Power Rangers Spirit Force

Chapter 4: The Master Revealed

Underworld

"You have failed me, Draco!" growled the purple being from the screen on the floor in front of Draco Malfoy's throne, into which Draco was looking. The being's eyes narrowed angrily. "What happened?"

"Master, I apologize for my failure," Draco said quietly to the being. He showed no fear but determination to please his new master. "The Spirit Rangers have gained a sixth member, Jason Lee Scott. He was with the Pink Ranger on the island of Muranthias. I'm sure you remember Kimberly Hart?"

"Ah yes," said the being, his eyes crinkling as he smiled. "That cute little Pink Ranger who aided the Power Rangers in my so-called destruction." Draco nodded. "That witch Udonna chose her as the Pink Spirit Force Ranger, did she? Well, I guess it's time to make a comeback and do what I started six thousand years ago!"

"Master, do you need me to help you?" Draco asked eagerly, his steel-grey eyes flashed purple with excitement. The being nodded and the new Knight Wolf pointed his wand at the screen, purple light flying from the tip and into the screen which rippled and gurgled as Draco's master rose up from the depths. The being was tall, completely purple with horns twisted into what looked like a braided beard. His name: Ivan Ooze. Draco gave a low bow and said in a low voice, "Master, it is an honor to finally meet you in person."

"Yes, yes, it's good to see you as well, my servant," Ivan said with a smile. "You have done well given your past failure." Draco sat back in his throne. "Now, what are we going to do aobut the Power Rangers, Draco?"

"W-what?" Draco stammered. "You're my boss! Why are you asking me, my Lord?" Ivan laughed and stared at his charge intently.

"Why," he said, "because it is-as they say-your party. I merely gave you the power of Koragg to let you fight hand-to-hand with the Rangers. It is up to you what to do with them now." When Draco did not speak, Ivan leaned in and whispered, "You have confirmed the Yellow Ranger's fear of spiders. Why not bring out all of the Rangers' fears?"

"Yes, of course!" Draco said eagerly. "I can send them to the Island of Illusion! That will do the trick! According to what I remember of it, the Island of Illusion creates the Rangers' fears so only the ones with those fears can see them." Ivan nodded. "We will use that as a last resort. Until then, I need some more help."

"I know just the person!" Ivan said smiling. "How about Goldar? He's a very skilled warrior used by Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd when they needed him." Draco nodded. "And, as for the monster problem, I suggest using Vampirus, the monster Rito Revolto used when the original Power Rangers lost their powers and went to the Temple of Power."

"Good plan, sir," Draco said with glee and raised his wand. "Powers of Darkness, and all that is evil, I call upon the skill of Goldar and the dark powers of Vampirus to aid me in my quest to destroy the Power Rangers!" Violet light shot from his wand and two beams of light entered the Underworld. Goldar, the winged warrior who served under Rita and Zedd with his shiny, golden armor and sword and Vampirus, the monster hatched from an egg at the entrance to the Temple of Power.

"How can we serve you, Master Koragg?" Goldar said in his gravelly voice as he took a low bow. Vampirus copied him.

"I need you to take care of the newest team of Power Rangers, Goldar." Draco said pacing in front of them. "They are called Spirit Force and they use the power of light to stop the darkness. I suggest you and Vampirus go down there with a few Inferi and stop them once and for all. I believe you shall meet an old enemy or two, Jason Lee Scott and Tommy Oliver."

Goldar laughed and said, "I assure you, Koragg, the Spirit Force Rangers will not live to tell the tale this time." His red eyes flashed as he spoke. "As for Tommy and Jason-I believe they will be surprised to see me." Draco nodded and told them to go. With a bow, Goldar and Vampirus vanished.

Command Center

The eleven Power Rangers chatted with each other and Zordon and Alpha, trying to catch up on recent events, the new Ranger team's destiny, and plans for the future. They were all laughing and enjoying their bottles of butterbeer when the alarms blared and the crystal ball started to glow. "Well, guys," Harry said, "it looks like duty calls." The eleven Rangers morphed and teleported (Apparated in the case of the Spirit Force Rangers) to the scene of the attack. When they arrived, Jason and Tommy tensed up as they saw the familiar face of Goldar with Vampirus.

"Well, well," Goldar said while tapping his sword blade on one hand, "if it isn't Jason and Tommy, Earth's most powerful Rangers."

"Who said you could join the party, Goldar?" Tommy teased. "This is a private party!"

"Ah, but I have a special invitation from Master Koragg!" Goldar replied. "You, Rangers, are not invited!" Harry jumped out of the way to avoid the blast of red energy that shot from Goldar's sword. "Vampirus, Inferi, attack!"

"Harry?" Ginny said with a hint of fear in her voice. "Should we call on the Spirit Sabers?"

"Yeah, I think so." the Red Ranger replied and, in a flash of light, their wands turned into the Spirit Sabers. Jason pulled Saba out of his holster and got ready to attack while the Zeo Rangers took out their Power Weapons. "All right, Rangers, attack!" All eleven Rangers charged and started fighting off the Inferi while Harry and Kimberly took on Vampirus and Jason and Tommy fought Goldar.

"Pathetic Rangers," Vampirus growled. "You are no match for me!" He sent a blast at the two Rangers fighting him, both of whom dodged the attack. "Stand still!"

"Not a chance!" Kimberly shouted. "Phoenix Bow!" When the weapon was in her hand, she shot an arrow of pink fire which struck the Vampirus in the chest. She turned around as the Vampirus monster exploded as he fell. "Okay, guys, Vampirus is down for the count."

"Good job, Kimberly!" Jason shouted as he dodged a kick from the armored primate and Tommy blasted Goldar in the chest. "You and Harry can help us out now!" The two Spirit Force Rangers nodded and leapt into battle. Goldar roared and shot a few more blasts at them and they fell to the ground, their armor smoking slightly. "Man, Goldar's gotten a little stronger than we last met."

"Yeah, that's for sure," Kimberly said as she stood up. "Harry, you got a plan for this?" Harry shook his head. "Great. Just when we need our leader for a plan, he's got nothing."

"Don't worry, Kim," Hermione said assuringly, "Harry will come up with something. Give him time."

"That's something we don't have, Hermione!" Kimberly snapped. "Goldar's gotten stronger and he's just blocked or threw back everything we throw at him! What will we do now?" Harry snapped his fingers and cried in excitement. "About time! Whatcha got?"

"This is a long shot," Harry said, "but I think we should all try using the Cruciatus Curse against him. A combined spell, if you will." The other five Rangers nodded and their swords turned back into wands. "Ready? Now!"

"CRUCIO!" The combined Torture Curse lifted Goldar off his feet, screaming and writhing in the air, and landed hard on the ground. "YEAH!"

"Good one, Harry!" Jason said. "How did you think of that?"

"Well," Harry said shrugging slightly, "I saw Voldemort and a few of his followers use the Cruciatus Curse a while back and I thought if we use a combined version of it, we might be able to beat Goldar without a problem." Jason nodded. While they were talking, Goldar got up. "Oh, here we go." The blue-skinned ape staggered to his feet and vanished in a flash of fire. "Why do they always do that?"

Kimberly shrugged nonchalantly and said, "That's how Goldar works. He fights us, and when we've got the upper hand, he retreats. We're used to it by now." The eleven Rangers demorphed and started talking. "Okay, so we know who we're fighting, we know Goldar's back, and what else?"

"The whole human race is in danger," Tommy said frowning. "I think whoever is in charge is really ticked and knows us well." Kimberly nodded and sighed. "Look, something tells me that the guy who's in charge is someone we've fought before. Zedd and Rita are long gone, so they're out of the question. Divatox is probably gone after she destroyed the Power Chamber, and TJ and the others are in space battling a space queen named Astronema. I'm not sure who would do this now."

"Well, maybe Zordon knows?" Kat suggested. "We should go back to the Command Center and ask him." Tommy nodded and, within seconds, all of the Power Rangers vanished in a flash of light.

Command Center

"POWER RANGERS, I UNDERSTAND YOUR WORRIES OF A HIGHER BEING IN CHARGE OF KORAGG'S ATTACKS." Zordon's voice boomed after Harry asked if he knew who was in charge. "ALPHA AND I HAVE RUN TESTS ON THE AREAS MONSTERS ATTACKED AND OUR READ-OUTS INDICATE THAT IVAN OOZE IS BEHIND THIS."

"Ivan?" Rocky said in surprise, his eyes wide. "That explains what Draco meant when he said his master wouldn't be too happy." Zordon nodded. "I thought we destroyed him when we first got our Ninja Powers?"

"Unfortunately, Ryan's Comet didn't fully obliterate him," Alpha said sadly. "I scanned the impact spot and a small bit of Ivan was still floating out in space. I'm still unsure of how he was keeping contact with Koragg at all."

"So, this Ivan Ooze character," Ron said worriedly, "is he evil?"

'Oh yeah," Tommy said grimly. "He practically killed Zordon, disabled Alpha and trashed the Command Center's interior back in 1995. He was rebuilding his twin Ectomorphicon machines, Hornitor and Scorpitron while we left to Phaedos and the two robots were destroying the city when we got back."

"So we called on the Ninja Zords, formed the Ninja Megazord while Tommy helped some kids with a broken track and got thrown to Angel Grove First Bank." Rocky said. "Our power was low, so Kimberly practically yelled at Tommy to combine the Falconzord with us, then we took to the skies and Aisha, the previous yellow Ranger then, kicked Ivan in the groin and into the comet's path." Harry let out a low whistle and smiled. "I guess you can't keep a bad guy down with Ivan back on his feet."

Jason held up a hand and said, "Hold on, if Ivan Ooze is back, then what's he doing with all of Rita's monsters? Can't he create his own?"

"He did create the Ooze Men when we first met him," Kimberly said shrugging, "so who's to say he couldn't?" The others nodded in agreement, though they were uncertain what they were going to do about their new enemy's master. "My question is how did Malfoy come to be Ivan's servant?"

"Like I said before," Harry said, "the Malfoy family were always the ones to take orders not give them." He grinned slightly as he added, "Back in my sixth year, Malfoy was branded with the Dark Mark, the mark of Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione didn't believe me until I told them what happened on the Astronomy Tower the night Dumbledore died." Ron and Hermione blushed and hung their heads. "I just hope that Ivan doesn't get any ideas of bringing Voldemort back or something. The Horcruxes may be destroyed, but Voldemort was more dangerous without them than when they were intact...especially since I was the last one he created, accidentally."

"So, you're thinking that Ooze will probably bring Voldemort back?" Jason said with an air of disbelief. When Harry nodded, he said with a sigh, "I don't think it's possible. Zedd and Rita never bothered to even attempt a revival or ressurrection."

"But, Jason, we're talking about a powerful alien lord who ruled the galaxy over six thousand years ago!" Alpha stated. "Ivan Ooze is capable of anything!" Jason didn't answer, but looked at the two teams of Power Rangers intently.

"If Ooze does bring Voldemort back, then we'll fight him head on." the White Spirit Ranger said sternly. "We'll keep going or die trying." Harry gave a short nod and looked away. Something was wrong, he knew, and it wasn't going to be very good for their side of the war against evil.

Underworld

Draco and Goldar watched intently as Ivan Ooze paced the floor, his purple robes sweeping across the cold stone as he walked. "The Power Rangers are stronger than I thought," he muttered to himself. "We need a monster that can take them out with one swift move...but what?" HIs violet eyes darted to Draco and he said with a grin, "My dear boy, you can create a monster. Think! What would Harry Potter be most afraid of?"

"There are very few things Potter is afraid of, Master," Draco said shrugging. "Dementors are the main thing, but there was the Hungarian Horntail he had to battle in our fourth year during the Triwizard Tournament." Ivan's eyes flashed purple and his grin turned into a smile. "You want me to create a monster based on the Hungarian Horntail?"

"Of course, I do!" Ivan said happily. "I know there's a spell for that kind of thing." With a wave of his hand, Goldar brought in a marble statue of a Hungarian Horntail dragon. "All you have to do is cast the spell and I'll give it a little power boost to destroy those pesky idiots and Zordon will be obliterated later." Draco nodded and stared at the statue. "Go ahead, boy, do it.

"As you wish, Master," said Malfoy with a grin. He directed his wand at the statue and muttered, "Draconifors!" The dragon statue rippled and in its place stood a human-sized Hungarian Horntail dragon.

"Now it's my turn." Ivan whispered. The dragon roared as a jolt of purple electricity coursed through its body. In seconds, the dragon now stood on its back legs, its front legs serving as arms and holding a sword. The wings on its back folded over its shoulders serving as a cape of sorts and its snout shortened a bit. "Welcome, Horntail, to the Underworld."

Horntail spoke in a gravelly, raspy voice when it said, "How may I serve you, Master Ivan?"

"Koragg and I are having trouble with two teams of Power Rangers. The first team is called the Zeo Rangers and the newest team is called the Spirit Force." Ivan said with a growl. "I want you to fly to Angel Grove, find the Rangers and TEAR THEM APART!" Horntail gave a low grunt of approval and launched into the air while Ivan and Malfoy cackled mirthlessly. "Those Power Rangers will not be expecting this!"

"No, sir, they won't!" Malfoy said maliciously. "Mark my words, Potter, your end is coming." He laughed again and sank down into his throne while Ivan stood off to the side.

To Be Continued...