Chapter One

Triforia's Final Hours

Triforia was a world of great technological and spiritual indulgence. A world where the royal family were seen in the same ways as the Egyptians of Earth viewed their Pharaohs. They were gods to be worshipped and adored by the population. Their word to be obeyed above all others. The Nebka Dynasty had reigned over the world for hundreds of thousands of years with one king succeeding another to bring a continuing sense of security and wealth to their people.

And while their beliefs made them appear simplistic, their society was anything but backwards. Art and music were valued, and science reaching greater levels of development as their space exploration continued.

Lord Trey sat upon his father's throne listening to his priest speaks about the dark forces that were heading to their planet. "Please, you must listen. This force is unlike anything we have ever faced before!" The priest told him. A sense of great urgency in his voice.

"Is there anything more you know about this enemy?" Trey asked looking at his priest's face for a moment before he had his answer. "Terr get in contact with the galactic council, we need to warn them of this new force!"

"Right away Lord Trey." The priest Terr replied as he bowed his head for a moment and hurried out of the room. Trey let out a heavy sigh before rubbing his face.

"Why did you have to leave us Zordon? You were everyone's glimmer of hope. You were someone to turn to when everything was falling apart. And now we have no one...I'm afraid that we will not survive this new threat. I also fear that many will die along with the fall of many worlds." Trey said getting up.

He walked slowly to his father's bedchambers. He sighed again before pushing the doors open and walking into the brightly lit room. The room was done in white and gold trim. Lying on the bed was Trey's father.

"My son, you seemed troubled what's the matter?" His father asked forcing himself to sit up in the bed.

"Yes father. Terr as told me that there is an unknown force approaching Triforia. He tells me that this threat is different from the U.A.E and several other groups, and that they will be attacking many worlds searching for some kind of keys." Trey told him.

"I'm afraid I only know of one of the three keys. Which is the Zeo Crystal. Hadn't you put that back on the moon of Earth correct?" He replied.

"Of course I did father." Trey answered. He opened his mouth to add to his reply, but was interrupted by the door opening again.

"My king and lord. The planet is being a-" Terr wasn't able to finish his sentence as he fell to the ground dead.

"Oh that's too bad. I think he was going to tell you that the intruders were already in the palace." Lothor's voice came from the doorway.

"Who the hell are you?" Trey yelled turning around to face the speaker. "What is it you want from us?" he asked.

"The Keys of course. My servants are already looking for them on this planet and have orders to kill anyone that stands in their way." He replied taking a step into the room. "You can call me Lothor."

"You bastard!!" Trey yelled running forward to attack Lothor. Lothor sent an energy ball at Trey, which he easily dodged. However, that was his biggest mistake of the battle as this left his father wide open. His father's screams pierced the air as his body and bed began to burn.

Trey looked at the bed his father was once lying in as tears began to form in his eyes. "Father!!!" He yelled knowing full well that he was already gone. "You bastard...I'll make you pay for what you've done!!" He again yelled getting back up from the ground. He summoned the golden power staff.

"It's Morphin' Time! Gold Ranger Power." He called morphing into the Gold Ranger. Within minutes of that transformation, Trey began to attack Lothor without remorse. With a swift hit to the stomach with the tip of his staff, Trey had knocked Lothor close to the large window.

"You must be stupid or something boy. What makes you think you can defeat me?" Lothor called out with a laugh. "Tell me where the Zeo Crystal is ranger!" he yelled forming an energy orb in his hand.

"Somewhere you'll never find it." Trey replied tightening his grip on the staff.

"That's not the right answer ranger." Lothor called sending the energy orb at his opponent, which sent him backward into the wall. The last thing he could remember was Lothor walking over to him, a twisted smile on his face.

He wasn't sure how long he was out. At first he couldn't find the strength to even open his eyes. "So the alien prince is still alive." He heard Lothor's voice. When he didn't open his eyes, he felt a sharp kick in the side. "It's time to rise and shine ranger."

Trey finally found the strength to open his eyes. He found himself facing the door, and from the heat on his back, he knew he was against the window. He looked around the room a little bit and found his staff lying beside him.

"Oh don't get up ranger. You won't be going anywhere anytime soon." Lothor said bending over to look Trey in the eye. "I'll ask again, where is the Zeo Crystal?" he asked.

"I already told you its somewhere safe, and don't even think I'll tell you it's location. I'd die before I'd betray myself or my beliefs!" Trey replied griping his staff and jumping to his feet.

Before he had a chance to call out an attack, another energy ball was sent hurling at him. He braced himself unaware of how much power was in the ball. Time seemed to move slowly as the energy orb made it's way toward him. All Trey could see was that twisted smile on the villain's face. When the energy orb made contact with the power staff, the orb began to grow in strength.

Under his helmet Trey began to breath heavier, as he tried to push the orb back at its creator, even with all the strength that a Triforians, and the extra strength he acquires as the Gold Ranger, he found in difficult to move. As you but more of his strength into moving the orb, it alone began to grow more and more.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!" Trey screamed as he felt a few of his ribs crack. He was soon having a hard time seeing anything as his vision was becoming cloudy from both pain and blood.

"Oh this is getting so boring." Lothor remarked as he yawned and sent another energy orb at the Gold Ranger. Lothor smiled as he heard the Gold Ranger scream again as it made contact.

Trey felt this strength leaving him as the second orb made contact. He only had two choices left: either be killed here by the overwhelming power coming off the joined energy orbs, or move enough to one side and then push himself out of the window to fall several stories down and hopefully land on something soft.

Trey used the rest of the strength he had left to move over to the left side. Hoping it was enough, he lowered his staff and let the orb push him through the window, and then there was nothing.

Where once the capital city once stood, was left in ruins. Smoke and ash filled the skies and the smell of burning bodies also mixed in the air. The buildings in the city were either burning, burnt, broken, falling apart, or were covered in blood.

The first thing Trey felt was a rock against his head. He sighed turning to open is eyes. "Lord Trey!" he heard a female voice speak up. "Don't move too much." She added with what he knew as sadness in her tone of voice.

He was finally able to open his eyes. He looked up into the face of the girl he somehow knew had saved his life. "Where are we?" he asked trying to stand.

She placed her hand on his shoulder. "Please don't move, you're badly injured. We're in the savage desert not too far from the western landing pad. My name is Tatianya. A friend and I found you outside the palace. He and I carried you out of the city. That's where we ended up running into a group of oozed covered beings, and my friend told me to take you while he fought them off." She told him as she started to cry. "Everyone is going to the landing pads and taking ships to Earth. The landing pads to the north, south, and east are all empty, and I know for sure that whomever is attacking landed on the west pad." She told him she wear the traditional Triforians robes she had blonde hair and blue colored eyes.

"Help me up, please." Trey told her. She sat there for a moment before getting to her feet and placing her arm under his. It took a while, but she finally got him onto his feet. "Pyramidas shouldn't be too far from here. If we can make it to the ship, we can make it to Earth. I just hope it hasn't already been attacked or worse..."

"Too bad you're not going to get the chance to run and hide ranger." A voice Trey wasn't ready for spoke up. Trey's eyes went wide as he remembered the day. The same day someone dear, not just to him, but to every ranger that had known him had died to protect them.

Tatianya turned the two of them around to face the speaker. Lo and behold it was the person he had feared it would be. "Goldar!" Trey yelled. Trey turned to look at Tatianya for a moment and whispered something in her ear. "When I say run, run in the direction we were heading. Pyramidas is waiting for us there. Make sure to stay out of sight when you arrive. Oh, almost forgot, you won't be able to see it, but it's in a clearing. There should be a few rocks around the area. So just wait there for me." He told her.

She looked at him a moment then back at Goldar. She nodded and moved enough so that Trey was now standing on his own, and looked at him one last time. "Run!" Trey yelled. She nodded again before running in the direction of Pyramidas.

"So what if you saved that girl's life for now. Yours is going to end here." Goldar replied pointing his sword at Trey. "I see you already met Lothor. The fool thought he had already taken care of you, but I'm glad he failed."

"You can never defeat me Goldar, not then and not now." Trey replied tightening his grip on his staff while trying to remain standing. Goldar moved his sword a bit, and once where there was nothing, now stood oozed covered beings in a circle around him.

"Well see about the ranger. Get him." Goldar yelled as the group of ooze beings made there way to Trey. His vision began to fade in and out.

"It's time for a gold rush." Trey called raising the gold power staff into the air, the staff then transforms a bit. Trey remained where he was for a moment before running knocking each of the oozed creators.

With the foot soldiers out of the way it left him to deal with Goldar. "Like I said you can't defeat me." Trey replied.

The two of them stood their looking at each other for what seemed like eternity, until Goldar rushed forward and began to attack Trey. A few punch and kicks, forced Trey to move backwards a few steps.

"So what do you think I'm going to let you have all the fun, you gold plated monkey." Lothor's voice come from above. The two fighters looked up at him. Goldar began to snarl has he watched Lothor jump from is place on the mountain, to land behind Trey.

Without warring the two villains began to attack Trey as a team. Trey was sent flying into the side of the mountain. He lay there for a moment, as he tried to chance his breath, it felt like every bone in his bodies was broken.

'I can't keep this up, how am I suppose to get to Pyramidas, without those two following me.' He thought as he remained where he was. He lay there for a few more moments before jumping to his feet and began to run around the side of the mountain.

"Don't just stand there with your month open monkey boy, go get him." Lothor yelled. Goldar turned to look at him for a moment, snarling the whole time, but run after Trey nonetheless.

Trey continued to run, he could hear Goldar running and threading him, from behind. Trey began to feel tired as he tried his best to keep his pace up. He know he wasn't going to make it when he started to hear the rocks from under him.

He soon found himself felling form is place on the mountain to the ground below. He landed with a thud. "That's as far as your going to get ranger." Goldar replied walking up to the fallen gold ranger, he started to kick the fallen ranger in the back.

"Stop you bastard!" Tatianya voice made Goldar stopped his attack on Trey and turned to look up at her.

"So you're going to have a girl do all of your fighting for you ranger?" Goldar replied with a long laugh. The blonde haired Triforian held a sword in one hand and a plasma blaster in the other aimed at Goldar's head.

"Tatianya, I told you to run!" Trey replied earning another kick in the back. Tatianya fired a shot into the air making Goldar turn his attention back to her.

"So the girl does have some guts. This should be fun." Goldar replied jumping over Tatianya and began his attack. She was blocking each of his sword attacks with her own. That is, until he started to move faster. Once that started, she started to move backwards as if leading him away for something.

In one final swing, he had cut her left arm off. "Too bad your little warrior girl is not very skilled with her sword." Goldar called out with laughter. He turned to look at the fallen ranger but found no one.

With in a matter of moments, the ground began to shake and the sound of an engine starting up could be heard. Goldar turned to look at the direction of the sound just in time to see Pyramidas taking off.

Pyramidas hovered overhead for a few moments, and in that time Tatianya disappeared. When she reappeared in the cockpit, Trey pushed a few buttons here and there.

The ship remained where it was a few more moments as if taunting him. "Don't think this is the last time we'll see each other Gold Ranger! You and your little girl knight are going to die by my hand!!" Goldar snarled.

After several long minutes, Pyramidas took off leaving its planet behind never to return again. Once Pyramidas made it out of the atmosphere and several miles away from the fallen planet, Triforia exploded in a giant flash of what had appeared to be golden light sending out a strong shockwave towards Pyramidas. The shockwave came swiftly at Pyramidas as if it were some hungry beast trying to gobble up the ship with its unrelenting chase. The situation seemed hopeless until Trey hit another button before passing out. This button threw Pyramidas into a hyper drive-like state to the point where it could finally escape the shockwave and make it to safety...at least for now that is.