When Hades comes to call - {RJ}

[CELIA ALLURA YOUNGBLOOD]

Rain; a most unseen weather anomaly, only hiden by the fact that something had silenced the howling wind that drove the wind in sheets like tiny pebbles. something was trudging through the jungle, its footfalls silent as the grave; its panting barely heard as it carried its load, it was a fully grown male Lion, but it was nothing to the person riding this majestic king of the cats, this personification of a rider was not like the people who would ride horses, this rider was feared by many in her past as a child, But a child she was no longer, a 3 centuries old woman trapped in a 13 year old girl's body, a blindfold over her eyes and a hood obscuring her face. she was an intimidator, a person that most would keep watch on.

"Thanks Nago... I'll take it from here." the woman said, stroking her pet Lion's mane, it gave a solitary growl of thanks and it sped off into the jungle, leaving the girl to glare at the site that stood before her, the temple of Dai Shi, a renegade spirit that she once had control over, she felt the hair on her head stand on end as though she felt his presence, but he must be within the temple itself, all she had to do was make herself known to the human that the rogue spirit now posessed, and instil the same ammount of ominous dread that was Dai Shi himself as sublime terror upon direct contact.

Even if they tried, Dai Shi's Rinshi Warriors would not be a challenge, the young girl removed the hood, and took off her blindfold, revealing two differently colored eyes, gold and silver with cat-like slits for pupils, the eyes roved from left to right, looking for an ambush of any kind as she trudged towards the entrance.

[rj]

He had fully healed since the possession of the wolfs body. It felt better than that fool Jarrod had ever done. Even Alex had proven her to be better than Camille he had broken her with time to his will as he had hoped. Swallowing as he drank ale he looked around and spotted someone outside the castle and started to send his Rinshi after them but then he would get a chill down his spine as he frowned. She was here of all places how dare she come to where he ruled as if she owned the place and now she would pay dearly he thought and grabbed his cloak.

Walking down the stairs he saw her coming towards the entrance and sent a blast of darkness out at her as he stared ahead “state your business Hades Ranger came a snarl as he walked up to the entrance the body alone showing just how much power the body had given him pushing it to the limit he was stronger than when he had been here less and it showed as he strolled towards her.

you do not scare me so I hope you have reason to bother me I have better things to do his voice was cold he didn’t fear her. In a calm voice. He knew he could handle her now this body gave him strength that made him ready to handle her. Leaning against the wall his eyes never leaving hers even now he didn’t trust her. She was powerful a bit more than what he would have wished and old unlike the others who would come into power if and when they were able to find the crystals she was ready and yet he stared her down unblinking and cold.

[CELIA ALLURA YOUNGBLOOD]

"Well, isn't it obvious... An immortal spirit such as you would have asked me that even IF I wasn't holding the powers of the 'Lord of the dead'." The young girlsaid as she grabed the dark energy blast, and turned it into wisps of nothingness with the same hand clutching it. "And you would do well not to attempt hiting me with your Zocato or Rinzin powers, considering what you're looking at." she added, as an aura mor terrible than Dai Shi enveloped the girl, becoming as black as miasma, forming what appeared to be wings.

The young girl then removed her cloak, revealing the body beneath; slender, lithe, limber, and hardly damaged. the arms riddled with scars that remained even after healing, the eyes shone more brightly, but even as the girl opened her mouth to speak, a voice more pronounced and terrible issued from her lips. "We meet again Dai Shi... how long has it been since you held sway before being sealed away; the mesozoic period?" the voice said, it was mirthless, cold, and cruel to the core, yet undeniably otherworldly. The voice was the same tone as Dai Shi in his true dragon form, but in its entirity, sent chills down the spine of the people who here it, the voice coming from the girl's mouth was the voice of Hades himself, the one true lord of the dead.

"Of course that would be a Joke you need not feel offended by, both of us are immortal, yet you hide in the body of a man who makes crispy crunchy pizza pies for a living where as I own the body of this girl through the power she has beneath the surface for all eternity. Truly this is fate at work that we meet under such an arduous time." Hades said through the mouth of the young girl. "It pains me to say it, but even with you at your peak, you cannot hide your weaknesses from me or Celia." Hades added, though it was Celia who was doing the talking, Hades had taken control of her to assert that fact.

[rj]

Dai shi watched her his eyes calm as the two seemed to be sizing each other up at that moment his eyes cold as he listened to her so you use a girl as your pawn Hades is she even aware of you?he asked in a bored voice as he hatched a plan in his head as he walked down the steps darkness enveloping him as he stared at her there was no fear in his eyes or voice I have lived longer than you and will last longer you have faded from this world while I never left he said harshly.

As darkness enveloped him rinzin shot out at her at that moment so did Dai Shi’s spirit the two were heading straight for the body he would take her for his own and then she would be his and so would that power as he left the body behind he knew he would have a battle if he was to get inside but she would be subdued one way or another she was his and he would win this battle.

RJ gasped as he suddenly felt himself become free falling to his knees he closed his eyes and swallowed Watch out he gasped out as he struggled to his feet knowing he had to get out of there and get to the rangers. He was free…and awake that was what mattered at that moment as he stumbled strength seemingly sucked out of him at that moment.

[CELIA ALLURA YOUNGBLOOD]

"Oh, Celia is aware of me, Dai Shi. Being that I am permanently a part of her, you cannot know what it was for the girl, near death, starving, stuck in a ravine with no running strength, meeting me as a spirit was the only way that she survived all of that. Me and her are as one body and one mind, unable to be seperated even by a 10,000 year old Yamatano Orochi such as yourself." Hades said in that same mirthless tone, the miasma black wings solidifying and folding as Celia looked at the human Dai Shi was posessing.

"And unlike you, Gods are forever eternal, and regretably have full time gigs, meaning that they have never truly faded from the annals of history that you know of." Celia said in her normal tone, though Dai Shi had other plans. plans that involved controling her from within as both a blast of Rinzin power and Dai Shi's spirit came charging at her, and RJ's call of "Watch Out!" which caused her to evade both the burst of Rinzin and Dai Shi by transversing through a gap to the netherworld, comming out a split second later to see RJ escaping.

"Thanks for that; mister... You do realise that I know your every trick, Dai Shi. Posessing me while Hades himself is forever merged with me will be tougher than you can possibly immagine. Forit is I who am the true master of The powers of Zocato and Rinzin, and I bet you didn't know that I alone was the origin creator of the Phantom Beasts." Celia said and without any warning, opened her wings to their fullest extent and called: "On the wings of the dark angel, Carry me to the skies!" Celia then shot skyward to an altitude of 50,000 feet and said in an extremely cold tone; "Compared to the 'Great God Dragon; Daijinryuu', you are as nothing, even when you broke the pact binding you to me, the consequence would be that you would be cursed forevermore, The Phantom Beasts knew that, allowed themselves to embrace their fate and became sealed in the crystal eyes when they were destroyed. your fate is -and will be- more cruel than theirs..." Celia remained airborn, awaiting Dai Shi's next move.

[rj]

The Boy had escaped as he turned he watched him leave as he turned to the girl his eyes blazing “and yet you were wiped out reduced to crystals that held your power that are hidden around the world an evil laugh came from him “I am strong while you are weak! My power never faded it is where it needs to be with me! lightning crashed around the two as they faced each other he stared at her as she made a threat about her dragon he started to laugh and then transformed into his full dragon form which roared into the night.
“THIS is power no need to play with your little toy he laughed as he knew that he had his full power back. Roaring at the girl he let out a hiss she would be his and he would take that body weather she wanted to fight she would have it in the long run she would lose this battle he was the mighty dais hi and he would never let her get away with the insults he had just thrown out yes he would win this battle he thought as he laughed and sent a blast of energy at her.

[CELIA ALLURA YOUNGBLOOD]

there was a moment of silence in this, but as the energy blast came at her, Celia punted it right at the palace itself, feeling the scorch marks on her as though she had been burned. "You might be right about the being wiped out and being reduced to a crystaline core-like state, but you are still wrong if you think we gods are weak." Hades said calmly, it was not like the last time though, Hades was better contemplating the form that Dai Shi had taken. during which the energy blast impacted and exploded, and just as Celia chuckled at the wreakage.

"I can assure you that while you are a strong foe to Celia, but as Long as Me and this girl who is my 'Vessel of Anima' are Megamerged, Your chances of taking this body as your own is always 0%. And I'll let you in on a little secret; While you broke the pact with Celia, you sure as hell did not break your eternal pact with me, and while you are in the mortal world, both as the monstrocity you've become, and as a spirit, you are still compelled to obey my every direct command, weather you like it or not." Hades said in a gruff tone, as celia perched on top of the nearest pillar. Then said as an afterthought; "And you should have realised, that even weakling humans are strong, they have the ability to overcome their fears, but they still have fear, and while I am around, that fear is still exposed. Also, to make a point, this girl has never been truly alone, so long as there are spirits in the world who have not gone on to the next life, they can find solace with her, they are given sanctuary in my feild of advantage, a hellish domain called the Netherworld, where no mortal can follow unless they are under my protection. I share the Netherworld with only two other hellbound groups, the Demons of Queen Bansheera's Court, and the Nighlok who serve either Master Xandread, or the eternal Nighlok King; Serrator. Both groups serve as my ears when I am in need of news from the mortal realm, despite the fact that they have their own Power Rangers to try and destroy much like you do."

Celia then transversed through another gap to the netherworld, re-appearing thirty yards behind Dai Shi, apparently amused that he did not notice this stunt a second time, and she was standing on something much larger than Dai Shi, who was taller than Celia by a sizable margin. "I'll leave you to your bewildered thoughts as you fix up your palace, I have matters I need to attend to: Places to see, Mortal Meatbags to meet, Food to eat, and Mutant Dinosaurs to kill. Daijinryuu, Activate!" Celia said, and in that instant, a massive tremor shook the jungle, nearly toppleing the rest of Dai Shi's fortress to the ground, this was not going to be a battle, though Dai Shi would have a good chance of wining IF it were, the only thing that would make someone as proud as Dai Shi lose face in the face of an extremely wily and clever opponent, was a bruised ego. And Daijinryuu, the Great God Dragon and Personal Zord of Celia, was the icing on the cake, it was a gargantuan dragon themed Zord and it had taken off, if Dai Shi turned to look, he would just laugh, at least until Daijinryuu's shadow eclipsed Dai Shi as it soared off to whereabouts unknown as the speed of an A-10 Warthog.

[rj]

The girl was good that much he could admit as she flew away. Yes she was powerful but also cocky he would make her pay for that he had learned a trick in all of his years as he closed his eyes and the body seemed to fizzle for a moment as it took to the air and headed straight towards the giant dragon. They would get a surprise he thought as he flew towards the large beast, letting out a jet of dark energy at it. Yes maybe he would lose this battle but in the end he would win he always did.

As the large beast rose into the air in front of the zord he let out a hiss and a blast of dark energy he was in an attacking mood it would seem. The two would battle here and now and he planned on winning this battle. Weather she liked it or not he kept moving knowing the beasts power.

A small chuckle came from the darkness as he watched a part of himself fighting the zord and rose into the light it was the spirit of dai shi who had left just enough in that form to do as he wished. As he watched he flew up behind the zord and passed through it going for her as she concentrated on the trap.

[CELIA ALLURA YOUNGBLOOD]

"So, Dai Shi; you seek to pursue me and Daijinryuu? Don't make me laugh, I doubt you can even pass through the atmosphere to continue the chase." Celia chuckled as Dai Shi pulled off a few of his attacks, the other one serving as a trap that she saw the opening in just as Dai Shi passed through the back of the Zord to attempt to get to her. "Perhaps I should tell you that while You've been gathering fear, I've been gathering Spirits, you have no power over me, and you never will take full control over a frail body that has seen the business end of several knives. And there is something else you should know, before you even enter the cockpit, The human form you've only seen once, but you've never seen me in my morphed form. It is entirely possible for me to do so, but let me tell you... seeing it means a near death experience upon those who do see me morphed. My morphed state makes my human half look about as tame as a sleeping kitten, if you get my drift."

Daijinryuu then began to soar upwards, reaching the atmosphere, breaching it as though he were heading for the moon. but in fact turned around and shot towards earth at the same speed that it took off at, more like a slow moving javelin in a 50 foot dive, with Celia actually at the controls. At the last instant, she pulled out of the dive to skim the atmosphere and grind to a halt right in outer space.

"Hmhmhm. Even if you do gain full scope of the gravity of your power, I'd hate to break it to you but as I said before, I know your every move. 10 millenia worth of power and you don't know how to properly use it, why do you think I'm smarter than you in this regard Dai Shi? Answer me that with only your honor, as you are too prideful... because one day, that pride will be your demise... and my past's true, final, and inevitable destruction." Celia said, projecting her voice into Dai Shi's head to unnerve him.

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The dragon had started to follow when it went into the sky but stopped and stared upwards as the huge zord went. He was waiting there just patiently. At that moment he knew he would have a fight when that zord came down if it did as an enemy. A small chuckle went through him as he watched the zord nose dive and when it came at him he wrapped his tail around the zord and squeezed tightly.

Inside the zord he had been caught as the girl had sensed him coming and sighed letting out an annoyed grunt as they soared into the air. As they came down he knew two things she would have a surprise and she would have to deal with him and controlling the zord. She may have been cocky at that moment but soon she would have a nasty shock as he rushed towards her on the decline and almost soared past her but turned at the last moment as the zord shook in the huge dragons grip.

Seeing the chance he dove towards the girl hoping to envelope her and make her his even with that “you think you are all mighty hades? You have long past your time old man it is the time that the beasts rule the world” a cruel laugh sounded as he dove towards her chest she would have to do something to avoid the attack one way or another.

[CELIA ALLURA YOUNGBLOOD]

"To think I've heard that from your ugly mug when you were still human... It matters not, as you'll soon know the pain of having yourself trapped in the Netherworld. Besides, you haven't figured out where I get all of my power from." Celia said, when Dai Shi dove for her chest, a Barrier formed that bounced him back. And at the same time, she Morphed into her Ranger Form, Celia wasn't lying about her Human half being meek and tame as a sleeping kitten in comparison to this form, the Ranger form of Celia could scare even the most powerful villains into hysterics, what was even worse, was that this power was the culmination of Hades and Celia rolled all into one.

"And to think that a Pseudo-Legendary Beast could attempt to tackle this much power, only to sacrifice itself in the bowels of this human body. Truly a shame that you aren't 1/1,000,000th as dangerous as the Legendary Beasts of old, and still be on even keel with this human's ancestor." Hades said, a smirk playing across celia's face from inside the helm. "I bet Alucard would enjoy this even if he can no longer return to the land of the living now that he had been banished to hell." Hades added, taunting the dragon spirit form of Dai Shi.

[rj]

He knew now the fight would be about even he was still gaining his power and it would be time before he could take her. Than though an idea came to him as he turned instead of attacking her he rammed his body into the machine and caused damage as small explosions happened around them he started to laugh this should be fun to watch enjoy the death trap Hades he said simply as he turned towards the girl and smiled maybe you shall realize just how much you are a pawn on the games the gods play dear he told her and turned away from her.

Vanishing out of the zord he joined with his dragon form and they flew out as the zord as it crashed towards the earth leaving a blow that shook the ground. The large dragon watched gleefully as he flew off expecting she would be dead or at least down for a while he vanished to repair his home and base to be sure that they would be ready at any time should an attack come from her or the rangers.

RJ had watched despite himself in awe of the zord and what it had been able to do. But in the end it had come crashing down to the ground and Dai shi flew away a few moments later. Not hesitating he moved down to the zord instead of checking the beast out he opened the hatch when he was able to find it and climbed inside the giant zord and walked down seeing damage Hello? he called out fearing the worst he had wanted to help but his morpher was busted and he would have to fix it later otherwise he would be screwed.

As he made his way closer he saw her and knelt down his hand checking for a pulse on her wrist it’s okay I’ll get you to help he assured her believing she was young even with her voice she had helped him…he would do what he could to return the favor/

[CELIA ALLURA YOUNGBLOOD]

"Of all the monstrocities to trash my Zord... I had to get one that loves to tick me off..." Celia said as she fell unconsious from the sudden crash. she was not even dead by a long shot, her Zord, on the other hand looked as though it took a nasty spill and collided with an ocean liner. It had begun to self-restore its functions in silence throughout the rest of the zord, but the cockpit area had to be fixed by hand. Dai Shi may have grasped victory by nearly destroying her and her zord, but this battle was now far from over between the two, and celia had stoked the flames that would blaze eternal with her and Dai Shi.

she felt the presence of another in the zord as she lay there, her body battered and bruised, and it looked as though she had a concussion by the looks of things, the person she did not know by name, but by sight as she knew all to well. the person had taken in the fight in awe, and was shocked when the Zord crashed, and when he found her and checked her pulse, celia was relieved that this person had come to get her out, because before she collapsed she had de-morphed and pulled out the main control key for her zord to prevent anyone from taking it and using it for some grand scheme of diabolical preportions.

Somehow, the presence of this man felt warm, maybe it was because of his instinct, but he felt like a person to pity... at least as a Ranger and a fellow mortal, rather than a person who had seen much wickedness in the hearts of man in her entire lifetime back in the past. while she was being carried away, her pet lion; Nago, followed silently behind the strange man who was carrien its master to a safer location, if a safer location was inside a building -with the exception of the Pai Zhuq Academy- the lion would be unable to enter, as it was trained to stay outdoors as per its nature as an outdoor jungle cat.

[rj]

He gently lifted her in his arms and carried her from the zord his eyes closed. He had to get her some help but where he thought and left with her. The track back to the temple was a long one but he got there before she would wake up. About half way there he noticed that was a good surprise. As he walked inside he felt the place seal them inside and evil out for the time being he laid her down on the bed and got some cool water and what he needed to try and help her.

Over the years he had treated some of his own injuries when he had been to hard headed or unable to explain how he had done something or another. Wrapping her wounds after washing them gently out he was always careful to not hurt the girl he was always gentle when he was done he gently placed a cool cloth on her head and relaxed sitting back. For the first time in months he was himself and the damn beast was not controlling every move. Even now he planned to contact Alex as soon as possible when he was sure that she was okay.

He had briefly seen her when he had awoken from the darkness and then he had seen her and Dai Shi the two locked in combat. Even now a part of him feared her but in the end it was his duty to protect her. After a little while he started a pizza the old ways of his life having made him feel better in the long run it was a return to his old life and it felt good as he finished up he walked back into the room and sat down by her side and held her hand in his own it’s okay…no one will hurt you he assured her even though he didn’t think she could hear him.

[CELIA ALLURA YOUNGBLOOD]

"She will be alright, it'll take much more than a crash to break this girl." a voice said within RJ's head as Celia slowly opened her eyes, yawned, and glanced around, sensing the presence of a spirit nearby. "Where... am I?" Celia said, feeling her head, and touching the cloth on her forehead.

"Ok... this is weird, one moment I'm fighting Dai Shi, the next moment, I wake up on a bed somewhere and I feel a wolf spirit near my location... Now if only I knew whose hand is holding mine, and why I haven't kicked the bucket when i Crashed..... WOAH!" Celia exclamed as she turned her head to find a man quite close by.

This seemed to jog her memory a bit, but it did nothing to break the wall that held her memories of the past. but what Dai Shi said kinda disturbed her a bit, but not enough to where she would be forced to purge Hades from her body, he and Celia were one with each other, and impossible to seperate.