Chapter 3

The Wedding

Hi guys, so we're time-jumping here to The Wedding. We're getting right to the point and it's the return of Rita Repulsa. The next few chapters are going to be time-jumps and skipping some episodes. Enjoy :)

A month after Jason, Trini, and Zack left, the rangers were sitting in Mrs. Appleby's classroom. A lot of crazy things had happened in the last few weeks. Adam fell for a fake girl who turned out to be Scorpina, Rocky had become obsessed with Ernie's Pachinko Machine, the Rangers made their first national television appearance as Education Ambassadors (while morphed to keep their identities secret of course), a peaceful and lost alien named Bookala came to Earth to visit, and Zedd turned the rangers back into kids until Alpha restored them and the Rangers destroyed the Rock of Time. But an exciting announcement was about to be made by Principal Kaplan.

"Class, I'm pleased and proud to announce that Angel Grove High has been picked as Teen Exchange Speakers to represent the United States in Australia," said Principal Kaplan. Everyone in the room grinned excitedly and clapped.

"The students who will be attending are Tommy, Kim, Billy, Aisha, Rocky, Adam, Jessica and Jill, and Bulk and Skull," said Mr. Kaplan, frowning a bit at the last two participants.

"Seriously?" asked Jessica excitedly. "Sweet!"

"Congratulations everyone and represent us well."


"You guys all set?" asked Ernie the next day. He, along with Richard had dropped the teens off at the Metro Rail station.

"Yeah, I think that's everything," said Tommy.

"The train will take you guys to the airport," said Richard as he handed Jessica and Jill several traveler's checks. "You guys have a great time, and don't worry, Lexie and I will be fine."

"Mom said she'll stop by and pick her up so you can have a couple days to yourself," said Rocky as he kissed Lexie's cheek.

"Bye Sweetie," said Jessica to Lexie, "be good for Grandpa Richard and Grandma Maria."

"Do me a favor and keep and eye on Bulk and Skull," said Ernie. "And don't forget to send me a postcard from Australia!"

"Aye aye Captain!" saluted Jill, and everyone laughed. As Richard, Ernie and Lexie left, Jessica sighed.

"Wow, a trip to Australia," said Jessica. "I guess I can cross this off my bucket list!"

"Yeah," said Billy. He whispered, "I'm just glad Zordon said this trip coicides with Zedd's 100-year recharge."

"Yeah, too bad he couldn't stay asleep for a hundred years," laughed Tommy.

"Well, at least we know there won't be any trouble while we're gone," said Jill. "Hello Land Down Under!" Everyone laughed as she put on her sunglasses.

Up on the moon, Lord Zedd was preparing for his recharge.

"I'll make a check on those annoying Earthlings one last time," said Zedd as he shined his visor on the Earth. "What's this? They're leaving town?! I should be attacking Angel Grove while they're gone, but the time has come. I must rest and rejuvenate my evil energies."

"Yes, my liege, the rejuvenation chamber has been prepared."

"Good. I feel a long nap coming on, and when I awake, fully recharged, those pathetic Power Rangers shall be no match for me and the universe at last shall be mine!"

Somewhere in space, a dumpster was spinning around. It was Rita Repulsa's dumpster. Rita had been spying on Zedd the whole time.

"Ha ha! Perfect! While Zedd's having his little nap, I've got my own plan!" Rita laughed wickedly and headed for the Moon.

"Here I come!"


After a fifteen hour flight, which the majority of the group spent sleeping, the teens had landed in Sydney. They were greeted by someone from the Teen Exchange program and taken to their hotel and given their room assignments. Aisha and Kim were in one room, Billy and Tommy in another, Rocky and Adam in one, and Jessica and Jill shared. Well, yeah right like they were going to use this room arrangement. Aisha and Jill roomed together, Rocky and Jess roomed together, Tommy and Kim obviously roomed together, while Billy shared a room with Adam. The group paired back up with Bulk and Skull after everyone had settled in and were off to do some sight-seeing and shopping.

"Here it is you guys, the Sydney Opera House!" said Jessica as they came up to the opera house. "I've died and gone to heaven!" Jessica saw another person taking pictures and went up to them.

"Excuse me sir, would you mind taking our picture for us?" Jessica asked the man as she pointed towards the group. "We're here as part of the Teen Exchange Program for two weeks."

"Sure thing Love," said the man. He took Jessica's camera as the group gathered in front of the steps of the Forecourt. The man snapped the picture and Jessica thanked him as he handed the camera back to her.

"Come on guys, let's go see if we can get in on a tour," said Jessica.

Back in Angel Grove, all was quiet as a mouse, but Alpha was sad in the Command Center.

"Do I sense a deviation in your behavior pattern, Alpha?" asked Zordon.

"Ai yi yi, I'm alright, Zordon," said Alpha. "I just miss the rangers!"

"I miss them too Alpha," said Zordon. "But don't worry, by now Lord Zedd is deep asleep in his rejuvenation chamber. We shouldn't have to worry about any emergencies until the Rangers are gone."

"You're right Zordon," said Alpha. "Maybe I'll go for a little walk outside."


"Here I come Moon!" cried Rita. "Hope I don't land on my head like last time! How do you steer this thing anyway?"

While Rita headed for the moon, Zedd was laying in his rejuvenation chamber.

"What's the hold up, Goldar? Did you break it?" asked Zedd.

"No my Lord, soon you will fall into a deep sleep of oblivion to recharge your powers of evil destruction!"

"Leave me then Goldar," said Zedd, waving him off, "and see that I am not disturbed."

"Sour dreams, my lord," said Goldar as the he walked away and the chamber started to work its magic.

Back in Sydney, the rangers along with Bulk and Skull had made a pitstop for lunch after they had toured the opera house. As they sat in the restaurant along the Harbor, they heard a loud bang. They looked up and saw lightning in the sky.

"Hey I wonder what that was?" asked Tommy.

"I don't know," said Rocky.

"Should we be concerned?" asked Adam.

"Well Dad said that he would contact us if there were any problems, right?" asked Jill as Jessica looked up at the sky wondering.

"Yeah, my only problem is wondering how we're going to get all these souvenirs home," quipped Aisha, pointing to a stuffed Koala Bear.

"How about a tugboat?" teased Rocky.

"A tugboat?" laughed Tommy. Everyone laughed while Jessica punched his arm playfully.

"You're such an ass," said Jessica.

"You know you love me," said Rocky grinning. Jessica just shook her head in laughter as she kissed Rocky's cheek.

"I do," said Jessica.

Back on the moon, Rita had crash landed on the Moon's surface.

"Oh ho ho, my aching back!" said Rita as she climbed out of her space dumpster. "You know, I really oughta put some safety seats in this baby! And now, up to the castle before that old grump wakes up! Ahh, home sweet home! Zedd, darling, have I got plans for you!"

Rita snuck into the castle and tiptoed to her lair.

"Yoohoo, yoohoo, is anybody home?" asked Rita as she tiptoed towards Finster's lab.

"Oh, for the good old days, when I used to be somebody around here," said Finster as he carried a potion to his lab table. "Monster maker extraordinaire. Now I'm just old and in the way. Rita and I were quite a team. I almost miss her cranky little face. Oh...I wish she were here..."

"Then wish no more, my little dog-faced monster!" cried Rita as she stood on his lab table in her still-shrunken size.

"Who said that?" asked Finster!

"I, Rita Repulsa, have returned!" said Rita on the table.

"Rita! But how?"

"Don't just stand there, Finster!" said Rita. "Make me big again!"

"Okay, I'll use my spectron reintegrator," said Finster. A few push of the buttons later, Rita became her full-fledged size again.

"Whoa! It worked!" said Rita. "You did it, my little dingbat! I'm back!" Rita cackled.

In the rejuvenation chamber, Zedd was still fast asleep, snoring away while Rita and Finster stood in the monster-making room.

"Now Finster, we must talk about my plan of how to rule again," said Rita.

"Yes, of course my queen," said Finster, "as you can see I've been busy making monsters. I have dozens of them ready to go."

"No, no, no, I need a potion, Finster," said Rita.

"Of course," said Finster.

"Have you no brains?"

"Yes my queen anything you wish. Now what kind of potion?" asked Finster.

"I want a love one!"

"A love potion of course!"

"So Zedd with fall in love with and marry me!" said Rita. "And then he and the universe will be ruled by who?"

"Earth will be yours, my queen," said Finster.

"As soon as I destroy those rangers," said Rita.

"Yes as soon as they are back from out of town," said Finster.

"What?! I can't wait for that! They're going to be my wedding gift to Lord Zedd!"

"I've got it, we can lure Alpha 5 to lure them back!" said Finster.

"Yes," said Rita. "Tell the whole world the good news..."


Alpha walked outside the Command Center.

"Oh the land is so barren around here," said Alpha. "Maybe I can tap into the morphing grid to create some more flowers." He picked up some dirt and dropped it, and a flower appeared out of the ground.

"That's better," said Alpha. Just then, Finster and a couple putties appeared behind Alpha and grabbed him.

"Hey! What the-what are you doing!"

"Hold him still while I put in the disk," said Finster, sliding a disk into the back of Alpha's disk compartment. "Now do as you're programmed robot."

"Will do Buckaroo," said Alpha as Finster and the putties disappeared and Alpha headed back to the command center.

Finster arrived back on the moon.

"Good work, my little dog-faced monster!" cried Rita, hugging Finster. "Now, let's get to work!"

Back in the Command Center, Alpha was furiously pushing buttons on the consoles while laughing.

"Alpha," began Zordon, "I'm detecting unusual behavior. What happened to you outside?"

"Who cares what you're detecting, you big floating head!" cried Alpha. "Be quiet, I have work to do!"

Back in Sydney, the teens were walking with the other students from the program as they were led by their chaperone around the city.

"Alright you guys, we don't have much time to shop," said the chaperone. "Let's meet back here in two hours."

"Alright," they chorused as the group broke off.

"Haha, two hours," teased Tommy.

"You guys I just love Australia," said Kim. "The shops here are so cool."

"Yeah, but if you keep shopping, you'll end up taking home Australia in those bags," teased Tommy. Kim gave him an evil glare while everyone laughed. Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull decided to ditch the group.

"Okay, I have to buy presents for my mom, my brother, my Uncle Steve..." started Kim. Just then, the Ranger's communicators beeped.

"Ugh, I knew this was going to happen," said Jessica. Tommy looked around. Seeing they were alone now, Tommy spoke into the communicator.

"Zordon, this is Tommy, what's up."

"Rangers, this is Alpha. Listen up. Morph and teleport to the abandoned Spector Theater in Downtown Angel Grove. Once there, wait for further instructions."

The rangers looked at each other funny.

"Alpha sounds funny," said Jessica. She looked around. "Dad, are you there? What's going on?"

Little did the rangers know, Alpha had shut off Zordon's communicator. When Jessica got no response, she looked worriedly at Rocky.

"Something's wrong," said Jessica. "Dad always answers for me."

"We need to get to the Command Center," said Tommy.

"Rangers, please go to the theatre. This is an emergency," came Alpha's voice.

"You guys go to the theater," said Jessica. "Jill and I will go check in on Alpha and Dad."

"Sounds like a plan," said Tommy.

Back at the Command Center, Alpha was still pushing buttons.

"Alpha, reprogram yourself," said Zordon, as he now sported hair, glasses, a mustache and a hawaiian lei on his head. "You don't know what you are doing.""

Up on the moon, Rita had gotten a makeover from Finster and she was now young looking again.

"Ahh, I look so beautiful!" said Rita. "You did it Finster!"

"Yes my queen, and now here's the love potion," he said, handing Rita a bottle. She tiptoed into Zedd's rejuvenation chamber and poured the potion into his rejuvenation formula.

"Soon you will be mine, Zeddy boy!" cackled Rita.


Tommy, Kim, Billy, Aisha, Rocky, and Adam had morphed and arrived at the theater.

"Doesn't look like anything's going on," said Rocky.

"Alpha said to wait for instructions," said Tommy. "If something is wrong with Alpha and Zordon, Jess and Jill will fix everything. Huh? What was that?"

A loud bang came and the rangers saw all the doors shut.

"I've got a bad feeling about this," said Aisha as they walked around.

"You should!" cried a voice. The rangers turned around and saw the Venus Flytrap monster appear, followed by Eye Guy, Peckster, Socadillo and the Grumble Bee.

"Crap, I knew it!" said Rocky.

"There's too many of them," said Tommy. "Let's get out of here." But as they tried to teleport out of there, the six realized they couldn't.

Meanwhile back at the Command Center, Jessica and Jill had arrived to chaos. Jill couldn't help but stifle a laugh at Zordon's getup.

"What are you two doing here?" cried Alpha. "You're ruining everything!"

"Alpha, what is wrong with you?" asked Jessica.

"Jessica, check out Alpha's disk compartment," said Zordon. "I am afraid he has been evilly programmed."

Jessica walked up to Alpha despite his protests. As she looked around, she saw something wedged in his back. She reached in and yanked out the disk Finster had stuck there.

"Oh, my aching circuits," said Alpha. "What happened- Ai yi yi Zordon! What have I done?!"

"Someone reprogrammed you," said Jill as she worked to return Zordon to normal. "The rangers are at the abandoned theater."

"Ai yi yi, they can't use their powers at that theater! It is a vortex!" cried Alpha. "I'm sorry Zordon."

"That is alright Alpha, I know you truly didn't mean any harm," said Zordon as his face returned to normal.

"A vortex?' asked Jessica. "What does Alpha mean?"

"The theater is located at a vortex on the Earth. There is too much magic there and the other rangers are rendered helpless in the theater. If they can get away, they will be able to use their weapons and swords."

"Oh no," said Jessica. "There's monsters there. But how is that possible? Zedd is asleep!"

"Alpha, scan the moon to find out what exactly is going on there," said Zordon.

"Ai yi yi!" cried Alpha. "Rita Repulsa is back! And she's marrying Lord Zedd!"

"It is just as I feared, now with the two of them together, nothing can stop them, and their powers will be more than we could ever imagine," said Zordon.

"We need to get the others out of that theater," said Jill. "Or the world is in some serious shit."


"You sure about this wedding, Sire?" asked Goldar to Zedd in his lair. Zedd's lair had been decorated for the wedding and the monster guests had arrived and were waiting for the wedding to start.

"Of course, you snake!" cried Zedd. "I'm sure about everything!"

"What's with the holdup?" asked Rita. "I want to get this over with!"

"Queen Rita, I'm so excited to be the Mutant of Honor!" cried Squat.

"Zip it, Hog-Breath!" cried Rita, smacking Squat in the chest.

"It's normal for the Bride to be a little nervous," said Baboo.

"Zip it you two!" said Rita disappearing behind the wall again.

"Is everything ready" Zedd asked.

"Yes my lord," said Finster. "The guests are assembled and your bride awaits."

"Good," said Zedd. "I want you to perform the ceremony. Goldar, tell the musicians to start playing,:

"I couldn't get musicians on such short notice," exclaimed Goldar.

"Fool! Leave a monkey to do a monster's job! Music! I want MUSIC AND I WANT IT NOW!" Zedd zapped his staff at Snizard and he appeared at an organ all dizzy.

"I trust you can play the Wedding March on that?!" cried Zedd.

"No, but if you hum a few bars, I can fake it!" said Snizard. "Just kidding, just kidding. Here you go." Snizard started to play the organ and Zedd moved his fingers in appreciation.

"Ahh, that's more like it," said Zedd. "Let the wedding begin!"

"Oh yes, beautiful, it's beautiful!" said Eye Guy, who had returned from the Theater. The six trapped rangers were now being guarded by putties, Peckster and Rhinoblaster after Zedd summoned the other monsters back for the wedding.

As the wedding march played, Rita walked in.

"Here comes the Queen," sang Rita off-key, "ain't that a scream? No one can ever be quite as mean." Rita pushed two putties out of the way as she walked up the aisle.

"She looks lovely," commented one of the monsters.

Rita startled Zedd as she came up next to him.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today," started Finster, "to join these two gargoyles in matrimony. Is there any creature present who knows why these two should not be wed?"

"Yes, now that you mention it," started Goldar, "I think I'd like to..."

"Oh can it!" cried Rita, smacking Goldar with her bouquet of dead roses.

"Whoa!" cried Socadillo as Goldar fell back and stumbled.

"Get on with it Finster!" cried Rita.

"Do you Lord Zedd, Master of all Evil, take Rita Repulsa to be your bride?" asked Finster.

"Well?" asked Rita as Zedd looked at him.

"I do!" said Zedd, pulling his arm down in excitement.

"And do you Rita," continued Finster.

"No no no," murmured Goldar.

"Yes!" cried Rita. "I mean, I do!"

"Um, who has the ring?" asked Finster.

"The ring?" asked Goldar confused.

"You're holding it you meathead!" cried Rita. She grabbed the box and opened it and pulled out the ring.

"Here you go Zeddy, put this on," said Rita as she slid the spider ring on his finger.

"I now pronounce you, Husband and Fright," said Finster. "I mean wife." Goldar groaned and facepalmed at the comment. "You may kiss!"

"Come here, my little prickly pear!" said Zedd to Rita.

"Do I have to?" Rita asked to Finster with a look of disgust on her face.

"Yes!" said Finster and Rita and Zedd kissed.

"Don't they make an ugly couple?" asked Baboo to Squat.

"It's all like a nightmare come true," said Squat.


Back at the Command Center, Jessica, Jill, Alpha and Zordon were trying to figure out how to help out the other rangers.

"I'm afraid it's useless," said Jessica as she threw down another device she had been working on. "None of my inventions can crack the Vortex's magic."

"The only way the other rangers are going be able to escape is to try and get past the putties and monsters," said Zordon. "Don't worry, they will be alright."

"I sure hope so," said Jessica as she looked at the other rangers from the viewing globe. They were fighting off the putties.

"Sig-hiyah!" cried Rocky as he hit a putty and knocked him down. One of the putties walked right into Peckster.

"Not me you Clay-brain!" Peckster said to the putty as he fell to the floor. "Them! This batch of putties has been in the over too long! I'll have to do it myself!"

As he cackled loudly and headed towards Tommy, Tommy shrugged his shoulders.

"Okay!" said Tommy, warning Peckster. He kicked Peckster and sent him stumbling back. Tommy messed with him a few times, including grabbing his beak.

"Hey, stop that, let go!" said Peckster. Rocky meanwhile was working on fighting Rhinoblaster.

"Your shoe's untied," said Tommy to Peckster. As Peckster looked down, Tommy stomped on his foot and Peckster moaned in pain, clutching his foot. Tommy laughed and scratched his helmet.

"I can't believe you fell for that!" exclaimed Tommy. Rocky on the other hand, had powered up his fist and slammed it to the ground. The room shook and Rhinoblaster stumbled around.

"What's the matter, pal?" asked Rocky. "Got the shakes or something?"

"For my next trick," said Tommy, and he kicked Peckster in the stomach, sending him backwards, while Rocky literally kicked Rhinoblaster's butt and he stumbled forward into Peckster, causing both of them to fall to the ground. Kim had been hiding and threw a net on top of the monsters and the group cheered as the two got stuck and they high-tailed it out of the cave.

"Alright, we're out of here!" said Tommy as they exited the cave. "Let's hurry up and get to the command center."

Jessica and Jill saw they escaped the theater through the viewing globe.

"Alright!" they cried. "They did it!" A few moments later, the other six rangers appeared in the Command Center.

"Hey you guys are okay!" said Jessica, bear hugging Rocky.

"Hey babe, yeah we're okay," said Rocky, hugging her back. "What happened?"

"You won't believe it if we told you, but Zedd and Rita got married!" said Jessica.

"Oh man, I don't believe it!" commented Tommy. "Rita's back?"

"Yes, Tommy," said Zordon. "Rita has married Lord Zedd and now they are heading here for Earth in Serpentera." Just then the alarms blared.

"What is it, Zordon?" asked Billy.

"Rangers, Zedd has enlarged his group of monsters and they are attacking Downtown Angel Grove!'

"Rangers, you may be outnumbered by the monsters, but remember that the power will protect you," said Zordon.

"Let's do it guys," said Tommy. "Back to action!"

"Stegosaurus!" cried Jessica as she morphed.

"Ankylosaurus!" cried Jill.

"HIYAH!" cried the rangers. "We need thunderzord power now!"

"Mastadon Lion Thunderzord power!"

"Pterodactyl Firebird Thunderzord power!"

"Triceratops Unicorn Thunderzord power!"

"Saber-Tooth Tiger Griffin Thunderzord power!"

"Tyrannosaurus Red Dragon Thunderzord Power!"

"Stegosaurus Leopard Thunderzord power!"

"Ankylosaurus Stag Thunderzord Power!"

"White Tigerzord! Power Up!"

The rangers jumped into their zords and formed the Ultra Thunderzord.

"Ultra Thunderzord, power up!" they cried.

They took the monsters down one by one, surprisingly without any problems.

"NOOO!" cried Rita. "Zeddy! Let's get out of here! My plans! My beautiful plans!"


"Tommy! Kimberly! Billy!" cried the chaperone as the eight rangers landed back in Sydney to finish their trip. "Aisha! Adam! Rocky! Where are you guys?" The eight appeared from around the corner.

"There you are," said the chaperone. "Come on guys, I said two hours! We need to get to the museum!"

"Sorry, we got side-tracked," said Jessica as they grabbed their bags they had left against the wall. As the group took off to do some more sight-seeing, back at the Command Center, Alpha sighed.

"Ai Yi Yi I'm so sorry again for what I did Zordon!" he exclaimed.

"That's okay Alpha," said Zordon. "I did not care for the Evil Alpha myself."

"Ai Yi Yi!" laughed Alpha.

TBC