RITA'S REVENGE

AUTHOR'S NOTE/DISCLAIMER

Okay, as you can see, I'm doing a little jumping around. This is a retooling of "Rita's Pita". After this, I'll be going back to "A Brush With Destiny" and then following the eps from there. Power Rangers belongs to Haim Saban and Nickelodeon. I only own the subplots. I'm going to try to add in Justin, Hilary, Chris, Tina, Zane, Curtis, Angela, and Richie as much as possible, but there may be some eps where one or more of them may not appear.

In the Command Center, Alpha was running diagnostics on the Green and White energies, which they had gathered from Tommy during previous fights. The robot frowned.

"Have you made any progress, Alpha?" Zordon queried.

"Some, but not as much as I had hoped, Zordon. I still can't get the two energies to mesh for more than a few seconds without canceling each other out," Alpha answered. He pressed a few buttons on the console, and green light rose in the air followed by white light. They came together. Zordon and Alpha watched as the two colors intermingled. The robot tensed. Would it work? The two colors continued to wrap themselves around each other.

"Zordon, it's holding!" Alpha cried excitedly. As soon as he had finished the sentence, both colors disappeared.

"Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi! We almost had it!"

"Keep trying." With a sigh, Alpha did as he was told. At the Angel Grove Gym and Juice Bar, Tommy was practicing with one of his students, a boy named Danny. The boy let out a kick to Tommy's side.

"That's very good, Danny, but remember to keep your leg as straight as possible so that you have as much power as possible when you kick."

"Yes, Sensei." He performed the kick again.

"Very good. Now let's try the kata from the beginning." While this was going on, Aisha, Zack, and Rocky were watching them.

"Tommy is really into teaching," Aisha commented. "I mean, he's got a full load with the classes he co-teaches with Jason and he still takes on private students," she continued.

"Yeah, and it's really cool how Danny and the other kids look up to him," Rocky agreed.

"It's important for kids to have a positive role model in their lives," Zack stated. Ernie walked up to Tommy and Danny as they finished.

"Hey, you guys have been at it for a while. You must be ready for a snack break," he said.

"Well, now that you mention it, I am getting kinda hungry," Tommy admitted. "Can I have a Veggie Pita and a Kiwi Fruit-White Peaches Smoothie?"

"Sure thing," Ernie answered. "How 'bout you, Danny?"

"Uh, I'll have a double cheeseburger, fries, and a shake."

"Remember Danny, there's nothing wrong with junk food, but only in moderation. After all, what goes into your body makes a big difference in how you feel physically and mentally. If you treat it with respect, you'll never regret it."

"Yes, Sensei." The boy turned to gym's owner. "Ernie, could I get the pita and smoothie too?"

"You got it." The man went back behind his counter, where he gave the orders to Richie, who helped him prepare the meals as Tommy and Danny began practicing again. They were unaware that they were being spied on from the moon.

"OOOOH! HE AND KATHERINE USED TO BE SO EVIL!" Rita screeched. I'll have to remember to turn them back before taking over the world, she thought to herself. "I'VE JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH HIM AND THE REST OF THOSE RANGERS!"

"Agreed. I'd love nothing more than to take him down a peg. Him or one of the other Power Rangers. They're all the same," Zedd said.

"But how?" Goldar wondered.

"It's simple, Goldar! Finster's working on a monster that can do just that!" Rita said. "FINSTER! Get in here now!" The dog-eared monster hurried out of his laboratory as soon as he heard his Empress screeching for him.

"Yes, Your Royal Rottenness?"

"How's that monster coming along? You know, the one that you've been working on?"

"It's almost finished. After all, for this to work, he has to be properly equipped."

"Well, get to it!"

"Right away!" He hurried back to the lab.

"That's what I like about Empress," Goldar said to Scorpina.

"That she's a real people person?" Scorpina asked.

"Precisely," Goldar confirmed. They laughed together.

"I have to admit, Tommy is right about one thing: what you put into your body is important. And those Rangers are about to get a special Pita from Rita!" She cackled in delight, her minions' voices joining hers.