Post by stefani on Feb 25, 2008 21:36:25 GMT -5
"Aren't you coming?" Casey asked.
"Actually, you guys go ahead without me." Conner told them. "I want to see if I can get through to Kira."
Casey reach out and grabbed his fingers in her hand. She nodded, understanding his want to ensure his friends safety.
"We'll get her back, Conner." Casey told him. "I know we will."
Conner nodded and pulled his hand from her soft grip before turning and walking into the darkness. Casey turned and the three of them made their way back into the Command center. After a few minutes of walking, they reach the command center and the doors slid open for them to enter. The doors slid shut behind them as Jake's voice reach their ears. Zelta was missing from her tube at the time being. Evidently she was using her own methods of searching for Kira.
"Common Alpha." Jake pleaded. "Just five minutes of Final Fantasy. Please? Or Kingdom Hearts! That's all about good and evil. The darkness. I'd be learning!"
"I'm sorry, but the answer's still no, Jake." Alpha responded, pushing buttons on the council. "We must keep the frequency clear at all times. Now please, stop bugging me. I'm trying to find Kira!"
"Besides, how would that make us look, Jake?" Casey smirked. "I'm sorry, we didn't save the world today because the blue ranger wanted to play his playstation. So we didn't get the message."
"Yeah, that would be real good." Tommy grinned.
"Ok, ok." Jake said dejectedly. "I give. How'd telepathy go?"
"It went good." Casey smiled as she pushed her thoughts at Jake.
Jake, startled at first, looked around for hidden speaker phones towards the ceiling, but found none. He had heard her voice, but her lips had not moved. He looked back to Casey with a freaked out expression.
"Ok, that's just crazy." Jake told her.
"Tell me about it." Casey agreed.
"Hey. Where's Conner at?" Tommy asked.
"He's still outside." Andros answered, removing the communicator from his wrist and handing it to Tommy.
"Yeah, he thought that he'd try to contact Kira." Ashley continued.
""Aiy yi yi yi yi!" Alpha suddenly burst out. "I've found her!"
Tommy quickly made his way to the Council to where Alpha was standing. Kat followed close behind. Jake and Casey also made their way to the council and stood next to Alpha's side, glancing at the map grid and flashing buttons. They still didn't understand how all this stuff worked, so they waited for Alpha to explain. Everything else was suddenly forgotten.
"Where is she, Alpha?" Tommy questioned from the other side of Alpha. He was alert and ready for battle.
Tommy positioned himself in the council nearest to Alpha and began punching in buttons rapidly. Kat did the same on the next panel over. Even Andros and Ashley had moved to the panels and began reading the charts and pressing buttons trying to get a lock on Kira. Jake and Casey both took a step back out of the way, feeling useless, as Kat, Tommy, Alpha, Andros, and Ashley moved around from panel to panel.
"She appears to be in one of Devone's dark dimensions." Alpha answered Tommy's question.
"Oh great. I just love those." Tommy said sarcastically. "Where is it at? There's energy readings everywhere."
"I can't get a complete lock on the coordinates." Alpha responded, distressed. "The signal keeps bouncing all over the place! It's impossible to know exactly where she is at the moment."
"Devone's handy work, no doubt." Jake spoke. "We'll go get Conner."
"Good idea." Kat agreed. "We'll keep trying to get a lock on Kira's coordinates."
"Right." Jake nodded, tapping Casey's arm. They both turned and quickly walked out into the cool night.
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Conner looked up to the starry night sky trying to focus on Kira. His eyes slid shut as he began to focus. He thought of everything about her. He thought of her hair, her eyes, her voice, her music... their friendship. He thought of her sarcasm and independence. He had to get through to her, even if she couldn't tell him where she was. He had to know that she was ok. If nothing else, he needed her to know that they weren't going to give up on her. Conner's forehead wrinkled as he put all his effort towards concentration; he focused on getting his message through to his friend as his hair blew in the cool September night wind. The muscles in his face relaxed and he began to send his thoughts to Kira.
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Kira sat on the ground, Indian style. Syria had finally left after a little persuasion from Kira. So it was just her, alone in the darkness with only the fog to keep her company. The place gave her an eerie feeling; the silence was deafening. She'd given up on thinking of ways to escape; the place was an endless pit of darkness and even if she did, Devone was watching. She wouldn't make it very far. Her only hope was that Conner had got to Dr. Oliver and they were working with Hayley to track her down. She sighed and rubbed her temples, trying to release some of the tension that had built up in her body. Not to mention it helped to soothe the throbbing headache that she had.
"Kira?" Conner's voice cut through her head. Kira jumped.
"Co-Conner?" She questioned hesitantly, her hands falling to her sides. She looked around confused.
"Listen, I know you probably can't respond to me. I'm talking to you with telepathy. Some former rangers, Ashley and Andros, taught it to both me and Casey. But there's no time to explain. I need you to concentrate on me, like you've never done before. Because I need you to make this connection with me. You have to focus so we can communicate. I know you can do it, cause you've done it before." Conner instructed.
Kira was seriously weirded out. She thought that she must have fallen asleep. Conner's voice seemed to be coming from inside her head. And surely telekenisis was impossible. Then again, so was her being able to use her ptera scream. What did she really have to lose anyway? There wasn't exactly anything better to do. Did she really do this before?
"I must be going crazy." Kira muttered to herself.
"Please, Kira, you have to trust me." Conner told her as if he had read her mind. "I need to know if you're ok."
Kira closed her eyes and focused on Conner. Her face was wrinkled in concentration as she took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
"Conner?" She spoke allowed. "I don't know if this is getting through or not, but I'm ok for now."
Hearing Kira's voice made Conner exhale the breath he had been holding in relief. She was ok. At least for the time being.
"Good." Conner thought. "Look, We're doing everything we can to find you. Casey, Jake, Tommy, Kat, Ashley, and Andros are all working on it now with Alpha. And I know you have no idea who those people are, but there here to help. According to Alpha and Zelta, Devone means serious business. Stay out of his way if you can."
"I know, I was already on the wrong end of his little energy ray. Trust me, it doesn't feel good." Kira spoke again, putting all of her effort and hope into focusing on Conner. This was her only chance to make it out alive.
"Don't worry, we'll get you back." Conner said, he'd only gotten bits and pieces of what she had said, but it was enough. "Alpha and Zelta made me, Casey, Jake, Kat, and Tommy power rangers. By combining the powers of all the rangers from the past through the present, a new power was formed. It chose us to save the world, and we're going to start by saving you... The only thing that sucks is that you aren't a ranger too."
"Don't feel bad, Conner." Kira pushed. "It's great that you guys were chosen, and from the looks of it, the world is going to need saving. But you know, you guys can save me any time now." She joked. Hearing Conner and being able to talk to him had somehow put her at ease. Well, it relaxed her as much as anyone could be on the verge of being killed.
"I know, and we will." Conner ensured her. He opened his eyes to see Jake and Casey walking towards him. He was getting better at telepathy by the minute. "Look, there's something I wanted to talk to you about. ... I -"
Jake and Casey stopped in front of Conner. They were looking at him urgently.
"Alpha found Kira." Jake informed him.
"Yeah, everyone's back trying to get a solid lock on her coordinates now." Casey continued.
"That's a relief." Conner spoke allowed. "Just let me finish talking to Kira."
Jake nodded as he and Casey backed away a few steps and waited.
"You what, Conner?" Kira asked, almost as if she knew what he was going to say.
"I - I helped Alpha get a lock on you." Conner chickened out. That's not what he had wanted to say at all. "So we know where you are. The problem is getting there."
"Oh, ok." Kira said, almost dejectedly. "I'll be waiting... Just please, hurry."
"We'll be there as soon as possible." Conner assured her. "I'm going to go back to help, just sit tight and remember to at least try to talk to me if something goes wrong. Something tells me Devone didn't just capture you for nothing."
"That's a comforting thought." Kira said sarcastically. "But seriously, thank you, Conner."
"For what?" Conner asked.
"I know learning telepathy couldn't have been easy. Especially for someone with your brain capacity." She joked.
"Hey." Conner said defensively.
"Really, I owe you one." She said honestly.
"I'll remember that." Conner smirked. "I'll see you soon."
"K. Bye."
"Bye, Kira."
Conner turned and started walking over to where Jake and Casey were waiting. He shook his head, looking annoyed with himself. He hadn’t said what he had meant to say.
"Good one, Conner." He mumbled to himself.
He caught up to his friends and together, the three of them started making their way back to the command center.
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Tommy rolled over as the sun shone through the clear windows of his home and grunted as he fell to the floor below in a bundle of blankets. He'd forgotten that he had slept on the living room couch the previous night. He lay on his back for a moment, before he allowed his eyes to break open. He squinted trying to get his eyes to adjust to the harsh morning sunlight. He sat up slowly, noticing Conner crashed out on the floor a few feet away from him. It had been a long night for the rangers. They'd spent hours upon hours trying to get a lock on Kira's coordinates but with no luck. Tommy had even called Hayley asking her to try her skills. Once she had gotten there, the others seemed to be getting in the way more than they were helping so she kicked them all out, though it took a lot of persuasion. Hayley, Zelta, and Alpha had al promised to notify them immediately the second they found out anything. Knowing her, she was still going at it with Alpha back in the command center. Even after being kicked out, Tommy, Kat, and Conner had all went directly to Tommy's house to continue their search in his lab. Casey and Jake wanted to come too, but Tommy insisted that Jake, Casey, and Conner go home to their families. Jake and Casey had agreed reluctantly. Hannah hadn't given Casey much choice anyway, with her calling every five minutes. There was no pushing Conner though, he was staying. Tommy was secretly glad for this, he didn't know how awkward it would have been for him and Kat to be alone together, all night in his house. He didn't care to find out either, he planned to stick to their agreement to be just friends. He wasn't going to mess up this time. But the three of them had stayed up all night and only decided to go to bed when Kat fell asleep at the council she was at. Even though they had laid down, it was a restless sleep for all of them.
Tommy felt as if he had just drifted off asleep and here he was up again. He glanced up at the living room clock; it was nine-forty-five AM. He'd gotten a whole 3 hours of sleep, if you could call it that. He lazily ran his hand through his messed up, short, black hair before getting up and stumbling towards the bathroom. He twisted the knob and opened the door. He glanced at himself in the mirror; his eyes were heavy with sleep. He went to the bathroom, washed his hands, and exited the room to see Conner, leaning tiredly against the wall, his head leaned back and his eyes closed.
"Hey." He said exhaustedly as he heard the door to the bathroom open.
"Hey." Tommy greeted back. "Get any sleep last night?"
"No." Conner answered, pushing himself upwards and forcing his eyes open. "I don't think anyone did. I talked to Casey last night after you fell asleep. We talked for a long time. She tried to contact Kira, but Kira didn't respond."
"That doesn't mean anything." Tommy said quickly, wanting to convince himself as well as Conner. "There could be a million different reasons for it. We're all exhausted, and telepathy takes a tremendous amount of concentration."
Conner nodded slowly, and walked past Tommy into the bathroom. Tommy sighed and walked down the hall. As quietly as he could, he turned the knob and pushed his bedroom door open. Kat was sleeping in his bed. He offered it to her last night, and even though she told Tommy she didn't need his bed and could go home, he insisted, and finally she caved. Everyone was exhausted and they thought it was best to stay together anyway, in case Hayley or Alpha called. She looked completely worn out. It was evident that she hadn't gotten much sleep either.
"Even in her sleep, she looks beautiful." He thought to himself.
He forced his thoughts elsewhere as he turned his head and tiptoed to his dresser, where he pulled out a pair of black pants. He then made his way over to his closet and slid the door open. He picked a plain white spandex t-shirt out and shut the closet door. When he turned around Kat was rubbing her eyes and sitting up.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Tommy told her.
"It's ok." Kat responded. "It's not like I was sleeping a whole lot anyway. I just can't stop thinking about Kira and what Devone plans to do with her."
"I know what you mean." Tommy agreed, sitting on the end of the bed. "We both know that it's no fun being a pawn for evil."
Kat nodded agreeingly. She remembered all to well the spell that Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd had put on her. She almost destroyed her friends, and even though it wasn't entirely her fault, she had almost killed Kimberly.
"Casey tried contacting her last night. She didn't answer." He said.
"Yeah, but there could be a million-" Kat started quickly.
"I know." Tommy cut her off with a hint of a smile. "But Conner's really worried."
"I've been meaning to ask about those two." Kat wondered. "Are they, did they ever-"
"Kira and Conner?" Tommy spoke disbelievingly, as if reading her mind. This time he did smile; he almost laughed. "No. She had this thing for another guy last year, but they didn't really work out. You know, I wouldn't be surprised if Kira and Conner did start something up. They've got this whole love-hate relationship going on."
"The sparks are there." Kat agreed.
"Yeah, but their deep into the friend zone." Tommy retaliated. "Kira has a tendency to bite his head off and they fight all the time."
"Yet they're still best friends." Kat continued.
"It's going to be an interesting year, that's for sure." Tommy smirked.
They looked into each others eyes. For a moment it felt as if things were back to normal between them, or at least how they should have been. Here they were, together, in the same house. He was the first person she saw in the morning and vice versa. Early morning talks, the works. This could have been their future... but as good as it seemed, it wasn't.
beep, beep, beep-beep, beep, beep
Kat shifted her eyes and pulled the covers off of herself before getting out of bed and standing up. She was wearing a pair of Tommy's old sweatpants, which she had to roll a few times just so they would stay up. She rested her hands on her hips. Tommy stood up and brought the metal device up to his mouth. He pressed the button to open the communication link.
"This is Tommy, go ahead." He spoke.
"Tommy, It took us all night, but we've got a lock on Kira's coordinates." Hayley's voice rang out from the device. "Devone has gone through a great ordeal to protect her whereabouts. It's not going to be easy to break through his defenses."
Conner, slipped into the room from the slightly open door. He wore a hopeful expression on his face as he heard Hayley's message.
"That's great, Hayley!" Tommy said, happily.
"That’s not our only problem though." Hayley continued. "Our transporter beams aren't at full power. We only have enough resources to send two of you into the dimension and given the amount of power and force protecting this place, even that's a risk. Especially when you're bringing Kira back. She doesn't have any ranger powers."
Tommy looked at Kat and Conner tensely. The tension in the room was intense.
"We have no idea what might be awaiting you when you enter the dimension." Zelta continued. "You must be prepared for everything. It's up to you to choose, Tommy."
"Alright." Tommy agreed. "We'll tell the others and then devise a plan. We'll get back to you."
"You must hurry, Tommy." Alpha's voice came over the speaker. "We can't hold on to these coordinates for much longer."
"Ok, Alpha." Tommy nodded. "We'll be there as soon as possible. Tommy out."
Tommy lowered his arm and looked at his fellow rangers. This was one mission they couldn't afford to lose.
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Ten minutes later, Jake was speedily walking down an empty hallway in search for Casey. Doors were spread out on either side of the walls, here and there, but none of them so far was the one that Jake needed. The others had tried to contact Casey on her cell, but she wasn't picking up so it had been up to Jake to go and find her. He must have broken every speeding law in California getting to Casey's home, even if it was only normally five minutes away. But here he was, making his way to her room. It was evident that even Jake wasn't his usual self. He was tired and lacked the energy to be hyper. Instead he was sleepy and quiet. Finally, he stopped when he reach a door that was halfway open. He looked into the room to see Casey sitting quietly in between the two beds. She was propped up against the night stand that separated Hannah's bed from Casey's, writing away in her notebook. He would have went in, but Hannah might have been awake, and he really didn't have time to stop and make small talk. Not to mention, he avoided talking to her much if he could. It was just hard when your ex-girlfriend was the sister and best friend of your best friend.
"Psssst." He hissed at her.
Casey looked up from behind her black-rimmed glasses, a confused expression on her face. Jake motioned for her to come outside of the room. She tossed her notebook onto the bed and got up, quickly making her way out to where Jake was standing. She closed the door softly behind her.
"What's up?" She asked quietly.
"We've been trying to call you for the past ten minutes on your cell phone." Jake hissed.
"Oh, yeah, I turned it off after I finished talking to Conner last night. Hannah doesn't like being woken up in the morning." Casey explained. "I was just writing a story, what's this all about?"
"Alpha and Hayley found Kira." Jake continued in a hushed voice. "I'll explain later, we've got to go. Take my hand and hold on tight. Is Hannah awake?"
Casey looked confused, but she grabbed Jake's hand anyway. "No."
"Good." He opened the door and stepped into the room.
He pulled Casey into the bathroom that rested off to the left side and shut the door behind him. He lifted his left arm to glance at the silver device resting on his wrist. He pressed a button, and the two were gone in flashes of black and blue.
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Casey and Jake landed on the floor of Tommy's living room where Katherine, Conner, and Tommy were all standing. Casey and Jake scrambled to their feet. Casey dusted herself off as Jake handed Tommy the communicator back.
"Sorry, my phone was turned off." Casey apologized.
"Don't worry about it. It'll be better when Alpha finishes those communicators." Tommy told her. "We just have to act fast."
"Alpha, Zelta, and Hayley have got Kira's coordinates, but the problem is that our transporter beams aren't at their full power and Devone's defenses on the dimension are extremely powerful. We can send two of us. The rest will wait back in the command center for our return.
"Why can't we just send two at a time?" Jake asked.
"If we did that we wouldn't all be able to get out. Devone will know something is up the second we get in there. He'll increase his defenses fast, and we wouldn't all be able to teleport out. Especially with Kira coming out in a side-along teleportation." Tommy explained. "I figure we'll have about ten minutes before he gets his defenses up and ready. So we've got to get in, get Kira, and get out as fast as possible. Two rangers should be enough. Whoever goes into this dimension needs to expect everything that could possibly go wrong, to go wrong. It's going to be dangerous. Avoid battle, just get Kira out."
"I'm going." Conner spoke up.
"Me too." Casey volunteered.
"No you can't. Not both of you." Katherine shook her head. "You two are the only two that can use telepathy. Once you enter the dimension, we're going to loose contact with each other. It's the only sure way to keep in touch."
Casey and Conner looked at each other for a moment.
"Right..." Conner started.
"You go." Casey told him. "You've known her longer, and you've been a ranger before. You've got more experience."
"But you're better at telepathy." Conner responded.
"It doesn't matter." Casey spoke. "You can do it too, and as long as one of us is in either place, we should be fine... You've known her longer. It means more for you."
Conner nodded.
"Ok, then I'll go too." Tommy told them. "So that's settled."
"Be careful." Kat walked over and placed her hand on his shoulder.
Tommy nodded once more and lifted his communicator to his mouth.
"We're ready Zelta. Conner and I are going into the dimension. The others are coming to the command center."
"Very well." She spoke. "Preparing for teleportation now."
"Alright. Tommy out." Tommy lowered his arm and looked at the other rangers, specifically at Katherine.
"See you when we get back." Tommy told them. "Alright, Conner. It's Morphin Time!"
Both Conner and Tommy pulled their morphers from the back of their belts and twisted their hands around. As they held the silver and gold-coined morphers in front of them, the morpher snapped open and the coin glowed outward (A/N: Think MMPR:TM) as they called out their individual powers.
"Red Ranger Power!" Conner called out.
The bottom portion of his suit materialized up his body (A/N: Think Zeo without the grid) and shards of his red helmet flew towards his head, all of which piecing together to form his helmet and complete his morph. (A/N: Think DT helmet portion of the morph)
"White Ranger Power!" Tommy commanded next.
His suit formulated in the same fashion as Conner’s and when it was completed, the Red and White rangers stood where Conner and Tommy were.
"Good luck guys." Jake offered.
"Be careful. We can't lose you two." Casey warned.
"We'll be back." Conner ensured her. "With Kira."
Tommy nodded in agreement and with that, the two rangers disappeared in a flash of Red and White. Almost immediately after, Katherine, Jake, and Casey were all teleported to the command center in flashes of their own respective colors.
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"Actually, you guys go ahead without me." Conner told them. "I want to see if I can get through to Kira."
Casey reach out and grabbed his fingers in her hand. She nodded, understanding his want to ensure his friends safety.
"We'll get her back, Conner." Casey told him. "I know we will."
Conner nodded and pulled his hand from her soft grip before turning and walking into the darkness. Casey turned and the three of them made their way back into the Command center. After a few minutes of walking, they reach the command center and the doors slid open for them to enter. The doors slid shut behind them as Jake's voice reach their ears. Zelta was missing from her tube at the time being. Evidently she was using her own methods of searching for Kira.
"Common Alpha." Jake pleaded. "Just five minutes of Final Fantasy. Please? Or Kingdom Hearts! That's all about good and evil. The darkness. I'd be learning!"
"I'm sorry, but the answer's still no, Jake." Alpha responded, pushing buttons on the council. "We must keep the frequency clear at all times. Now please, stop bugging me. I'm trying to find Kira!"
"Besides, how would that make us look, Jake?" Casey smirked. "I'm sorry, we didn't save the world today because the blue ranger wanted to play his playstation. So we didn't get the message."
"Yeah, that would be real good." Tommy grinned.
"Ok, ok." Jake said dejectedly. "I give. How'd telepathy go?"
"It went good." Casey smiled as she pushed her thoughts at Jake.
Jake, startled at first, looked around for hidden speaker phones towards the ceiling, but found none. He had heard her voice, but her lips had not moved. He looked back to Casey with a freaked out expression.
"Ok, that's just crazy." Jake told her.
"Tell me about it." Casey agreed.
"Hey. Where's Conner at?" Tommy asked.
"He's still outside." Andros answered, removing the communicator from his wrist and handing it to Tommy.
"Yeah, he thought that he'd try to contact Kira." Ashley continued.
""Aiy yi yi yi yi!" Alpha suddenly burst out. "I've found her!"
Tommy quickly made his way to the Council to where Alpha was standing. Kat followed close behind. Jake and Casey also made their way to the council and stood next to Alpha's side, glancing at the map grid and flashing buttons. They still didn't understand how all this stuff worked, so they waited for Alpha to explain. Everything else was suddenly forgotten.
"Where is she, Alpha?" Tommy questioned from the other side of Alpha. He was alert and ready for battle.
Tommy positioned himself in the council nearest to Alpha and began punching in buttons rapidly. Kat did the same on the next panel over. Even Andros and Ashley had moved to the panels and began reading the charts and pressing buttons trying to get a lock on Kira. Jake and Casey both took a step back out of the way, feeling useless, as Kat, Tommy, Alpha, Andros, and Ashley moved around from panel to panel.
"She appears to be in one of Devone's dark dimensions." Alpha answered Tommy's question.
"Oh great. I just love those." Tommy said sarcastically. "Where is it at? There's energy readings everywhere."
"I can't get a complete lock on the coordinates." Alpha responded, distressed. "The signal keeps bouncing all over the place! It's impossible to know exactly where she is at the moment."
"Devone's handy work, no doubt." Jake spoke. "We'll go get Conner."
"Good idea." Kat agreed. "We'll keep trying to get a lock on Kira's coordinates."
"Right." Jake nodded, tapping Casey's arm. They both turned and quickly walked out into the cool night.
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Conner looked up to the starry night sky trying to focus on Kira. His eyes slid shut as he began to focus. He thought of everything about her. He thought of her hair, her eyes, her voice, her music... their friendship. He thought of her sarcasm and independence. He had to get through to her, even if she couldn't tell him where she was. He had to know that she was ok. If nothing else, he needed her to know that they weren't going to give up on her. Conner's forehead wrinkled as he put all his effort towards concentration; he focused on getting his message through to his friend as his hair blew in the cool September night wind. The muscles in his face relaxed and he began to send his thoughts to Kira.
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Kira sat on the ground, Indian style. Syria had finally left after a little persuasion from Kira. So it was just her, alone in the darkness with only the fog to keep her company. The place gave her an eerie feeling; the silence was deafening. She'd given up on thinking of ways to escape; the place was an endless pit of darkness and even if she did, Devone was watching. She wouldn't make it very far. Her only hope was that Conner had got to Dr. Oliver and they were working with Hayley to track her down. She sighed and rubbed her temples, trying to release some of the tension that had built up in her body. Not to mention it helped to soothe the throbbing headache that she had.
"Kira?" Conner's voice cut through her head. Kira jumped.
"Co-Conner?" She questioned hesitantly, her hands falling to her sides. She looked around confused.
"Listen, I know you probably can't respond to me. I'm talking to you with telepathy. Some former rangers, Ashley and Andros, taught it to both me and Casey. But there's no time to explain. I need you to concentrate on me, like you've never done before. Because I need you to make this connection with me. You have to focus so we can communicate. I know you can do it, cause you've done it before." Conner instructed.
Kira was seriously weirded out. She thought that she must have fallen asleep. Conner's voice seemed to be coming from inside her head. And surely telekenisis was impossible. Then again, so was her being able to use her ptera scream. What did she really have to lose anyway? There wasn't exactly anything better to do. Did she really do this before?
"I must be going crazy." Kira muttered to herself.
"Please, Kira, you have to trust me." Conner told her as if he had read her mind. "I need to know if you're ok."
Kira closed her eyes and focused on Conner. Her face was wrinkled in concentration as she took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.
"Conner?" She spoke allowed. "I don't know if this is getting through or not, but I'm ok for now."
Hearing Kira's voice made Conner exhale the breath he had been holding in relief. She was ok. At least for the time being.
"Good." Conner thought. "Look, We're doing everything we can to find you. Casey, Jake, Tommy, Kat, Ashley, and Andros are all working on it now with Alpha. And I know you have no idea who those people are, but there here to help. According to Alpha and Zelta, Devone means serious business. Stay out of his way if you can."
"I know, I was already on the wrong end of his little energy ray. Trust me, it doesn't feel good." Kira spoke again, putting all of her effort and hope into focusing on Conner. This was her only chance to make it out alive.
"Don't worry, we'll get you back." Conner said, he'd only gotten bits and pieces of what she had said, but it was enough. "Alpha and Zelta made me, Casey, Jake, Kat, and Tommy power rangers. By combining the powers of all the rangers from the past through the present, a new power was formed. It chose us to save the world, and we're going to start by saving you... The only thing that sucks is that you aren't a ranger too."
"Don't feel bad, Conner." Kira pushed. "It's great that you guys were chosen, and from the looks of it, the world is going to need saving. But you know, you guys can save me any time now." She joked. Hearing Conner and being able to talk to him had somehow put her at ease. Well, it relaxed her as much as anyone could be on the verge of being killed.
"I know, and we will." Conner ensured her. He opened his eyes to see Jake and Casey walking towards him. He was getting better at telepathy by the minute. "Look, there's something I wanted to talk to you about. ... I -"
Jake and Casey stopped in front of Conner. They were looking at him urgently.
"Alpha found Kira." Jake informed him.
"Yeah, everyone's back trying to get a solid lock on her coordinates now." Casey continued.
"That's a relief." Conner spoke allowed. "Just let me finish talking to Kira."
Jake nodded as he and Casey backed away a few steps and waited.
"You what, Conner?" Kira asked, almost as if she knew what he was going to say.
"I - I helped Alpha get a lock on you." Conner chickened out. That's not what he had wanted to say at all. "So we know where you are. The problem is getting there."
"Oh, ok." Kira said, almost dejectedly. "I'll be waiting... Just please, hurry."
"We'll be there as soon as possible." Conner assured her. "I'm going to go back to help, just sit tight and remember to at least try to talk to me if something goes wrong. Something tells me Devone didn't just capture you for nothing."
"That's a comforting thought." Kira said sarcastically. "But seriously, thank you, Conner."
"For what?" Conner asked.
"I know learning telepathy couldn't have been easy. Especially for someone with your brain capacity." She joked.
"Hey." Conner said defensively.
"Really, I owe you one." She said honestly.
"I'll remember that." Conner smirked. "I'll see you soon."
"K. Bye."
"Bye, Kira."
Conner turned and started walking over to where Jake and Casey were waiting. He shook his head, looking annoyed with himself. He hadn’t said what he had meant to say.
"Good one, Conner." He mumbled to himself.
He caught up to his friends and together, the three of them started making their way back to the command center.
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Tommy rolled over as the sun shone through the clear windows of his home and grunted as he fell to the floor below in a bundle of blankets. He'd forgotten that he had slept on the living room couch the previous night. He lay on his back for a moment, before he allowed his eyes to break open. He squinted trying to get his eyes to adjust to the harsh morning sunlight. He sat up slowly, noticing Conner crashed out on the floor a few feet away from him. It had been a long night for the rangers. They'd spent hours upon hours trying to get a lock on Kira's coordinates but with no luck. Tommy had even called Hayley asking her to try her skills. Once she had gotten there, the others seemed to be getting in the way more than they were helping so she kicked them all out, though it took a lot of persuasion. Hayley, Zelta, and Alpha had al promised to notify them immediately the second they found out anything. Knowing her, she was still going at it with Alpha back in the command center. Even after being kicked out, Tommy, Kat, and Conner had all went directly to Tommy's house to continue their search in his lab. Casey and Jake wanted to come too, but Tommy insisted that Jake, Casey, and Conner go home to their families. Jake and Casey had agreed reluctantly. Hannah hadn't given Casey much choice anyway, with her calling every five minutes. There was no pushing Conner though, he was staying. Tommy was secretly glad for this, he didn't know how awkward it would have been for him and Kat to be alone together, all night in his house. He didn't care to find out either, he planned to stick to their agreement to be just friends. He wasn't going to mess up this time. But the three of them had stayed up all night and only decided to go to bed when Kat fell asleep at the council she was at. Even though they had laid down, it was a restless sleep for all of them.
Tommy felt as if he had just drifted off asleep and here he was up again. He glanced up at the living room clock; it was nine-forty-five AM. He'd gotten a whole 3 hours of sleep, if you could call it that. He lazily ran his hand through his messed up, short, black hair before getting up and stumbling towards the bathroom. He twisted the knob and opened the door. He glanced at himself in the mirror; his eyes were heavy with sleep. He went to the bathroom, washed his hands, and exited the room to see Conner, leaning tiredly against the wall, his head leaned back and his eyes closed.
"Hey." He said exhaustedly as he heard the door to the bathroom open.
"Hey." Tommy greeted back. "Get any sleep last night?"
"No." Conner answered, pushing himself upwards and forcing his eyes open. "I don't think anyone did. I talked to Casey last night after you fell asleep. We talked for a long time. She tried to contact Kira, but Kira didn't respond."
"That doesn't mean anything." Tommy said quickly, wanting to convince himself as well as Conner. "There could be a million different reasons for it. We're all exhausted, and telepathy takes a tremendous amount of concentration."
Conner nodded slowly, and walked past Tommy into the bathroom. Tommy sighed and walked down the hall. As quietly as he could, he turned the knob and pushed his bedroom door open. Kat was sleeping in his bed. He offered it to her last night, and even though she told Tommy she didn't need his bed and could go home, he insisted, and finally she caved. Everyone was exhausted and they thought it was best to stay together anyway, in case Hayley or Alpha called. She looked completely worn out. It was evident that she hadn't gotten much sleep either.
"Even in her sleep, she looks beautiful." He thought to himself.
He forced his thoughts elsewhere as he turned his head and tiptoed to his dresser, where he pulled out a pair of black pants. He then made his way over to his closet and slid the door open. He picked a plain white spandex t-shirt out and shut the closet door. When he turned around Kat was rubbing her eyes and sitting up.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Tommy told her.
"It's ok." Kat responded. "It's not like I was sleeping a whole lot anyway. I just can't stop thinking about Kira and what Devone plans to do with her."
"I know what you mean." Tommy agreed, sitting on the end of the bed. "We both know that it's no fun being a pawn for evil."
Kat nodded agreeingly. She remembered all to well the spell that Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd had put on her. She almost destroyed her friends, and even though it wasn't entirely her fault, she had almost killed Kimberly.
"Casey tried contacting her last night. She didn't answer." He said.
"Yeah, but there could be a million-" Kat started quickly.
"I know." Tommy cut her off with a hint of a smile. "But Conner's really worried."
"I've been meaning to ask about those two." Kat wondered. "Are they, did they ever-"
"Kira and Conner?" Tommy spoke disbelievingly, as if reading her mind. This time he did smile; he almost laughed. "No. She had this thing for another guy last year, but they didn't really work out. You know, I wouldn't be surprised if Kira and Conner did start something up. They've got this whole love-hate relationship going on."
"The sparks are there." Kat agreed.
"Yeah, but their deep into the friend zone." Tommy retaliated. "Kira has a tendency to bite his head off and they fight all the time."
"Yet they're still best friends." Kat continued.
"It's going to be an interesting year, that's for sure." Tommy smirked.
They looked into each others eyes. For a moment it felt as if things were back to normal between them, or at least how they should have been. Here they were, together, in the same house. He was the first person she saw in the morning and vice versa. Early morning talks, the works. This could have been their future... but as good as it seemed, it wasn't.
beep, beep, beep-beep, beep, beep
Kat shifted her eyes and pulled the covers off of herself before getting out of bed and standing up. She was wearing a pair of Tommy's old sweatpants, which she had to roll a few times just so they would stay up. She rested her hands on her hips. Tommy stood up and brought the metal device up to his mouth. He pressed the button to open the communication link.
"This is Tommy, go ahead." He spoke.
"Tommy, It took us all night, but we've got a lock on Kira's coordinates." Hayley's voice rang out from the device. "Devone has gone through a great ordeal to protect her whereabouts. It's not going to be easy to break through his defenses."
Conner, slipped into the room from the slightly open door. He wore a hopeful expression on his face as he heard Hayley's message.
"That's great, Hayley!" Tommy said, happily.
"That’s not our only problem though." Hayley continued. "Our transporter beams aren't at full power. We only have enough resources to send two of you into the dimension and given the amount of power and force protecting this place, even that's a risk. Especially when you're bringing Kira back. She doesn't have any ranger powers."
Tommy looked at Kat and Conner tensely. The tension in the room was intense.
"We have no idea what might be awaiting you when you enter the dimension." Zelta continued. "You must be prepared for everything. It's up to you to choose, Tommy."
"Alright." Tommy agreed. "We'll tell the others and then devise a plan. We'll get back to you."
"You must hurry, Tommy." Alpha's voice came over the speaker. "We can't hold on to these coordinates for much longer."
"Ok, Alpha." Tommy nodded. "We'll be there as soon as possible. Tommy out."
Tommy lowered his arm and looked at his fellow rangers. This was one mission they couldn't afford to lose.
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Ten minutes later, Jake was speedily walking down an empty hallway in search for Casey. Doors were spread out on either side of the walls, here and there, but none of them so far was the one that Jake needed. The others had tried to contact Casey on her cell, but she wasn't picking up so it had been up to Jake to go and find her. He must have broken every speeding law in California getting to Casey's home, even if it was only normally five minutes away. But here he was, making his way to her room. It was evident that even Jake wasn't his usual self. He was tired and lacked the energy to be hyper. Instead he was sleepy and quiet. Finally, he stopped when he reach a door that was halfway open. He looked into the room to see Casey sitting quietly in between the two beds. She was propped up against the night stand that separated Hannah's bed from Casey's, writing away in her notebook. He would have went in, but Hannah might have been awake, and he really didn't have time to stop and make small talk. Not to mention, he avoided talking to her much if he could. It was just hard when your ex-girlfriend was the sister and best friend of your best friend.
"Psssst." He hissed at her.
Casey looked up from behind her black-rimmed glasses, a confused expression on her face. Jake motioned for her to come outside of the room. She tossed her notebook onto the bed and got up, quickly making her way out to where Jake was standing. She closed the door softly behind her.
"What's up?" She asked quietly.
"We've been trying to call you for the past ten minutes on your cell phone." Jake hissed.
"Oh, yeah, I turned it off after I finished talking to Conner last night. Hannah doesn't like being woken up in the morning." Casey explained. "I was just writing a story, what's this all about?"
"Alpha and Hayley found Kira." Jake continued in a hushed voice. "I'll explain later, we've got to go. Take my hand and hold on tight. Is Hannah awake?"
Casey looked confused, but she grabbed Jake's hand anyway. "No."
"Good." He opened the door and stepped into the room.
He pulled Casey into the bathroom that rested off to the left side and shut the door behind him. He lifted his left arm to glance at the silver device resting on his wrist. He pressed a button, and the two were gone in flashes of black and blue.
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Casey and Jake landed on the floor of Tommy's living room where Katherine, Conner, and Tommy were all standing. Casey and Jake scrambled to their feet. Casey dusted herself off as Jake handed Tommy the communicator back.
"Sorry, my phone was turned off." Casey apologized.
"Don't worry about it. It'll be better when Alpha finishes those communicators." Tommy told her. "We just have to act fast."
"Alpha, Zelta, and Hayley have got Kira's coordinates, but the problem is that our transporter beams aren't at their full power and Devone's defenses on the dimension are extremely powerful. We can send two of us. The rest will wait back in the command center for our return.
"Why can't we just send two at a time?" Jake asked.
"If we did that we wouldn't all be able to get out. Devone will know something is up the second we get in there. He'll increase his defenses fast, and we wouldn't all be able to teleport out. Especially with Kira coming out in a side-along teleportation." Tommy explained. "I figure we'll have about ten minutes before he gets his defenses up and ready. So we've got to get in, get Kira, and get out as fast as possible. Two rangers should be enough. Whoever goes into this dimension needs to expect everything that could possibly go wrong, to go wrong. It's going to be dangerous. Avoid battle, just get Kira out."
"I'm going." Conner spoke up.
"Me too." Casey volunteered.
"No you can't. Not both of you." Katherine shook her head. "You two are the only two that can use telepathy. Once you enter the dimension, we're going to loose contact with each other. It's the only sure way to keep in touch."
Casey and Conner looked at each other for a moment.
"Right..." Conner started.
"You go." Casey told him. "You've known her longer, and you've been a ranger before. You've got more experience."
"But you're better at telepathy." Conner responded.
"It doesn't matter." Casey spoke. "You can do it too, and as long as one of us is in either place, we should be fine... You've known her longer. It means more for you."
Conner nodded.
"Ok, then I'll go too." Tommy told them. "So that's settled."
"Be careful." Kat walked over and placed her hand on his shoulder.
Tommy nodded once more and lifted his communicator to his mouth.
"We're ready Zelta. Conner and I are going into the dimension. The others are coming to the command center."
"Very well." She spoke. "Preparing for teleportation now."
"Alright. Tommy out." Tommy lowered his arm and looked at the other rangers, specifically at Katherine.
"See you when we get back." Tommy told them. "Alright, Conner. It's Morphin Time!"
Both Conner and Tommy pulled their morphers from the back of their belts and twisted their hands around. As they held the silver and gold-coined morphers in front of them, the morpher snapped open and the coin glowed outward (A/N: Think MMPR:TM) as they called out their individual powers.
"Red Ranger Power!" Conner called out.
The bottom portion of his suit materialized up his body (A/N: Think Zeo without the grid) and shards of his red helmet flew towards his head, all of which piecing together to form his helmet and complete his morph. (A/N: Think DT helmet portion of the morph)
"White Ranger Power!" Tommy commanded next.
His suit formulated in the same fashion as Conner’s and when it was completed, the Red and White rangers stood where Conner and Tommy were.
"Good luck guys." Jake offered.
"Be careful. We can't lose you two." Casey warned.
"We'll be back." Conner ensured her. "With Kira."
Tommy nodded in agreement and with that, the two rangers disappeared in a flash of Red and White. Almost immediately after, Katherine, Jake, and Casey were all teleported to the command center in flashes of their own respective colors.
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