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"Power Rangers: Battle for Eltar"
By TwilightSparkle3562
Chapter 1
"The Battle of Your Lives"
Being a Power Ranger is never easy. You have to conceal your true identity from others, but I've come to expect that in the length of time I had been one. But, now we have fought our greatest battle…a battle we weren't able to win. Now, here we were, heading back to Earth defeated and unsure of what the future holds. I sit in the back of the shuttle along with Katherine, Alpha 5 and the bodies of our fallen fellow rangers, Rocky and Tanya, who gave their lives for Eltar.
"I can't believe this is how it ends, Tommy," Katherine sighed, sadly as she looked out the window of the shuttle. "The Power Rangers are done for, Tommy. What are we going to do?"
"I don't know, Katherine," I replied, walking over to her and placing my hand on her shoulder. "I just don't know. We'll think of something once we get back to the Power Chamber. Perhaps we can have TJ and the other Turbo Rangers help us find a way."
Katherine tried to have a positive outlook on the situation as she looked back at me, but I could tell that she was very distressed. I really couldn't blame her at all. Our Zeo powers were severely damaged in the battle and I wasn't sure that they would be fixed so easily.
"How did it come to this, Tommy? How? Perhaps we should never have come."
"Don't say that, Katherine!" I scoffed. "We knew that this wasn't going to be an easy victory for us. We didn't surrender, we kept fighting right to the very end, just like Zordon would have wanted us to. We're the Power Rangers, Kat! We don't give up."
"I know that Tommy. But, it…it does make you think about how far we have come both as Power Rangers and as people. What if the Battle of Eltar was meant to be a test of character for us? That not all victories were to be obtained? We both worked for evil before, Tommy and we both knew what it was like to be on the losing side. I mean…it's never easy."
A test of character? It was more than likely that it was just that, a test of character. Being Power Rangers, we were put through so many challenges and perhaps we couldn't help but wonder if what Zordon was trying to do was test our character by showing us that not victories could be obtained.
Just then, we saw Alpha 5 and Adam come into the shuttle.
"We are almost in Earth's atmosphere," he said in a sad voice as he then looked towards the caskets bearing the bodies of our fallen fellow Rangers. "Ay yi yi. This all seems so bittersweet."
"That it is," sighed Adam. "It's going to be a lot different with Rocky and Tanya gone. Rocky was just getting over his back injury and Tanya was just starting to make a name for herself."
"At least everyone who died is at peace now," I remarked, sitting down next to Adam. "Rocky, Tanya, Ninjor, Aurico, all of the Robot Rangers. They aren't suffering anymore, so we got to look at it that way."
"But, I can't help but wonder if we were successful in defending Eltar," grunted Adam, his voice filled with defeat and frustration. "We're the Power Rangers, we're a lot better than this."
"Yes, but we are not unstoppable," I replied. "We've been defeated before and all we need right now is to regroup and then go after the United Alliance of Evil. Hopefully, this time with the Turbo Rangers on our side. Do they even know what has happened?"
"Its most likely so," answered Alpha 5. "Dimitria will have most likely told them about what had happened. Just remember though that Zordon did say that they needed to stay and defend the Earth from Divatox."
"Then…then we need to stay on Earth and lure them to us," Katherine suggested, trying to sound optimistic. "Hopefully by then, our powers will be fully restored."
"But, we will be defeated soundly again," I cautioned. "If the United Alliance of Evil does come to Earth, we'll be dealing with them and Divatox at the same time. We have to remember that guys."
"Tommy is right," added Alpha 5. "Its important to remember that we would be dealing with a double threat. One from an alliance of evil and the other from a space pirate."
Alpha's adding to my response somehow defeated the purpose of the entire conversation. However, this made me start to think of how we got to this point. Everything that we had done, creating the Turbo Powers and Zords, passing the torch to five new rangers seemed to have led to this moment.
As we pondered the possible outcomes of what laid ahead of us, I began to think back of when this whole story truly began…
…
It all began shortly after we had returned the Gold Ranger powers to Trey of Traforia and the Machine Empire had retreated. I was in the middle of preparing for the climax of my senior year at Angel Grove High when the communicator beeped.
"Come in, Zordon," I said into the communicator, putting aside my schoolwork and going to a secluded part of my bedroom.
"Report to the Power Chamber immediately, Tommy," said Zordon's assistant, Alpha 5. "There is something of great importance that I need to discuss with you."
"What about the others? Shouldn't we contact them?"
"Not right now, Tommy. Only you need to hear this."
So, I did what I was told to do and teleported to the command center. Upon arrival, I found something very different about the Power Chamber. The entire chamber was a lot brighter than normal. Our former Ranger suits and weapons had disappeared from their spots on the wall and replaced with our Zeo colors.
"Zordon? What is it?"
"We have an urgent message from Eltar, Tommy," replied Zordon. "A threat has been made against our home planet by the United Alliance of Evil."
"Shouldn't we notify the others?" I asked. "They're going to want to know about this."
"Tommy, for the time being we need to keep this conversation between us," cautioned Zordon. "Apparently, the Alliance has the ability to spy in on open conversations and we need to stay secretive as much as possible. You must listen very carefully to what I am about to tell you."
So, I stood there and prepared to listen to whatever plans Zordon had to combat this latest and newest threat against us.
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Elsewhere, on a planet called the Cimerrian Planet, a meeting was being called between the United Alliance of Evil members, Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa along with the Machine Empire. Sitting at a long table, the villains were met by a giant creature of pure evil…their leader, Dark Specter and the events that led to the battle of our lives would soon begin...