Power Rangers: A New Beginning
Ch 4: Zords
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Zack rolled over in his bed, sunlight streamed through his blinds. He grumbled and rolled over before snapping awake. He had just had a wild dream about him becoming a super-hero and fighting a gold dog. He smiled as he laid his head back on his pillow; it was a pretty cool dream. But it was only a dream…right? That thought crossed over Zack's mind, he growled and got out of bed, sleep was not coming back for a little while; he had might as well get up and see what the world had in place for him today. He walked into the kitchen to find his little brother, Josh, sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal and was watching the news. Zack opened the refrigerator and pulled out a carton of orange juice.
"Why aren't you watching cartoons?"
Josh pointed with his dripping spoon
"This has been on all morning"
Zack unscrewed the lid of the juice and took a long swig from the carton
"What is it, another white woman dead in a crash?" He asked as he pulled out another chair and sat down
"No, something about astronauts on the moon" Josh said as he took another spoonful of cereal
"Astronauts on the moon? Zack said as he turned his attention to the screen
A young woman was standing outside of NASA reporting
"Tragedy strikes American once again. Sometime yesterday, the crew of the space shuttle Enterprise were killed. NASA has yet to inform us of what has actually happened to the fallen astronauts, but what we can tell you is…"
Two pictures of popped up on the screen, was Sam Johnson, Kimberly's father, the other was of Jon Davis
"Ship commander Sam Johnson, a resident here in Angel Grove, and his teammate Jon Davis are the two killed. NASA has reported that a salvage operation is underway for their shuttle. More on this as it develops"
The scene shifted back to the newsroom, Josh reached over and turned the channel, cartoons started to blare through the tiny speakers. Zack sat in a stunned silence, Kimberly's father had been killed, and he had to wonder if she knew already?
Kimberly's house…
Kimberly sighed and opened her eyes, she was lying on a pair of legs, she sat straight up to see Billy, still sitting upright, his head lolled back against the back of the couch. Kimberly ran a hand through her hair and smiled, leaning over and kissing Billy's cheek softly
Billy moaned and snapped his eyes open
"Morning" he said
Kimberly gave him a small half smile
"Same to you"
Billy leaned forward and rubbed his eyes
"What time is it?"
Kimberly looked over to the mantle clock, a pang of sadness waved over her. The clock had been a birthday present to her father when she was nine.
"It's a quarter to nine" she whispered
"I think I should go home and take a shower" Billy said as he stood
Kimberly smiled up at him
"Might be a good idea"
Billy leaned down and packed up his laptop
"You want to meet later?"
Kimberly nodded, knowing that she didn't want to hang around the house all day; all it would do is dredge more memories up for her. Right now she needed to be with her friends
"Yeah, we'll meet at the juice bar about noon-ish"
Billy walked to the front door and put his hand on the knob
"Sounds good, see you later"
Billy pulled the door opened and had to take a step back as waves of reporters swarmed him. It looked like NASA had told the American public about the tragedy in space. Billy raised his hand to his eyes to protect himself from the constant camera flashes,
"Who are you?" a reporter called out
"My name is Billy" Billy said
"And what relationship did you have with Commander Johnson?" Another reporter called out
"I'm a friend of his daughter…" Billy replied
At that moment Kimberly stuck her head around the door jam, the cameras flashed once again
"What's going on, Billy" she asked
"It appears that they want to talk to you" Billy said out of the side of his mouth
"Kimberly, Kimberly" The reporters called out
"Ye..Yes?" Kimberly said meekly
"Would you like to give a statement? Were you close to your father?" a reporter shouted
"Well I mean he was my father" she stammered
"How do you feel about NASA not allowing you to find out what happened?" another reporter called out
"Well I mean, I don't know"
"Don't you want to know what happened to your father up there?" a reporter called out
"Well of course."
"Do you think it was aliens?" another reporter called
Billy had had enough. He raised his hand to the reporters and pulled Kimberly back
"That's enough. This girl has gone through enough without you asking asinine questions about aliens. Plus she is a minor and you are not allowed to take statements from her without a legal adult present. Good day" Billy said as he closed the door, he pressed his face to the back of the door and sighed, he could still hear the reporters screaming out there. Leaving by the front door would not be the best idea. He turned around to face Kimberly
"I think it might be best if you came and hung out at my house for a little while"
Kimberly nodded and started to walk down the hall to her room
"Just let me get dressed" she called out behind her
Billy sighed; it didn't seem to be getting any easier
The Moon…
Rita was furious as Goldar returned.
"All I wanted was for you to kill those kids, and you couldn't even do that" she screeched
"A thousand pardons, but it appears that Zordon has already given them the power coins" Goldar said as he went to one knee
Goldar had come from a race of sphinx-like creatures. His people were a warrior race; battle had led them through their history. When his people realized there was nothing left to conquer on their home world they turned their attentions to the stars, only to be destroyed as they landed on the first planet. A race of giant spiders destroyed Goldar's people; Goldar was spared as he became a part of their gladiator circle. Goldar had fought countless battles in the ring before Rita and her armies swept over the giant spider kingdom. Goldar came into Rita's service when he saved her from becoming a spider's dinner, he had served her ever since.
"I should have left you on that planet to rot" Rita said through gritted teeth "Zordon, always using expendable teenagers to do his dirty work. FINSTER!"
Finster came out of his room
"Yes milady?"
"Have you got any monsters ready to go yet?"
Finster nodded
"It just so happens that I have just finished my latest creation"
Rita raised her hands
"Well?" she screeched
Finster jumped
"Yes, yes of course" he turned his head towards his room "You may come out now" he called
"It had better not be another fuzzy creature, the last time we had one it shed its fur so much that I killed it" Rita grumbled
"No, I think you will like this one. I call it Nemesis"
Nemesis strode into the room, the creature stood about seven feet tall, its body looked like a clear shell, energy crackled down its arms. The creature had one hand; on the other arm he had a blaster cannon. Nemesis bowed its head
"Milady" it growled through a voice of broken glass
Rita smiled
"Good Finster, good"
Finster bowed
"I am glad that you approve"
Rita strode over to Nemesis, looking it up and down. She looked up into its eyes
"I want you to go to Earth, to a town called Angel Grove. Burn it to the ground"
"Yes milady" Nemesis answered
Rita pointed her staff at the creature, energy surrounded its body as she teleported it to Earth
Billy's House…
"Sorry it's a mess" Billy said as he picked up some dirty clothes off the floor, he opened his closet door and threw them
Kimberly smiled
"No it's fine. Where are you're parents?"
Billy smirked
"Where they always are, off in a lab somewhere trying to decipher the mysteries of the universe"
"I'm sorry. It must get lonely for you"
Billy shook his head as he pulled out some clothes out of his dresser
"No, I've got you guys, it's never lonely. I'm going to go grab a shower, make yourself at home. Why don't you call the guys over and we'll figure out what to do from there"
Kimberly nodded
Billy walked down the hallway to the bathroom and closed the door behind him. He threw his clothes to the ground and leaned over the sink; he turned on the water from the faucet and splashed some on his face. What was he doing? Come on Billy, you are smarter than this, he thought.
Billy shrugged his shoulders and turned on the hot water in the tub, stripping his pants and boxers off he turned on the shower and stepped in. Hoping the water would wash away the pain of last night.
But he knew that wouldn't happen
When he got out of the shower he ran a comb through his sandy blond hair and pulled on fresh clothes. He opened the door and walked back to his room, to find that the rest of his friends were there. Trini sat on the bed holding Kimberly in her arms; Jason was sitting in Billy's desk chair, while Zack was playing a video game. Billy looked at the group in a stunned silence
"You guys got here quick" he said
"Yeah, well Zack heard about…the incident on the news and he got the three of us together" Jason said
"I want Rita" Kimberly muttered
"We all do, and now we have more of a reason to kick her ass" Zack said, throwing the controller to the ground
"Well we do have the power to do what is necessary, but we have to remember why we were given these powers" Trini said
"Trini, I'm sorry but cut the Zen bullshit for a minute." Kimberly said as she sat up "My father was killed by Rita, for just being alive. I want her head on a platter"
"Kim…" Trini started to say but was cut off by the sounds of explosions coming from outside
"What was that?" Jason asked, standing to look out the window. A plume of black smoke billowed from the downtown area
"Well Kim, I think you are going to get your wish. Let's go check it out guys" Jason said on his way to the door
When they reached downtown they saw the cause of the destruction. AA monster and a group of patrollers were destroying everything in sight. Fires had broken out and continued to burn; residents of the area ran screaming.
Nemesis cackled
"Look at them scurry, just like ants" his metallic voice rang out
Nemesis lifted his blaster arm; a heat sizzle could be heard in the air as he charged up his weapon and fired a ball of super heated plasma at a group of fleeing shop owners, scorching the meant of their bones
"These creatures are just too frail" he whispered as he watched a pile of blacken bones fall to the ground
"How about you try us on for size" a voice called out behind him
Nemesis spun around to see the group of heroes standing behind him
Nemesis growled
"You must be those teens that I was told about us"
"Hopefully all good things" Zack said as he took a step up beside Jason
"Good for me, Rita wants you dead. I must oblige her"
"Good because we want Rita" Kimberly said
Billy was shocked at the power in her voice; she was not the girl he held the night before as she cried herself to sleep.
"That's not part of the deal" Nemesis said as he raised his blaster cannon "Goodbye"
Nemesis fired a ball of superheated plasma at the heroes
"It's Morphin Time!" Jason yelled
Zack smiled as he pulled his device out. He didn't consider himself smart, well not Billy smart. He didn't know how these powers worked, nor did he care. When he was in his power suit, he felt as if he could stand tall and shake the heavens. Zack held out his device at arms length
"Mastodon!" he called out
Suddenly a white light envelop him, he watched as a smooth black and white liquid moved across his body. As the liquid moved he could feel the suit tighten around his body. He closed his eyes as it neared his head, opening them only when the sensation had passed. His head was fully protected by the helmet that fit snugly over his head and down his neck.
The energy ball hit the ground just mere inches from the heroes. Nemesis cackled loudly, obviously the teens were dead.
As the smoke clear, he stopped laughing, through the smoke he could see a team of multicolored heroes staring out at him.
"Patrollers" he roared "Attack"
"Alright guys lets take this guy out" Jason called out
"Right" the others exclaimed
The moon…
Rita watched the battle with interest; she watched how the Rangers were making quick work of the patrollers.
"No, not again" Rita moaned
"Do you want me to go down there and help Nemesis" Goldar asked
Rita turned and mocked him
"No I don't want you down there to help Nemesis. I have a better idea"
She lifted her staff over her head and through it down to Earth. IT stuck the ground just inches from Nemesis' feet. A beam of light shot out of the tip of the staff, forming Rita's face
"So you think you have my monster beaten, eh Rangers?" Rita said
"Rita, we are going to make you pay for Kimberly's father"
"What? Which was he, the one Goldar ate or the other one?"
"Fuck you" Kimberly whispered
"It seems that you can best my monster now, but what will you do when he is over two hundred feet tall?"
"What is talking about?" Zack asked
"FORCES OF DARKNESS" Rita called out "MAKE MY MONSTER GROW!"
A beam of light shot out of Rita's wand and struck the monster, making him grow into a Godzilla-isque size
"Uh…Billy" Jason said "I hope you have another trick up your sleeves"
Billy eyes flashed through screen after screen in his HUD. Life support system, armor capability, weapons systems.
"Weapons system" Billy muttered as another screen popped up showing him a schematic of his power lance, no that wasn't going to do it. Then he saw it, a menu called Zords
"Zords?" he asked his computer "Here it is, menu option Zords" he called out "Seems there is one for all of us"
"Well what are they?" Trini asked
"Looks like they are giant robots" Billy said with a confused look on his face
"They are going to have to do" Jason said as he lifted his hand for the sky "Zord mode, online"
The moon…
Rita's base began to shake and rattle.
"What's happening? Is it an earthquake" Finster asked, holding on to his cupboard
"No you moron" Rita screeched "It looks like Zordon hid his Zords on this rock."
Rocks jumped across the surface of the moon as a hidden door set inside a crater slid open. Suddenly five shapes lifted out of the hidden compartment and rocketed towards the Earth.
Rita slammed her wand down on the balcony; she should have known that Zordon would have a back up plan
Back on Earth
The meteors hit the ground
"What was that?" Zack called out
"I think that's our ride guys" Jason said
Suddenly the heroes were transported inside their new found Zords. Billy's gloved fingers flew over the control boards
"It looks like these robots match our coins" he said to himself
"Billy" Billy's COM link buzzed
Billy pushed another button as Jason appeared on a split screen on his main window
"Go ahead" Billy called out
"What do you think?" Jason said "Pretty cool right"
Billy sighed as he worked
"I don't know yet, they seem to be on auto-pilot, taking us to the creature attacking the city"
"These things are too small to take on something of its size" Jason
"I said I'm working on it" Billy said as he scanned his HUD "Ah here it is, looks like the five robots can be combined into one giant robot"
Zack appeared on a screen beside Jason's
"You mean like Voltron?" He asked
Billy shook his head
"Not Voltron, looks like its called Megazord"
"Well lets do it Billy, this thing is wrecking the city" Jason said as his screen went down
"Alright everyone together" Billy called out "Megazord initialize!"
Billy's triceratops slid down low to the ground, the back end raise upwards
"Looks like I am a leg" Billy called out
"Yeah me too" Trini called as her saber-tooth tiger did the same thing
"Ha! I get to be the body" Zack shouted as his mastodon formed the upper torso and connected to Billy and Trini
"I'm the arms" Jason called as his tyrannosaurs split in two and connected to Zack's mastodon
"And I'm the head" Kimberly said as she swooped down in her pterodactyl
"Insert innuendo line anytime" Jason muttered to himself
"Looks like the Megazord is complete" Billy said as his command chair slid back, it stopped and soared upwards, ending in the chest of the mega-robot
Billy looked around and saw that his friends surrounded him
Zack looked over his own console
"I was right, just like Voltron" he said
"Enough, who has the weapons" Jason said "Wait, I do"
The Megazord took a shaky step towards the giant Nemesis. Nemesis spun around and faced the Megazord
"Is that you in there?" Nemesis called out
"You grow, we grow" Jason's voice echoed through a speaker
"No" Nemesis said raising his blaster cannon "All you did was make yourself a bigger target"
Nemesis fired a ball of energy at the Megazord
"Billy!" Jason called out
"I'm on it" Billy said as he moved his hands across his control panel, it appeared that he controlled the right leg, Trini, the left, Zack was in charge of the defense and shields, while Kimberly was in charge of the targeting systems. Billy slammed his hand on a button which lowered the right leg down. The blast narrowly missed the Megazord, slamming into a nearby building, reducing it to rubble
"Anyone have any idea on what that was" Zack said peering down at a smaller screen set in his control board
"I think that was an abandoned warehouse" Kimberly said softly
"Well let's not give this thing a chance to take out a populated building" Jason said
The Megazord stood back to its full height. Nemesis cackled and stepped to the side
"It seems you don't have the control you thought you did" the monster said as it rushed the robot
"Hold on guys, this looks like its going to bad" Jason called out
Nemesis slammed into the robot, punching it in the chest. A huge dent appeared in the chest, the impact from the blow sent the Megazord stumbling. Billy and Trini worked feverously to steady the robot
Nemesis laughed at the robot as it stumbled. It was like a child trying to walk for the first time. Nemesis lifter his blaster arm and fired another blast at the robot
The blast hit the Megazord in the chest and sent it crashing to the ground, crushing several buildings in the process. Sparks erupted from control panels across the robot
"We got a problem guys" Zack said
"Add another one to the board then" Jason said gruffly
"If I am reading this thing right, we have at least one more hit like that and then all shields will go down. We'd be sitting ducks"
Jason turned his head to look back at Zack
"And do you have any ideas"
Zack slammed his fists on his control board
"You've got the weapons, use them"
Jason scanned his HUD, a weapons list appeared on the screen, a sword? That's all they had, the monster had a fucking gun and all they had was a sword. A slow smile crossed his face
"Guys, I've got an idea"
Nemesis slowly walked towards the fallen Megazord, taking his careful time to crush as many gawkers as he could along the wall. He liked the wet feel of the humans, exploding under his foot, like ticks on a dog. Nemesis stood over the robot and aimed his blaster arm down, the air warped around the barrel as the gun charged up
"Goodbye" Nemesis said
"NOW!" Jason roared
The Megazord's right fist lifted up and disconnected from the arm. It was propelled by a series of rockets on the wrist side. The fist fired upwards and struck Nemesis in the jaw, lifting the monster off of his feet and into the air
"Billy, Trini. It's your turn" Jason said
"Right!" the both called out
The Megazord, flipped back to its feet
"God Jason, I hope you're right" Zack muttered
"For our sake, so do I" Jason said as he hit a flashing red button on his board
"Power Saber, Online!" Jason called out
A broadsword appeared in mid-air, the Megazord's remaining hand reached out and plucked it from the air. The rockets on the other fist began to burn out as Nemesis began to fall from the air. The power saber came up and slashed the monster in half as it fell to the ground.
Nemesis screamed as molten liquid fell from its wounds, when the two halves hit the ground they exploded into a fireball. The Megazord raised its handless arm, the fist came down and reattached to its rightful place
Jason leaned forward and watched the fires burn slowly out
"That did it, good job guys"
The team cheered, Kimberly lowered her head, silent tears streamed down her face
It was the beginning of what she knew would be a long fight to avenge her father.
This chapter was the hardest thing I have ever had to write. I am sorry if the Zord sequence seemed weak but it is something that I promise to work on.
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Night and Day
Till Then
I remain
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