Darkest Memories

[tigerhawk]

Hello. I just recently joined Generations of the Power Rangers and have decided to post a fanfic I've been writing for some time now.

It takes place near the end of Dino Thunder. It starts out slowly but gets better as it progresses.

All comments are welcome. Hopefully everyone will enjoy it.

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“Ok Tommy, the energy transfer is ready to begin” Hayley said as she cast me the same fearful look. “I still say you should let me test this further before we…”

“Thanks for the concern but as I said before, this is the only way” I replied cutting her off

“Dr. O…why won’t you let us help you?” Trent snapped, with Kira, Conner, Ethan, Elsa and Anton nodding in agreement.

I groaned inwardly as I looked at them. “I…I…I need to do this myself, I’m the only one who…” I paused trying to form words to explain what I saw…. None came… “I’ll do the transfer tomorrow, so everyone head home”

“Tommy, please reconsider” Elsa begged “No one wants to see you get hurt… or worse”

Elsa seemed ready to collapse and when I looked at Anton he seemed to be at his breaking point too.

I smiled weakly as I was overcome by memories of Kim… “I don’t want anything to happen either but if I don’t do this then, we’ve lost…” I trailed off

Damn it! What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I tell them?

With groans of frustration, Elsa and Hayley stalked out of the base. I knew that Hayley would be back once the others had left, old habits die hard.

Kira cast a sideways glance in my direction. “You guy’s need a lift home?” I offered, smiling, knowing full well they didn’t.

Kira, taking the hint, said “I got to go for dinner, see ya tomorrow Dr. Oliver” and dragged Ethan and Conner out of the Dino Thunder base.

Only Anton, Trent and I remained in the stony silence that had become our ranger base.

Anton said something to Trent as I turned to the computer to check the calculations. Trent left with out a word. I sat down and studied the screen waiting for Anton to begin the ritual conversation for the tenth time in as many days.

Anton sighed. Here we go again, as I waited for him to start.

“This is about what Mesosgog did to you isn’t it? Anton said

I stared at him. “Anton, we’ve been thru this already and I don’t want to have to explain…”

“Yes, you do have to explain, Tommy!” Anton said his voice raising an octave as he spat my name. “I don’t understand what happened… Mesogog isn’t going to rest until he figures out why…”

CRASH!

Anton ducked as the chair I was sitting on smashed into the wall behind him. “You think I like having YOUR psychopathic creation HUNTING me like an animal every waking second?!!!” I screamed in frustration, “You think I don’t know that he won’t rest until…”

Anton stared at me in horror. “To…Tom…Tommy…”

As I clamed down I realized what I had done. I ran to help him up but he recoiled and backed away from me still staring, jaw dropped and eyes wide like a terrified child facing their worst nightmare come to life…

“Anton, I’m” I began but he cried out “Yo…You… You’re Eyes!” The door burst open as Trent and Hayley raced in. I spun to face them, “Tommy!” Hayley screamed as she looked at me, and then promptly fainted. Trent gasped in confusion and fear as he raced to help Anton up.

What is he talking about? My eyes? What’s wrong with my eyes?

I went to help Trent and Anton but Trent had other ideas. A swift kick to gut was the next thing I felt, before I went crashing into the wall.

I stood and faced Trent with confusion and alarm. “Why’d you attack me?” I screamed, as the agony began again. Trent stared me down with Anton behind him. Anton inched his way to Hayley and as I tried to go help him Trent mirrored my steps always keeping me in front of him

Why is he being a moving blockade? … He’s protecting them, from me?

I stopped trying to get past Trent and went to find the mirror I kept in the base’s bedroom.

What I saw in the mirror changed everything…

[tigerhawk]

Here's the second chapter. I'm not very good at writing fight scenes (need to work on that).

Enjoy.

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A sudden crash brought me out of my research. I raced out of my lab and heading toward Anton’s lab on the other side of the island complex. The door slid open as an odd mist floated out. My instincts told me something was horribly wrong.

“Anton!” I yelled peering into the room from the ajar door. “Anton, Where are you? What happened?” I got no response from within the pitch black room.

I carefully step inside. My sense’s are on high alert for anything out of the ordinary. I see Anton’s lab station but no sign of him. Looking closer I notice a strange green liquid laying in a Petri dish and some of it is in an eyedropper as well.

“Hmm, what is this? Must be Anton’s latest experiment.”

If only I knew how right I was.

I leave the station and start to check out the rest of the room. My thoughts are interrupted as something comes up behind me. Instantly I’m on guard and just a split second later a powerful kick sends me smashing into the wall with bone-jarring force.

“Who dares to interrupt me?!” a voice bellows seemingly coming from every direction

“Who are you and what have you done with Anton Mercer?!” I snarl in response as I struggle to my feet.

As I lurch to my feet I recall my ranger days and focus my attention on finding my foe in the seemingly endless darkness. My foe only laughs and for the briefest second he is standing in front of me. I lash out with a quick punch and hit my target. The darkness is pierced by a flickering light nearly blinding both of us. I see my opponent and instantly doubt my eyes

“A dinosaur? A humanoid dinosaur?” I whispered

The creature snarls and proclaims “I am Mesogog, time for me to have a bit of fun”

“Now I’ve seen everything” I growl, standing to take my fighter stance.

As Mesogog charges I leap over him and with a combo send him crashing to the floor. He show’s off his power by painfully blasting me full out with some sort of energy beam from his head. Before I can recover he grabs my arm and spins me 3 times before flinging me away like a rag doll.

“Weak fool! You stand no chance against me!” He gloats

I ignore that and focus on drawing what energy I have left within me from my ranger days.

Now I’m ready to fight fire with fire. I smile wickedly as the memory of being the evil green ranger returns in full force. Suddenly I find what I’m searching for, and charge him at full speed.

Mesogog’s eyes widen as the shadow of a sword forms in my hand. I strike him with it, slashing him wildly. “Looks like I get to have some fun” I whisper to him, my voice soulless. My eyes are as soul-less as my voice and it startles him.

“What are you?....” he murmurs

The Sword of Darkness glows faintly in my hand. I laugh. But even with the sword aiding me, Mesogog is too strong. The fight is hard on us both. My clothes are in tatters and I’m bleeding in multiple places.

He is also weakened. The sword is fading. I’m running out of energy to power it. See my weakness, he grabs the table that I threw him on, moments before and smashes me in the chest with it. I hit the wall and black out briefly.

As I come to, I feel a hand on my throat; I hear a laugh and feel something being forced down. I gag reflexively but it’s too late. I hear laughing and then a groan of agony as I begin to black out again. In desperation I reach inside once more and struggle to find the remnants of the 3 ranger powers bonded to me.

When I come to again I see Anton lying across the room from me. I struggle to stand and collapse in the process. Seeing something lying next to me I manage to pocket it. I get to Anton and find that he knows nothing about the strange creature which attacked me.

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I'm snapped out of my memories by Hayley. I turn around and she's curled up in the corner whimpering in terror at what’s happening to me.

My eyes glow blood red and my face has begun taking on the appearance of scales...my body feels like it's being ripped in half as pain lashes through my body as the transformation comes faster and stronger than ever before. My chest constricts, my pupils dilate, I double over as my hands become claws, my face elongates into... I'm becoming a...a...

I fight to control it as it speeds up. I withdraw into my mind and focus my energies into finding the method to stop it. Slowly I realize what I must do...but before I can get the words out, my body can't take the strain and I black out.

[MagiCrimson]

This is suprisingly good, I like how it's being told from Tommy's point of view, I never really liked that he came back for some reason but this may just change my mind.

[tigerhawk]

Glad your enjoying my story MagiCrimson.

Here's the next chapter.

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Several Days Later...

I awaken in my bedroom. I don't know how I got there and I don't know how long I've been out. I try to remember what happened but it's all a haze. I jolt up as I recall that Trent, Anton and Hayley were with me in the base.

I get ready in a haze trying to form an explanation as to what they saw, one that would make sense to them anyway. Thirty minutes later I'm racing out the door to Hayley's Cafe. I’m surprised to find it’s closing down early.

I calmly walk thru the door scanning the room for the rangers. I find their normal study table. I'm unsure how to approach them, knowing full well that Kira, Ethan, Elsa, and Conner have been told of what happened after they left. I notice that amazingly Anton, Elsa and Hayley are there as well. "So the whole gangs waiting for me" I thought to myself.

Kira glances up and spots me standing at the door. Her head ducks down for a sec and then everyone at the table is looking at me. I smile, wave and slowly walk over to them, trying to gauge their reaction to my presence.

Hayley, Anton, and Kira seem nervous. Elsa, Ethan, and Conner seem to be in disbelief. Trent is just staring coldly at me. I realize that Trent feels I lied to them.

"Hi guys..." I trail off. "Can I Sit?"

"Okay..." Hayley said hesitantly as Anton pulled up a chair for me.

“I guess… I should start from the beginning” I whispered as the café empties out, leaving our group alone in the silence.

“Um… I’m really sorry I never told you about…the truth about why Mesogog what’s to capture me so badly.” I pause, trying to collect my thoughts.

“It started many years ago…” I began

“Yeah, when you and my dad worked together on that island laboratory” Trent spat, cutting me off. “Get to the part that explains how the **** you became that… thing…”

“Err…Right. Moving right along…” I mumble. “I summoned the Sword of Darkness to fight Mesogog. During the fight he caused me to black out… and when I came to he was pouring something down my throat. I tried to spit it out but I had already swallowed it. As I blacked out again I focused on what little power I had left” I paused to catch my breath and continued

“The power’s that remained within me were the Green Ranger and Dragonzord, the White Ranger and Tigerzord, and oddly enough the White Ninja power and Falconzord”

“What about the Red Zeo Power?” Kira interjected "You still have that because you fought the Zeo Ranger when you were trapped in a coma."

"Let Tommy explain!" Elsa snapped angrily

“I still have a connection to the Zeo Power, but for some reason I couldn’t connect with it as I blacked out. I connected with the Ninja Power instead” I said simply

"Mesogog forced me to drink what remained of the serum that created him. Ironically at the moment the serum began to bond with my DNA, I summoned my ranger energies. The serum bonded with the energy and not directly with my DNA."

"Tommy, that makes no sense!, Your ranger powers shouldn't have effected the process...." Anton said annoyed

"That's just it Anton, unknown to anyone my ranger powers did bond to my DNA. That's why I can still call on them in dire times....there's no enough power to morph but..." I stated

"Your powers bonded... like the Time Force Rangers powers are bound to their DNA?" Ethan said suddenly

"Very good memory Ethan. That's exactly what it‘s like"

"So what happened?!" Trent snarled "What did you start to transform into!"

I glanced sideways at him and sighed inwardly. This is going to be tough, I thought

"In times of extreme stress or when I'm overcome by my emotions, my link with my powers, as weak as they are, triggers a painful transformation."

"SO WHAT HAPPENED!!!!" Trent screamed as his fear and anger overcame him.

"I... I...was thinking about Kim...about my Green Ranger days...I...I was transforming into a dragon" I mumbled weakly.

"A...a...dra...drag...dragon..." Kira whispered in shock "You have to be kidding"

"I'm not sadly. The serum linked with my ranger energies...I transform...to...what ever animal is represented by my powers..."

"You...become...you...can...become a…?" Hayley whisper fearfully

"I can transform to a Dragon, Tiger, and Falcon, for some reason my Dino Thunder power isn't affected."

"How do we stop it?" Conner asked

"I need...to go get my..." I started but a sudden weakness came over me.

I felt myself sliding from the table as darkness over came me. I knew what was happening and braced for it...

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I awoke to the sensation of floating, like I was in a void of eternal nothingness. I wasn’t afraid though, I’d been to this place before. I simply waited. IT did not disappoint. IT spoke to me in my own voice. That was the way IT mocked me, tried to control me, and tried to break me.

“You are still a fool! For one of your sheer power and ability you waste it; and you waste it on beings barely worth noticing!” IT snarled

“How I choose to use the power within me, is my choice and mine alone” I stated calmly

“AARRRGGGHHH! How I have spend eons searching for this power, only to have it bond to a human mortal at the final moment! If I could kill you and drain it from your lifeless body I would!!” IT screamed in rage

“But you can not kill me” I replied

“You take comfort from this fact?” IT said mockingly

“For now I do” I said grinning slightly as I spoke; “I will not stop searching for a way to destroy you and your evil once and for all”

“HAHAHAHA! You waste your time, mortal” IT said, eye’s glowing blood red with excitement

“Mesogog will not succeed, your slaves never succeeded and they never will” I said, meeting IT’s eyes, my own glowing with determination

“Rita, Zedd, Mondo and the rest…all of them failed me!” IT whispered “This new slave…Mesogog it calls itself, it will succeed!” IT cried

“I will stop your slaves from completing their mission, and if I can not personally stop them I find those who can!” I cried mirroring IT’s emotion with my own

“The Power Rangers? You were lucky they stopped my slaves without you!” IT sang out happily “You nearly lost every time! And this time you will fail!”

“I will not, I will stop you with every ounce of energy within me!” I declared

IT seems to shrink… unable to break my will… it was losing its hold on me…I would awaken soon

“BAH! You speak strong now, but your strength will waver and know that when that happens, I shall be there to rip what is mine from your very soul” IT snarled again

I would awaken… our “discussion” was almost over…soon…

“Farewell I suppose!” IT said laughing evilly as IT left “You’ll never defeat me! NO MORTAL CAN DEFEAT ME!”

The void seems to shrink… I was waking up… but something was…wrong…this feeling…of death and doom…was coming…again

“NO!” I screamed in fear “Not again! I will not see it…not again!”