Chapter 3
Bad to the Bone
Okay, Sorry it took so long. But let's get started on the next chapter. Now, since it's been so long, I think we've had enough time for the winners of the polls to be revealed
Green Ranger by a mere half a vote... (Drumroll) Jadeite!
Usagi love interest by a vote and a half... (Drumroll) Jason!
Okay everyone... Let's kick it up!
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On the Moon, Rita had just walked in to the room which her elderly looking advisor, Finster had adopted in to his laboratory.
"Finster!" She shouted as she stomped towards the monster maker. "I need a monster that can destroy Zordon's new Power Rangers!" She shouted.
"Of course, my queen." Finster said as he finished sculpting something. "This should be just what you need." He said as he turned the sculpture to Rita.
"Excellent." Rita said with a grin before she had Finster take his sculpture to the monster making machine. Within a few moments, a tube at the end of the machine released a skeleton with a black cape with a red interior and a red and black hat carrying a sword on his hip.
"My Queen, I give you Bones." Finster said with pride in his work.
"Well done, Finster." Rita praised with a grin before turning to Bones. "Now, go down to Angel Grove and lure out the Rangers." She ordered as Bones bowed to her and left the room.
(Down on Earth)
Usagi and Tanya were at the Juice Bar.
"Thanks again for making that coffee run this morning. Even with school being canceled because of the attack yesterday, I don't think I would have made it through the day.
"No problem." Usagi said, knowing full well that caffeine was the high school superhero's best friend. "By the way. Don't get used to monster attacks halting school. Back in in Juban, it only took about five or six times before people started to get used to it." She explained.
(Insert the song of the two best characters in Power Rangers.)
Bulk and Skull walked in to the Juice Bar before noticing where the girls were sitting and walked over to them.
"Hey, did you girls see the news, yesterday?" Bulk asked before pointing at half of the sandwich that Usagi eating causing her to roll her eyes and nod before he smiled and picked it up and started eating.
"People are saying they saw a group of superheroes fighting that gold thing before it grew huge and those robots showed up." Skull said.
"Superheroes?" Tanya asked, faking ignorance.
"Yeah, and get this." Bulk began with his mouth full. " The paper is offering a three thousand buck prize to whoever can get a photo of them." He finished as Skull held up a camera.
"Well, good luck, guys." Tanya said as the two of them nodded with a and walked away, Skull still looking through the camera, not noticing that someone had forgot to push his chair back under his table.
"Skull, watch out!" Usagi called to late to stop him from tripping over the chair before he jolted back up and looked around before walking as fast as he could out of the Juice Bar.
'That reminds me, I should talk to Artemis and Minako about making merchandise for us. Kid's would probably eat up toys of us the Zords.' Usagi thought before she looked over to see Billy, Jason, and Adam in the entry way of the Juice Bar signaling for the girls.
"Hey, guys. What's up?" Tanya asked before Billy held up what looked like four silver wrist watches, each one having lines along the straps with the colors of the other Rangers.
"I was up half the night designing these apprentices for contact between us and Zordon." Billy said as everyone took the device matching their color and placed them on their right wrists. "They operate by pressing down the button on the left and saying who you wish to converse with." He said as they all pressed the buttons on their communicators before unexpectedly being teleported to the command center.
"Aye yai yai! Rangers!" Alpha shouted as the Rangers warped in, startling him.
"Rangers. What a pleasant surprise." Zordon said while Billy began to look over his communicator.
"Strange. Somehow the communicators hacked in to the teleportation network." Billy said.
"Even if by accident. That is quite the impressive feet, my young friend." Zordon praised before signaling Alpha to assist Billy.
"Looks t be a simple wiring mistake. A few adjustments and they shall function even better than you intended." Alpha said as he led Billy to the Comand Center's lab.
(Meanwhile in the park)
Bulk and Skull were traversing out of a cave on the edge of the park.
"Hey, Bulky." An out of breath Skull said, getting his friends attention. "Remind me again *wheeze* why we're *wheeze searching every cave *wheeze* in Angel Grove?" He asked through strained breaths since the two had been going at this for a few hours.
"Because, Skull..." Bulk began before sitting down and taking a sip from his cantine before throwing it to Skull. "There is no way that those superheroes would be hiding in the city proper like every other guy trying to find them thinks." He said before standing back up. "Come on. Those superheroes aren't gonna find themselves." He said before something came up behind them.
"Oh don't worry, you'll find them." Said a lite brown skeleton wearing a red cape and a black hat with a red stripe and white feather in it. "Considering you and every other person in this park will be bait for them." Bones said as Putty Patrollers began appearing around the park and began to chase civilians.
(Back at the Command Center)
Usagi was in one of the rooms of the Command Center getting familiarized with some of the emergency equipment.
'I could definitely use one of the Power Boxes next time I go camping.' Usagi joked to herself before suddenly hearing the alarms going off and she rushed to the main chamber. "What's wrong?" She asked as she and the other Rangers ran to the Viewing Globe to see the attack on the park.
"Rita has sent her vicious monster, Bones to attack Angel Grove park and he is attacking civilians." Zordon informed them.
"We better get out there." Adam said.
"Be careful, Rangers and let the Power protect you." Zordon said, gaining a nod from the five teens.
"Alright guys." Jason said as they all grabbed their Morphers before he proudly exclaimed "IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"
"Mastodon!"
"Pterodactyl!"
"Triceratops!"
"Saber Tooth Tiger!"
"Tyrannosaurus!"
(At the park)
The now morphed Rangers flipped in to the park and began to fight off the Puttys that were attacking the civilians.
"Everybody run!" The Pink Ranger yelled as she pulled out her Bladeblaster and began shooting down a group of Puttys that had surrounded Bulk and Skull. "Are you two alright?" She asked, getting a mute nod from her bumbling friends. "Good. Now get going." She said before the two began to run. Though Skull was quickly able to get a picture of the Rangers as the were running.
Usagi quickly jumped in to the fight at Jason's back, using her Blade blaster to shoot any Puttys that went for him as he slashed at the ones in front of him and they cleared out the Puttys within thirty seconds.
As the Red and Pink Rangers were fighting, Billy and Tanya were able to take out their respective squads by use of unarmed fighting, Tanya with her Kung Fu and Billy with some basic dodges and punches being amplified by his powers. All the while, Adam went strait for Bones and slicing at him with his Bladeblaster.
The attack from the Black Ranger proved fruitless as Bones separated his body parts which then spin around Adam, reformed behind him and sliced him in the back.
"Adam!" Tanya called, pulling out her Bladeblaster and attempting to slash the monster in the back only for a repeated showing of it's separation technique. Seeing this, both Usagi and Billy seeing this, the later of whom also pulling out his Bladeblaster before the two attempted to shoot at the monster only for several of its dethatched bones to create a shield around its head. But still allowing Tanya the chance she needed to roll out of the way and get to Adam.
"I'm okay." Adam said as Tanya helped him up before he shifted his Bladeblaster in to gun mode and attempted to blast at the monster to the same result as the Pink and Blue Rangers.
'Wait a second.' Billy thought before coming to a conclusion about what to do. "Usagi." He began as quietly as he could. " Get to its flank and keep up fighting, signal for Tanya to do the same then Jason can hit the head from the above." He layer out the plan, gaining a nod from Usagi as she moved to the right of the monster and signaled for Tanya to move to the other side. As the other four Rangers continued their attacks and spread the shields of the monster thin enough, Jason took the opening and jumped up over the circle, shielding Bones and stabbed his skull, causing it to shatter and the rest of the monster to evaporate in to a mist.
(Back on the Moon)
Rita let out an externally angry growl before preparing to throw her staff down to the Earth. "Let's see how you handle this, Rangers!" She exclaimed before Finster stopped her.
"I'm sorry, my queen. But with the way that monster was constructed, there isn't enough clay in the remains to make it become giant." The monster maker informed Rita, causing her to let out a loud grown before storming off.
"I'll get them with the next one." Rita grumbled as she walked in to her chambers.
(Back on Earth)
Usagi, Tanya, Jason, and Adam were back at the Juice bar, after a well fought battle.
"It's a good thing Billy was able to figure out that monster's weakness so quickly." Jason noted.
"Yeah. But I wouldn't count on things being that easy all the time." Adam added, gaining a nod from the others before Usagi turned to Jason.
"That reminds me. Jason, would you mind teaching me some martial arts moves?" She asked. "It'd be nice not to have to rely on my blaster." She reasoned.
"Sure. No problem." Jason responded just before Billy walked in, handing the now perfected communicators to his fellow Rangers.
"Good news, friends. The communicators are finished and work better than intoned." Billy said before showing the functions of the communicators. "Simply press the button on the side to initiate communications. Alpha added in neural connectors like the Zords. So you just have to think of who you want to speak to. They also have a universal translator. In addition, we decided to keep in the access to the teleporters. Simply press this yellow button on top." He said as all of the Rangers looked at the devices with impressed looks on their faces. Just then, the devices beeped out a jingle. The five Rangers looked around for a quick second before answering the call from the Command Center
"Rangers, I simply wished to offer you congratulations on your victory against Rita's monster." Zordon said over the communicator. "Though I must warn you, not all of your battles will be as simple as that one." He warned.
"Don't worry, Zordon. No matter what Rita sends next, we'll be ready." Jason assured as the rest of the Rangers nodded.
"That is excellent to hear, Rangers. May the Power protect you." Zordon said before cutting the com.
(Back at the Command Center)
"The Rangers seem to be doing well, Zordon." Alpha commented.
"Yes. Though I am certain the Rita will notice that as well." Zordon said before he began thinking a counter mesure for when Rita's monsters became more powerful. "Alpha bring up an image of the Cave of the Five Headed Dragon." Zordon said as the Viewing Globe began to show the image of a cave with a carving above the entrance depicting five warriors, one with a bow, one with two daggers, one with a staff, one with an axe, and one with a sword, all facing down a Dragon with five heads.
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Well, there you go guys. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next time, Rita steps up her game, forcing the Rangers to step up theirs and Usagi catches a glimpse of an old friend he didn't expect to see.