Tommy clutched the Zeo crystal close to his chest. He had made it through all those deceptions down in the cave, but the hardest part yet lay before him. Katherine was being turned evil and he was the only one there to stop it. He had been with the Rangers long enough, but he still never got used to his friends in peril. There was only one thing to do, throw himself in harm's way.

"YA!" he screamed while stepping out of the darkness.

Rita and Zedd both jumped, then looked his way. Zedd scoffed in his gravelly voice. "Well I knew it was only a matter of time before you showed yourself."

"That's right Zedd. I've got the Zeo crystal and I'm here to save Katherine!"

"Is that the plan?" Zedd mocked. "Well I suppose you'd better get to it then!"

"Not even gonna try and stop me?" Tommy said before laughing. "Guess you finally realized the Power Rangers always save the day. Today is no different."

Katherine only had time to blink from the glint as Tommy felt the cold steel plunge through his stomach.

"TOMMY!" Katherine called out, her Australian brogue not hiding the painful crack of her voice.

He could feel the hilt of the blade pushed up against his back. His vision blurred, Tommy unclamped his helmet to see better. He glanced down, seeing a golden blade sticking out of the front of him. "G...Goldar."

"Yes Tommy, I'm somewhere close." the monkey man sarcastically stated before laughing maniacally. He grunted as he pulled the blade back toward him. Tommy's gurgle made him sneer a smirk.

Tommy stared blankly as his helmet fell from his weak grip and crashed to the floor. Next were his knees as the buckled, followed by the rest of him, his head bashing loudly against the cold floor. He lay there motionless, his pure white uniform now sopping vivid red.

Lord Zedd bellowed as he stepped over toward the fallen hero. "You see little Green Ranger? See how wrong you are?" Zedd bent down to spit words into Tommy's pale face. "Today is VERY different."

Tommy knew that were true, as the watched the Earth slowly blur out before him before disappearing into a black nothing.

Zedd cheered as Rita cackled. The husband snatched the sword from Tommy's side and presented it to the wife.

"Hello again Saba." Rita snickered. "Looks like you'll be working for me on a more permanent basis now."

"I...shall not!" The lion's head on the sword tried to prove her wrong, but the fact was there was no way he could do that. He followed the orders of whoever held him, voluntarily or not.

Rita and Zedd began to dance around the room, but were soon blinded by a bright, pink light. They looked over at the smoking Revivifier and saw the top of Katherine's blond head. They might've thought they had killed her too if she hadn't begun to stir. Her hanging head slowly came up to meet their eyes, a dark smirk plastered across her face. Katherine's tearstained eyes flashed dark pink as she nodded toward Rita.

"Hello Empress."