The Terran Rangers/The Spectrum Force/Sailor Moon - The Preliminaries Volume 5 by Heather Ray (lightweight ebook reader .txt) 📖

/> "What makes you say that?" asked Rocky. "Who else could've done it? Its gotta be Zedd and Rita."

"THAT ISN'T LIKELY. EVEN THE COMBINED POWER OF LORD ZEDD AND RITA REPULSA IS NOT ENOUGH TO CREATE AN INTERDIMENSIONAL PORTAL OF THAT MAGNITUDE. ALSO, WHEN THE TWO RANGERS PASSED THROUGH THE PORTAL, THERE WAS NO TRACE OF TRANSIT. THEIR DESTINATION WAS NOT THE MOON. IT WAS AS IF THEY CEASED TO EXIST."

"But, that would mean..."

"No, Kim," said Billy, cleaning his glasses with a tissue, "I don't think they're dead. That just wouldn't make any sense. There's another way to erase all readings of a person from our sensors. Interdimensional transit."

"Whoa," said Aisha, making at "T"

with her hands. "Time out! Are you saying they were sucked into another dimension? You mean other than Zedd's Dark Dimension?"

"That is my theory," said Billy.

"But, how is that possible?" asked Rocky, scratching his head.

"Before you guys and Adam joined the rangers, me and Billy were sucked through an interdimensional vortex into an alternate reality," explained Kimberly. "It was a total accident, and we teamed up with the Spectrum Force to fight the Denebian Empire and Zedd's new monster. That's how Alexis drained all her power, right before she moved back to Philly."

"Oh yeah," said Aisha. "Now I remember hearing that story! So, could the same thing have happened this time? Could Tommy and Adam have been sent to the Spectrum Force reality by accident?"

"I doubt it," observed Billy. "If the same incident occurred, then two Spectrum Enforcers would've appeared on the spot where our friends vanished."

Suddenly, the Viewing Globe activated by itself, and a young woman's face appeared. She looked like a mirror reflection of the Pink Ranger.

^Hey Billy, Kimberly,^

she said cheerily. ^How've ya been?^

"Jocelyn?" said Billy in surprise. "What's going on?"

^Well, we've got a problem here in Langstrum Alps. We were fighting Rythe, Phaedra's servant, in the botanical gardens. As soon as we destroyed the monster, a vortex appeared, and the Purple and Red Enforcers were like sucked into the hole. Rachel and Keith have vanished into thin air, and we have no idea where they could've gone.^

"That's what happened to Tommy and Adam!" shrieked Kim. "But what made you contact us?"

^Spectra is certain Phaedra's magic isn't responsible for their abduction,^

said a tall young black man, appearing over Jocelyn's shoulder, ^so we thought maybe Lord Zedd was up to something.^

"I don't think that's the answer, Craig," said Billy. "We're pretty sure that vortex was beyond Zedd and Rita's capabilities."

^Rita?^

asked Matthew, peeking in from the side. ^Who's that? And who are those three behind ya, Billy?^

"Perhaps you and the remaining Spectrum Force should come here to the Command Center," Billy recommended. "We can trace your communication signal and teleport you here. We should discuss this matter together face to face. Together we have a better chance of discerning the cause of today's rather unpleasant common occurrences."

^What?^

asked Matthew.

^He said he's gonna bring us to the Command Center,^

sighed Jocelyn. ^Okay, whenever you're ready.^

Billy smiled and started to work on the teleportation computer. In a few minutes, he activated the machine, and four beams of light pierced the relative darkness of the Command Center. Tamara Fox, Jocelyn Armand, Matthew O'Conner, and Craig Gillis materialized in the center of the room, and looked around them.

"Man, I could never get used to that," groaned Craig, rubbing his temples, "I don't know how you Power Rangers can stand teleporting everywhere you go!"

"Interdimensional transport is by far less comfortable than uni-dimensional travel," said Billy, shaking their hands in a row. "Welcome back to Angel Grove. Its been awhile."

"Too long," said Jocelyn with a smile. She then turned to Kim and smiled. "Well, if it isn't my doppleganger."

"Not quite," said Kim with an equally bright smile. "But it's good to see you guys again. Oh, by the way, the Power Rangers had a little change in roster since last November. Jason, Zack and Trini went to a Peace Conference, and so Rocky, Adam, and Aisha took their places. May I introduce Rocky and Aisha."

Rocky and Aisha smiled and were introduced to the Spectrum Force. Once all the introductions were out of the way, all eight teens turned to Zordon.

"What do we do?" asked Kim.

"I AM CONVINCED TOMMY AND ADAM WERE SENT THROUGH THE MULTIVERSE, AS WELL AS RACHEL AND KEITH. THE TWO DISAPPEARANCES ARE TO SIMILIAR FOR THEM NOT TO BE RELATED INCIDENTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN PINPOINT THEIR LOCATION."

"If they're in the Multiverse, couldn't we just scan for them there?" asked Rocky.

"Impossible," said Jocelyn. "The Multiverse is an infinite expanse. It'll take eons to search each universe in existence one at a time!"

"Do you think we should contact Alexis?" asked Aisha. "Maybe we'll need back-up."

"IF WE NEED HER, WE SHALL SUMMON HER. HOWEVER, THE POWER OF THE EAGLE WILL BE OF LITTLE USE TO US."

"So, I guess all we can do is wait, eh?" asked Craig.

"Jocelyn, Alpha, and I can try to discern the origin of the vortex," said Billy, "I can't make any guarantees, but at least its a start. If we can determine whether magic, machine, or some other force created the portal, we may be able to discern what we're up against. We can also monitor the communications relay, just in case Tommy or Adam manages to contact us."

"Make yourselves comfortable, gang," said Tamara, sitting down. "This may take awhile."

Part Four

Chapter Five

The magnificent city of Tokyo glittered with life. Tokyo was a perfect balance of past and present, covered with ancient temples, lush parks, and modern skyscrapers reaching fearlessly into the clouds above. But, this wasn't the Tokyo of either the Spectrum Force's home dimension or that of the Power Rangers. This was in fact a completely different dimension, with a different type of super hero team protecting it from chaos and evil. Tokyo, the captial of Japan, was home to the team of teenaged heroines called the Sailor Scouts. No one knew that five young high school students were actually endowed with supernatural powers originating from four planets of the solar system, and the very moon that circled the Earth. Now it was early morning in Tokyo, and five young women were rushing furiously to their school.

"Oh!" moaned Usagi, her long blonde pigtails flying behind her, "I can't believe we're so LATE

!"

"Well, it was your idea to go to the arcade before school, Serena!" yelled the raven haired Shinto priestess named Raye. "This is all YOUR

fault!"

"No it's not!" cried Usagi, "I had to go to the arcade, because I left my Algebra textbook there yesterday!"

"Why didn't you go get it yesterday?" panted Makoto, the tall brunette.

"I didn't realize I didn't have it until this morning!"

"I guess that means you didn't do your Algebra homework last night," said Amy, pushing her short blue bangs out of her eyes.

"Well..."

"You're so irresponsible, Meatball Head!" yelled Raye furiously. "If you had thought to do your homework last night, like any normal person would, you would've realized you left your book at the arcade, and then you could've picked it up last night!"

"Calm down Raye," said the other blonde, "Usagi just wasn't thinking."

"That's my point, Minako! Usagi NEVER

thinks! One of these days, her absent-mindedness is really gonna get us in trouble!"

Raye and Usagi continued to yell at each other until they rounded the corner of Crossroads High School. As they headed for the front door, a small, black cat leapt out of the surrounding bushes and into their path. The girls immediately stopped and looked down at the cat.

"Girls," said the cat, "I've been waiting for you for nearly half an hour! What took you so long to walk to school?"

Raye and Usagi traded angry glares while the three other girls shook their heads in frustration. Then, Amy stepped forward and knelt to speak to the cat.

"It doesn't matter. What's going on, Luna? Is it the Negaverse?"

"Isn't it always?" said the cat with a small sigh, "I saw on the news this morning that an armored truck was stolen en route to the depository."

"That's not a Sailor Scout job, Luna," said Makoto.

"But it is. The truck was grabbed by a group of four strange women."

"Let me guess," said Minako, "Avery, Prisma, Catsey, and Birdie. The four sisters of the Negamoon."

"But, why would the Negaverse want a truck full of gold?" asked Raye, "I mean, what value could it have?"

"There's only one way to find out," said Luna, "Artemis insisted to go check out the situation while I got you girls. You have to get there now!"

"Artemis went all by himself?" asked Usagi. "He may be in trouble! What could a cat do against four Negaverse monsters? No offense, Luna."

Luna sighed as the five girls ducked into the bushes and dropped their bags on the grass. Makoto, Minako, Raye, and Amy pulled small wands out of their pockets, each with a star on the top. Serena took her locket off the bow on her school uniform. The four girls held their wands into the air, while Serena held out her locket.

"Mercury Star Power!" cried Amy. Shimmering strands of soft blue light stretched from the wand, wrapping around Amy's body. The strands converted into a white and blue sailor uniform, with a light blue bow, white gloves, blue knee-high boots, and a golden tiara appeared on her brow.

"Mars Star Power!" yelled Raye. Streams of blazing fire poured from the star wand, and encased the raven-haired girl in a flaming circle. The fire closed in on her body, transforming her school uniform into the white shirt and short red skirt of Sailor Mars, with violet bow, white gloves, red pumps, and a small gold tiara.

"Jupiter Star Power!" cried Makoto. A web of lightning coarsed from the star wand at maddening