CHAPTER TWO


As Crash and the Creeps began to perform, Tanya set about removing the magnets. Adam was most curious as to their origins.

''That metal surrounding it is'nt like any I've seen'' he noted.

''Yeah, well, always check where it was made'' she said, pointing to the details on the back by turning it over.

''Made in M-51'' said Adam, a chill down his spine as he recognized the name of Rita Repulsa's home galaxy.

''Sure isn't China'' said Tanya.

The proceedings were suddenly interrupted by the swift arrival of Rygog and the Chromites.

''Time for my favourite pastime..recycling Rangers'' snapped Rygog.

''What are those things?'' said Adam as he observed the Chromites as they advanced.

''No time to take a guess, we've got to take them on'' said Tanya.

Adam reached for his communicator and contacted Katherine and Tommy, urging them to come to where he and Tanya were located. The Chromites refused to attack until he did so, which confused him.

''You'd think they'd have made that harder'' Adam noted.

''I want as many of you Rangers assembled so I can finish you all off, I'll only have that pint sized punk to deal with after we're through with all of you'' gloated a confident Rygog.

Adam and Tanya took out their Turbo keys

''Ready?'' he said.

''Always ready'' Tanya replied.

''Shift into Turbo''

The two Rangers morphed, and only then did the Chromites attack. Tanya and Adam held their own until the others joined them, but as swiftly as they arrived, the Chromites began to show a different side to themselves. Their exterior bodies glowed and changed colour, each switch gave them a different sort of strength and stamina that easily put them on a level playing field with the Rangers and allowed them to gain more of the upper hand in combat.


Near the Moon, General Havoc's space base arrived in orbit.

''About time the General dropped in for a visit'' said Rita.

''Zedd, I am ready to begin transmitting'' Havoc revealed as he contacted them.

''Well my sweet, did you remember your lines for this little routine?'' Zedd asked his wife as he held his hand for her to take.

''Zeddy, I recall all things, including all of the birthdays you wish you could remember'' Rita revealed.

The two joined their staffs together and held them upright, taking square aim at the space base and chanted an eerie incantation.

''All things nice, proper and tender, May confusion and chaos spoil the Splendor''

The energies from the staffs shot upwards and were channeled into the space base's array of power generations and poured out of a vast satellite network attached to the front of the base. The energy beams traveled down towards the Earth.

Zedd and Rita cackled in triumph.

Back at the rally, the Turbo Rangers continued their struggle against the chameleon like Chromites, while the remainder of the citizens at the rally tried to flee. Throughout the battle, Crash and the Creeps continued their performance, playing their trademark hit ''Confusion'' time and again, keeping several of the citizens transfixed by the music.

As the song played across the airwaves, Rita and Zedd began to jam out to the song, Divatox looked incredibly bored by the whole ordeal.

''So many disruptions...and all while I'm working on an actual disruptor'' she complained, trying to resume work on her own project.

As the Creeps continued to perform, the various spider magnets planted across the rally, glowed brightly and sparkled. A hideous purple mushroom cloud formed high overhead.

Rygog signaled for the Chromites to retreat.

''Hey, they're tailing it'' said Tommy.

''But whatever for, they had us reeling'' noted Katherine.

Suddenly, all around them, the familiar surroundings of Angel Grove began to disappear, and the Rangers found themselves demorphing before they too vanished. The citizens of the rally swiftly joined them in a blank and uninviting void.

''Where are we?'' said Tommy.

Adam tried to reach Zordon and Alpha via his communicator, but received nothing but static.

''Another one of Zedd's dark dimensions'' noted Katherine.

''Aw man, and Justin's the only one of us left'' said Tommy.


At the basketball court, TJ, Cassie, Ashley, Carlos and Justin were in the midst of playing hoops and enjoying each other's company when, just as suddenly, everything comes unglued.

Building after building began to vanish.

''What's happening?'' asked Ashley.

Justin noticed Carlos' shorts were glowing. Carlos removed the magnet he had acquired earlier.

''Hey, what is that?'' said Justin.

''One of Crash's little decorations...but why's it glowing so brightly?'' said Carlos, he held it close to his face, only to be given a surging electrical shock that shook him. He dropped the magnet but Justin was quick to catch it himself.

''Justin, let go of that, it's dangerous'' cautioned Cassie.

''I better dispose of it'' said Justin, ''I need to head on back to the kids shelter anyway, make sure everyone's alright, thanks for spending time with me guys'' he said before dashing off.

''Wait, I'll drive you back'' said Cassie.

''Thanks, but I'm hoofing it'' remarked Justin.

In reality of course, he wanted to put enough distance between him and his friends so he could teleport to the Power Chamber.

TJ was eager to do some investigating on his own.

''We need to go into what's left of the city guys'' he declared, ''We have to see what we can do to help, if there's anything we're capable of doing anyway''


Back at the Lunar Palace, Zedd and Rita celebrated their victory over the Rangers.

''My congratulations to you and your fine Chromite platoon Rygog'' Zedd said, contemplating the wicked space general, much to Elgar's annoyance.

''Aw, Elgar's feeling a little left out'' said Rita mockingly.

''No need to feel like you're going to let the day slip away with nothing to show for your own hard work, I'm in such a charitable mood, I'll let you show off your own little project'' assured Zedd.

''Really, aw you're a pal Zedd'' Elgar replied.

''I'm nobody's pal, and that's the friendliest advise you'll ever get from me, now ready your new Terror Zord and get out of my sight'' snapped an increasingly radiant Zedd.

Meanwhile, Divatox had completed work on her new disruptor, and was keen to move it into the palace, making sure to kick over Rita's repulsascope so there would be room for it.

''And just what is this petty contraption?'' asked an unamused Rita.

''Why Rita, you must get into the latest trends, nobody wants to observe what teenagers do in their spare time anymore, they want to disintegrate them where they stand, and this new divascope disruptor cannon will see to all those needs''

''Let me give it a whirl, the Rangers may be gone, but there's still some brats I want to blitz'' said Rita.

Divatox elbowed her out of the way.

''No, my design, thus first turn is all me'' she gloated.

She flicked the ON switch and unleashed a torrent of despicably evil velvet energy blasts on the city, using the telescope portion of the weapon to find targets, as well as observe the panicked citizens.

Divatox swiftly noticed that TJ, Ashley, Cassie and Carlos had made it back into the city and alerted Zedd.

''Rygog, take the Tengas and finish them off'' Zedd commanded.