The Terran Ranger Saga Volume 5 - Heather Ray (young adult books to read TXT) 📗

the grass, panting heavily. She had expended a great deal of energy, in the form of energy blasts, flying, and fighting, to keep Elementor at bay. But it didn't seem to be phased by any attack she used. She was running out of options.

"Do you surrender?" Elementor grunted in a deep, earth-shaking voice. Alexis rose to her knees, and slowly managed to pull herself to her feet.

"I've only just begun," she panted, clenching her fists. Her mind raced, running through all the abilities at her disposal. She desperately searched for a weapon or attack she hadn't used yet against her opponent. But she quickly discerned that she had used every fighting technique she had mastered, with little success.

I've got to come up with something!

Alexis ordered herself, hand-springing out of the path of two glowing fireballs Elementor flung at her. Nothing I've done has had any effect. Is there any way I can make him expend his energy? Maybe he has a limited supply!

Alexis planted herself on her feet, her Laser Whip once again forming in her hands. Elementor tossed more fireballs, which Alexis deflected by cracking her whip. Finally, Elementor grinned, and fired a larger fireball, flashing with sparks of electricity. The moment Alexis struck the ball with her whip, the electrical pulse surrounding the fireball passed through the whip and into the Purple Ranger. Alexis screamed in agony, her entire body surrounded by a faint aura of yellow energy. Finally, she dropped her whip, and collapsed onto the grass.

Elementor approached the shaken Power Ranger slowly, intending on finishing her off. But before he reached her, six beams of colored light fell from the sky, taking the form of the Terran and X-Rangers. All six rangers fell into attack poses immediately, with the Red Ranger stepping forward.

"Jay, check on Alexis," he ordered. "Everyone else with me. Hit him with everything you've got!"

"Right!" said the rangers collectively, leaping into action. Jason stepped back from the fight, watching for a moment as the strange elemental creature was buried in a flurry of punches and kicks from all sides. Then, Jason knelt on the ground beside the Purple Ranger, who was stirring.

"Remind me never to do that again," she said quietly, touching her helmet. The Black Ranger helped her sit up, and took her helmet off gently.

"You okay?" he asked. He noticed her skin was rather pale, and her hair was practically standing on end from the electric shock.

"No problem," she responded, trying to rise to her feet. "Just...give me a second...to catch my breath."

"Oh, no you don't!" Jason argued, keeping Alexis from rising to her feet. "You're hurt!"

"Am not!" she muttered, grabbing her helmet. "Besides, you need me!"

"Not yet we don't," Jason said finally. "You're exhausted, and probably hurt. You're going back to the CAC!"

"But --"

"No buts," Jason said in his most commanding voice. Alexis remained silent as Jason turned on his communicator.

"Billy, teleport Alexis in."

^You got it,^

said Billy, as Alexis vanished from the park in a purple carrier wave. Jason rose to his feet, and looked toward the battle. He didn't hesitate to join the other rangers.

Chapter Thirty-Three

"You're going to be just fine, Lex," said Rocky with a smile, punching a few buttons on the console, "You're just drained."

"That's what I told Jason," she grunted, sitting up on the med-unit cot, "I'm ready for action."

"I don't think so," Rocky said, laying a hand on her shoulder, "I want you to take a rest. Just to be on the safe side."

Alexis sighed, and lay back down on the cot. She glanced at her morpher, sitting on the table beside the med-unit, and closed her eyes. Rocky smiled with satisfaction, and walked over to Billy and Adam, who were both working on a program on the main computer. Rocky glanced up at the dwarfing screen, and his eyebrow rose. There was an image of the monster on the screen, with blurbs of information about each part of his body.

"So what did you figure out?" Rocky asked.

"Well," said Adam, turning to his friend, "the reason why the CAC didn't register Elementor's presence is because he isn't made of evil magical energy."

"Then what is he made of? I'm pretty sure its not sugar and spice, and everything nice."

"That is certain," said Billy, still typing on the keyboard, "but his energy pattern is recognized by the computer. It didn't set off the alarm, because no threat was deduced. He's made of Terran energies."

Rocky gasped. "What?"

"Somehow, this monster's siphoned off a fraction of the elemental powers of the Zeo Crystal. That's why he has mastery over so many elements."

"But...how?"

"Remember when the Terran Rangers destroyed the crystal within the Mirror Maze?" asked Billy. "Well, they destroyed it by forming the Terran Tempest, which is a concentrated burst of all the elemental energies. Now, beneath the elemental energy is a being made of a skeleton of crystal. That's why his torso is white, with a glowing energy. He is made of the same crystal that altered weather, and so the crystal absorbed the Terran Tempest, and somehow transformed into a monster with these abilities."

"That also explains why it has the powers of Light and Lightning," Adam continued, "Kim and Zack don't have those abilities any longer, but their weapons do. Its the only way to get a concentrated burst of those energies."

"So what do we do about it?" Rocky asked, glancing at the Viewing Globe across the CAC. "It doesn't look like the rangers are doing too well."

"Well, for each element they attack with, Elementor has an element that cancels it out."

"Then they do need my help!" Alexis called from across the room. The three young men turned around, and saw her run across the room, carrying her morpher in her hand.

"Alexis, you already fought Elementor," Billy said, "and your abilities proved ineffective."

"True, but maybe we can try my Bomb Attack!" Alexis pressed, "I'm sure one powerful bolt of pure energy will finish Elementor for good!"

"But the last time you used the Bomb, you almost killed yourself!" Rocky recalled. Alexis waved the comment aside.

"That was different. I absorbed both the rangers' powers, and that of the Spectrum Force. I just over-extended myself is all."

"But the Terran Rangers powers are vastly more powerful than the Mighty Morphin rangers," said Billy, "I doubt you would come out of the battle unscathed."

"Then what do I do?" Alexis muttered, folding her arms.

"You wait," said Billy, turning back to the screen, "I'm trying to find a weakness on Elementor. Once we figure out how to attack him, then we'll send you out. If needed."

Chapter Thirty-Four

After letting the Terran Rangers bury him in physical attacks for awhile, Elementor released the massive energy he had been storing. In a wave of fire strong enough to melt an iceberg, Elementor cut loose, and the force of the attack sent the six rangers crashing to the ground. It also burned numerous trees and bushes to ash, and caused the lake to nearly boil for a fraction of a second.

The Red Ranger quickly rose to his feet, his red uniform pulsing with fire energy. He glanced at his friends, who were all dazed by the attack. He then turned to Elementor, his helmet hiding the fury in his eyes.

"As they say...fight fire with fire!" he declared, holding his fists out at the monster. One powerful streak of fire poured from Tommy's hands as if he were a flame-thrower, heading in Elementor's direction. But Elementor raised his ice arm, and opened his palm. A gust of water appeared at his hand, and quickly dowsed Tommy's flames before they could even make contact. Tommy concentrated more, but he couldn't prevent the water from getting closer. Once Tommy expended all his stored energy, his stream of fire dried up. Elementor rumbled, and suddenly the water he was creating turned freezing. Tommy yelped as the ice-cold liquid touched him, forming a block of ice around his entire body. He was frozen solid.

"Tommy!" Kim screamed, scrambling to her feet. A burst of telekinetic energy lifted the Tommy-popsicle off the ground just as a vast chasm appeared right below him. While Kim struggled to keep Tommy in the air, a cyclone of powerful wind wrapped around Elementor, spinning the monster uncontrollably. Kim glanced at Aisha, who held her Wind Shield at arm's length, with powerful wind manifesting at the center of the spiral design on its surface.

"Jason!" Aisha grunted with exertion. "Fix the chasm!"

"You got it," he answered, turning towards the canyon Elementor just created. He held his arms out to his sides, and slowly brought them together in front of him. As he did, the ground came together as well. Once his arms were touching, the hole closed completely. Kimberly gratefully put Tommy back on the ground.

"How do we get him out?" Zack asked Jason. Jason frowned in thought.

"I don't know," he replied, "Tommy's the one who can melt the ice. Is he even conscious under there?"

Katherine, who was standing behind the rest, glanced at the lake. Although it was no longer boiling from Elementor's flame attack, it was indeed steaming slightly. She walked to the shore of the lake, and held her hand in the water.

"Guys!" she called, standing up. "Step back! I want to try something!"

The Gold, Silver, and Black Rangers abided, and Kat held her hand over the water. Then, she waved her hand in the air, and pointed at Tommy. The lake's heated waters obeyed Kat's command, and leaped from the lake, bathing Tommy in hot water. After a few minutes, the ice completely melted, and Tommy collapsed onto the ground. Both Kim and Jason hurried to help their friend to his feet.

"Are you okay?" Kim asked with concern.

"Jussttt fiiine," Tommy replied through chattering teeth.

"Hey guys!" Aisha screamed, the exertion of her cyclone drawing the Green Ranger to her knees, "I could use some help here!"

"You got it!"