On Thursday, July 10th, inside the Plaza, Jason and Zack are in Zack's empty dance classroom and both men are wearing workout clothes. Zack sets down the last training mat on the floor and he looks over at Jason.

JASON: "So what time does your next class start?"

ZACK: "In about ten minutes, same time as yours. Man, I can't wait till lunch. I'm getting hungry."

JASON: "Yeah, me too. Did you want to join me and the gang for lunch?"

ZACK: "Yeah, of course. I'd better finish setting up before my next class starts. Later, Jase."

JASON: "Later, Zack."

Zack smiles as Jason walks out. Zack is about to finish up, when he hears a double knock on the door. He turns around and smiles, pleasantly surprised, as Angela walks in. She's wearing workout clothes of her own.

ZACK: "Angela!"

ANGELA: "Hi, Zack. Do you have a minute?"

ZACK: "Yeah, sure. What's up?"

ANGELA: "I was going to meet up with a friend to hang out and have lunch, but she just called and said she had to cancel. I was wondering if you'd like to go out and have lunch with me instead."

ZACK: "Aw, man, would I?"

Zack suddenly tries to hide his excitement. He smiles and nods.

ZACK: "I mean, yeah, sure. I'd love to."

ANGELA: "Great. I'll see you after I finish my next class. See you later, Zack."

ZACK: "Later."

Angela walks out of the room. Zack pulls his fist back hard, giving the "yes" sign with his hand.

ZACK: "All right! Morphinomenal!"

He quickly grabbed his phone and dialed to leave a message to Jason about his new lunch plans.

On the balcony of the Lunar Palace, Domminnous watches Earth through his telescope. He smiles. Rita and Zedd also stand in attendance on the balcony.

DOMMINNOUS: "How sweet. Zackary has just got a lunch date planned."

RITA: "Ugh! There's nothing worse than seeing one of those Power Brats happy!"

Domminnous looks at the others.

DOMMINNOUS: "How very true, Rita. I think I'll come up with a new monster to send down to ruin their plans, one that will make sure those Rangers won't be a bother to us much longer."

Back at the Angel Grove Plaza, a blonde woman walks away from her parked black Toyota Camry and over to the front doors of the Juice Bar and Diner.

Inside the Juice Bar, Bulk and Skull are at the bar with their waitress Margaret, tending to the hungry customers seated on the bar stools. Jason, Kimberly, Kat, Ethan and Dulcea are seated at a table for six and they're eating lunch. Kimberly and Ethan are in workout clothes, though Kimberly has on an unbuttoned, long-sleeved purple over-shirt. Kat is in a ballet outfit, having come from her ballet class, and Dulcea is wearing a buttoned-up business suit. Dulcea smiles at her friends. After all, this was the first time she'd seen her friends outside of the Command Center on a friendlier basis. She glanced at their food for a moment. Jason has a cheeseburger, fries, salad and large soda. Kimberly has a salad, sliced ham, potatoes and a large glass of milk. Ethan has a plate of mashed potatoes with a three-piece meal of fried chicken and a large cup of soda. Kat has a bowl of fruit, a bowl of tomato soup, a bowl of potato chips and a large cup of soda. All of it looked so strange to her, so... well, alien. But as she looked at her own food - her bowl of salad with ranch dressing, her bowl of macaroni and cheese, her plate of steak and her cup of milk - she smiled. She could certainly get used to eating Earth food.

ETHAN: "Hey, thanks for joining us for lunch, Miss Kamps."

Dulcea looks at Ethan and she smiles. She was starting to get used to being called by her alias and it was starting to grow on her.

DULCEA: "You're very welcome. I have to admit, some of this food is quite delicious. I've never tasted anything quite like this back home."

ETHAN: (voice lowered) "Exactly what kind of food did you eat on Phaedos, Dulcea?"

DULCEA: "Mostly fruits. There are a dozen kinds of berries, but only a third of them are safe to eat. Having a handful of grinkles made for a good snack, though."

KAT: "Grinkles? What are those?"

Dulcea looks at her friends, surprised they don't know what she's talking about.

DULCEA: "You know, grinkles."

She has her left hand facing palm down above her right by about five inches.

DULCEA (CONT'D): "About this long, white, dripping with a mild green slime coating. They look similar to your earthworms, only they have bright green eyes."

Kimberly drops her fork into her bowl of salad and she looks disgusted.

KIMBERLY: "Well, that officially grossed me out."

Dulcea smiles at Kimberly, fondly remembering one of her favorite snacks back on her home planet.

DULCEA: "I think you'd actually love them. When you bite into them, they're actually quite crispy, kind of like your potato chips. And when that slime drips down your throat..."

Kimberly quickly puts her right hand up in the stop motion and quickly covers her mouth with the left to keep from retching. The other Rangers look grossed out as well, much to Dulcea's confusion.

DULCEA: "Is she all right?"

KAT: "Sorry, she's just not too fond of the taste of slimy worms."

DULCEA: "I'm sorry, I didn't know. It's a shame you don't have them, though."

She looks at her watch and she notices the time. Dulcea looks back at the Rangers.

DULCEA: "This has been fun, but I'm afraid I must get back to the office. I'll meet up with you all later."

KAT: "Sure. See you later."

Dulcea smiles and she waves as she rises from her seat. Dulcea walks off and down the room. Kimberly looks at Jason, a little pale. She was still feeling a little queasy after Dulcea's fond description she found far too vivid and gross for her taste.

KIMBERLY: "I'd better get back to class too. Hearing about slimy worm snacks kind of made me lose my appetite. I'll see you guys later tonight."

JASON: "Sure. See you later, Kim."

Kimberly stands up, she turns and she walks off down the room. Ethan watches as Kimberly leaves and then he looks at Jason as he picks up his fried chicken drumstick to resume eating.

ETHAN: "Well, I hope Zack's having fun on his lunch date with Angela."

JASON: "I know. He was so excited to see her again. I just hope their time together doesn't get interrupted."

Ethan nods, knowing exactly what Jason means, and he takes a bite out of his drumstick.

Elsewhere, a few miles away from the Plaza, Zack and Angela are seated at a table for two inside the Levy Diner. Zack has a plate of meatloaf and a salad in front of him, while Angela has a plate of spaghetti and a bowl of salad in front of her. Zack shrugs at Angela sheepishly.

ZACK: "Sorry. I tried to call a fancier place like Danielson's, but they were all booked."

ANGELA: "It's all right, Zack. I like this place just fine."

Zack smiles and nods at her. He wasn't about to disagree with her. After all, meatloaf was his favorite food.

ZACK: "It's great seeing you again. How's your day been so far?"

ANGELA: "Pretty good, thanks. Yours?"

Zack smiles at Angela.

ZACK: "I'd say it's pretty good right about now."

Angela smiles and gets a forkful of her salad.

ZACK: "Thanks for the lunch date, Angela. This has been such a cool day so far, I don't think anything could spoil it."

On the Lunar Palace balcony, Domminnous, Rita and Zedd are looking at Earth. Zedd watches through his red telescopic eyebeam.

ZEDD: "Oh, don't be so sure, Black Ranger. I'm quite sure we can come up with something quite nasty to spoil this day!"

DOMMINNOUS: "You two have known the Rangers a lot longer than I have. What are some of the Black Ranger's major dislikes, his own fears?"

RITA: "Well, I know for sure he hates bugs, especially spiders. He's also afraid of snakes too."

Domminnous grins and he rubs his chin.

DOMMINNOUS: "Snakes, hmm? I think I've got the perfect idea for my new monster."

Domminnous walks up and he looks at Earth through his telescope.

DOMMINNOUS: "Zedd, I need some time to find my monster. Would you mind sending down some Z-Putties for the Rangers to play with while I make my next move?"

ZEDD: "With pleasure. I'll even send Goldar, Rito and Scorpina to keep them company."

RITA: "Good! Now they can stop whining about being cooped up and they can go out to destroy the Rangers!"

Domminnous smiles wickedly at Rita. A plan had just come to mind, one that would much sweeter than seeing those Rangers six feet under.

DOMMINNOUS: "Why, Rita, you misunderstand. I don't want to destroy them. I've thought of something better, far worse for them."

Back in the Juice Bar, Ethan and Kat are still seated at a table and are finishing their lunch. Jason walks back from the bar to their table.

ETHAN: "Thanks for the lunch, Jason."

JASON: "It's no problem."

KAT: "Hey, guys."

Jason notices Kat is looking at the doorway with a frown. Jason turns around as he sees Kimberly look in from the doorway. She is pointing at her communicator. The three exchange grim looks and they walk across the room to join Kimberly.

KIMBERLY: "Zordon contacted me once I got back to my class. Something's up, guys."

JASON: "Let's check it out."

The four Rangers look around and Zack nods at Jason.

ETHAN: "We're clear."

The four Rangers tap their communicators, entering their coordinates, and then they are teleported out of the hall.

The Rangers beam into the main control room of the Command Center, where they are met by the blaring sounds of the alarm. As the Rangers grimace from the alarms, Alpha 5 is working on the eastern control console and Zordon watches the Viewing Globe.

ALPHA 5: "Ay yi yi! This is terrible!"

JASON: "What's going on?"

ZORDON: "Rangers, there's been an attack at downtown Angel Grove. Behold the Viewing Globe."

On the Viewing Globe, the Rangers can see Rito, Scorpina and Goldar are attacking innocent bystanders in a business center at downtown Angel Grove. Other fleeing citizens are being chased away by a band of Z-Putties.

ZORDON: "According to our sensors, none of the bystanders have been hurt, yet. But with Goldar, Rito and Scorpina leading the Putties, I fear it may be a diversion until a new monster is sent down."

KIMBERLY: "We'd better get down there before someone does get hurt."

KAT: "Should we alert Zack and Tommy?"

ETHAN: "Zack's still on his lunch date with Angela. He seemed so excited, I'd hate to ruin that for him."

ZORDON: "Tommy is in the middle of teaching a class at Angel Grove High. If he's needed, Ionisos will go get him to join you."

JASON: "We'll let Tommy and Zack stay where they are. We can handle this."

ZORDON: "Be careful, Rangers, and may the Power protect you."

Jason stands in front of the others and they reach behind their backs for their Power Morphers.

JASON: "It's Morphin' Time!"

The Rangers hold out their Power Morphers, they push the red side button and their Morpher cases pop open.

KIMBERLY: "Pterodactyl!"

ETHAN: "Triceratops!"

KAT: "Saber-Toothed Tiger!"

JASON: "Tyrannosaurus!"

A fiery red grid appears over Jason's face and it splits vertically, creating his Red Ranger helmet over his head.

Rito shoots red electricity out of his eyes, which barely misses a fleeing couple and it hits a bench instead. The bench explodes from the blast and RITO LAUGHS.

RITO: "Those Power Pukes sure are taking their sweet time getting here! I think we need to cause more trouble to lure them out!"

Three beams of red energy are shot, they sparkly hit Rito's chest and ribs, and RITO GRUNTS as he stumbles back from the hits. The four morphed Power Rangers run up from down the sidewalk, each holding their Blade Blaster guns.

RED RANGER: "You wanted us, Rito? You got us!"

RITO: "Only four of 'em? Oh, well!"

Rito is joined from behind by six Z-Putties, Goldar and Scorpina. Goldar and Scorpina hold up their weapons.

RITO: "You're just in time to join the party! Let's get 'em!"

The two sides charge ahead to do battle.

Pink Ranger fights with three Z-Putties. Z-Putty #1 lets loose a high kick, but she ducks and trips the Putty with a foot-sweep kick. Pink Ranger turns around, she dodges Putty #2's high kick and she knocks it aside with a kick to the ribs. Pink Ranger sees Z-Putty #3 charging at her, but then Pink Ranger handsprings towards the charging Putty and as she lands, she lets loose a heel kick to its stomach.

Yellow Ranger blocks Z-Putty #4's left hook, then she jumps over its foot-sweep kick and she knocks the Putty down with a spinning heel kick. Yellow Ranger turns to see Scorpina leap and slash her sword, sparkly striking Yellow Ranger's chest. She stumbles back and Scorpina attempts another strike, but Yellow Ranger dodges and she lets loose a high kick. Scorpina blocks the kick and sparkly slashes Yellow Ranger's chest again.

Z-Putty #5 lets loose a right cross at Blue Ranger, but he catches the Putty's arm and flips him over. Blue Ranger kicks the fallen Z-Putty on the chest Z, sending him rolling away down the sidewalk. Blue Ranger turns to see Rito charge at him. Rito slashes his sword at Blue Ranger, but he dodges it and knocks Rito back with a kick to the ribs. Blue Ranger lets loose a spinning heel kick and he knocks Rito down.

Red Ranger lets loose a tornado kick that knocks Z-Putty #6 aside and he turns around to see Goldar slash his sword. Sparks fly off Red Ranger's chest and he stumbles back from the strike. Goldar tries again, but Red Ranger dodges and he switches his Blade Blaster to sword mode. He blocks Goldar's next slash attempt, but he is knocked back by a kick to the stomach. Goldar slashes his sword at Red Ranger's chest, but he blocks the blade with his Blaster sword. Red Ranger pushes the blade back, he sparkly slashes Goldar's chest with his Blaster sword and Goldar stumbles back. Red Ranger then lets loose a jump-kick that knocks Goldar down and he hits the ground rolling.

On the palace's balcony, Domminnous creates an orb of purple energy in his open right hand, which grows to the size of a snow globe.

DOMMINNOUS: "There! I've found what I need for my new monster... Hypnos-Hiss!"

Domminnous laughs as he throws his energized orb and it flies towards the Earth like a meteorite.

The energy orb strikes a display case of a snake in the pet store's window. The snake is charged with purple energy and then it grows giant-sized, taking the form of a man-sized snake with human legs and arms. The scaly snake creature has purple eyes, wrist gauntlets, knee-high boots, and holds a staff with a cobra's head at the top end. The Hypnos-Hiss monster laughs.

HYPNOS-HISS: "I'll take care of those Rangers for you, master!"

The monster vanishes into thin air, teleporting away.

Back at the business center, Pink Ranger knocks Z-Putty #3 down and it lies on the ground near the other two defeated Putties. The Z-Putties' bodies glow with white light and then they break apart into pieces.

PINK RANGER: "That looks like the last of the Putties!"

Pink Ranger is shot in the back by a beam of purple energy and sparks fly off her suit as she stumbles forward. Pink Ranger turns around to see Hypnos-Hiss standing several feet behind her. The other Rangers regroup around Pink Ranger.

HYPNOS-HISS: "Ah, just the Rangers I've been looking for! The name is Hypnos-Hiss, and I'm here to recruit you into the services of my master, Lord Domminnous!"

RED RANGER: "We'll never serve Domminnous!"

HYPNOS-HISS: "As if you have a choice!"

Hypnos-Hiss aims his staff at the Rangers and he fires a purple beam from it that hits the ground, erupting in a shower of sparks. The Rangers are knocked off their feet and they hit the ground. Red Ranger reaches behind his back, his Power Sword appears in his hand in a burst of red light, and he holds it out in front of him. The other four Rangers grab their respective Power Weapons as well.

HYPNOS-HISS: "If you can't beat us, join us!"

Hypnos-Hiss fires swirling purple energy beams from his staff and the Yellow and Blue Rangers manage to dodge. However, the beams hit the Red and Pink Rangers. The two Rangers grunt as the beams hit them and they stumble back.

YELLOW RANGER: "Oh, no! Kimberly! Jason!"

Red and Pink Rangers stumble back, as if dazed. The two Rangers recover and they turn to their teammates.

HYPNOS-HISS: "My hypno-beam missed them! Grab them!"

RED AND PINK RANGERS: "Yes, master."

The two Rangers charge their friends to attack, but the Yellow and Blue Rangers dodge.

BLUE RANGER: "No, wait! Stop!"

Red Ranger sparkly slashes Blue Ranger across the chest with his Power Sword, while Pink Ranger sparkly hits Yellow Ranger's chest with the end of her bow. The two Rangers are knocked back, stunned.

HYPNOS-HISS: "Yes! YES!"

Rito, Goldar and Scorpina jump in and join the two hypnotized Rangers from behind.

SCORPINA: "Remember us?"

Scorpina and Goldar cross their sword and shoot bolts of yellow and red energy from them. The bolts hit the Yellow and Blue Rangers, knocking them down with a burst of sparks. Hypnos-Hiss bursts out laughing and the two hypnotized Rangers approach to attack again.

Back in the Command Center, Zordon and Alpha 5 watch the hypnotized Rangers attacking their friends on the Viewing Globe.

ALPHA 5: "Ay yi yi! What are we going to do, Zordon?"

ZORDON: "We have no choice. Alpha, contact Tommy and Zack immediately. I'll run a scan to see if I can find a way to break the hypnotic spell on the Rangers."

ALPHA 5: "Right away, Zordon."

At his classroom in the Angel Grove High School, Tommy is seated at his desk, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, jeans and sneakers. He looks at his handful of students in his class. They're still writing on their test papers.

TOMMY: "You have twenty minutes left to finish, you guys."

There is a knock on the door and Tommy turns as the door opens. Ionisos steps in, wearing a business suit and blue neck tie. He points at his communicator on his wrist.

IONISOS: "Mr. Oliver, you're needed in the front office."

Tommy frowns. This was the first time he was being called away during school hours to deal with trouble.

TOMMY: "All right. I'll be right there."

He turns to his class, forcing a smile.

TOMMY: "I'll be right back, class."

Tommy gets up and he walks to the doorway.

Back at the Levy Diner, Zack walks with Angela to the front entry/exit doors.

ZACK: "That was a great lunch."

ANGELA: "Yeah, it was. You know, Zack, I was wondering if..."

Zack's communicator goes off. He grimaces and Angela notices his communicator watch.

ZACK: "Sorry. It's my beeper, from work."

ANGELA: "That's funny. It sounded an awful lot like your popcorn alarm."

Zack smiles at her, smitten.

ZACK: "From our first date at the movies. You remembered."

ANGELA: "How could I forget? You left me for most of that date."

Zack frowns. He remembered that date very well. After all, it did end with his bucket of popcorn being dumped over his head and Angela angrily storming out of the movie theater.

ZACK: "Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. I'd love to stay put, but I've really got to go. I'll catch up with you later, okay?"

Angela shakes her head, looking unsure.

ANGELA: "I don't know."

His communicator beeps again. Zack frowns.

ZACK: "I'll make it up to you, I promise. I've got to get going. Thanks again."

Zack heads out the door and leaves Angela alone. She watches Zack leave and she frowns.

ANGELA: "Same old Zack."

A few moments later, Zack and Tommy beam into the Command Center. They look over at Zordon in concern.

ZACK: "What's the emergency, Zordon?"

ZORDON: "Domminnous has sent down a new monster that has hypnotized Jason and Kimberly. Observe the Viewing Globe."

Tommy and Zack turn to the Viewing Globe, watching the Blue and Yellow Rangers dodging attacks.

ZORDON: "The Hypnos-Hiss monster has special hypnotic beams he fires from his eyes. He is attempting to place all of you under his control to serve Rita, Zedd and Domminnous."

ZACK: "Let's get down there."

TOMMY: "Not so fast. How do we make sure we don't get hypnotized too? How do we break the hypnotic spell on Jason and Kimberly?"

Alpha 5 looks over at his control panel as the computer beeps. A sheet of paper emerges from the printer and Alpha 5 takes it in his hands.

ALPHA 5: "We have a printout. It seems the best way to reverse the hypnosis spell is to break Hypnos-Hiss's staff."

ZORDON: "But be careful, Rangers. If you are hit with the hypnotic beam from the staff, you will be stuck under the monster's spell."

ZACK: "We understand, Zordon. We'll go stop that slimy snake!"

Zack and Tommy grab their Morphers from behind their backs.

TOMMY: "It's Morphin Time!"

Tommy and Zack hold out their Power Morphers, they push the red side button with their thumbs and their Morpher cases pop open.

TOMMY: "Dragonzord!"

ZACK: "Mastodon!"

At the business center, the newly-morphed Green and Black Rangers flip down from the sky and they let loose jump-kicks that hit Goldar and Scorpina on the chest. The duo stumble back and the Green and Black Rangers turn to the Blue and Yellow Rangers.

BLUE RANGER: "Man, are we glad to see you guys!"

YELLOW RANGER: "Behind you!"

The Black and Green Rangers turn to see the Red and Pink Rangers charge. Red Ranger slashes his Power Sword at Black Ranger, but he grabs his Power Axe from behind his back and uses it to stop the blade of Red Ranger's Sword. Simultaneously, Green Ranger draws his Dragon Dagger and uses it to block Pink Ranger's strike with her Power Bow.

BLACK RANGER: "Don't fight me, Jase!"

GREEN RANGER: "Kim, don't do this! I'm your friend!"

Pink Ranger knocks him back with a kick to the gut and she sparkly slashes Green Ranger's Dragon Shield armor. Red Ranger head-butts Black Ranger, making him stumble back, and he knocks him down as he sparkly slashes his chest with his Power Sword.

GREEN RANGER: "Guys, break Hypnos-Hiss's staff! It's the only way to break the spell!"

HYPNOS-HISS: "You want my staff? Come get it!"

BLUE RANGER: "With pleasure!"

Blue Ranger charges at the monster and Yellow Ranger tries to grab his arm, but she misses.

YELLOW RANGER: "Ethan, wait! It's a trick!"

Just as Yellow Ranger shouts her warning, Hypnos-Hiss fires a beam from his staff that hits Blue Ranger and he grunts as the hit makes him stumble back. Rito and Goldar grab Yellow Ranger by her arms from behind and she struggles to get loose.

RITO: "Hey, snake-boy! You missed one!"

YELLOW RANGER: "No, let me go!"

GREEN RANGER: "Kat! No!"

Just as Hypnos-Hiss aims his staff at Yellow Ranger, Black Ranger simultaneously switches his Blade Blaster to gun mode.

BLACK RANGER: "Allow me!"

Black Ranger shoots a beam from his gun that sparkly hits Hypnos-Hiss's chest. The monster drops his staff and he stumbles back. Black Ranger runs over to get it, but Blue Ranger stands in front of him and he knocks Black Ranger back with a spinning heel kick. Black Ranger recovers, holding up his Power Axe in his right hand and his Blaster gun in the other.

BLACK RANGER: "Step aside, man. Don't do this!"

Blue Ranger holds up his Power Lance from behind his back and he charges at Black Ranger to battle. Yellow Ranger struggles to get loose, while Green Ranger is simultaneously dodging the attacks of the Red and Pink Rangers. Scorpina moves in, she leaps at Green Ranger and slashes her sword at him, but he blocks it with his Dagger. Green Ranger is knocked aside by a kick to his side by Pink Ranger and is knocked back by a strike from Red Ranger's Power Sword. Hypnos-Hiss has recovered and is walking to retrieve his weapon.

HYPNOS-HISS: "It's your turn now!"

YELLOW RANGER: "No, I won't let you!"

Yellow Ranger steps on Rito's foot, making him let her arm go, and she uses her free right fist to punch Goldar in the face. Goldar lets go and Yellow Ranger leaps at Hypnos-Hiss, tackling him and sending both to the ground. While Yellow Ranger fights the monster, Black Ranger dodges Blue Ranger's high kick. He blocks Blue Ranger's Lance attack with his Axe and he sees the fallen staff on the ground.

BLACK RANGER: "I've got to reach it!"

BLUE RANGER: "You won't get it! All hail Lord Domm-"

Black Ranger knocks him back with a kick to the stomach and he leaps aside. There was no way Zack could let his friend and roommate finish saying such a rotten thing, spell or no spell. He holsters his Blaster gun as he grabs the fallen staff with his left hand.

BLACK RANGER: "Sorry, buddy, but you'll thank me for this."

HYPNOS-HISS: "Stop him!"

But just as Hypnos-Hiss shouts it, it's already too late. Black Ranger gives a karate yell as he smashes the head of the staff on the ground, shattering it. Energy swirls briefly warp around the head of Blue Ranger and he stumbles back, broken free from the spell.

Nearby, the Red and Pink Rangers hold Green Ranger by his arms. Energy swirls briefly warp around the two Rangers' head and they let go of Green Ranger's arms. Red and Pink Rangers stumble back, dazed at being released from the hypnotic spell.

PINK RANGER: "Whoa? What just happened?"

GREEN RANGER: "All right, it worked! Good job, Zack!"

SCORPINA: "I'll finish you off!"

Scorpina moves in to attack, but Green Ranger lets loose a kick to the chest that knocks her back. Red Ranger knocks her down with a high punch and he turns to Green Ranger.

RED RANGER: "Sorry, bro. I didn't -"

He stops as he sees Hypnos-Hiss fighting Yellow Ranger. Black Ranger is fighting with Goldar and Blue Ranger is dueling Rito.

RED RANGER: "Oh, man!"

Hypnos-Hiss whips his tail at Yellow Ranger's feet to trip her, but she backflips over it. She lets loose a jump-kick that knocks the monster back a few steps. Hypnos-Hiss recovers, he blocks Yellow Ranger's high kick and he knocks her back with a kick to the stomach. Hypnos-Hiss flicks its black forked tongue and the whip-long tongue sparkly hits Yellow Ranger's chest. Yellow Ranger stumbles back from the hit.

PINK RANGER: "Back off!"

Pink Ranger holds up her Power Bow and she fires out three arrows, which strike Hypnos-Hiss' side and he stumbles aside. Pink Ranger leaps in the air, putting three arrows in her bow that glow with pink energy, and she fires the energized arrows. The arrows hit Hypnos-Hiss with pink sparks and he stumbles back.

Meanwhile, Blue Ranger dodges Rito's sword slash attack and then he knocks Rito back with a high kick. Black Ranger is sparkly struck back by Goldar's sword slash to his chest, but he recovers and dodges another sword slash attempt. Black Ranger knocks Goldar back with a high kick and then the two Rangers simultaneously knock their opponents back with a high kick. Goldar and Rito bump into each other back to back and they hit the ground. Green Ranger kicks Scorpina back and she falls next to Rito and Goldar.

GREEN RANGER: "Good job, now we've got all of the Three Stooges rounded up!"

The three fallen foes stand up and look at the Rangers angrily.

SCORPINA: "Why, you..."

She is interrupted as Red Ranger jump-kicks Hypnos-Hiss and he knocks him against Rito and Goldar. The other Rangers regroup, joining the Green, Blue and Black Rangers. The five Rangers hold up their Power Weapons and Green Ranger holds up his Dagger.

RED RANGER: "This fight's gone on long enough! Rangers, assemble the Power Blaster!"

OTHER RANGERS: "Right!"

The Rangers prepare to combine their weapons.

BLACK RANGER: "Power Axe!"

He switches his Power Axe to its cannon mode, he tosses it in the air and it hovers in mid-air.

PINK RANGER: "Power Bow!"

She tosses her Bow and it connects to the Axe.

YELLOW RANGERS: "Power Daggers!"

She tosses her Daggers and they connect under the Bow at either side.

BLUE RANGER: "Power Lance!"

He tosses his two halves of his Lance and they connect under the Bow, next to each Dagger.

GREEN RANGER: "Dragon Dagger!"

He tosses his Dagger at the Axe and it connects to the hidden small handle under the Axe's handle, with the Dagger's bottom end facing forward.

RED RANGER: "Power Sword!"

Red Ranger leaps into the air to the hovering incomplete Power Blaster. Red Ranger lies his Power Sword down on top and he completes the Power Blaster. He drops down to the ground, holding the Power Blaster in both hands, and the other five Rangers gather around him. The Rangers aim the Power Blaster at Hypnos-Hiss.

RITO: "Uh-oh! Those that fight and run away, live... eh, you know the rest!"

GOLDAR: "Shut up and run! This isn't over, Rangers!"

Goldar, Rito and Scorpina vanish, teleporting away. Hypnos-Hiss staggers back.

HYPNOS-HISS: "Why, you..."

ALL SIX RANGERS: "Lock on and fire!"

The Rangers fire the Power Blaster and the six beams hit Hypnos-Hiss. The monster screams as the beams knock him down and then he vanishes in an explosion, destroyed.

On the Lunar Palace's balcony, Domminnous looks away angrily, his eyes burning with purple energy and his body glows with a fiery purple aura.

DOMMINNOUS: "No! NO! Not again!"

Domminnous storms off the balcony and into the throne room. Domminnous walks further into the throne room and Rita and Zedd walk into the throne room to join him.

DOMMINNOUS: "I could've had those Rangers under my monster's control, to follow my orders and take over Angel Grove!"

ZEDD: "Of course you mean 'our' orders, don't you, Domminnous?"

Domminnous looks at Zedd and Rita, making his hands into fists.

DOMMINNOUS: "Just a slip of the tongue from anger, old friend. Hypnos-Hiss could've had the Rangers on our side, destroying the Command Center and beating up Zordon and that little tin can of a robot assistant! I will not fail the next time! The Rangers will..."

Rita pushes Zedd aside as she walks to and by Domminnous. She interrupts him as she pushes him aside too. Domminnous watches her walk by and his surprise of being pushed aside makes his fiery aura vanish.

RITA: "Shut up! I need some aspirin! Your stupidity - both of yours - is giving me a headache!"

Back at the Plaza, towards 6 P.M. at night, Zack stands in his dance class and he has just finished his class. His dozen students walk out of the room, one after the other.

ZACK: "See you tomorrow, guys! Great job today!"

Zack walks over to the east side of the room and he grabs his gym bag. He hears a double-knock on the door and he turns around. Jason and Kimberly walk into the room and they smile.

JASON: "Hey, Zack."

ZACK: "Hi, guys. What's up?"

KIMBERLY: "We just wanted to drop in and say thanks for getting us out of that trance."

JASON: "We also wanted to apologize for fighting with you guys."

ZACK: "There's no need to. You guys weren't yourselves."

KIMBERLY: "How'd your lunch date go?"

ZACK: "It went very well, actually. Well, up until the end when I had to skip out on her next offer to go out. Just when we were getting close, I bail on her. Again."

Zack frowns. It was just like high school all over again. Jason gives him a reassuring smile.

JASON: "Don't worry about it. You and Angela are just reconnecting. You guys have plenty of chances to catch up again."

ZACK: "Yeah. By the way, Tommy and Kat invited us to go to the beach this Saturday. You guys in?"

JASON: "Sounds like fun. What do you think, Kim?"

Kimberly forces a smile.

KIMBERLY: "Yeah, sure. That sounds like fun. I'm just going to grab my bag from my class and be right back, okay?"

JASON: "Yeah, sure."

Jason and Zack watch as Kimberly walks out of the room. Jason watches her leave and he looks concerned.

Kimberly walks into her gymnastics classroom and she picks up her gym bag from the floor. She pauses for a moment, deep in thought. Kimberly rolls up her left sleeve of her purple over-shirt and she looks at the scars on the back of her left arm, above her elbow. Kimberly stares at her arm for a moment, and then she rolls her sleeve back down. The thought of going to the beach and wearing some swimsuit that'd show off her scars wasn't exactly appealing. Sure, she'd had them for a while now, but ever since she came back, she found herself wearing shirts over her tank tops in class, to lunch, and everywhere else that wasn't her home. Kimberly zips her bag shut, she hears a knock on the door from behind and she turns to see Jason in the doorway.

JASON: "Hey. You ready to go home?"

KIMBERLY: "Yeah, let's go."

Jason nods and he walks out into the hall. Kimberly walks to the door and she turns to the wall. Kimberly flips the switch and turns out the light. She exits the room and shuts the door behind her. She'd worry about the beach this weekend. For now, she was just happy to be going home after a long day's work.