The rangers hadn't noticed it at first, they thought he just needed his space some time to get over it and then move on, but he started to spend less and less time with them to a point where he just disappeared on them each day after school, they would look for him but never find him, and then during his ranger duties he started speaking less and less until he just stopped speaking at all, then he began getting more vicious in battles it started small kicking a monster when he was down to going out of his was to torture the beasts before destroying them, using his blaster to cripple them taking out their legs then, blasting them in non-fatal places to just injure them. Then he would use his sword and disarm them in the literal sense then if they had wings he would cut them off or a tail the same and he would use the severed limbs to beat the beast to death.
The other rangers as well as the mentor Zordon began getting concerned he wouldn't form the Zeo Megazord or Super-Megazord he would only use his red battle Zord and red Super-Zeo Zord use it to brutal and lethal effect.
At home he just trained every day after school until he was called by Zordon to fight. He slept barely four hours a night, ate enough to keep him going but nothing more. He hardly spoke to his parents anymore and let no one near him in any capacity. He didn't called out his morph now nor did he do the motions to the gust clamped the two pieces of his mopher together then got on with it. He would spend time at the command centre improving his aim with his Zeo blaster.
On the weekends he would spend time in Zordons special gravity chamber used to acclimatise people to a new planet now used for training. He wore heavy weights strapped to his arms and legs at around fifty pounds on each leg and arm, when training with his sword he would always go in the offensive using strong fast blows to attack his foe and would always go for a slashes towards the legs to cripple or force his opponent back.
When Tray needed to transfer his powers Jason was chosen Rocky and Adam collected him and brought him to the command centre he was in the shadows watching on as the transfer commenced when Jason collapsed he didn't rush to his side like a good friend or bro he stayed and watched on with no emotion on his face and left whilst the others fussed over him, he had left going to train not caring whether the others cared or not.
He had just spent the day training hard and went to cool down in his new meditation room shutting himself further out of the lives of his friends. Finding solace in meditation and more piece than when he slept. After an hour he was back at the grind stone he teleported himself to the command centres gravity chamber. Set it for seven time's normal earth gravity and began his work out.
In the main briefing room the others watched concerned as there friend began his work out again. Watching as there friend and leader suffered in silence was killing them. None of them could connect with him anymore he had severed all ties with them and couldn't rebuild them.
It was reaching a point that none of them could recognise Tommy any more his fighting style changed to a more brutally efficient. Changed his image cut his hair off in a crew cut wore or military style. Combat boots and trousers and red t-shirt. The weights strapped to his arms on show in black.
"I am getting more concerned about Tommy" boomed the voice of Zordon "he has almost completely severed himself from everybody he had cared about and that is not healthy if things continue to go on like this I will have no choice but to take action by removing him from the team until such time as he has fully healed"
"You can't do that we need him he has the pivotal piece in all our Mega-Zords" shouted Adam
"Witch he refuses to combine into I am sorry but if he continues he will put the planet and lives of its inhabitancy in danger we cannot risk that" they understood but didn't voice it.
"I'll talk to him," volunteered Jason as he headed off to the gravity room.
Inside Tommy had finished going through a simplified kata arrangement leaving out all unnecessary movements when the gravity returned to normal and the heavy metal doors opened, and Jason walked in with a determined look on his face. Facing Tommy's back
"Tommy we need to talk man" he said squaring his shoulders "you need to stop this man you need to come back to us man you can't live like this, this isn't life. Look at yourself comes on man your turning into the machines we fight"
Tommy slowly turned around and looked into Jason's eyes, Jason into his.
Jason's eyes were full of life and glowing with passion, Tommy's eyes were cold lifeless and had none of the quality's Jason's had they were dull and empty no emotion and no sole. Then he spoke words that would shatter all who heard them in a cold monotone voice.
"Emotions are irrelevant, emotional attachments are irrelevant all that matters is the mission" his cold lifeless monotone voice that cut Jason to the core
"What's the mission?" he asked not knowing what to expect from the man wearing his bro's face
"The destruction of the machine empire to the last, the deaths of Lord Zed and Empress Rita with minimal but exactable collateral damage"
"Collateral damage those our people there humans people we are sworn to protect as rangers" he said when an energy field came around Tommy stopping him from escaping
"Tommy your mental instability is a danger to the earth and its people I am sorry but I must take your power," said the booming voice of Zordon
Tommy razed his communicator and tapped it three times
"Computer Red Zeo power DNA encoding lock"
"Confirmed"
"Zord controls lock"
"Confirmed"
"Initiate protocol Red Zeo 5"
"Confirmed awaiting your order Red Zeo 5"
"Execute now"