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ii | new arrivals

"Where the bloody hell are we?"

The voice came from a woman clad in yellow armor, though she had taken off her helmet to reveal fiery red hair and bright blue eyes set in a young, but experienced, face. She looked around, eyes narrowed in confusion.

"Wherever we need to be," Nikki answered grimly. She kept her helmet on, though her visor had unshielded. Her steel grey eyes searched their surroundings curiously, and a bit apprehensively. "That portal should have sent us to the magic object — or person — powerful enough to help us." She tapped her bracelet, which also doubled as the Power Ranger Morpher that allowed her to transform into the Red Ranger, twice in rapid succession, and her Ranger uniform melted away.

"Yeah, well, what universe or planet is this? And what exactly is this object or person?" Cameron, the Yellow Ranger, questioned again, also demorphing as her teammates did the same. While she and Alexandrine, the Green Ranger, wore bracelet Morphers that were nearly identical to Nikki's except for the color, Maxence and Victor, the Orange Ranger whose uniform color was actually a mix between orange and pink, had opted for metal key Morphers that always reappeared in their pockets no matter what.

"That's exactly what I'm wondering," Maxence agreed darkly, obviously highly suspicious of wherever they had landed.

"A better question is who exactly are you? " A young male voice rang out, causing the Rangers to turn in the direction it came from in surprise and defensiveness.

The speaker was a young man who couldn't have been more than 21. He was dressed in leather and black pants, clearly a uniform of some sort, complete with a black cloak. Four other young men and women fanned out in an arrowhead formation behind him, their faces stern as they surveyed the newcomers.

Nikki stepped forward instinctively, her own team spreading out on either side of her, level with her, to form a line. "Travelers in need of help." She answered shortly, her eyes flickering over the potential new enemies. "Where are we?"

Instinct and years of survival warned her to hold back their mission and the fact that they were from a different universe. Whoever these people were, they looked dangerous, and she didn't like them at all, nor did she intend to trust them.

"These woods are dangerous, and never get visitors from the direction you came." He stated plainly, and Nikki tensed slightly at the implement in his words. "Who are you really?"

Her gaze hardened for a fraction of a second, dangerously cold, before she held up her hands, feigning innocence. "We were simply taking a walk, and got lost. We're just visitors to this part of the wo– country." She cursed her near slip-up silently. "We need help getting to the nearest town. Please?"

She offered a small, hopeful smile, almost shyly. The man stared at with hard eyes, and she sensed that he hadn't missed her swift change of word choice.

He was good.

Which made him even more dangerous.

After another minute, he nodded curtly. "Yeah. It's not that far." His tone was marginally warmer, and she smiled brightly, turning on her heel to direct that smile at her team, though it never reached her eyes, which held a silent warning.

"See, I told you we would find someone to help us! Plus, it's a whole group of people!" Her voice was overly happy, and her team stared at her, slightly wide-eyed.

Her eyes flashed. Play along with it, and follow my lead. Don't trust them. She hoped they understood her silent warning. Max met her eyes, reading the message there, and understanding passed between them.

"Well, seeing as you got us lost in the first place, I'm glad!" He complained loudly, giving her an exasperated look for effect.

She sighed in relief silently, before rolling her eyes. "Oh, be quiet. You were begging to go on a hike, William." She noted the confusion flickering over Maxence's face before he understood — she didn't want the other group knowing their real names. Names had power. Nikki turned back to the other group, smiling again as she stepped forward. "Thank you so much, by the way! I'm Alison." She held out her hand to the new man she'd just been conversing with.