Disclaimer: the usually, I'm not doing profit of this story and original characters don't belong to me. I can only claim Ms. Zaera as mine.
Dark Weeks
Chapter 1: Mysterious Meeting
Everything was quiet in the Command Center, when a voice of a woman came through the speakers in the Control Panels.
"Hello Zordon," Zordon was overjoyed to hear that voice again "Thought you might want to talk after a thousand years," she said laughingly.
"Of course. If you want, I can introduce some special people I know" the wise wizard responded.
"I would love to," her excited reply was.
"Tomorrow afternoon?" Zordon suggested.
"Yeah it is fine," the mysterious voice agreed. "See you tomorrow." With that last answer the connection went dead.
"Alpha, contact the Power Rangers."
"I already have a lock on them Zordon," the robot answered.
The Rangers were at the Youth Center sparring when their communicators beeped. They walked towards the lockers, surrounding Jason, who whispered, "We read you Zordon."
Zordon voice came through the device "I need you tomorrow afternoon. Please stay all together in a safe place, where it would be easy to teleport you to the Command Center."
"Why? Is there any problem?" Jason asked worried.
"No, there is not. We are having a visitor and I want to introduce you to her."
"Ok." Everyone looked at Billy, asking silently for his place. Billy nodded and Jason informed "Alpha, we'll be at Billy's house."
"Got it Jason," Alpha 5 responded.
The next day a blond-headed woman, dressed in light blue, teleported in. She was a tall woman, her hair was long, her eyes were brown.
"Just in time," Zordon welcomed her.
She smiled. "Thought you would do the same if you could."
"No doubt. So… after all this time you got some news. What are they?"
"Last year, I met a boy whose aura was weird. He had only three colors that mix: black, green and white."
"Really? Interesting…perhaps it was a reference to some Power…I would not know…What about you?"
"I don't want to think those colors could be related to his Power's Origin," she murmured
"What do you mean?" he said concerned
"I mean that, the green could be his first power to hold, the black one he had an encounter with Evil, and the white he returned to the forces of Good."
"Also that would make sense. If that is the case, we have to make sure the boy would not stay traumatized."
"An experience like that could make anyone think about their true nature."
"Exactly, they may believe they are in the wrong side."
"Did you by any chance meet someone who could fit that description?"
"No, I did not. Why? You wish I met that boy?"
"I wish I knew if he had had that experience already. Well, what are yours?"
"I have a Power Ranger team," Zordon said proudly and added "Do you want to meet them?"
"Yes."
"Alpha, please teleport one of them."
"Right away"
In Billy's garage, the Rangers were watching a TV show, when Kimberly disappeared abruptly.
"Hey, where's Kim?" asked Tommy.
The rest of them stormed out to look for her, when they heard Zordon's voice in Billy's communicator. "Rangers, don't panic. Kimberly has been teleported to the Command Center to introduce her to our visitor. You will be teleport here one on one." The Rangers calmed down and returned inside to wait for their turn.
Rita felt the Rangers were up to something. They were all together desperate because Kimmy (or as she lovingly called the Pink Ranger, Pinky) was not with them anymore. She saw the panicked face in 'her boy'. Immediately, understood they were summoned to meet someone. The other only possible Eltarian being who represents a real threat to her: Zaera.
The Evil Empress commanded Goldar to kidnap one of the Rangers. Preferably, her little boy.
Kimberly arrived and saw at first a strange woman. She didn't recognized her and asked "Zordon, who is she?"
"Zaera, this is Kimberly, the Pink Ranger. Kimberly, I'll tell all of you after I introduce you to her who she is, Alpha teleport the next Ranger," Zordon commanded the robot.
Back in Billy's garage, the Rangers were wondering what order Zordon will follow when their questions were answered instantly: Trini was the second to be teleported to the base.
"Who d'ya think Zordon loves more? Trini or Kimberly?" joked Zack making his friends to giggle.
"Ha ha. Not funny Zack," snapped Tommy
"Right, Kim's yours," retorted the Black Ranger and not happy with that, added enthusiastically "So it's settled, Zordon's in love with Trini"
Tommy glared at him while his friends were sick of laughing. Zordon is a kind of a father to us and they're making fun of him. How disrespectful! The Green Ranger thought.
Trini teleported in next to Kimberly. Before she could ask anything Zordon spoke "Trini I want to introduce you to this woman. Trini is the Yellow Ranger."
Now that the boys were left, they started to speculate who would be the first one. Zack assured "I'm pretty sure I will be the first one."
"Why?" asked Tommy and added "Any of us can."
"No, because I'm the first one after you in the Morphin' Sequence." They were discussing this when Billy was teleported out of his house. "Damn it," said Zack.
"Not fair" Jason whined. "I'm the leader, doesn't that make me first?"
Billy landed next to Trini and Zordon asked him to introduce himself. "Hi, I'm Billy the Blue Ranger."
Zaera nodded at him as greeting him.
The next one to be surrounded by their color energy was Zack. And once he got inside the Command Center, he saw the others waving their heads towards the woman in front of them. Before Zordon could ask him to introduce himself, he approached her and said "Hello, my name is Zack and my Ranger color is the Black one."
Zack was followed by Jason who, once in front of the stranger, stepped forward after Zordon asked him to introduce himself and stated "Nice to meet you. I'm Jason, the Red Ranger and also the leader of the team."
Once Jason was teleported, Goldar appeared at Billy's garage where Tommy was, and shot him with his sword, creating another Tommy.
Tommy fell towards Goldar's hands. Then, the golden monkey slapped a cloth with chloroform over Tommy's nose and mouth. The Green Ranger started to struggle to get free, but his double grabbed his hands, preventing him from taking away Goldar's ones. He passed out almost immediately. Goldar gave the other Tommy instructions to stay there and acted like he was the 'real' Tommy.
As the real Green Ranger was in evil's hands, Alpha teleported, without knowing, the creation.
Goldar went to his Empress' Palace, with the Green Ranger-- unconscious.
Once Jason finished his introduction, Zack added "I knew it."
"You knew what?" asked Trini and Kimberly.
Zack replied "The last one to join the team is the last one to be introduced to this woman."
While the Rangers were arguing about Tommy's place in the team, 'he' arrived in time to heard Jason's defense.
"Zack, you must remember he saved us many times."
"Right Jase," 'Tommy' muttered.
"Green Ranger, please face this woman and introduce yourself," Zordon commanded 'Tommy' meaning the discussion was over, at least for now.
'Tommy' turned and couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing, Ms. Zaera was in the Command Center.
She also was in shock. She asked Zordon if there was a mistake but he assured her "Tommy, the Green Ranger, is in front of you Zaera."
Now that the Rangers have met his friend, Zordon was approached by Kimberly, who asked him again "Zordon, who is she?"
"Rangers, this is Zaera. She is a witch who lives in London and… we know each other because… we are from Eltar."
The Rangers gasped. The whole idea of another Eltarian being in the planet was beyond believe.
Their new ally couldn't stop seeing 'Tommy'. She thought the Green Ranger kept his promise but apparently he didn't.
"Tommy, can you tell me how you became a Power Ranger?" she said amused.
"Rita Repulsa gave me her Power Coin."
"Didn't I tell you to be alert huh?" Zaera told her one time student.
"Sorry." The 'Green Ranger' mumbled sheepishly.
"That's ok. But next time try to listen to people who advise you, understood?" she said firmly.
"Promise, and this time I really mean it."
After that, the Eltarian woman asked the rest of the team about their life as Ranger and how they keep the balance with their normal life. They answered eagerly, glad of the chance to talk to someone new.
A few hours later, Zaera, their new ally, teleported away to London while the Rangers wave their hands to her saying goodbyes.
A few days later 'Tommy' vanished.
I'm so bad! Evil smirk. I keep the suspense there. For this story (as a review) I would like to have some theories about what does gonna happen to Tommy. And as usually tell me if you like it or not.