Chapter 1
I continued to stare down at my hands not believing that I had actually taken a life. And not just any life but the life of a power ranger. I began to tremble, I still in a state of shock. But then I shouldn't be at all surprised at this, he did chose me for this reason in fact he had told me what my job was. And now I had done it, I had killed the yellow ranger.
"I have to say." said a voice behind me, nearly making me jump out of my skin.
"You did an excellent job, I couldn't be more happier."
Spinning around I faced my master, Lord Zedd. I bowed my head still trembling and struggling not to cry.
"Well, if it had been this easy to weaken the rangers this way, I would have chosen you a long time ago." I flinched.
"Thank you master." I mumbled. He didn't say anything, just held up his staff over my head and released the spell that has been over me for a full 6 months. I felt lighter, the spell was gone and so was the monster that I had become. But I knew that I would still have nightmares about her. I looked up tentatively.
"I'm free?"
"Yes, much as it pains me to do so, I give you your freedom back. You were a good servant Amy, and like any good master, I promise not to harm your family."
"Thank you master." He let out a grunt then vanished in a flash of lighting. I sat down on my bed again. I should be grateful that I have my freedom back that I'm alive and that my family is safe...and yet...how can I be when I've doomed the Earth. Well, not exactly doomed it, there are still five rangers left plus that blue guy. I shoved thoughts that were creeping into my mind away, I didn't even want to think about the other rangers or how much danger the world was in. I was tired from that battle plus mentally exhausted, I didn't want to think about how much trouble I was going to be in if the power rangers found out that the monster that killed their companion was a 15 year old girl, I didn't even think that they would believe that I was forced into it. Maybe they'll kill me quickly and put an end to my misery. I thought to myself as I slowly peeled off my shirt, I turned so that my back was facing the mirror. Craning my neck around to as far as it could go I looked at my back. yup. Still there and they still look fresh. I slipped into a bathrobe and made my way down to the bathroom with a guilt ridden heart, stepping into the room I turned on the hot water then the cold water and drew myself a bath, letting the robe slid off I carefully slid into the tub and sat down, I began washing myself. I looked at my hands surprised that I didn't see any blood from the ranger's body. I buried my face in my hands and wept.
5 weeks later
Surprised to see that the world is still here. I thought as I walked to Angel Grove High. Even more surprised that life goes on. I saw some kids that were laughing, talking with their friends and smiling. Silly me, just because one ranger is dead doesn't mean that the entire team will fall. The power rangers were still fighting Lord Zedd and his monsters, a couple of times they nearly lost, but they would somehow figure out how to defeat monster after monster and win. I guess I should be grateful that my master hasn't called on me again. Though I wonder why he doesn't come to me and tell me that I have to kill the rest of the rangers. My master only turned me into that monster for that full 5 months just to get rid of that one ranger, why only one? Maybe letting one ranger fall in front of the entire team, will be enough to shake them up a bit or something. I thought to myself as I took out my English book and math book. He never really explained to me why he needed me to kill the yellow ranger and not the rest of them. Should I be grateful that he only sent me to kill just one ranger and not the entire team? If I had killed the entire team the world would be destroyed right now, maybe he thought that since one ranger is dead the others will be easy pickings. I shook my head. I was tired of thinking this way and forcing these thoughts from my head, I made my way toward English class. Ms. Sullivan my English teacher greeted me with a smile, I returned it half heartily, I sat down at my desk and semi listened to the teacher as she began the lesson. How could I do such a horrible thing? But...I didn't have a choice , if I didn't then Zedd would have killed my family and what's more important? Protecting your family or refusing to kill a power ranger and ensure that the Earth was still around? Both are important but I could only chose one. Wish I could do it over again then I would refuse...but what would stop Lord Zedd from placing that spell over me? That girl would still be dead, the power rangers would be one ranger short, and I would still have her blood on my hands. The bell rang and I jerked my head up, I had been so deep in thought that I didn't hear a word the teacher said. Luckily the homework was written on the board, flipping my notebook to a fresh page I quickly wrote it down, then scrambled to my feet and went to my next class.
I breathed a sigh as lunchtime came, I needed to be by myself for a bit. During my classes I had given myself a firm talking to, sure what I had done was pretty horrible but the world was still around, the power rangers were still fighting Zedd's monsters they hadn't given up. In fact what had happened couldn't be helped, even if I had refused, like I said before, he, still would have cast that spell on me. Maybe if I had refused then he wouldn't have treated me so badly, he wouldn't have treated me ...like a slave. He probably wouldn't have given me beatings every time I failed. Then again... I shook my head, I had seen how he had treated Goldar and Rito, if Lord Zedd wasn't beating me for failing then those two would be using me as a punching bag, releasing their frustrations. I shook my head hard, shaking away the horrible memories. Don't think about that now, you're free, and you always will be. You are no longer his puppet or his slave, he won't hurt you anymore because you kept your part of the bargain. I looked down at my sandwich and took a bite out of it and chewed thoughtfully. If he says I'm free then why I do I feel like I'm not.
"Hi." said a voice, I nearly jumped out of my skin. Looking up I saw Kimberly Hart. She was in my math class, I've seen her around school with her friends. Tommy Oliver, her boyfriend, Rocky Desantos, who was the king of comedy and who was really cute, Adam Park, he was cool, and Billy Cranston, the school's brain, they were cool, but a little weird. I've often wondered if I was the only one that noticed that all four of them seemed to wear the same color on a daily basis. Tommy would wear white, Rocky would wear red, Adam would wear black, Kimberly would wear pink and Billy would wear blue. After thinking about it for a bit, I had pegged it down to a weird friendship thing. I smiled at her hesitantly.
"Mind if I sit here?" She asked indicating the empty seat next to me. I shook my head. She sat down then asked.
"You're Amy Karmer, aren't you?"
"Yes I am." She extending out her hand. I took it timidly and shook it.
"Name's Kimberly Hart."
"Nice to meet you." I said.
"Likewise." Does she want anything? Nobody in school has given me a second glance. I swallowed suddenly very nervous.
"So...you're a freshman here right?" asked Kimberly. I nodded, still eating, needing to do something.
"How do you like school so far?"
"It's okay, the teachers are nice."
"Ever gotten lost here?" I shook my head, even though it was a lie. There was this one time where I had forgotten my way to my math class.
"I have, when I was a freshman, now I know the school like the back of my hand." She said. I flinched, already feeling stupid. I knew the location of my classes, the gym, the lunchroom, and the bathrooms, the rest of the school was like another land to me. Kimberly turned to me after looking around a bit.
"Do you want to sit with me and my friends?" I stared at her in a panic as she pointed to her friends, they waved to us. I knew that I was blushing. Is it because I'm sitting here by myself and eating, she saw me and felt sorry for me is that it? Amy, don't be ridiculous. She's just coming over for a chat. besides she just wants me to meet her friends for the first time. I paused in my thinking. Why do I feel as if I've meet them before? I jumped as the bell rang.
"Oh, thank goodness...I-I mean...sorry Kimberly maybe next time okay? I've got to get to class." I hurriedly gathered my stuff and swung my backpack onto my shoulders. "Good-bye." Then I took off for some reason, I wanted to get as far away from Kimberly and her friends as possible.
"Right bye." she called to me. Then she turned back to her friends. All of them had stood up and were making their way through the crowd of kids heading to their class.
"Well, that didn't go to well." said Billy.
"Relax, it was the first time that they've met, kids are bound to be nervous, you didn't expect her to join us at the first chance did you?" said Tommy.
"I just don't get why Zordon wants us to recruit this girl. I mean, we have been doing fine so far, so we've nearly lost a few battles. So what? We've managed to beat Zedd's monsters." said Rocky.
"Yes, but we need someone to pilot the Ninja Bear Zord, Alpha can't keep driving it with a remote control." pointed out Adam.
"And we need a sixth ranger to create the ninja megazord, look Zordon told us that Amy has incredible power, power that she was born with. She could be a really big help to us." Tommy said.
"Yeah? Well what if she says no? Then what will we do?" snapped Rocky.
"It doesn't have to happen right now right now, we'll just need a few days for her to feel comfortable with us and then we'll see if Amy wants to join."
"Tommy, we don't have a few days. Lord Zedd is kicking our tails out there, in fact a couple of times he was within inches of winning, if luck hadn't been on our side that day..." Rocky glared at his leader.
"I know that you are following Zordon's orders, but what about the rest of us huh? Aisha hasn't been dead for more than a month and now Zordon is thinking of replacing her? We are still in the mourning stage." Both boys glared at each other. Adam stepped between them and said quietly.
"He knows that this is hard for all of us, Zordon's only thinking of the team, in fact he was sorry that we didn't have enough time to mourn for her, but at the same time we just can't let Aisha's death stop us from doing what we have to do. We have keep on going for the Earth's sake as well as for Aisha."
"Its what she would have wanted." said Kimberly, she blinked back tears. Rocky closed his eyes for a bit and breathed deeply, he exhaled in a long sigh.
"Okay, so should each of us take a turn introducing ourselves?" Kimberly thought for a minute then she said that she had better talk to me one on one.
"She'll feel more comfortable with just one person, besides she seemed a bit scared when I approached her." They had reached their class and were sitting down and talking all the while the teacher was talking. The teacher glared at the group and they fell silent. Tommy gave Kimberly a brief nod as their eyes met. Kimberly stared straight ahead and thought about yesterday.
"I know that all of you will think this is completely unfair of me and too soon but...we need to recruit a new yellow ranger." Zordon said. The others had stared at him, then they admitted to each other that the power rangers couldn't go on with 5 ranger and the keeper of the temple for very long. Lord Zedd had given his monsters and henchmen some new power that made them faster and stronger. They had barely survived the last attack.
"H--how are we going to go about choosing a new ranger?" asked Tommy.
"I have already found a candidate." Everyone turned toward the viewing globe, there was a picture of a girl, with dark hair, glasses and who was skinny.
"This is the girl that I have chosen to be new yellow ranger." The rangers stared at my picture. Zordon watched them seeing a mixture of anger, disbelief on each of their faces.
"We know what you're feeling, that its too soon to chose a new ranger. But Lord Zedd won't wait until you've had a chance to mourn."
"We all know that." said Tommy quietly. all of them were silent for a few moment, then Kimberly turned and asked.
"Who is she?"
"Her name is Amy Karmer." said Alpha 5. "And our database tells us that she goes to your school." He paused for a minute. Then said.
"She has incredible power, power that she was born with." The rangers turned and stared at him.
"Powers?" said Billy. Alpha nodded.
"We don't know if Lord Zedd knows about them but if he does find her before we do..." he let his voice trail off.
"We need our approval, if you don't approve of Zordon's choice then we can look for another candidate, but if you do then we can go ahead and proceed to make her into a ranger." Tommy looked down at the floor then back at the viewing globe. She looks a lot more younger than she appears to be, could she really be cut out to be a ranger? He looked at his fellow rangers, and asked them what they thought. Rocky looked angry and voiced his opinion which was that he thought it was unbelievable that Zordon would chose a new yellow ranger right after Aisha was killed. Adam agreed but said that because of the powers that Zedd's henchmen packed nowadays they could really use someone powerful.
"At least give us more time to mourn for her." said Rocky.
"Rocky, believe me if I could, I would give you all more time, but Lord Zedd won't give you that, wherever he got this new power, it has made his army more stronger, Amy's power could give us the boost that this team needs but in order to make her into a ranger, I need your approval." Billy was silent then he looked up and asked.
"What kind of power does she have?"
"We're not entirely sure, but if we can get her up here and ask her we can get all the information for our data banks." Alpha said. Kimberly, Adam and Billy were silent each thinking. Finally Kimberly spoke up and asked.
"Where does she live Zordon?"
"Does she go to Angel Grove High?" asked Adam.
"How old is she?" asked Billy. Zordon answered all of their questions then he turned to Tommy and Rocky, who had both stayed silent.
"Tommy, what do you think?" Tommy was silent. Finally he said.
"If she can help us beat Lord Zedd, then I'm all for it." The others smiled at him.
"Rocky?" Rocky looked up at Zordon. Zordon looked down at him.
"A new yellow ranger will replace the one that we had lost, but we'll keep Aishia's memory alive within all of us, we won't forget her." he said softly. Rocky was silent for a few minutes more, mulling it over then he let out a sigh then said.
"Okay, so where do we find her?" The others cheered, then they made up a plan on how to approach me. The bell rang, causing Kimberly to leap up and fall out of her chair, she landed on the ground. Rocky was trying to keep a straight face while he helped her up.
"You okay?" asked Tommy coming to her side. Kimberly nodded. After dusting herself off and gathering her books Kimberly took off to go find me while the others went to the Youth Center. I was just at my locker and getting my books out when a voice behind me say.
"Amy!" I jumped and let out a little scream and I dropped a couple of books on my foot. Letting out a yelp of pain I turned toward the person who scared the daylights out of me.
"Sorry about that, here let me help you." It was Kimberly, she bent down and began to pick up my books for me.
"No I got it." I said as I squatted down and took the books from her, we both stood up and faced each other.
"Sorry for scaring you, you seem jumpy this today."
"I've just had a lot on my mind lately." I said as I began to say goodbye to her and walk away.
"Hey listen, can I walk home with you, I--I need to ask you something." I glanced at her, I was more used to being alone but it would be nice to have some company. So I nodded then the both of us began to walk toward the exit of the school, down the stairs and out onto the sidewalk. For the first couple of blocks both of us didn't say much. then we came to the park.
"So what did you want to ask me?" I thought that maybe I should be the one to break the silence. Kimberly took a deep breath she turned to me and opened her mouth. But instead of words, she gasped, her eyes widened. I spun only to face Goldar! I let out a gasp also, he punched me hard across the face, I stumbled to the side giving him a clear shot of Kimberly. Tengu Warriors had appeared out of nowhere and were trying to grab me! They're going to take me back to Lord Zedd! He's going to kill me! Was my first thought, I began to fight beating back the Tengus and Rito who was busily slapping me around trying to get me to fall. But I was fighting to stay on my feet, I couldn't let them take me. Rito had shoved me against a tree.
"So thought you could make friends with the rangers?"
"What are you talking about? Kimberly's not a ranger." He cackled.
"There is so much that you don't know, Zedd wants a word with you." He gripped the front of my shirt and pulled me toward him, I began to struggle. Then he was kicked aside by the White Ranger! I stumbled the ranger caught me.
"You alright?" he asked me. I nodded.
"Get the girl!" shouted Goldar. Rito was already on his feet and was charging at me but the White Ranger got in the way and both of them began to fight. I looked around for an escape route, but the Tengu Warriors had surrounded me, the other rangers came to my rescue and surround me also, but they were facing the Tengu Warriors.
"I guess Lord Zedd already knows." said the Black Ranger. The Blue Ranger spoke to his wrist and shouted.
"Zordon, its not safe for Amy here she can't get away. Teleport her to the Command Center!" I let out a little gasp as I saw everything disappear around me. The next thing I knew I was on the ground...er..floor startled I looked up and around.
"Phew! That was a definite close one." said a voice, a little robot suddenly came toward me, I began to crab walk backward as fast as I could, until I hit something, turning my head I saw a white globe. The little robot looked at me.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you, my name is Alpha 5, and this is the Command Center." I looked around while I slowly stood up, the Command Center had a large consol that made a half circle, looking up I saw an empty blue tube that was 2 feet high, I turned myself slowly around looking at everything. I looked at the robot who was looking back at me.
"H--how did I get here?"
"You were teleported."
"Teleported?"
"Yes, I teleported you here to get you out of danger's way."
"Oh. T--thank you."
"You're welcome." Suddenly a voice directed at me called greetings.
"Greetings Amy Karmer." My head shot up and my mouth dropped open. In the tube, a gigantic head was sliding down!
"I am..." he started but I interrupted him by letting out a shriek then diving for cover behind the globe. Alpha let out a sigh.
"Zordon, really." he said in an annoyed voice. For the next couple of minutes the head that was called Zordon and Alpha 5 tried to coax me out of my hiding place. I was about to step out from behind the Viewing Globe as Alpha called it when more people teleported in, back I went behind the Viewing Globe.
"Is Amy okay Zordon?" asked the one of the rangers, I stared at them then slowly stood up.
"Yes, she's right behind you." said Alpha with a small gesture. The rangers all turned and I crouched in fear. Why did they bring me here? Do they know who I used to be? Do they know what I was forced to do? I began to shake, one of the rangers stepped forward.
"Its okay, we won't hurt you Amy."
"How do you know my name?" I took a step back away from the ranger's outstretched hand.
"Its okay," said the pink ranger. "come out from behind there please." I hesitated then I took a few baby steps toward them. I looked at them.
"We need your help, Lord Zedd has come across this incredible power that he feeds to his army, he has nearly defeated us, but we've managed to beat him. The thing is we don't know how much longer we can 'just barley make it'". said the White Ranger. I stared at them, while taking a step back.
"What do you need from me?" the Blue Ranger stepped forward.
"We know that you have powers that you were born with, with your powers we might have a chance to defeat Lord Zedd." I gasped and my hand went to my locket that hung from around my neck. My powers...how did they know about them? I stared at them.
"Y--you're asking me to join you, to be a ranger?" If my master found out he'd skin me alive. I shuddered at the thought of facing him.
"Yes, we are." said the Red Ranger.
"Please Amy." said the Black Ranger. I hesitated. If I step out of here then I am as good as dead, he'll probably torture me first to see if I was told of anything of importance and then he'll kill me. On the other hand if I join then I'll be able to redeem myself of every horrible thing that I was forced to do, and I can protect my family more better.
"Okay, I'll join."
"Seriously? Cool." said the Red Ranger. The White Ranger approached me.
"First of all we have to show you who we really are." All of them took off their helmets to reveal Tommy, Rocky, Adam, Kimberly and Billy!!! I took a step back and stared at them. Rito was right. Kimberly smiled at me, while Tommy handed me the Yellow Ranger Power Coin, I approached Zordon and he explained how I had to follow rules. I promised that I would follow these rules without fail. I couldn't believe it, I had become the new yellow ranger!
