Power Rangers: Eternal Tales

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Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers, Bandai or any of the characters (save any OCs I bring in). This does have romance in it, and it may get PG13, so be warned. There IS some swearing in this story, so beware of that. Remember that the power rangers TV series was designed for kids, so they made sure no swearing made it into the show. This author is more realistic though. I sincerely doubt that when one of their allies got hurt, the rangers would only just be annoyed.

I hope you enjoy and it's only my second story, I am trying a new style of writing. The story does jump around a bit, but that's because it's following multiple characters' story lines (at least in some chapters). A lot of chapters, there won't be as much jumping so be patient with this please.

Oh and believe it or not, I am a HUGE Tommy fan normally, but I figured I'd attempt a new style with this fanfiction as there aren't many fanfictions of the original on yet. I wanted an OC female Green Ranger, so I'm sorry to all the Tommy Fans, he won't be in this story...yet...just Wait you will be surprised how I bring Tommy in :D

Last night tell me what you thought...was it easy to understand who was talking to whom and all that knowledge? If I get some reviews saying places where its hard to keep track (in particular when next lines are separated to people talking) then I will do some modification to update it properly)

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Chapter One: Ambush

It was a standard, normal day in the life of the Power Rangers. They had saved the world many times over while in their transformed states. Jason hoped against all hopes that they would have a peaceful day for once.

Kimberly meanwhile had gone to the shopping mall. She had a special plan in mind for her friends. She was so happy they worked so hard for so many days in a row that she wanted to reward them all. She had to think carefully of what to get them all. They had helped her so many times throughout their growth as the heroes they had become.

She raced from store to store...she had already gotten the perfect gifts for Jason, Trini and Zack. She was having a very hard time figuring something out for Billy. Then she froze in her tracks, "Wait a second...I have the perfect gift for him..." She spun and raced into a store and came out ten minutes later.

She quickly hopped the bus and got off at her home. She went to her photo album and found the picture she was looking for. She slipped it into the gift and went to meet her fellow rangers at Jason's house, she had set up a party to be done in the early afternoon.

Billy gave her a hug as she walked through the door, "You're late Kimberly, did you get what you needed done?"

She nodded and exclaimed, "Yeah! I had them gift wrapped as well. It's just a shame that Trini and Zack are on a trip in San Francisco right now."

Billy smiled then said, "My plans for today include traversing the ocean floor using the required scuba equipment. My uncle educated me in the process." He paused for a moment then asked, "Do you wish to accompany me?"

Kimberly hugged him and said, "Yes, I have always wanted to go! Can we go now?"

Billy smiled, "Affirmative, let us hasten to the beach." He led the way to the bus stop and the two headed towards the ocean.

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Jason was heading towards his own house, having just finished teaching his Karate Class. It was then that three of Rita's infamous putties appeared near him. He glared and thought, 'Should have known this day wasn't going to be peaceful.' Jason started to face off against the gray creatures. He seemed to be holding his own, despite being outnumbered three to one. He flipped over them and quickly did a spinning kick to send two of them flying. The third one closed in on him fast but he did a back kick to send it into a tree. The three creatures vanished without a trace. He placed his finger on his wrist.

He talked into the communicator, "Zordon come in, I was just attacked by putties in the park, what's the situation in the command center?"

Zordon's voice spoke from the communicator, "Jason, I have detected a monster in the warehouse district. The other Rangers are either out of town or underwater. I will send the latter two to you as soon as I manage to open communications with them. Go there and hold him off. Beware his venomous snakes! Let the power protect you."

Jason called out, "It's morphing time!" He held up his power morpher, "Tyrannosaurus!" He flashed red then transported to the warehouse district. He looked around but didn't see the monster, "That's strange, where Is it?"

He was suddenly punched in the back, "Right behind you red ranger!" A strange monster that looked like a cross between a lizard and a cobra was behind him. He was wielding a vicious looking sword and a oval shield. The sword looked like it had hundreds of tiny teeth on its edge, much like a saw blade, and the shield was red but with a cobra emblazoned in the center.

Jason said, "Oh man this guy looks strong!" He leaped towards the monster with his sword out. He slashed but the monster transported behind him and slashed him in the back. Jason quickly pulled out his gun and said, "Blast him!" He fired lasers, but the monster just used his shield to reflect the beams right back at Jason. "This is definitely not good, he keeps blocking my attacks with ease."

The red ranger dashed forward and slashed at the monster with a two handed slash but the monster used his shield to block the strike and countered swiftly, "What's the deal with this monster?" Jason called out as he deftly back flipped away.

Zordon called him in, "Jason, this Monster was created using the Tyrannosaurus data crystal that was hidden in the altar. I will explain about the altar later, for now know that it uses your own powers and abilities against you. Just survive until I can get the other rangers to you!"

Jason said, "I'm on it!" He dashed forward and began to clash blades with the Viperous monster. Viperous shot a beam at the red ranger. Jason slid to the right dodging it, only to find there were five snakes waiting for him. They were mini versions of the monster. "You have got to be joking me!" He began slashing at the snakes while the main monster began charging up a cannon ability.

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Meanwhile up on the Moon...

Rita smirked as she watched, "This time, I will destroy the power rangers. I Have been going easy on them for far too long! Scorpina! Goldar! Get over here now!"

The two quickly walked up, "Yes my Empress?" Goldar said in a salute.

Rita glanced over her two warriors. Goldar was a monkey like creature with golden armor and a vicious sword. Scorpina was a very attractive woman with the power of scorpions as her ally. She said, "Goldar you will go down and prepare to greet the blue and pink rangers as they come up from their under sea investigation. Scorpina you will go and attack Yellow and Black Rangers in their trip. Destroy everything in your path. Finster come here Immediately!"

Finster walked up, "Already working on it my queen. You requested four more monsters to back up Viperous, all with the crystal data from the various power rangers correct?"

Rita smiled deviously and said, "Absolutely! Imbue a Terror Toad to be the enemy of the Black Ranger, a Skeleton monster for the Pink Ranger, A warrior style monster for the Blue Ranger, and finally a speedy monster for the Yellow Ranger."

Finster said, "The monsters are ready my queen. That said, I still need the crystal data. It needs to be processed and that will take about six hours."

Rita frowned then said, "This time there can be no mistakes! I Need someone else to slow down the power rangers besides just my warriors." She began to pace for a moment then exclaimed, "I Got it! Send down Bones and Eye Guy, a remake of them so to speak. That should help Viperous against the Red Ranger!"

Finster said, "One Eye Guy and one Bones coming up my queen!"

Rita began to laugh and said, "Let's see what you really can do Power Rangers. Too long have I only sent one monster, let's see how you handle all of these monsters, meanwhile I will keep the final part to my plan a secret even from my henchmen up here. The Power Rangers will fall within the full day!"

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Returning to Earth...

Jason slid back, "Blast, this thing is tough! How Am I supposed to beat it?" He quickly blasted the snakes and destroyed them. Viperous dashed towards him slashing him in the chest sending him crashing into the building behind him. Jason coughed and said, "Zordon, I need some help here!"

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In the command center

Zordon said, "Alpha 5, are Kimberly and Billy back out of the water yet?"

Alpha 5 said, "Yes Zordon, contacting them now!"

Zordon said, "Send some extra power reserves to Jason immediately alpha, his suit is down to half power already."

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On the beach...

Kimberly stretched in her wet suit. She said, "That was incredible! I haven't gone sea diving in a long time!" She heard a beeping sound, "Uh oh, that can't be good!" She raced to her bag and picked it up, "Yes Zordon?"

Zordon said, "Kimberly, you and Billy have to go help Jason now! He's fighting Viperous, and it can counter his attacks."

Kimberly froze, "May have to take a rain check, we have a problem over here!" She backed up from the grass fields. She saw Goldar and the putties who had just landed to slow them down. Kimberly growled, "Goldar, I'll get you for last time!" She held up her power morpher, "Pterodactyl!"

Billy followed suit, "Triceratops!" Pink and Blue Rangers flipped into fighting form and drew their power weapons. They began to attack the putties with relentless attacks.

Kimberly began firing arrows from her power bow, while Billy held off the putties.

Goldar had other plans. He laughed and said, "This time Power Rangers, there will be no quarter! The other rangers aren't coming to save you little pink ranger!"

Kimberly growled and charged in and began clashing power bow against Goldar's sword. She shouted, "You're finished Goldar! I've had it with your cruel attitude!" She attacked with a fierce determination. Her mind kept jumping back to the last time he humiliated her and she was determined to bring him down a few pegs.

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Flashback to the previous fight between Goldar and Kimberly...

Kimberly had been ambushed by Goldar in the park. The three out of four of the other rangers were working on a rally with Angel Grove High, and were unable to get away from their duties. Kimberly was on her own, as Billy was unable to join her at the time. This was due to him being in the middle of his experiment, something that he absolutely could not leave for fear of a possible explosion. He had explained this to Zordon and said the moment it was done he'd join Kimberly in the park.

She dashed in and quickly shot four arrows, but Goldar deflected them easily. She began doing a flurry of attacks with her power bow, but it wasn't scratching Goldar for some reason.

Goldar laughed, "My Empress has given me a power boost Pink Ranger! You won't beat me today!" He pointed his sword to the ground and sent a powerful shock-wave sending her flying back into the building.

Kimberly got to her feet shakily. She shook her head and thought, 'Why does he have to be such a pain to me? I can tell he'd have a chivalrous side if he wasn't fighting for evil.'

Billy contacted Zordon, informing of his experiment's completion and took a quick look at the picture on his workstation of the five of them together. He then straightened up and called out "Triceratops!" He transformed and was teleported next to Kimberly. The instant he landed, he used a spin of his lance to reflect the beam back at Goldar. He knelt by Kimberly and gazed upon her damaged suit, "Are you physically injured in any manner? The damage looks extensive on you."

She coughed and got to her feet, "I'll be fine, just be careful. Goldar has received some kind of power boost from Rita." Billy wasn't very happy when he saw just how much damage her suit had taken. Her chest was already blackened from the amount of damage and her normally very pretty pink suit was covered in dust and dirt. He exclaimed angrily, "No one endangers the safety of my colleagues and allies. Goldar, you will receive retribution for this!" He dashed in and began spinning the power lance to send ten hits at the time of one.

Goldar slid back then sent more shock-waves at the two rangers, then dashed in to follow the very blasts he had sent out. Goldar kicked Billy in the stomach sending him flying and shock-waved Kimberly to the ground and placed his sword at her neck, "I win pink ranger, but my empress doesn't wish your death today. I'll let you go for this one time. Stay alive so I can teach you another lesson later, understand?" He vanished in a flash of golden light.

Flashback ends...

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Goldar/Kimberly Battle continued

Kimberly fumed inwardly at the memory and shouted, "Powers of the graceful Pterodactyl come to me!" She raised her power morpher to the sky and lightening struck the morpher. She said, "Pterodactyl Bombardment!" She punched the ground and her Zord flew overhead dropping an aerial bombardment.

Goldar growled as he placed up a barrier due to Rita's magic to block the bombardment.

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In Rita's Palace...

She shouted, "Finster, are those monsters ready yet?!"

Her minion said, "Just finished now my queen!"

Rita smirked and exclaimed, "Perfect, send Eye Guy down to help against Jason. I've had a change of plans, send Bones down to help Goldar against the Kimberly and Billy. It seems our favorite Pink Ranger has gotten more powerful since their last fight."

Finster bowed then said, "I will send them down immediately my queen!"

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Back on Earth in San Francisco...

Zack grinned, "Well this is a nice field trip isn't it Trini?" He looked over at Trini who was having the time of her life checking out the shops.

Trini turned and looked at her friend, she had always enjoyed his company as he was upbeat almost all the time. She thought he seemed particularly happy today as he was smiling quite broadly today. Little did they know that their vacation was about to take an abrupt turn.

A woman walked up to them and looked them over a bit first. Then she exclaimed, "Excuse me could you direct me to the Bridge?"

Trini glanced at the woman. She looked fairly attractive with long black hair and a slender figure. She was also wearing a silk gown that clung to her body. She elbowed Zack hard in the ribs, "Quit drooling Zack, it's rude." She turned to the young woman and explained, "Make a left, then a right. Follow that road for five more blocks and make a left. You'll see the bridge on your left side while traveling up the street."

The woman's eyes darkened as she stared at Trini with a strange look.

Trini looked back and felt a little unnerved. The look that she was receiving was downright disturbing.

The young woman softly said, "I think you misunderstood my question." She shouted, "I meant the bridge to hell!" She darted in and grabbed Trini in a sleeper hold.

Zack jumped and instantly went into a fighting stance, "Who are you? Why are you after us?"

The woman smirked while pulling Trini away, "I figured you wouldn't recognize me Zacky boy. I am a close friend to Empress Rita. Rather I should say, I'm one of her top generals. Scorpina at your service. If you bow before me, I just might let the girl go."

Zack quickly slid forward and performed a swift upper cut style kick that would have forced Scorpina to let Trini go had she not slid back with Trini in her hold. He raised his power morpher, "Mastodon!" He dashed and slashed at her but the woman slid back again.

She smirked and held a poisoned claw to Trini's throat, "Careful Black Ranger, One wrong move and you'd cleave her in two! Of course, my claw might just slip and cut her throat anyways. They are poisoned after all."

Trini called out from in the sleeper hold, "Don't count me out just yet Scorpina!" She stomped hard on the woman's foot and when her opponent stumbled, she flipped back next to Zack. "Saber Toothed Tiger!" She transformed and spun out her power daggers. She looked over the woman in front of them, "What's the matter? You don't look too happy Scorpina? Sad that your prey slipped through your claws like that?!"

Scorpina laughed and said, "What can you hope to do Trini?"

Trini said, "I can send you packing right back to the moon where you belong. At least I'm not blindly obeying some evil witch!"

Scorpina eyes narrowed and she said, "At least I can actually defeat my enemies without assistance. How many times have you been saved by the other rangers? Have you even ever defeated a monster on your own? Each of the other rangers has defeated a monster on their own. I heard all about it from Goldar, so why can't you defeat a monster on your own? The only monster you beat on your own was after getting instructions from Billy. The greatest accomplishment you had was figuring out Pudgey Pig's weakness and that was Finster's worst made monster. Even then, you didn't beat it on your own, powerless weakling!" She dashed forward and cut through Trini's suit, sending her flying back in a shower of sparks.

Zack glared, "You'll pay for that! No one attacks my friend and gets away with it!" He turned the axe into the power cannon and fired.

Scorpina flipped back and launched her stinger with a cord at Trini, catching her off guard and dragged the yellow ranger into her arms and held her tight. The stinger dug into the left side of Trini's neck and she smirked then whispered, "I have you now my pretty little Yellow Ranger, your energy will all be mine soon enough!"

Zack shouted, "I don't think so, get off her! Power Ax!" He turned it into the cannon mode and fired a shot. It hit Scorpina dead on, but he heard both Trini and Scorpina cry out in pain. He gasped then asked, "What the?" He pressed on his wrist and called Zordon, "Why did my attack hurt Trini?"

Zordon contacted Zack, "Every time you attack Scorpina while a power ranger is attached to her via her stinger, it will hurt both the Ranger and Scorpina!"

Zack stared in shock at the communicator, "You cannot be serious Zordon, how am I supposed to defeat this crazy woman when she can hold Trini Hostage like that?!"

Trini said weakly, "Attack her! I can take it Zack. Let's finish her so she can't hurt anyone else!" She didn't look too good though, she was barely able to stand at this moment.

At that moment about twenty putties appeared around Zack. Scorpina smirked then said, "Finish off the Black Ranger my putties, I'll handle little Yellow Ranger!"

Trini glared, "I promise, I will defeat you! You are deranged and psychotic, not to mention sadistic!" Her rage empowered her and she reached up with her left hand and wrenched the stinger out of her neck with a feat of pure adrenaline. She dropped toward the ground and spun kicked Scorpina off her feet, then slammed her fist into Scorpina's gut, wincing her. She then reached down and grabbed her by the feet and spun in rapid circles then launched her into the building wall. She moved like lightning as was her element and slammed her knee into Scorpina's gut. She pulled her enemy close and whispered in her ear, "You will wish you never attacked us Scorpina! I will send you back home to Rita, where you belong!"

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Back with Jason...

Jason glared at Viperous who was already making more snakes in his body and was planning to launch them, "Blast this guy really is tough!" He suddenly became aware of another presence behind him and he flipped onto a bus nearby, "What the hell?" Jason shouted as he spun around to find out what the other presence was.

He nearly dropped his sword in shock and choked out, "Eye Guy? But we defeated you!"

Eye Guy calmly looked Jason straight in the visor then cackled in delight before he said, "My Empress has brought me back to destroy you Red Ranger! You don't have the Blue Ranger to save you this time. Worse for you, my main eye isn't with me right now!" Jason said, "Not good! I really don't have enough power to deal with this guy and Viperous!" The two monsters began circling him. "Come on guys I could really use some help here!" He leaped down and cut Eye Guy straight down the middle with his sword, causing him to separate. Jason spun and began a triple sword flurry to hold off Viperous.

Viperous was blocking his attacks then sent a shock-wave sending Jason flying back. Eye Guy had reformed behind Jason, so he punched Jason back towards Viperous. Jason spun and did a charged spin slash sending a shock-wave around him in a circle. He pulled out his blaster and turned it into his dagger, and held onto his power sword, "Double time!" He called out and charged both of them. He began dodging and weaving using his martial arts training to good effect.

Viperous quickly leaped back and began to charge, "Hold him off, I will finish him once I'm done charging!" His head got covered by the hood on his body. He started to glow and his hood began flickering. He knew it would take him a few minutes to gather the necessary energy. With Eye Guy he could focus on charging for his ultimate attack while still being protected.

Jason called out, "Damn, that won't be good if he hits me with it! I have to stop him!" He charged towards him, but found Eye Guy blocking him. "Move out of my way multi-eyed freak!" He began to slash in a flurry again.

Eye Guy was blocking his strikes then slid back and sent a beam towards him. His main eye had appeared on his body. Jason glared at Eye Guy with a large degree of contempt and thought to himself, "Perfect I can finally destroy him!" He tossed his blade making it glow red, but it was reflected back by some snakes from Viperous.

Jason glared then noticed Eye Guy was acting strangely, his eyes were separating. Jason blinked and thought to himself, "What in the world is he doing?" He was soon to find out as the eyes began charging him like a swarm of floating bats. He began deflecting them away from him and cutting some that he could reach. Just as he got through the swarm, Eye Guy sent a shock-wave from his main eye hitting Jason in the chest.

Viperous said, "Charging complete! Viper Cannon-FIRE!" A green light surrounded the snake monster and then shot towards Jason like an energy bullet. Jason fell to his knees, using his sword to hold himself up.

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Meanwhile in the command center...

Zordon bit his lip in his dimension and said, "This is not good! Even with the power boost, Jason is having a very hard time. The others aren't looking good either. Trini and Zack have their hands full with Scorpina in San Francisco, how are Billy and Kimberly doing Alpha?"

The robot said, "Aye yai yai yai yai! Not good at all, it looks like Bones has shown up to back up Goldar."

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With Billy and Kimberly...

Kimberly was using her power bow to hold herself up. She shook slightly in pain and demanded, "This has to be a joke, how are you so much stronger Goldar?" She glanced at the golden monster then looked to her right to see Billy fighting Bones alone. She grimaced as Goldar sent her flying back with a kick.

Goldar's eyes glowed strangely in the light, "Oh my dear Pink Ranger, We have finally gotten what we desired from this whole attack! You're coming with me!" He grabbed her and made both of them vanish.

Billy shouted, "Kimberly! Return her this instant you irregular fossilized atomized re-enactment!" He spun his power lance and fired lasers from the lance ends. While Bones was stunned, he charged through Bones with his lance causing most of him to explode. Before he could reform, Billy spun and fired his laser gun destroying the head in one shot. He transported to the command center immediately.

He said, "Zordon, Goldar abducted Kimberly! I was unable to protect her!" He looked down until Zordon interrupted his thoughts.

Zordon said, "Behold the viewing Globe. As you can see, the situation is dire." He saw two images, one of Zack and Trini fighting Scorpina and putties in San Francisco, one of Jason having a very hard time against Viperous and Eye Guy.

Billy began doing some very quick mental calculations in his head. He said, "I will go and back up Jason, I believe Trini and Zack can handle Scorpina enough to make her retreat. Before I go though I'm going to warn Zack and Trini about the situation with Kimberly." He contacted Zack, "Hey looks like you're in a spot of trouble."

Zack cried out, "You could say that Billy, I could sure use your help right about now!"

Billy answered, "Unfortunately, I am going to have to decline on coming to your aid now. Jason is in mortal peril in Angel Grove. We also have another problem, keep a close eye on Scorpina. She may try to steal one of you two away during combat, it already happened with Kimberly. I couldn't stop Goldar from taking her to Rita's Palace."

Zack said, "That is majorly bad news Billy. Go help Jason, we will handle this psycho on our own for now!"

Trini finished, "Billy, its not your fault! We will get Kimberly back. For now, help Jason out!"

Billy nodded, "Understood..." He placed his hands on his morpher and said, "Back to action!"

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Back with Jason...

Jason was holding himself up with his sword again, "Damn these two just won't quit!" Viperous had finished charging again and was about to fire. It was knocked off balance suddenly as a whirl of blue appeared sending Viperous crashing into a warehouse building.

Billy said, "I'll handle the snake, just get rid of Eye Guy. I can see via my scanners that it has some Tyrannosaurus Energy inside it."

Viperous said, "You haven't seen the last of me Power Rangers!" He vanished into the ground.

Billy quickly ran to its previous location, "It retreated back to Rita's Palace. I do not comprehend his actions." He turned and saw Jason slashing at Eye Guy. "Jason!" He dashed back to help Jason.

The two quickly began tag teaming Eye Guy and soon the main eye opened up to attack. Billy said, "You will be disintegrated in a very efficient and expedient manner!"

The two rangers fired lasers directly into its eye sending it crashing to the ground, but it was still alive.

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Meanwhile with Zack and Trini...

Scorpina looked up, "Yes my queen!" She said, "You have a small victory today, but you are too late to save your friends! Eye Guy has your friends right where he wants them!" She vanished as did the Putties.

Zack and Trini nodded, then warped to where Billy and Jason were.

What greeted them was a shock, Billy was standing over Eye Guy as they arrived then he got blasted back. Jason said, "Eye Guy got a power boost, we can't destroy him just by destroying his main eye. We have to use the Power Cannon."

Zack thought for a moment, "Wait a second guys, remember what Zordon said? The Power Sword is the key to all the other weapons power."

Trini said, "Yeah, I remember Zordon saying something like that."

Billy explained, "Affirmative, it means that if Jason calls for the Power Bow while we are combining, it will teleport to our location and can be merged accurately in the Power Cannon."

Jason called out, "Let's do it now!" He held out his morpher and nodded.

Zack turned his axe into the axe cannon, "Power Axe!"

Jason called out, "Power Bow, I call upon you in the name of the Red Ranger!" The bow appeared in place.

Trini tossed her daggers, "Power Daggers!" This set them in place for the cannon.

Billy shouted, "Power Lance!" They appeared next to the daggers.

Jason leaped up and grabbed the cannon and placed his sword on top, "Power Sword!" He handed it to Trini who fired. She intensified the beam dissolving Eye Guy.

Trini pointed her dagger at the sky, "How's that you smarmy scarlet woman!"

The four of them were warped back to the command center by Zordon. He smiled at them, "Congratulations, that was certainly not an easy victory."

Billy lowered his head, "This was a shallow victory to say nothing else. I failed to protect Kimberly, now she is being contained on the lunar surface with Rita and her minions!" The other rangers looked down.

Trini said, "No matter what happens, we will get her back! Why don't we just teleport up there and rescue her?"

Jason shook his head then said, "Not going to be that simple, I'm afraid. We can't set foot on the moon unless we are granted permission by Rita Repulsa. Remember there is no oxygen on that moon. Only reason humans can go there at all is because her magic allows them to breathe. If we showed up there without permission, we'd not be able to survive."

Zordon said, "In your power suits, you'd last one hour total before I'd have to warp you back, hardly enough time to mount a rescue. We will have to wait and see what Rita is planning. There is still Viperous, if he is sent back to Earth, we need to be ready."

Jason looked at the viewing globe, "I think our lives just got a whole lot more complicated. I also have the feeling that this was just round one."

Zordon said, "More than likely correct Jason, however I mentioned an altar to you earlier. I should probably go into greater detail. At that alter there are five power crystals that are harmonious with your own abilities. They were created in case the Power Rangers ever turned on the forces of good, sort of an Anti Ranger team if you will. It was meant to be a last resort, however Rita found out about it and stole the Red Power Crystal."

Trini asked, "Meaning, she will go for the other crystals?"

Billy answered, "Most definitely, if she could increase the strength of Viperous to that incredible level, imagine what she could do with all five crystals."

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Meanwhile up on the moon...

Kimberly opened her eyes and found herself in a strangely well decorated room. It was pink all over and had fluffy items throughout. She also noticed her power morpher and communicator were gone, and she had transformed back to her normal self. She glanced around and thought, 'Why would Rita have all this crazy stuff here?' She strode over to the door and opened the door. She found herself face to face with Goldar. She said, "Out of the frying pan and into the fire, what do you want Goldar?"

Goldar said, "Empress Rita demands your presence, Kimberly the Pink Ranger." He guided her to the platform overlooking the Earth. Rita Repulsa was looking down at the Earth. Goldar said, "I will take my leave now my empress!" He bowed to Rita, then left.

Rita turned and stared Kimberly over intently, with a strange look in her eyes. "Combine her with my newest ally and it's not a bad setup." She laughed then snapped her fingers encasing her in a stasis field, "I shall return very shortly Pink Ranger and then you will meet the newest enemy of yours. You didn't think I'd stick with just monsters forever did you? Not only do I have the monsters prepared, but you will see a new person here very soon!"

She warped down to earth while Kimberly fumed behind the barrier. She slammed her fist into the barrier, "Why that little witch! I swear when I get out of here I'm going to stop her evil plans!" She began hitting the barrier over and over again, trying to escape.

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Down on Earth...

Rita appeared near Angel Grove high school, disguised as Kimberly. She walked through the school and watched the various fighters in the school, and noticed an attractive young woman. She had long red hair, tied in a french braid. The red hair stopped about three inches past the bottom of her waist. The girl looked like she was about 100 lbs and had at a decent look to her. Her shirt clung to her body like a second skin due to the intense workout she had just completed.

The girl took a sip of water as she went into the locker room and changed clothes after a shower. She looked at her C32 bra and groaned then thought, 'I'm going to have to go up a waistband size, maybe even a cup size. These breasts of mine keep slipping out and I don't want that to happen during a fight.' She clipped it on then finished getting dressed and walked out of the gym and into a nearby alley.

Rita smirked then thought, 'She will be perfect, provided she can defeat my putties that is.' She pointed her staff and five putties surrounded the girl.

The girl flipped back and said, "What in the hell are these things? Well whatever they are, they are toast!" She went on her hands and spun kicked two of them into the nearby garbage dumpsters. She pushed off with her hands and slammed the lid of the dumpster crushing both of the Putties, putting them out of commission. She spun to see the other three doing a zigzag motion to attempt to confuse her.

She smirked, "Not going to work you freaks!" She grabbed a metal trash can lid and tossed it, cutting off the head of one of the putties. As the other putties paused to see their fellow fighter's head go flying off, the girl took off like a rocket and punched both of the remaining putties in the head sending them crashing to the ground. She grabbed an ankle of each putty and began to spin. She spun faster and faster, "Rot in HELL!" She let go and the two putties crashed into the wall. The five putties, that were now defeated, disappeared.

She dusted herself off then softly said, "Today is not my day I guess." She had no idea just how right that statement was. A woman appeared in front of her. The girl let out a scream of fear as the woman raised some strange staff with a circle on the top causing the girl to vanish from the alley.

The psychotic witch vanished from Earth and returned to her fortress. She laughed near Kimberly and said, "You will meet her soon enough, my next ultimate warrior. I wonder what you will think of her?"

Kimberly glared, "Why does it matter what I think, you psychotically evil witch!?"

Rita smiled and whispered to Kimberly, "Because of what will happen after that. I hope the power geeks are ready, because this time, there is no hope for them."

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A few hours passed and a girl walked up to Rita and knelt and kissed her hand, "My empress, it is good to see you well."

Rita smiled, "Ah yes so you finally woke up, my newest warrior." She smiled, "What is your name?"

The girl said, "Marina, my empress."

Rita began to laugh to herself, "Thanks to my magic, you are at my side now Marina. You will finally deal a crippling blow to those pesky Power Brats. With the power I am about to bestow, you will easily be able to infiltrate the command center and take out Alpha 5 with a computer virus, then take Zordon offline. That will be phase one of my plan. Without Zordon to guide them, they won't be able to stop Scorpina from gathering the other four crystals I need to create my ultimate monsters."

The girl kept her eyes lowered to the ground not looking her empress in the eye, she had not earned that right yet.

Rita said, "Now receive the sixth power coin, and become my green ranger!"

A green billowing cloud surrounded the girl Marina and a kneeling green ranger appeared in her place. She slowly stood and said, "I will not fail you my mistress." Her suit was a nice green in color, a bit lighter than standard green so it looked closer to Teal, but it was still more green than true Teal. On top of that when she slowly stood to prepare to follow her Queen's commands, Kimberly could see there was a skirt as a part of the outfit, kind of like her own skirt with the Pink Ranger's suit. Marina turned and saw Kimberly was staring at her suit and said, "I didn't think you liked girls, Pink Ranger."

Kimberly flushed and said, "It's not that, it's just that the suit looks very similar to my own. Wait a minute, what is that strange thing on your chest."

Marina smiled and placed a hand to the chest plate and said, "Well it is a shield, it increases my durability so to speak." She smiled then said, "My Queen, what are your next orders?"

Rita held up her hand, "First we need to lure those power rangers out in the open. I just need the right bait." Her eyes fell upon the captive Pink Ranger, "You will be my bait my pretty little pink ranger."

Kimberly scowled, "I won't do a thing for you!" She suddenly froze as she saw Rita holding onto her power morpher.

Rita laughed, "Really now? I could just destroy the morpher! That wouldn't be any fun, now would it? I have a better idea." She said, "My lovely Green Ranger, take Kimberly to the Confinement room, I have a special trick up my sleeve."

Marina saluted, "As you wish my empress!" She pushed Kimberly forward and soon they found themselves in a room alone...and what was in the center of the room was a strange bed. It had restraints and everything.

Kimberly shivered and gulped nervously, "W-what is this place?"

Marina shrugged and pushed Kimberly onto the bed and strapped her in. She backed up as Rita and Finster came up to her.

Rita commanded, "Green Ranger, when the Pink Ranger passes out, I want you to go to the command center and disable Zordon, Goldar and Scorpina already know what to do."

Marina bowed, "As you command my empress!" Her eyes swept over Rita in her terrible attire, she really did look like an evil witch from hell. She felt it was an honor to serve such a powerful empress who would soon rule the world.

Finster said, "Ready for the spells my queen, all you need do is cast them!"

Rita began to chant, "Mo-halazalok-ninoholoradok-memoirs-remedicium-nah-halah-zandook! Manstificus-Contranicus-Maxinixumicus!" Her staff began to glow pink, "Pink Ranger! Arise from the depths of despair!" She shot a pink beam at Pink Ranger.

Kimberly began to scream out as the pain was almost unbearable. After a few minutes she finally passed out.

Rita nodded to Scorpina and Goldar. The two warped down to Earth to distract the other four power rangers while Rita completed her preparations.

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Back on earth...

Jason spun to see the viewing globe, "Oh man, Goldar and Scorpina, haven't we seen them enough today?"

Zordon warned him, "Be careful Rangers, Viperous is still out there, and we don't know what else Rita is plotting, especially due to the fact that Kimberly was captured. Jason I will allow you to borrow her powers if you need to combine the power cannon or summon Megazord. Otherwise you four are on your own from here on out, I have restored your energies to full power! As you know, you can summon the Power Bow to activate the Power Cannon. Go now and let the power protect you."

Jason called out, "It's Morphing time!" The four quickly morphed then appeared in the park where Scorpina, Goldar and 16 putties were waiting for them. Jason raised his blade, "Goldar is mine! Trini get Scorpina, Zack and Billy take care of those putties!"

Trini said, "Let's do this!" She raced towards Scorpina instantly clashing her daggers against Scorpina's claws. The two began flashing back and forth along the battlefield, using their high speed to combat each other.

Zack and Billy began double-teaming the putties. Zack held onto Billy and they began to double spin with the power axe and power lance. A blue and black blur that was moving faster and faster, almost like a spinning blade of death. Putties were flying at a fast pace.

Jason meanwhile had clashed blades with Goldar. The two circled each other searching for openings. Goldar said, "Today is the day that I kill you red ranger!"

Jason taunted Goldar, "Bring it on, Goldilocks, let's see what you're made of. Hiyah!" He dashed forward and slashed Goldar on the chest, causing sparks to fly.

Goldar countered with his own slash sending Jason rolling towards the lake. He created a shock-wave sending Jason flying into the lake. He raised his blade to the sky and said, "Let's see how you like it. This is my own version of your precious power sword!" He dashed forward and slashed Jason sending the red ranger spiraling towards the other beach.

Jason slammed onto the beach hard and he shook his head, trying to clear his vision. He coughed and was certain that was a bit of blood, "What kind of crazy power is that?" He thought as he slowly got to his feet, shakily at best. He watched Goldar from this side of the lake, "It almost looked like the power sword from the Megazord. That kind of power is only in the Zords or so I thought." He focused his energy into his sword, "I'll take you down Goldar!" He quickly warped behind Goldar using transportation and slashed hard with the blade sending Goldar crashing into a tree.

Trini meanwhile was having her own tough battle ahead of her as she was being slowly overpowered by Scorpina, that is until Billy and Zack joined her. The three began attacking Scorpina together.

She looked at the sky as it had begun to rain, "Perfect, let's see how well you do as the visibility goes down Rangers!" Her tail flashed pink then hit all three of them sending them crashing into the trees.

Trini suddenly was out again and caught Scorpina off guard, getting her in a full nelson position, "Zack, Billy now crush her!" The two other rangers flashed forward hitting her causing her armor to crack and break as they attacked it, causing it's destruction. She swung her head back hard, hitting Trini in the helmet, causing her to be released.

Scorpina growled, "Don't think you've won, I'll be back once my armor is repaired and we will see who is laughing then, I'll be coming for you yellow ranger!" She vanished.

The three instantly turned to face Goldar who was facing at full strength against Jason alone. The two were going at full speed attacking sending each other flying. Trini said, "Wow, now that's a lot of power, come on you guys!" The three rangers rushed to help Jason.

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Back at the command center...

Marina, the green ranger of evil, appeared in the command center already transformed. Before Zordon or Alpha could react, she slipped the computer virus into Alpha's circuitry.

Alpha said, "Overload-Overload-virus detected-initiating-shut down, shut dowwwnnn..."

Marina's grin from behind the helmet was not visible, but she pointed a blade at Zordon, "You're next..."

Zordon said, "So Rita finally chose someone to give the sixth power coin to. I was wondering when she'd do that. You have to understand you're under an evil spell."

She said, "I am following the orders of my empress Rita, farewell Zordon!" She began tearing out the panels and stared up at the tube with hatred, "You will die for my empress!"

Zordon looked down with sorrow at the green ranger, "No-I'm losing contact with your dimension-green Ranger you must stop this!"

Marina laughed then cried out, "You have nothing I want old fool for you've lived far too long anyways. This time it ends!" She tore out more panels then warped out.

She appeared on the battlefield where Goldar was still fighting with Jason and the others were helping him.

Marina flew in out of the air and slashed Jason quickly sending him flying backwards then did a spinning slash with her blaster gun turned into dagger. She placed her hands in front of her, "Dragon Cannon!" She fired a green energy ball sending the four rangers crashing backwards.

Jason got to his feet first and pointed his sword at the green ranger, "Wait another Power Ranger? Why are you attacking us?"

Marina raised her weapon towards the moon, "My Empress has chosen me to be the instrument of your destruction. I am her green ranger, and you are all going to die soon enough!" She pointed her weapon to the ground and sent a green shock-wave towards the four of them. Goldar placed his weapon down and sent a gold shock-wave towards them from the reverse angle.

The four were caught in the crossfire and Jason groaned, "Well that wasn't pleasant."

Billy exclaimed, "I do not understand this situation. The data clearly reads that her powers are far beyond any monstrosity we have ever engaged in combat with to this instant in time!"

Trini thought then looked at the others, "Could it be Kimberly?"

Zack shook his head and said, "There'd be an imbalance, she was already chosen by the Pterodactyl."

Marina, however, was sick of waiting for them and sent a shock-wave their way then said in a sing-song voice, "Knock knock! Did you forget you were in a battle? How were these four morons able to stop Empress Rita's plans so many times? Was it just luck? I has to be that because you four are pathetically weak!" She sent the four of them flying again then she appeared next to Jason and placed her blade at his throat and licked her lips under the helmet. She stared down at Jason in the red suit, "Awe how cute you are, ickle red ranger right at my blade tip." As the others got up she stood on his chest with her blade at his throat, "Don't move an inch, this weapon can cut through the special suit due to my Empress' spell on it. Warp back to the command center all three of you. Well I say warp but I really mean is walk from where Empress Rita will send you. I made certain you can't teleport anymore." She laughed deviously as Rita pointed her staff warping the three of them about ten miles from the command center.

She stared down at Jason hungrily, "As for you, well I am taking you as my prize for now Red Ranger. Shall we play in the Dark Dimension?" She warped with Jason in tow. They appeared in Goldar's dark dimension and Jason instantly realized his power morpher was gone. Apparently the green ranger had taken it during transport.

She placed her hand on her right curve, "What's the matter Red Ranger? Want your power morpher? Awe should I give you that edge back? I think I'll let you suffer a bit more." She laughed and vanished in a green flame.

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Rita, meanwhile, exited the room where Kimberly was to find Scorpina waiting. Finster came out after Rita. The empress smirked then exclaimed, "Don't worry, she's sleeping, however those Power Geeks will have the shock of their lives when she awakens!"

Scorpina's eyes darted over her Empress with very carefully veiled jealousy. She had always been the female warrior for her empress, now there was now the Green Ranger and she felt that maybe she was getting replaced. Nonetheless she stayed stalwart in her approach to handling the situation, "My queen, may I go down to Earth to torment the remaining three rangers?"

Rita looked over her faithful servant. She had called her back from the depths of the earth, from where she had laid for well over ten thousand years. The empress would have been a fool to deny having such a powerful Amazon on her side. She also knew that Scorpina was very fickle, if she wasn't careful, the fighter could just as easily help the rangers. She said, "Soon Scorpina my dear. I want to make sure that they can see the true horrors that are coming. You will lead the next tactical assault against the rangers though, of this I assure you. I may be gaining other warriors, but you are irreplaceable to me."

Scorpina bowed and kissed Rita's hand tenderly, "Yes my empress!" She smiled but inwardly she was sighing with relief. She really did not want to be replaced as the dominant female warrior of her empress' commanding forces. Her eyes flickered towards the door where the Pink Ranger was sleeping. She exclaimed, "What is the deal with keeping pinkie princess in there anyways? Bait?"

The empress began to laugh softly to herself, "Oh you will see my darling Scorpina. Let's just say the power rangers really won't like their next fight!"

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Back on Earth, 5 miles from the command center

Zack said, "Now what? Jason was captured too?" He kicked the ground, "Man this really bites, first Kimberly and now Jason. What are we going to do you guys?"

Billy looked at the sky and then turned to the others, "For now, let's focus on getting to the command center. We need to figure out what the Green Ranger meant by we can't go there now. From there we will try and locate Kimberly and Jason. If they are being held somewhere, we will have to make a rescue attempt." He tried to keep his voice from sounding somber and depressing as he knew from the way the other two were looking that they were blaming themselves. So it was that he was determined to be the cheerful one of the group.

Trini nodded, "Agreed, let's head that way for now. At least we are still morphed, it will be easier to travel as the suits give us energy."

Billy glanced over his remote control and then grinned broadly, "Luckily the remote control for the Rad Bug is operating within peak parameters. I should be able to summon it to our present location. At least something is going correctly in this frazzled situation."

Trini looked over at Billy with skepticism then said, "Translated, things are starting to look up." The car pulled up and the three got in. Trini grimaced looking down as the car started to fly and she shook all over, "God I hate heights!"

Zack's eyes wandered over to Trini who was trembling in the back seat near him. He put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Really, we're going to be just fine Trini. There's no reason to be scared."

Trini rested her head on Zack's shoulder and started to slowly relax. Her friend was comforting at times like this, just by being himself and she had always appreciated it. "Thanks Zack, I'm really worried about Kimberly and Jason right now though."

Billy exclaimed, "Don't worry for now, we will get them back. Our top priority is to assess the situation from the command center. We can do nothing if we are only playing a guessing game with our opponents. So far we know that Goldar, Scorpina, this new Green Ranger and Viperous are all available to fight us at any moment. That's not taking into account Kimberly's and Jason's capture. We don't know if Rita has other monsters in reserve at this point in time. As the situation stands, I don't think we have to worry about Viperous for a while. I'm certain she will use that one to fight Jason as he is at a serious disadvantage there. My belief is that our first priority should be to rescue him. With him, we have a fighting chance against the monsters out there. He's the only one who can command the Zords even if one of us isn't there, so we need him back as soon as possible. Then we can focus on rescuing Kimberly. Once both of them are back with us, we can figure out what to do about the Green Ranger."

Zack looked at Billy with a bit of surprise, "Well, I knew you were the smartest of all of us, but I didn't think you were such a good strategist."

Billy sat back and glanced at his friend, "You do not become a very good scientist by not being able to strategically plan out your next move. Besides I know that right now, although we can defeat monsters, it would drain our power reserves too much to do regularly. We need to fight smart here, not by just rushing in and getting ourselves spread too thin."

Trini nearly bounced up and down in the seat in excitement, "Billy do you really think we can get Jason and Kimberly back?"

Billy turned to face Trini and stared at their happy friend. It was nice to see her smiling and full of her zest for life she normally had. He nodded, "I believe we have about an 85 % chance of getting Jason back soon. I do believe that Kimberly is going to be the tough one to retrieve."

The car soon pulled into the command center. Billy and the others got out and stared around in horror at the destruction and mayhem that Green Ranger had caused.

Zack touched one of the control panels, "This is horrible, how did she manage to pull this off? We were only in battle for about twenty minutes or so. She did all that in such a short period of time?"

Billy pulled out the virus from Alpha 5 and began doing repairs on his system, "Maybe if we can get Alpha up and running again, he can help us identify the Green Ranger." His hand was held by Trini's for a second.

Trini said, "Let me handle Alpha, you get to work on those consoles, we need to make a way to warp Jason out of whatever danger he's in. He still had his communicator when he transported. The sooner we get him back, the more likely he still has it on him."

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Back in Goldar's Dark Dimension...

Jason spun kicked Green Ranger back. He saw her back flip over him and grab his arm and put it behind his back.

She whispered in his ear, "Now now Jason, you shouldn't strike a girl." She pressed herself closer to him from behind and said, "You're trembling Jason, what's the matter? Scared? You should be. No one has ever gotten this close to the Green Ranger and lived to tell the tale." She used her spare hand to trail her hand over his chest.

Jason saw his chance and shot his head back hitting her square in the helmet. It smarted a bit, but it did the job. He quickly spun kicked her into the wall. He then allowed his eyes to examine the green ranger closely for the first time and said, "I want my power morpher now! Male or female, monster or human, it doesn't matter to me. If you work for Rita Repulsa, then you are my enemy and I will defeat you!"

Marina laughed softly, "Oh you have no clue what my empress has planned do you Jason, well I don't spill my Empress' secrets." She disappeared and appeared behind him, "It would appear my Empress has given you to me as a reward for weakening the rangers to such a mediocrity. You should just join us here! The Rangers are finished. The Blue, Black and Yellow Rangers won't last long against the monsters coming, not without Pink and Red by their sides."

Jason moved his fist behind him and punched her in the gut, "I will never join Rita!" He spun and faced her, "I am not stupid enough to fall for such tricks." He began punching multiple times and slowly drove her back, however she suddenly caught his fist.

Marina smirked from behind the green helmet. Her eyes swept over him and said, "And here I thought you'd give me a decent workout, oh well." She quickly punched him in the chest sending him flying to the other side of the room. She charged an energy ball and fired it at him causing him to roll out of the way fast.

She laughed and disappeared with his power morpher in her hand. She then strode over to Rita, "I heard your summon my empress."

Rita stared at her looking over the girl in the green suit, "I never called for you, but I was about to. I have decided you will be earning the Sword of Darkness. It will make you more powerful than you could dare to imagine, however you need to earn it first." She looked over the room then said, "I know, I'll have Finster create a monster. If you can defeat it without using the Sword, then I shall grant you the weapon."

Marina bowed and thought to herself, "Perfect chance to test my abilities in combat." She slowly rose and looked at her queen, "I shall destroy the monster. What am I facing my Empress?"

Finster walked up, "How about the Black Knight. You remember how well he did against the Power Rangers before my Queen? He nearly had them until they found a way to counter his powers."

Marina said, "A Black Knight huh? Why not, I'd love a good fight!" She looked over Rita's minion. The guy seemed capable indeed, if things ever went south, she'd want someone like Finster creating monsters for her. Rita and Marina both nodded, and the green ranger said, "Call it forth, I will destroy it right in Angel Grove for the Power Rangers to see. Make them think I've broken free of your spell and when they trust me enough, entrap Blue ranger. If we can take him out, the other two will fall to pieces. The leaders of the Rangers are Red and Blue respectively. I could tell that those two called the shots when I was fighting the four of them. Zack and Trini look instinctively towards Jason and Billy to lead them."

Rita said, "That is fairly accurate, however the blue ranger is not going to be a simple one to capture, he may not be very strong in his human form, but in his transformed state, he's the second best overall of the rangers." She thought back to some of the battles her minions had gone through against the rangers. It was usually either Billy the blue ranger or Jason the red ranger who had guided their allies to victory. She didn't admit it, but she was very impressed by her green ranger's ability to pick up on her enemies' weakness so quickly. She said, "I will leave the capture of Billy the Blue Ranger in your capable hands my green ranger, but after the sword of darkness."

Marina turned and said, "I shall return with that monster's head on a silver platter. Send it down to Earth my empress." She walked over to the railing and looked over the Earth and she placed her hand to her chest, "Why does my heart feel so tight when I think of destroying that monster?" She shook her head, "No I won't let myself falter, time to destroy it!" She vanished and appeared in Angel Grove transformed.

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The Black Knight appeared and the Green Ranger stared at the Black Knight then shouted, "Well you're finally going down! I won't let Rita take over this world!" She shouted out as she raised her dagger to the sky and charged in and began attacking the monster, dodging blows and slashing at its chest, causing some damage. She kept her blade well out of range of her enemy's attack radius, she had a bad feeling about that vicious sword, and she didn't have the power of the command center to restore the blade to full power.

Zack watched on the viewing globe then said, "Something isn't right about this, I thought the green ranger was on Rita's side. Why is she fighting one of Rita's monsters?" He clenched his fist staring at the green ranger's uniform moving at quick paces.

Billy shook his head after staring at the screen for a while, "I do not know, however I wouldn't trust it for an instant. It is my belief there is a reason behind her behavior here. Next time we face her in combat, we can ask her if you want Zack. That stated, I do not believe it would change the reality of our situation."

Trini had finally managed to get Alpha 5 back to operational status. She turned to the consoles, and saw that Billy was looking extremely tired, "How is it going Billy?"

He closed a compartment, "Well I think I've gotten the communicators working, but beyond that I don't think we will get much else working for a while, I'm going to have to work with Alpha after we rescue Jason to get it fully operational again. The real question is will I be in time to save him."

Trini wiped his brow gently with a cloth and said, "I see, well let's work on getting Jason back." She turned to look at Zack who was glued to the fight between the Green Ranger and the Black Knight. She knew that monster had always been a subject of Zack's memories of being a Ranger, even more so than other monsters as it had attacked on Zack's birthday and nearly killed him.

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Marina dodged another deadly slash and quickly cut the Black Knight with a speedy maneuver. She then placed her palms together and began to charge dodging the Black Knight's attacks. She flipped over the Knight then said, "Green Aura Bombardment!" She began firing multiple aura balls at the Knight causing him to fall backwards. She quickly leaped on top of the Knight and said, "You're mine you pain in my ass!" She punched through the Black Knight's armor and said, "Aura Ball!" She fired an Aura Ball right inside the Knight and then slashed the helmet off of her enemy. To finish off she kicked off the Knight and landed sheathing her small weapon. The Knight exploded into a thousand pieces. She then disappeared and appeared on the lookout in the Palace.

Rita clapped and held up her staff. The sword of darkness appeared before Marina. The girl took the blade without hesitation and said, "Long live Empress Rita!" She spun the blade and began practicing with it. "Time to test it out on Red Ranger!" She bowed to her Empress then vanished.

Goldar said, "Precocious isn't she?" He shouldered his blade. He didn't really care for this new warrior, and he had no clue what was happening to Pink Ranger in the chamber. The golden warrior stared over at the Earth, "Soon Power Rangers, I will destroy each and every one of you."

Rita smirked, "Don't forget your new allies, why should you have all the fun? Soon all five of my super powered monsters, combined with the Green Ranger, you and Scorpina shall have a long fight with the power geeks. With Jason captured and Kimberly detained as well, the remaining three power rangers have no chance at all!"

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Marina appeared next to Jason. She swayed her hips slightly as she walked towards him, "Want your power morpher Jason?"

He glared, "Give it to me and let's have a real fight Green Ranger. Or have you lost your honor along with your mind? One on one combat, let's go!"

Marina began laughing then said, "Well considering transportation is blocked by your communicator not working, sure why not!" She tossed him his power morpher. Jason looked her over in shock as she leaned in and whispered, "I wish I could help you out of here, I've broken free of Rita's control, but if she finds out she will put me back under it. For now play along." She flipped back kicking off him and landed in a crouched position, "I'm going to finish you here and now Jason!" She held out her hand and used the dagger, she kept the sword of darkness hidden for now.

Jason drew his power sword and the two blades met in the middle of the arena. Jason launched a spin kick, but Marina ducked under it and attempted to sweep his feet out from under him. Jason quickly leaped into the air and kicked sending Marina backwards into the wall. She bounced off the wall and slashed him with her dagger. She spun and turned it into the gun mode and fired lasers.

Jason pulled out the laser gun as well, but Marina held her hand over the golden part of her suit. As he fired, it became quickly apparent she had a shield up. He charged her and found himself pushed back by the shield. Jason groaned, "Well that's not exactly the fairest thing is it?"

Marina smirked, "Awe poor Jason, wants a shield of his own...too bad it belongs to me, the green ranger!" She looked over the red ranger who had no shield and was already weakening fast. She burst out laughing, "Is that all you got Red Ranger? I thought you were tougher than that...oh that's right this place drains your energy, while mine doesn't drain at all in here. I pity you, working for Zordon." She charged and aura ball and fired it. Jason rolled to the right and charged up his energy into his sword and fired it at his opponent.

The young woman dodged it swiftly and kicked him hard in the chest knocking the morpher onto the ground next to him. He changed back into his human form. She pinned him beneath her and placed the sword right at his chest. She smirked, "You have fought a good fight, but now it ends with your death." She sat down on him harder and moved herself into a better position to finish him. Her blade danced slowly over his clothes and said, "Now where should I cut first hmm?" She slit a bit of his t-shirt sleeve.

She allowed her blade to lazily cut various parts of his shirt off, toying with him. "Oh rest assured, I will kill you Jason. I'm going to enjoy taking you out, slowly and painfully." She gave him a cut on his arm, then cut more of his shirt, slowly taking her time and enjoying it.

Jason glared at her, "If you're going to kill me then just do it already, it's not like I can tell who you are under that ugly green mask of yours!"

She giggled softly at that remark, "Awe how cute, you don't like me toying with you?" She dug her blade in watching him hiss in pain. "I think I will leave a nice G symbol for the Green Ranger." She carved the G right over his heart. She smirked then poured some ink right into the wound. She leaned close and whispered right in his ear, "Now until the very moment you die, you will never forget me." She raised her body up and trailed her blade on his body. "It's a shame you're my enemy, we'd have made an incredible team." She lowered her eyes looking him over while under the helmet.

Jason stared darkly at her, "You really aren't yourself, you know that right?"

She said softly to him, "Maybe not, but I told you before that I broke free of her control a while ago. I don't make it look convincing she will kill me and then kill you. If you have to die anyways then why should we both go down?" She began slowly slitting various spots on his clothes leaving small cuts all over him. "Awe poor little Red Ranger, you want to be able to morph again don't you?" Her eyes drifted to the power morpher and she placed it in his hand, "If you can get me off your body, you will be able to regain the strength to stop me, not that you'll be able to of course." She pulled out her blaster and turned it into a dagger and dug it in near his arm, as though warning him not to even try to move the hand with the morpher.

Jason grimaced then said, "I swear you won't get away with this, you hear me?"

She said, "Oh but I already have gotten away with it handsome. You will die for defying Empress Rita. Sorry but if it's either you dying or both of us dying, I choose you alone. It is time, this ends now!" She trailed the blade over his chest. She raised the blade and for Jason time seemed to slow as the blade went straight down towards his heart.

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What will happen next? Is the Red Ranger truly finished? Or will he get out of there in the last second? Stay tuned for Chapter Two: Evil Remedies!