Chapter 2
First of all it was dark. He couldn't even see his hand and his head was resting on it. Then there was the pressure. It was almost unbearable. Crushed on all sides all he had was the rage. The rage that had saved his life so many times before. The white fire that burned in his soul. He quieted himself and summoned it.
At the youth center Jason and the others were still sitting at the table. They were talking and laughing when a strange set of tones came out of Jason's watch. Everyone turned to look at Jason. For a split second Billy could have sworn that he saw a flash of green light coming from where Eagle was sitting. When he looked over to him though he only saw Eagle's green eyes.
"What was that?" Andor asked.
"The alarm of my watch. I need to call my parents." Jason said as he got up. He walked over to where the phones were and looked around. Once he saw that there was no one around He touched a button on his watch.
"Jason here Zordon go ahead." He said.
"Get the other rangers and teleport to the Command Center." A fatherly voice said.
"Got it Zordon." With that Jason went back to the table. He made up an excuse and got the other rangers away. Once they were out of sight they all touched a second button on their watches and they were gone in flashes of light. They could not see the table from where they were but if they could they would have seen one more flash of green light.
The Command Center was a state of the art facility. It had huge computer banks flanking a large center area. On one side of the center there was an area that dropped down and a large crystal ball. Across from that was an area that rose up. On it was a clear tube with opaque crystals at the bottom. Inside the tube was a large ghostly image of a man's head.
The rangers landed in the center area. They were greeted by Zordon, the head in the tube, and a small robot named Alpha 5. Alpha 5 was very square except for his head. His head was shaped like a flying saucer.
"There is no time to explain rangers. Kimberly needs your help." Zordon said.
The rangers turned around and looked at the viewing globe. There they saw Kim and Xavier being attacked by an army of putties. Xavier was holding his own but then things went bad. The putties realized that he was the major threat and started piling on him. With in a few seconds he was buried. Two other putties grabbed Kim and a third prepared to finish her.
"I've seen enough. It's morphing time!!!" Jason said.
"Mastodon!" Zach yelled.
"Triceratops!" Billy yelled.
"Saber tooth tiger!" Trini yelled.
"Tyrannosaurs!" Jason yelled. Each one was surround by a different colored light. Zach was black, Billy was blue, Trini was yellow, and Jason was red. They were wearing battle suits each corresponding to their color. Their helmets looked like the head of their dinosaurs. They teleported away.
Kim looked at the pile that Xavier was under. She was so distraught that she forgot that because Xavier was out of sight that she could morph. She just knelt there waiting for the putty to finish her self pity engulfing her. The other rangers teleported in and at the last second Jason hit the putty in front of her. The others attacked the putties holding her. Now free she pulled out her morpher.
"Pterodactyl!" She yelled. She was surrounded by pink light and appeared in her armor. Yelling she ran to the pile of putties.
High on the moon an evil force was watching the scene unfold. The evil's name was Rita Repulsa. She was about 5'7" and had an oriental look to her. She had what looked like grey hair growing off her head in two points. These were, in realty, horns made of stringed bones. While being trapped in a galactic dumpster for ten thousand years Rita decided that she would change what she saw as the reason she got caught. The dumpster was a prison but she still had full access to her powers inside she just couldn't effect the outside. It was her two generals Squat and Baboo. Squat was a small, fat goblin looking creature and Baboo was a tall, thin monster. Both were idiots and did not get even the simplest things. So during her ten thousand year imprisonment she forced them to under go harsh experiments.
Now Squat lived up to his name. He was barely over four feet tall. His body was almost as wide as he was tall. He had a pronounced under bite with razor sharp teeth. He drooled constantly and his mind was completely destroyed by the process. The only thing he understood was that he must kill for his Empress. To do this he was given a huge axe called the Groundcracker. Baboo was turned in to a half spider half humanoid monster. His intelligent was increased a hundred fold making him an expert strategist. He was trained how to use a rapier and became an expert. Any wound made by his enchanted blade was lethal. Rita's last general was almost killed when she was imprisoned. His name was Goldar. He was a chimera, part lion, part eagle, and part human. He fought with a wicked bastard sword and wore gold armor covered in ancient runes of evil and power. He was loyal to Rita and would fight to the death for her. She had ordered him to stop ten thousand years ago after he had killed the Power Rangers. She told him to get in the dumpster because Zordon was about to teleport him into the sun. By getting in the dumpster he was safe from the teleportation.
"Damn it all. I almost had one." Rita said fuming looking through a large telescope that she used to view her plans on Earth.
"Empress I have an idea." Baboo said.
"Well what is it?" She said her eyes black with rage.
"Since we know putties are no match for the rangers let's send more." He said with an evil grin.
"What are you talking about? Putties won't do anything. They'll just slow them down." Goldar rasped at him his voice on the edge of rage.
"Exactly my large warrior friend." He said calmly. It then dawned on Rita. A malicious smile spread across her face.
"Send more putties." Rita said laughing. "Now get down there and make sure it works." Bowing low Squat, Baboo, and Goldar left.
The putties were stopping the rangers from getting to the pile. Wave after wave of them appeared leaving the rangers frustrated and just when they thought it could get no worse three balls of flame hit the ground. The rangers knew what that meant. Squat, Baboo, and Goldar stood back and watched the show.
If Xavier could smile he would. The flame was ready. He would survive.
Author's Notes: Not much changed in this chapter just a little more info about the dumpster but not much more was needed.
