no, Zedd decided, even past Dark Spectre. The delightful chill went down his spine and gave the humanoid like being a pleasurable shiver as his hands released the edges of the handle. Lord Zedd cleared his throat was he began to speak-
"However," Harry's voice instantly cut him off as the other beings in the room, notably Scorpina and Goldar looked at Harry with a look (Zedd was unsure if it was shock, awe or horror) as the young child continued. "No assistance will be required at all." Staring at Zedd with a cold, hard look that laced with the darkest and malicious intent the boy smiled eerily at him. "For the longest time, I have gained aid from the putties; Finister," He gave a nodded towards the scientist slash monster marker," Scorpina," Also giving the woman a nod," Long with Mistress Rita, and you as well my lord. Even though I have been able to properly...detained, the Rangers, there is still the matter of the other rangers; the three original and of course, their newest addition."
Harry reached into his pocket and revealed what was in his hand towards them.
"!-That's-!" Rita's lips escaped as Lord Zedd let out a cry of surprise as the cold smile simply remained upon the child's face.
Harry titled his head, in a somewhat-mocking manner." Yes, while my coin has not been tied to the Morphin Grid, the Dragonzord, as of now, is now in my hands." His hand clutched the coin protectively within his hands and stuffed it back into his pocket.
A heavy silence fell upon the room as eyes began to focus solemnly upon Harry, whose smile remained as his body began to let burst of promise. Lord Zedd leaned back into his chair and eyed his future heir with prospect and wonder, many thoughts and ideas began to soar in his mind as his eyes reflected towards the side deep within the dark covered velvet darkness. Rita glanced back at Zedd, uncertain whether or not to allow the youngest member of their dark royal family to launch a preemptive strike on his own-despite doing so and coming out successfully within the past. Once fingers wrapped around his staff as his visor flashed a dark red, never once did his sight move from Harry, who remained standing there at attention further awaiting his new orders. The plan that Rita and himself had convinced and worked upon had taken up most their time, and had simply completed the startling revelation of the Dragonzord once again being under their fingertips was quiet a present indeed. But at what price?
"Be that as it may, my Green Ranger." Zedd began calmly," While I am pleased with the Dragonzord once again being within our possession," he let out a growl," We must not allow Zordons Rangers to get a wind of this information, we will use it as a surprise, if not, final counterattack."
It took all of Harry's will force not to bristle," I understand, My lord." The words sounded rather forced with anger seeping through them. Bowing lowly," Is that all my lord?"
Lord Zedd's eyes visor locked with Harry's eyes. "Yes...you are dismissed."
"As you wish my lord."
He left the room, without missing a beat. Fully aware of the callous action he had shown towards Lord Zedd and his Mistress Rita, even though it seemed like the wrong thing to do to them, his mind screamed otherwise. It was like... they were trying to get him killed or something like that.
Harry's body instantly froze at that.
'Get... me... killed?' The thought once again appeared in his mind as he continued his stride down the dark halls of the castle,' T-they wouldn't try to kill me, would they?' His eyes then narrowed with suspicion, after all they were trying to kill the rangers of the earth and quite possibly the other Rangers through out the universe. Pressing his lips together, his eyes became slits as he twitched visibly to those within the hall, after all that was said and done what exactly was stopping them from turing their attention and targeting himself instead? The sweat beads slipped down the edges of his face as quickened his pace down the hallway, he needed some air...clean. air. Logically speaking, of course, there was no air on the Moon even though by some odd twist of fate he was able to breath properly.
Perhaps it was the side effect of the power?
Shrugging his shoulders with uncertainty, the boy found himself in front of Zedd's and Rita's bedroom.
...How did he end up here?
He felt his palms go sweat with anticipation, as his eyes glued towards the door as the twin orbs lowered towards the two handles. His lips and throat went dry while his feet moved forwards towards the metal, his fingers touched the cold steel as Harry shivered at the frostiness of it. Pushing the nagging and warning feeling that began to nail near the side his head, the boy opened the door and went through it. His eyes scanning at everything within the room, in hopes of discovering something that he could use against the two incase they did indeed turn against him. It wouldn't matter anyway, surviving was what he did anyway. Looking at the dark blue room filled with black drapes and velvet purple coloring he carefully stepped around cautiously, not wanting to trigger and alarm system of any sorts. Harry wasn't a fool to think that Rita and Zedd wouldn't not have an alarm system somewhere in their room in case of a Ranger or an enemy breaking into the castle.
Over at the right side of the bed, Harry was certain was definitely Rita's side. The smells of ointments and potions reeked towards his nostrils before taking note of a bookshelf of books that laid cross the shelves, languages he was unable to speak let alone read. Harry made sure to file that away for future reference.
Zedd was definitely on the left, why? The evil intent could be felt coming from the drawer, near the bed side. While Rita was definitely an evil person and a Dark Sorceress at that, comparing the levels of evil between them was simply laughable.
Zedd was by far, the most dangerous out of the two. The sheer evil that rolled off of him was immense! He was amazed at how his body was even able to withstand that strong presence, grimacing as Harry recalled when he had first come face to face with his Lord and-
Wait...
How did Harry meet Lord Zedd and Mistress Rita? No. Not Lord. No Mistress. Not anything. Just Zedd and Rita. A painful pressure within his head deciding to make an appearance as slipping down to his knees, the painful continued to make it's presence known to him as it throbbed in his mind. Constantly pounding up and down, much like a hammer or a saw cutting.
It stopped.
"Wha?"
The pain was gone, why did he it hurt in the first place? The boy looked rather uncertain as he pressed his lips together while once again remembering as to why he was in the room anyway. His eyes locked onto the source of the malicious intent and moved towards it, remembering as to why he was even in the room.
It wasn't sealed, oddly. Harry found that rather suspicious but remembered how... confident and cocky Zedd would get at times. As he moved it the cabinet, Harry blinked at the strange box that laid that, silently and quietly; taunting... mocking his presence.
Carefully,he opened the box. A coin, similar to that of his Power Coin laid there. But ti was different. It was not the pure gold that radiated with immense and beautiful power but rather a rusted silver that unleashed and tempted the sinful desires of man, with the letter Z upon it.
Harry recalled briefly about the Dark Rangers, Scorpina had told him about. But none of them had coins... or did they? Oh well. It didn't matter to him. He continued to stare it as the cold metal rested within his hands, his eyes unable to look away from it. He could feel the dark and evil magic rolling off of it, promising the whispers of power and destruction to follow within it's wake.
"...Evil, be thou my good."
Placing the black box back into the cabinet, Harry summoned his staff before whispering an enchantment creating a false coin; with the added touch of evil scent. After all, it would do him no good if Zedd and Rita had discovered his little... heist. Quietly he closed the cabinet and left the room. Not noticing the flash from beneath him.
"So... it looks likes your finally starting to get it," A figure stated with interest. "But how much longer are your going to stay in the well, little frog?"
Zack never felt so frustrated in his entire life.
"So you can't find anything- at all?" Zack cried out in anger, as he kicked the nearest wall.
The beautiful asian woman turned to him, her expression was peaceful and content. "I'm working as fast as I can, Zack." Her tone however betrayed the annoyance and anger that she was feeling within her. "Without Billy here to explain things to me, I'm using my own understanding of his inventions and knowledge of science in order to help us." She gave the other boy a tired look," I'm sorry if I'm doing as well as you perceived myself to be able to do." The former yellow felt truly sorry for failing Zack but the consistent staring and comments that left his mouth were starting to run over her patience. "If you want to Zack, you could go and check upon Kimberly, Adam, Aisha and Rocky?" She suggested.
Zack blinked for a moment. Wait that... that didn't sound like a suggestion.
"Well?" Trini titled her head and smiled at him.
Aaaah, there it was. That aura. That frightening aura, Zack smiled nervously as he began to back away from the smaller, yet much stronger, girl away from her slowly. "Y-Ye-eah, t-that actually sounds like a great idea Trini, I'll just head over there r-right now!"
The black haired girl watched as Zack left the, for a lack of a better term, lab. letting out a sigh, maybe she'd be able to get some work done now. Now Trini loved Zack, just as much as she loved all of her other friends but right now... this was an emergency. They needed all the help and strength that they could devise and gather together, the former yellow glared at the screen as her fingers began to wrap around the paper, with annoyance. While she could fully understand as to what Billy had written down long with several of tools he had received, built and obtained over the years, some of the schematics were confusing and made her head hurt. There was a reason as to why she was the translator of the group and not the mechanic. The young girl pushed her back against the chair and placed her face into her palms, allowing her mind and body to take a rest.
She wondered, just what exactly was Zedd and Rita playing at? The Green Power Coin laid with in Jason's possession but at the same time it seemed that the person whom wore the Green costume was able to gain access to the Green Power, which she felt was rather odd. From what she was able to understand, energy or rather the power, could not be destroyed it could only be transfered. Could it be that the Green Powers FOUND another owner on it's own? Or did Rita find some way to transfer the Power from one coin to another?
If so, would it be similar to that of the mirror and original coins then? It made sense to her, in a way. Trini mused to herself, removing her hands from head before staring up at the sky. As her free hand gently touched her coin, just how many coins does the enemy have anyway? Besides, their own of course. Zedd had nearly all of them with the exception of the Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black original coins plus the Teal Coin. They still had a fighting chance, at least, thats what she hoped anyway.
Normally, Trini thought as she went back to reading the blue print left behind by Billy, the enemy would be more focused on killing them rather then simply stealing a Power Coin, or Power coins in general. Though, in the past, they had pulled that stunt once or twice but never to this degree. It just seemed far too off for her to simply leave it alone and it didn't match up to the Green Ranger either. There was something deeper in this, something that nagged at the very back of her head, something that they themselves were missing.
"It doesn't add up," She whispered softly, placing the book back onto the table. A soft knock was heard by the garage door, blinking in surprise before realizing it was probably Jason or Tommy; as she caught up the young girl felt her body freeze instantly. 'What if it ISN'T Tommy or Jason?' her mind taunted her, 'What if its the Green Ranger instead?'
Trini narrowed her eyes,' No that would be stupid-'
'is it?' Her mind and common sense taunted back at her,' Look what happened to Billy and Kimberly. They both let their guards down and were taken out like that,' Trini couldn't deny that factor. 'And then he used the moment of weakness to get Adam and the others.'
'T-that was-!' Trini began to defend but found no words to continue.
'See?' Her mind stated, sounding rather smug. 'You can't be too cautious!'
Trini resisted the urge to groan loudly. It didn't help that she had just lost to her conscious, thought Trini was able to perceive and understand what her brain was trying to tell her, it just didn't help that it took her brian to criticize her to acknowledge the situation that she, and the others were in. Maneuvering her self to the side, her hands carefully touching the button, her eyes locked onto the garage door and pressed the button; watching carefully as it began to remove it's self form the ground and straight up to the ceiling of the room.
"Hey Trini," Jason waved as he stood besides Tommy.
Trini let out a sigh, so it WAS them. She mentally scowled her mind as she moved over to greet them," How are you guys?"
"Fine... I guess," Tommy murmured under his breath, as he looked away from the girl. Obviously, the former Green and current White Ranger was guilt tripping himself once more thinking it was his fault that all of this had happened. Trini wondered if the boy needed to go see a therapist or just had a seriously low self-esteem. She wasn't quiet sure yet.
Jason jabbed him, after sending a disapproving look at Tommy. "Any luck Trini?" Jason asked, or rather pleaded from Trini's point of view anyway.
The asian girl shook her head," I'm sorry Jason. I'm doing everything I can to doing something... anything really. But..." gesturing towards the table filled with papers, blueprints, tools and other of Billy toys," I barely even know where to begin let alone start at." It didn't take a genius to figure out that Trini had worse then the rest of them, and probably the most aggravated.
"It's alright Trini," Jason placed his hand upon the girl's shoulders. "We'll figure this out together," forcing a grin, the girl's lips twitched. Gripping it tightly before releasing," We could take a break if you want, or we could rejoin the others."
Trini slowly nodded her head," T... that would be nice actually." She glanced at the material," I need a break from this." Jason chuckled while Tommy grinned a little as the three left the Lab and began to head towards the Hospital. It was moments like these the Trini somewhat missed.
No monsters, no back guys, no worries.
Just... peace.
It reminded her of why she had chosen to fight against Rita in the first place, Trini thought as she looked at the children playing innocently with one another along with the precious animal and plant like that surrounded them. The wind that blew against she skin, feeling the fresh feeling somehow helped her resolve to harden. She couldn't explain how it did, but somehow it was what finally sealed it. "We have to win," Trini stated out of nowhere. The two boys stopped and looked at her.
"What brought this on Trini?" Jason asked, in surprise.
Trini's attention wasn't on him, but the children. "..." It was then and there did Jason understand.
"Ah," The former Red remarked with a nod. "That's why." He glanced at Trini," Don't worry." He stated firmly," We'll win. I promise." Taking her hand straight into his, he gripped it tightly before releasing it. Trini looked at him in surprise as a blush formed before disappearing.
A voice rang through the open.
"What was that?" Tommy asked instantly, shifting into an offensive position as his eyes glanced around the area nervously but guarded. "Is it one of Zedds and Rita's minions?"
Trini snorted, much to the White Ranger's confusion.
"It's Nolan," She remarked with a grin, while the brunette teen blinked.
Jason grinned as he saw the red head mover over towards them," Yo!"
"H-hey Jase," The man greeted with a huff and a puff. Trini giggled, the poor guy wasn't use to running at great distances let alone fighting, though he had a great body it was nothing compared to Jason's and didn't seem built for fighting either.
"Looking for me?" Jason teased openly as the other male blushed shyly.
Nolan began to sputter, "N-no!" Clearly he was lying, Tommy thought to himself as he felt a strange twist within his stomach. "I saw you so I thought I'd come and see what you were up to." He folded one arm over his head and began to scratch, while avoiding the other's gaze.
"Ummmm... who is he?" Tommy murmured to Trini, who rolled her eyes.
"This is Nolan, a friend of ours from the Peace Conference. He's from Ireland." The former Yellow introduced.
The redhead instantly realized he was being impolite," O-oh. S-sorry," holding out his hand," I'm Nolan. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you as well, man." Tommy stated with a smile as he shook Nolan's hand firmly. "How are you enjoying Angel Grove?"
Nolan beamed instantly," It's a beautiful place to live, though there are many buildings. It's not like home-not that it's a bad thing," he quickly added, not wanting to offend them. Tommy grinned at that and nodded in agreement," Ummm..?"
"Something wrong Nolan?" Trini asked with concern.
"Is that a friend of yours?"
Right by a tree was Riche, who let out a giant yawn while looking at them. He was wearing his rollerblades with a helmet, knee and arm bands around his body, while wearing his dark crimson shirt and beige shorts. Giving them a giant wave he quickly made his way over to them.
"Hey guys!" Richie cried out, as he stumbled while running on the grass towards them. As he made it over, he flashed Trini a rather shy smile. Nolan, Jason and Tommy all looked at each other and raised an eyebrow but kept their mouths shut. "Whats up?"
"Oh, we're going to go and visit Kimberly at the hospital." Trini answered truthfully. "Do you want to come?"
"The more the merrier." Jason added.
Richie scratched the back of his head, looking sheepish. "I wanna come, but there's something I have to get done first." He looked rather apologetic," Sorry."
"Maybe we could help," Tommy offered.
"Really? You guys would help?" Richie asked asked, hopefully. The glint of happiness could be seen from a mile away, Jason noted wit a wryly grin on his face. Richie was probably one of the shyest people in Angel Grove, and that was saying a lot.
Jason shrugged," Of course, we're friends aren't we?"
"Thanks, I really appreciate it guys." Richie thanked them with a smile on his face.
Trini smiled gently at him," It's no problem Richie. So what do you need help with?"
With that, the grass stained.
Far way, where the sky was raised high above the ground with the blazing sun illuminating over the shadows. A man, around his thirties with dark brunette hair wearing a dark blue suit and a dark yellow tie looked up at the sky. His cigarette dangled from his lips before removing it with his hands and continued to look up, his eyes closed for the moment. His body seemed to relax underneath the rays of light, with absolutely little to no care in the world. The man was heavily and happily content with his current condition, there was absolutely nothing for him to do nor was there any need for him at the moment. Peace and quiet, just the thing the man was finally hoping to get. Letting out a yawn, he blinked lazily before allowing the butt of the cigarette to drop to the floor while his foot followed straight after, stomping on it.
"What a day!" The man stretched his arms and yawned.
A strange feeling enter his mind, causing him to freeze in place. A frown appeared as he closed his eyes briefly before opening them again. Removing himself from the ground, the man stood up tall revealing his muscular stature as he looked determined.
"So... it begins."
I have one thing to say: BILLY AND TRINI ARE HARD to WRITE! It took me AGES to get through this chapter. It doesn't help that my mind and my muses are constantly changing ideas and making straying into other fandoms. So I apologize for the lack of updating, also it's Christmas. I work as a cashier, so you can ALL guess how stressed, tired and annoyed I am. Seriously, does ANYONE remember a time where Christmas was about family instead of shopping and spending large amounts of money? cause I do!
...sorry for the rant.
Why are so many Power Coins appearing? What is going on? What are the purposes of these strange books? All I can see, nothing is coincidence.
Also Billy's actor turned out to be gay... who saw THAT one coming? I certainly didn't. Dunno if it will effect the poll or not, I haven't decided. I would prefer to hear your thoughts about what to do with Billy.
Speaking of which I'm going to add this; STOP asking about who Harry is going to be paired with or giving suggestions for Harry's pairing. It will happen WHEN it happens. Okay? Good.
Other then that please leave a review and make sure to have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, an enjoyable Kwanzaa and whatever holiday you guys celebrate! And have a Happy New Year as well!