Jason put a hand into the sky and shouted, "I need Dinozord power now!"
Lamie turned to Shao Kahn as she said, "I should warn you that they..."
The ground began to shake violently. Every fighter on the field struggled to stay standing. A hole began to open in the ground as the head of a red and grey Tyrannosaurus erupted from the ground. It began to climb out of the ground. It stepped one foot on the ground and then stepped out of the hole and stood nearly 30 yards behind Jason.
Shao Kahn and his crew looked up at the huge zord in awe. Jason looked at Kahn and said, "Your right, I am outnumbered!"
Jason glanced at his zord and back at Kahn and said, "But I like my odds!"
Kahn growled as Jason jumped into his zord. He headed for the mountain. Jason watched as Goro and the others moved out of the way. Goro created a green energy blast and fired it at the zord. It struck but hardly had any affect. Jason made his zord fire a blast from the mouth. Explosions rippled around Jason's enemies.
Scorpion said, "They have giant robots?"
Shao Kahn watched the huge zord walk by. He could do nothing. His entire crew was useless. Shao Kahn made a massive hammer made of steel appear in his hand. He slammed it on the ground, angrily. Everyone struggled to stand but the zord hardly moved.
Shang Tsung asked, "Master, what do we do?"
"Re..." Kahn stuttered as he said, "Retreat."
Each of his comrades looked at him in shock. Kahn had given the order to retreat. He felt embarrassed. He vanished in a flash of light as everyone else followed.
In the darkness, Billy had tried to keep Zach warm. But the girls and Tommy were fading. Zach and Trini were unconscious. Kim was awake but could barely talk. Tommy tried to keep her warm but he was getting extremely cold.
Tommy said, "I hope its not too much longer..."
"Jason will save us," Billy said.
"I still want a shot at that lizard..." Tommy said softly as he shivered.
Billy asked, "How is Kimberly?"
"Here," was all she could whisper. Kim had stopped shivering as she laid near Tommy.
Billy heard a voice. It sounded muffled, "Tommy, did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" He asked.
"Listen," he said.
For a moment, there was nothing. Billy sighed as he said, "Must just be the cold getting to me."
They both heard a familiar roar. Kim whispered, "Jason..."
Suddenly, there was a bright light as a familiar voice said, "Guys!"
Billy and Tommy shielded their eyes from the light. Jason walked into the portal and saw only two of his comrades awake. He saw them groaning from the light as he moved closer and said, "We have to get out of here!"
Tommy said weakly, "Too bright..."
Jason could see that Billy was fairly well. Tommy, on the other hand, was quite slow. "I'll guide us out. Billy, do you think your well enough to carry Trini?"
"Affirmative," Billy replied as he felt for Trini and lifted her up and stood waiting with his eyes straining to shut from the light.
"I'll carry Zach and Kim," Jason said.
Tommy said, "I can carry Kim."
Tommy slowly lifted Kim and Jason picked up Zach as he said, "Walk towards the light."
Walking towards the light and warmth wasn't so hard to do. Once they were out Tommy quickly put Kim down. Jason quickly spoke into his communicator. "Zordon, get us out of here."
In a flash, the rangers were in the Command Center. Billy and Tommy were still waiting for their eyes to adjust. Alpha said excitedly, "Rangers!"
Jason said, "They need medical attention!"
Alpha touched Zach's arm and said, "Ai yai yai! He has hypothermia!"
Zordon said, "Hurry. Get them downstairs!"
Shao Kahn paced around his palace. Each of his crew were in the main room with him. He shook his head as he said, "How can this happen?"
As usual, Goro spoke, "We were simply unprepared."
"The leader of the Power Rangers knew without a doubt that we would retreat. He knew we couldn't match that!" Kahn shouted.
"What else could we do?" Shang Tsung asked.
Kahn went on, "This leader posses a great threat."
Goro said, "You are a conqueror. You are used to that. This other leader seems used to countering."
"He does seem very devoted to protecting his realm. Attacking first doesn't seem like his style. If that's true I have a big advantage knowing he won't attack us," Kahn said.
Lamie said, "Rita was never successful at this."
Kahn thought for a moment and asked, "How did she deal with that giant robot?"
"She made them grow with her staff," she told him.
Kahn paused, deep in thought. He turned and said, "Quan Chi."
"Yes..." he said in his dead low voice.
"I want you to figure out how to make things grow," Kahn said.
Quan Chi told him, "Yes sir"
Shang Tsung spoke up, "I can learn that also before he does!"
Kahn crossed his arms and said, "Whoever masters the skill will move up in rank. Until then, Shang is still the cook."
Shang Tsung rolled his eyes as Quan Chi said, "Your so lucky to have your prestigious job."
Shang Tsung fired a fireball from his hand, aimed at Quan Chi. However, the necromancer vanished. Shang Tsung cursed as he left the room.
Kitana said, "It is kind of interesting how the leader said you were going to retreat. Its like he already had a plan."
"He had some luck!" Kahn said angrily.
"I'd say he knew what he was doing and made you look bad," she said.
Kahn said, "Kitana, leave now!"
Kitana headed back to her room. Scorpion said, "Quan Chi will be quick about learning any new spell."
"I agree, "Kahn said.
Goro asked Lamie, "Did Rita ever make you grow?"
"Of course," she said.
He asked, "What is it like to be huge?"
Lamie told him, "Very interesting. But..."
"But what?" He asked.
"All the other monsters would grow normal but when I grew I changed into some kind of scorpion-like creature," she said as she turned to Scorpion.
Scorpion asked, "A scorpion creature?"
She nodded, as Scorpion crossed his arms and thought for a moment and said, "Might have something to do with the Living Scorpion powers that are within us as Shirai Ryu."
Kahn said, "Perhaps this growing process also has some kind of power increase."
Scorpion said, "Perhaps after Quan Chi learns this spell we can test it on Lamie."
"You won't have to wait long," Quan Chi said as he appeared.
Kahn asked, "You learned this spell?"
"Indeed. I shall test it out."
Goro said, "I will go first."
Quan Chi held his arms out at Goro. A black light engulfed Goro from the air. Goro began growing taller. He watched himself get closer to the ceiling. He covered his head as it smashed through the ceiling.
Goro finally stopped growing. He could see the earth which looked small now. Goro stretched as he took in the scenery.
Lamie called out, "How do you feel?"
"Monstrous," he said.
Lamie said, "My turn."
Quan Chi preformed the spell again as the black light covered her. She began to grow as her body changed form. Her skin turned dark brown. Her hands turned into pincers and she grew a long tail.
Scorpion watched her change form saying, "Incredible."
Goro looked at Lamie saying, "Wow, what a change."
"Its almost unfair for whoever is my enemy," she said.
Shao Kahn said, "Quan Chi, do that to Scorpion."
Again, the sorcerer preformed the spell and Scorpion began to grow. His body took the same shape as Lamie's. When he finished, he looked at himself saying, "This is definitely the Living Scorpion power."
Kahn called out, "I thought it might do the same to you."
Goro said, "Alright Kahn. Its your turn."
"No its not. We know it works," Kahn said.
Lamie said, "No, you have to grow!"
"I will not! I must make preparations," Kahn said
Kahn began walking away. Goro reached his hands down and grabbed Kahn and held him still as he said, "Do it Quan Chi!"
Kahn shook trying to free himself but was no where near strong enough. He began to grow as the light covered him, "You will pay Goro?"
Kahn grew as Goro let him go. Lamie laughed saying, "Isn't this cool?"
Kahn said, "Not bad. But I have plans."
"Now you can make them," Goro said.
Kahn grinned as he looked at Goro. He ran at Goro with a stiff shoulder charge. His shoulder glowed green as he ran fast. Goro side stepped Kahn and shoved him from behind.
Kahn stumbled forward as Goro quickly put him in a head lock with one arm. Kahn delivered a heavy elbow to Goro's chest. Kahn slipped out and kicked Goro in the stomach.
Goro stood ready as Shao Kahn charged forward with his stiff shoulder attack. Goro again dodged away as he said, "Your attack is too slow."
Goro lepted into the air but Kahn positioned himself so he would be behind Goro when he landed. Kahn went for his shoulder charge again and nailed Goro in the back. The Shokan fell forward on his face as Kahn said, "And your leaping around is predictable."
Goro pushed himself up as he replied, "Only by someone who has known me for so long."
Goro stood up as he and Kahn began fighting. Scorpion and Lamie shrank to normal size and made their way inside. Lamie said, "Im sure they will be there for a while."
Alpha hooked Tommy, Zach, Kim, and Trini up to some medical equipment and slowly tried to warm them. Billy had a blanket around himself. Jason listened to Alpha as he attached IV's. Jason said, "I hope they will be alright."
"Zach is the only one to worry about," Alpha said.
Once everyone was set, Billy walked to Jason saying, "Thanks."
Jason said, "Its nothing you wouldn't have done for me."
Billy asked, "Do how do we defeat a foe who can turn invisible?"
Jason shrugged saying, "Not sure, but we'll figure it out."
"I hope out suits hold up to the spit of that lizard," Billy said.
Jason replied, "Me too."
Just then the alarm went off. Jason and Billy hurried to the upstairs main room. Billy asked, "What is it?"
Zordon said, "There is nothing on the viewing globe but there appears to be acid about in the park."
Jason said, "We have to stop it."
"But how?" Billy asked nervously.
Jason said, "All I know is we have to face an enemy who can turn invisible and spit acid. We should avoid the acid because we don't know how our suits will hold up. This will be a very dangerous opponent."
Billy nodded, "I'm just nervous."
"So am I. But we have to save the city. That monster killed Keith," Jason said.
"Im coming also," said the voice of Tommy who moved sluggishly towards them.
"Im not sure about that. Your still getting warmed up," Jason pointed out.
Tommy said, "My shield shoulder help me when I morph."
Jason thought for a moment and said, "Alright, but on one condition. If your shield doesn't warm you up and your weak, you get out of the battle."
Tommy said, "Deal."
"If you think of any ideas on how to beat an invisible foe, I'm open to ideas because I'm out of them," Jason said.
"I've been doing a lot of thinking. I was thinking we can try to listen for him. Maybe he makes noise," Tommy said.
Jason thought for a moment and said, "Not a bad idea."
"Let the power protect you," Zordon said.
Jason said, "Alright guys. Its morphin' time!"
Dragonzord!
Triceratops!
Tyrannosaurus!
Alpha teleported the rangers to the park. Once they arrived, the three looked around. Acid had burned marks in the ground. That lizard has been busy but was no where to be found.
"Anyone see anything?" Jason asked.
Tommy laughed saying, "Were we supposed to?"
"Ok, dumb question," Jason admitted.
"So, what do we do now?" Billy asked.
"First things first," Jason said as he tapped the button on his communicator and spoke, "Alpha, monitor the park. If you find anything tell us as soon as possible."
"Right!" Alpha confirmed.
Jason then asked, "How are you feeling, Tommy?"
Tommy replied, "A few more minutes and I'll be fine."
"Alright then, we'll each walk out in different directions. Be cautious, be quiet, and if you find it, let the others know before engaging. Alright?" Jason asked.
The other two, in unison, said, "Right!"
Each ranger spread out. Jason silently kept his eyes moving and looked in every direction. He glanced at a play ground and decided against going to it. He felt he was better off out in the open so the lizard couldn't have the advantage of invisibility as well as hiding behind playground equipment.
Tommy walked slowly along as he's kept aa sharp, watchful eye. He kept his hand on his dagger as he wanted to be ready at any moment. He held his breath as he tried to listen for anything. However, he heard nothing.
Billy tip toed by patches of acid with holes in the ground. He starred at some acid as his scientific curiosity overtook him. He sat down Indian style, and picked up a stick and poked the acid. The stick began burning away.
Billy whispered into his communicator after looking around and said, "Alpha, send me a level 8 bio hazard container."
Alpha remained silent as he teleported a black metallic container. Billy scooped a decent amount into it. He watched the strongest material available, let small billows of smoke into the air. It would be a while before the acid burned through.
Billy closed the lid and teleported it to Alpha. He stood up and began making his way along. He came up on a patch of bushes and saw a green lizard spitting a mouthful of acid at a woman. Billy ran as fast as he could and shouted into his communicator, "Guys I found him! I found him!"
Billy lept into the air and tried to punch the lizard but the lizard vanished. Billy looked around nervously as he tried to find his opponent. He felt something grab his ankle and raise him into the air as he was hurled through the air. He crashed on a park bench as it crumbled.
Billy gathered himself but still saw nothing. He pulled his blaster from his holster and held it, ready to fire. He stayed very silent. However, he still saw nothing.
Finally, something grabbed his around the waist and lifted him into the air again. Billy was slammed into the ground several times before throwing him. Billy landed with a thud.
Billy stood up quickly and looked around. He could finally see the green lizard, Reptile. It charged after Billy. Billy drew his Power Lance and charged into battle. He used a whirlwind assault and struck Reptile several times. The lizard groaned.
Reptile drew an axe as he swung it and struck Billy. The two dueled lance against axe. A few minutes later, Reptile fell to the ground. Billy ran to strike Reptile while he was down, however, the lizard launched its tongue out and grabbed Billy and tossed him away.
Billy tried to grab the tongue but failed as Reptile let go. Billy held his side as he had crashed too many times. Reptile made a disgusting noise as he put his head back. The noise sounded like thick spit. It fired at Billy who was unable to move. The green acid landed on Billy's helmet.
Jason and Tommy came running. Jason stopped at Billy but not before drawing his Power Sword and tossed it to Tommy as he shouted, "Catch!"
Tommy caught the sword and gracefully wielded it with great mastery. Tommy struck Reptile twice. Reptile held his axe as he swung at Tommy. Tommy dodged and landed a few more strikes Tommy held his sword high and slashed down.
In less than a second, Reptile vanished as Tommy struck air. He looked around unable to find his opponent. He stayed calm and quiet.
Billy could see the visor and a portion of his helmet begin to melt away. He heard Jason say, "We have to get this off!"
Jason worked frantically to get the helmet unlatched. Once he did, he tossed the helmet away as it continued to melt. Billy let out a sigh of relief as he sat up and looked around. Jason said, "Don't worry. No one is around."
Billy watching the helmet melt. Most of the front melted while the rest survived. He stood up nervously and asked, "What do I do now?"
Jason said, "Tommy, use your dagger to create electricity."
"Good idea! Maybe we will hear him if he gets shocked," Tommy said as he drew his dagger and played a tune. Electricity flew out from the dagger and shot into the air.
The three looked around but still saw nothing. Tommy said, "Maybe he left."
Suddenly, Jason felt something grab him. He was raised into the air up side down. Jason reached for his blade blaster but he dropped it. He then decided to feel what ever had him. His gloves only told him it was spongy and slippery. He tried to squeeze it, hard.
Jason squeezed as hard as he could. He heard a cry that sounded like pain. Then, he could see a long pink tongue. He could also see Reptile in view, who looked mad. Jason looked away when he saw the lizard draw his head back and make a sound like spit.
Tommy quickly made his shield cover Jason as he played a tune on his dagger. The shield glowed green as the acid connect with Jason's head but simply dripped off of him. Tommy used the moment to strike Reptile with his sword. The lizard dropped Jason and withdraw his tongue.
Jason stood up saying, "Thanks Tommy. I owe you."
Reptile charged at Tommy. Tommy swung at Reptile but he vanished again. Billy walked forward and kicked in front of Tommy. Tommy asked, "Billy, what are..."
Tommy watched as Billy kicked Reptile who had ducked after he disappeared. Reptile fell back and held his nose. Tommy struck Reptile again
The lizard gathered himself and shot its tongue out and wrapped it around Tommys throat. It began pulling Tommy closer. Tommy dropped his sword and grab Reptiles tongue and swung him through the air as he crashed down and vanished.
The three looked around as Billy said, "All we have to do is hit him and he can't stay invisible."
Jason lit his fist with red energy and punched the ground as hard as he could. The ground rumbled and shook as Reptile was behind them groaning as he fell. Jason ran after Reptile and after a flurry of kicks, knocked the lizard back down.
Reptile raised a hand into the air as 20 lizards just like himself appeared. Jason said, "Guys, we have company!"
Tommy said, "Let's show them what the Power Rangers are made of!"
Before they attacked, Jason saw the pale white sorcerer from earlier, Quan Chi. Billy said, "Who is that?"
"Quan Chi. Some kind of necromancer," Jason said.
They watched Quan Chi walk closer to Reptile and began to chant in his dead tone, what sounded like gibberish. A black light engulfed Reptile as he began to grow. Jason said, "They figured out how to do that!"
Billy said, "What do we do now?"
Jason said, "You two take these guys. I'll deal with Reptile."
Tommy said, "Sounds good."
Jason walked to Billy and made the dragon armor appear around Billy. Tommy gave Billy his dagger and said, "Since you don't have a helmet, you need protection."
"Thanks Tommy," Billy said.
Jason turned to the huge Reptile and put his hand in the air as he shouted, "I need Dinozord power now!"
The ground shook as his Tyrannosaurus began to burst out of the ground. The head came out first as it climbed out of the hole in the ground. It walked closer to Jason as the red ranger jumped into his zord. He then shouted, "Alright you Alien wanna be, here I come!"
Tommy ran forward and swung his sword. He attempted to cut down as many as he could so Billy wouldn't have to fight as much without his helmet. He struck a couple of lizards and ducked when a third spit acid.
Tommy barley avoided the acid but when he stood back up he looked behind him to see another lizard had been struck by the acid and had begun to burn away. With one down he continued to fight on.
Billy stayed near the edge of the battle as he fought a couple of lizards. Striking them easily with the dagger. Both of them fell as Billy finished them both. Moving on to three others, they all opened their mouths. Billy nervously played a tune on the flute and closed his eyes.
Billy felt something land on his face and run down off of him. He opened his eyes seeing that the shield had protected him. He drew his Blade Blaster and fired at the three lizards as they all fell.
Jason stomped the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord closer to Reptile. He swung the tail striking the lizard. Reptile groaned and jumped into the air and vanished. Jason looked around cautiously. He could hear footsteps and the big impression of feet on the ground. Jason fired a small blast from the eyes at his invisible foe.
Reptile reappeared and rolled along the ground. He stood up and launched his tongue and wrapped it around the neck of the zord. He slowly began to pull it closer. Jason tried to fight the pull but Reptile was pretty strong. Jason used the momentum to spring up on the tail and use the kangaroo kick move, kicking with both feet against Reptile.
Jason could see Reptile begin to lean back as if to make some acid. He didnt want to find out what happens when Reptile's spit landed on his zord. He pushed a button as the Tyrannosaurus fired a laser from its mouth into the ground. Smoke billowed from the ground and sparks rippled as Reptile was incinerated.
Jason sat back in his chair and let oit a sigh of relief. A dangerous foe had been dealt with. He wondered what else Shao Kahn had in store. It wasn't the first opponent that could turn invisible but it was first to battle them with invisibility and a deadly ability.
He could only think of the enemies he saw today. The four armed creature, Goro, seemed fierce. But the young girl, Kitana, seemed so small and meek.
He looked down at Tommy finishing the last of the foes. Jason left his zord as it returned to its resting place. Jason watched as Tommy and Billy walked closer. Jason said, "Good job guys."
Billy turned to Tommy and said, "I'm sorry you had to take more of those lizards yourself. Thanks for watching out for me."
"You know I won't let nothing happen to you," he said as he put his hand on Billy's shoulder.
Jason said, "Let's get back to the Command Center."
The three rangers teleported to the Command Center and demorphed as Kimberly and Trini were standing there in the main room. Zach was sitting in a chair as he said, "You guys were awesome!"
Zordon said, "Well done, Power Rangers. The Earth is safe again."
Kimberly hugged Tommy as she said to him, "You were great out there."
"Thanks," he told her as he hugged her again.
Jason looked at Zach and asked, "Are you going to be alright?"
"Yeah, I'm still a little weak but I'll be good by morning," Zach replied.
"Good, cause I was pretty worried about you guys," Jason said.
Trini said, "We knew you would save us."
Billy asked, "So how did you find us?"
"Well, I met Shao Kahn and the rest of his army," Jason said.
Kimberly said, "All of them?"
Jason said, "I think so. There was quite a few surprises in his team."
"So, tell us what and who we're facing," Tommy said.
"Well, there is obviously Shao Kahn. There is also the four armed creature Goro. Its a sight to see all four of his arms move individually. That alone seems formidable," Jason told them.
Billy said, "Rita never had anything that cool."
Jason continued, "There is an old man named Shang Tsung, who is a mage of some kind and a guy who looks like an albino, he is named Quan Chi. He's a necromancer."
Kimberly asked, "What is a necro...thing?"
Billy said, "Necromancer. It has to do with raising the dead."
Jason went on, "And there is a yellow ninja named Scorpion. Get this. He is married to Scorpina."
"You serious?" Zach asked.
Jason nodded as he continued, "And a girl who has to be our age named Kitana."
"We have our work cut out for us," Tommy said.
Zordon said, "Today was a difficult day. Everyone go home and sleep well."
"Sounds good," Zach said.
"Bye guys," Trini said.
After everyone waved and shook hands everyone teleported to their homes.
After fighting for hours, Shao Kahn and Goro both had shrank down to normal size and were laying on the ground, tired. Quan Chi Minh approached and said, "Emperor, I have news."
Kahn stood up as he said, "Good news, right?"
Quan Chi looked down and took a breathe as he , "Reptile was defeated."
Goro walked closer saying, "Are you sure?"
"I was there Goro," The sorcerer said.
Kahn stared at the ground and muttered, "How? Did you make him grow?"
"Yes sir, I did. The red ranger defeated him with his giant robot," Quan Chi said.
Kahn looked at everyone saying, "Leave me. Now!"
Quan Chi and Goro left Kahn. The emperor created a massive hammer and slammed it against the ground. He shouted, "I will avenge my comrades!"
