DISCLAIMER

Power Rangers belongs to Haim Saban and Nickelodeon. I only own the subplots. Once again, monsters have their original voices.

At Ernie's new café, the Rangers and their friends were sitting together, something that they had accomplished by putting two large tables together.

"So Aisha, where's Bulk?" Trini wondered.

"I have no clue," Aisha answered.

"Hey, where's your friend, uh, Jason?" Shawna wondered.

"Oh, he had the final rounds of the physical and psychological evaluations today," Rocky answered. Shawna looked at him in confusion.

"He's training for the Angel Grove Junior Police Patrol," Justin answered.

"Oh," Shawna said. Then, "I'm sorry. I haven't caught all of your names." Aisha then introduced Shawna to Justin, Hilary, Chris, Tina, Zane, Angela, Curtis, and Richie.

"What about Tommy? Where's he?" Billy wondered.

"Oh, he's putting the volleyball net back to the athletic department," Zack answered.

"Well, he better hurry if he wants lunch," Adam commented, coming up.

"I know," the others agreed. They continued to talk amongst themselves. Ernie walked around, gazing at the customers and listening to them talk. I think I've got a hit, he thought to himself. Now on nice days, the kids wouldn't be forced to stay inside if they wanted to go out in the sun. Back on the moon, Finster was in his lab, putting monster molds in the Monster-Matic. Oh, it feels good to be back in business, he thought to himself. The machine whistled and clanged. When he was through, he went back into the common area.

"Empress Rita, Lord Zedd, the monsters are complete," he announced.

"Good work, Finster," Rita stated.

"Bring them to me," Lord Zedd commanded.

"Yes, Your Evilness," Finster replied. "Come out, everyone!" The monsters walked in, single-file. There was the Fighting Flea, the Lizzinator, Octophantom, and the Stag Beetle.

"They are simply astounding!" Finster bragged.

"They better be astounding!" Zedd roared. "Send them down."

"I'm going to crush those Power Rangers," Rito declared. Goldar and Scorpina looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

"Go get 'em, Rito!" Rita encouraged and then laughed. Rito and the monsters dematerialized from the palace and rematerialized in Angel Grove Park. Once there, everybody but Rito hid.

"I love an ambush," Lizzinator chuckled in his accent. Rito brandished his sword. In the Command Center, the alarm was blaring.

"Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi! Sensors indicate trouble in Angel Grove but the spectrometer is still offline!" Alpha exclaimed.

"We have no other choice but to proceed without it. Contact the Rangers right away," Zordon instructed and Alpha did so. At the café, the group was busy talking when Zack's communicator went off. Everyone froze.

"What was that?" Shawna questioned.

"Uh, Shawna, why don't we go inside for a bit?" Hilary suggested.

"Yeah, you could show us some of those great gymnastic moves you were talking about earlier," Tina added.

"Okay," Shawna agreed, and the three girls went inside.

"Alpha, we read you," Zack said.

"Rangers, there's a disturbance in Angel Grove Park," Alpha told them.

"Well, Tommy's returning some equipment to the athletic department, but we're on it," Zack stated.

"I'll contact him and have him meet you," Alpha replied.

"What about Jason?" Kimberly asked.

"Jason is busy with the last stages of the Junior Police Patrol tests. We will not summon him unless absolutely necessary," Zordon answered.

"Right. Zack out," Zack said and then cut off the transmission.

"I got the tab," Curtis assured him.

"Thanks, cuz," Zack responded and the Rangers hurried away. Tommy had just finished helping put the sports equipment away and was on his way out when his communicator went off. He looked around furtively. Good, no one's in sight, he thought.

"What's up, Alpha?" he questioned.

"There's a disturbance in Angel Grove Park. You must meet the other Rangers there right away," Alpha told him.

"You got it," Tommy acknowledged. Moments later, they were all at the location.

"I don't see anything," Kimberly commented.

"This is most peculiar," Billy frowned and the Rangers instinctively clumped together so that they were all back-to-back.

"Everyone stay alert," Tommy cautioned. With a laugh, Rito flipped through the air and landed behind some of the Rangers.

"Oh, what is that ugly thing?" Kimberly wondered.

"I don't know, but I do know how we're going to take care of it," Tommy replied. "It's morphin' time! Tigerzord!"

"Drago!"

"Stega!"

"Brachio!"

"Mastodon!"

"Pterodactyl!"

"Triceratops!"

"Saber-toothed Tiger!" Watching this from the viewing globe, Zordon frowned.

"Alpha, we must find a way to combine the Dragon and Tiger Powers so that the possibility of Tommy's identity being discovered is diminished," he said.

"Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi! I know you're right, Zordon, but how would even begin such a search?" Alpha wondered. If he could've, Zordon would've shrugged. He wasn't sure how to go about it, but he did know that Tommy couldn't keep switching between the Dragon and Tiger Powers without someone getting suspicious. At the park, the Rangers grouped together as Rito laughed. Rita and Zedd placed their staffs together.

"By the power and force of lightning, make our monster grow!" they cried in unison. Within seconds, Rito had been enlarged about thirty feet.