Return of the Zeo Rangers

[anakinjmt]

Okay, due to sheer exhaustion, I'm only going to post the prologue and first chapter to this. I've gotten up to part of chapter 4 done, but I do want to split this up to make it easier to read. Read the first bit and enjoy, and the next bit should be up after I get off work tomorrow...er...today, which is around 3 EDT. Enjoy!

Prologue:

The figure in black ran through the woods. He ran at an almost inhuman speed, yet made no sound. No crunch of leaves, no snapping of branches, no footsteps pounding the ground. And, thanks to the night sky, was rendered virtually invisible to the naked eye. Only someone able to see in the dark would be able to distinguish the figure from the trees, assuming they could see things that fast. Someone that could see that fast would probably think the figure was running for his life.

In a sense, he was.

The figure stopped at a small creek. He caught his breath before looking around the creek.

“You’re late,” said a voice, cutting through the silence like a knife cutting through butter.

“Sorry,” the figure said. “Ran into trouble.”

“Thought you could handle trouble,” replied the voice, in an almost mocking voice. “Isn’t that your specialty, to take care of trouble? Then again, against the Rangers, you never were able to take care of them, were you?”

“Shut up,” said the figure. “Isn’t YOUR specialty to do your job?”

“Oh, I do mine,” said the voice. “The question is, can YOU?”

In the dim moonlight, the figure finally spotted the source of the voice. “There you are,” said the figure. The voice came from a—well, the figure really didn’t know what it was, and at the moment, he didn’t particularly care. The figure didn’t know the voice’s real name, only his alias: Nightstalker.

Best he could tell, Nightstalker was a bat, except over his head was a large glass…cap, for lack of a better word. He wore a black cape, which in this darkness, covered the rest of his body. He had large ears and large eyes.

“Were you hiding?” asked the figure.

“Hardly,” said Nightcrawler. “Do you have it?”

The figure nodded. He pulled out a canister. “Here it is, as I promised.”

“Excellent,” said Nightstalker. “Here’s a worthy payment.” He held out several bills and offered them to the figure.

The figure slapped Nightstalker’s hand away, sending the bills to the floor. “You think I’d actually take payment for this? You scum. I’d never take money for aiding the Master.” The figure glared at Nightstalker, which in the moonlight, revealed the scowl on the figure’s face.

It was a female’s face.

Nightstalker sneered. “Finally showing yourself?”

The figure retreated out of the moonlight. “You know right now I look hideous, thanks to the Rangers.”

“Actually, thanks to Zordon,” said Nightstalker. “That energy wave? Zordon’s good energy. Wiped out all evil in this galaxy. All evil in this galaxy either came to be since Zordon’s death, or from another galaxy.

“I see,” said the figure. “Well, in that case, I guess it’s up to me. Make sure the good doctor gets this. The Master must be up to full strength, and soon.”





Chapter 1

Dr. Tommy Olliver looked up from his desk at the clock. “Ten more minutes, guys.” The students’ demeanor immediately changed to nervousness, handwriting increasing at a furious pace. Tommy smiled. He was notorious for hard tests, but he knew the students could handle it.

Before long, the bell rang, signaling the end of class and school for the day. “Okay,” said Tommy, “turn your tests in here. I should have them graded and ready for you to look at tomorrow. Good job, guys.”

The students filed out of the classroom, chatting with each other about various things. Tommy put the papers in his bag, gathered his coat and keys, and walked out of the room into the busy hallway. “Dr. Olliver,” said a voice in the hallway. “Wait just a moment, please.” Tommy turned around to see Principal Randall walking over towards him.

“Principal Randall,” said Tommy. “What can I do for you?”

“Oh, nothing much. Wondered how that test went, that’s all.”

“Well, the tests are right here,” said Tommy, patting the bag at his side. “Should find out tonight how they did.”

“You haven’t forgotten about our bet, now did you?”

“Of course not,” said Tommy. “But, I think I’m gonna win.”

“Oh really?” asked Randall. “Well, we’ll see about that. Don’t forget, Dr. Olliver, should you lose, no, make that, WHEN you lose, you owe me lunch.”

“I haven’t forgotten,” said Tommy. “Well, I’d better take off. See you tomorrow.”

Tommy left Principal Randall as he turned the corner. “Lunch with the principal?” asked a voice from behind Tommy. “Sounds like somebody’s in trouble.”

Tommy turned around and smiled. “Ethan, how you been, man?” Tommy’s former student and team member walked over to him, grinning and gave him a hug. “How are things going?” Tommy asked.

“Oh, they’re going alright. Reefside Tech is still brutal, but I love every minute of it. And what’s this about you and Randall?”

“Oh, it’s nothing,” Tommy said with a shrug. “She and I just made a bet on some tests my last class just took. I think they all passed, and she thinks some failed. If some failed, I owe her lunch.”

“And if they all pass?”

“She gives me a raise.”

“Ah, nice one. Lemme guess, you spent extra time going over the material?”

Tommy chuckled. “Something like that. Hey, since you’re here, you free for a while? I got something to show you back at my place.”

“Sure, I got time,” Ethan said.


They pulled up to Tommy’s house. “Yard looks nice,” Ethan said.

“Thanks. Been working on it for about a year now. Trying to spruce up the place, although I could have lived without the flowers.” Tommy pointed to the flowers along the house.

“You don’t like their smell?”

Tommy chuckled. “Let’s just say I’ve dealt with enough flower monsters to make me think twice about getting flowers in my yard. Anyways, c’mon. I wanna show you what I’ve been working on.”

Tommy unlocked the door and they both walked in. Tommy went over to the model skeleton of the T-Rex and lowered the bottom jaw. The secret door slid open. “C’mon,” Tommy said as he walked down the stairs.

“Whoa,” said Ethan as he descended down the stairs. “You rebuilt it?” Right before the Dino Rangers’ final battle with Mesogog, Zeltrax had torn the lab apart in order to get his hands on the recently reformed Elsa.

“Yeah,” Tommy said. “Took some time, but I was able to get it all rebuilt. Anton Mercer helped me with a lot of it.” The lab was completely rebuilt, down to every minute detail.

Ethan looked around, gazed. “I forgot just how cool this place looked.” Then he stopped, looking a brown door with a strange symbol on it. It looked similar to the Dino Thunder symbol, only more curved and fatter. “What’s that? I don’t remember that.”

“Oh,” said Tommy. “That’s…ah…that’s my vault.

“You have a vault?” asked Ethan. “Seriously?”

“Uh…yeah,” said Tommy.

“What do you need a vault for?”

Tommy looked at him for a minute. “I suppose you have a right to see it.” He walked to the door and took out a card key. He unlocked the door and opened it.

Ethan stared at it. “Whoa,” he said. Inside the vault was all sorts of strange things Ethan had never seen before. “Incredible,” he said. “What is all this stuff?”

“Well,” said Tommy. “This is my Ranger vault.”

“Ranger vault?” Ethan asked.

“Considering all the Ranger history I have, I thought I should have a safe place to put all my Ranger things.” Tommy pulled out a rolled up piece of parchment. “Here, look at this.” He handed it to Ethan.

Ethan took the parchment and unrolled it, revealing a map. “What’s this for?”

“That,” said Tommy, “is a map of Angel Grove, my hometown…and the hometown of the Rangers.”

The map was well detailed. Several landmarks were listed: Zeo Zord Bay, Turbo Zord Bay, Power Chamber, Juice Bar, Angel Grove High School, Angel Grove Lake, Dragonzord.

“What does all this mean?” Ethan asked.

“Well, let’s see,” said Tommy as he took a closer look. “This is where the Power Chamber was,” said Tommy, pointing to the Power Chamber landmark, “and before that, the Command Center. This,” he said pointing to Zeo Zord Bay, “is where the Zeo Zords, Super Zeo Zords, Red Battlezord, and the Warrior Wheel were kept, and where I believe they are still kept.”

“Wait, you have Zeo Zords still active?”

“Functional and operational, yes. Active, no. Not since we got the Turbo powers have those Zords been used. But, they’re still there.” He then pointed to the Turbo Zord Bay. “Now, that was created when we got our Turbo powers. That’s where the Turbo Zords and Rescue Zords were kept, until they were destroyed.” He kept going. “That is the start of the Desert of Despair, where the Ninja Temple is located. That’s where we got our Ninja Power Coins, and where Ninjor and the Ninja and Shogun Zords are being kept, at least, I think they’re still there.”

“What’s this mean?” Ethan asked. “Dragonzord.” He paused. “Wait a minute. Isn’t Dragonzord the Zord used—?”

“By the Green Ranger,” said Tommy slowly. “Yeah, that’s it.”

“Is Dragonzord still working?”

“He’s still functional. Unfortunately, though, not operational. It’s been so long, not to mention the power is lost. If I had the power, I could summon him with this.” He grabbed a dagger from one of the shelves. “This is the Green Ranger Flute Dagger, used to summon and control Dragonzord.”

“Wow,” said Ethan. “Does it still work?”

“It should still play,” Tommy said. He looked thoughtful, and then put the flute to his lips. Air came out.

Ethan snickered. “Nice, Dr. O, real nice.”

“Hey,” said Tommy laughing. “Gimme a break, it’s been some time.” He licked his lips and blew again. Ethan heard the theme for calling Dragonzord. The tune resonated in him.

“Wow,” said Ethan. “That’s incredible…and powerful.”

“Been some time. I haven’t picked this up in years. Guess looking at it reminds me of my last moments as the Green Ranger, when I was at my weakest.”

“You said Dragonzord was functional, right? But you needed the power? Don’t you have some sort of power source that could do the trick?”

Tommy chuckled. “Well, I have this.” He pulled out a morpher. “This is the Green Ranger morpher and power coin.” Ethan noticed the symbol on the power coin was the same symbol as the one on the door. “You may recognize the symbol. It’s on the door, and it was the basis for the Dino Thunder symbol, hence why they look similar.”

“I thought the Power Coins were destroyed.”

“The Ninja Power Coins were destroyed. And, the Dino Power Coins suffered a major energy surge from the Command Center when the Thunder Megazord and the Tiger Megazord were destroyed.” Tommy grabbed another morpher off the shelf. “This was my White Ranger Dino morpher. It suffered a surge, just like all the others. At first we couldn’t even morph with them. They slowly started to regain energy, but the 6 Dino Coins were severely damaged, so morphing with them is not a good idea, as Adam found out once.” He put the White Ranger morpher back. “This coin, however.” Tommy broke off into silence before continuing. “This coin had already lost all power when the power surge happened. As a result, it’s not damaged at all. But, it’s useless without somehow reenergizing the coin.”

“Can you reenergize it?”

“Been trying to. So far, nothing. I hope we can get it soon. Dragonzord HAS to be moved.”

“Moved? Why?”

“Well, where he is right now, no one knows about him, except the other Rangers at the time and Rita and Zedd, but they’re good now, so we don’t need to worry about them. But, if someone goes scuba diving, or a submarine is down there, they could find it and try to use it. And, if they try to control Dragonzord without the dagger, it’ll be big trouble. He’ll go on a rampage and then I’ll have to do something about it. If I could move him, I’d put him in the Zeo Zord Bay.” Tommy put the dagger down. “Here, this is what you really should see.” He pointed to another shelf.

Ethan looked and did a double take and stared. On the shelf were the Dino Gems, all 5 of them. “The Dino Gems? I thought they were destroyed in our last battle.”

“So did I, but I went back there later and found them all. All the power is gone though, so they’re nothing more than rocks. Souvenirs of the past. Like everything else in here.” Tommy sighed and looked at the Dragon Dagger again.

Ethan looked around and noticed something on one of the shelves. “What’re these?” he asked, picking up two strange metal bracelets.

“Oh, those are my Zeonizers, to become Zeo Ranger V. Those were our morphers when we were fighting the Machine Empire.”

“Have they lost their power too?”

“No,” said Tommy slowly. “No, they work still. The Zeo Crystal was never destroyed, so they still work.”

“Have you used them since you stopped being an active Ranger?”

“Once. On the moon, fighting the remnants of the Machine Empire’s general with 9 other Red Rangers. They were trying to resurrect Serpenterra. We stopped them.”

“So, if you wanted to, you could morph with these right now?”

“Yeah,” said Tommy. “But, I really have no reason to. No, I’m afraid my time as an active Ranger is finally past. These are just keepsakes. Although, the Zeonizers did come in handy trying to figure out how to build your morphers.” He put the Zeonizers back. “C’mon, let’s get outta here. You want to get a bite to eat?”

“Sure, sounds good,” said Ethan. They exited the room and locked the door. They headed towards the stairs.

Suddenly, the room got dark. Flashes of light went off all around them. A sound similar to thunder, but not really, went off multiple times. Ethan and Tommy both heard another sound, but thought different things. Ethan thought it sounded like static on a TV. Tommy, however, recognized the sound as someone teleporting. The lights came back up. “What was that?” Ethan asked. Then he turned around. “Whoa. Who’s that?” He was looking at a man in black with a gold cape, holding some sort of staff. He wore black boots and black armbands near his hand, and had a black armband on his left arm, up near his shoulder.

Tommy turned around and stared. His mouth was wide open in disbelief.

“Hello, Tommy,” said the man. “It’s been some time.”

Tommy was virtually speechless. It had been so long. He had no idea how he was able to say the man’s name.

“…Trey?”

[Tazz Davis]

excelent start and love how you went through all the things in the safe...cant wait for more...


im not a huge fan of dialog fics but you pull it off and kept me entertained through the entire thing...keep up the good work.

[anakinjmt]

Thanks! Glad to hear you like it. I thought it'd be cool to get an idea of what Ranger stuff Tommy has. I debated whether or not he'd have the Dragon Dagger, but the idea of him playing it again for Ethan was too good to pass up. Most of what you see in the vault will show up again, if not all, as you'll see in later chapters.

Here's Chapter 2. Chapter 3 should be up in a few hours, though when will depend on when we have dinner. My town has a festival going on now that lasts through Saturday night, so right now downtown has all these food vendors everywhere, so that's where I'll be for a bit tonight. Hopefully, next chapter will be up by 8 EDT.

Chapter 2

“Hello, Tommy. It’s been a long time.”

Tommy looked completely shocked. “Y-yeah, it has.”

Ethan looked confused. “Dr. O? You know this guy?”

Tommy shook his head, finally snapping out of confusion. “Yeah. Trey, meet Ethan, my former student and former teammate. Ethan, this is Trey of Triforia. The Gold Ranger.”

Ethan looked confused even more. “The Gold Ranger? I thought Jason was the Gold Ranger.”

“He was,” said Trey. “I came to Earth from Triforia to help the Zeo Rangers fight against the Machine Empire. Unfortunately, I became separated during my stay here.”

“Triforians are tri-fold beings,” said Tommy. “Each Triforian has three distinct personalities that are normally joined as one.”

“We are a peacekeeping people that travel to other planets when there is a need to do away with evil,” finished Trey. “I came to help the Zeo Rangers, but became separated. While I am separated, I cannot use the Gold Ranger powers. I needed to transfer the powers to someone quickly before the Gold Ranger powers were lost forever. Tommy here suggested Jason. I transferred the powers to Jason and returned to Triforia to attempt to unify myself.”

“So, what happened?”

Trey sighed. “The Gold Ranger powers were never meant for a human. I had no idea what would happen, but I knew the powers could not afford to be lost. Jason was fine for some time, but then the powers started to affect him. He had trouble staying morphed, and would get weak in fights. The power started draining his life force. But, thanks to Zordon and the Ranger’s help, I was able to unify myself and regain my powers.”

“Yeah, that was a long time ago,” Tommy said.

“Unfortunately, the struggle against evil continued,” said Trey. “That is why I need your help now.”

“My help?” asked Tommy. “With what?”

“Something is happening,” said Trey. A look of worry spread across his face. “Something I need you for.”

Tommy hesitated. “Trey, I don’t know what kind of help I could be for you. It’s been a long time since I was a Zeo Ranger. Being a Dino Thunder Ranger was sorta an accident. Definitely not something I’d expect.”

Trey smiled a little. “Tommy, believe me, I had hoped to not disturb your Ranger retirement. Unfortunately, I do not believe this is something that can be ignored.” Tommy sighed. “I need you to contact the other Rangers.”

Tommy frowned. “The other Rangers? You mean the Dino Thunder Rangers?”

“No,” said Trey. “The other Zeo Rangers.”

“Trey—”

“Tommy, please. You are the only Rangers I know well, and that I can trust. You still have your Zeonizers, right?”

“Well…yeah…”

“Tommy, believe me, I would not ask you of this if I could. Please. Can you contact them?”

Tommy frowned. “Yeah, I could.”

“Please ask them to meet at the Power Chamber in one week.”

“The Power Chamber? But it was—”

“Destroyed,” said Trey. “I know. But, it is the only spot I can be sure of where we won’t be detected or discovered. And, you all know where it is.”

Tommy sighed. “I don’t know Trey.”

Ethan looked perplexed. “Dr. O, he obviously needs your help. Could it really hurt to just hear what he has to say?”

Trey smiled. “Your student is wise, Tommy. You were a Ranger as well, right?”

“That’s right,” said Ethan.

“I see,” said Trey. “Do you still have the ability to morph?”

“Well,” said Ethan. “We still have the morphers, but the Dino Gems lost their energy. Dr. O’s holding onto them now.”

“Bring them with you. And, contact your fellow Rangers. I have an idea.”

“Okay,” said Ethan.

“Good. Tommy here can give you directions.” Trey took a deep breath. “Thank you Tommy. I promise, I will explain everything when we meet.”

Trey took a step back. “Until next week, Rangers…farewell.” Trey raised his staff and vanished in a flash of light.

Tommy let out a breath he didn’t even know he was holding. Trey, here? And needing his help? Tommy wasn’t sure what help he could be, but he knew Ethan was right. He had to at least hear him out. The Zeo Rangers owed him that much for his help against Mondo. They could at least hear him out. “Ethan, contact Conner, Kira, and Trent. See if they can meet here in a week. Angel Grove’s not far from here.”

“Right,” said Ethan.

“And,” said Tommy. “Tell them to bring their morphers. And their bracelets.”

“You got it,” said Ethan. He headed upstairs and headed back to his car. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number. “Hey, Conner,” he said.

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Okay, here's Chapter 3. I just finished Chapter 4, but I'll post that in the morning. In the meantime, enjoy this long chapter. This will probably be the longest chapter. I'm splitting up this chapter by section, due to the sheer length and a limit of characters.

Chapter 3

Tommy waved bye to Ethan and then got out the key to the vault. He looked at the Dragonzord symbol on it. Is this really happening? Tommy thought. Was Trey really here, and did he really ask not only for my help, but the other Zeo Rangers’ help too? And, even my students help? This cannot be good. He unlocked the vault and opened the door. A chill went through the room. That’s never happened before, Tommy thought. He could feel some sort of…evil, passing through the room. Worst part was, Tommy had never felt such evil or anger. Ever. He grabbed the Zeonizers from the shelf and exited the vault. He closed the door and locked it.



“Blast,” said the figure. “The Gold Ranger has contacted him.”

“I told you you would be too late,” said Nightstalker. “The Gold Ranger still moves fast, despite the years.”
“No matter,” said the figure. “I know where they are headed. Their meeting won’t be very peaceful for long.”


Rocky bowed to his students in front of him. “Good job, guys. Great work. See you tomorrow.” His students bowed back to him and said their various versions of good-bye.

“Sensei? Can I talk to you for a minute?” One of his students had approached him.

“Sure, Zach, what’s up?”

“I—I’m afraid I’m going to have to quit karate.”

Rocky looked stunned. “Why?”

The student looked embarrassed. “It’s my dad,” he said slowly. “He doesn’t think I should be taking karate. He thinks I should be playing football or basketball instead of taking karate.”

“Ah,” said Rocky, finally understanding. “Parents want you to go the more traditional route, is that it?” The student nodded. “I understand what you’re going through.” He opened his mouth to say more, but heard a sound coming from his bag. A sound he had not heard in years, and it never meant anything good. The color drained from his face.

“Sensei?” asked the student. He looked concerned. “Are you alright?”

“Wha?” Rocky focused back on his student. “Yeah, I’m fine. Look, if you want to take karate and not play football or basketball, you should tell your dad that. Tell him what it means to you to take karate, and tell him that it not only keeps your body active, but that it teaches you discipline and respect, for yourself and for others. If he still doesn’t want you to, ask him to talk to me.”

The student looked relieved. “Thanks Sensei. I feel better about myself since taking karate. See you tomorrow.” He waved goodbye and grabbed his bag and left.

Rocky took a deep breath. Hopefully, he thought, his dad will let him keep taking karate. Rocky then heard the sound again and remembered about it. He ran over to his bag and pulled out his Zeonizers. He made sure he was the only one in the room, and then held it up to his mouth. “This is Rocky.”

“Rocky?” Rocky recognized the voice almost immediately. “It’s Tommy.”

“Hey Tommy, what’s going on? How’s that teaching job going?”

“Fine. Listen…” Tommy went silent for a moment. “Trey just visited me.”

Rocky surely heard wrong. “Trey? Of Triforia?”

“Yeah,” Tommy said. “He wants a meeting with us. All the Zeo Rangers.”

This can’t be good, Rocky thought. “Why?”

“I don’t know. He wouldn’t say. He wants to meet at the site of the Power Chamber in one week. Can you make it?”

Rocky took a deep breath. “Yeah, I can make it.”

“Good,” said Tommy. “Meet at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Trey said he’ll explain everything then.”

“You got it,” said Rocky.

“Thanks. Tommy out.”

Rocky lowered the Zeonizer. Trey, he thought. I haven’t seen him since he helped us defeat Mondo. Whatever’s going on can’t be good at all. Rocky knew he’d have to get a substitute for his karate class that day, possibly longer.

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Doug yawned. History was so boring. What’s worse, today was an absolute perfect day for surfing. Hawaii was big on surfing, of course, but today was even better. He’d heard there were killer waves that were a dream come true for surfers. And, instead of being out in the water, catching the biggest waves of his life…he was in class, learning about history. History. What did history have to do with him? It’s just a bunch of old dead guys that did who knows what to who knows who for who knows what reason that had no impact on him at all. When did history ever have anything valuable for him? All Doug was concerned about was having fun and being popular, especially with the ladies. One lady in particular, Teresa. Teresa was quite possibly the hottest girl on the planet. He loved to just look at her. She had a great body: killer abs, a bodacious butt…and of course, plenty up-top. And, yet, it wasn’t just her body that Doug loved about her. She was kind, sweet, funny like no one else, and always looking for a good time.

Doug yawned again. At least history had a cool teacher. Ms. Sloan may teach a boring subject, but her class was fun…for the most part. There were times of course that Ms. Sloan would go off into what Doug called “Nerd Mode” and talk excitedly about history. It was at those times that Doug mainly zoned out, like now. They were studying WWI. World War I. What good was World War I? Doug thought it was a stupid war, not because of why it was fought or the politics behind it, but nothing good happened! No bombing of Pearl Harbor, no D-Day, no Normandy, no Nazi-killing. Nothing exciting happened! It was just a bunch of guys in a bunch of trenches shooting at a bunch of other guys in a bunch of other trenches. That was the whole war! No video game had ever been made off of WWI. If not even a video game could be made off of it, then it couldn’t have been exciting at all.

Doug could barely hear Ms. Sloan talking about some duke of some country getting shot. That was probably the only exciting thing that ever happened. He thought he was about to fall asleep when he heard what sounded like…a beep. Like, from a watch or a cell phone. It wasn’t just a single beep, either. It was series of beeps that made some sort of tune, almost like a song, thought not a song Doug had ever heard of before. He thought it had to be someone’s cell phone going off, and he scowled. He had a cell phone just like everyone else in the school, but it was still annoying to have one go off, especially if you’re so close to falling asleep. He wondered if anyone else had heard it. He looked around and he could tell that everyone, including Ms. Sloan, had heard it. He started looking around, trying to tell whose cell phone it was that had gone off, when he took another look at Ms. Sloan. She seemed…worried. About a beep? What harm could a beep be? Sure, it disrupts class, but that’s no reason to get upset about it, or worried. He watched Ms. Sloan go to her desk and open a drawer. He watched to see what she pulled out, but he noticed that the color seemed to drain from her face, and considering Ms. Sloan was black, that was saying something. He saw her pull out a…well, he really had no idea what it is. It almost looked like some sort of remote, though there was no buttons that he could see on it. And, there was another one, that looked like it went with the first one. NOW Doug was interested in class. He saw Ms. Sloan pull them out and then look away, as though she was in thought. “Excuse me, class, for just a moment,” she said. She took the things with her and walked out of the classroom and closed the door. She then disappeared out of sight. Doug looked around the room. Apparently, everyone else was wondering the same thing he was. What was that about?


Tanya headed to the girl’s bathroom. Class was still going on, so hopefully it would be empty. She entered the bathroom and quickly checked the stalls. All clear. She raised the Zeonizer to her face. “This is Tanya, go ahead.”

“Tanya, it’s Tommy.”

Tanya was surprised. “Tommy? Hi. Listen, now’s not such a good time…”

“When is it ever? Tanya, look.” Silence. “I was just visited by Trey.”

Trey? The Gold Ranger? Tanya hadn’t seen or heard of him in several years, shortly before she graduated from high school, actually. “Trey? Why?”

“He didn’t say directly, but he told me he wants a meeting. With all of us.”

“A meeting? Why?”

“He’ll tell us more when we meet. He wants to meet at the Power Chamber in one week.”

The Power Chamber? “I thought the Power Chamber was destroyed.”

“It was. But, the ruins are still there. Tanya, Trey…sounded worried about something. He said we were the only ones he can trust.”

Tanya was hesitant. She had thought she had stopped having Ranger duties a long time ago. She had classes to give, students to teach. “Tommy—”

“Tanya, we owe him that much. After all the help he gave us, we owe it to him to at least hear him out.” Well, Tommy was right about that. There’s no way they could have beaten the Machine Empire without the help of the Gold Ranger. “Please, can you make it?”

Tanya took a deep breath. “Yeah, I can make it.”

“Thanks. Hey, could…could you do me a favor?”

“What’s that?”

“Contact Kat for me. Let her know about this, and ask her to come.”

Contact Kat? “Tommy, you’re the one that talked to Trey. You should talk to her.”

“Well, me and Kat…didn’t exactly leave on friendly terms. I just don’t want to make her upset. Can you just contact her for me?”

Tanya closed her eyes. “I guess I could.”

“Thanks.” Tommy seemed relieved. “See you in a week. Tommy out.”

What could Trey want? Tanya had no idea, but she thought it would be trouble. She looked at her watch. She still had some time to spare. “Kat, this is Tanya. Do you read me?”

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Adam finally found the last ingredient on his list. He smiled as he added the noodles to his cark. Tracy was going to love this! Tonight was their 3rd anniversary, and Adam promised her that he would cook a fantastic dinner. Tracy loved chicken fettuccini, so Adam decided that would be perfect.

He was heading to the check-out aisle when he spotted the champagne on sale. Normally, they didn’t drink much, but for their anniversary, he thought they could make an exception. As he looked at the champagne, he could hear some kids in the next aisle talking excitedly about something. He chuckled. Tracy had been strongly hinting that she wanted a baby. Well, if everything went perfect tonight, Adam was prepared to give her one. He heard the kids talking about Power Rangers, and Adam chuckled yet again. He thought back to when he was a Ranger. Was it really almost nine years ago that he was last a Ranger? Well, eight years ago if you counted his one-time return as the black MM Ranger. That hadn’t gone so well. He’d used his damaged Mastodon morpher and was able to morph, but he couldn’t hold the morph for long. He lost power and would have been destroyed if Carlos, Adam’s replacement, hadn’t come to his senses and grabbed his Space morpher and morphed. That was the last time he had ever morphed. He’d heard that Tommy, Jason, and other Red Rangers had teamed up a few years back to take care of the last of the Machine Empire. How he would have loved to have joined that! He would have known better, though, of trying to use his black Ranger morpher. He would have grabbed his Green Ranger Zeonizers to morph. THAT still worked, and worked fully, as far as Adam could tell.

But, that was still years ago, and there were other Rangers now. He had heard, of course, about the Dino Thunder Rangers in Reefside, where he thought Tommy lived now, and he had a sneaking suspicion Tommy had something to do with that. And, he’d heard that there was a new team of Rangers in a place called Briarwood, about 50 miles south of Angel Grove. Angel Grove and Reefside were only about 15 miles from each other. Reefside was only about 10 miles away from Blue Bay Harbor, where Adam lived now, and of course, where the Ninja Storm Rangers had lived. He’d thought once or twice about grabbing his Zeonizers and helping them, just for old time’s sake, but he knew they would have to handle Lothor on their own, and Tracy would have killed him if she’d known about it. Tracy didn’t know about Adam’s Ranger past, and Adam really didn’t see a need to tell her. That was a long time ago.

“Coach? You okay?” The sound came from behind Adam.

“What?” Adam snapped back into reality. He turned and saw John, one of the players on the Blue Bay Harbor High soccer team, which Adam coached. Adam’s team had won district 3 years in a row, and last year had gotten to the state finals, taking second in the entire state. Adam was proud of his guys, that was for sure. If he ever saw Carlos again, he’d have to thank him for teaching him what he needed to know in order to coach. “Yeah, I’m fine. Hey, how’re you doing?”

“Fine. Why weren’t you at practice?”

Adam held up the champagne. “My anniversary’s tonight, and I promised Tracy I’d make dinner. I’ve got the whole evening planned.”

John laughed. “Ah, going all the way tonight? Gonna hop into bed for some fun afterwards?”

Adam laughed. “If I was, you don’t think I’d tell you, would I?” He looked at his watch. “Hey, I gotta get going. I’ll see you at practice tomorrow though.” He waved goodbye to John and got in line at the check-out counter.


Dinner had been perfect. Tracy knew he was cooking, but had no idea what. “You are such a sweetheart!” she had said before giving him a nice kiss. The chicken tasted great, and Adam had surprised himself with how well his homemade alfredo sauce had been. He had been okay at cooking, but since marrying Tracy, he had gotten quite a few lessons, which had obviously paid off.

Right now, Adam and Tracy were in bed, asleep…at 10 PM. Adam normally wasn’t asleep that early, but dang, if Tracy hadn’t worn him out! She was always good like that.

Adam woke up. He thought he’d heard something. He sat up and listened. Tracy stirred. “Mmm…Adam? What is it?” He held up his hand for silence.

“I thought I heard something.” He listened again. Yes, there it was. It was…a beep? He heard a beep? And, not just any beep. It was a tune, a tune that…

Suddenly Adam knew why that sounded familiar. No! Not now! Who could be using those, after all these years?

“Adam?” Tracy asked. “What is that?”

“I’ll be right back,” Adam said. He crawled out of bed and threw on a shirt and some shorts. He then went to their freezer. Tracy didn’t know about the fake back in the freezer. Adam kept his Zeonizers there. Yep, there they were, beeping at him. Adam grabbed them and frowned. Who would be using them after so long? He made sure Tracy was still in bed before responding.

“This is Adam.”

“Adam, it’s Tommy.”

Tommy? “Hi Tommy. Look, right now is not a good time…”

“I’m sorry if it’s not, but this is important.”

Important? “Tommy, look, I’m glad that you called, really, but how important could this be? Look, I’ve gotta go. I’ll talk to you…”

“Trey just visited me.”

That stopped Adam. “Trey? Why?”

“He didn’t exactly say why, but he said we’re the only ones he can trust.”

“We?”

“He’s requested a meeting with the other Zeo Rangers. He says there’s something that we must know. He wants us to meet at the Power Chamber in one week.”

One week? “Tommy, I don’t know if I can make it.”

“Adam.” A pause. “Look, I know you were expecting to enjoy your retirement as a Ranger. Believe me, so was I. But, we owe Trey, big time. We could have never defeated Mondo without him.” That much was true, Adam silently admitted. We would have been destroyed. “Adam, we owe it to him to at least hear him out. Rocky and Tanya are coming, and I think Kat is too. Can you make it?”

What was Tracy going to say? Adam sighed. “…Yeah. I can make it.”

“Thank you Adam. Tommy out.”

Adam lowered the Zeonizer. Trey of Triforia, contacting Tommy and requesting a meeting? This couldn’t be good, that’s for sure. He looked at his Zeonizer. Then, looking resolved, he closed the fake wall to the freezer, closed the freezer, and headed back to the bedroom. “Tracy? I got something to tell you…”

[anakinjmt]

Exactly one week after Trey had contacted Tommy, Tommy, Kira, Ethan, Trent, and Conner were in Tommy’s basement lair. Ethan had called Kira, Conner, and Trent and told them what was going on.

“Dr. O, do you know what’s going on?” asked Kira.

“I have no idea,” said Tommy. The truth was, he didn’t. He was still trying to wrap his head around the idea that Trey had visited him. He walked to the vault door. He grabbed a bag and opened it up before opening the vault. He grabbed the Dino Gems. “Here,” he said. He handed the others their Dino Gems. “Trey said we should bring these with us. You guys have your morphers, right?” They all nodded. Tommy had his Dino Gem and Dino Morpher and key, but he had a feeling he’d be using his Zeonizers instead. Still, he packed his Dino Thunder equipment. He also grabbed the map of Angel Grove he’d made. And, though he wasn’t sure why, he also added to the bag the Green Ranger morpher and Power Coin, and the Dragonzord Dagger. Perhaps Trey could help him move Dragonzord into the Zeo Zord Bay.

“Okay, then, I guess that’s everything.” Tommy closed the door to the vault. “You guys ready?” They all nodded again. “Okay, then. Put a hand on me and get ready for teleportation.” They put their hands on Tommy’s shoulders. Tommy took a deep breath and activated the teleportation control on the Zeonizers. Anyone looking in the direction of Tommy’s house would have seen 2 red streaks, a yellow streak, a blue streak, and a white streak heading out of town, towards Angel Grove.

When they arrived, Tommy had to do a double take. He had never gotten down here after Divatox had blown up the Power Chamber. This was the first time he was seeing it.

Smoke still rose from the ruins. This was even worse than the destruction of the Command Center, which was permanently burned into Tommy’s brain. He’d thought that was horrific, but the site of the Power Chamber nearly caused him to throw up. Divatox had done a job on it, that was for sure. Tommy knew Divatox was now good, thanks to Zordon, but seeing what she had caused caused Tommy’s blood to boil. There was still Divatox flags all over the place. The Turbo Rangers hadn’t had the time to clean it up, due to needing to chase after Divatox into space, and the Space Rangers had been too busy defending the Earth and looking for Zordon to come back and clean it up, and after the events that had happened that summer day, when Astronema’s forces were finally defeated, nobody had thought to come back and clean it up. Tommy had wanted to get down here, to say his goodbye to the Power Chamber, and in a way, the Command Center as well, when he’d heard about its destruction, and after hearing of Zordon’s death, he wanted to come down even more to be where Zordon had been for so long in order to pay his respects. But, he had had finals then, and he knew Zordon would not want him to neglect his studies. Tommy quickly closed his eyes and finally paid his respects to Zordon, his mentor for so many years that had taught him so much about being a Ranger, and being a good person. He hoped he’d been able to teach the Dino Thunder Rangers just a fraction of what Zordon had taught him.

After Tommy paid his respects, he grabbed a Divatox flag and snapped it in half, angrily. He was angry at Divatox for what she had done. But, that was in the past, a long time ago, and Divatox was now reformed, living on KO-35, last he’d heard.

The other Dino Rangers looked around in stunned silence. They’d heard about the Power Chamber, and it being blown up, and even seen in Tommy’s video diary the destruction of it. Yet, to see it in its ruin made them sad, despite the fact they were only small children when it happened, and despite the fact that they had no connection to this place, other than being the first base of the Rangers, and Tommy’s former base.

Kira put a hand on Tommy. “Dr. O,” she said. “I’m so sorry.”

Tommy looked up and smiled sadly. “Thanks, Kira,” he said. “I needed to come here, to pay my respects to Zordon. Hopefully, once whatever is going on that Trey needs us for is done, I can get this place cleaned up. Seeing these Divatox flags everywhere makes me sick.”

“Dr. O, look.” Conner pointed east. A green streak was headed towards them, and behind it a blue streak. Tommy stood up and looked around. To the west, a yellow streak headed towards them, and to the south…Tommy’s heart skipped a few beats when he saw a pink streak coming. And, from the north, a black-and-gold streak was coming as well.

“They’re here,” said Tommy. The Dino Thunder Rangers watched the streaks as they landed. First green, then blue, then yellow, then pink, then the black-and-gold streak.

The newcomers also took an astonished look around at the wreckage. Judging by how they were looking at it, Trey included, they too had never come here since its destruction. He let them have a moment, as he saw them all pay respects to the Power Chamber.

Adam was the first one to finish. He looked up and, seeing Tommy, headed over to him. “Tommy,” he said, as he gave Tommy a hug. “How are you?”

“Oh, doing okay,” said Tommy. “How are you? How’s life for you?”

Adam held up the ring on his finger. “Hey, congrats man,” said Tommy. “How long?”

“We were just celebrating our 3rd anniversary when you called,” Adam said, with just enough of an edge on it to let Tommy know he had interrupted something special.

Tommy chuckled. “Uh…sorry about that, man. I had no idea.”

“Yeah, I figured,” said Adam.

“Tommy! Adam!” Rocky came over. “Hey, nice to see you guys again.” He gave them both a hug. “How you guys been?”

“Doing well,” said Adam. “I’m a soccer coach for Blue Bay Harbor High School.”

“Blue Bay Harbor?” asked Tommy. “Where the Ninja Storm Rangers were?”

“Yeah,” said Adam. “I thought once or twice about seeing if they wanted help, but I figured they should take care of it on their own.”

“Yeah, good call,” said Tommy. “Though, they are a tough group of Rangers. And, they got a pretty cool morphing call.”

Rocky looked confused. “You know who they are?”

Tommy looked slightly embarrassed. “…Yeah, I fought alongside them when Mesogog and Lothor joined forces.”

“I knew it,” said Adam. “You were a Dino Thunder Ranger too, weren’t you? These must be your fellow Rangers,” he said, pointing to the Dino Thunder Rangers.

“Introductions in a sec,” Tommy said. “Hiya Tanya…” He stopped. “…Kat.”

“…Tommy,” Kat said formally. “How are you?”

“Ah…doing…okay. You?”

“Great. Just great.”

Tanya looked at the two of them. She walked past Tommy, but stopped long enough to whisper in his ear, “Next time, you talk to her yourself.”

Tommy looked slightly embarrassed. “Trey,” he said, looking quickly to change the conversation. “Ethan, you’ve met him already. Conner, Trent, Kira, this is Trey of Triforia, also known as the Gold Ranger. Trey, you’ve met Ethan, the blue Dino Thunder Ranger. This is Conner, Kira, and Trent, the red, yellow, and white Dino Thunder Rangers, respectively.” He then indicated the other Zeo Rangers. “Tanya, Adam, Rocky…Kat, this is Conner, Ethan, Kira, and Trent. Guys,” he said to the Dino Thunder Rangers, “this is Kat, Zeo Ranger I Pink; Tanya, Zeo Ranger II Yellow; Rocky, Zeo Ranger III Blue; and Adam, Zeo Ranger IV Green. And, I’m Zeo Ranger V Red.”

“Nice to meet you,” said Conner.

“So, you’re the red Dino Thunder Ranger,” said Rocky. “I gotta say, that Battlizer was sweet. I could have used that back when I wore red.”

“Yeah,” said Tommy. “So could I.”

“Rangers,” said Trey. “Thank you for coming. I realize that for all of you, you are no longer active Rangers. Some have been inactive longer than others. I originally wanted just the Zeo Rangers, but I believe the Dino Thunder Rangers can help too.”

Trey began moving in a circle around the Rangers. “About two months ago, I received a transmission from Aquitar. The Alien Rangers told me that they…experienced a surge in the morphing grid. A great evil has returned to this galaxy.”

“Returned?” Tommy asked. “You mean, it’s been here before?”

“That’s right,” Trey said. “Someone, connected to the Rangers past in some way, is back, and they are out for revenge. Unfortunately, I don’t know who it is or what Rangers they’re connected to. It could be anyone, from the original Rangers to you Dino Thunder Rangers,” he said, indicating the Dino Thunder Rangers.

The Rangers were stunned. Someone from their past had returned? “Do you have any idea what they’re planning?” Rocky asked.

“We know that they are working with someone named Nightstalker. Who Nightstalker is, we don’t know. We assume it’s an alias. This Nightstalker is apparently foremost in the intergalactic black market trade. That makes him very dangerous. And, we believe he may be with the Bounty Hunter Guild too. That makes him even more dangerous, and is enough cause of us to worry.”

“Why?” asked Conner.

“Someone who works in the black market and is part of the Bounty Hunter Guild means that they not only work for others, but will work for themselves. We don’t know if what this Nightstalker is planning is his own plan, or if he is working with someone.”

“Do you know where he is?” asked Ethan.

“Partially,” said Trey. “We were able to determine that this evil is currently in the Delta Quadrant of this galaxy, the farthest quadrant from Earth. I had hoped to contact the Space Rangers and have them take their Astro Megaship and check it out, but…” Trey broke off quickly. He had stopped pacing but resumed. “They were supposed to check in at KO-35 for supplies. I stopped by KO-35, asking them if the Rangers had left yet. I was told they had never arrived. Their supplies were still at their docking bay parking space that they were supposed to have landed at 3 weeks ago. I fear they have been captured, or worse.”

The Zeo Rangers became worried. The Space Rangers was the final power that the Zordon era, that Billy, Trini, Jason, Zach, Kimberly, and Tommy had started. The legacy of the Rangers had started with them, and their legacy had ended with the Space Rangers. To have the Space Rangers taken out of commission…

“What can we do to help?” asked Trent.

“I am glad you asked that,” said Trey. “I need you, ALL of you, to come with me to KO-35 and help me search for the Space Rangers. I believe that if we find the Space Rangers, we may find whoever it is that has returned, and find out what they are planning.”

Trey stopped. He looked at every Ranger in the eye, carefully. “Will you help me?”

[Tazz Davis]

man this is getting good...i love it and i love how you have done your homework on each part of the past. great job and keep up the good work...also i am pretty sure that one post can contain at least 4000 words...my fanfics usally are in the 3500 range...im not sure how many words this is but i know that none of mine have been cut short by the post limit.

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Well, Chapter 3 was 26339 characters, and the max amount of characters in a post is 25,600. Just over. Anyways, splitting it up also does make it easier to read. I love having a recap to get you caught up, and I'm glad I found a clever way to do it without boring you to death. Next chapter should be a good one.

A'ight, here's Chapter 4, which I debuted last night on PRE and RT/JT. However, from this point on, I will debut the chapters here first and THEN over at RT/JT, seeing how RT/JT has the most views for me so far. Apparently, nobody over at PRE reads fan fics. Oh well.

Chapter 4

Tommy was stunned, that’s for sure. He never would have guessed that Trey would need their help, especially with this. Part of him wanted to tell Trey that they were retired, their time as Rangers was past. He should contact the Mystic Force Rangers and ask for their help, as they were currently the active Ranger team.

And yet, the Ranger part in him told him he could not just ignore this, especially when Trey was the one asking them to do this. They owed Trey so much, that to turn him down, in his hour of need, would be spitting him in the face, followed by a slap to the face.

And, still, the leader part in him knew that this ultimately had to be a team decision, not just for the Zeo Rangers, but the Dino Thunder Rangers too. He could go, but would the others?

“Trey, would you mind if we talked it over real quickly?”

Trey looked a little startled, as though he was expecting an instant yes, but quickly composed himself. “Of course,” he said. “But, time is of the essence. If you are to help me, we need to move fast. If you are not, I need to know now so I may continue looking for those that will help.”

The Rangers formed a huddle.

“Well, what do you think?” asked Tommy.

“I say, we help him,” said Conner.

“Help him? We’re retired,” said Adam.

“You guys may be,” said Ethan, “but as Rangers, it’s our duty to protect the planet, even if we don’t have our powers.”

“He’s right, you guys,” said Tanya. “They don’t have their powers, yet they’re going to help. We have our powers, and we’re just going to say good luck? We have to help him Trey.”

“Tanya’s right,” said Kat. “We do owe Trey much.”

“I agree,” said Rocky. “But, if we’re going to do this, we’re going to need all the help we can get.” Rocky noticed Adam’s uneasiness. “Oh, come on Adam. We need you on this.”

Adam looked unsure. “What am I supposed to tell Tracy?”

“Tell her that your duty as a Ranger requires you to help, and that you hope she can let you go willingly,” said Tommy. “I say we should help him.”

Adam thought about it for a moment, then nodded.

“Great,” said Tommy. He turned back towards Trey. “We’ll help you,” he said.

“Excellent,” said Trey. “Thank you Rangers.”

“Well, they’ve got their powers,” said Ethan, “but what are we supposed to do?”

“Do not worry, Dino Thunder Rangers. I know of a way that can restore your powers.”

“You do?” asked Kira, her eyes wide. “How?”

“With this.” Trey raised the Gold Power Staff. “I call upon the power of the Zeo Crystal!” The Zeo Crystal materialized in front of the Rangers!

“The Zeo Crystal!” said Kat. “I thought it was lost forever.”

“Before I left for Triforia with my powers restored, Zordon asked me to watch over the Zeo Crystal. In case something should happen to the Power Chamber, the Zeo Crystal needed to be kept safe. I have had it in Pyramidas since then. It has never lost its power. In fact, it is because of the Zeo Crystal, that Jason was able to morph completely on the moon when you fought the Machine Empire. Rocky had given the Tyrannosaurus Dino Coin and Morpher back to Jason, as he felt that Jason would be better able to fight on the moon then him. Aurico contacted me, telling me about the mission. I had heard about what had happened to Adam when he morphed using his damaged Mastodon morpher, and knew that the mission on the moon was too important to fail. I contacted Jason and used the power of the Zeo Crystal to restore it and its power. I believe it can do the same for your Dino Gems. I believe it can restore your Dino Gems.”

“Wait,” said Tommy. “Will that drain the power out of the Zeo Crystal? We’re going to need it.”

“Do not worry,” said Trey. “The Zeo Crystal’s power is unlimited. There will be more than enough power for you to use.”

“If it’ll get us our powers back, I say we go for it,” said Trent.

The others Rangers nodded. “Very well then,” said Trey. “Hold out your Dino Gems.” Conner, Ethan, Kira, and Trent held out their Dino Gems. “Tommy, you have a Dino Gem as well, right? Please, hold it out.”

Tommy looked hesitant. “Trey, I have my Zeo powers. There’s no need for me to have Dino Thunder powers too.”

Trey smiled. “Tommy, the Dino Thunder Rangers should not be incomplete. Even if you do not use the Dino Gem’s power, you may find someone that can. Please.”

Tommy looked at Trey for a moment, then took out his black Dino Gem and held it out.

Trey raised the Gold Power Staff again. “Power of the Zeo Crystal. Restore these Ranger powers. Let them once again be Power Rangers! Power of Triforia!”

The Zeo Crystal began to glow, and with it, so did the Dino Gems. Tommy felt weird, weirder than anything that had ever happened to him. It was as though he had been struck by lightening. A surge of power rushed through him, causing his adrenaline to speed up immensely. The others felt different too. Conner could feel his speed return to him; his body regaining the incredible speed the red Dino Gem had given him. Ethan could feel his arms get hard and strong again, like the Triceratops. Kira could feel the power of the Pterodactyl return to her throat. She could feel the energy waves back inside her body. Tommy and Trent felt cold, the coldness of no light or heat in them, instead passing through them. As though they were invisible.

Now the Zeo Crystal began to hum. As the Zeo Rangers watched, the Dino Thunder Rangers were surrounded by multi-colored light: red, black, white, yellow, and blue. The energy kept moving through them, and intensifying. Finally, when Tommy thought he could take no more, and was about to ask Trey to stop…the Zeo Crystal ceased humming and glowing. The surge of power and energy passed, and the Dino Thunder Rangers were surprised to find themselves completely out of breath. Tommy struggled for a minute or two regaining his breath. Finally, he was able to muster the energy to say “Thank you” to Trey. Trey nodded.

The other Rangers were wheezing as well, but they seemed to be getting better. Trent was the first one to fully recover. “I feel…re-energized. I feel like my powers are back.”

Conner was next. “Yeah, me too.” The others nodded.

“The power of the Zeo Crystal is a legendary power,” said Trey, “capable of great things. Restoring your powers required only a small fraction of its power.”

The Dino Thunder Rangers took out their morphers and placed them back on their wrists. They looked at their Dino Gems, for a long time. Finally, Conner put his Dino Gem back in his morpher.

“Dino Thunder, power up!” he said.

In a flash of light, Conner stood, as the Red Dino Thunder Ranger. “Whoa,” he said, looking at his hands. “It worked. My powers are back!”

“Incredible,” said Ethan. He, Kira, and Trent followed suit. They put their Dino Gems in their morphers and morphed.

Tommy still looked unsure. He placed his Dino Gem in his Braccio morpher, but did not morph. Instead, he put his dino key away. “Thanks, Trey,” he said. “Now what?”

Trey’s face quickly became clouded. “We need to gather more allies and obtain more information. And, we need to find the Space Rangers. KO-35 has sent a new Astro Megaship which should aid you in your travels. Start at KO-35. Learn what you can. Hopefully, you will see a thread that others have missed.”

“You’re not coming with us?” asked Rocky.

“My place is to continue to search for help elsewhere. I have heard there are many other Rangers here on Earth with their powers. I must try to find them. We will need all the help we can get.”

“Hey, there’s a team of Rangers in Briarwood,” said Adam. “Maybe they can help.”

“I wish they could. But, someone should stay here to protect the planet. The Mystic Force Rangers are doing just that. Koragg is not someone that can be ignored. The Mystic Force Rangers must focus fully on stopping Koragg and his allies. I will, however, keep them in mind. And, I will look for other Rangers.” Trey paused. “The new Astro Ship is waiting for you at NASADA. Someone will be on board to assist you in flying it to KO-35.”

Trey then raised his power staff. “Rangers, until we meet again, be safe, and may the power protect you.” With that, he disappeared in a flash of lightening.

The Dino Thunder Rangers looked at each other. “Power down,” they all said. They resorted back to their civilian forms.

“Well, Dr. O, what do you think about this?” asked Kira.

Tommy thought about it. “We’re going to go find the Space Rangers.”

[Mini Man]

this is brilliant work. Like many others, but uncommon, somebody has been able to hook me in without me getting bored, lossed or even unsure. I am looking forward to seeing how this continues and I especially liked the part where they overlook tommy's old ranger items. Keep up the excellent work! WELL DONE!

[Tazz Davis]

very nice chapter...excelent work...cant wait for more...please please please i hope you keep tommy as black and he finds someone else to be red...but i know you will make it good nomater what.

[anakinjmt]

After a long wait, fear not! I present to you Chapter 5!

Just so you know, I hope to get two more chapters up before I leave for vacation next week Wednesday. Also, BMR gave me an idea for this chapter. Hopefully, my addition will add to the enjoyment, and will help you guys visualize the story.

Chapter 5

Conner suddenly felt an evil chill sweep through him. He heard a strange sound and turned towards it. He looked utterly confused. He saw…a gold monkey with wings? Surrounded by what looked like birds and…he wasn’t sure what the others were. They were clad in silver and had the letter “Z” on their knees, with a big one on their chest. The monkey laughed. It had a deep, almost raspy voice.

Dr. O. turned at the sound of the laugh. His face tightened in frustration, and perhaps anger. “Goldar,” he said. “How are you here?”

“Tommy,” the monkey—apparently named Goldar—said. “It’s been a long time, White Ranger!”

“Haven’t you noticed?” said Dr. O. “I’m wearing a different color now.”

“Ah, yes, red. Personally, I always liked you better in green, hehe.”

“How are you still alive? I thought Zordon’s wave destroyed you?”

“You’d like to know, wouldn’t you, Red Ranger? Too bad you’ll be destroyed before you find out!” He raised his sword.

“That’s what you think,” said Tommy. He looked at the other Rangers. “Ready?”

“READY!” they all said.

“IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME!”



“DINO THUNDER POWERUP!”



Goldar smiled. “ATTACK!”

Conner and the other Rangers ran towards the birds and silver clad things. He ran towards one bird and threw a punch. The bird dodged it and swiped at him with its talons. Conner barely dodged it as he sent a kick to its midsection. The kick landed right in the bird’s midsection, causing it to take a step back. Conner then did a leg sweep, knocking the bird to the ground before jumping up in the air and coming down on the bird’s chest with a punch. He then ran towards one of the silver creatures. He threw a kick at it, but the creature easily dodged it. He tried another kick, but the creature blocked that kick. It then chopped at him, causing Conner to get angry. He threw a punch at the creature’s head, but it easily stopped the punch. It then lifted his hand up and kicked Conner in the gut, causing him to bend over in pain. He then felt its hands come down hard on his back, sending him to the ground. “Whoa,” he said. “How did that happen?”

“Aim for the Z on its chest,” he heard Dr. O. say to him.

Conner stood back up. “Okay then.” He threw a punch at the Z, but the creature seemed to know he would do that and blocked it. This time, Conner was ready, and he kicked away the creature’s hands before kicking it hard in the chest, right on the Z. The creature fell back on the ground. Conner watched as it broke off into many pieces. “Whoa,” he said.

After 5 or 6 minutes, the Rangers had dealt with the birds and the silver creatures. Dr. Olliver pointed at Goldar. “All right Goldar, no more puddies or Tengas to hide behind!”

“Grr, I don’t need them anyways, Rangers. I’m a lot stronger than before.”

“Really?” said Dr. Olliver. “ ‘Cause you look just as dumb to me.” He gave out one of his famous battle cries and lept towards Goldar. Goldar caught him in the air and threw him back towards the other Rangers. Dr. O. got up and shook his head. “Whoa,” he said. “Where’d you learn that trick?”

“You’ll find I’m full of surprises!” Goldar said. He then brought his hand to his face and then pointed his hand towards the Rangers. Great balls of energy shot from his hands, knocking all the Rangers off their feet.

Conner stood back up. “This guy annoys me,” he said.

“Me too,” said Ethan.

Conner and Ethan charged towards Goldar, drawing their blasters and changing them to their sword mode. Goldar drew his own sword. They swiped at Goldar with their swords, but Goldar deflected their blows. He then slashed at them with his own sword. “Ugh,” said Conner and Ethan as they were knocked away. Trent and Kira ran in next, Kira with her Terra Grips and Trent with his Drago Sword. Kira tried landing a hit on Goldar, but he blocked that with his sword as well. Trent drew a bunch of arrows with his sword and sent them at Goldar. Goldar held up his sword with its tip pointing to the sky and blocked all the arrows. Trent looked stunned. “No way,” he said. He then tried his speed attack, but that didn’t even phase Goldar. Goldar punched Trent in the chest, sending him flying back towards the Zeo Rangers. Dr. O. looked stunned. “How is this possible?” he asked.

Conner stood back up. “That does it.”

“SUPER DINO MODE!”



“Now you’ll see some real Dino Power!” Conner ran back towards Goldar. He slashed at Goldar with his spikes. Goldar grunted as he stepped backwards.

“Impressive, Red Ranger,” Goldar said. “But try this!” Goldar leaped up in the air and flew towards Conner. Before Conner could do anything, Goldar slammed into him, moving Conner backwards until Conner backed up into a destroyed panel of the Power Chamber. Conner fell to the ground, and reverted back to his normal power.

“Conner!” he heard Dr. O. say. He couldn’t get up right away. Goldar had a lot of power, more than Conner had given him credit for. He stood back up. “Now you’re really making me mad,” he said. “Ready guys?”



There was a giant explosion. The Rangers all covered their eyes.

“Did we get him?” asked Ethan.

“I think so,” said Conner.

The smoke started to clear. Goldar had survived! What’s more, he didn’t look hurt at all! He smiled and chuckled. “Face it, Rangers. I’m unstoppable!”

“No way!” said Kira!

“I don’t believe it,” said Kat.

“Oh, that is it,” said Conner. “It’s Triassic Time!”



“Sword of Triumph!” Conner ran towards Goldar again. He swiped at Goldar with the Sword of Triumph. He managed to get a hit on Goldar. Goldar looked stunned, but quickly recovered. He fired another blast from his hand at Conner. Conner was sent flying backwards a second time. “This guy is really getting on my nerves. Time to battlelize this monkey!”



“You’re in trouble now,” said Conner.



The yo-yo hit Goldar again and again and again. And, yet, Goldar still had not a scratch on him.

“I don’t get it,” said Dr. O. “How can that be?”

Conner looked just as stunned. “Whoa. How is that possible?”

“Conner,” said Dr. O. “Use full power!”

“Right,” said Conner.



Even more smoke surrounded the area where Goldar was. Conner landed back on the ground. “I knew that’d take care of him.”

Conner then heard that chuckle. No way! He survived?

“Nice try, Triassic Ranger. But, you’ll never be able to defeat me.” He sent out another blast from his hand. Conner reverted to his Red Dino Ranger power.

“How are we supposed to fight that thing?” asked Trent. “The Battlelizer didn’t even phase him!”

“I don’t know,” said Dr. O. “But, we can’t just give up.”

“Oh, you can, Red Ranger,” said Goldar. “Quite easily, really.” He sent out another blast. The Rangers fell to the ground again. Goldar laughed as he moved closer to the Rangers.


A shot came out and hit Goldar square in the chest, causing him to stumble backwards. Tommy looked in the direction of the shot. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

It was Jason! Jason, morphed, as the Red MM Ranger. Blaster drawn, firing at Goldar again, and again. “Goldar!” he shouted. “Before you mess with them, you still have me to deal with.”

“Jason,” said Tommy. “What’re you doing?”

“Tommy, trust me on this,” said Jason. “You’ve gotta get back to your ship and look for the Space Rangers. I can hold off Goldar here.” He began to fight Goldar hand to hand. Thanks to his experience as a Ranger, he was able to at least defend himself well. He brought Goldar’s hand down, trapping it for a moment. “Go! There’s no time!”

“Jason!” Tommy yelled out. He started to go after him.

“Tommy, we can’t,” said Rocky, putting his hand on Tommy’s shoulder. “We have to get to the ship.”

“I can’t just leave him here,” said Tommy. He continued to head towards Jason.

Another hand, this time landing on Tommy’s other shoulder. Female. He turned to see Kat. “Tommy,” she said. “He’s right. Jason is buying us time to get to the Astro Megaship. We have to find the Space Rangers like Trey wanted us to.”

“Dr O.,” said Conner. “She’s right. My Battlelizer couldn’t stop that freak. Nothing can. Your friend is buying us valuable time.”

Tommy made a fist and punched his other hand. “I can’t believe I’m doing this,” he said. He raised his left wrist to his mouth. “Alpha, do you hear me?”

The voice of Alpha 5 came over the communicator. It was Alpha 7, Alpha 5 in Alpha 6’s body. “I read you, Tommy.”

Tommy paused. “Lock onto our signals and teleport us over to the ship,” he finally said reluctantly. There was a pause and then two red, two blue, two yellow, a green, a white, and a pink streak soared through the sky, heading north.

[Mini Man]

sweet episode. Like the introduction of goldar aswell. nice work!

[Tazz Davis]

cant wait to see what happens to jason and what you have in store for the black morpher

[anakinjmt]

Well, this chapter took me a lot longer to finish than I thought. Thankfully, it's finally done. Odds are, this will be the last chapter I get written until I return from vacation June 1. I might get to do some writing here or there while on vacation, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyways, here's Chapter 6.

Chapter 6

The Rangers appeared on the bridge of the Astro Megaship. They removed their helmets. Tommy moved to Alpha. “Alpha, how’s Jason doing?”

“Jason is still fighting Goldar,” Alpha said. “But, I don’t know how much longer he can continue to. Goldar is so much stronger than he was before. Ay yi yi yi yi, I wish Zordon was here.”

“So do I, Alpha,” said Tommy. He looked down in thought.

“Alpha, plot a course for KO-35, speed.” Tommy turned to see Kat looking right at him. The look on her face was enough: You’re the leader, you need to start leading.

“You got it, Katherine.” Alpha hit some controls. “DECA, KO-35, maximum speed.”

“Course and speed laid in.”

Alpha hit another control. The Rangers felt the Astro Megaship leave the ground of Earth and head towards space. When the Megaship was completely away from Earth’s gravitational pull, the Megaship went into hyperspace.

Tommy plopped down into a chair, a stunned look on his face. “I—I can’t believe I just did that. I just left Jason there, alone.”

“Tommy, it’s what he wanted,” said Tanya. “He bought us the opportunity we needed to escape from Goldar and get here.”

“We shouldn’t have left him there. Goldar will defeat him for sure.”

“How can you say that??!!” said Kat, a touch of anger in her voice. “You know better than anyone that Jason is an incredible fighter. Jason can defend himself against anyone, no matter who he’s up against or how strong they are.” A look of disgust crossed her face. “You should have more faith him.”

“But…Conner’s Battlelizer couldn’t even beat Goldar,” said Tommy meekly. “How can Jason hope to?”

“Hmph!” Kat marched towards Tommy and glared at him. “Jason doesn’t need a Battlelizer to beat Goldar, or anyone. I thought you of all people would know that.” She then stormed off in a fit of rage.

The Dino Thunder Rangers looked stunned. Kira was the first one to speak. “Okay, what’s her problem? She had no need to go off on Dr. O. like that.”

“I don’t know,” said Conner. “I thought she looked kinda cute angry like that.”

Kira hit him. “Would you control your hormones for once?”

“Look guys,” said Tanya. “Why don’t you just drop it, okay?”

The Dino Thunder Rangers quieted down. “We’ll…ah…just be going now,” said Ethan. “Is there somewhere that we can stay?”

“The Megaship has room for 500 people. There is plenty of places for you to stay.”

“Automated computer,” said Ethan. “I’m in, like, geek heaven here.” The Dino Thunder Rangers walked off.

Rocky turned to Tommy. “Look, Tommy, why don’t you just get some rest. Demorph, get some food, and then get some rest. I’m sure Jason’ll be fine, and we’ve got a while before we reach KO-35.”

“Rocky’s right, Tommy,” said Adam. “C’mon.”

Tommy sighed. “If it’s alright with you guys, I’m just gonna sit here for a while and just think.”

“Tommy,” said Tanya. “C’mon. You shouldn’t be alone right now.”

“No, I’m fine. Really.”

The other Zeo Rangers looked at each other, then shrugged. “Alright,” said Tanya. “If you’re sure.” Tanya, Rocky, and Adam put their helmets down. “Power down,” they said. They powered down and walked out of the bridge.



After 8 hours, they finally reached KO-35. None of the Rangers had seen KO-35 before. It was a beautiful planet. Waterfalls, mountains, grass, flowers. It looked a lot like Earth, really, except everything seemed to have a little more color in it. The grass was greener, waterfalls bluer and greener, flowers redder, yellowier, whiter.

“Where should we start?” asked Adam, viewing KO-35 from the bridge.

“I have no idea. We need to see what we can find out about the Space Rangers, and we should also try to find out how Goldar came back.”

“Perhaps Rita and Zedd can help you,” said Alpha.

The Zeo Rangers turned to Alpha. “RITA AND ZEDD??!!”

“Rita and Zedd run a mission here on KO-35, along with Rito and Master Vile, who are both good now as well. Goldar was their servant, after all. They might know something.”

“Rita and Zedd? Helping us?” Kat shuddered. She had been under an evil, powerful spell of Rita’s which had made her evil. She had stolen Kim’s Power Coin and hijacked the White Ninja Falconzord right from under Tommy. Kat still had nightmares about that. “I don’t like that idea, you guys.” Despite the fact Rita and Zedd were now good, Kat still had trouble forgiving them for all they had done to Earth and her and her fellow Rangers.

“Do we really have a choice?” asked Adam. “If they know something, we should find out.”

“We also need to investigate about the Space Rangers,” added Rocky.

Tommy took a deep breath. “Right. Conner, Ethan, Kira, Trent. You guys head to where the Space Rangers’ Megaship was. Alpha will tell you where to go. The rest of us, we should talk to Rita and Zedd. We fought them, so we know them best.” The Dino Thunder Rangers nodded. So did the Zeo Rangers, Kat being last.


“Well,” said Tommy. “Guess this is it.” The Zeo Rangers stood in front of an old brick building that said “Rescue Mission.”

“I can’t believe Rita and Zedd run a mission now,” said Tanya.

“Yeah, that seems really unlikely,” said Adam.

“Guess someone should knock,” said Rocky.

Tommy stepped up to the door. He put his hand in the shape of a fist, raised it to the door, hesitated for a moment, and then knocked three times.

“ZEDDY! GET OVER HERE! WE GOT VISITORS!” Tommy’s ears were strained. That was Rita’s voice alright. He looked at the other Rangers, who all covered their ears. They’d forgotten what Rita’s scratchy voice sounded like. Tommy had hoped Zordon’s energy wave had fixed Rita’s voice. Apparently, not even Zordon could fix everything.

“I’m coming, Rita, for goodness’s sake!” That was Zedd. Still deep as ever.

“Wait, sis, I wanna see who’s here!” That was Rito, still sounding the same.

The door opened, and the Rangers were astonished. They’d heard Zedd and Rita were now humans, but he didn’t expect them to look human. Zedd looked like just a normal guy. He had brown hair and wore a white polo shirt, with a blue vest. Tanya and Kat would deny it to their graves, but Zedd actually looked kinda cute now.

“Welcome, what can I--?” Zedd stopped speaking when he saw the Rangers and his face turned to horror. “Oh no,” he whispered.

“Zeddy?” they heard Rita say. She ran to the door, where the Rangers saw her. She too actually looked human. She looked Asian, perhaps Chinese or Japanese, and beautiful brunette hair and wore a red dress? “Who is--?” She too stopped talking when she saw the Rangers. She screamed. “AAAAAAH! IT’S THE POWER RANGERS!”

“The what?” they heard Rito say. He came charging out, knocking over Rita and Zedd.

“You idiot!” said Rita.

“Oops, sorry sis,” said Rito. Tommy half expected him to still look like a skeleton, but he too looked human, also Asian, with a goatee. The only thing that resembled his former look was his bike helmet that he wore on his head, which was colored like the top of his old head. He looked up. “YAAAAI! RANGERS!” Rita, Rito, and Zedd started panicking.

“Get behind me, Rita,” said Zedd. He put his hands out to his side, in a way shielding Rita (and Rito, who snuck behind Zedd) from the Rangers. “Look, w-we haven’t done anything this time! (‘Yeah, that’s right!’ said Rito) We’re reformed now. REFORMED!”

“What’re we gonna do?” asked Rita. “We don’t have our powers, and they have theirs!”

Tommy walked up to Zedd. Zedd covered his face with his hands, expecting Tommy to do something to him. A look of disgust crossed his face. “Don’t worry, we’re not here to hurt you.”

Rita, Rito, and Zedd’s face went from panic to confusion. “Y-you’re not?” asked Rita.

Tommy looked at Rita, a shadow of hatred crossing his face. He hadn’t yet forgiven Rita for what she’d made him do as the Green Ranger. “No.”

“OHHHH…” said the three former villains, relieved to hear that. “Thank goodness,” said Rito. “I was afraid I was gonna miss my massage in an hour!”

“Look, we don’t have time for games. Zedd, what did you do to Goldar?”

Zedd looked confused. “Goldar?”

“Goldar?” asked Rita. “That miserable golden monkey couldn’t do anything right!”

“Ah, Goldar,” said Rito. “He always seemed like a pretty cool dude, right Ed?”

“IT’S ZEDD, YOU NUMBSKULL! ZEDD! HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN ME AND YOU STILL CAN’T GET MY NAME RIGHT! ZEDD!”

“Oops, sorry about that, Ed,” said Rito. Zedd groans.

“Goldar,” said Tommy. “What do you know?”

“If I remember correctly,” said Zedd, putting a hand to his chin in thought, “Goldar was destroyed when we became humans.”

“Really?” said Tommy in an unbelieving voice. “That’s interesting, because he’s back, with more power than he’s ever had.” He glared at Zedd. “What did you do to him?”

“Us?” asked Zedd. “Why, nothing. We’ve been here, working at our mission, helping people instead of hurting them.”

“Really? So you’d have no idea then how Goldar was so strong that not even 9 Rangers could defeat him? Or, what happened to the Space Rangers?” He leaned in towards Zedd in an almost threatening manner. “Rita’s a witch. I’m sure she did something!”

“Hey, no fair,” said Rita. “I haven’t done anything like that in years. I don’t have a wand anyway.”

“You didn’t need a wand to cause trouble, Rita,” Tommy said. “I’M living proof of that.”

“Hey, I’m sorry, okay?” Rita looked a little annoyed. “I was bad then, but now I’m good!” She whispered to Rito, “What’s his problem?”

“MY PROBLEM??!!” Tommy yelled at Rita. He was getting livid. “MY PROBLEM IS THAT JASON HAD TO SAVE US FROM GOLDAR, BUT HE’S NOT AS POWERFUL AS US. HE COULD BE DEAD RIGHT NOW! AND THE ONLY REASON YOU’RE GOOD IS BECAUSE ZORDON IS DEAD!”

“YAAAHHH!” said Rito. “I’m outta here!” He turned around and ran back inside the house.

Zedd and Rita cowered in front of Tommy. “We don’t anything, we swear!” Zedd said.

Tommy glared at Zedd.

“I believe you,” said Kat.

The others turned to Kat. “What?” said Tommy.

“I know Rita and Zedd. They’re telling the truth. They don’t know anything.”

“I always knew I liked you, Katherine,” said Rita.

“SHUT UP!” said Kat in a ticked off tone.

Rita cowered again.

Tommy stared at Kat, and Kat stared back.

The other Zeo Rangers watched expectantly, waiting for one of them to say something.

Finally, Tommy spoke. “Fine. We’ll go, for now.” He turned back towards Zedd and got in his face. “But, if I find out you’re lying to me,” he said, baring his teeth. Zedd gulped and quickly closed the door.

Once the Zeo Rangers had gotten several steps away from the mission, Tanya, Adam, Rocky, and Kat stopped. Tommy noticed they had stopped several steps behind him and stopped and turned around. “What?” he asked.

“You okay, man?” asked Adam.

“Yeah, of course, why wouldn’t I be?”

“You…didn’t seem like yourself,” said Tanya.

“I’m fine. I just had to make sure they weren’t messing with us.” They didn’t look convinced. “Guys, I promise I’m fine. C’mon. Let’s see how the Dino Thunder Rangers did.”


“Is this it?” asked Conner.

Ethan checked the datapad Alpha had given him. “Yep. Docking Bay 1138. This is it.”

The docking bay was empty of people. It was a circular bay, with lines drawn around the outer edge of the bay, signifying the biggest that the ship that wanted to dock here could be and still allow people through. Over in a corner where several boxes, which Ethan figured was the supplies the Space Rangers were supposed to pick up 3 weeks ago.

“I don’t get it,” said Kira. “What’re we supposed to find here?”

“Anything that will indicate what happened to the Space Rangers,” said Conner.

“Yeah,” said Kira, “but like what?”

“Ethan?” Conner asked.

“I’m guessing something extraterrestrial.”

“Dude, the whole place is extraterrestrial,” said Conner.

“Good point,” said Ethan. “Just keep your eyes and ears open. We’re bound to find something.”

They walked along the edge, checking the ground for anything unusual. Suddenly Trent stopped. “Did you guys hear something?”

The others turned around. “Like what?” asked Kira.

Trent frowned. “I don’t know. I thought I heard…” Trent was interrupted by the sound of someone laughing, in an evil way. “That,” he finished.

“Who IS that?” asked Kira.

“I don’t know,” said Conner, “but the guy’s got one creepy laugh.”

“Look,” said Trent. He pointed ahead of him. The Rangers all looked where he was pointing. It was…a gold robot? He was waddling across the path, towards a door in the wall.

“Hey!” yelled Ethan. They ran over to the robot.

“Hmm?” said the robot.

“Amazing,” said Ethan, walking around the robot. “An actual robot! How cool!” He knocked on the head of the robot. “Not any metal I’ve ever seen before.”

“Hey!” said the robot. He knocked Ethan’s hand away.

“YEEOW!” Ethan said, looking at his hand and waving it, trying to get the pain out. “That really hurt!”

“Really? So sorry, but you shouldn’t go knocking on robot’s heads, hahahahahahahahahaha.”

“Okay, that laugh is really creepy,” said Kira.

“Who are you?” asked Conner.

“What does it matter to you?”

“We’re looking for the Space Rangers.”

“Rangers? Ha! I hate Rangers!”

“Well, then you won’t like us,” said Conner.

“You, Rangers!” The robot laughed. “Don’t be ridiculous. You kids could never be Rangers. Too bad, because you could sure stand being some!” He threw nuts and bolts in the air, and more robots appeared from them. “Cyclobots, attack!”

The Rangers took a battle stance. “Ready?” asked Conner.

“Ready,” the other Rangers said.

“Dino Thunder, powerup!”



The Rangers ran towards the robots.

Conner jumped towards one and knocked it down with a kick. He ducked as one of the robots swung his sword. “You wanna play that way, huh?” He took out his blaster and changed it to sword mode. He blocked the next swing and slashed at the robot’s midsection, knocking it away with a spinning kick. Before he had time to celebrate, he was kicked from behind and sent to the ground.

Meanwhile, Ethan had jump-kicked one robot and when he landed, he blocked another robot’s punch with his left hand and punched it with his right. He followed up with two more punches before he performed a leg sweep. He saw a few robots aim their swords at him and fire, and he jumped in the air, twisting to avoid the shots. When he landed, he took out his own pistol and fired back at them, knocking them down. He then felt a shot in the back and he cried out. “Ugh.” He fell to the ground.

Kira and Trent were faring about the same. They put their backs to each other and performed the same moves. Roundhouse kick, punch, punch, jumpkick, legsweep, flying kick. They did pretty well, until more of the robots replaced the ones they had just taken out. “Uh-oh,” said Kira. “Get ready,” said Trent. The robots charged towards them. They then split up, Kira taking some, Trent taking others. Kira took out her Terra Grips and seemed to finally get the upper hand. She slashed at two robots and kicked a third one away, but she then felt a slash against her back. She heard Trent call out, “Kira,” but she couldn’t respond back. She fell to the ground.

Trent saw Kira go down. He elbowed the robot that had pinned his Drago Sword down and slashed at his head, separating the robot’s head from his neck. He ran over to check on Kira. “Kira, you okay?” Kira didn’t respond. He suddenly felt a shot hit him in the back. He managed to turn around to see the golden robot holding a blaster, but he then blacked out.


When Trent finally woke up, he found himself staring at a blurry black image. It looked like a guy in a black suit. He put his hand to his head. Yep, still morphed. He could hear the guy ask, “Are you alright?” He shook his head and the guy slowly started to come into focus. Trent could see that he was now not entirely black. Above the visor was a silver piece. There were silver pieces on his chest, forming an “X”, with a red gem in the middle of it. He wore a silver belt as well. Everything else, however, was black.

“Are you alright?” the stranger asked again.

Trent groaned. “Yeah, I think so.” He started to sit up.

“Easy,” said the stranger. “Try not to move so fast yet. You took a hard blow.”

Trent managed to sit up. “How--?”

“They’re fine,” said the stranger. “Just a little banged up, like you.”

Trent finally stood up. He saw Kira start to get up. “Kira!” he said. He ran over to her. “Are you okay?” he asked.

Kira groaned. She looked up. “Trent?” she asked. She then suddenly threw her arms around Trent in a big hug. “Trent!” They embraced. Kira finally let go of Trent. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” he said. “What about you?”

“I think so.” She slowly stood up. “How are the others?”

“We’re okay,” said Ethan. Trent and Kira looked and saw Ethan and Conner staggering towards them.

“You are fortunate that you stayed morphed,” said the stranger. “Your Ranger powers protected you from the blows, and they kept you alive.”

“Guess we should thank you,” said Conner. “Thanks.”

“No problem,” said the stranger.

“Who…are you, exactly?” asked Conner.

“I am called the Phantom Ranger.”

The Rangers looked at each other. “The…Phantom Ranger?” Conner asked.

“Correct,” said the Phantom Ranger. “I am one who goes wherever I am needed, and stay as long as I am needed. I previously helped the Turbo Rangers and the Space Rangers by giving them new Zords when they needed them.”

“The Space Rangers?” asked Conner. “Do you know where they are?”

“No,” said the Phantom Ranger. “That is why I was here as well. I was hoping to find some clue as to what has happened to them. I saw you four down and knew I had to help you.”

“Thanks again,” said Ethan. “Any luck?”

“No,” said the Phantom Ranger. “I didn’t find a thing.”

“This is so frustrating,” said Conner. “UGH!” He kicked towards the direction of where the ship would be in anger and frustration…and hit something solid.

“Ow!” said Conner. He hopped on one foot and massaged the other, trying to get the pain down. He then stopped and looked where he kicked. “What on earth?” He put his hand out and slowly moved it forward, finally landing on something. He kept feeling around, and felt what appeared to be a wall of some sort. He put his other hand on and felt some more. “Guys…” he said. “There’s something here.”

The other Rangers looked where Conner’s hands were. They all put their hands out and felt it. “You’re right,” said Ethan. “There’s something here. Something invisible.”

The Phantom Ranger stepped forward. “Step back,” he said. “Let me see what’s here.” He held out his hands and touched the invisible wall. The Rangers saw ripples of energy come from his hands. The ripples turned from ripples in air…to ripples of a ship. The Astro Megaship.

“I don’t believe it!” said Ethan. “It’s the Astro Megaship! The Space Ranger’s ship! It’s been here the whole time!”

Conner held up his morpher to his face. “Dr. O? We found the Space Ranger’s ship. It’s in the docking bay! You better get over here right away!”

The Zeo Rangers teleported next to the Dino Thunder Rangers. “Unbelievable,” said Kat. “It’s really been here the whole time!”

Tommy approached Conner. “Did you find the Space Rangers?”

“We haven’t gone inside yet,” said Conner. “We thought we should wait for you guys.”

“Good thinking,” said Tommy. He then finally noticed the Phantom Ranger. “Phantom Ranger,” he said softly.

“Hello, Tommy,” said the Phantom Ranger. “It’s an honor to finally meet you. TJ told me much about you.”

Tommy looked a little surprised at the fact the Phantom Ranger knew him. “I—well—thank you. It’s an honor to meet you.” He held out his hand, and the Phantom Ranger shook it. “Can’t thank you enough for helping out the Turbo Rangers and the Space Rangers when they needed it.”

“My job is to help those that fight against evil. I was happy to do it.”

Tommy nodded. “We should get inside. We should morph, too. Who knows who, or what, is in there?” The other Rangers nodded.

“IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME!”



“Okay,” said Tommy. “Let’s go in.”

“RIGHT,” said the other Rangers.

Tommy led the way inside, followed respectively by Adam, Rocky, Tanya, Kat, Conner, Ethan, Kira, Trent, and the Phantom Ranger. They wandered through the ship, keeping their eyes and ears open. No telling what they’d encounter.


After 2 hours, they’d checked over half the ship, without finding a trace. They moved towards the bridge. Tommy noticed the door was closed. He walked over to the panel and hit the button. He heard a buzz, indicating the door wasn’t working right. “Looks like the door is jammed.” He hit the button again. “Yep, jammed. Ethan?”

“I’m on it,” said Ethan. He walked up and began working on the controls.

“Here, let me help you,” said the Phantom Ranger. He moved to the other side and started work on the wires.


Ten minutes went past. Kat started pacing. “Got anything Ethan?” she asked.

“This circuitry is…nothing I’ve ever seen before. But I think—yes! Got it!” The doors slid open.

Tommy carefully walked inside. He got in 3 feet and then yelled “ANDROS!” He rushed to the main control area of the bridge. Andros was passed out over the console. It was then that he noticed the other Space Rangers were passed out on the floor and over consoles everywhere. The Zeo Rangers ran to check up on them. Tommy looked at Andros’s face. “Andros. Andros, can you hear me?” He lightly slapped Andros’s face a few times, hoping that would wake him up. “Andross, do you hear me?” He looked up and saw Kat. “Kat?”

“I’m not sure,” she said, going over the datapad Alpha had given the Dino Thunder Rangers. It also worked as a mini-scanner. “Physically, they appear fine. Blood pressure, pulse, breathing, all normal. They should be up. But…they’re not. It’s as though all of their energy has been sapped from them.”

Tommy looked back at Andros. Their energy, completely gone? He needed to get them back to their Megaship. He held up his left wrist. “Alpha, we found the Space Rangers. They’re unconscious. Lock onto our signals.” He stopped and counted. “10 to teleport over.” The Rangers, including the Phantom Ranger, disappeared into shafts of light.