DISCLAIMER

Power Ranges belongs to Haim Saban and Nickelodeon. I only own characters you don't recognize. I use some lines from the actual ep.

Kimberly and the others walked through the park.

"Hey, did Zordon contact you guys?" Kimberly checked.

"Yes, and Jason wants us to be careful," Tommy answered.

"Well, that goes without saying," Justin chuckled. Just then, a large drop of rain fell on his head. "What the-the weatherman didn't say anything about rain," he said in confusion as the rain drops increased.

"Too weird," Zack complained and they all began running. As the torrent increased, Tommy looked up. What's going on? he wondered. Then, an intense pounding filled his head. What the-everything's swimming, he thought. He and the others let out groans. On the moon, Rita watched the events through her Repulsa-scope. She laughed. Yes! Zedd did it! Soon the Rangers will hate each other and I can reclaim Tommy and Katherine, she thought in delight. Back on Earth, the Rangers and their friends tried to escape the rain, but no avail. In the Command Center, the alarm blared. Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi! There's those readings again, Alpha thought as he checked the controls. Then, the computer beeped and a sheet of paper came out of the computer. Alpha took the paper and held it up for both of them to see.

"AI-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI-YI!" he exclaimed, reading what the computer had found.

"Alpha, where is Aisha?" Zordon queried and Alpha quickly punched up the Purple Ranger's signature.

"She's safe inside her home," he reported. "However, if the other Rangers are already infected, we may need to contact her," he continued.

"Teleport the other Rangers and their friends here right away and contact Aisha. If the other Rangers are infected, we will place them in force fields until we can figure out how to break the influence," Zordon instructed and Alpha pressed a button. Within seconds, multi-colored particles appeared in the Command Center and the Rangers and their friends were in the Command Center. They all groaned. Man, teleporting did not help my headache, Justin thought to himself.

"Zordon, what's going on?" Jason wondered.

"Yeah, there was this cloud and it just started raining and-" Rocky began to say.

"That cloud holds a massive amount of evil energy that is filled with hate particles," Zordon replied.

"What about Aisha?" Adam asked anxiously.

"She is safe inside her home and we are contacting her now," Zordon assured. Back at her house, Aisha jumped as the lightning flashed. What the heck? That doesn't look like normal lightning, she thought.

"Goodness. It just started pouring, didn't it?" her grandmother asked as she looked up from the photo album that the two were looking through.

"Yeah, it sure did," Aisha answered. Just then, her communicator beeped.

"What's that?" the woman queried.

"My alarm. I totally forgot about this meeting," Aisha answered.

"Go ahead. We can visit more later," the woman assured.

"Thanks, Grandma," Aisha said, hugging the woman. Then, she hurried out of the room. I better go outside so Grandma doesn't hear me, she thought and put her hand on the doorknob. However, before she could open the door, her communicator beeped again. Aisha looked around furtively and then pressed the 'talk' button.

"Yes, Zordon?"

"Do not go outside. Teleport to the Command Center right away." Aisha did what she was told.

"Zordon, what's going on?" she asked. "Is everyone okay?" she asked.

"We're fine, so if you could just stop whining, that'd be great," Kimberly answered.

"Kim," Aisha said in hurt surprise.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I don't know why I said that," Kimberly apologized.

"Behold the viewing globe," Zordon intoned and they all did so, watching in horror as people started arguing and fighting for no apparent reason.

"The cloud you saw and the ran that fell from it are all filled with hate particles," Zordon answered.

"You mean, we're all infected with hate?" Zack asked.

"Precisely. And like the immune system fights off an infection, your Dino Spirits have recognized the intrusions are trying to fight the particles," Zordon replied.

"Hey, tell it to someone who cares. I'm so sick of being your little puppet," Tommy snarled, pushing his way through the group.

"Hey, don't talk to Zordon that way," Jason snapped, also shoving his way through the others.

"And what are you going to do about it? Huh?" Tommy asked, shoving him. Alpha quickly pressed a button and the two were placed in separate force fields.

"I don't know about you losers, but I'm out of here," Kimberly announced.

"Oh, yes. How typical of a buoyant female. I suppose you're going to engage in some frivolous manner that consists of purchasing vast amounts of unnecessary apparel and accessories," Billy said with a sneer.

"Yeah, I'm going shopping. Speak English, Nerd Boy," Kimberly replied. Billy stepped closer and stared at her menacingly, causing Alpha to also put them in separate force fields. Aisha let out a worried sigh and turned to the viewing globe to see numerous people succumb to the Hate Spell.

"Oh, no. This is terrible," Aisha said.

"You really do whine a lot, don't you? I can't believe we were ever friends," Rocky spat out.

"Rocky," Aisha said in hurt surprise. Okay, don't get mad. It's just the spell. He didn't mean that, she reminded herself.

"What's the matter, you gonna cry?" Rocky asked. He grabbed her, but she kicked him back and he was immediately placed in a force field. Seeing the others' changing stances, Alpha quickly put each of them in a force field.

"Hey! What gives? Let us out!" Adam called.

"I'm going to get you!" Chris snarled and the other made similar statements. Aisha let out a shaky breath as she ran her fingers through her hair.

"I don't believe this. They're all filled with hate." She stared at the viewing globe as the alarm continued to blare.

TO BE CONTINUED….