16

The Rescue

"Well, well, what do we have here?" A voice drawled, it's tone oozing with amusement.

The two friends exchanged a glance. Neither of them recognized him. Their confusion must have been evident because the man's grin widened.

Set’s grin widened, revealing sharp, ivory teeth. "Looks like I've caught myself a pair of field mice."

Gold Sky, always the diplomat, attempted to negotiate their release. "Listen, we don't want any trouble. We were just... observing the scenery, talking about the weather. You could let us just trot on our way?”

Set merely chuckled, his laughter echoing ominously in the confined space.

"Oh, how quaint. You see, I wasn't really asking for your opinion," he replied, his words laced with a deadly kind of sarcasm.

He was after someone more powerful, someone whose fate was intertwined with theirs. "You both are my irresistible cheese to lure that reincarnated pharaoh."

Gold Sky and Storm Blazer shared a confused glance.

The mention of a pharaoh initially held no meaning for them, but comprehension dawned on their faces as they connected the dots.

"Wait a minute, the pharaoh... you mean Orion, don't you?" Gold Sky asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

Set leaned against the bars of their makeshift cage, his eyes gleaming with pride. "I don't really care what he goes by these days. What matters is that he'll come to save you, and when he does... I'll finally destroy him."

The pair was taken aback. "Orion's a... a pharaoh?" Storm Blazer stuttered, his mind racing to process the revelation.

Set’s chuckle was low and menacing. "Oh, I see he never told you about his past. And he calls you his friends. How... touching."

"Leave Orion out of this!" Gold Sky snapped, his patience wearing thin.

He shot Set a defiant glare, but the chaos god merely laughed and sauntered away ‘so protective of a boy you hardly even know.”

As the echo of Set's laughter faded, Gold Sky and Storm Blazer slumped against the bars of their cage, their minds reeling from the shock “Storm Blazer we have to find a way to escape that creature cannot get his hands on Orion!”

“I know but how do we get out of energy absorbing cages?” Storm Blazer asked, Gold Sky looked at his friend confused and tried blasting the bars.

But his confusion slowly turned into realization as the metal glowed a bright grey color and the humanoid unicorn found himself weakened, Storm Blazer quickly caught his friend “told you these bars absorb our powers.”

The black haired man sighed slumping against their cage but just as he was about to give up hope a thought accrued to him “wait it can absorb our magic but there’s one creature that can break any enchament.”

Meanwhile:

“So would this mean you have failed your trials to continue being you?” Holly asked, her voice echoing slightly in the vast chamber, the small lobster on her shoulder chittered and whirled in worry as Holly shushed the robot.

Orion sighed deeply a sadness filled his being but a the same time he felt a twinge of peace knowing that at least his friends will be safe. “It doesn't matter. All that matters is that you and the others are safe."

An hour passed as they searched the temple, Orion and Holly navigated the labyrinthine corridors, unaware of the trap that awaited them but they soon stumbled into one of them.

Set's voice echoed through the chamber as they stumbled into his snare, his laughter a chilling herald of their potential doom.

"You've walked right into my web," Set sneered, revealing his intentions to strip Orion of his powers, an act that would erase the young king from existence.

Holly's eyes widened in shock; the gravity of their situation was far greater than she had imagined.

As Set began his incantation, a flurry of action erupted.

Gold Sky and Storm Blazer, previously imprisoned, had escaped with the aid of the Claw Zord.

Their arrival turned the tide, their renewed vigor a testament to their unyielding spirit.

Set, enraged, launched a fireball at Gold Sky, who was knocked back by the force.

Storm Blazer charged in retaliation, only to be cast aside by Set's overwhelming power.

As Set prepared to eliminate the rangers, Orion's voice cut through the chaos.

"Stay away from my friends!" he bellowed, challenging the god. Holly rushed to the side of her fallen allies, the lion zord at her side.

Holly asked, rushing to the side of Storm Blazer and Gold Sky as they picked themselves up from the debris.

"Yeah," Gold Sky grunted, adjusting his helmet. "We've had worse."

Storm Blazer, shaking off the dust, looked at Holly with a mixture of frustration and curiosity. "Care to explain what all that was about?"

Holly took a deep breath, her gaze shifting to the ongoing battle between Orion and Set. "Long story short, Set has been beaten by Orion twice before. Now, he's looking for any way to get revenge against him," she explained, the lion zord hopping onto her shoulder with a mechanical purr.

"Oh, here you go, by the way," she said, passing the lion zord back to Storm Blazer.

Storm Blazer accepted the zord with a nod.

"So, Set is a sore loser?" Gold Sky asked, a playful smirk hidden beneath his visor.

"Pretty much, yeah," Holly replied with a chuckle, her eyes still locked on the fierce duel ahead.

Meanwhile, the battle between Orion and Set was reaching a crescendo. Set, regaining his composure, deflected another of Orion's blows with a contemptuous laugh. "Oh, little pharaoh, do you really think you can defeat me? The god of chaos? How delightfully naive."

Orion, panting from exertion, narrowed his eyes. "It's not about thinking I can defeat you, Set. It's about knowing I can't let you win."

Set rolled his eyes, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "A hero to the very end, aren't we? How... quaint."

As they continued to clash, Set's attention was briefly diverted to the sight of Nightmera, his kwami, slinking out of her miraculous.

"Nightmera, you traitorous little spirit," Set growled, "why didn't you tell me about the limit use of your power?"

Nightmera trembled before the god's fury, her voice a mere whisper. "I... I'm sorry, master. I thought you knew. Please, forgive me."

Set's eyes flared with anger, his patience worn thin by the kwami's failures.

"Silence! Your incompetence is as boundless as the void. Now witness the true power of chaos!" Set bellowed, turning back to the fight, only to find Orion's spirit power swelling like a tide against him.

Orion, the young pharaoh, stood resolute, his eyes blazing with an ancient light.

"It's time to end this, Set. You may be a god, but this world is under my protection!" Orion declared, his voice resonating with the power of his lineage.

Waves of ethereal energy radiated from Orion, enveloping Set and Nightmera in a vortex of light. The temple shook as the fabric of reality itself seemed to bend and warp around the god and the kwami.

Set roared in defiance, his voice echoing through the dimensions as he and Nightmera were pulled into the swirling portal. "You cannot hold me forever, boy king! I am Set! I am eternal!"

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My name is Melissa Sawicki and I was Born in Poland, I came to America since I was 3 and half and ever since then been living here. I am a kind and caring person who loves helping people and animals, I love to study Egypt and Astronomy.