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What happens when you take six Astro rangers, five former turbo rangers, four rebuilt zords, three intergalatic beings, two runaway rulers, and one lone ranger? Apocalypse.

Judgment Day: Ranger style

The fall of Dark Specter was what we wanted. We fought the battle with all our heart but what we didn't know was that the real war had barely started. We were the last of Zordon's chosen rangers. The last of a dying breed, one might say.

We barely managed to survive the final battle with the same valor and intensity we had when we first accepted the mantel of power from our predecessors that fateful day. Why we were chosen I suppose we will never know. For on that day we stopped all known evil was also the day we started Judgment Day itself.


Present

"War, Strife, Famine, and Death. The four horsemen of the great Apocalypse," stated a gloomy voice.

"Andros, once pure hearted and of peaceful grace you shall be the first dark lord: War.

"TJ, a leader, a follower no matter what role you played you never betrayed for you are the second dark lord: Strife.

"Carlos once a keeper of the peace and giver of time you shall be called the dark lord: Famine.

"Last but not least the young Ashley, loving and carefree, the darkest role you shall play, the dark lord of Death.

"Dark lords arise!" exclaimed the masked figure as he swung the twin sickle threw the air above the four processed teens. "Bring me the one who hides from me.

"Bring her here before my throne, as well as the other ranger who dares to defy me."


Flashback: 2 months Angel Grove park

That fateful started out as any other. The guys where goofing around playing football in the park, while Ashley and myself watched from the sidelines.

"Ash, do you ever wish that you were never chosen to become a power ranger?" questioned the girl suddenly.

"Never," she replied instantly, as she watched her boyfriend play football with the others. "If I had never been chosen to become a power ranger then I never would have meet Andros. "Why?"

"So much pain has come from being a ranger," the girl started to say as she twisted the piece of grass in her hands. "From the moment that I accepted the power, I lost something. Every-time that I try to have a normal day evil comes to ruin it for me. I don't know if I can handle this anymore Ash."

The former yellow ranger looked closely at her friend carefully and replied with caution. "What's really going on?" she asked.

"The war with Dark Specter has been over for a while and…" her voice trailed off as she stared off into the distance.

Understanding dawned at once, "You still miss him, don't you?"

"Yeah." Was her reply as she turned around to look at her best friend. "It's been almost a year and he still hasn't come back."

"Cass…"

"He might not even remember me anymore," she sighed out load as she turned away again. "I mean we never even spoke more then a few words, he wouldn't even tell us his name…or even what planet he was from.

"Why would anyone even want to bother to return to a backwater planet like earth anyway?" she finished with a sigh as she got up and grabbed her jacket.

'Cass' thought Ashley as she watched her friend get up and walk away. 'Damn you'


The planet Kobal: temple ruins

"Are you well my prince?" questioned the ranger guard.

The teenager turned around and sighed as he replied to his current babysitter, "Yes." 'Leave me be' he thought to himself as he returned his gaze to the night sky.

'He hasn't been the same-not since he came back from his last mission' the guard thought to himself as he watched the heir to the throne gaze out into space as if his future rested out there somewhere, and not here on Kobal. "As you wish my prince."

"Lee, do you ever wish that you could choose your own destiny?" questioned the teen suddenly as he movedout of the shadows.

"Of course my prince," the morphed ranger replied, instantly wondering exactly where this conversation was going.

"I know, but what would you be willing to give up for love?"

"Anything, my prince."

"Are you sure about that?" he quizzed.

"Yes, love doesn't come around as often as one may think. My mother always said to take a risk on love because you may never get the opportunity to experience it again."

"She did huh?"

"Yes."

"She sounds like a very wise women," replied the teen as an idea started to take hold in his mind. "Very wise," he repeated as he turned his back on theretreating guard. "Then why don't you follow your own mother's advice?" whispered the prince after he heard the other teen leave the ruins. "You love her, so why won't you tell her?"

He suddenly started to grin as a plan took root in his mind,for he realized the perfect way to get Lee out of the sour mood he had been in for the past few months.

TBC