The "Ghost" Rangers

By: bigo4190

Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers; that belongs to BVS Entertainment. Neither do I own all the villains who appear, they belong to MGM Studios, J.K. Rowling, and Masashi Kishimoto. What I chose to do with those characters is my only contribution, save for a few easily spotted other characters.

"Blah" – Regular Speech
'Blah' – Thoughts
Voices transmitted over radios/TV's etc. are typed using italics.

A.N. – This story merely sets up some of the back-story for a team of rangers of my own creation. The villain should give some clue as to who they are, though it also contains a hint of things not introduced until later.

Chapter 3: Hogday Afternoon

Kat had finished her part of the story, and everyone stopped, staring once more at the screen showing the slow disintegration of the Morphin' Grid. The first one to move was Kimberly. She looked at the group began to speak: "And because of that fight, the "Ghosts" came and visited me in Florida. Zordon decided then that if at all possible, no former Ranger should be left without power. Even after the main threat that they combat has been vanquished, the power ought to stay in their capable hands, in case their help would ever be needed. I was happy to have the power back, but still, I stayed in Florida. Of course, not only did they eventually help us—Tommy, Kat, and I, that is—with the legality of what we settled into, they were a part of the development of it. If not for them, I would have broken up with Tommy over someone I quickly discovered was a slime-ball. Of course, the still lingering, never-ended, long distance relationship didn't stop Tommy from developing feelings for Kat, equal to his feelings for me. Of course, he was too noble to act on them, though Kat certainly seemed willing. Finally though, because of a number of things, I realized that as much as I loved to compete at gymnastics, my place was with the Power Rangers. So, I quit working with the coach, and moved back to Angel Grove.

Kat stepped over by Kimberly here, "Your timing was impeccable. Rita and Zedd tried one last monster before Master Vile got back. And of course, that things weird truth ray may have caused some problems with a few things, I think the benefits of airing the feelings between the 3 of us was worth the discomfort. Sure, we had to hide the relationship, but we managed to stay happy. But the point of this meeting isn't our love life, so let's get back on topic. The major exploits of the Ghost rangers."

Adam looks up again, knowing he can contribute to this part. "Yeah, when Vile got back, he had the Orb of Doom, and managed to revert the entire planet to children. At the age, our bodies weren't hardy enough to handle the power. So we planned out a device to re-age our bodies, along with the help of the Rangers of Aquitar. Unfortunately, we we're attacked before we could activate it, the Aquitar Rangers just managed to keep us safe.

Kat takes a deep breath, nodding, and "Don't forget that it was only a few tricks that the "Ghosts" had taught me and Tommy that kept the power coins from being destroyed. The downside is that the coins were drained from even trying the device—we had lost our powers. When we managed to get back to the Command Center, the new only got worse; Zedd had contacted Hydro Hog, the main enemy of the Aquitar Rangers, and he had ramped up attacks on Aquitar, forcing them back. Then of course, with a more detailed scan, Zordon discovered that even if we had managed to re-age ourselves with the device we had built, it would have caused major problems for us if we had managed to correct the time-stream."

Kim took up the story again, "We were left with only one more option. Contact the ghosts to protect the planet while we went hunting for the Zeo Crystal. So we called the "Ghosts" in, and then got sent of after the crystals. Lucky for the ghosts it was mostly quiet; but I think all of them on the moon were surprised when, after they and the others had detected us leaving, the monster they sent down to sow havoc was stopped by a team of rangers they had never seen before."

The door into the room opens suddenly, letting in Jason Scott. "Hey, I'm assuming that Aku guy contacted you all here. He somehow managed to tap into my radio and deliver a personal threat—In fact he was contacting every former ranger, judging by what Rocky said when I met him at the gates. We were on our way here and that message sped us along."

Rocky chose that moment to walk through the doors behind Jason. "What are you all up to, besides being gloomy staring at the screen showing the Grid fall apart—and where is Tommy, these kind of gatherings were his idea in the first place?"

Kat glanced at him, "Tommy's upstairs, trying to reach our old friends—you know, the so-called "Ghosts." We've been talking about them, but leaving all the people who don't know them in suspense by not really naming them. We just got to the Zeo Quest, do you want to share anything Rocky?"

"Well, what is there to share? The Seven of us—me, Adam, Aisha, Billy, Tommy, Kim and you—all of us wondering the same thing: 'what about the 8th Crystal.' We needn't have worried, that worked out, but it did lead to some startling discoveries for the "Ghosts." It seems like only yesterday when they told us about the conversation that they had with Zordon after we left."

FLASHBACK

Blue looked up at Zordon questioningly after the main rangers had left. "Eight Zeo Sub-crystals; I knew things were different, but I never realized that it had occurred before we arrived."

All faces turned to her, wondering what she meant. It was Yellow who spoke first, though hesitantly. "Is there something you'd like to share with the rest of us, because that made absolutely no bloody sense!"

"Oh, honestly. We knew we had traveled to an Alternate Dimension when we arrived the first time, and it is a fairly common theory that the inspiration for all sorts of fanciful ideas—usually the plots of books and such—are in fact some sort of clairvoyance into such dimension. Now, I would normally dismiss that idea as a ludicrous fantasy, but after or trip, I gave it some thought. Then I found it, a children's TV show of all things, called Power Rangers. The characters and situations are so similar; but we don't appear, obviously. But little things seem to stick out—and the fact that your Zeo Crystal has 8 pieces while the show one only had 5 is a big one. I'm only guessing here, but don't be surprised if a girl named Tanya comes back with Aisha holding the 8th Sub-crystal."

"I think I heard of it—though I don't think it got more than 2 minutes of air-time at…well, you know how they can be." It was Red speaking now, and Green was quick to comfort him.

"Yes, well, I don't like the turns take in the series, and can only hope that something's don't come to pass." Blue glances back up at Zordon "You…you sacrifice yourself to cleanse the universe of much of its evil, not all, but quite a large number. That's actually about the last thing that happened actually. They just started airing another show, still Power Rangers, but not many characters already seen, just, just…Alpha 6.

"Ai-yi-yi, which would mean…"

"I so sorry Alpha, but yes. You were probably…k-killed when Zordon was kidnapped. But, I still worry, that even with the differences, things could play out similarly. So many other things have, even this Zeo Quest—though with a more people involved, and a distinct lack of Hydro Hog on Earth. I wonder if the Gold Ranger will arrive?" Blue's musing gained the interest of Zordon, who had remained silent through the shocking news of his own demise.

"Interesting. That is a fact I have hidden from the other Rangers. They know that there are other Rangers in the Galaxy, but they do not know of my ancient allies, the Triforians. It is their Ranger whom you speak of, I presume?"

"Yes, Trey, Prince of Triforia. He came…will…may come to Earth to help when King Mondo's attacks get more vicious."

"The Machine Empire is approaching Earth. That is grave news indeed. I assume that his powers were compatable with the Zeo Rangers." At the nod of the Blue Ranger not his own, Zordon continues, "Yet, from the way you speak, his Power was not of the Zeo Crystal…Such is not the case in this Reality. The Zeo Crystal is composed from 3 Demi-Crystals; each of those is also made of 3 Sub-Crystals. However, when the Crystal was hidden from Master Vile centuries ago, the 9th Sub-Crystal, that of a Golden color, was taken to Triforia, and used to create the Golden Power Staff. The Enhancements are mostly to align the Crystal to work with the Triforian Physiology, which the Zeo Sub-Crystal cannot. The Staff could be made to function without the Sub-Crystal with only minimal drop in its power. If Trey should come to Earth, I will suggest this option to him. To whom would you suggest the Gold Power be given, should Trey arrive and agree to the transfer?"

"Jason performed wonderfully, even with the strain the staff put on him due to its incompatibility with humans. Trey was wounded and needed to pass on the powers."

White was looking over at the others, thinking hard, and saw his chance to speak up. "If we can use a TV show to predict some things in this dimension, is there any possibility of their being a similar way of predicting our own future." The others looked at each other, surprised at the insight, and began to wonder, but before they could due much of anything, a glowing portal opened in the room and, with the sudden flashing of a blue triangle, Rocky was expelled into the room.

END FLASHBACK

"So I got back at the end of that conversation, and thanks to mi hermana, I actually knew. I slapped myself for not figuring it out sooner, really. And when they told me when they had left from, I became a little panicked. The knew the bad things that were still several years in our future, but they face trouble in a little over 7 months." And things could—and would as we discovered—get worse from there."

Jason shook his head, "Those guys, some of the nicest people you will ever meet, but damn if they didn't get forced trough some very messed up trials. All of them had suffered worse by the time Zordon finally died than any of us ever have." The rangers around the room had nodded at the points of Jason's speech that they had the experience to vouch for. "The power switch had worked exactly as Zordon hoped—Trey arrived, and the Sub-Crystal was removed from the Power Staff. I took the mantle of a Power Ranger for the last, time, though I didn't have near the problems I could have, if the staff had been my only choice."

The rangers from those earliest, Zordon influenced days looked at each other, knowing that their were only two more events that had the involvement of the "Ghosts" before Zordon's death. And it was time for another to take over the story telling. So, they turned towards that former Blue Rangers, and signaled he start his part of the story.