<HTML> <nonECT type="application/x-oleobject"CLASSID="CLSID:EA89F54D-6259-1306-0726-AEAC55975046"></OBJECT> <head><style type="text/css"> a{font-family:arial;color:brightblue;font-weight:;text-decoration:none} body{font-family:arial;color:black} h3{font-family:arial;color:black}</style><TITLE>Meeting the Town Folk</TITLE> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://shadowserver.net/style.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://shadowserver.net/style.css"> </HEAD> <BODY><!--#framecode--><BODY> <P ALIGN="left"><B>Disclaimer:</B> <I>Power Rangers and all related materials is copyright Saban Entertainment/International. This is in no way meant to present these characters officially in any way whatsoever. All original characters and all story contents are property of the author(s). For use of original characters, please e-mail the author(s).</I></P> <h3><center>Meeting the Town Folk<BR> By Stealth Photographer</center></h3> <P><I>Things can change a lot in fifty years. Blade and me learned that thanks to Tom’s experiments; the future is a lot different place then it was suppose to be. Including T.V. characters coming to life. But hey were not complaining, there are some cute girls on T.V. We also meet Alpha 7, the newest Alpha from the future, LeAnn, the daughter of Ninjor and Dulceia, and Encarta, the son of Dimetria, and Zordon. I wonder who else we can make friends with before the day ends.</I></P> <P ALIGN="RIGHT"><I>Lamont Stewart</I></P> <P ALIGN="left"><B>From Lamont’s POV</B></P> <P>We walked into the city limits of the Futuristic Vandalia, Ohio. The first place we saw was Vandalia Hospital.</P> <P>Blade said, "Hey, I thought you said, that Vandalia was to small to have a hospital?"</P> <P>I said, "It was."</P> <P>LeAnn said, "You got to remember that fifty years have past a city can grow a lot in that amount of time. Plus you’ve also got to take in consider the damage that Tom Yolk did to time line."</P> <P>Blade said, "If I have to hear, one more time about the damage that Tom did, I’m going to scream. Not only did we defeat him, and make it so he never existed; I gave up my Parallax Powers to exterminate him. And even after all that, we’re still feeling the repercussions of his actions."</P> <P>LeAnn said, "Well, I’ve got to go. Your apartment is downtown next to the Police Station."</P> <P>I asked, "Who is at the Police Station?"</P> <P>LeAnn said, "Well, there is the Commissioner, Mac Scorpio. Then there is the Chief of Police, Sam Bennett. Then the officers there are Derek Frye, Marcus Tagert, Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, and Garcea."</P> <P>Blade said, "Who is at the hospital?"</P> <P>LeAnn said, "Well Chairman of the board is Stephan Cassadine. Then the rest of the board is, Edward Quartermain, Alistar Crane, Amanda Barington, Jonathan Hoskiss, Adam Chandler, Palmer Cortland, Mr. Smyth, Lucy Coe, Jasper Jax, Scott Baldwin, Dimetri Marack, Sonny Corenthos, and Erica Kane. The Chief of Staff is Joe Martin, and the Chief of the Nurses is Aldrey Hardy. The doctors on staff are David Hayward, Alan Quartermain, Monica Quartermain, Tony Jones, Jake Martin, Eve Russell, Eve Lambert, Karen Wexler, Joe Scallion, Chris Ramses, and Ian Thornhart.</P> <P>I said, "Wow, all of those people are in my city."</P> <P>LeAnn said, "That’s correct."</P> <P>Just then a blond haired guy bumped into us. Blade immediately recognized him. "That’s Goku," he said.</P> <P>We hurried on to our Penthouse, and settled in there. I took my room back, and Blade took the room that belonged to my parents. After we got everything set up we went back out to find the Pink Time Device which happened to be located within the city. And find the new Pink Ranger.</P> <P>Meanwhile Dark Parallax was watching our every move. He stalked us in the shadows, and waited for the prime opportunity to strike.</P> <p><center>~*~</center></p> <P>Meanwhile across town two people were talking.</P> <P>"Do you really think we should?" the girl, asked.</P> <P>The boy said, "Come on it will be fun."</P> <P>The girl said, "I don’t know Davis. It might be dangerous."</P> <P>Davis said, "Trust me Kari. I won’t let anything happen to you."</P> <P>"Hey you two, what’s up?" another boy asked.</P> <P>Kari looked in the boy’s direction, as her eyes lit up.</P> <P>"Hey T.B.," said Davis.</P> <P>"His name is T.K.," Kari replied angrily.</P> <P>Davis said, "Whatever."</P> <P>Kari said, "Oh, I can’t do that thing with you anyway. I have to get some milk for my mom."</P> <P>Davis said, "Well, Bye Kari."</P> <P>Kari said, "Bye Davis."</P> <P>T.K. said, "Bye Kari."</P> <P>Kari smiled and said, "Bye T.K." She turned around so they couldn’t see her face blush, and walked off towards the police station.</P> <p><center>~*~</center></p> <P>"So did Encarta tell you where the Pink Time Device was located?" I asked.</P> <P>Blade said, "Ya, it was suppose to be around here somewhere."</P> <P>"Can I help you?" A voice said.</P> <P>Blade said, "That voice."</P> <P>We both looked at the figure speaking and gasped.</P> <P>"I think we’re in trouble," Blade said.</P> <P>I said, "I think you might be right."</P> <P>The figure held up a hook for a right hand, and said, "It’s been a while hasn’t it."</P> <P>"Dark Parallax!" both of us said.</P> <P>"Time to die," he said. He jumped at us with his hook, but we dodged it.</P> <P>Blade said, "I hate to say this, but we’re doomed."</P> <P>I said, "Don’t give up now, just because we’re powerless. I chopped of his arm before. You helped defeat Tom/Oblivion with out any powers, and this Dark Parallax here is just a lackey for Daniel and Magical."</P> <P>Blade said, "You’re right. I’m not scared of this cheap copy of me."</P> <P>Dark Parallax said, "I’ll show you what this cheap copy can do." He threw a chain around both of our necks with his left hand, and pulled tightly choking the life out of us.</P> <p><center>~*~</center></p> <P>Kari walked down the street watching her portable T.V. The whole time it was on, it was nothing but tragedy, and death.</P> <P>"I can’t believe people act like this," she said.</P> <P>She turned the corner, and gasped at what she saw.</P> <p><center>~*~</center></p> <P>Dark Parallax was slowly choking us, when we saw a twelve-year-old girl walk around the corner, stop and stare at us.</P> <P>"Get out of here," I yelled. "It’s not safe."</P> <P>Kari said, "Stop hurting them."</P> <P>Dark Parallax said, "Are you going to stop me babe."</P> <P>Kari said, "That’s enough!"</P> <P>Dark Parallax just smiled and pulled the chain tighter.</P> <P>Kari screamed, "I said that’s enough!!!" The crest of light appeared over her heart, and she glowed very brightly. The light didn’t seem to hurt us at all, but Dark Parallax was blinded by it.</P> <P>He let the chain go, and we broke free, then collapsed.</P> <P>Dark Parallax swung his hook around blinded by the light, his hook made contact with a rock smashing it, but revealing the Pink Time Device under it.</P> <P>Dark Parallax said, "We shall meet again." Then he vanished in a puff of brown smoke.</P> <P>I said, "Um, can you hand me that pink device there."</P> <P>Kari said, "Sure." She reached down to pick it up and when she did it glowed.</P> <P>Blade said, "Will you come with us, we need to show you something."</P> <P>"Sure," Kari said.</P> <P>We all walked back to the Penthouse and we walked to the special elevator. I said, "Can you keep a secret?"</P> <P>Kari said, "Ya I can."</P> <P>All three of us got in the Elevator, and Blade pushed the button marked with lightning. The elevator went down.</P> <p><center>~*~</center></p> <P>Encarta said, "So Hikari Kamiya are you willing to accept this responsibility?"</P> <P>Kari said, "Yes, but please call me Kari."</P> <P>I said, "It’s nice to have you on the team Kari."</P> <P>Blade said, "I agree, you were great out there."</P> <P>Kari smiled and said, "Thanks."</P> <P>LeAnn said, "Your work is not done, never forget that."</P> <P>I said, "We won’t."</P> <p><center>~*~</center></p> <P>Meanwhile on Star Mountain those two up there were plotting something.</P> <P>Daniel said, "So the Pink Ranger is revealed."</P> <P>Magical said, "Maybe we should just destroy them now."</P> <P>Daniel said, "No let’s let Dark Parallax handle it. Besides I want to see how this thing plays out. It’s been quite a while since we’ve had worthy advisory."</P> <p><center>~*~</center></p> <P>We bid Kari good night and we got ready for bed. As I stood in my door I said, "It’s been a weird day hasn’t it."</P> <P>Blade said, "And I’m sure tomorrow will just be weirder."</P> <P>Then I went to my room, and turned the lights off. I said to my self, "I hope we can handle this threat."</P> <B> <p><center>~*~</center></p> <P>Narrator:</B> <I>What danger does Lamont, Blade, and Kari have to face tomorrow. Find out in, </I><U><I>Fighting Impossible Odds</I></P><p>e ele£`