The Hellhound's Return

Code Busters

Claire hummed to herself as she searched the forest for Udonna's supplies. It was peaceful and quiet, but it didn't last long as the Rangers shot overhead on their Mystic Racers, cheering and laughing.

"Sorry, Claire," Kali called as she raced off again.

"Come on Pinky, try and keep up," Nick taunted Vida as he shot ahead.

"No-one calls me pinky," Vida said.

"Go get him, V," Xander cheered.

"Who's in the lead now, Nicky-boy?" Vida jeered.

"That'd be me," Chip teased, passing Vida. "Go, yellow, go!"

Kali pressed her body against her racer and felt the air flow over her. She grinned and sped forward, swerving around Nick and Xander, and catching up on Maddie and Vida. She nodded at the pair of them and raced towards Chip, overtaking him easily.

"Hey!" Chip yelled.

Kali laughed and swerved around the Root core tree.

"Dismount!" Nick called.

Kali swung her leg over the broom and fell to the ground, landing beside the dragon's head. As the others landed around her, their Racers transformed back into broomsticks and fell out of the skies. The Rangers caught them with ease.

"Very good, Rangers," Udonna said, smiling in approval. "That's enough Mystic Racer practice for today."

Vida and Chip whined.

"Oh come on, just one more lap around the forest?" Chip pleaded.

"Yeah, I was just getting warmed up," Vida nodded. "I wanna see what this bad boy can do."

"I'm afraid not," Udonna said, smiling patiently. "It's time for Elemental Incantations."

"Boring!"

Maddie rolled her eyes at the others. "Speak for yourselves," she said. "I think that sounds kind of interesting."

"Only you, sis," Vida said. "Udonna," she added, turning to the white sorceress. "The Mystic Racers are amazing, but now that we're Power Rangers, don't we get lots of other cool things, too?"

"Aw, yeah! I mean, no-one's more excited than me to finally get to wear a cape," said Chip, excitedly.

"Finally?" Xander asked, raising an eyebrow at Chip. "If I remember, you used to come to school with a pillowcase pinned to your back."

The group laughed lightly.

"Yeah, but that was a long time ago," said Chip, shrugging.

"That was last week, mate," Xander teased.

The laughter grew as Chip blushed.

"Anyway, Vida's right," said Chip, changing the subject. "We're officially superheroes now. Where's the rest of the vehicles, weapons, and gadgets that we get?"

"The Xenotome has the spell codes that will give you more power," said Udonna.

"So, what are we waiting for? Let's bust it open, load the codes, and get our booty," Vida exclaimed.

Udonna smiled and shook her head. "It doesn't work like that," she explained. "As you perform heroic deeds and grow as Rangers the Xenotome will reveal the spell codes when the time is right."

Vida sighed and looked at Chip. The two hung back as the others headed into Root core.

"Hey, you two coming or what?" Kali called to them.